More Firefox weirdness
Greetings All, Paying bills today, which I normally do online, and have never run into a problem with Firefox on Ubuntu 8.10. After logging off from APS, I got a pop-up asking me to take a survey for APS. I clicked on it, and it was a nightmare from my old windows days. It kept opening up blank browser windows faster than I could click out of them! I do have the Firefox pop-up blocker enabled, but the windows continued to open even after I disconnected from the network. Does anyone know if this is an issue with Firefox, or the APS website? Thanks, Stu --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Free Linux
And in the Mandrake flavors there's still Mandriva and PCLinuxOS. On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 06:48 -0700, James Finstrom wrote: Your free alternitives so remain redhatish are fedora and centos On 4/14/09, architect Mike Enriquez myli...@cox.net wrote: I am looking for a free Linux to install? I had Red Hat and Mandrake but now they want subscription customers. I want something free. Would it be best to take my computer to an install fest and see if anyone has a free Linux I can install. I am tried of paying for subscriptions. Help! Mike Enriquez --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Free Linux
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 07:49 -0700, Jerry Davis wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:07:39 -0700 Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: I would take a look at fedora or Ubuntu Fedora will be very much like what your used to using already with red hat, and Ubuntu is a Debian rework, but very very well done. sound like you need linux mint it is a ubuntu downstream flavor Another advantage to Mint is that it already has codecs and Flash built into it. Crunch-Bang is the same way, both are downstream Ubuntus. With regular Ubuntu, you have to install the media codecs yourself although it's not a difficult thing to do. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: IM ROOT
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 19:43 -0700, James Finstrom wrote: I was at the park and swap today and the advantage of being a linux geek is the ability touse it as an excuse. My son saw world of warcraft and wanted it I said no son that doesn't work on our pc (no wow in my house) anyway the guy said what is your computer. I said I use linux, he replied no the operating system. Ummm linux. He replies yeah it only works on IBM type pc's. I looked at him and said IBM uses linux too... Yeah, I have a lot of fun with it to. I once had a discussion with a co-worker who moonlights at Best Buy, and he said: There's NO WAY you would *ever* catch ME using Linux for anything! To which I asked: Didn't I just see you looking something up on Google? And he replied: SHUT-UP! lol! They use Linux and don't even know it! --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Speed Cams
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 09:43 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 09:24 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: On 4/1/09, Bryan O'Neal bon...@cornerstonehome.com wrote: I have no issue with red-light cameras, if they provide a yellow light of adequate length to safely stop after noticing the light change, say 5 or 6 seconds. As for the speed cameras, well, I am agenst speed limits and believe it should be safe and prudent as seen by an officer and confirmed by a judge. As for the cameras in particular, no one has been able to make public a report showing they do anything other then annoy drivers. Accidents have not gone down ... Photo radar saves lives. Period. According to the Arizona State Department of Public Safety, because of photo radar, crashes are down by 12%, injuries have been cut by 17%, and fatality collisions are down by 29% on Phoenix-area highways. No clear-thinking person would want to eliminate photo radar simply because of their personal desire to want to disregard and disobey highway speed laws. The state tried to increase revenue with these cameras and implemented a system where there was only a single financial penalty for being captured on photo radar. No points against your license, no report to insurance...just money. While there is a direct correlation to speed and fatalities, there's no accommodation for reasonable and prudent, only a hard line between 75 76 mp/h where money changes hands. 76 mp/h during rush hours is infinitely more dangerous than at 11:00 pm when the traffic is sparse. If speed were the only issue, let's just lower the speed limits everywhere and people will be much safer. I am quite certain that if the speed limit on the 101 was 45 mp/h, there would hardly be any fatalities. Craig Except in the case of Criminal speeding (20+ mph over the posted limit). Even at 4:00AM with no other traffic around, the DPS will come to your home or workplace and haul you off to jail, no other evidence is required for a conviction, and you can't defend yourself against a camera. A little to Big Brother for my liking. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Cheap NAS or MSI Wind/Eee Box?
