Re: [PLUG] Looking for some WiFi AP Security Advice

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks, MC_SEQUOIA for the explanation.

 My assumption was that HTTPS encrypts the messages between the client
browser and server, so one cannot just eavesdrop on the messages back and
forth to generate a map of how to intercept and change the messages. Of
course, one would have to gain access to the private WiFi network created
with the AP, protected by a 16 character password and MAC filter, first.

My security strategy was to put up multiple barriers to make it an annoying
project for the nefarious types. Aslo, our launches are 2-4 hours long at
most, and then the passwords change for the next launch, and no Internet
connection.

If someone is good enough to get through 3 randomly generated 16 character
passwords and a MAC white list in 3 hours with a laptop within 300 feet of
the launch site, he/she deserves the honor of launching all the rockets!

Good idea to check the DHCP client list periodically during the launch. The
AP provides that as well as a way to deny an unknown connected device, if
needed.

Mark

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 2:38 PM MC_Sequoia  wrote:

>
> > > "I want to set up some sort of secure connection between the cell phone
> > > and the web site running on the Pi."
> > >
> > > This should be doable via a vpn client/server. A quick google search on
> > > "raspberry pi cell phone vpn" returned this:
> >
> >
> > Are you saying a VPN is needed along with the SSL, or as a replacement?
> Why
> > both, or why as a replacement?
>
> An SSL certificate enables a web site to use HTTPS and it also verifies
> the website's domain authenticity through a certificate authority. This is
> all more for end-user security and privacy. Self-signed certs are for
> non-production enviros.
>
> This does provide end to end security for any and every connected device,
> but with a VPN, you can restrict which ip addr(s) can connect only via the
> vpn. But since, "It is not accessible to the Internet, as the AP is not
> connected to the Internet this is all happening on a private ip network",
> all of this is secure connection concern is irrelevant as no one outside of
> the private ip net can access the launch web site.
>
> Yes, it's possible to spoof a mac address, forge ip packets, etc. And
> curious tech savvy kids will be curious tech savvy kids, but you're talking
> about a fairly serious amount of time, effort, knowledge, skill and tools
> to pull this off.
>
> I'd suggest there are far more interesting internet things for those
> curious tech savvy kids to hack & crack on and/or into.
>
> I walked away from a lucrative cybersecurity career a few decades ago
> because my experience was that the whole industry was built on the idea of
> scaring people to buy security products and services. Yes, there are very
> real vulnerabilities, exploits, security concerns and bad actor
> hacker/crackers but people fail to correctly asses the real risks, threats
> and targets.
>
> If you setup a reasonably secure launch situation and some black hat
> genius kid cracks it and launches the rocket on you, they gotta be close
> enough to get onto the WiFi and not in mom's basement over the internet.
>
> You should also be able to monitor the devices in real time that are
> connecting to the WiFi AP. If you're not familiar with this, either poke
> around on the AP mmgmt. web site or look through the instruction manual for
> mac table, ip table, arp table, connected devices, or the like. If you see
> a new device that you don't know connect to the AP before the launch, don't
> launch until you figure out what's going on and/or disconnect/block that
> device.
>
> I hope that gives you a better understanding of this whole secure launch
> concern and gives you some peace of mind. Cheers!
>

Re: [PLUG] Looking for some WiFi AP Security Advice

[Mark Phillips]

@MC_Sequoia




On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM MC_Sequoia  wrote:

> "I want to set up some sort of secure connection between the cell phone
> and the web site running on the Pi."
>
> This should be doable via a vpn client/server. A quick google search on
> "raspberry pi cell phone vpn" returned this:
>

Are you saying a VPN is needed along with the SSL, or as a replacement? Why
both, or why as a replacement?

>
> "If you're going to be connecting to Pi VPN on a mobile device, I
> recommend OpenVPN Connect, the official client. It's completely free and
> integrates really well with iOS and Android. The first step is to open the
> App Store or Play Store, depending on your device. In either case, search
> for OpenVPN Connect"
>
> You should be able to easily find step-by-step instructions to do get this
> setup and working.
>
> That'll solve the secure connection between the cell ph and the Rpi hosted
> website, but that doesn't your "main concern is an attacker connecting to
> the web site and igniting the rocket while the user is connecting thew
> wires to the igniter."
>
> I'm going to suggest the probability of this happening is your best
> security.
>
> However, I'm not the adult that's responsible for children's safety.
>
> The big question here is whether the Rpi hosted website is accessible from
> the internet?
>

It is not accessible to the Internet, as the AP is not connected to the
Internet.

>
> My suspicion is that it would have a non-internet routable private not
> pubic ip addr in the following ip addr ranges:
> 10.0. 0.0 to 10.255. 255.255.
> 172.16. 0.0 to 172.31. 255.255.
> 192.168. 0.0 to 192.168. 255.255.
>
> If the Rpi website is accessible via the public internet than there's 2
> other other options.
>
> 1. Learn about securing/hardening a Rpi.
> https://www.chrisapproved.com/blog/raspberry-pi-hardening.html
>
> 2. Change all the passwords and codes on launch day.


That is a given. Sorry I didn't mention it.

>
>
> I hope that's somewhat helpful.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[PLUG] Looking for some WiFi AP Security Advice

[Mark Phillips]

I am working on a project and need some security advice.

The project is a wireless model rocket launcher. It consists of a Raspberry
Pi 2 W (Debian Buster) connected to a daughter board with circuitry
to control the current to ignite the igniter, a TP-Link Wifi AP, and a cell
phone. There is a web site (apache and flask) running on the Pi that allows
the user to control the circuits on the daughter board to launch the
rocket.

The typical location for launching the rockets is in a large field far from
any buildings or trees. Typically, there is no WiFi Internet connectivity
and cell service is problematical. There are quite a few people attending
the launch. There are also times when this launcher will be used in a more
urban environment (like a high school field), so there may be WiFi and cell
access to the Internet. I want to make the system "unattractive" to the
high school students or anyone else who thinks it would be cool to hack the
launcher during a launch.

I want to set up some sort of secure connection between the cell phone and
the web site running on the Pi. My main concern is an attacker connecting
to the web site and igniting the rocket while the user is connecting the
wires to the igniter. Model rocket motors generate an exhaust gas with a
temperature of ~3,000 F. Also, the igniter needs 2-4 A dc for 300 - 500
msec to ignite the rocket motor.

I have put these security layers in place.
1. 16 character password to access the WiFi AP network
2. MAC address filtering on the WiFi AP
3. Self signed SSL cert for the web site
4. 16 character password to access the web site
5. Standard flask cookie security for CSRF
6. 8 character code to enable the launcher (the equivalent to a physical
launch key)
7. A physical switch on the launcher that disables the ignition circuit -
for use when attaching the igniter leads to the rocket engine. However,
there is no guarantee that the user will use this switch everytime he/she
loads a new rocket on the launcher. There is a timer attached to the switch
so that when the switch is put in the "on" position, the igniter circuit
will not be enabled for another 10 seconds...enough time to run like h*ll
away from the launcher;)

I am not a security guru, so I am not really sure what my options are. Do
you have any other suggestions on how I can make this system more secure?
Am I doing anything that is unnecessary?

Thanks!

Mark

Re: [PLUG] Looking For Advice - mount --bind or symbolic link?

[Mark Phillips]

Rich,

My apologies for not being clear. What you describe is exactly what I have
and want to accomplish.
* 1 TB drive just for OS  - currently a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 with
nothing in /home/mark
* 4TB drive holds the back up of home/mark - i.e. all "my stuff"  (about
2.1 TB). I want to just keep adding to this backup of my old /home/mark
directory. I only have the old OS stuff on the 4 TB drive to get the
configuration files as needed.  For example, I moved the etc/hosts file
from the 4TB drive to the 1 TB drive so I have all my remote and local
connections working. As I add more applications (e.g mysql) to my new OS
drive, I want the old config files around to see what mods I made over the
years. There are also scripts I wrote over time to automate some of my
tasks, and I want to have access to them as I slowly "rebuild" my system.

My old system had the 1 TB drive and a 2 TB drive in a lvm (because I had
more than 2 TB of stuff I was working on), so when the upgrade failed, I
arrived at this point in time. Plus, I was running out of space in the 3 TB
lvm, and Amazon had a reasonable sale price on a 4 TB SSD. ;)

The point of my question was to get opinions on which is better and why,
* mounting the home/mark directory on the 4 TB drive using bind to
/home/mark on the 1 TB drive
* or sym-link home/mark on the 4 TB drive to /home/mark on the 1 TB drive.

I hope that clarifies it!

Mark


On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 5:42 AM Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Jul 2022, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> > I tried to upgrade my computer from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, and
> > something messed up. No worries, I had a backup, so I wiped out the old
> > 18.04 and installed 20.04. I have 2 drives in the system: 1 TB and 4TB.
> The
> > 1 TB has 20.04 installed and the 4 TB has the backup from the old 18.04
> > system. I mounted the 4TB drive at /4TB.
> >
> > I think I have 2 options:
> > * In /etc/fstab: mount  /4TB/backup/home/mark /home/mark none bind
> > * create a symbolic link from /home/mark to /4TB/backup/home/mark
> (assuming
> > /home/mark is empty)
> >
> > Which would you recommend?
>
> Mark,
>
> I'm not as knowledgeable as most folks here, yet I'll offer a comment or
> two.
>
> My interpretation of what you wrote is that your 1TB drive holds the OS as
> well as /home and all other user partitions. And the 4TB drive holds the
> old
> OS version as well as /home and all other user partitions. Is this correct?
>
> Why not keep the OS on the 1TB drive and put /home, all your python, java,
> video editing, writing, and data on the 4 TB drive? Then /etc/fstab on the
> system (1 TB drive) is the only one changed when you upgrade OS versions
> and
> all your applications, data, and other non-OS stuff lives on the 4TB and
> stays the same from OS version-to-version?
>
> Rich
>
>

[PLUG] Looking For Advice - mount --bind or symbolic link?

[Mark Phillips]

I tried to upgrade my computer from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, and
something messed up. No worries, I had a backup, so I wiped out the old
18.04 and installed 20.04. I have 2 drives in the system: 1 TB and 4TB. The
1 TB has 20.04 installed and the 4 TB has the backup from the old 18.04
system. I mounted the 4TB drive at /4TB.

I think I have 2 options:
* In /etc/fstab: mount  /4TB/backup/home/mark /home/mark none bind
* create a symbolic link from /home/mark to /4TB/backup/home/mark (assuming
/home/mark is empty)

Which would you recommend?

Not sure if it matters, bu what do I do with the system? Python development
in virtualenvs (some machine learning as well), Java development, video
editing, graphics editing, spreadsheets, documents, browsing, etc.

Thanks!

Mark

Re: [PLUG] museum piece

[Mark Phillips]

San Jose, CA has a computer museum. Perhaps they might need a spare AT in
case the one they have dies?

Mark

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 9:19 AM, John Meissen  wrote:

> When my then 94 year old neighbor passed away back around 2001 or so, I
> helped
> his daughter clean out the house and prepare it for sale. Buried under a
> pile
> of cardboard boxes in one corner I found an IBM PC-AT.
>
> I rescued the AT, which works perfectly, and it's been sitting in my house
> ever
> since.
>
> I realize it's kind of pointless for me to hang on to it, and would like to
> find a more appropriate home for it.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for people or organizations that might be
> interested in this museum piece?
>
>
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Re: [PLUG] Operation Status

[Mark Phillips]

Alan,

Glad to hear the surgery went well and you are on the mend!

Mark

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Michael Rasmussen 
wrote:

> Welcome back to dying of old age, something we can all aspire to.
>
> On 2017-08-09 12:54, Alan wrote:
> > The heart ablation surgery went very well. A few things need to heal,
> > but I feel a lot better.  I have some bruises and a couple of holes
> > that need to heal, but it all went much better than I expected.
>
>
> --
>Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
>  Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
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Re: [PLUG] PLEX, no support.

[Mark Phillips]

Michael,

I had a lot of issues with Plex and my LG TV, as well as getting my LG TV
to stay connected to my home network. I finally solved all the issues by
getting a Roku box and accessing Plex through that. As well as Netflix,
Amazon, etc. I works s much better that the crap firmware in my LG TV.
Roku is connected via wifi to my home network and an hdmi cable to my LG
TV.  HDMI works well with all TVs! Might save you some time debugging the
TV firmware.

Not sure about the pay for Plex service. I just use the free access over my
local network.

Mark

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson <
mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote:

> I paid for a PLEX pass because PLEX was not working with
> my folks Samsung model UN65KS9800FZA television.  This
> happened yesterday, Plex worked with that television till
> yesterday.
>
> Try as I might to find one, there is no support phone number for
> PLEX.  How can you charge for a service and not provide telephone
> support?  I found out via google how to upgrade the server, didn't
> help.  I'm running PLEX on FreeNAS 11 update 2.
>
> I don't understand why I can see the movies, but I can't play any
> of them.  Does anyone else have this problem on a Samsung smart
> television?  The television is a 2016 model.
>
> I wrote out my problem on the community forum for PLEX, but so far
> nobody has replied.  Granted, it has only been a few hours.  I'm
> starting to get the impression that people are having widespread
> issues with Samsung smart televisions and the plex app.
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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade

[Mark Phillips]

Michael,

Happy to hear the problem with the upgrade was just a cable!

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a System 76 Gazellle (great machine!) and
have been contemplating upgrading to 16.xx. However, I am concerned that it
will be a giant headache. I can't take this machine out of service to fix a
ton of upgrade problems.

Any suggestions on the best way to upgrade? I have two SSDs in the machine
now, mirror images of each other. I would hate to have to buy two more SSDs
and suffer through the setup process

Thanks for any suggestions!

Mark

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Michael Barnes 
wrote:

> Red face. Turns out I had a bad Ethernet cable. It was working fine, but
> after I moved the computer while installing the new hard drive, it quit
> working. All fine now. Thanks for everyone's comments.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:33 AM, wes  wrote:
>
> > well, I don't have any more ideas for you right now, but if you don't get
> > it figured out by this weekend, the PLUG Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm.
> >
> > 1731 SE 10th Ave, 97214.
> >
> > -wes
> >
> > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Michael Barnes 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It also looks like it is not using IPV4, only IPV6. Strange.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Michael Barnes <
> barnmich...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > More info seems to lead to more questions. Apparently this has
> > something
> > > > to do with systemd. I guess this is a new (to me) thing and it
> changes
> > > the
> > > > way stuff is named. So, what used to be eth0 is now enp3s0. But,
> trying
> > > the
> > > > usual network commands with that don't work either.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:04 PM, wes  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> my first step is usually to find the model number in the lspci
> output,
> > > and
> > > >> the google that number along with ubuntu 16.04 and see if anyone's
> > > posted
> > > >> a
> > > >> guide.
> > > >>
> > > >> -wes
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Michael Barnes <
> > barnmich...@gmail.com>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Installed 16.04 LTS via flash drive to new hard drive. Only took a
> > few
> > > >> > minutes! Previous DVD installs took much, much longer. Anyhow, so
> > far,
> > > >> no
> > > >> > network. Sadly, my Linux memory has become very foggy, so please
> > > forgive
> > > >> > the noobie type questions. I don't seem to be finding eth0. Using
> > > >> lspci, I
> > > >> > find the info for the onboard Broadcom Ethernet adapter, but under
> > > >> > 'Capabilities' it says ". Running ifconfig does not
> > > show
> > > >> > eth0, but it does show enp3s0. If I try "sudo ifup eth0" I get
> > > "Unknown
> > > >> > interface eth0."
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I'm kind of surprised at the minimum of questions and the speed of
> > the
> > > >> > install. I wonder what else will not be working?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks for your comments,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Michael
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Barnes <
> > > barnmich...@gmail.com>
> > > >> > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > I figured the quickest and easiest was probably to start all
> over.
> > > It
> > > >> > > looks like all my files, pictures, documents, etc. are still
> > intact.
> > > >> I'll
> > > >> > > just stick in a new hard drive, install 16.04 LTS from scratch,
> > then
> > > >> copy
> > > >> > > what I need from the old drive to the new one. Thanks for
> > everyone's
> > > >> > > comments.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Michael
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Nat Taylor  >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >> instead of comparing xorg files, I'd want to get it to try to
> > > >> > >> automagically
> > > >> > >> configure stuff fresh, maybe with a *sudo dpkg-reconfigure
> xorg*
> > > and
> > > >> a
> > > >> > >> *sudo
> > > >> > >> apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade*
> > > >> > >> Maybe try dpkg-reconfiguring your window manager (unity?)
> > > >> > >> -- did it disable the universe or multiverse for the upgrade
> and
> > do
> > > >> you
> > > >> > >> need to reenable it?
> > > >> > >> Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> Did you do the upgrade to 16.04 by manually editing the
> sources,
> > or
> > > >> did
> > > >> > >> you
> > > >> > >> use the tool in the Software Center, or did you
> > do-release-upgrade
> > > >> from
> > > >> > >> the
> > > >> > >> command line?
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Michael Barnes <
> > > >> barnmich...@gmail.com>
> > > >> > >> wrote:
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> > Yeah, I got to thinking after I started I shouldn't have done
> > > that.
> > > >> > >> > Everything has been packed away for almost a year. It seems
> > I've
> > > >> > >> forgotten
> > > >> > >> 

Re: [PLUG] Finding appropriate USENET group or mailing list?

[Mark Phillips]

Richard,

I appreciate your desire to work in a certain way through USENET forums.
You may even find a USENET forum for Wordpress, but I would be concerned
about the quality of the support you will receive from that group. You
could also create your own USENET group for Wordpress on Debian and see how
many folks join. Again, I would worry about the quality of the advice you
would receive.

