Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-30 Thread Tim Waugh
requesting new work: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/308332-foldinghome-crushes-exascale-barrier-now-faster-than-dozens-of-supercomputers The Folding@home project definitely seems better at publicity. :-) Also WCG is World Community Grid, not currently researching COVID-19 specifically: h

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-25 Thread Tim Waugh
] Suspend when computer is in use Further down there is also: Request tasks to checkpoint at most every [ 60 ] seconds which answers your question about how much work might be lost when switching off. Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, post-lurgi 20:00 Check to whom you

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-25 Thread Tim Waugh
on the web interface for power: 'light-medium-full', and also defaults to doing work only when the computer isn't otherwise in use. Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, post-lurgi 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-25 Thread Tim Waugh
rk anyway :-) > > Thanks. > Actually on the subject of stats for folding@home specifically, I found this site has better information that the one you get from the link in the web interface: https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s==929041 Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bo

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-25 Thread Tim Waugh
nstall it. Set it to support research fighting 'Any disease' -- they are prioritising the SARS-CoV-2 work units. \o/ Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, post-lurgi 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New threa

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-25 Thread Tim Waugh
redhat-emea-ssa-team/fahclient-container and folding_mnt is the mount-point on the logical volume I made for it to store whatever it needs (not strictly necessary, I just like to know what's stored where). Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, post-lurgi 20:00 Check to whom y

[Dorset] Some links

2020-01-08 Thread Tim Waugh
/ LGTM (charged service, but free for open source): https://lgtm.com/ * Headless encrypted boot using LUKS, systemd, and USB stick http://cyberelk.net/tim/2015/04/09/headless-encrypted-boot-with-fedora-server/ Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check

Re: [Dorset] Date of Next Meeting.

2019-10-02 Thread Tim Waugh
Ooh, I might not be able to make the 12th either, or the 18th or 19th, or 21st. I'm awkward this month, maybe best to schedule without me. Tim. */ On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 12:10, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > Tim W. wrote: > > Nice catch. I'll be doing Bonfire Night th

Re: [Dorset] Date of Next Meeting.

2019-10-02 Thread Tim Waugh
sh, though I don't know if it's > complete. > Nice catch. I'll be doing Bonfire Night things that night. Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-10-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New th

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2019-09-03's Pub Meet.

2019-09-08 Thread Tim Waugh
Also, here is the excellent talk I mentioned about data visualization, from this year's PyCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTingdk_pVM Tim. */ On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 11:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > I found out at the end that the serious pool game that was st

Re: [Dorset] ed, vi et al

2019-07-05 Thread Tim Waugh
000 31 00 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 7f 39 0d > |1...9.| > 000a > $ > > You can see the TTY's ‘ctlecho’ setting causing Ctrl-2 to be echoed as > ‘^@’, NUL, and that's confirmed by the hex dump. 0x1c is backslash, > 0x5c, with Ctrl masking off 0x40. > I had no idea abou

Re: [Dorset] ed, vi et al

2019-07-04 Thread Tim Waugh
is easy for e.g. a cat to type (or even a mis-typed Ctrl-Z undo attempt). Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-08-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2019-07-02's Pub Meet.

2019-07-03 Thread Tim Waugh
d by network storage (perhaps a local file server, perhaps as a cache for cloud storage). https://ceph.com/ceph-storage/ https://www.gluster.org/ https://perkeep.org/ Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-08-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IR

Re: [Dorset] Very slow Desktop startup problem

2019-06-30 Thread tim
ist the auto start applications Also check your /etc/fstab to make sure that all your partition have the correct UUID and are being mounted This link might help https://www.tecmint.com/find-and-fix-linux-boot-issues/ Hope it helps Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tue

Re: [Dorset] Disc Drive Read Errors

2019-06-16 Thread tim
On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:02:05 +0100 Terry Coles wrote: > On Sunday, 16 June 2019 10:15:07 BST tim wrote: > > Hi Terry, if you want a pair of 500gb drive I have a pair of Western Digital > > green sata you can have? > > That could be useful. How much would you want f