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 06:49 -0700, Stephen wrote: Honestly get an old box and add some dekces and look into openfiler It will outstrip the nas abilities of the ready nult ones and be fully compatible And much more flexible This is pretty much what I plan to do soon. Geeks.com has an Intel MB with an onboard fanless 1.2 Ghz Celeron proc for $50 and a Gig of memory for $14. Pick up an old box from Savers for $10, and you're pretty much set for under $100. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
RE: browsers!...@#!@$!$
Or, drop into a console and run Links? On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 22:58 -0700, Andrew Tuna Harris wrote: rm -rf your firefox and run Dillo! Excerpts from Lisa Kachold's message of Tue Mar 24 22:25:41 -0700 2009: UPGRADE your FIREFOX and run Noscript! Obnosis | (503)754-4452 PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:24:14 -0700 From: eculb...@yahoo.com Subject: browsers!...@#!@$!$ To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Got 'stymied' with firefox registering at some site. just wouldn't open or register/whatever. Ditto opera. So tried Konqueror. Got in. Later, in firefox saw a 'welcome' on my email and logged into the site withdrumroll Firefox!! Go figure! Grrr! Oh, well. 73 Ed/ke7feg Now that November is here, April can wait! On 2/23/2007 the morse code requirement was dropped for getting a ham license. Now just pass the written exams which are on the web at arrl.org for questions and http://www.kb0mga.net/exams/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
RE: browsers!...@#!@$!$
On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 04:58 -0700, Andrew Tuna Harris wrote: Excerpts from wien33's message of Wed Mar 25 04:13:46 -0700 2009: Or, drop into a console and run Links? Ah, w3m's better. : but srsly, Dillo's awesome. Few dependencies, uses FLTK (Fast Light Toolkit), and does things like wikipedia and google.com. Apparently it'll do Twitter too if I uncomment a line of code and recompile it (so that it can use OpenSSL). Yeah, Dillo's pretty amazing for a lightweight browser. I use it from time to time myself. On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 22:58 -0700, Andrew Tuna Harris wrote: rm -rf your firefox and run Dillo! Excerpts from Lisa Kachold's message of Tue Mar 24 22:25:41 -0700 2009: UPGRADE your FIREFOX and run Noscript! Obnosis | (503)754-4452 PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:24:14 -0700 From: eculb...@yahoo.com Subject: browsers!...@#!@$!$ To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Got 'stymied' with firefox registering at some site. just wouldn't open or register/whatever. Ditto opera. So tried Konqueror. Got in. Later, in firefox saw a 'welcome' on my email and logged into the site withdrumroll Firefox!! Go figure! Grrr! Oh, well. 73 Ed/ke7feg Now that November is here, April can wait! On 2/23/2007 the morse code requirement was dropped for getting a ham license. Now just pass the written exams which are on the web at arrl.org for questions and http://www.kb0mga.net/exams/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
RE: Firefox Weirdness...
