Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice
I actually find it's often the enclosure. I have one external 2.5 that beeps and fails to mount on all but 1 usb port on my laptop. Absolutely a power issue - even though I have tried some of those dual power usb cables. It's actually why I'm partial to buying the drive and enclosure separate. That and you don't get the stupid 1 yr warranty of the case, but 3-5 years of the drive. If you look carefully you'll notice identical drives sold in cases and alone don't get the same warranty. Enjoy, Alex On 06/19/2014 04:57 PM, George Mulak wrote: Thank you Nathan, It is also true that sometimes the enclosure electronics go bad. I just replaced the enclosure on one drive that was doing the same thing and--walah! It worked fine. George Mulak -Original Message- From: ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Haines Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:32 AM To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice On 06/17/2014 12:00 AM, Grant Bowman wrote: My new friend who is trying Ubuntu with a disk from Lyz (thanks Lyz) just sent me an email. An external hard drive Seagate (1TB, model #: srd0sp0, newegg carries them for $79) with USB interface is not mounting automatically. When plugged into the MacBook Pro computer a slight clicking sound is heard, then it gets quiet and the light starts blinking. Try this drive on a desktop computer. Sometimes laptops don't provide enough power for 2.5 external USB hard drives. I know this is silly but it's true. This is a differential diagnostic step. Otherwise, it's probably toast. When I worked there, Western Digital had the lowest failure rate in the industry. As I occasionally said to customers when I was doing support, It's not that our competitors make bad drives, it's just that ours are better. So I can definitely recommend WD drives, but the real moral of the story is that you should always have three copies (the original and two backups) of any critical file. Regards, Nathan -- Nathan Haines Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice
On 06/17/2014 10:37 AM, brendanperrine wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:25:03 -0700 Michael Paoli michael.pa...@cal.berkeley.edu wrote: or wiped, even if not operational? I think the gnome-disks tools may be able to get smart data of usb drives it works for my seagate expansion drives which could tell if drive. If it has failing sectors this could really be a problem. Also has the user turned auto mount off manually. I normally use lubuntu so even with automount off pcmanfm has a simple way on the side to try to mount it. That actually depends on the case the drive is in being capable of passing the SMART data, which is an uncommon feature. Extracting from the case (if it's out of warranty) and hooking directly into a motherboard is the best way to get the smart data. You make also want to look into the freezer trick if it's clicking. Priority 1 is clone the drive with rescue tools. Enjoy, Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Least painful way to upgrade 12.10?
On 06/17/2014 11:29 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: All, So I have a Zenbook Prime running 12.10, which is EOL. I understand I'm going to have to step it through upgrades to 13.04 and 13.10 to get it to 14.04. Questions: a) is there a least painful way to do this? b) is there a good way to back up my entire HDD image so that I can revert to 12.10 if things go south? If you have a big enough external drive use Clonezilla live distro to create a clone image. Then do a fresh install of 14.04 Want to get nifty: 1. export your package selections with dpkg get-selections to make reinstalling same stuff easier on the new system 2. move your home directory to a separate partition then you only have to write over the / with the fresh install, home directory can stay in place. (this could be done with a large external too, bit of a shuffle game) Let me know if you need more details (can't find on the internet). Thanks, Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Install fests
Google Hangout would likely work similarly to that method on 64bit... I'm sure there are some other ways too. Enjoy, Alex On 08/11/2013 04:37 PM, Robert Lewis wrote: If the install is going to be on a 32-bit machine (not a 64-bit machine) you can use Teamviewer remotely to talk her through it. For example, have her come up on a LiveCD and then have her from the browser install Teamviewer. You must also install Teamviewer. Then you will be able to access her machine and annotate the steps to complete the installing with her remotely over the telephone. I have done this dozens of times. Cheers, Bob On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Richard Harke paleopeng...@gmail.comwrote: Are there any install fests scheduled in the near future near Murrieta, Temecula, Riverside or even San Diego? I have some one in Murrieta I want to help install linux (probably kubuntu) but I live near Sacramento so I would like to direct her to an install fest. Failing that, do you think she could get help at a reguilar meeting? Richard Harke -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Is this a good place to ask a Ubuntu Command line question... ?
