Hi Victor,
> 2. The Zen router comes with a default wifi password that is just
> a string of twenty decimal digits.
Worth about eleven alpha-numericals, just out of interest.
Or half-a-dozen words from a small list: ‘correct horse battery...’.
$ bc -l
l(10^20) / l(26+26+10)
Hi,
Peter wrote:
> At a previous discussion the Kings Arms at 252 Wallisdown Road
Wherever you decide, have someone scout it out on the same weekday and
time. It may now be a dive, or have constant, loud music. Even if
someone vouches for it for Sunday lunch, that weekday might be pub-quiz
Hi,
Peter Merchant wrote:
> > I saw this the other day, and was wondering about it.
> > https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/add-on-board-lets-you-use-four-nvme-ssds-at-once-with-raspberry-pi-5
Thanks Peter, that's interesting. I wanted two NVMes for a local RAID 1
mirror. Four seems a
Hi Rhys,
> As for NVMe HAT's, personally, I use the Geekwork x1001 on mine
> https://geekworm.com/products/x1001
Thanks, I did not know of the Shenzhen based Geekworm and see they have
a dual 2280 board too. This one mentions a firmware update.
‘The X1004 is designed specifically for data
Hi Bob,
> You might want to look at the PIMORONI site, single and dual NVMe
> adapters up to 2280 in length.
Thanks, I found which does allow two up to the 2280's 80 mm.
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/nvme-base-duo-for-raspberry-pi-5
And thanks for the pointer to Argon cases.
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Hi Patrick,
> That was an interesting read.
Good.
> > The Linux kernel has NVMe support since 5.0; package nvme-cli drives
> > it.
>
> Linux certainly had at least some support for NVMe before version 5.0.
> I think you must be referring to a subset of the NVMe functionality
> being added in
Hi,
I wrote a private email to a friend. The content may be of interest to
some on the list, so here it is.
Do you know much about NVMe over PCIe for SSDs? I don't, only having
bought SATA SSDs in the past. The Pi 5 has a ×1 PCIe connector, meaning
one channel of two twisted pairs to allow a
Hi Tim H,
> I have to run a single line bash script at present which is basically
> a xrandr instructions which sets the geometry for my two monitors.
> Otherwise I get an issue where both screens are unreadable and
> distorted at bootup sometimes.
Running xrandr early doesn't sound like the
Hi Andrew,
> I want to find duplicates in that 3 TB of files, plus another location
> on another computer, so I might write a little program to do that by
> collecting filenames, checksums, file sizes, etc. in each location and
> then processing the results afterwards.
If you're only initially
Hi Terry,
> they both returned eventually with connection refused (Connection timed
> out in each case)
‘Connection refused’ is a different error to ‘Connection timed out’.
- You knock at my door. I refuse to open it.
- You knock at my door. You don't hear the knock.
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> > > $ telnet -4 bitfolk.com 54321
> > > Trying 85.119.80.199...
> > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> > > $
...
> I get exactly the same result when I try to telnet into my static IP
> address.
So you should try comparing a port you
Hi Terry,
> 1. My static IP Address to the Internet is what my router says it is
> (established using whatsmyip.org).
>
> 2. I can successfully ping my static IP Address from another device
> not on the same network.
- Is the pong coming from the router?
- Does it have a ‘pong’ configuration
Hi Tim,
> External USB SSD SDB
> SDB1 backup
...
> The install wiped and partitioned of my SDB (which became SDC) drive
> wiping out over 18months of backups.
...
> That will teach me to play around with a system that was working
> fine.
Don't have precious data on external drives
Hi Tim,
> So how do I confirm if I did install grub onto dev/sda for the
> installed day to day distro.
My guess:
- Turn everything off.
- Unplug the external USB drive.
- Turn the PC on.
- Expect GRUB to appear, offering your old installation.
- Select it.
- See if it boots it successfully.
>
Hi Terry,
> > sudo -i apt-get purge --auto-remove strongswan
>
> I tried that, it's still the same
Still the same, as in
I still have the following directories and files:
strongswan.conf
...
Or still the same complaining about the corrupt \xFF in what should be
a text
Hi Terry,
> sed -n 'l; /^}/q' /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/AutoSelect.pm
> \377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\
> \377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\377\
> \377\377\377\377\377\37..
>
> Screen-fulls of that.