If your goal is to ask questions and get fast and high quality responses
from the mainstream Wordpress developers and administrators, then you will
have to use the Wordpress support forums, as that is the best support
channel available. You don't have to read a blog to get support. Just
create an account on the Wordpress site and subscribe to one of the support
forums to get emails with all of the conversations. Or, you can just post
questions and get email responses for just your question.

If all you are doing is posting static pages, then I question the use of
Wordpress in the first place. Seems like you are using a formula one race
car to drive to the grocery store once a week to get groceries. You could
migrate all the static pages to an apache server. Perhaps there are USENET
groups for serving static pages with apache.

Sometimes an electrician has to pick up a hammer, some nails, and some wood
to build a frame to complete his/her job - ie an electrician has to know
the rudiments of carpentry as well as how to sting wire. Flexibility and
learning new technologies is the norm for working in the tech world. You
have accepted the challenge of supporting Wordpress, why such resistance to
learning how to use a more modern format for a support forum as is offered
by the thousands of people using and supporting Wordpress?

Good luck!

Mark

PS Just so you don't think I am some millennial giving you advice, I am
almost your age and have been working in the tech world ever since one
entered input into a computer with switches and got output from blinking
lights. :)


On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 3:15 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 04/03/2017 08:18 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >
> > PS I am a little confused about why you are interested in Wordpress on
> > Debian given your statement "I avoid blogs and web based support
> > groups".
> > It is none of my business, but Wordpress is one of the most used
> > blogging software applications on the planet..
>
> I'll take your postscript first as I think doing so will shed the most
> light.
>
> Just because WordPress is at the top of the blogging market does not
> mean it has no other strong points :}
> It has what it calls "static pages". Looks and acts like a typical webpage.
>
> I had apparently not mentioned some historical details _on this list_.
> I am a member of a church which once had a website. Our new pastor
> wanted to revive that idea. We hired a consultant to implement and host
> the site - he had used WordPress to implement sites for other churches.
> My involvement will be routine maintenance not justifying billable
> consultant time.
>
> I need to get familiar with using WordPress. No way am I going to use a
> live system for my education. My personal system is Debian. A couple of
> clicks in Synaptic got me WordPress on Apache's 'localhost'. It runs
> fine and updating *content* is well thought out. I'm exploring the
> feasibility of some visual tweaks, likely involving use of a child-theme.
>
> As to why USENET or "mailing lists", I'm intrinsically text oriented and
> the GUIishness of blogs creates a nearly impossibly poor signal to noise
> ratio.
>
> I'll have to double check, but I think I've already been down the path
> you related in the major portion of your post.
>
> I asked on this group because having already done web searches I need to
> ask a question that INTRINSICALLY can *not* be answered by a web search.
>
> "Has any human reading this list, in their journey thru life,
> encountered a non-bloggish forum where "WordPress on Debian" would be a
> socially acceptable topic?"
>
> Google et al can not parse that question. It's trivial for humans. The
> universe of possible answers has exactly two members, "yes" and "no".
>
>
>
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Re: [PLUG] Finding appropriate USENET group or mailing list?

[Mark Phillips]

Richard,

A Google search of "Wordpress Debian" brings up a Wiki with detailed
instructions for installing Wordpress on Debian. So, there are Debian
packages for Wordpress and detailed instructions for installing it.

Checking the links at the bottom of the page took me to the Wordpress site,
and the Support link took me to the support forum in the form of a
Wordpress blog.not surprising, since the folks offering support are all
Wordpress junkies (not meant to be disparaging to that group). Since the
support offered is free, those who offer support have the right to choose
how they provide support. You could ask the Wordpress support forum if
there is a USENET group. However, their support forum seems easy enough to
use in a browser, so this forum appears to be your best avenue to get help.
I would assume you can set up your Wordpress account to get email
notification of answers to your questions if you don't want to be bothered
with checking the forum on a regular basis. There is also an IRC channel
for support for Wordpress, if you have the patience for that form of
communication...;)

Googling "list of usenet groups" took me to Harley's page (first entry in
the search) - (http://www.harley.com/usenet/master-list/): "Welcome to
Harley Hahn's Master List of Usenet Newsgroups, the only annotated master
list of Usenet newsgroups on the Internet." Again, I have no idea who
Harley is or if his claim is true, but using the search box on his site
returns the result that there are no newsgroups using the keyword
"Wordpress".

Googling "Wordpress USENET" returns lots of posts about why a Wordpress
blog cannot be shoe-horned into a USENET format. I have no comment on the
veracity of these arguments, but given the volume of negative comments
about a possible plugin for converting a Wordpress blog into a USENET
format from Wordpress enthusiasts, I would conclude that you probably won't
find a USENET support group for Wordpress.

My real point is to say that Google can be very effective in finding the
answer to any question as long as the question is phrased properly.
Complicated questions such as yours need to be broken down into smaller
"sub-queries" in order to arrive at a meaningful answer to the complicated
question. It is an iterative process that can only be accomplished by
humans todayand maybe (probably?) AI tomorrow.

Mark

PS I am a little confused about why you are interested in Wordpress on
Debian given your statement "I avoid blogs and web based support groups".
It is none of my business, but Wordpress is one of the most used blogging
software applications on the planet..

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Richard Owlett  wrote:

> On 04/02/2017 02:52 PM, Tom wrote:
> > ...  you need to be able to express what you
> > are looking for and - do efficiently in one simple sentence ...
>
> For what USENET group or traditional mailing list would "using WordPress
> on a Linux system {preferably Debian}" be considered on-topic?
>
> Search engines can't handle that type of question.
> The emerging answer is that no one on this list knows of such a beast.
>
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[PLUG] (OT) Backup Software Suggestions

[Mark Phillips]

I am looking for a recommendation on backup software. I have a backup
server and I have two local machines and one remote machine to backup (all
Debian or Ubuntu - no Windows machines to worry about). The backup server
is just command line Debian - no gui - since I only use ssh to talk to it.
I have a new 4 TB drive ready for backups and don't know what to do with
it..;)

I used rsnapshot for awhile, but the backups had issues from time to time,
and I am tired of troubleshooting it. Also the reporting tool rsnapreport
didn't seem to work. With rsnapshot I was seeing ~ 1TB of backup data on my
backup drive.

I have use backuppc in the past, but it seems to be on the decline now and
has been for awhile.

I started using a cloud backup solution, altdrive, but they are closing
shop in February. Also, it was java based, and used a lot  of CPU to make
backups. It could be throttled, but then the backups took a really long
time (hours to days). Finally, I had great difficulty restoring from the
backups - I was told they were too big and the server kept timing out! So I
had to reconfigure all of my backups to smaller sets of directories.

So, any suggestions? Inexpensive cloud backup? Local backup? I have seen
recommendations for Borg for local backups over ssh and it has a web gui
front end which may be useful. I like that it is in Python (I can read it
as opposed to perl...). Other suggestions?

Thanks!

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[PLUG] Problems Turning Off USB Booting

[Mark Phillips]

I have an old laptop running Linux version 4.8.0-1-amd64 (Debian 5.4.1-3)
that I use as a "headless" server for backups and Plex. It has two USB
drives attached to it for the backups and the media files.

I have issues whenever I reboot the laptop. It appears to be trying to boot
off the backup USB drive for hours, then gives up and goes to the internal
hard drive and boots the rest of the way. It freezes in the initial bios
boot up screen. F2 and F12 do not respond...it is as if the machine is
frozen or dead, but eventually it does complete booting up. The last entry
in the bios screen is the name of the back up USB drive, then it hangs for
a long time. Eventually it gets to the next entry for the bios screen which
is enabling the touchpad, and continues to boot from there.

* In the bios, I changed the boot order to start with the internal hard
drive, then the CD/DVD, and then the USB devices are disabled.

* I moved mounting the usb drives from /etc/fstab to autofs, which seems to
work just fine. Once the machine is running, I can access the two drives. I
had the same booting issues when the drives were listed in /etc/fstab.

* If I remove the backup USB drive and then reboot, the laptop boots
normally and does not hang in the initial bios screen.

* I tried moving the backup USB drive to another port (there are four in
the laptop), but nothing changes.

Some technical details on the drives -

Hard drive the system should boot from:

root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00043575

Device Boot  StartEndSectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *  2048 1920129023 1920126976 915.6G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2   1920131070 1953523711   33392642  15.9G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5   1920131072 1953523711   33392640  15.9G 82 Linux swap /
Solaris

Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.

backup USB

root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 2.7 TiB, 3000558944256 bytes, 732558336 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00028375

Device Boot Start   End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 256 732558335 732558080  2.7T 83 Linux

Plex media USB. NTFS because I trade media with folks who only have
Windoze. I use fuse to access it.

root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000365289472 bytes, 3906963456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x48f9a2e9

Device Boot StartEndSectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc12048 3906963455 3906961408  1.8T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Any thoughts you might have on fixing this annoyance would be greatly
appreciated!

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Remote GUI access to an Ubuntu machine

[Mark Phillips]

Dick,

Google "forwarding X over ssh".

Basically, you have to enable X11Forwarding on the server in the .ssh file,
then just 'ssh -X' from the client.

May be slow...YMMV.

Mark

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Dick Steffens 
wrote:

> What's the word I need to search on for a tool to connect to a remote
> Ubuntu machine and have access to the GUI?
>
> I already SSH into the machine for one task I need to do. But sometimes
> I need to run a program on it that requires a GUI. I recall that there
> are such tools, but don't recall the names.
>
> The remote box runs MythTV. I'm no longer using it to drive a TV, but
> just for viewing the schedule. I can always get out a monitor and hook
> it up, but for the few times I need to run the front end program, it
> would be easier to do it from another machine.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Project time and expense tracking

[Mark Phillips]

I use the hamster time tracker. Very easy to use, exports to CSV and html.
You can separate time tracking via tags, projects, etc. As a single purpose
application, it works great!

Mark

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Rich Shepard 
wrote:

>My business accounting software has project time card capabilities, but
> I've never been able to turn that into a client invoice. There are a few
> FOSS applications available from the Web but all use a browser and mysql. I
> don't do mysql but do use postgres and sqlite3.
>
>Do any of you who track time and expenses by project use a stand-alone
> application using sqlite3 for data? If so, please share your experiences
> with me. Seems to me this is the optimal design for a single-purpose
> application.
>
> Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

[Mark Phillips]

Denis,

Do you by any chance have an HP printer? Is it networked? I ran into a
similar situation a while ago, and had to install the hp linux printer
software to get the printer to work with cups. So, if you have an hp
printer on your network, then I may be able to help. If not, then I am
quite useless to you...;)

Happy 4th!!

Mark

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Denis Heidtmann 
wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Ken Stephens  wrote:
>
> > Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard  >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I had no problem until yesterday.  It has likely been a number days
> > since
> > >>> I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the
> interim,
> > >>> but nothing major.
> > >> Denis,
> > >>
> > >> In your web browser, enter the URL of http://localhost:631. Take
> a
> > >> look at
> > >> the Printers page. You might need to be root (as the CUPS admin) to
> > effect
> > >> changes; I've no idea how the ubuntus are set up.
> > >>
> > >> Now and then I find my main printer non-responsive. From the
> > Printers
> > >> page
> > >> I follow the link for that printer and can re-start it if it's not
> > idle, or
> > >> (in the worse case) remove and re-add the printer.
> > >>
> > >> That admin page also allows you to manipulate jobs in the print
> > queue
> > >> and
> > >> do other useful stuff.
> > >>
> > >> HTH,
> > >>
> > >> Rich
> > >>
> > > This what I get:  Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at
> > > localhost:631.
> > >
> > > I think the messages say the server is not working, so there is nothing
> > to
> > > connect to.
> > >
> > > -Denis
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> > Check your firewall.  Port 631 maybe blocked.
> >
> > Ken
>
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Re: [PLUG] What role could or should the Open Source Software community play in the 2016 election?

[Mark Phillips]

Even touching the software is not enough to catch all the attempts at
manipulation -

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/crypto-flaw-was-so-glaring-it-may-be-intentional-eavesdropping-backdoor/

Mark

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Lou  wrote:

> Well, this has more to do with "Free Software" than "Open Source" that
> has different philosophies.
>
> Releasing the source code is not enough as the licence might be still
> very restrictive (here is the code, look. You can see it but you can't
> touch it.)
>
>
> http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/08/19/why-we-need-quot-free-software-quot-voting-machines/
>
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/gplv3-tc-voting-machines
>
>
> https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/17/tampering-with-us-voting-machine-as-easy-as-abcde-says-virginia-report/
>
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/article/2223462/microsoft-subnet/machines-alter-election-votes--hacking-voting-machines-so-easy-that-grandma-can-do-.html
>
>
>
>
> On 02/02/2016 06:33 PM, Vedanta Teacher wrote:
> > Blessings,
> >
> >   Let me begin by saying that I haven't belonged to a political party
> > beginning in 1985-1989 (?)
> > and have voted independently from that time so I have no ax to grind.
> >
> > There are multiple accusations of vote fixing or manipulation in Iowa by
> MS
> > through a "free"
> > app. "Free" as in spy ware. How can closed source, proprietary source
> code
> > be used to
> > count something as critical as votes in a free society? I still remember
> > the Diebold voting
> > machines in the 2000 election if that is the right year.
> >
> > I was wondering if there was a role for the open source community (even
> > hacktavist)
> > in ensuring free and fair elections.
> >
> > If this is the wrong group for this posting my apologizes but I already
> had
> > this on my
> > mind and this just confirmed my thoughts. If the corruption and cronyism
> > goes on long
> > enough eventually the Open Source Community will be in their sights-
> Just a
> > thought.
> >
> > " I don't care who votes as long as I count the votes." Joseph Stalin.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Paul
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[PLUG] OT: Anyone Have Experience with Digital Fortress?

[Mark Phillips]

A friend is applying for the position of Network Operations Center
Technician at Digital Fortress in Seattle.

Does anyone on the list know anything about this company? A good place to
work or a sweatshop? ;)

How about this type of position - anyone with experience starting at the
bottom with some limited technical experience in a job like this?

Thanks!

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Have Webserver? Check your logs

[Mark Phillips]

I am curious. Is this message meant to be

* funny and harmless
* a prank that may cause a problem for the uninitiated
* malicious and meant to do harm
* something else?

Thanks!

Mark
On Jan 7, 2016 11:01 AM, "chris (fool) mccraw"  wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Paul Heinlein  wrote:
> >
> >
> > I got the same thing timestamped 30/Dec/2015:04:16:18 + (so roughly
> > the same local time as yours). Kind of funny,
>
>
> Me three.
>
>
> > as long as it doesn't inspire legions of copycats.
>
>
> I am not worried about copycats - logrotate dutifully removes them from the
> face of the earth even if they are nonsense.  plus, I am ok disabling the
> DELETE verb on my apache (ref:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4167305/apache-limit-put-and-delete)
> since none of my apps use it.  Of course there will always be other
> vectors, and then someone will make a close of denyhosts to shut things
> down, if it really escalates :)
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Re: [PLUG] I'm going to build a laptop..

[Mark Phillips]

I think building a laptop from scratch is not very rewarding in that you
end up with a heavy, chunky, and not very portable computer.

If you really want a portable computer (ie laptop), then I suggest buying a
used laptop and then cleaning it out (ie disassemble it...sort of like
building your own), replacing the hard drive, upgrading the memory, maybe
replace the heat sink for the CPU or depending on the model replace the
CPU, and installing Linux. This will leave you with some older hardware,
however. This is one of many sites with info on the compatibly of Linux and
laptops - http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/. I would suggest shopping
Craig's List for the model that meets your needs for a laptop.

If you want a new laptop with more speed/power, then I recommend System 76 (
https://system76.com/). They come with Ubuntu installed, but you can get
them with almost any distro you want.

If you really want to DIY and build a computer, then build a desktop/tower.
There are lots of parts, cases, etc available for this type of project. You
can spend as little or as much as you want to spend and get exactly the
system you spec out.

Have fun!

Mark

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Russell Senior 
wrote:

> > "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom  writes:
>
> Keith> Security, CPU, etc?  I don't know of any CPU that is "better" for
> Keith> security, and if one had special features for that, the kernel
> Keith> would need to support those features.  I would love a CPU with
> Keith> byte-counting interfaces, and large integer modulo arithmetic,
> Keith> and a kernel that exploited these to cryptographically checksum
> Keith> modules and programs as they come off the disk.  But most people
> Keith> believe that sofware-only security is sufficient, so I don't
> Keith> expect to see such hardware soon.
>
> Along the 'build your own' laptop line, this has been around for a while
> now:
>
>   https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/novena
>
> which is interesting.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Linus and the 'Net

[Mark Phillips]

I liked the article a lot! It prompted me to buy "How Linux Works: What
Every Superuser Should Know" by
Brian Ward and it is a great read. I recommend it.

My point is I disagree a little with Linus' goal of rejecting all security
patches if they slow down user space. Moore's Law is still in effect (
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing/moore-s-law-how-long-will-it-last--1226772),
so the speed of computer hardware is still increasing faster than the drag
produced by software. I think some kernel security patches could be
implemented and in two years user space will not be affected (more or
less). As it says in the article, it is much easier to say no impact on
user space than a little impact is OK. How much is "a little" and who
decides (probably Linus)? Perhaps it is time to rethink this golden rule of
kernel development in this very aggressive game of global cyber attacks,
which are funded by foreign governments. (Although, on a side point, I
wonder how much the NSA has mapped the power grids of other nations and
installed sleeping exploits...)

A second point that Linus made, although not that well, is that if kernel
security becomes the focus of development, then we are making a big
mistake. IMO, the goal should be to have many layers of strong security
that continually evolves based on the assumption that the attacker is just
as smart as the security experts. Just relying in security in the kernel is
like building a fortified castle, but not adding a moat or rings of stout
walls around the inner keep. Also, all these security experts would love to
be able to lay the blame for exploits at the feet of the kernel, which they
do not control/maintain/develop, instead of accepting that the world of
security is ever changing and every now an then the bad guys may get
through.