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:41 +, Lisa Kachold wrote: What was the security site name or URL? Unfortunately I don't remember as I was searching for something totally different, onboard VIA cpu motherboards as I recall. It's not the first time I've stumbled on one of these sites, but they never caused issues before, and of course, the History went out with the old .mozilla file. Your Firefox security can be tightened up by using NoScript plugin to control JavaScript pop-up windows, Firefox settings and systems changes. http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/13/resize-and-reposition-your-browser-with-javascript/ Thanks for the info. I'll look into this tonight. You should also NEVER surf (or work) in root! That's one of the advantages of Ubuntu, never doing anything as root user unless the computer requires it. With a few exceptions, Lenny is pretty much the same way. Thanks again for the tips! Nosis| Obnosis | (503)754-4452 PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM Subject: Re: Firefox Weirdness... From: wie...@cox.net To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:35:33 -0700 Also, I just noticed under F11, the toolbar reappears when the cursor is near the top of the screen. With my issue, that was not the case. The toolbars simply stayed hidden. On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:30 -0700, stu w wrote: *Doh!* ...I didn't even know about that, so I didn't try it. Last time it happened, restoring the defaults fixed it, but not this time. On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:03 -0700, Jared Anderson wrote: F11? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, stu w wie...@cox.net wrote: Greetings All, Something happened to me last night while browsing the net with Firefox that took me by surprise, and being a perpetual noob I thought I'd toss it up here. I came across a Scare-ware site that scanned my Ubuntu 8.10 box and found a whole bunch of .exe and .dll nasties. Of course I realized immediately it was a lame attempt to scare me into buying something totally useless, but afterward, Firefox Maximized itself to full-screen, obliterating the toolbars so I couldn't close out of it, or even shut down the computer. I can see how this would be a major problem for a Windows user, but I simply changed to a terminal and used Top to end the process. Restarting Firefox and restoring the defaults had no effect on the weirdness, neither did completely uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox via Synaptic, (which was unnecessary as well, but gave me a clue as to what the real issue was). The quick and dirty fix was to delete the .mozilla folder from ~/home, forcing Firefox to create a new file upon restarting it. That seemed to fix the issue, except I had to reload all my bookmarks. I have since backed-up my .mozilla file under a different name in case it happens again. I'm just wondering if there was a simpler/better way to deal with it? I am running some Windows games and MSIE 6.0 (Misery?) under Wine, if that makes a difference, but I doubt it. Thanks, Stu --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss __ Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. Check it out. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Firefox Weirdness...
Greetings All, Something happened to me last night while browsing the net with Firefox that took me by surprise, and being a perpetual noob I thought I'd toss it up here. I came across a Scare-ware site that scanned my Ubuntu 8.10 box and found a whole bunch of .exe and .dll nasties. Of course I realized immediately it was a lame attempt to scare me into buying something totally useless, but afterward, Firefox Maximized itself to full-screen, obliterating the toolbars so I couldn't close out of it, or even shut down the computer. I can see how this would be a major problem for a Windows user, but I simply changed to a terminal and used Top to end the process. Restarting Firefox and restoring the defaults had no effect on the weirdness, neither did completely uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox via Synaptic, (which was unnecessary as well, but gave me a clue as to what the real issue was). The quick and dirty fix was to delete the .mozilla folder from ~/home, forcing Firefox to create a new file upon restarting it. That seemed to fix the issue, except I had to reload all my bookmarks. I have since backed-up my .mozilla file under a different name in case it happens again. I'm just wondering if there was a simpler/better way to deal with it? I am running some Windows games and MSIE 6.0 (Misery?) under Wine, if that makes a difference, but I doubt it. Thanks, Stu --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Firefox Weirdness...
*Doh!* ...I didn't even know about that, so I didn't try it. Last time it happened, restoring the defaults fixed it, but not this time. On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:03 -0700, Jared Anderson wrote: F11? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, stu w wie...@cox.net wrote: Greetings All, Something happened to me last night while browsing the net with Firefox that took me by surprise, and being a perpetual noob I thought I'd toss it up here. I came across a Scare-ware site that scanned my Ubuntu 8.10 box and found a whole bunch of .exe and .dll nasties. Of course I realized immediately it was a lame attempt to scare me into buying something totally useless, but afterward, Firefox Maximized itself to full-screen, obliterating the toolbars so I couldn't close out of it, or even shut down the computer. I can see how this would be a major problem for a Windows user, but I simply changed to a terminal and used Top to end the process. Restarting Firefox and restoring the defaults had no effect on the weirdness, neither did completely uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox via Synaptic, (which was unnecessary as well, but gave me a clue as to what the real issue was). The quick and dirty fix was to delete the .mozilla folder from ~/home, forcing Firefox to create a new file upon restarting it. That seemed to fix the issue, except I had to reload all my bookmarks. I have since backed-up my .mozilla file under a different name in case it happens again. I'm just wondering if there was a simpler/better way to deal with it? I am running some Windows games and MSIE 6.0 (Misery?) under Wine, if that makes a difference, but I doubt it. Thanks, Stu --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Firefox Weirdness...