The file is corrupt. 377
Hi Terry,
> I've found something odd. I believed that this command:
>
> sudo dpkg --purge --force-all strongswan
>
> Should remove everything related to the package strongswan.
From dpkg(1):
--force-things
--no-force-things, --refuse-things
...
Warning:
Hi Terry,
> debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \xFF;
> marked by <-- HERE after <-- HERE near column 1 at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/AutoSelect.pm line 1.
What's the output of
sed -n 'l; /^}/q' /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/AutoSelect.pm
For example,
$ sed -n 'l;
Hi Peter,
> The thought is that they wouldn't mean anything to anybody in the 22nd
> century unless I left some notes in each folder. I don't intend to
> say what each photo was, but more the occasion of the photos. The
> question is, what format should I use for these text files - Plain
> Text
Hi Terry,
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chromium
>
> Well, that confirms it I guess. Thanks for that.
Did you see it mentioned https://www.xbrowsersync.org ?
I've not used it.
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Hi Terry,
> Everything works OK, but it seems that I can longer sync my bookmarks
> from the Chromium instance running on this desktop PC and the Chromium
> instance running on the laptop.
...
> I found that at least one site that indicated that Chromium no longer
> supports this feature
I found
Hi Peter,
> Can anybody point me to a discussion of the relative merits and cons
> of these different software formats?
Try a search for 'comparison of snap, flatpak, and appimage'.
That turns up a few recent articles on DuckDuckGo at major Linux
articles sites.
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Hi,
Hugh wrote:
> Was it not the Kings Arms in Wallisdown where we used to meet?
For a list of venues used followed by a partial list of dates of
meetings and their venues, see
https://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub
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Hi Peter,
> Done it. I HAVE MY SOUND BACK. I was following
> https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/ and it worked.
>
> Not sure about the mic yet.
Regarding testing your audio in Jitsi, which you mentioned last night,
there is an Android Jitsi app so you could install that on a
Hi Peter,
> I have a CMI8738 Audio card in my PC, and when I look at the Audio
> settings the options for different 'devices' are jumping all over the
> place and changing. I can't hit one long enough to disable it. Any
> ideas how I resolve this?
What's changed?
- Have you had options for
Hi Terry,
> Unless the forecast changes significantly between now and then, I'll
> be going to the Midlands next week, so I probably won't be around
> again.
Peter emailed the list saying it looked like last month's meeting didn't
happen. Andrew told me privately that he turned up, no one else
Hi Tim,
> My Linux box is the only NFS connections.
...
>
> would is save to remove the 192.168.1.1/24 entry?
Yes, I think so.
- Those entries are only for NFS exports.
- You think only one machine is an NFS client.
- You don't have any machines on the 192.168.1/24 network.
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Hi Tim,
> > What is the IP address of the Linux machine? It is a 192.168.18/24?
> > ‘ip a’ will show the address of each network interface.
> >
> > ‘showmount -e 192.168.18.150’ may be a useful test as well as
> > ‘rpcinfo 192.168.18.150’.
...
> $ ip a
...
> 2: enp0s25: mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
Hi Tim,
> I have checked through all the relevant network settings on the NAS
> and they are reporting the correct IP and Gateway Address.
The NAS may have the equivalent of /etc/exports which can limit the IP
addresses which can mount.
> $ mount /media/nas
> mount.nfs: access denied by server
Hi Paul,
> but in terms of keeping things up to date I use Watchtower.
Thanks, found it. https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/introduction/
> All this is fairly new stuff for me, and I've been out of things for a
> couple of years
Sorry to hear about your recent troubles.
> Some of my Docker
Hi,
Stephen wrote:
> > There's a list at
> > https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#communication---email---complete-solutions.
...
> Thanks Tristan,
Yes, thanks Tristan. Very interesting to have a browse of that to see
what's available.
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Hi,
Tim wrote:
> Probably obvious, but when you use containers do make sure you have a
> solution in place for keeping current with updates.
Not that obvious to me, as you probably suspected. I've not done much
with containers before.
Seems I need to poll to learn of a later tag on the remote
Hi Paul,
> you may like to take a look at Docker Mailserver
Thanks Paul, you beat me to it. :-)
$ scan -forma '%{date}' p
Wed, 3 Jan 2024 16:05:51 +
Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:07:45 +
$
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Hi Stephen,
> Could you look at the docker image repo and see what base distros are
> used for email servers?