Ubuntu (and I believe Debian) all use the sudo concept. To elevate privaleges to equivalent of root you need to use sudo. sudo su gets you what you probably expected (su to user root). However best practices says you should just use sudo command to do what you want Look for the ubuntuguide and the ubuntuforums where this kind of stuff gets covered fairly well. http://ubuntuguide.org/ Enjoy, Alex On 07/30/2012 08:12 PM, Skyzone9 wrote: I am new to Ubuntu and trying to learn Linux, and I have a question about the SU command I am not sure who to send it to. I just need to know how to sign-in as Superuser. I just downloaded Ubuntu 10.04.3 and when I type the su command it just says su: Authentication failure I am using my normal sign-on password, is there some other default sudo password... ? Can anyone send a help here. ? Thanks Dave On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:00 AM, ubuntu-us-ca-requ...@lists.ubuntu.comwrote: Send Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list submissions to ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ubuntu-us-ca-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com You can reach the person managing the list at ubuntu-us-ca-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Ubuntu-us-ca digest... Today's Topics: 1. Meeting tonight, Sunday July 29th at 7PM (Elizabeth Krumbach) 2. US-CA Loco Leadership (David Wonderly) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:21:40 -0700 From: Elizabeth Krumbach l...@ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu US California ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight, Sunday July 29th at 7PM Message-ID: CABesOu0F= 9ongsfxzkff8vkcrdbjgtjkgqmjfllwkcn7jgi...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi everyone, Tonight, Sunday July 29th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PT in #ubuntu-us-ca on irc.freenode.net For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web browser by going here:http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/ We don't really have anything on our agenda, so if you have event ideas, projects you wish to talk about or other announcements, you're welcome to join us and share. The meeting page is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12July29 And as always, logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. -- Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 http://www.princessleia.com -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:24:23 -0700 From: David Wonderly david.wonde...@kubuntu.org To: Ubuntu US California ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] US-CA Loco Leadership Message-ID: 1924337.XQ3tf9UQhD@helios Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Greetings, For the last few years it has been a joy and a privilage to be a part of the US-CA Leadership team. As many of you know my life has been going through some major changes and one of the changes is that I am relocating to the state of Indiana. Because of this change it is only fair and right that I step down from my position in the US-CA team and allow someone that will be living in the state to help out and be a part of the team. The ride I have had in the team has taught me a lot and I am not vanishing completely. You all have become a part of my family and for everything everyone has done, thank you. I have already been in contact with the US-IN team and will be continuing my work with Ubuntu Loco teams in Indiana when I move there. I will be in Southern California until friday morning when I fly out. Thank you all for everything and good luck! Cheers! David Wonderly Darkwing on FreeNode IRC -- -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca End of Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 62, Issue 10 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu for students... Canonical sponsorship.
On 05/25/2012 03:07 PM, Christian Einfeldt wrote: hi John, On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:21 PM, John Kim jkgodzvis...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think its possible to have Canonical sponsor this project? Our school obviously has limited resources, from laptops to computers. Where are you located John? Daniel, thanks for pasting that IRC scroll. Christian, From John's original post on 5/22 - Los Angeles John Marshall High School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marshall_High_School_%28Los_Angeles,_California%29 Thanks, Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] launchpad and documentation
Sounds to me like Seidos is looking for a component to host/write documentation to go along with application development hosted on launchpad. Along with that would be a standard link at the top of each project to it's documentation section. I haven't seen this on Launchpad and am unaware of plans to add such a feature. Anyone else? Thanks, Alex On 03/08/2011 09:59 PM, David Wonderly wrote: What excatly are you looking for in re to documentation? Dave On Sunday, March 06, 2011 10:11:36 pm seidos wrote: Hi Dave: Nothing there on documentation. Oh well, i'll try crossing this stream again when i have an idea how. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:57 AM, David Wonderly david.wonde...@kubuntu.orgwrote: https://help.launchpad.net/ This has quite a bit of topics in it. There is also the Launchpad tour that can be accessed from that URL as well. Cheers! Dave On Sunday, March 06, 2011 03:09:03 am seidos wrote: anyone know if there is a documentation section to launchpad? if not, any ideas on how to request this feature? -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Software Freedom Day