Also, I just noticed under F11, the toolbar reappears when the cursor is near the top of the screen. With my issue, that was not the case. The toolbars simply stayed hidden. On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:30 -0700, stu w wrote: *Doh!* ...I didn't even know about that, so I didn't try it. Last time it happened, restoring the defaults fixed it, but not this time. On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:03 -0700, Jared Anderson wrote: F11? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, stu w wie...@cox.net wrote: Greetings All, Something happened to me last night while browsing the net with Firefox that took me by surprise, and being a perpetual noob I thought I'd toss it up here. I came across a Scare-ware site that scanned my Ubuntu 8.10 box and found a whole bunch of .exe and .dll nasties. Of course I realized immediately it was a lame attempt to scare me into buying something totally useless, but afterward, Firefox Maximized itself to full-screen, obliterating the toolbars so I couldn't close out of it, or even shut down the computer. I can see how this would be a major problem for a Windows user, but I simply changed to a terminal and used Top to end the process. Restarting Firefox and restoring the defaults had no effect on the weirdness, neither did completely uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox via Synaptic, (which was unnecessary as well, but gave me a clue as to what the real issue was). The quick and dirty fix was to delete the .mozilla folder from ~/home, forcing Firefox to create a new file upon restarting it. That seemed to fix the issue, except I had to reload all my bookmarks. I have since backed-up my .mozilla file under a different name in case it happens again. I'm just wondering if there was a simpler/better way to deal with it? I am running some Windows games and MSIE 6.0 (Misery?) under Wine, if that makes a difference, but I doubt it. Thanks, Stu --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: anyone know of a good USB DVD writer that works well with ubuntu?
I have a Samsung SE-S164 that works fine with Ubuntu 8.10 On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 12:18 -0700, Stephen wrote: I have an lg and it has been great with linux and windows On 3/5/09, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote: in my new notebook, my internal DVD drive is crap. It works fine in Winblows, but not in ubuntu 8.10. Since the interal one works fine in windows, I don't even need one that works in both platforms, just in linux. I put a bug into the ubuntu forums many months ago, to no avail. I got another mail from someone in Missouri, who bought the same exact laptop, and has the same problem. So it looks like a lost cause. I need a DVD reader/writer that will work in USB in ubuntu 8.10. Everything else on my laptop works great. Oh before you ask, I called RedSeven and they recommended this route because they said typically, the only cd that will work is the one it came with -- damn! So my question stands. -- Happy Trails! Jerry (K7AZJ) Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 This email's random fortune: FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #4 A: Go west, young man, go west! Q: What do wabbits do when they get tiwed of wunning awound? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Ha!
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Re: OT: Windows 7 breakdown of SKU's
Actually, according to what a Microsoft spokesperson told Mary Jo Foley ( http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1890tag=nl.e589 ), quote “Customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license to move from Windows XP to Windows 7; however, they will need to do a clean installation of Windows 7.” (Microsoft still isn’t ready to talk pricing, but at least you know now you won’t have to buy a full license.) /quote So, it ought to cost both Vista users and XPers a bit less to cram Microsoft's newest, freshest P.O.S.* into their computers when it gets released later this year. Needless to say, with the economy going the way it is, I don't foresee a lot of early adopters. * Proprietary Operating System On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 00:02 -0700, Bob Elzer wrote: I can't find the Gnome or Kde versions, Darn. Seems you have to shell out $260 to get the option of playing DVD's I feel sorry for all who bought Vista, now they have to pay all over again. I love how MS did away with upgrade options. http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/windows-7-skus-announced-yes-your-worst-n ightmare-has-come-to/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