>
> - https://hub.docker.com/search?q=email%20servers
Thanks, it reminded me that
https://docker-mailserver.github.io/docker-mailserver/latest/ exists.
I've never used it but I'm
Hi,
I'm looking to set up a virtual server to send and receive email for
a domain name and store the email for pick-up by users over POP3 and IMAP.
Normally, I'd go for Debian and then configure Exim, Dovecot and others to
provide a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate, SPF, DKIM, DMARC,
Hi Terry,
> Each time I booted into the other OS, I had the same problem.
See the Arch Linux wiki. :-)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth#Dual_boot_pairing
Happy new year to the list.
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Hi Hugh,
> A quick skim read: doesn’t apply to open source stuff, and
> manufacturers can self certify…
I haven't read Tim's links, I just plumped straight for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Resilience_Act as an overview.
That suggests the exception isn't for by licence, e.g. open source,
Hi Clive,
> Recently we had a visit of workers who were starting to install Fibre
> cables to replace the overhead coppers. They said it was going to be
> Gigabit capable and it would be cheaper to install the new broadband
> connection at the same time.
>
> Question is what router would I need
Hi Terry,
> I suspect most people start with Windows and then install linux, but
> I already have a valid Kubuntu 23.10 installation, so (of course)
> Windows overwrote the existing boot menu and the machine simply booted
> into Windows with no choice given.
>
> I had expected this and believed
Hi Peter,
> Does anyone know of a chart that gives part numbers or anything
> similar for barrel connectors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_power_connector#Standards is along
those lines.
> We have determined that it is 5.5mm O.D, and we have an unlabelled
> drill bit that just fits the
Hi Terry,
> I need to move Memory-Map into the "All the time" group, but if I
> click on the App icon, I am only offered "Allow only when using the
> App", "Ask everytime" or "Don't allow".
https://developer.android.com/develop/sensors-and-location/location/permissions
looks to be of interest,
Hi Tim,
> > sudo -i ss -p dst 66.39.101.110
>
> This did not return anything
You need to run it when Wireshark shows traffic of interest, giving the
relevant remote IP address.
> Is this the expected actions of a Private VPN??
All VPNs are private. :-)
It depends what your VPN aims to
Hi Tim,
> This was about 12 minutes ago
That shows a local TCP port 56946 talking to remote port 80 on
185.151.30.148. I can also talk to that remote port.
$ curl -sSvg http://185.151.30.148; echo
* Trying 185.151.30.148:80...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 185.151.30.148
Hi Tim,
> State: Listen
> Recv-Q: 0
On all interfaces:
> Send-Q Local Peer Process
> 100 0.0.0.0:smtp:25 0.0.0.0:* users:(("master",pid=3664,fd=13))
> ino:39331 sk:7 cgroup:/system.slice/system-postfix.slice/postfix@-.service <->
> 100 [::]:smtp :25
Hi Tim,
IP hostnameinout
total last seen
> 98.159.234.100 chrysippo.dreamsinheels.com377,452,876 8,790,117,140
> 9,167,570,016 2d 18h 38m 35s
> 98.159.234.101 reformidans.dreamsinheels.com 231,512,992
Hi Tim,
> Beginning of last week I became aware of a lot of connection to and
> from .dreamsinheels.com
Where are these showing up?
> I have not been able to block the connection, all the sub domains seem
> to be coming from 185.151.30.148
...
> Can anybody help with some advise please on how
Hi Terry,
> > > As I said, I’m surprised that any hosting provider allows
> > > otherwise these days.
> >
> > Hugh,
> >
> > Can you please explain to me why using an alias (which has
> > previously been set up as a mail forward) is a security risk?
>
> Can anyone explain this?
I don't see the
Hi Hugh,
> I thought all hosting providers did this about 10 years ago?
I think Terry's complaint is he has his own domain name and pays IONOS
to host it. He expect to be able to use anyth...@his-domain.com.
He isn't trying to use other domain names.
If switching provider, these two firms have
Hi Peter,
> 1] anybody heard of this company 'Strong'?
> https://www.currys.co.uk/products/strong-atria-mesh-kit-1200-uk-whole-home-wifi-system-triple-pack-10247033.html
No, but I found https://strong-eu.com/about-strong/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyworth.
> 2] Smart meters.
All I
Hi Clive,
>
>
> Thanks Again Ralph!