Re: [Dorset] Disc Drive Read Errors

2019-06-16 Thread tim
e bad drive. The > > current state of the array is "degraded" - we probably need a good > > drive/to fix one of these before we use it. > > See above. I think we may need at least one new drive if we are going to > continue with this idea. > Hi Terry, if you want

Re: [Dorset] File permission Problem

2019-06-08 Thread tim
On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:51:00 +0100 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > > It seems more likely that the NAS is doing unwanted fiddling, > > > perhaps based on client IP address, and serving up different > > > results. You need to poke abo

Re: [Dorset] File permission Problem

2019-06-08 Thread tim
On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 10:34:35 +0100 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > But now I am completely confused. We had a power cut overnight and I > > have just turned the nas back on again and I can access all the folder > > on the NAS from Linux which previously I wa

Re: [Dorset] File permission Problem

2019-06-06 Thread tim
But the question is how should I set it up? I need to be able to have rw access to it from either Linux or windows. I have the option of controlling user login via the NAS, I can set up the user there. Tim H On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 18:12:39 +0100 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > >

Re: [Dorset] File permission Problem

2019-06-02 Thread tim
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 10:58:07 +0100 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > I have a NAS on my network and is accessed by two people [using NFS] > > and controlled by UAC set on the NAS. > > That `UAC', user-access control, sounds a bit worrying. > > > The NA

[Dorset] File permission Problem

2019-06-01 Thread tim
nd I can access the 5 folders my PC cannot access without an issue. Can anybody please advise how I can change the permissions on these folder\files on my PC as it seems as they are only blocked on my PC only? Regards Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00

[Dorset] Certain web sites crashing web browser

2019-05-30 Thread tim
if I can find where the issue is. So does anybody else have any suggestion for me to check?? Thanks in advance Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New t

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2019-05-29 Thread Tim Waugh
I won't be able to come this time I'm afraid. Tim. */ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

[Dorset] Doing a job for a friend

2019-05-27 Thread tim
in this situation. regards Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Python help

2019-05-12 Thread tim
Thanks all for the recommendations, I shall work through go through over the coming weeks and see what works for me and what does not. I have no doubt that I will be back with more questions in the future. Regards Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check t

[Dorset] Python help

2019-05-12 Thread tim
Thanks in advance Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

2019-03-17 Thread tim
guess it depends on what you want at the end of the day. Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Monitoring Internet Connectivity.

2019-03-09 Thread tim
On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 16:57:37 + PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > On 09/03/2019 10:58, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Patrick, > > > >> I have got the impression from these messages that Tim might be quite > >> enjoying the cat and mouse game > >

Re: [Dorset] System changed UUID on one of my disks

2019-03-03 Thread tim
On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:59:14 + Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > Program and web pages that I had to login into were no longer holding > > my password and I was having to log back into them, in some cases my > > login was rejected. Also noticed that my t

[Dorset] System changed UUID on one of my disks

2019-03-03 Thread tim
3 plugin card (hence /boot/efi on sda2) sdc1 /root sdc2 /home Any thoughts? Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-02-10 Thread Tim
On 29/01/2019 16:55, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 19:13, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-29 Thread Tim
On 27/01/2019 19:13, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Every time I'm in the market

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-27 Thread Tim
On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Every time I'm in the market for a new broadband modem, like now, I

[Dorset] Password manager

2019-01-24 Thread Tim
eggs in one basket and letting somebody else look after it??) which would be useful for some password away from home Would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts view and if you use a password manager which one do you use and why? Thanks in advance Tim H -- Next meeting: BEC

Re: [Dorset] Python - Finding the Minimum Value and its Position in an Array

2019-01-23 Thread Tim Waugh
Does v.index(min(v)) do what you want? Tim. */ On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 13:21, Terry Coles wrote: > Hi, > > I have a series of measured voltages which are currently being written to > a > Python List. As apart of the processing of these numbers, I need to > calculate &

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT (was Network connectivity issues)