Just my 2 centsthanks for the article!!

Mark

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Nov 2015, Patrick J. Timlick wrote:
>
> > An interesting account of the controversy surrounding Linux security.
> > Where does PLUG weigh in on security vs speed and ease of use? Is our
> > friend and neighbor Linus right or should we go with less famous
> "security
> > experts"?
>
>From my position as a non-computer professional end user of linux since
> 1997 I think they're both correct ... from deterrent points of view.
>
>The two recent vulnerabilities/exploitations of 'Net back-office tools
> (heartbleed and the other mentioned) were, if I recall correctly, related
> to
> bind. Bind is an essential utility but not part of the kernel. Part of GNU
> Linux (and similar systems, I'm sure), but not in the kernel. This,
> perhaps,
> gives one point to Linus.
>
>From everything I read the greatest vulnerabilities and exploitations
> come
> from the carbonware portion of the computing corpus:
>
>- Weak passwords.
>
>- Accounts payable clerks who accept e-mails seeming to come from their
> bosses to wire transfer thousands of dollars to off-shore accounts without
> verifying that the request is real.
>
>- Outdated, not upgraded applications such as PCAnywhere on parking lot
> and car wash POS systems that are compromised because the POS system
> providers do not upgrade the remote access tools and the folks who run the
> parking lots and car washes are ignorant and not expected to manage the POS
> systems they use.
>
>- ATM and other POS exploitations based on insufficient security and
> (if I
> correctly interpret the reports) Windows vulnerabilities across almost
> every
> retailer chain.
>
> Give Linus a second point.
>
>On the other side, there are known potential weaknesses in the kernel
> and
> the argument that adding security at the cost of some slowness in response
> is unacceptable is equivalent to claiming that putting kids in secure car
> seats and the driver using a seat belt is unacceptable because it delays
> going to the grocery store. While it seems that for too many people instant
> gratification is no longer quick enough (see Amazon's promise to deliver
> what you order as soon as you pay for it), as a society we need to accept
> the cost of added security on the Internet just as we accept a delay by
> locking the doors to our houses and apartments (a major production
> involving
> multiple locks in cities such as New York.) Score a point for the 'crazy'
> security experts.
>
>Ideally, we'd work on both aspects. Train humans to be more security
> conscious in their use of computers (similar to pushing water uphill) while
> adding two-factor authentication more broadly and adding additional kernel
> and utility security even at the cost of slower response time.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Networking & HP-Printer Probs ... (Re3: ... Building Community; Tekies & End-Users)

[Mark Phillips]

I have a different HP printer model and a mixed wired and wifi LAN. A few
things to check -

1. Look at the printer manual (get one from HP online if you have to) and
be sure to set up a static IP address for the printer from the control
panel on the printer.

2. Be sure to install the latest HP printer software for Linux on your
computer. It works with CUPS. It has a printer manager app that can help
you find and install the printer. Download from HP.

All the rest of the suggestions above apply as well.

Good luck!

Mark

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Russell Senior 
wrote:

> > "Charles" == Charles   writes:
>
> Charles> All machines except the printer are connected wirelessly; to
> Charles> the Router supplied by WaveBroadband, which i believe is this
> Charles> Router-Model, here:
>
> Charles> http://www.tp-link.us/products/details/cat-9_Archer-C7.html
>
> Charles> And this picture seems to be my printer:
>
> Charles>
> http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-4100N-LaserJet-Printer/dp/B5AKAMekdata=1e43f67fdc5c28008200d7e31bdeefd7
>
> Charles> My router & printer are connected with an ethernet cable.
>
> Charles> I have tried powering them both down & back up, once router
> Charles> first, once printer first.  Still no connection.
>
> Try logging into your routers admin interface and see if you can find
> its DHCP leases.  See if your printer is listed there.
>
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Re: [PLUG] boot failure

[Mark Phillips]

Denis,

Be sure you ran the system with the CD 12.04 for awhile, and you used the
system as you normally use it. If you have a heat problem, you need to
exercise your system as much as possible to see if the problem reappears.

You can run diagnostics on your hard drive from the CD to see if you have a
HD problem. Someone on the list will know more about disk utilities on your
CD than I do.

If there is no heat issue and no HD issues, then you may have been hacked.

Mark

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Denis Heidtmann 
wrote:

> Now there is something I can do.  CD 12.04 seems to run fine.  So you would
>  point to SW.  How about the HD?  Is there a chance that an intruder mucked
> things up?  Our system is not on line all the time--only when it is use.
>
> What to do next?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Gotta go now, but will be back this evening.
>
> -Denis
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Nat Taylor  wrote:
>
> > A live cd or live usb stick running properly would tell u your issue is
> > software.  If it locks up too heat or power supply could be the culprit.
> >
> > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, King Beowulf 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Denis Heidtmann <
> > denis.heidtm...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The precursor may or may not be related.
> > > >
> > > > I discovered that my wife's gmail had been accessed by an iphone on
> > Nov,
> > > > 1.  We have no iphone, and were home alone at the time listed.  So I
> > > > changed the pass word.  Then tried to open firefox.  Would not load.
> > > > Nothing would work, except the mouse pointer would move around.  Had
> to
> > > use
> > > > the power button to restart.  Now I get error: attempt to read or
> write
> > > > outside of disk 'hd0'.  Entering rescue mode.  grub rescue>
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday the computer froze in a similar fashion when my wife was
> > > looking
> > > > at email in evolution.  A power switch intervention was required, but
> > it
> > > > booted fine at that time.
> > > >
> > > > So the two incidents point to hardware problems or intrusion?
> > > >
> > > > I have googled for grub rescue recovery, but what I found was aimed
> at
> > > > people with more understanding than I have.
> > > >
> > > > Are there suggestions that someone here can offer?
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > -Denis
> > > >
> > >
> > > sounds like overheating. When was the last time you cleared out the
> dust
> > > and checked CPU fan?  The thermal compound btween heat sink and CPU.
> will
> > > get brittle over time as well.
> > >
> > > -Ed
> > >
> > >
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Re: [PLUG] Recommend home router software?

[Mark Phillips]

I use dd-wrt - http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index. I have been using it on an
ASUS RT-N16 router for years, and have had no issues.

Mark

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote:

 On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, eehouse wrote:

  I've been running LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/bering-uclibc/)
  for years on general purpose mini computers like those from
  PCEngines (http://www.pcengines.ch/) and soekris
  (https://soekris.com/). I'm happy with the hardware, but suspect
  LEAF's original focus on fitting on floppy disks is keeping it from
  being as featureful as I'd like.
 
  Any recommendations? I'm not afraid of commandline interfaces, but
  am willing to use one those GUI thingies if it brings real benefits.

 I've had great luck with pfSense:

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

 It's BSD-based, so it uses pf rather than iptables for filtering, but
 it's easy to use, very feature-full, and doesn't have any trouble
 running on machines with Atom-class processors.

 Configuration is generally done via the GUI, though I've had occasion
 to change some things manually via command-line operations.

  I think the most challenging thing I'm likely to want to configure
  my router to do is switch from its outbound ethernet connection to
  USB when a tethering smartphone is attached (since our DSL is MUCH
  slower than LTE, and sometimes we really need the greater speed.)

 pfSense will support any USB NIC supported by FreeBSD, so you'll have
 to research its compatability with your hardware.

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Re: [PLUG] Printer help needed

[Mark Phillips]

Have you tried updating hplip?

I had a similar problem with hplip awhile ago. Printing just stopped, and
it had been working for years. I finally removed all the ubuntu hplip
packages and downloaded the installer from hp and used that version of
hplip. Printing started working again. It has an automatic updater so I
don't feel any pain from not having ubuntu update hplip as needed.

I am running hplip (3.15.7) and cups (1.7.2) together on Ubuntu 14.04. I
have never tried hplip alone without cups. However, my printer is networked
and not a direct usb connection to my laptop.

Mark


On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
wrote:

 On Mon, 10 Aug 2015, Denis Heidtmann wrote:

  No test page.  Before I go through deleting and re-adding, I would like
 to
  understand the relation between CUPS and Hplip.

 Denis,

I cannot help you there since I do all printer maintenance and testing
 via
 the CUPS pages. Haven't used hplip.

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Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

[Mark Phillips]

The link did not work for me (it was truncated). Here is the full line -
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cms-comparison-drupal-joomla-and-wordpress

Personally, I prefer Python to PHP, so I prefer working with the django
framework. There is django-cms, mezzanine, and wagtail, to name a few CMS
that are based on dhango. There are others as well.

Mark

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
wrote:

 On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Pete Lancashire wrote:

  My hosting company provides Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla Other then must
  be close to 7 years ago I played around with Drupal and Joomla. That is
  about the limit of my experience

 pete,

Lookie here:
 http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cms-comparison-drupal

 :-)

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[PLUG] Looking for VPN Provider Recommendations

[Mark Phillips]

Anyone have experience with ExpressVPN? Any recommendations for another VPN
provider?

My daughter will be studying in Germany this summer, and I felt she should
have a VPN for her Mac and iPhone since she will be almost totally on WiFi
at coffee shops.and she wants to be able to use Netflix...;)

Thanks!

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Re: [PLUG] Need new Java

[Mark Phillips]

Take a look at the man page for update alternatives. You will have to tell
your system where the new java/bin directory is and select that as the
system wide java. Haven't done it in awhile, so not sure of the exact
commands.

If you just want to run this java from the command line, then type the full
path to this new java on the command line and whatever arguments you have
(ie a jar file).

Mark

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:15 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net
wrote:

 On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:40:45 -0700
 John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net dijo:

 Thanks for all the suggestions. Apparently I have just the Java that
 came with Xubuntu:

 jjj@Devil-Bonobo:/usr$ java -version
 java version 1.7.0_75
 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.4) (7u75-2.5.4-1~trusty1)
 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)

 So I downloaded the latest from Oracle and followed their instructions,
 but it is not installed. I think the last step is missing from their
 instructions because all they say to do is download it, move it to
 where you want to install it, and do tar zxvf filename. That untars
 the archive all right, but java -version still give the same output as
 above. I can't figure out how to install it.

 These are the instructions from Oracle:

 Change to the directory in which you want to install. Type:
 cd directory path name
 For example, to install the software in the /usr/java/ directory,
 Type: cd /usr/java/

 Note about root access: To install Java in a system-wide location
 such as /usr/local, you must login as the root user to gain the
 necessary permissions. If you do not have root access, install Java
 in your home directory or a subdirectory for which you have write
 permissions. Move the .tar.gz archive binary to the current
 directory. Unpack the tarball and install Java tar zxvf
 jre-7u7-linux-x64.tar.gz

 The Java files are installed in a directory called jre1.7.0_07 in
 the current directory. In this example, it is installed in
 the /usr/java/jre1.7.0_07 directory. When the installation has
 completed, you will see the word Done. Delete the .tar.gz file if
 you want to save disk space.

 I extracted it to ~/Software/Java, if that makes any difference.
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Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

[Mark Phillips]

Are they on a network? Can the reach a network install that you maintain?

Just spit-balling here.

Marl

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
wrote:

 On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote:

  Why not MySQL with Libreoffice?

 Mark,

For the same reason as not postgres (my preferred
 multi-user/client-server
 rdbms): the users are naive and run only windows. There's no way they can
 install and maintain postgres (or even mysql) in addition to everything
 else.

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Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

[Mark Phillips]

Why not MySQL with Libreoffice?

http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/mysql-native-connector-for-libreoffice-4.x

Mark

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:39 PM, King Beowulf kingbeow...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
 wrote:

 For a couple of database applications that will be used by Microserfs
 it
  appears the most parsimonious development path is to use LibreOffice's
 Base
  tool. Base uses HyperSQL (a.k.a. hsqldb) which is a rdbms written in
 jave.
  I
  was told that hsqldb-1.8 built into LO-4.3.5 is as buggy as a summer
  evening
  along a Michigan lake because of what Oracle took out or added in
 compared
  to the stand-alone version. Numerous reports of data loss. So, ...
 
 
 Why not have libreoffice base plug into mariadb instead?  Mariadb already
 comes with Slackware, is compatible with all MySQL scripts (it's a fork)
 and is solid as a rock AFAIK.

 Rummage around documentfoundation.org for plugins/connectors and How-TOs

 -Ed


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Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

[Mark Phillips]

And you are running LibreOffice on iPads and iPhones? And you want to
connect LO on your iphone to a database?

I am impressed!

Mark

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
wrote:

 On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote:

  Are they on a network?

Well, if you consider iPyones and iPads being on a network, yes.

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Re: [PLUG] Web Hosting

[Mark Phillips]

Tim,

I would suggest using python and the django web framework for a new site
with real logins, and hosting with linode or digital ocean. The minimum
account would be enough for your needs.

I can help with the django part. However, it is very easy to get a site up
and running - just take an hour and try the tutorial (
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial01/). The framework
does 90% of the heavy lifting, and it runs in a small footprint. You will
be amazed!

Mark

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote:

 I've had the job of webmaster for my model airplane club thrust upon me.
 This is the site I'll be taking over: www.funflyers.org.

 Currently it's just a simple static web site, but with a members-only
 area behind a log-in.  The log-in is kind of a hack: there's only one
 user name and password.  But there's no real private information in
 there, and it provides a notice to the honest not to go there.

 This whole log-in thing will be new to me (oh joy).

 My most important question is -- who shall I go with?  My knee-jerk
 response is to just go with GoDaddy, because I get all their ads.  But
 for some reason, I seem to think that the PLUG crew may have some
 opinions.

 If possible I'd rather not get a slice on a server somewhere.  Rather,
 I'd really like to get an account with a hosting company, to which I
 just upload HTML files, and do some -- hopefully easy -- messing around
 to affect the login.

 Thank you for your suggestions.

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Re: [PLUG] Mirrored Boot Drive

[Mark Phillips]

My System 76 laptop (Ubuntu 14.04) has two mirrored SSDs, and it works
flawlessly.

Mark

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote:

 On Sun, 30 Nov 2014, Chaz Sliger wrote:

  I'll be using Ubuntu.
 Actually Mint which uses the latest Ubuntu LTS release.
 I believe Mint would use whatever Ubuntu provides for mirroring.


 OK. The steps are, roughly,

 1. Use the installer to partition the drives identically. I typically
create three partitions: /boot, swap, and / (root partition), but
I know some people like to carve out separate filesystems for /srv,
/home, /var, etc.

 2. As you create the partitions, mark them with id 'fd' (Linux
raid autodetect).

 3. Choose to create a metadevice of type RAID-1. Build your
filesystem on top of that.

 I know the steps are not quite that simple, but that's the best I can do
 from memory. It's very achievable, however, and I suspect you'll be able to
 figure it out.

 (I assume you have two drives of the same size...)


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Re: [PLUG] printer advice

[Mark Phillips]

I have an 8620, and it is great. Works flawlessly with (desktop) ubuntu,
(servers) debian, and android. I can print directly from any of these
devices.

Mark
On Nov 16, 2014 12:02 PM, King Beowulf kingbeow...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 11/16/2014 09:25 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
 ---snip---
  Currently, under HPLIP-3.14.6, I have the following printers running
  under Slackware64 14.1:
 
  HP Laserjet M1212nf ethernet, color scanning, proprietary plugin
  HP photosmart 8250  USB, color, Free Geek special, separate inks
  HP Officejet Pro 8620   ethernet, scan, color, separate inks, duplex
 
  The HP 8260 cost lest than a full set of cartridges!  It also nice abd
  flat: 6 1/8 in (15 cm) if you don't pop up the display screen.
 
  Head over to
 
  http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html
 
  and shop for the specifications you need.
 
  -Ed
 
 
  Thanks so much for advice, references and links.  I have some more
  investigations to do.
 
  BTW, should 8620 be 8260?
 

 Nope:  8620 it is:


 http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=usdlc=enlc=enproduct=5367614

 It is a bit bulky, with more features than you can shake a stick at.
 Its starting to get hard to find a decent high duty cycle color printer
 (short of laser), with good Linux support, that JUST prints, and doesn't
 hog desk space.

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Re: [PLUG] TUESDAY: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

[Mark Phillips]

I looked at it last night, and all I did was use the page-down and page-up
keys. I was using Firefox, and it also works on Chrome.

Mark

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Ronald Bynoe ron...@bynoe.us wrote:

 Hrm, I actually haven't tried the slides on a desktop. I imagine click and
 drag like you would when panning a large image?
 On Oct 22, 2014 6:31 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

  On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
 
   Swipe right
 
 Oh? How does one do that with a trackball? My LCD monitor is not a
 touch
  screen.
 
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Re: [PLUG] Question About RAID and LVM - Ubunu 14.04

[Mark Phillips]

Doh.I should have waited for your email before re-installing! However
after several hours and a rescue disk, I got it back to where it was
before. Whew!

Michael, thanks for the information! While re-installing I read about how
mdadm has been incorporated into LVM, and how it has progressed to the
point where it is as good or better than LVM over mdadm. Very cool.

And yes, I have the 'm' attribute.

Next test...remove the boot drive and see if it still boots up!

Mark

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Michael Ewan michaelewa...@gmail.com
wrote:

 You should not need to re-install.  LVM2 handles the RAID configuration
 directly and does not need to use MD.  Try checking with sudo lvdisplay
 -C, you should see an 'm' (mirrored) under the Attr column indicating
 RAID1.  Look at the man page for lvs(8) to see what the rest of the
 attributes mean.  For future reference, pvdisplay will show you all the
 physical volumes on the system (you should have two); vgdisplay -v will
 show you the volume groups, logical volumes in that group and associated
 physical volumes; lvdisplay -v will show you all of your logical
 volumes.  The only reason you would need to use md is to set up physical
 devices for LVM2 using multipath on dual port SCSI, or a Fibre Channel
 array with dual controllers.