>
> 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts' has done the trick! Buttons
> now do not have the text over written! I thought I had checked doth
> PC/laptop settings to be the same so will now check again the PC to see
> if that 'box' is ticked.
>
> In
Hi,
I think I've worked out what's happening with the rendering of the
website on Clive's laptop. Perhaps it will help someone spot why.
The large buttons have text appearing over the top of them. What should
be a button with
Change
Password
in it has ‘key_circle’ overlaid. This is
Hi Clive,
I spot the red shield of uBlock Origin. It's worth checking that is
configured the same for this site on the laptop and desktop. If in
doubt, disable it, just for this site, on the faulty system and reload.
Others who do more web stuff than me may have better ideas.
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Hi Clive,
> Inserted screenshot.
You did do this because I had to approve the email before it reached the
list due to its large size but the images didn't reach me. I think this
is due to the mailing list's configuration stripping images. I've just
changed this so could you attach the image(s)
Hi Clive,
> First I thought it was the website programme as I'd only logged in on
> the laptop and the website had been updated with a 'Hub' system.
Is that https://www.hubb.church ?
> On the laptop after logging into the website and then going to the
> /'private'/ area log-in, the menu buttons
Hi Terry,
> I have posted the output of journalctl at
> https://hadrian-way.co.uk/Misc/journal.txt.
I see the kernel version has changed over time. Does one of these match
when problems started?
Oct 09 06:27:45 Linux version 6.2.0-34-generic
Oct 21 06:49:29 Linux version
Hi Terry,
> I think that it simply ran out of memory after maxing out the CPU
> cores for a minute or two.
I'm surprised a Linux machine is configured to shutdown on persistent
high CPU or memory load. Rather, the kernel's out-of-memory killer will
kick in and guess a process to kill to free
Hi Terry,
> Does anyone know how to get the original .deb file for Network Manager?
> I found reference to it at:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/network-manager_1.44.2-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
That version appears to be from
https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic-updates/network-manager
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Hi Terry,
> However, before I could complete that, the system shut itself down.
That's surprising. Did it look like an orderly shutdown or did the
power just cut? My only guess at a cause is overheating though I'd
normally expect that to just cause the CPU to be throttled in speed.
Is this a
Hi Terry,
> This mainly happens with sites that use a similar framework to the
> Dorset Echo, (eg Daily Echo, etc)
Does the CPU maxing out occur if you visit the Daily Echo directly,
ending up at the same story which Google News mentioned?
> I'm pretty sure that the problems isn't entirely to
Hi John,
> > sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print
>
> This gives:
>
> Model: ATA CT500MX500SSD1 (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 500107862016B
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size
Hi Terry,
> If I run xinput --test-xi2 --root in a console, I get loads of output
> when Press the left or right mouse buttons, but nothing when I press
> the middle button. However, I've read somewhere that middle click
> paste is an xorg built-in function and according to echo
>
Hi John,
> I do have a partition table issue. gdisk says:
>
> Partition table scan:
> MBR: MBR only
> BSD: not present
> APM: not present
> GPT: not present
>
> ***
> Found invalid GPT and valid
Hi Andrew,
> Clonezilla is faster as it only clones areas of the filesystems which
> actually contain data, but that probably doesn't matter for a one-off
> clone.
A good point. dd(1) obviously doesn't do that. I had an idea GParted
could when copying a partition because it could use an
Hi John,
> I've bought a SSD to replace the sole HDD in an old laptop (Thinkpad
> T410) and I intend to use dd to copy the disk. Does that seem
> sensible?
I think it should work. This Arch Linux wiki page may be useful as much
isn't specific to Arch Linux. It includes using dd(1).
Hi Terry,
> Originally, I was getting a problem owing to a mismatch
> between the Version on the server (5.1.56) and the version provided by
> Ubuntu 23.04 (8.033). I uninstalled the package mysql-client-8.0, and
> downloaded MySQL-client-5.1.56-1.glibc23.x86_64.rpm from the MySQL
> website,
Hi,
There are some here on the mailing list who occasionally pop up on the
LUG's IRC channel. ‘They know who they are’. I'm writing to let them
know the channel has moved because the Blitzed server we used to use is
shutting down soon.
https://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=irc has the
Hi Terry,
> Using code copied from the existing framework, I was getting the
> following when the sockets handler was starting:
>
> Connection Refused (NAS): [Errno 111]
This means the TCP port on the NAS's network interface has nothing
listening to it to accept your incoming connection
Hi Peter,
> > mail -s help dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk
> You are right. Not on my system. I need to install mailutils to use
> it.