2019-01-14 Thread Tim
On 14/01/2019 12:23, Paul Tansom wrote: ** Tim [2019-01-13 16:39]: On 13/01/2019 14:47, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi Ralph On 13/01/19 11:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I'll just ask lots of questions in the hope it strikes lucky. I have a puzzling issue here, in that I can't see

Re: [Dorset] Network connectivity issues

2019-01-13 Thread Tim
On 13/01/2019 14:47, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi Ralph On 13/01/19 11:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I'll just ask lots of questions in the hope it strikes lucky. I have a puzzling issue here, in that I can't see a laptop on my network from my own computer (normally I can ssh

Re: [Dorset] Printing from TP-Link VR400v1 router

2019-01-12 Thread Tim
about hooking a printer upto the router via Wi-Fi not over USB. Just looked at the manual for your router and it makes know mention of USB - Printer connectivity. Only option might be a USB printer server either Wi-Fi or Ethernet Tim H -- Next meeting at BEC: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-02-05 20

Re: [Dorset] Linksys WRT1900ACS

2018-12-03 Thread Tim
at the moment, trying to work out what is causing the issue and then proving it. If I can get the router to work properly then I may have ago at changing the firmware to openwrt Regards Tim -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list

[Dorset] Linksys WRT1900ACS

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
Anybody got one of these routers, have you had issue would be interested in any comments please Regards Tim -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list or the author Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
On 02/12/2018 15:57, Tim wrote: On 02/12/2018 12:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Keith asked: I noticed a script I added several month ago (and completely forgotten it) which cleared the swap and memory cache over night Glad you found the problem, but what were (are) you trying to achieve

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
On 02/12/2018 12:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Keith asked: I noticed a script I added several month ago (and completely forgotten it) which cleared the swap and memory cache over night Glad you found the problem, but what were (are) you trying to achieve with that script? Yeah, if you

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
On 02/12/2018 11:36, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, while sleep 50; do date -Is; swapon -s; done >swap.log Nice, but I'd use: while sleep 50; do swapon -s | logger -t checkswap ... $ sudo grep checkswap /var/log/messages Ok stupid question time, I assume I just enter &qu

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
On 02/12/2018 11:15, Tim wrote: On 01/12/2018 12:45, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sat, 01 Dec 2018 12:31:46 +, ra...@inputplus.co.uk said: while sleep 50; do date -Is; swapon -s; done >swap.log Nice, but I'd use: while sleep 50; do swapon -s | logger -t checkswap That will

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-02 Thread Tim
ill no nearer knowing why swap is stopping. Tim -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list or the author Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-12-01 Thread Tim
On 30/11/2018 20:40, Tim wrote: On 30/11/2018 19:17, Ian Morris wrote: Did you format the partition with mkswap first? Used to be that this was mandatory but I'm not sure if it sill is because it's been a very long time since I did this manually... It could explain why the kernel stops using

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-11-30 Thread Tim
/11/2018 14:22, Tim wrote: I am running a Debian testing based distro on my PC which has three hard disk in it SDA, SDB & SDC and their layout was as follows: SDA sda1 fat32 /boot/efi sda2 ext4 / sda3 ext /home sda4 swap SDB unpartitioned SDC sdc1 ext4 /media/backup I decided to move the

Re: [Dorset] Swap file issue

2018-11-30 Thread Tim
On 30/11/2018 14:30, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, SDB unpartitioned ... I decided to move the swap file from sda to a new swap partition I made on sdb which was set up as sdb1 (made the swap file with gparted, 10gb same size as the one on sda) . ... I can see the swap file is on and being

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2018-11-06's Pub Meet.

2018-11-08 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 08:51, C Wills wrote: > I did not know you could 'slide' a partition, it worked well (thanks Tim). > I think I said I thought gparted couldn't do it, based on my (outdated) knowledge of parted. But hey, I'll take it! Tim. */ -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bourn

Re: [Dorset] In-line Replies in Thunderbird

2018-10-10 Thread Tim
:  mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Hi Terry see above, click your mouse cursor where you want to insert your text, delete a single character (most times it will be an empty space)  then press enter Tim H -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-11-06 20:00 Check if you're replying

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbirds are go?