 On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Larry Brigman larry.brig...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  If you did install raid1, then the installer didn't figure out that you
  needed to include the mdadm
  package.  Also in raid1, either drive would show the same info if things
  were correctly configured.
  Loading the mdadm package and querying the drives will show you that
 info.
 
  Your link about setting up raid is valid.  It just doesn't say anything
  about what packages should be installed.
 
  On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Mark Phillips 
 m...@phillipsmarketing.biz
  
  wrote:
 
   Loren,
  
   Thanks for you comments.  As I said in my first post, I used ubuntu
  server
   to install both raid and lvm, and then installed ubuntu-desktop. The
  image
   in my second post is from the text based ubuntu server installation
   process.
  
   I guess I could try it again, but I don't see how anything would
 change.
  
   Thanks,
  
   Mark
   On Sep 18, 2014 8:54 PM, Loren M. Lang lor...@north-winds.org
 wrote:
  
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:17:28 -0700, Mark Phillips
m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
 Josiah,

 Thanks for your response. It looks as if LVM is using the hardware
directly
   
Yes, it looks like LVM is directly using the hardware indeed. The
Ubuntu Desktop installer does not include RAID support nor install
  mdadm
by default. You can get mdadm by doing sudo apt-get install mdadm
 from
the command-line. In fact, Ubuntu would have said so if you tried
running mdadm without using sudo. It's not smart enough, though, to
recommend such things via sudo.
   
The real problem is that both hard drives are allocated as
 independent
physical volumes to LVM giving you twice the space you would normally
have. I also noticed that you have all of the volume group entirely
allocated to one physical volume. That kind of negates any benefit to
using LVM as live volumes can't be shrunk. Most benefits of LVM like
taking live snapshots or creating new volumes on the fly require that
there is some unallocated space in the volume group. There is a way
 to
restore RAID without reinstalling, but it's a long, complicated
procedure.
   
I recommend to reinstall and use the Ubuntu Server ISO. Set up RAID
 and
LVM as you see fit. Once Server is finished installing, just install
  the
ubuntu-desktop package (or kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, etc.)
 and
you will have a normal desktop. Ubuntu Desktop is actually based on
 the
standard Server install plus everything ubuntu-desktop pulls in.
   
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
   
   
 -

 mark@tsunami:~$ sudo pvscan -v
 [sudo] password for mark:
 Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
 Wiping internal VG cache
 Walking through all physical volumes
   PV /dev/sda1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
   PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
   Total: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in use: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
 mark@tsunami:~$

 Part of my confusion is that mdadm is NOT installed on my system.
 Everything I have read about raid involves mdadam, but as I said in
  my
 original post, it is not installed -
 mark@tsunami:~$ sudo mdadm
 sudo: mdadm: command not found
 mark@tsunami:~$

 However, in the Ubuntu 14.04 server installer I specifically set up
  the
 drives to be in a raid1 array. From the instructions I followed
 (see
 reference above)

- Designate your new partition for RAID by selecting “Physical
   volume
for RAID” at the “How to use

[PLUG] Question About RAID and LVM - Ubunu 14.04

[Mark Phillips]

I am confused about a RAID1 and LVM installation using Ubuntu 14.04 server.
I have a new System 76 Gazelle Pro laptop with two 1 TB SSD drives. I
re-installed the system using the server version of 14.04 so I could have
the installer create the raid and lvm. I followed this blog post -
http://blog.miketoscano.com/?p=307, and the steps in the installer to
create the raid and then the lvm, and then install the OS, and it all
seemed to work. I then installed the ubuntu-desktop and then the system76
drivers. It all seems to be working.

However, I cannot find mdadm. It does not appear to be installed. I looked
at /etc/fstab and I see
mark@tsunami:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# file system mount point type options dump pass
/dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-swap none swap sw 0 0

And the free space shows
mark@tsunami:~$ df -h
df: ‘/run/user/107/gvfs’: Permission denied
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-root 1.8T 120G 1.6T 7% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 7.8G 4.0K 7.8G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.6G 1.2M 1.6G 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 7.8G 144K 7.8G 1% /run/shm
none 100M 40K 100M 1% /run/user

There is no mdadm.conf.
]mark@tsunami:~$ sudo locate mdadm
[sudo] password for mark:
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mdadm

And mdstat does not seem correct from what I have read.
]mark@tsunami:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities :
unused devices: none

Am I missing something? Do I really have what I intended to install? I
don't want to pull all my files over to the machine until I am sure it is
working as intended.

Thanks,

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Re: [PLUG] Question About RAID and LVM - Ubunu 14.04

[Mark Phillips]

Josiah,

Thanks for your response. It looks as if LVM is using the hardware directly
-

mark@tsunami:~$ sudo pvscan -v
[sudo] password for mark:
Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
Wiping internal VG cache
Walking through all physical volumes
  PV /dev/sda1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
  PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
  Total: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in use: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
mark@tsunami:~$

Part of my confusion is that mdadm is NOT installed on my system.
Everything I have read about raid involves mdadam, but as I said in my
original post, it is not installed -
mark@tsunami:~$ sudo mdadm
sudo: mdadm: command not found
mark@tsunami:~$

However, in the Ubuntu 14.04 server installer I specifically set up the
drives to be in a raid1 array. From the instructions I followed (see
reference above)

   - Designate your new partition for RAID by selecting “Physical volume
   for RAID” at the “How to use this partition:” prompt. This process will
   create a new RAID device.
   Repeat the previous step for the other physical disk.
   - Here’s the overview of my partition layout and settings: (mine looked
   the same, but the drives are 1 TB Samsung drives.

   -

   At the prompt asking, “Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?”
   Select yes.

I then entered the LVM process, finished the installation, picked a few
packages including ubuntu-desktop, and as I said above it boots just fine.

What should I do now?

I could do a re-install, but the steps won't change, so I am not confident
I will get a RAID1 array out of it.

Or, I could install mdadm and see what it says.but can a software raid
be installed without mdadm? If the system is magically configured as a raid
array, will installing mdadm screw it up?

I don't believe this laptop has any raid hardware installedat least
System76 never told me about it, and I asked them to configure the drives
as RAID1 when I bought the beast and they said they could not do that.

Thanks,

Mark

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Josiah Luscher s...@josiahluscher.com
wrote:

 Finally a question I might be able to help with!  I'm so excited!  I can
 think of many ways to get more information to help alleviate the
 confusion.  I'd suggest starting with an LVM scan of physical volumes:
  pvscan -v.   That will tell you weather LVM is using 'md#'  devices, or
 the hardware directly ('sd#' devices).   You could also query the hard
 drives with mdadm for RAID headers.  I think the command would be  mdadm
 --query /dev/sd#.


 On September 18, 2014 1:28:23 PM PDT, Mark Phillips 
 m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
 I am confused about a RAID1 and LVM installation using Ubuntu 14.04
 server.
 I have a new System 76 Gazelle Pro laptop with two 1 TB SSD drives. I
 re-installed the system using the server version of 14.04 so I could
 have
 the installer create the raid and lvm. I followed this blog post -
 http://blog.miketoscano.com/?p=307, and the steps in the installer to
 create the raid and then the lvm, and then install the OS, and it all
 seemed to work. I then installed the ubuntu-desktop and then the
 system76
 drivers. It all seems to be working.
 
 However, I cannot find mdadm. It does not appear to be installed. I
 looked
 at /etc/fstab and I see
 mark@tsunami:~$ cat /etc/fstab
 # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
 #
 # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
 # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
 devices
 # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
 #
 # file system mount point type options dump pass
 /dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
 /dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-swap none swap sw 0 0
 
 And the free space shows
 mark@tsunami:~$ df -h
 df: ‘/run/user/107/gvfs’: Permission denied
 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 /dev/mapper/vg1_tsunami-root 1.8T 120G 1.6T 7% /
 none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
 udev 7.8G 4.0K 7.8G 1% /dev
 tmpfs 1.6G 1.2M 1.6G 1% /run
 none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
 none 7.8G 144K 7.8G 1% /run/shm
 none 100M 40K 100M 1% /run/user
 
 There is no mdadm.conf.
 ]mark@tsunami:~$ sudo locate mdadm
 [sudo] password for mark:
 /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mdadm
 
 And mdstat does not seem correct from what I have read.
 ]mark@tsunami:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
 Personalities :
 unused devices: none
 
 Am I missing something? Do I really have what I intended to install? I
 don't want to pull all my files over to the machine until I am sure it
 is
 working as intended.
 
 Thanks,
 
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Re: [PLUG] Question About RAID and LVM - Ubunu 14.04

[Mark Phillips]

Loren,

Thanks for you comments.  As I said in my first post, I used ubuntu server
to install both raid and lvm, and then installed ubuntu-desktop. The image
in my second post is from the text based ubuntu server installation process.

I guess I could try it again, but I don't see how anything would change.

Thanks,

Mark
On Sep 18, 2014 8:54 PM, Loren M. Lang lor...@north-winds.org wrote:

 On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:17:28 -0700, Mark Phillips
 m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
  Josiah,
 
  Thanks for your response. It looks as if LVM is using the hardware
 directly

 Yes, it looks like LVM is directly using the hardware indeed. The
 Ubuntu Desktop installer does not include RAID support nor install mdadm
 by default. You can get mdadm by doing sudo apt-get install mdadm from
 the command-line. In fact, Ubuntu would have said so if you tried
 running mdadm without using sudo. It's not smart enough, though, to
 recommend such things via sudo.

 The real problem is that both hard drives are allocated as independent
 physical volumes to LVM giving you twice the space you would normally
 have. I also noticed that you have all of the volume group entirely
 allocated to one physical volume. That kind of negates any benefit to
 using LVM as live volumes can't be shrunk. Most benefits of LVM like
 taking live snapshots or creating new volumes on the fly require that
 there is some unallocated space in the volume group. There is a way to
 restore RAID without reinstalling, but it's a long, complicated
 procedure.

 I recommend to reinstall and use the Ubuntu Server ISO. Set up RAID and
 LVM as you see fit. Once Server is finished installing, just install the
 ubuntu-desktop package (or kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, etc.) and
 you will have a normal desktop. Ubuntu Desktop is actually based on the
 standard Server install plus everything ubuntu-desktop pulls in.

 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop


  -
 
  mark@tsunami:~$ sudo pvscan -v
  [sudo] password for mark:
  Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
  Wiping internal VG cache
  Walking through all physical volumes
PV /dev/sda1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg1_tsunami   lvm2 [931.51 GiB / 0free]
Total: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in use: 2 [1.82 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
  mark@tsunami:~$
 
  Part of my confusion is that mdadm is NOT installed on my system.
  Everything I have read about raid involves mdadam, but as I said in my
  original post, it is not installed -
  mark@tsunami:~$ sudo mdadm
  sudo: mdadm: command not found
  mark@tsunami:~$
 
  However, in the Ubuntu 14.04 server installer I specifically set up the
  drives to be in a raid1 array. From the instructions I followed (see
  reference above)
 
 - Designate your new partition for RAID by selecting “Physical volume
 for RAID” at the “How to use this partition:” prompt. This process
 will
 create a new RAID device.
 Repeat the previous step for the other physical disk.
 - Here’s the overview of my partition layout and settings: (mine
 looked
 the same, but the drives are 1 TB Samsung drives.
 
 -
 
 At the prompt asking, “Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?”
 Select yes.
 
  I then entered the LVM process, finished the installation, picked a few
  packages including ubuntu-desktop, and as I said above it boots just
 fine.
 
  What should I do now?
 
  I could do a re-install, but the steps won't change, so I am not
 confident
  I will get a RAID1 array out of it.
 
  Or, I could install mdadm and see what it says.but can a software
 raid
  be installed without mdadm? If the system is magically configured as a
 raid
  array, will installing mdadm screw it up?
 
  I don't believe this laptop has any raid hardware installedat least
  System76 never told me about it, and I asked them to configure the drives
  as RAID1 when I bought the beast and they said they could not do that.
 
  Thanks,
 
  Mark
 
  On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Josiah Luscher s...@josiahluscher.com
  wrote:
 
  Finally a question I might be able to help with!  I'm so excited!  I can
  think of many ways to get more information to help alleviate the
  confusion.  I'd suggest starting with an LVM scan of physical volumes:
   pvscan -v.   That will tell you weather LVM is using 'md#'  devices,
 or
  the hardware directly ('sd#' devices).   You could also query the hard
  drives with mdadm for RAID headers.  I think the command would be 
 mdadm
  --query /dev/sd#.
 
 
  On September 18, 2014 1:28:23 PM PDT, Mark Phillips 
  m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
  I am confused about a RAID1 and LVM installation using Ubuntu 14.04
  server.
  I have a new System 76 Gazelle Pro laptop with two 1 TB SSD drives. I
  re-installed the system using the server version of 14.04 so I could
  have
  the installer create the raid and lvm. I followed this blog post -
  http://blog.miketoscano.com/?p=307, and the steps in the installer

Re: [PLUG] New computer working on old computer

[Mark Phillips]

Jason,

Not to hijack your thread, but how do you like your Bonobo Extreme? I am
thinking of getting new System 76, and I am deciding between the Gazelle
Pro or maybe the Bonobo Extreme. However, the Bononbo Extreme looks like a
beast, and may not be that portable. Is this your first System 76, or have
you used them in the past? I have been happy with lots of Dell laptops and
servers, but the new XPS 15 is a nice system, but has a real heat problem,
and I don't need another space heater in the house.

Thanks!

Mark


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:04 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net
wrote:

 I can't believe that this all worked.

 My old computer was a Thinkpad T61 with Xubuntu 12.04, still functional,
 but replaced last December with a new System76 Bonobo Extreme. The
 Thinkpad went on a shelf.

 The Bonobo Extreme came with a 1 TB hybrid drive, but I added a 480 GB
 Crucial mSATA SSD, which I used for / and /home. I never used the
 hybrid drive. It currently runs Xubuntu 14.04.1.

 The Bonobo Extreme developed a problem which System76 and I agree is
 most likely an intermittent GPU failure. This required shipping it to
 California. It went out yesterday. But before shipping it back I
 confirmed with System76 that it would be OK for me to remove the mSATA
 drive, and I did so.

 The Thinkpad still boots 12.04, since nothing has been done to it after
 getting the Bonobo Extreme. But not only is 12.04 older, it has none of
 my current activity, all of which is on the mSATA.

 Last night I asked about getting an mSATA to USB enclosure:

  On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:57:55 -0700
  wes p...@the-wes.com dijo:
 
  frys.com claims it's in stock in wilsonville.
 
  Do you mean this one?
 
  http://www.frys.com/product/7996390?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 This morning I bought it. Indeed, my mSATA drive fits and it works. But
 here is the best part: I plugged it into the Thinkpad and booted to it.
 Not only did it boot, but there was not even the slightest hiccup. I
 expected the video at least to be messed up, but the screen came up
 exactly as it looked on the Bonobo Extreme.

 S now System76 can take as long as they need to fix the Bonobo Extreme.
 I am a very happy camper!
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Re: [PLUG] New computer working on old computer

[Mark Phillips]

Joe,

I didn't find any bad reviews of the current Gazelle Pro...I think they
changed it over time and the older reviews (by several years) talk about a
system different from the one on sale today.

I like the gazelle except for the video card...would rather have more
choices for gaming. I read some user reviews on Amazon for the Thinkpad
t540p, and they really did not like the machine.

One advantage of the gazelle is the multiple drive bays. I want to use a
large SSD for OS and my personal data, and after some research, I have
decided that SSDs are not mature enough to be used as a single drive for
all my data, so I am going to set two of them up in a RAID1 and LVM.

I also looked at a Dell XPS 15, but there are so many Internet complaints
about over heating that I don't want another space heater! It does have
better graphics and two drive bays and it looks good. However, there are
issues with Linux and some of the hardware, so that one is out. I also
don't want to pay for a touch screen that I will never use.

So, I am left with the System 76 gazelle pro. My first non-Dell computer in
10 years!

Mark




On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Joe Shisei Niski joeni...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz
 wrote:

  Jason,
 
  Not to hijack your thread, but how do you like your Bonobo Extreme? I am
  thinking of getting new System 76, and I am deciding between the Gazelle
  Pro or maybe the Bonobo Extreme. However, the Bononbo Extreme looks like
 a
  beast, and may not be that portable. Is this your first System 76, or
 have
  you used them in the past? I have been happy with lots of Dell laptops
 and
  servers, but the new XPS 15 is a nice system, but has a real heat
 problem,
  and I don't need another space heater in the house.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Mark
 
 
  On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:04 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net
  wrote:
 
   I can't believe that this all worked.
  
 

 Hi Mark:

 I bought my wife a netbook from System76 about five years ago. The price
 was OK, hardware build quality is what i expected for the price and form
 factor, and it's handled several Ubuntu dist-upgrades. The support has been
 very good (they spent a bunch of time helping me with a wireless problem
 that we eventually diagnosed as a flaky, dying DSL modem, god bless 'em).