Yes, that's one of the packages which can provide mail(1).
And after installation, it will need telling how to send email to the
Internet as it might
Hi Peter,
> Just a check email to Clive to see if he gets it.
Clive, or anyone else, can also get Mailman to email them by sending an
email to dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk with ‘help’ in the subject
and an empty body.
If set up, and it's probably not on many Linux home systems these days,
Hi Clive,
> no mail from the LUG since Tims 'Amazon v Morrell' mail.
The LUG machine running Mailman dislikes 92.205.12.157's behaviour when
connecting to port 25, SMTP, to hand over emails to you. Here's the
current DNS settings for posterity.
$ dig +short cewland.uk. mx
0
Hi,
Clive wrote:
> > > I've never been clear who provides the email system which Clive is
> > > using. If it's GoDaddy then, as I wrote to Peter yesterday, an Internet
> > > search found
> > > https://uk.godaddy.com/help/check-and-manage-my-mx-records-7590 which
> > > suggests the two DNS MX RRs
Hi Hugh,
> 2. Clive's provider has not updated the MX record for his domain to point
> to the new server, so the mail still goes to the old server.
That tallies with my off-list email to Peter yesterday, CC'd Clive.
I was pointing out this list had suspended Clive's subscription because
of
Hi Peter,
Terry wrote:
> > Clive is back from his travels, but thinks that due to his email
> > supplier having upgraded their servers, he cannot access his emails
> > from Thunderbird. I don't think he can get them via webmail either.
...
> I don't think I've seen this, but his first port of
Hi,
There's a slim Linux connection,
http://www.linusakesson.net/music/guitar-slinger/ is by a chap called
Linus that I've mentioned before. In the video, he first performs a
well-known tune from the Amiga. Key to understanding the video is the
Amiga had four sound channels thus the video's
Hi Peter,
> Under Apps/Special App Access I can find a Battery
> optimisation, which for a lot of Apps, says 'battery optimisation not
> available'
I don't think that's relevant to the rapid discharge of your wife's
tablet.
https://github.com/google/battery-historian#readme has a means of
Hi Peter,
> > > My problem is the Android phone which I
> > > use for Jitsi now stays permanently ‘Awake’, burning through 100%
> > > of battery in about four hours. The battery chart's detail has
> > > ‘Media’ as one of the top two users, but the percentage of all
> > > those that are listed is
Hi Hugh,
> Slow charging speeds are also very much caused by the cable type.
But the issue is fast discharging, not slow charging. :-)
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Hi Peter,
> why does Gkrellm sometimes come up in the centre of the screen when
> I start the computer, and mostly in the top left where I want it and
> always move it to.
Windows are normally placed by the window manager. These days, the WM
comes as part of the desktop environment. I think
Hi,
Hugh wrote:
> I didn’t think we had a discord server running yet?
I missed the last meeting so I'm out of date, but I am not aware of a
Discord for the LUG.
Hamish, if you're researching these things then you may want to consider
Matrix. IIRC it has favour amongst LUG members who have used
Hi,
It's looking unlikely I'll make it tonight. Possibly because I'm not
much of a clock watcher and my day hasn't recently, bizarrely jumped
forwards an hour. Still, that's another heart attack avoided.
There were a couple of interesting things I was going to point out.
Both Raspberry Pi
Hi Graeme,
> Is there any future in keeping them or should I just take them along
> to the recycling centre?
The value of copper could be on the rise long term if the
electrification of all things continues.
> (Spring cleaning under way, and the XYL is getting insistent).
Probably best to tip
Hi Peter,
> Back to my main system Pavucontrol keep saying /no output devices
> available/, but
> aplay -l
> List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices
...
Does ‘systemctl status --user pulseaudio.service’ look healthy?
If you search the distro's packages, is there a PulseAudio + ALSA
Hi Peter,
> Last night, when I mentioned PulseAudio, Hamish mentioned something
> else?
Yes, Pipewire.
> I think I should investigate it, as I now have no sound at all.
> Pulseaudio says it cannot find any output devices.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio might help.