On 08/18/2010 06:51 AM, Mark Weisler wrote: Ilan Rabinovitch wrote: Hello, Do we have any plans for the upcoming software freedom day? It would be great to setup a table at a local library, farmers market, or similar non-tech venue and spread the word about FL/OSS. Specifically I was thinking documentation/flyers and demos/cds of Ubuntu. Thoughts? Regards, Ilan If one were to pursue this, is there a concise blurb that... * describes free and open software * directs people toward where they can learn more? It seems to me that the target audience is someone who is at least a little computer literate and who could be given a piece of paper they can take with them. That paper would refer to one or more URLs for more learning and trying free software. In short, what is the simplest way to introduce people to the exhilaration of free software? In the past in Davis (LUGOD), we've had Win, Mac and Live Discs available. Would chat about the concept of Free software and Open Source, then would provide one or two of the discs based on what they were interested in. Most people walked away with a Windows disc of free software. The disc tend to have stuff like Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Inkscape and GIMP the gateway software to linux. People who already knew/used those applications were given live discs since they were somewhat sold on FOSS already. I can dig up where we downloaded those from if it'd be useful to others. Of Course there was a live disc computer on the table for demo. Enjoy, Alex Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Linux Installfest workshop in Davis - Saturday, June 12th
Another local Installfest (Northern Ca/Central Valley)... While not focused on Ubuntu that is the majority of what we install and we will have 10.04 on hand in various flavors. Volunteers and spectators are welcome. A few official disks would be nice if anyone is planning to head this way. Thanks, Alex LUGOD Installefest Coordinator Original Message Subject: [vox-announce] Linux Installfest workshop in Davis - Saturday, June 12th Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 10:38:00 -0700 From: nbs n...@sonic.net Reply-To: v...@lists.lugod.org, p...@lugod.org To: vox-annou...@lists.lugod.org The Linux Users' Group of Davis will be holding a free Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, California. When: Saturday, June 12, 2010 10:00am - 4:00pm Where: N Street Cohousing Common House 716 N Street Davis, California Maps/directions at: http://www.lugod.org/if/directions_nst.php What: Linux is a completely free, 'open source' operating system that can run on a wide variety of computer hardware. It can act as a web-, file-, print- or game-server, run in a 'cluster' of computers to do 3D rendering or other intense math, or sit under your TV and record your favorite shows for later viewing. Many people use it as an inexpensive, stable, virus- and spyware-free alternative to commercial software, such as Microsoft Windows. It can be installed over, or alongside, Windows or Mac OS X. Members of the community are invited to bring their computers and laptops to this informal workshop, and volunteers from LUGOD will help you install and configure Linux... for FREE! How: If you wish to bring in your PC, you must RSVP beforehand to reserve a space. The RSVP form, and lots of useful information about Linux and Installfests, and how to prepare for the event, are accessible on the web at: http://www.lugod.org/if/ Help! We're always looking for volunteers for our workshops. If you'd like to help, or come watch and learn as others are helped, please feel free to drop by. Our vox-if mailing list is where we discuss plans and needs for these events, so we encourage you to sign up: http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/#vox-if ...or contact the Installfest coordinators directly via email: i...@lugod.org About LUGOD: The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux operating; system and Open Source software, and which (along with holding Installfests) holds regular meetings with guest speakers each month in Davis, CA. For details, visit: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick LUGOD Public Relations Officer p...@lugod.org http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: vox-annou...@lists.lugod.org ) ___ vox-announce mailing list vox-annou...@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-announce -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] No California Ubuntu Mirror?
On 04/22/2010 03:30 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 15:28 -0700, giovanni_re wrote: Must be time for California to pack it up go home. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors No technology going on in this state. Not entirely sure that just because there is not a mirror that it means no technology is going on this state. :-) Jono Not quite sure I'm picking up on the humor here, but it really does depend on what list you look at, iso mirrors only tell part of the story. So for those interested take a look at: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors UC Davis, Merced, and Berkeley all have repository mirrors. I won't even get into torrents. Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