 Check this thread for background on the Bonobo Extreme:

 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/16se83/anyone_have_any_reviewsexperience_with_the/

 I've owned 2 Clevo machines (from the days when Sager resold them without
 an OS, which no longer seems to be an option they offer), both in the class
 of the Clevo repackaged as Bonobo Extreme (e.g. mobile
 workstation/desktop-replacement, 17 screen behemoths). They're rock-solid,
 and high performance - one of mine is still chugging away after 12 years,
 the other is 7 yrs old and never had any trouble, i've used both primarily
 for software development. Both have been easily user-upgradeable (ram 
 disk). Although i've been mostly statisfied with them, I have a few
 complaints:

 1) At  6 lbs (*without* the heavy power brick) they're really not very
 portable.
 2) The batteries just don't last. I spent $100 on spare batteries, and they
 wore down in a couple of years. The machines are tethered to AC, reducing
 their portability further.
 3) The fans keep the box cool, at the expense of sounding like a hovercraft
 preparing for takeoff. The noise hasn't gotten worse, but it's gottten
 subjectively  more annoying over the years (I'm spoiled by the MacBookPros
 my employer provides in that regard).

 I'm in the market for a nice 15 Linux-friendly laptop in the 5 lb range. I
 found a few reviews of the System76 Gazelle Pro, they were
 lukewarm/critical. I really like the specs and price of the ThinkPad t540p,
 but people have had UEFI problems with bricking the motherboard that, while
 avoidable, have me a little gun-shy.

 In comparison-shopping the Linux laptop VARs, it looks like the premium for
 a pre-loaded, vendor-supported machine is in the hundreds of dollars. Bare
 metal whitebox machines seem harder to come by than ever. Not sure what
 i'll do, except wait a bit.

 HTH,
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Re: [PLUG] Looking for a good Domain Registrar

[Mark Phillips]

Robert,

Just curious how gandi.net is better than godaddy. I have been satisfied
with godaddy for many years, but I am always open to something better.

Thanks,

Mark
On Sep 3, 2014 9:42 AM, Robert Miesen robert.mie...@gmail.com wrote:

 I've finally had the time to take a look through the various
 recommendations that everyone has given and I think I'll give gandi.net
 a try. They also offer SSL certificates and hosting solutions, so they
 could be a useful turnkey total web presence solution for my clients!

 Thanks to everyone for giving such useful advice!


 On 08/20/2014 02:59 PM, Micah Cowan wrote:
  I recently switched from Register.com (finally) to gandi.net. Extremely
  satisfied: they're inexpensive, informed, and they (only) accept [BIND 9
  format] zone files (no interactive UI like Register.com has). The Zone
  files has an interesting versioning system that lets you choose what
  version is currently active, so you can create a new version of a Zone
  file, edit it while the other's in place, and then switch over when
 you're
  satisfied.
 
  -mjc
 
 
  On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:52 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
 
  Register.com offers this, though they're very expensive. Amazon AWS can
 do
  it, but they've very complicated and confusing to newcomers.
 
  I hear namecheap is reasonable.
 
  -wes
 
 
  On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Robert Miesen robert.mie...@gmail.com
 
  wrote:
 
  Hi everyone.
 
  I'm looking for a good domain registrar---preferably one that allows
 for
  one stop DNS Zone file editing. I'm using 11, but I am curious if
  anyone knows of a good registrar that allows for full service DNS
 Zone
  file editing functionality.
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[PLUG] Staten 76 Recommendations or Dislikes

[Mark Phillips]

Has anyone on the list used System 76 laptops? Is the hardware any good?
Did you use/buy the extended warranty?

I am looking at purchasing a kudo or gazelle professional laptop.

Thanks,

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Re: [PLUG] Laptop Recommendations

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks for the info!

I think I will look some moremaybe alienware or asus.

Mark


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Daniel Johnson tekno...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Mark Phillips
 m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
  Does anyone use an Dell XPS15 or M3800 laptop? I am looking at these two
  models, or perhaps the developer edition with Ubuntu pre-installed. I
 have
  read that these machines get really hot...to the point of the machine
  crashing. Just wondering about anyone's personal experience.

 I used to have an XPS15 with Sputnik installed. It did get hot. Now
 I'm running an XPS12 that is about a year old, and it's much better.
 I've heard that a newer version of it is hard to get linux installed
 so I can't say if it's still a good deal for Linux.
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[PLUG] Laptop Recommendations

[Mark Phillips]

Does anyone use an Dell XPS15 or M3800 laptop? I am looking at these two
models, or perhaps the developer edition with Ubuntu pre-installed. I have
read that these machines get really hot...to the point of the machine
crashing. Just wondering about anyone's personal experience.

Also, any recommendations for other brands? I am looking for a core i7, at
least 8 GB or RAM, and a large SSD to run Debian. Many of the native
linux machines are huge and thickI liked these two Dell models as they
have a sleeker design and don't weigh 10 lbs.

Any thoughts on whether to have a small SSD for the OS and a companion hard
drive for data, or just blow a wad on a huge SSD (~1 TB) for both OS and
data?

Thanks,

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Re: [PLUG] Help! Update won't boot (SOLVED)

[Mark Phillips]

John,

I use Debian and not Ubuntu, but they are closely related. I use apt-get to
manage upgrades and I have had problems in the past where the upgrade
fails, sometimes silently, and then things are out of whack - missing
packages, won't boot, etc. I have found that re-running the upgrade
sometimes fixes the problem. What is most helpful is running the upgrade
from the command line and seeing the output - usually there is a message
with a clue as to what happened. dmesg is also very helpful to diagnose the
problem once you can boot the system.

The point of my post is to suggest running upgrades from the command line,
or find where ubuntu stores these messages (probably a log file somewhere),
or pipe the upgrade messages to a log file if you have to use the gui so
you can start to find the reasons for your upgrade-weirdness. At a minimum,
you can google the messages to see what they mean and how to fix the
problems.

Good luck!

Mark


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:31 AM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net
wrote:

 On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:59:45 -0700
 Ben Koenig techkoe...@gmail.com dijo:

 Sorry this isn't working out.
 
 We should really try the Ubuntu Method first before diving in to this
 chroot stuff. Even though that is exactly what all these tools use.
 
 Install Boot Repair onto the live cd:
 
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
 sudo sed 's/trusty/saucy/g'
 -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-trusty.list sudo
 apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair  (boot-repair )

 That worked! I'm back!

 When I rebooted it brought up the Grub boot menu, which did not appear
 before, but it proceeded to boot to the default. Oh well.

 As soon as I was booted I tried to launch Claws Mail so I could write
 this reply, but it turns out that the upgrade to 14.04 uninstalled it.
 WTH? So I tried to launch Synaptic package manager in order to
 reinstall it, but Synaptic had been uninstalled also. Double WTH.

 I reinstalled both and when launched they appeared as before, so the
 config settings in ~/ must be OK. I also note that the date and time in
 my Xubuntu panel has disappeared. I suppose I'll spend the next several
 days finding other stuff that the dist-upgrade broke. Sigh.

 Also, when I went to install Synaptic (using Ubuntu Software Center
 rather than the terminal) I got a popup saying that in order to install
 Synaptic it needed to uninstall:

 collection of boot loaders
 (theme metapackage)
 syslinux-themes-debian

 I let it go ahead and uninstall it, but it sounds ominous. A cursory
 check with Google did not disclose exactly what it does. However,
 searching in Synaptic revealed 20 or so packages that start with
 syslinux, including several syslinux-themes* packages, including a
 syslinux-themes-ubuntu-trusty, and none of them are installed.

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Re: [PLUG] Dead machine

[Mark Phillips]

I had some old dell workstations with an intrusion detection option. If I
remember correctly, all it really did was tell me that someone had opened
the case. You can reset the message in the BIOS, and you can disable it.
The machines sat under my desk at home, so if there were an intruder I
doubt the intrusion detection would help. I just disabled it and had one
less thing to annoy me - a great relief with three teenagers ;)

BTW, I vacuum out my machines every 6 months or so...my house seems to be a
breeding ground for dust bunnies. I have never had a problem restarting the
machines. I pay particular attention to cleaning the dust off the fan
blades and the heat sinks. I am surprised about all the comments against
cleaning out the dust bunnies inside a computer.

When you powered up again this morning, was the case open or closed?
Perhaps you can't start the machine with the case open without a jumper
somewhere. Just spit balling at this point.

Another option is a heat problem with your PS. It sat all night so started
up cold. Is it still running? Electrolytic capacitors are notorious for
drying out in our climate, which means they may work when cold, and then
move out of tolerance when warm. Same for the caps on the motherboard and
in the hard drives.

Mark


On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com
wrote:

 On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com wrote:
  On 06/01/14 08:07, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
  ...
  My focus now is on the intrusion detection system.  The pins are
  jumpered and always have been.  Suppose the jumper contacts are noisy
  or the circuit that is designed to detect and record an intrusion is
  faulty.  I do not know how the system is designed to react to an
  intrusion event.  My only observation is that occasionally (sometimes
  every few days, other times it will go a month or more between events)
  I get a message at boot and a halt.  It always is corrected by a
  shutdown and power up sequence. (I do not understand how this behavior
  would protect anybody who wants to implement the feature.)  So I
  wonder if when the machine refused to start the intrusion system was
  involved in some way.  Ideas?  (I still want to replace the battery,
  but am a little gun-shy.)
 
  If you haven't already, I would replace the jumper with a different one.
I doubt it will help, but it's easy to try.  (BTW, long ago I spent a
  couple of hours one day at Tek chasing an odd problem.  I had a board
  plugged into a backplane, and it wasn't getting the interrupts from
  another board.  The backplane had jumpers to pass along the interrupt
  signals for slots which were not occupied.  After much head scratching,
  I discovered that one of the jumpers was missing the metal contact
 inside.)
 
  If you really want to debug this, I'd put an ammeter across the two
  intrusion pins and note the current.  I'm just guessing regarding the
  circuit, but I'd expect to see at least 70 uA (3.3V / 47K).  You could
  leave it connected for a while and see how the current changes,
  particularly with temperature.  Again a guess, but I suspect you have a
  marginal solder joint that might improve with increased temperature.
 
  galen
  --
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  gal...@seitzassoc.com

 Interesting ideas.  I have not noticed a correlation between the
 intrusion incidents and the temperature, but if I can manage to get my
 ammeter connected I will try it.  I wish I could find out how the
 intrusion detection scheme is supposed to behave.  If a ram thief
 wanted to be undetected and the behavior I see was what was intended a
 simple power button press erases the intrusion message.  Dumb.

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Re: [PLUG] Accounting Software -- anyone doing their books with Linux?

[Mark Phillips]

Rich,

Thanks for your reply. The point of the comment was that the UI seemed
cluttered with many features I did not need, and I could not find a way to
turn them off. For simple input of transactions and classification of those
transactions into categories, GnuCash has a much simpler UI. I also did not
find the UI very appealing.

However, that has to be balanced with what the business needs, and I agree,
a web interface can be valuable at times.

Mark


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:

 On Fri, 2 May 2014, Mark Phillips wrote:

  I looked at Postbooks and found (1) lots of features I did not need; (2)
  the need to create invoices for everything, so it was hard to go to
  staples and buy some rubber bands; (3) the UI was not very nice.

 Mark,

FWIW, 1) You don't need to use features you don't need. I'll bet that
 every application you use has features you don't need or use (e.g., LO). 2)
   You should be able to enter a G/L (General Ledger) transaction where you
 credit your checking account (or petty cash) and debit your expense account
 (office supplies). No need to create an invoice. At least, that's how it
 works in SL, L123, and LSMB. 3) With the latter three the UI is a Web
 browser; pick the one you like. You can even use lynx or links with them.

All the above have inventory modules as well as support for
 manufacturing,
 distribution, POS, and other industries. My service business uses only a
 small fraction of L123/LSMB capabilities, but I have a robust,
 enterprise-capable accounting system.

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[PLUG] Wierd Email

[Mark Phillips]

Has anyone received an email like this

[If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to
your CEO,Thanks ]

Dear President,



We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in China. I have
something to confirm with you. We formally received an application that a
company which self-styled “Jiading QiYu  Co.,Ltd   were applying to
register “*  phillipsoasis * as their Brand Name and some domain
names through our firm.

Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we
found the name were similar to your company’s, so we need to check with you
whether your company has authorized that company to register these names.
If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did
not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle
this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the
registration for the other side.

Looking forward to your prompt reply.


--

Best Regards

Emily Jiang
Regional Manager

Tel:+86 182 021 67072\+86 136 519 57077

*www.ipincn.com http://www.ipincn.com/*


It sounds like a scam of some kind, but I did not find anything with a
quick google search.

Thanks,

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Wierd Email

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks!

Mark


On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:

 On Sun, 4 May 2014, Mark Phillips wrote:

  It sounds like a scam of some kind, but I did not find anything with a
  quick google search.

It's phishing. I get similar stuff on a regular basis. Report it as spam
 or just delete it.

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Re: [PLUG] Accounting Software -- anyone doing their books with Linux?

[Mark Phillips]

I have used gnucash for many years - I run two non-profits and one for
profit company as well as my personal finances.

The one feature I miss is inventory, but there is a way around it using
stocks. It works but takes some thinking to get it to work. I wouldn't use
it for a large inventory of items, however.

I looked at Postbooks and found (1) lots of features I did not need; (2)
the need to create invoices for everything, so it was hard to go to staples
and buy some rubber bands; (3) the UI was not very nice. Gnucash uses the
checkbook metaphor, and is very quick and easy. I love the double entry
accounting as it greatly reduces the number of potential errors entering
transactions.

There is another online service freshbooks. I looked at it, but when
customer support said I could not change the chart of accounts, I stopped
looking at it.

Good luck!

Mark


On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:

 On Thu, 1 May 2014, jim karlock wrote:

  You prompted me to do a google search and this might be interesting:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postbooks
  I'd love to hear opinions on this as it looks like I may be able to use
 it.

 Jim,

Looks similar to LedgerSMB http://www.ledgersmb.org/ which has no
 ties
 to any proprietary software. LSMB is written in perl, uses postgres as the
 back end, and the Web browser of your choice for the UI.

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Re: [PLUG] So I want to write a web app

[Mark Phillips]

Eric,

Take a look at django, a python web framework that creates most of the code
for you. You define your models in python classes and it creates the
backend db (mysql, postgress, etc) and all the pages to crud your data. One
creates other pages (views) in a few lines of python and a template
language. I have found it to be great for those weekend projects that
tend to grow over time.

I am not an expert, but happy to help get you started. The tutorial on the
django site is excellent, as is all the documentation. The community is
very active and helpful, too.

Mark
On Apr 9, 2014 8:06 AM, Eric House eeho...@eehouse.org wrote:

 I'm a long-time Linux user/developer with a personal project that
 needs a web interface.  I could throw it together with apache and
 python and postgres, all of which I know well enough to get myself in
 trouble, but I have a sneaky feeling that in the last 10 years there
 have evolved solutions that would make the job a lot easier.  I've
 never done serious work in that space so I have no clue where to
 begin.

 Some background: I've been developing an open source Scrabble(tm)
 play-alike for various mobile platforms for the past 10 years or so.
 Currently I'm focussed on Android (see .sig), and specifically on
 localization.  Localization on Android looks like this: you have a
 master/English .xml file that lists all your user-visible strings, and
 can then provide other per-language files that override them.  The
 actual work of localizing to a language means sending the English .xml
 file to a translator (in my case, a volunteer who likes my app).  It's
 a pain initially, and only gets worse, as changes in the English .xml
 have to be tracked and communicated.

 My experience is that volunteers never stick around -- it's just too
 much work.

 So I want to wrap the process in a web app: I'll give 'em a URL to a
 page that shows the English side-by-side with editable fields into
 which they put translations.  The app will pull from git, so it'll
 show new strings as soon as I add them.  Greater integration with git
 and of postgres would allow me to show the translator when he'd made
 changes, when I'd made additions, older versions of his strings he's
 discarded, etc.  See where this is going?  Putting something up won't
 take all that long, but making it really usable could steal six months
 from the mobile development I prefer.

 Are there any frameworks out there (all open source, of course, and bonus
 if I can just apt-get them :-) that'll make this a single-weekend project,
 or close.

 Thanks!

 --Eric
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 *
 *  Crosswords for Android now in beta: via Google Play or
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[PLUG] (OT) DD-WRT Router Failed on Reboot

[Mark Phillips]

My ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT router has been working great since April. I
made two changes this morning and then rebooted the router. It did not come
back. The web page will not load, and I cannot even ping the router (no
route to host). The changes were:

1. Enabled USB support for an external hard drive
2. Enabled SSHd with a public key

I have rebooted the router in the past (ie before I made these changes) and
the router always came back.

I then removed power from the router for a minute and reconnected power,
and it still does not respond to pings or web page access. I also tried
connecting the USB drive, thinking it might need the drive to mount, and
still no joy.

Short of wiping out all my settings, is there a way to get back into the
router and remove these changes? And how do I find out the cause of the
problem?

Thanks,

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] (OT) DD-WRT Router Failed on Reboot

[Mark Phillips]

Bill,

Yes, I rebooted the laptop and still cannot connect to the router. I can
get to other routers and computers on the lan.

Mark
On Dec 21, 2013 10:11 AM, Bill Barry b...@billbarry.org wrote:

 On Dec 21, 2013 9:01 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz
 wrote:
 
  My ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT router has been working great since April.
 I
  made two changes this morning and then rebooted the router. It did not
 come
  back. The web page will not load, and I cannot even ping the router (no
  route to host). The changes were:
 
  1. Enabled USB support for an external hard drive
  2. Enabled SSHd with a public key
 
  I have rebooted the router in the past (ie before I made these changes)
 and
  the router always came back.
 
  I then removed power from the router for a minute and reconnected power,
  and it still does not respond to pings or web page access. I also tried
  connecting the USB drive, thinking it might need the drive to mount, and
  still no joy.
 
  Short of wiping out all my settings, is there a way to get back into the
  router and remove these changes? And how do I find out the cause of the
  problem?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Mark
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 Have you tried restarting the network on the computer connected to the
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Re: [PLUG] (OT) DD-WRT Router Failed on Reboot

[Mark Phillips]

Actually I would say it is not acting as a router...I think it is dead in
the water. I cannot access the internet, but I can access my local lan.