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Linux Mint was the most mentioned Linux distro of the night, ignoring
Android. Mint 2, others nil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint
Turning a Cat5 network patch cable into an eight-turn loop antenna,
by Henning Paul, DC4HP.
https://radiosocial.de/@hennichodernich/109926633432340671
Hi Peter,
> I believe that you can't jump a year but have to go through the
> iterations from 20.04 to 21.04 to 22.04?
An LTS release can be upgraded to the next LTS release without stepping
through the six-monthly non-LTS in between.
https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/upgrade-introduction
I think
Hi Sandie,
Replying to the list because they have more experience than me with
webcams, modern Ubuntu, ‘snaps’, and laptop hibernation.
> After writing to the group. I uninstalled Cameracrls & reinstalled
> it. It seemed to find the camera when I ask but don't know if it
> function on Telegram
Hi Sandie,
> I attended 1 of your pub meetings in August '17
I recall; you chatted to Tim quite a bit about recovering some photos
from a password-guarded USB stick.
> installed via a disro created on a usb Ubuntu 22.
For the record, Was that 22.04 or 22.10? Running
lsb_release -a
Hi Clive,
> On my laptop for the past couple of months my emails have been 'slow
> to send'. It seems to be before connection is made to the 'server'.
...
> All other internet connections are not affected and the desktop
> machine (same settings/OS) has not been affected just my LT.
Is that
Hi,
The Amiga's sound chip is called Paula. This article explains how
Linus Åkesson got it playing a sample of sound from a Kalimba at good
quality compared to the naive default. The eight-minute video is worth
a watch whether even if you've read the article because there are lots
of examples
Hi Hamish,
I thought you might be interested to know you email, by the time it
reached me through the mailing list, had an RFC violation in its header.
"multipart/alternative" type in message must be encoded in
7bit, 8bit, or binary, per RFC 2045 (6.4).
Here are some of the relevant
Hi,
In Terry's absence, I thought I'd send the reminder...
The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi.
The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open
https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug
Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox.
An alternative to installing either
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for digging.
> With some experimentation, I found that the null byte comes from
> KMail's "Add quote characters" feature. Oh dear. I don't think it is
> supposed to do that.
:-) Perhaps some off-by-one error included the terminator of a
NUL-terminated string.
> I assume
Hi Patrick,
> I downloaded the .deb package from their website at MicroBlocks.fun
> and opened it as an archive file to see what the .desktop file
> contains:
>
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Name=MicroBlocks
> > Comment=MicroBlocks is a graphical and dynamic blocks language for
> > 32 bit
Hi,
When copying data from old floppy disks, the Greaseweazle is handy for
moving the floppy-disk controller aside and getting the flux levels from
the drive for interpretation by software but sometimes that's still too
high level. Given floppy drives often have test points on the board,
they
Hi Tim H,
> I have an external USB drive
Is it spinning rust, which could be slow to spin up, perhaps more so if
all power comes from USB?
> [E] Can't find snapshots folder.
> If it is on a removable drive, please plug it in.
> Waiting 30 seconds.
What happens after it waits thirty seconds for
Hi Terry,
> Reading the Wiki, it appears that reporting is done through a built-in
> tool called ubuntu-bug
...
> However, selecting that simply results in the message shown in
> https://hadrian-way.co.uk/Misc/ubuntu-bug_dialog.png
The message says:
‘You need to specify a package or a
Hi,
The Government's Project Gigabit aims to increase good broadband to
rural areas. https://projectgigabit.campaign.gov.uk/
Though I don't think Hugh's eligible because...
https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/#suppliers
‘Vouchers in your area have been paused as your address may
Hi,
Tim gave us a demo of the restic back program, which looked very nice.
https://restic.net
The Greaseweazle is a small PCB with an Arm Cortex-M4 in an Artery
AT32F403 and a couple of connectors for a floppy drive and a USB
connector. It reads and writes flux levels to the drive and is
Hi,
Mike's Electric Stuff: Lots of interesting poking about bits of
electrical equipment from Mike Harrison, who some may know from the
Acorn Archimedes where he designed things like the video digitiser
‘podule’ sold by Watford Electronics. http://www.electricstuff.co.uk
He has a YouTube
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From: Adam Sweet
To: "A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters."
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 13:53:58 +
Subject: [lugmaster] Talk: Adam Sweet - Password Cracking With a GPU, 17th March
Hi guys
Details for our second monthly talk below. Please adapt and share as you
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