[PLUG] Resolved: Change the size of the icons in Thunar in Xubuntu 20.04
On 4/24/21 5:46 PM, King Beowulf wrote: On 3/8/21 9:20 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: The icons are larger in 20.04 then they were in 18.04. Is there a way to change their size? For the Thunar icon size can be set in Edit -> Prefernces -> Side Pane This is were you can set the left hand pane, whether selected as "shortcuts" or "tree" Icons in the main pane are set in View -> Zoom in|out Thanks! That's what I needed to know. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives
> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom writes: Keith> Best Mozilla alternatives? In order to enable some misbehaving Keith> web videos, I made the foolish mistake of updating firefox on my Keith> desktop machine yesterday. Silly me, "update" in Firefox-eze Keith> means "submit to Mozilla arrogance, delete older data." Keith> In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" and Keith> "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) on Mozilla Keith> servers. First I've heard of that. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-firefox-sync Does that not work? I don't have a firefox account, I don't sync anything to mozilla. I'm on 87.0 (64-bit) from Ubuntu. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives
Best Mozilla alternatives? In order to enable some misbehaving web videos, I made the foolish mistake of updating firefox on my desktop machine yesterday. Silly me, "update" in Firefox-eze means "submit to Mozilla arrogance, delete older data." In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) on Mozilla servers. With a password I don't have anyway. No f***ing way are my passwords leaving my machine. No f***ing way will Mozilla Galactica get any password or hash thereof. It's bad enough that I trust their allegedly-open-source browser to access my passwords (*) My systems are designed to keep running when the internet (or the cable modem, or the power grid) does not, with local html copies of all the important html content that I create. Different machines have different sets of passwords, and the portables do NOT have most passwords, Bank and health passwords are "stored" on paper and locked in a safe. No external password storage, except unique passwords for each web-service (stored here on a subset of secure internal machines, and on backups). Grr. I want to give the Mozilla designers wifi-enabled pacemakers, then switch off the wifi. Instead, I shall keep calm and find truly open source alternatives. I do have daily backups of the .mozilla files. Also, a few months ago, I printed out my Mozilla passwords (about 200 of them) and keep them "in a safe place". So for now, I will delete the newer firefox, then reinstall an older version without "Sync", and a backup version of .mozilla/firefox/ to verify those older passwords work. Then I will move on to Chromium ... presuming that does not use the same insane offsite password storage method. Any other suggestions? Keith L. (*) P.S. In theory, I can read Firefox source and prove that my passwords are properly encrypted and decrypted before they are sent to and from Mozilla. In actuality, by subtle misuse of API calls and function prototypes, encryption can be crippled. I am not nearly clever enough to find subtle exploits in Firefox code, and few of us bother to try. No verify, no trust. -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 15:40 King Beowulf wrote: > On 4/24/21 10:53 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: > > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote > control > > for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out > > alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, > but > > the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something > like a > > Raspberry Pi that would watch the serial printer line and store the data > to > > a file, probably on a daily basis. I'm not great at programming, so I > would > > like to find an app that could easily handle this duty. > > Suggestions appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > Here's a summary of serial console options. > > > https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/5-linux-unix-commands-for-connecting-to-the-serial-console/ > > The RPi has a serial interface but you will have to assemble the serial > port wiring (either DB25 or DB9 male/female port) to connect to the > existing cable. With Radio Shack and Fry's gone belly up, I really miss > scanning the shelves for various electronic gems. > . Probably easier to just buy USB serial port dongle for standard $2-$9.99 and use that instead of filing Germanium to make transistors, diodes, etc. -T ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:53:11 -0700 Michael Barnes wrote: > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote > control for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that > would print out alarms situations and status readings. We want to > keep the basic unit, but the printer has died. I'd like to replace > the printer with something like a Raspberry Pi that would watch the > serial printer line and store the data to a file, probably on a daily > basis. I'm not great at programming, so I would like to find an app > that could easily handle this duty. Suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks, > Michael > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug Could I take the broken matrix printer off your hands? -- _ / "Gort, klaatu nikto barada." -- The Day \ \ the Earth Stood Still / - \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ \_ _// / / * * \/^^^] \_\O/_/[ ] / \_[ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
On 4/24/21 10:53 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote control > for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out > alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but > the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something like a > Raspberry Pi that would watch the serial printer line and store the data to > a file, probably on a daily basis. I'm not great at programming, so I would > like to find an app that could easily handle this duty. > Suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks, > Michael Here's a summary of serial console options. https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/5-linux-unix-commands-for-connecting-to-the-serial-console/ The RPi has a serial interface but you will have to assemble the serial port wiring (either DB25 or DB9 male/female port) to connect to the existing cable. With Radio Shack and Fry's gone belly up, I really miss scanning the shelves for various electronic gems. minicom may be the best "turn key" choice, as it can easily capture to a file minicom -s to set up minicom -C capturefile.txt to capture serial data https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/connect-soekris-single-board-computer-using-minicom.html This article provides parts and information specific to setting up the RPi serial ports. https://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection -Ed OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:53 AM Michael Barnes wrote: > > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote control > for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out > alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but > the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something like a > Raspberry Pi that would watch the serial printer line and store the data to > a file, probably on a daily basis. I'm not great at programming, so I would > like to find an app that could easily handle this duty. > Suggestions appreciated. Why only on a daily basis when you could easily capture to a file continuously? For most of my serial interaction these days I use GNU screen. So, for example, you can plug a usb-serial cable into the Pi and your devices serial console port, and run screen like: screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 (or whatever baud rate is needed) >From the screen session, you can type Ctrl-a H, and everything will be captured to screenlog.0. The nice thing about this, is you can ssh in at any time to the Pi and reattach to the screen session with: screen -draA and you'll be at your device's serial console where you can interact as needed. You'd probably want to script all this so that it starts automatically on Pi reboots. And you probably want to periodically rotate the screenlog.0 file, and the mechanics of that would need some more investigating. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
> I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote > control > for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out > alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but > the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something like > a > Raspberry Pi that would watch the serial printer line and store the data > to > a file, probably on a daily basis. I'm not great at programming, so I > would > like to find an app that could easily handle this duty. > Suggestions appreciated. Epson still makes impact printers, so if needs be you could just replace the printer. minicom might work. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26275150/initial-configuration-of-minicom-to-save-the-output-of-minicom-into-a-file Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25. ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement
I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote control for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something like a Raspberry Pi that would watch the serial printer line and store the data to a file, probably on a daily basis. I'm not great at programming, so I would like to find an app that could easily handle this duty. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Michael ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