Mark
On Dec 21, 2013 11:33 AM, Bill Barry b...@billbarry.org wrote:

 On Dec 21, 2013 10:13 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz
 wrote:
 
  Bill,
 
  Yes, I rebooted the laptop and still cannot connect to the router. I can
  get to other routers and computers on the lan.
 
  Mark

 So if I understand correctly it is acting well as a router,  you can go
 through it to the rest of the world, the dhcp hands out addresses, etc.
 But  directly connected to it you are unable to access the web interface
 and the ssh interface to administer it? If so the only option I see is to
 reset it and reconfigure it.
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Re: [PLUG] (OT) DD-WRT Router Failed on Reboot

[Mark Phillips]

I bit the bullet and did a factory reset. The router is now working
properly. I have routing configured for my net.

1. I enabled usb again, but had the drive plugged in and rest the router.
Last time the drive was not plugged in when I reset. However, I plugged it
in and did a power on/off, so not sure if it matters. It turns out the
drive is formatted with ntfs, so it cannot be mounted. I will have to
reformat it and try that one again.

2. I enabled sshd with the same pubic key, rebooted, and no problems. I am
able to ssh into the router.

I have no idea what happened, but it seems to be working now.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!

Mark


On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Bill Barry b...@billbarry.org wrote:

 On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Mark Phillips
 m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:

  Actually I would say it is not acting as a router...I think it is dead in
  the water. I cannot access the internet, but I can access my local lan.
 
 

 I still think resetting and re-configuring is the quickest solution, but I
 am curious as to what exactly failed. You say it is not acting as a router,
 but you are able to connect to the local lan. Is that connecting to the
 local lan via the router or if the router was unplugged and put in the
 closet would you still be connecting to the local lan. Are you pinging
 using IP addresses or using names? i.e. is it a DNS problem.  When I first
 installed tomato on my ASUS NT-12 router it had telnet open for local
 access. Do you maybe have telnet access? Maybe there is another router on
 your local lan interfering with things? How about disconnecting all other
 systems from the router except the laptop and then seeing if you can get
 access.
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[PLUG] Help - Gnome died after Update/Upgrade

[Mark Phillips]

I have been running Debian testing on my laptop for several years. I
performed a routine update/upgrade on Sunday, and I seem to have lost
gnome. At first, I could not log in, but I got that fixed. However, when I
log in, all I get is my wallpaper. No favorites on the left, no window
docks (not sure of the terminology here) on the right, no taskbar at the
top, etc. Just a wall paper. I also get an error message No system tray
detected, unable to start. However, I traced that back to an hp printer
service, so I don't think it is relevant.

I have tried uninstalling/installing gnome, but no change. I tried creating
an new user and logging in with that user, and I get the same situation -
but the default wall paper and not my personal one. I have looked through
the 'net to find solutions, and I am not getting anywhere.

I cannot find any error messages to work with in aptitude, apt, gdm, Xorg,
and dmesg. I can ssh into the box from my tablet with no problem.

Please let me know how to fix this issue.I need my laptop back!!

Thanks,

Mark
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[PLUG] SOLVED Re: Help - Gnome died after Update/Upgrade

[Mark Phillips]

From the Debian mailing list...

Multiple people seem to have this issue, including me. The problem is
solved in gnome-shell from unstable, you can either wait until it
migrates to testing (in 1 or 2 days I guess, judging from the QA page
[1]) or you can install from unstable with aptitude install -t unstable
gnome-shell (no quotes). Make sure you have unstable in your
sources.list file. Just be careful not to upgrade your whole system to
unstable, but only that package.

It worked for me!

Mark
On Jul 2, 2013 7:57 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:

 I have been running Debian testing on my laptop for several years. I
 performed a routine update/upgrade on Sunday, and I seem to have lost
 gnome. At first, I could not log in, but I got that fixed. However, when I
 log in, all I get is my wallpaper. No favorites on the left, no window
 docks (not sure of the terminology here) on the right, no taskbar at the
 top, etc. Just a wall paper. I also get an error message No system tray
 detected, unable to start. However, I traced that back to an hp printer
 service, so I don't think it is relevant.

 I have tried uninstalling/installing gnome, but no change. I tried
 creating an new user and logging in with that user, and I get the same
 situation - but the default wall paper and not my personal one. I have
 looked through the 'net to find solutions, and I am not getting anywhere.

 I cannot find any error messages to work with in aptitude, apt, gdm, Xorg,
 and dmesg. I can ssh into the box from my tablet with no problem.

 Please let me know how to fix this issue.I need my laptop back!!

 Thanks,

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Re: [PLUG] Edit PFD

[Mark Phillips]

I use scribus. You import the PDF as a graphic, then add text as needed, or
whatever you need to change. Then export as a new PDF.
Mark
On May 3, 2013 1:45 PM, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi

 I think I asked this before and can't remember the answer..

 I need to edit a  PDF document.  What application can I use.

 I am running Ubuntu 12.04

 TIA

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Re: [PLUG] PLUG MAILING LIST MOVE: WHAT LISTS DO YOU WANT TO KEEP

[Mark Phillips]

+1

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net wrote:


 On Mar 29, 2013, at 12:02 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com
 wrote:

  On 3/28/13 7:02 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
  Absolutely keep PLUG-talk. It is essential.
 
  Sounds like we have consensus from the various posts/votes.

 +1


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[PLUG] Dot Name Domains

[Mark Phillips]

Does anyone actually use third level dot name domains? I noticed I cannot
register dot name domains anymore on Godaddy. I have some coming up for
renewal, and was wondering if they really have any value.

Thanks,

Mark
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[PLUG] New Debian Admin Book

[Mark Phillips]

Written by two Debian developers — Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas — the
Debian Administrator's Handbook started as a translation of their French
best-seller known as Cahier de l'admin Debian (published by Eyrolles). It's
a fantastic resource for all users of a Debian-based distribution.
Accessible to all, this book teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to
become an effective and independant Debian GNU/Linux administrator.

http://debian-handbook.info/

Haven't read it yet, but it looks good!

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Web design software?

[Mark Phillips]

John,

It sounds as if you want advice on how to build a custom online
marketplace/auction (like ubid, or amazon). At this point, we have offered
several suggestions. IMO, you have three options. One, hire someone to
build the site for you., Two, learn how to do it yourself. This option may
take longer, but may be more satisfying. Three, change your requirements to
fit into the offerings of point and click solutions like wordpress or
drupal or plone or I don't think you will find a point and click site
builder that has a full blown marketplace with private currency out of the
box.

For the last two options, you will, as a minimal effort, have to create a
logo and visual appearance of your site and that will require (1) knowledge
of graphics and design, (2) knowledge of the tool you choose to use to
build the site so you can add your logo, fonts, colors, images etc. to the
stock site and (3) some knowledge of the underlying tools your tool is
built upon (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.) to make the changes to customize
your site.

Finally, I agree with John Sechrest's post: before you build anything, find
out what your target consumers want - it usually is very different than
what you think they want. You can kill two birds with one stone...while
doing your market research, start learning how to use the tools you will
need to build your site.

Good Luck!

Mark


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:17 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:

 On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 08:08:24 -0700
 Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz dijo:

 Check out Plone (plone.org) as well. it is a secure and powerful cms,
 with a large and helpful community.

 Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone.

 *   Plone would take me several months of study to learn
 how to use it. Bear in mind that I don't even know what
 HTML stands for.

 *   I created a free Wordpress page, but it appears
 designed for blogs. A blog is not what I need.

 While poking around some of my ideas for the site are starting to gel.
 Here is what I want:

 A site where people must sign up with e-mail validation. This is pretty
 standard for web sites these days.

 Upon signing up they automatically get 10 site credits. These can be
 used like money to buy things that people have posted on the site. When
 a user posts an item on the site the user states how many site credits
 he wants for it, and if someone pays him this amount the poster is then
 required to ship the item to the buyer at the poster's expense. You
 can get more site credits by posting things of your own that you no
 longer need so that others can benefit from them. The idea is that a
 new user can get one item free, but in order to buy more things the user
 has to reciprocate by posting things for others to buy.

 To post an item you must fill out an information sheet, which will
 include a required photo, location, etc. The purpose is to ensure that
 posters include adequate information. Postings automatically expire in
 seven days, or immediately when someone buys it.

 All communication is via the users' e-mail addresses.

 Note that no money changes hands on the site. Nothing is for sale. All
 site credits are in the user profile. There is no need for shopping
 carts, PayPal, credit cards, etc.

 Initially I will have to administer the site to remove inappropriate
 postings and ban users who fail to follow the rules. Ultimately I will
 find a trusted user or two to share the duties.

 I doubt I will have more than a couple hundred users or more than a few
 dozen site visits per day.

 I don't think I need to worry about spam because no one can post
 anything except registered users, and they must do so by filling out
 the template. As for security, the main issues are the user accounts and
 the database of listings. I could imagine a hacker setting up a user
 account, then hacking the site to give himself lots of free site
 credits, but all he could do with them is buy used sleep apnea parts.
 There is no money here. The best security is not to be an attractive
 target in the first place.

 I'm sure I'll think of more things as I proceed, but that's the basic
 framework for what I have in mind.

 Joker, Gandi and GoDaddy look like possibilities for getting the domain
 and hosting for a nominal amount. But I still need something
 pointy-clicky that I can use to create the content.
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Re: [PLUG] Web design software?

[Mark Phillips]

Check out Plone (plone.org) as well. it is a secure and powerful cms, with
a large and helpful community.

Mark
On Jan 2, 2013 8:00 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

 On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, John Sechrest wrote:

  As you do that, find a co5ntent management tool, like google sites,
  wordpress or drupal to build out content.

Wordpress, as I've been told, is quite simple. CMS Made Simple is more
 complicated but also more capable and expandable. It also has a solid user
 community on Web fora. Lotsa' choices, John. And don't forget security and
 maintainability as you evaluate choices and tools.

 Rich

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Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Reviews

[Mark Phillips]

I agree. I have always looked for the highest performance laptops I can
afford, then reduced that list to those that are Linux compatible. Then, be
sure to check the Linux compatibility of the major components/ships on the
model you are looking at - in particular the graphics card, network
controller, wifi, and bluetooth. Manufacturers are prone to change chipsets
over time, so the review by Mr Linux Geek from last year on the model you
like may no longer apply it the chipsets have changed. Sometimes you can
customize your order and replace the non-Linux compatible components with
Linux compatible components. I have had good luck with Dell machines for
the past 10 years, so I would recommend them. They offer Linux on some
machines, so you may be able to order that hardware.

If you are buying used, then a copy of a bootable distro is a must.

Good luck!

Mark

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Mike C. mconno...@gmail.com wrote:

  Message: 2
  Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:44:21 -0700
  From: Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com
  Subject: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Reviews
  To: PLUG plug@lists.pdxlinux.org
  Message-ID: 1350679461.1966.4.camel@Servo-2
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
  My Google-Fu fails me.  Are there any up-to-date sites that have
  trustworthy reviews of laptops?  Are there any up-to-date sites that
  have good information on various laptops and their compatibility to
  Linux?  Are there any that do both at once?
 
 Unfortunately not, to the best of my knowledge. However, what I've
 done in the best is done a search on a particular laptop I'm
 interested in buying and the specific Linux distro I want to run and
 have found sufficient information to base my decision on. Albeit, if
 you're looking to run Debian on a Lenovo laptop, your chances of
 finding lots of good, useful info are much greater than if you're
 trying to run a less well-known and used distro on an off-brand
 laptop. The information you're looking for is out there, it's not just
 conveniently in one place and easy to find. Linux might be free in
 terms of money, but not so much in terms of time :-/
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Re: [PLUG] Tablet vs Laptop

[Mark Phillips]

I would suggest the new Asus TF300 instead of the prime. It has all the
features of the prime, but a plastic case instead of metal. The metal case
on the prime seems to cause problems with the wifi and gps antennas, so
they sometimes do not work. The TF300 has a plastic case, so these problems
went away. Both have the tegra 3 processor, but some reviews say the TF300
is clocked slower than the prime. However, there is a setting that allows
one to increase the clock speed to the max of the tegra 3 spec, so the
difference is moot. I was able to install Ubuntu on it in a chroot, so I
get the best of both worlds - android and Linux side by side in separate
windows. People are also dual booting linux and android with these tablets.

If you get one, be sure to root the tablet before you run any software
updates. It can only be rooted (so far) fresh out of the box; once it finds
a wifi signal it updated the firmware and you cannot root it. You need root
to install ubuntu.

I find it very useful with the keyboard dock for traveling. A great feature
is the keyboard batteries charge the tablet, so when it is docked it gets
about 12-14 hours per charge; about 8 - 10 hours on just the tablet.

Mark

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Matt McKenzie lnxkni...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Chaz Sliger c...@bctonline.com wrote:

  I'm going to need a new computer pretty soon and was wondering if a
 tablet
  might work for my mobile needs.
 
  Mostly I would need internet access and the ability to handle a
 spreadsheet
  and email.
 
  So.  Net + Email + Spreadsheet
 
  Are there any tablets out there that would qualify?
 
  ~chaz
 
  c...@bctonline.com
 
 
 
 For something that is available now, my suggestion would be the Asus
 Transformer Prime.
 It has a removable keyboard/touchpad dock, which basically turns it into a
 laptop.  This would be handy for needing to type more than a few words
 (long email, spreadsheets), but for just consuming info (net, videos,
 music, etc), you can undock and just use the tablet.

 This page has a good rundown of the capabilities.

 http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-transformer-prime-review

 I myself do not have first hand experience with it, except a few minutes
 here and there.

 I have a Viewsonic GTablet, got it during a Woot sale, and also because it
 has a good active developer community behind it on places such as
 slatedroid.com (formerly on xda-developers.com).  That tablet is all but
 forgotten by Viewsonic, but with custom ROMs you can run Android 3.2
 Honeycomb, and there are even early ports of Android 4.x Ice Cream
 Sandwich.
 It has similar specs to the iPad 1, and works well enough for me for now.
 I use it mostly for reading ebooks, web browsing, etc.
 If I need to type a lot I go to my desktop PC.

 HTH

 --
 Matt M.
 LinuxKnight
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Re: [PLUG] FW: New Techie Blog

[Mark Phillips]

Nice job. I found one error when clicking on the Archives link:

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring
page http://www.pdxsys.com/ seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform
the author of that page http://www.pdxsys.com/ about the error.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the
webmaster%5bno%20address%20given%5d
.
Error 404www.pdxsys.com
Mon Apr 30 18:58:14 2012
Apache/2.2.21 (Linux/SUSE)

Mark

P.S. I know you don't have any archived content as yet, but a more user
friendly error page would be more appropriate.


On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Brian Martin
plug...@martinconsulting.comwrote:

 This is just a short, one-time note to my techie friends and colleagues in
 the field to  announce my new blog on all things sys-admin.  Please check
 it
 out (http://www.pdxsys.com) , subscribe via e-mail or like it on Facebook
 (http://www.facebook.com/pdxsys) if you wish , and spread the word.

 Since its brand new, there's always the risk of surprises or design issues.
 Please also be my beta testers and let me know of any problems or
 improvements I should make.

  -Brian Martin

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Re: [PLUG] Shut up and Hack

[Mark Phillips]

I have run into some of them on the trail to the top of Camelbackhiking
and hacking all the way;-)

Mark
On Apr 28, 2012 9:26 AM, Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us wrote:

 On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 09:13:51AM -0700, Michael Dexter wrote:
 
  Given the short notice for next week's General meeting, I present you an
  audio summary of the OpenBSD project to help prepare:
 
  http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#audio_extra51
  http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsh.mp3
  http://www.openbsd.org/songs/songsh.ogg
 
  In short, they are a bunch of hikers who refine Unix.

 So they're hiking hackers?


 --
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  Other Adventures: http://www.jamhome.us/ or http://westy.saunter.us/
 Fortune Cookie Fortune du courrier:
 God's original plan was hanging out in a garden with some naked
 vegetarians.
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[PLUG] SOLVED Re: Vmware Player Prevents Aptitude from Installing Packages

[Mark Phillips]

The problem turned out to be the missing LSB in the script
vmware-USBArbitrator. I add theses lines to the script, and I was able to
install cups with no errors and run vmware.

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:  vmware-USBArbitrator
# Required-Start:$remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 5
# Default-Stop:  2 3 5
# Short-Description: Start daemon when vmware starts
# Description:   Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

see http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot and
http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts

Mark


On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Mark Phillips
m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:

 I am running a fresh install of debian wheezy. I installed VMware Player
 4.0.1 build-528992 and then Windows 7 in a vm. Everything is working
 properly, until I tried to use aptitude to install foomatic-db-hpijs.
 VMware seems to be preventing aptitude from installing the debian packages.
 The error messages:

 root@orca:~# aptitude install foomatic-db-hpijs
 Note: selecting foomatic-db instead of the
   virtual package foomatic-db-hpijs
 The following NEW packages will be installed:
   foomatic-db
 The following partially installed packages will be configured:
   cups
 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
 Need to get 0 B/1,248 kB of archives. After unpacking 6,966 kB will be
 used.
 Selecting previously unselected package foomatic-db.
 (Reading database ... 131007 files and directories currently installed.)
 Unpacking foomatic-db (from .../foomatic-db_20110831-1_all.deb) ...
 Setting up cups (1.5.0-12) ...
 insserv: warning: script 'K01vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
 insserv: warning: script 'S50vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and
 overrides
 insserv: warning: script 'vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and
 overrides
 insserv: warning: script 'vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
 on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
 insserv: Starting vmware

[PLUG] Vmware Player Prevents Aptitude from Installing Packages

[Mark Phillips]

I am running a fresh install of debian wheezy. I installed VMware Player
4.0.1 build-528992 and then Windows 7 in a vm. Everything is working
properly, until I tried to use aptitude to install foomatic-db-hpijs.
VMware seems to be preventing aptitude from installing the debian packages.
The error messages:

root@orca:~# aptitude install foomatic-db-hpijs
Note: selecting foomatic-db instead of the
  virtual package foomatic-db-hpijs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  foomatic-db
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  cups
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,248 kB of archives. After unpacking 6,966 kB will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package foomatic-db.
(Reading database ... 131007 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking foomatic-db (from .../foomatic-db_20110831-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up cups (1.5.0-12) ...
insserv: warning: script 'K01vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'S50vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore
on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and 

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent no light programmable thermostat

[Mark Phillips]

Victor,

I suggest you go to your local ACE, Home Depot, or Lowes, and talk to the
folks there about the type of thermostat you want. Honeywell makes lots of
different models at different price points. I have two Honeywell digital
thermostats, and they do not flash or clickthey replaced my old manual
thermostats. Replacing the thermostat is pretty easy - just three wires
that should be color coded - all you need is a screw driver. Be sure to
tell the sales guys you have gas heat.

Good luck!

Mark

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Victor Soich vso...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I am writing to this group because I figure there must be a subset of
 linux people that are sensitive to extraneous noises and lights, like LEDs
 on high tech equipment.  Furthermore, by virtue of the fact that you're
 into
 linux, you may be a bit of a hacker, or have figured out the solution to my
 quandary, or know of the product I'm looking for.

 I recently switched from oil heat to gas heat.  I now have a fancy
 shmantzy digital programmable thermostat.
 It makes a popping and clicking sound whenever the heater changes
 state.  It also lights up whenever the heater
 changes state.  I don't want it to do these things.  My old analog
 thermostat just sat there and never made
 any noise or generated any light.  However, it is not programmable.

 I would like a programmable thermostat that is silent, and does not
 light up, and does
 not make any noise when the heater changes state.

 Sincerely,
 Victor Soich

 The following goes into detail regarding my concerns and issues with
 my current programmable thermostat.

 I wrote to technical support of Rheem describing two issues of the
 Rheem thermostat.  It lights up at inappropriate times, and makes a
 loud clicking noise.  Perhaps they will have a quick fix to
 the problem.  The following is what I wrote



 I am the consumer of the product, not the contractor.  I will be
 registering my product very soon.  The product is a nice snazzy
 digital thermostat with a decent liquid crystal display, but there are
 two problems that I hope you can address.  Otherwise, I am really
 going to miss my old analog thermostat because it didn't make noise or
 light up at inappropriate times.

 The thermostat is within view of my sight while I watch TV in the
 living room, and occasionally fall asleep on the couch in the living
 room.  Unfortunately, the thermostat LCD screen lights up momentarily,
 and the thermostat makes some sort of clicking sound when a change of
 state occurs in the heating system.  I can't stand the light coming
 on, and I can't stand the click sound sounding when I'm not the one
 prompting it.  It startles me when I'm watching TV or falling asleep
 on the couch in the dark.  I don't like the thermostat announcing to
 the world that the heater is doing something by lighting up
 momentarily and making a clicking sound.  That is why I like the old
 analog thermostat.  It did its job without having to indicate to the
 world at large that it was doing something.  Is there a way to disable
 the light from coming on and the clicking sound from happening
 automatically when the heating system changes state?  I hope so,
 otherwise a snazzy new programmable 100 dollar plus thermostat is
 worse than the old technology of an analog thermostat.

 I read the manual for the thermostat, and I figured out how to keep
 the LCD thermostat from ever lighting up.  You do this by going into
 the INSTALLER/CONFIGURATION MENU to MENU REF 10, and Select Display
 Light to L OFF.  While this has the virtue of keeping the LCD light
 from flashing on at inappropriate times, like when I'm watching TV in
 the dark, or sleeping on the couch, it still does not prevent the
 clicking sound from happening.  Another drawback of turning the
 Display Light to L OFF is that when I do need it on, it won't come on
 unless I go through the INSTALLER/CONFIGURATION MENU and set the
 Display Light to L(On).  This is too much of a rigmarole.
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Re: [PLUG] Android Tablets, Kindle Fire?

[Mark Phillips]

I heard on a radio interview that the new India tablet only last 1-2 hours
on a charge, and the screen is not very responsive to touch commands.

Mark

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:34 PM, MJang m...@linuxexam.com wrote:

 On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 11:54 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
  On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:58:46 -0700
  Keith Lofstrom kei...@kl-ic.com dijo:
 
  Probably some kind of Android tablet.  Amazon just announced
  the $200 Kindle Fire, based on Android - while that probably
  has the appropriate hardware, it may be locked as a walled
  garden media platform.
 
  I have been reading the Android forums here:
 
  http://androidforums.com/
 
  If you go to the above link and scroll down you will find a list of all
  currently available and even not yet released tablets. Each is a link
  to a forum for that tablet, with further links to specifications and
  other information.

 Speaking of Android, is there yet a good cheapo tablet yet for all the
 groupons, coupons, boarding passes, etc. that many of us are still
 printing out today.

 With the number of things that can now be carried by Android, I'm
 thinking it's time to grab some small one, something that could also
 include the contents of a guide book for vacations, etc.

 One interesting possibility -- the $35 tablet in India, probably $70
 when released here
 http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/10/05/specs-of-indias-35-tablet/

 Thanks,
 Mike

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[PLUG] Need Help Cloning a Drive

[Mark Phillips]

I want to clpone my existing laptop drive to a larger drive. The drive
information:
orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f

   Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   1   5   40131   de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *   6191815367  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda31918701740963092+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda47018   38913   2562046205  Extended
/dev/sda5   *7018   37615   245778403+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6   37616   3891310426153+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512)

Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11400 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4ae6

   Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
orca:/home/mark#

The target drive has 4096 byte sectors and the source drive has 512 byte
sectors. Does anyone know how to clone a drive with 512 byte sectors to a
drive with 4096 byte sectors?

Thanks!

Mark
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[PLUG] Looking for a Simple Way to Send SMS to a Group

[Mark Phillips]

I have a club softball team, and we are going to nationals at the end of
June. We communicate very well using an email list, but when we are on the
road not everyone has access to email. I am looking for a simple way to

A. allow a member to send a broadcast SMS to everyone in the group. Not all
members have Internet services on their phone, so email is not an option.
B. allow a member to send an sms to a subset of the group, or an individual
member of the group.

I thought of this scenario, but it seems rather clumsy:
For A:
1. Use a google voice phone number as the broadcast number
2. have google voice send the sms message to an email address
3. have a python script forward the email via each carrier's email to sms
email address
For B:
4. modify the python script to look for a tag in the sms body (e.g.
to:sammy), and the just send the sms message to sammy, not the whole group

I am sure there is a better way to do this. I only need this capability for
10 days, so I really don't want to spend a lot of money on it. My users are
not technically savvy, so signing up for a twitter account is probably more
effort than they want to expend. If I give them a phone number and say Send
text messages to this number, they will probably do it.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have!

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Good PDF Editor

[Mark Phillips]

Tim,

Look at the earlier posts where I said, in scribus, you don't open the pdf,
you insert it into a new document as a graphic.

Mark
On Jun 1, 2011 8:40 AM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote:
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Re: [PLUG] Good PDF Editor

[Mark Phillips]

I have found Scribus to be the best. It is not a pdf editor per se, but if
you want to add information to a pdf file, you bring the pdf in as an image
then insert text fields in the places you want to add text. Can also add
graphics, or make drawings, etc. Then export as a pdf and it is all there in
one pdf. Works well for filling out forms, signing pdfs, etc. I never could
get pdfedit to work for me, and gimp is harder to deal with than Scribus. It
is in the Debian repository, so I assume it is in others.

Mark

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com
 wrote:

  Subject says most of it:  I'm looking for a good PDF editor.  Adobe
  appears to have introduced yet another improvement, which means that
  the one I use now can read the files, but can't extract pages.
 
  pdftk(free) or pdfstudio(share) should work for you. However, what I've
 experienced is if the document wasn't created as a pdf so that the name,
 date, signature lines aren't arcrofields then no pdf editor will work.
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Re: [PLUG] Good PDF Editor

[Mark Phillips]

John,

Very nice...just tried out xournal, and I agree, it is even easier to use
than Scribus to annotate a pdf!

Thanks for the tip!!

Mark

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:

 On Thu, 26 May 2011 16:41:47 -0700
 Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz dijo:

 I have found Scribus to be the best. It is not a pdf editor per se,
 but if you want to add information to a pdf file, you bring the pdf in
 as an image then insert text fields in the places you want to add
 text. Can also add graphics, or make drawings, etc. Then export as a
 pdf and it is all there in one pdf. Works well for filling out forms,
 signing pdfs, etc. I never could get pdfedit to work for me, and gimp
 is harder to deal with than Scribus. It is in the Debian repository,
 so I assume it is in others.

 Scribus is what I used to use until I found xournal. You open the PDF in
 xournal, then you can add text, lines, objects and shading, among a few
 other things. You can save it as an xournal file, or as a new PDF. And
 xournal pays little attention to restrictions in the original PDF file.
 It's just a simple little light applet that works perfectly for filling
 out PDF forms, whether the PDF was created to be editable or not.
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Re: [PLUG] Good PDF Editor

[Mark Phillips]

Mike,

Scribus does not import pdf files. What you do, is start with a new
document, then click on the graphic icon to add an image to the document.
Drag the graphic icon to the document, expand it. Then right click on it and
add the pdf file to the graphic window. Expand the window to fit the page,
then add text boxes as needed.

However, I just tried xournal, and it will open the pdf and is even easier
to use.

Mark

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote:

 
  Scribus is what I used to use until I found xournal. You open the PDF in
  xournal, then you can add text, lines, objects and shading, among a few
  other things. You can save it as an xournal file, or as a new PDF. And
  xournal pays little attention to restrictions in the original PDF file.
  It's just a simple little light applet that works perfectly for filling
  out PDF forms, whether the PDF was created to be editable or not


 I'd really like to know how to do this as when I attempted to import 2
 different PDFs into Scribus  it threw a format not acceptable error. With
 PDF Studio I could add text but it didn't print out on the line, e.g.
 Name:___ It just shows a little pdf icon on the line.
 ee
 I finally tried http://www.pdfescape.com/ (free) and was able to create a
 text box above the name field, then enter my name. It actually looks like
 if was a form field that was filled out.

 I haven't tried xournal yet...
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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

/Linux, kernel 2.6.21-2-686 (recovery mode)
root(hd1,4)
kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-2-686 root=/dev/hdb5 ro single
initrd/boot/initrd.img-2.6.21-2-686

titleDebian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686
root(hd1,4)
kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdb5 ro
initrd/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686

titleDebian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686 (recovery mode)
root(hd1,4)
kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdb5 ro single
initrd/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
#titleOther operating systems:
#root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
#titleMicrosoft Windows XP Professional
#root(hd0,0)
#savedefault
#makeactive
#chainloader+1

mark@hammerhead:~$ mount
/dev/hda5 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/hdb1 on /backups type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
mark@hammerhead:~$

and the relevant info from dmesg for the ids controller card
SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot :01:07.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt :01:07.0[A] - GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 16
SiI680: chipset revision 2
SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133
SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 16
ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: ST3200822A, ATA DISK drive
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
hdb: WDC WD2500AAJB-00J3A0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0xf881cc80-0xf881cc87,0xf881cc8a on irq 16
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ACPI: PCI Interrupt :01:0c.0[A] - GSI 18 (level, low) - IRQ 18
hda: max request size: 64KiB
hda: 390721968 sectors (200049 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63,
UDMA(100)
hda: cache flushes supported
 hda:6e1000: :01:0c.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit)
00:08:74:cc:70:ed
 hda1  hda56e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network
Connection
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
 hda6 

so that is working...

The menu.lst is strangebut I tried changing root (hd1,4) to root(hd0,4)
or root(hd0,msdos5) which actually gets the machine to boot from the grub
prompt, and it does not boot. And for some reason /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
is broken; unreadable, at least from the grub prompt. I can only boot from
2.6.21.

Thanks for you help!

Mark

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.org wrote:

 Glad to hear you got it booting.  Now that you're this far, can you
 send us your /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst files?  Also, if you
 suspect that some partitions aren't mounting properly (possibly
 causing X/mysql/etc to fail) please include the output of the 'mount'
 command so we can see what succesfully mounted.

 thanks,
 tim


 On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 05:04:50PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
  I have made some progress When I use these parameters at the grub
  prompt, the machine boots. X is dead, and so is mysql...not sure why,
 yet.
  However, I cannot change menu.lst to rebootI always get tossed out to
  the grub menu.
 
  grub root(hd0,msdos5)  //msdos5 comes from tab completion and is the
  only option
  grub linux /boot/linux-2.6.21.1-686 root=/dev/hda5
  grub initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21.1-686
  grubboot
 
  Any thoughts or suggestions?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Mark

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[PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

I have an older Dell Optiplex GX260 running Debian lenny. It has worked for
years as a desktop and a small web server. At one point one of the
integrated IDE disk controller channels died, so I installed a new disk
controller card, a Silicon Image 0680 ATA133 and it worked out of the box
with the two drives for the past 3 months. Last weekend I tried a
dist-upgrade to squeeze. The upgrade had no errors, so I rebooted the
machine, and now all I get is a grub menu.

When the machine boots, the Silicon Magic displays it's banner and
recognizes the two drives installed in the machine (same as before the
upgrade). I then get the message loading grub 1.5, and I then get dumped to
a grub menu. It seems the boot process does not access the Silicon Image
controller, although it did before I upgraded to squeeze. I tried accessing
the drive from the grub prompt, but the disk access light does not seem to
light up - only the cd light.

I tried booting from a Knoppix 4.6.6 CD, and it worked. I am able to browse
the internal hard drives with no problem and read files. So, at least
Knoppix can use the controller card and the hardware is not dead. I noticed
on the upgrade from lenny to squeeze I went from kernel 2.6.21 to 2.6.26.

Any suggestions on how to get the machine to boot again?

Thanks,

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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

A few more observations

I tried using grub to attempt to boot. I set up the following based on (1)
what I saw using the knoppix disk that the internal drives were mounted on
/media/sda5 and /media/sdb1./media/sda5 has the normal linux file system
and sdb1 has my backup folders, and (2) grub's tab completion.

grub root (hd0,4)
grub kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-686 root =/dev/sda5
grub initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.26-1-686
grub boot

I get as far as:
Kernel panic: not syncing: VFS unable to mount rootfs on unknown block(0,0)

If I back down to 2.6.21. or 2.6.18 I get this error:
Begin: mounting root file system...
Begin: running /scripts/local_top...done
Begin: waiting for root file system...

So, I guess my original hypothesis is wrong...the SI drive controller may be
workingexcept for a small annoying kernel panic or inability to load the
file system

Does this help anyone figure out what I should do?

Thanks,

Mark

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.orgwrote:

  Any suggestions on how to get the machine to boot again?

 When the machine boots, can you tell what version of grub is running?
 Sometime recently in Debian they switched from grub 1.x to grub 2.x
 and it is possible that 2.x doesn't recognize your SI controller or
 something.  If you think the bootloader did get upgraded, you could
 try using a boot disk to drop back to grub 1.x.   Just the first
 thought that comes to mind.

 HTH,
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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

Forgot to add, the machine says it is using grub 1.5.

Mark

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Mark Phillips
m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:

 A few more observations

 I tried using grub to attempt to boot. I set up the following based on (1)
 what I saw using the knoppix disk that the internal drives were mounted on
 /media/sda5 and /media/sdb1./media/sda5 has the normal linux file system
 and sdb1 has my backup folders, and (2) grub's tab completion.

 grub root (hd0,4)
 grub kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-686 root =/dev/sda5
 grub initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.26-1-686
 grub boot

 I get as far as:
 Kernel panic: not syncing: VFS unable to mount rootfs on unknown block(0,0)

 If I back down to 2.6.21. or 2.6.18 I get this error:
 Begin: mounting root file system...
 Begin: running /scripts/local_top...done
 Begin: waiting for root file system...

 So, I guess my original hypothesis is wrong...the SI drive controller may
 be workingexcept for a small annoying kernel panic or inability to load
 the file system

 Does this help anyone figure out what I should do?

 Thanks,

 Mark


 On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.orgwrote:

  Any suggestions on how to get the machine to boot again?

 When the machine boots, can you tell what version of grub is running?
 Sometime recently in Debian they switched from grub 1.x to grub 2.x
 and it is possible that 2.x doesn't recognize your SI controller or
 something.  If you think the bootloader did get upgraded, you could
 try using a boot disk to drop back to grub 1.x.   Just the first
 thought that comes to mind.

 HTH,
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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.org wrote:

  I tried using grub to attempt to boot. I set up the following based on
 (1)
  what I saw using the knoppix disk that the internal drives were mounted
 on
  /media/sda5 and /media/sdb1./media/sda5 has the normal linux file
 system
  and sdb1 has my backup folders, and (2) grub's tab completion.
 
  grub root (hd0,4)
  grub kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-686 root =/dev/sda5
  grub initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.26-1-686
  grub boot
 
  I get as far as:
  Kernel panic: not syncing: VFS unable to mount rootfs on unknown
 block(0,0)


 Ok, so it sounds like grub is finding your root partition fine, but
 the kernel isn't.  I see above that you indicated you are specifying a
 2.6.21 kernel and a 2.6.26 initrd image.  That is most likely not
 going to work.  Have you tried setting those version numbers the same
 on any of the alternative kernels you've tried?


Sorry, that was a typo in the email. When typing at grub I used completion
to make sure I had the same versions.

Mark


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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

Yes, anothey typo...
On Mar 28, 2011 1:36 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.org wrote:
 Sorry, that was a typo in the email. When typing at grub I used
completion
 to make sure I had the same versions.

 Ok, no problem.

 Was root =/dev/sda5 also an email-only typo? That is, there is a
 space between root and = which may create problems for you as well...

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Re: [PLUG] Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and now my machine won't boot....

[Mark Phillips]

I have made some progress When I use these parameters at the grub
prompt, the machine boots. X is dead, and so is mysql...not sure why, yet.
However, I cannot change menu.lst to rebootI always get tossed out to
the grub menu.

grub root(hd0,msdos5)  //msdos5 comes from tab completion and is the
only option
grub linux /boot/linux-2.6.21.1-686 root=/dev/hda5
grub initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21.1-686
grubboot

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,

Mark

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mark Phillips
m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:

 Yes, anothey typo...
 On Mar 28, 2011 1:36 PM, Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.org wrote:
  Sorry, that was a typo in the email. When typing at grub I used
 completion
  to make sure I had the same versions.
 
  Ok, no problem.
 
  Was root =/dev/sda5 also an email-only typo? That is, there is a
  space between root and = which may create problems for you as well...
 
  tim

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[PLUG] Anyone Using Google Voice with T-Mobile?

[Mark Phillips]

Wifi calling on my android phone with T-mobile is not very reliable. Some
wifi points connect, some don't, those that connect drop calls, etc. I think
google voice is VoIP, so it sounds as if it would be a replacement for the
wifi calling app on my phone. But some boards say that T-mobile customers
get charged minutes even when using GV.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone on the list uses GV + Android + T-mobile
and what their experience has been.

Also, in reading about GV, it says I have to get a new phone number. How
does that number relate to my mobile number, or is it something in the
background that the world does not see? The google docs are not very helpful
in explaining just what GV provides.

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Re: [PLUG] Anyone Using Google Voice with T-Mobile?

[Mark Phillips]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Bill Barry b...@billbarry.org wrote:

 On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Mark Phillips
 m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
  Wifi calling on my android phone with T-mobile is not very reliable. Some
  wifi points connect, some don't, those that connect drop calls, etc. I
 think
  google voice is VoIP, so it sounds as if it would be a replacement for
 the
  wifi calling app on my phone. But some boards say that T-mobile customers
  get charged minutes even when using GV.
 
  Anyway, I was wondering if anyone on the list uses GV + Android +
 T-mobile
  and what their experience has been.
 
  Also, in reading about GV, it says I have to get a new phone number. How
  does that number relate to my mobile number, or is it something in the
  background that the world does not see? The google docs are not very
 helpful
  in explaining just what GV provides.


 I can answer part of your question. It's your lucky day. According to
 the Google Blog, as of yesterday you can port your own number to
 Google Voice.


 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/port-your-existing-mobile-number-to.html

 Sounds great, but according to anouther poster to this thread,

Finally, if you port your number it *stops* working on your current
mobile; you would need to establish a new mobile service with T-Mobile
for GV to be able to call through to the bit of hardware.

YMMV

They tested this a few days ago and temporarily stopped it, but now it
 looks permanent.

 I don't have T-mobile so can't answer the rest of the question.

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[PLUG] Looking for Cheap Calling to/from Canada

[Mark Phillips]

I need to spend a few days in Canada, and I was looking for technology to
help reduce the cost of calling home...hey, it worked for ET!

Anyway, I have a google phone on T-Mobile. The costs for
calling/texting/data is outrageous...

$0.69/minute voice
$10/MB data
$0.20/text message
$0.49/minute for any voice mails (ie if I am notified I have a voice mail, I
get charged, whether I listen to it or not!)

I was told by Tmo that any VoIP would fall under the $10/MB data charge.
Does anyone know if this is true?

Any Android gurus have a technical solution that would help reduce these
costs?

Thanks,

Mark
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[PLUG] How to move files from debian host to ubuntu vm in vmplayer?

[Mark Phillips]

I have a Debian testing amd64 running Ubuntu 9.04 as a virtual machine in
VMPlayer. Is it possible to access a directory (read/write files) on my
Debian host from the Ubuntu vm? How do I do it?

Thanks,

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] How to move files from debian host to ubuntu vm in vmplayer?

[Mark Phillips]

Not as well as I should be. However, after a little thought, I realized I
can sft/ssh between the guest and host.

Is there a good NFS help page for use with vms?

Thanks,

Mark

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote:

 On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Mark Phillips wrote:

  I have a Debian testing amd64 running Ubuntu 9.04 as a virtual
  machine in VMPlayer. Is it possible to access a directory
  (read/write files) on my Debian host from the Ubuntu vm? How do I do
  it?

 The easiest way is probably to NFS-export a directory from your host
 machine to the VM. Are you familiar with NFS?

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Re: [PLUG] How to move files from debian host to ubuntu vm in vmplayer?

[Mark Phillips]

My apologies for being unclearI also remember and used DEC VMS a long
time ago.;-)

Mark

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dale Snell ddsn...@frontier.com wrote:

 On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:23:11 -0800
 Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com wrote:

  Mark Phillips wrote:
  
   Is there a good NFS help page for use with vms?
 
  So am I the only one that initially read this as NFS for DEC
  VMS?  I guess my age is showing.
 

 Heh-heh.  No, you're not the only one.  That was my first
 reaction, along with wonder that anybody would be running a
 VAX in this day and age.  :-)  Um, yeah.  :-)

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[PLUG] Need Help with Apache AllowOverride

[Mark Phillips]

I have a web server at webIP off site. I have a second server for photos
running a php photo gallery app behind apache at photoIP on my local LAN. I
have a page on the web server that uses iframes to the photo server's
images.

I am trying to restrice access to the photo server to requests from the web
server using apache Allowoverride on the photo server. Here is what I have:

VirtualHost photoIP:8080

DocumentRoot /var/www/gallery

Directory /
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
/Directory

Directory /var/www/gallery
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All FileInfo Options
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
# internal access
Allow from 192.168.25.0/24
Allow from 127
# Web server
Allow from webIP
/Directory

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/hammerhead/
error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel debug

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

/VirtualHost

I can access the photos from a machine on my local LAN, but not from hosts
off my LAN. The only way to get it to work is to change Deny from all to
Allow from all. What am I doing wrong?

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Re: [PLUG] Need Help with Apache AllowOverride

[Mark Phillips]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Aaron Burt aa...@bavariati.org wrote:

 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 06:11:29PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
  I have a web server at webIP off site. I have a second server for photos
  running a php photo gallery app behind apache at photoIP on my local LAN.
 I
  have a page on the web server that uses iframes to the photo server's
  images.
 
  I am trying to restrice access to the photo server to requests from the
 web
  server using apache Allowoverride on the photo server.

 You're embedding the photos in the pages on WebIP?


No. The photos are served by a php program called gallery within a iframe on
the web server.

It might be easier to ignore the web server in my problem and just think of
the problem as apache configuration for a php app.


 Then the photos are
 being accessed from the client's browser, not WebIP.  In that case, you'll
 want to limit access by referrer.  (Note: Apache spells it referer, with
 one r.)  People will still be able to grab your pictures, of course, but
 they won't be able to embed them from your server into their own pages.
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[PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

[Mark Phillips]

I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian Squeeze
machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as well as
a problem with locales.

1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
still get locale warnings:
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C).
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = en_US.UTF-8
are supported and installed on your system.

2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
what is failing:
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server

I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything else?
I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of them
work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for for me
as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that, but I
was hoping not to have to.

Thanks!

Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

[Mark Phillips]

Tim,

Thanks for your reply. BTW, I fixed the locale problem - no more errors!

I am a little confused about mysql. I created the chroot, and then from
within the chroot I issued apt-get install mysql-server. I expected it to
just install like any other package in lenny. However, I get this (note I
purged mysql-server and mysql-server-5.0, fixed the locale problem, and then
did a fresh install of mysql-server, all from within the chroot):

[orca:/]#  apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  mysql-server-5.0
Suggested packages:
  tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mysql-server mysql-server-5.0
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 84.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main mysql-server-5.0
5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1 [26.7MB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main mysql-server
5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1
[55.3kB]

Fetched 26.7MB in 1min16s
(349kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
(Reading database ... 12541 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from
.../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from
.../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

What do you mean by mapping /var/lib/mysql? I can't mount my 64 bit mysql
into this 32 bit chroot. I just want a clean install of 32 bit mysql in my
32 bit chroot jail.

At this point, I am ready to put myself in a chroot jail! ;-)

Mark

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Tim Bruce - PLUG t...@tbruce.com wrote:

 Mark,

 For mysql, did you look at /var/lib/mysql as well.  All the data gets
 written there.

 There are also log files in /var/log/mysql* and/or /var/log/mysql/* that
 you'll need to map into your chroot environment.  Either one could be
 stopping mysql from starting.


 On Wed, June 2, 2010 06:46, Mark Phillips wrote:
  I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian Squeeze
  machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as well
  as
  a problem with locales.
 
  1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
  still get locale warnings:
 
  .
 
  2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
  what is failing:
  Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 failed!
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
   mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   mysql-server-5.0
   mysql-server
 
  I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything
  else?
  I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of
 them
  work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for for
  me
  as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that, but
  I
  was hoping not to have to.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Mark
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Re: [PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

[Mark Phillips]

I fixed the locale problem
Within the chroot, I did this:
[orca:/]#  export LC_CTYPE=C
[orca:/]#  export LC_MESSAGES=C
[orca:/]#  export LC_ALL=C
[orca:/]#  dpkg-reconfigure locales  (for the 5th time!)
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
  en_US.ISO-8859-15... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

No more locale error messages.

I tried a purge of mysql and then a clean install, and it still fails in the
configuration process and won't start.
[orca:/]#  apt-get purge mysql-server
[orca:/]#  apt-get purge mysql-server-5.0
[orca:/]#  apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  mysql-server-5.0
Suggested packages:
  tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mysql-server mysql-server-5.0
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 84.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main mysql-server-5.0
5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1 [26.7MB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main mysql-server
5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1
[55.3kB]

Fetched 26.7MB in 1min16s
(349kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
(Reading database ... 12541 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from
.../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from
.../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Mark

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:

 I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian Squeeze
 machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as well as
 a problem with locales.

 1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
 still get locale warnings:
 perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C).
 perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
 perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
 LANGUAGE = (unset),
 LC_ALL = (unset),
 LANG = en_US.UTF-8
 are supported and installed on your system.

 2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
 what is failing:
 Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
 invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
 dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
  mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
   Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
 dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
 Errors were encountered while processing:
  mysql-server-5.0
  mysql-server

 I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything
 else? I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of
 them work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for
 for me as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that,
 but I was hoping not to have to.

 Thanks!

 Mark

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Re: [PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

[Mark Phillips]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Carlos Konstanski 
ckonstan...@pippiandcarlos.com wrote:

 On 06/02/2010 07:46 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
  I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian Squeeze
  machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as well
 as
  a problem with locales.
 
  1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
  still get locale warnings:
  perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C).
  perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
  perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
  LANGUAGE = (unset),
  LC_ALL = (unset),
  LANG = en_US.UTF-8
  are supported and installed on your system.
 
  2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
  what is failing:
  Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 failed!
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
   mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   mysql-server-5.0
   mysql-server
 
  I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything
 else?
  I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of
 them
  work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for for
 me
  as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that, but
 I
  was hoping not to have to.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Mark

 In order to help you properly, I would have to try building a 32 bit chroot
 on a debian box myself.


I installed lenny as the chroot.


 I won't be able to do that until the weekend. So
 here's a shot in the dark:

 First run locale -a. Do you see en_US.utf8 in the list? Good. If not, try
 running locale-gen and then seeing if locale -a returns anything
 different.

 Does your 32 bit filesystem contain a file /etc/default/locale? I see that
 in my Ubuntu VM. It contains this line:

 LANG=en_US-UTF8

 Try making it look like this:

 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8
 GDM_LANG=en_US.utf8

 (Stay away from LC_ALL if possible; it is for clobbering all your LANG
 settings in one felswoop, useful for scripts and such.)

 I don't know whether you have to run some command to make changes to this
 file stick. In Gentoo the file would be called /etc/env.d/02locale, and
 you'd have to run env-update. Try logging out and back in(to your
 chroot),
 and see what that does for you. Test the results by running the command
 locale, which will show you your current locale settings.

 But I'm not sure that having your locale set to C is a bad thing for a
 package installation. Some builds explicitly set the locale with LC_ALL=C
 in the makefile so that the output of the build commands will be
 predictable
 and parseable. Though locale is a big deal once your database is running.


I got rid of the local problems with some simple setting of evnironment
variables and then running the package configuration. I posted the details
in an earlier email. Thanks for the suggestions!


 As for the mysql problem, all I can suggest at the moment is to try
 starting
 it manually with the appropriate mysqld command. Maybe use ps fauxw |grep
 mysqld to see the command line that your good mysql is using. Starting
 mysql manually from a shell may cause more useful error messages to be
 printed to stdout. There may be some debugging options to the mysqld
 command
 as well.


Running from the command line just gives the failed message. None of the
mysql log files have anything written to them, and the users/groups and
permissions are correct.


 You could locate the mysqld binary and run file mysqld to see if it is
 really a 32 bit ELF executable. Though it could just as easily be a shell
 script. Somewhere in the mysql installation there ought to be some binaries
 which would work for this test.


[orca:/]#  file /usr/sbin/mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, stripped
[orca:/]#

Thanks!

Mark


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Re: [PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

[Mark Phillips]

Problem solved. I installed syslog-ng to get better logging, and found this
once I tried to start mysql in the chroot:
Jun  2 20:58:00 orca mysqld[19435]: 100602 20:58:00 [ERROR] Can't start
server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use

The doh! moment of the day..mysql was running on the 64 bit squeeze side
of the chroot jail. Once I stopped it, mysql in the chroot had no problem
starting.

Moral of the story.install syslog-ng to find the doh! moments...;-)

Mark

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote:



 On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Carlos Konstanski 
 ckonstan...@pippiandcarlos.com wrote:

 On 06/02/2010 07:46 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
  I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian
 Squeeze
  machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as
 well as
  a problem with locales.
 
  1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
  still get locale warnings:
  perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C).
  perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
  perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
  LANGUAGE = (unset),
  LC_ALL = (unset),
  LANG = en_US.UTF-8
  are supported and installed on your system.
 
  2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
  what is failing:
  Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 failed!
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action start failed.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
   mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   mysql-server-5.0
   mysql-server
 
  I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything
 else?
  I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of
 them
  work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for for
 me
  as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that,
 but I
  was hoping not to have to.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Mark

 In order to help you properly, I would have to try building a 32 bit
 chroot
 on a debian box myself.


 I installed lenny as the chroot.


 I won't be able to do that until the weekend. So
 here's a shot in the dark:

 First run locale -a. Do you see en_US.utf8 in the list? Good. If not,
 try
 running locale-gen and then seeing if locale -a returns anything
 different.

 Does your 32 bit filesystem contain a file /etc/default/locale? I see that
 in my Ubuntu VM. It contains this line:

 LANG=en_US-UTF8

 Try making it look like this:

 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8
 GDM_LANG=en_US.utf8

 (Stay away from LC_ALL if possible; it is for clobbering all your LANG
 settings in one felswoop, useful for scripts and such.)

 I don't know whether you have to run some command to make changes to this
 file stick. In Gentoo the file would be called /etc/env.d/02locale, and
 you'd have to run env-update. Try logging out and back in(to your
 chroot),
 and see what that does for you. Test the results by running the command
 locale, which will show you your current locale settings.

 But I'm not sure that having your locale set to C is a bad thing for a
 package installation. Some builds explicitly set the locale with
 LC_ALL=C
 in the makefile so that the output of the build commands will be
 predictable
 and parseable. Though locale is a big deal once your database is running.


 I got rid of the local problems with some simple setting of evnironment
 variables and then running the package configuration. I posted the details
 in an earlier email. Thanks for the suggestions!


 As for the mysql problem, all I can suggest at the moment is to try
 starting
 it manually with the appropriate mysqld command. Maybe use ps fauxw |grep
 mysqld to see the command line that your good mysql is using. Starting
 mysql manually from a shell may cause more useful error messages to be
 printed to stdout. There may be some debugging options to the mysqld
 command
 as well.


 Running from the command line just gives the failed message. None of the
 mysql log files have anything written to them, and the users/groups and
 permissions are correct.


 You could locate the mysqld binary and run file mysqld to see if it is
 really a 32 bit ELF executable. Though it could just as easily be a shell
 script. Somewhere in the mysql installation there ought to be some
 binaries
 which would work for this test.


 [orca:/]#  file /usr/sbin/mysqld
 /usr/sbin/mysqld: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
 dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, stripped

[PLUG] Anyone Have Experience with Cavalry External Drives?

[Mark Phillips]

I was looking at the Cavalry CADA-SA2-B (2 TB external eSata RAID 1 (2 X 2
TB drives)) drive as a backup drive for 5 users using BackupPC. Anyone have
experience with this product or Cavalry external drives in general. It must
be new as there aren't any user reviews on Newegg.

Thanks!

Mark
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[PLUG] Need Help with Aptitude on Debian

[Mark Phillips]

I am running a amd64 machine with Debian testing. I need to build a python
db connector that uses libmysqlclient-dev. However, I need to install the
i386 version and not the amd64 version. From what I have read, (1) this
python mysql connector needs the i386 mysql client headers to compile, and
(2) the 64 bit version of mysql server runs just fine with the i386 client
and the python connector. How the heck do I tell aptitude to install the
i386 version of the libmysqlclient-dev?

Thanks!

Mark
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