2018-09-19 Thread Tim
to t...@xendistar.co.uk  (not sure why and only on the xendistar account) but I simply removed it from the Thunderbird settings. Is there any setting I need to confirm in my setup? Tim H -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-10-02 20:00 Check if you're replying to the

Re: [Dorset] Corrupt Micro SD card

2018-09-08 Thread Tim
On 08/09/18 16:18, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Well on Linux it does not even list. You don't say where you looked. Are there any Linux tools that I can use to see if can find anything on the card? Unplug the card/adapter. In one window, run ‘dmesg -HTxw’. Don't worry too much about

[Dorset] Corrupt Micro SD card

2018-09-08 Thread Tim
I noticed that my Dashcam was not working the other day so I removed it from the car, removed the  micro sd card, stuck the card in an SD card adapter then stuck the sd card in a in my usb reader (adapter and card reader workers with other cards). Well on Linux it does not even list. Hooked it

[Dorset] SSL Certificates and Firefox 63, URGENT READ

2018-08-27 Thread Tim
-thawte-verisign-certificates-will-all-be-distrusted-in-october-2018/ Tim H -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http

[Dorset] Lets all laugh at me, my tale of woe

2018-08-19 Thread Tim
installed on, check the changes you are about to make, then check them again and finally so that you can shout to yourself I have chosen the correct bl**dy partitions check again because as I found out, it only takes two seconds for the damage to be done. Have a nice evening all regards Tim H

Re: [Dorset] Chromebook

2018-08-15 Thread Tim
Not tried this myself but I was at this for somebody else last week, found this: https://www.cyberfreewishes.com/blog/how-to-install-and-use-whatsapp-on-chromebook# There are loads of google hits for a search on "whatsapp on chromebook" Tim H On 15/08/18 16:27, PeterMerchant

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-10 Thread Tim
On 10/08/18 22:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, let it import all the settings and emails (3 accounts with many sub folders). OK, that's different to the earlier requirement where it was just the emails to be taken from the old profile. See if http://kb.mozillazine.org

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-10 Thread Tim
I am in IT but nothing to do with Red Hat, sure that not the other Tim in the group?? Tim On 10/08/18 21:49, Hamish MB wrote: Yes, I renamed it before and it worked. If it doesn't you can always revert :). I thought you were employed by Red Hat? Hamish On 10 Aug 2018, at 21:45, Tim

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-10 Thread Tim
On 10/08/18 14:52, Ralph Corderoy wrote: No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-10 Thread Tim
On 10/08/18 14:58, Ralph Corderoy wrote: If Thunderbird is already happy with the contents of its own mbox files then give them back to it. I did see `the application automatically discovers new mbox files and makes them into folders' on that page I suggested to Tim. He could avoid

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-10 Thread Tim
Hi Ralph On 10/08/18 10:59, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, But over time little niggles have crept in (I posted about those issue a few months ago) Is that https://www.mail-archive.com/dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk/msg07654.html ? I've just watched the video of Thunderbird's window

[Dorset] Thunderbird profiles

2018-08-09 Thread Tim
? For the record I am using a Debian testing based distro and current version of Thunderbird is 52.9.1, I have three email accounts, I have emails back as far as 2005 and the profile folder is 8.5gb in size. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn

Re: [Dorset] The Village Hotel

2018-08-02 Thread Tim
On 02/08/18 15:34, Terry Coles wrote: Judging by your email the Hotel is vacant at the moment? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-08-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING

Re: [Dorset] Centering Text Using CSS

2018-07-12 Thread Tim Waugh
you thought it did. Tim. */ On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 14:03, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:57:28 BST Andrew wrote: > > HTML can be validated automatically, which really helps with learning. > > I'd forgotten about that > > > > https://validato

[Dorset] Your Printer is a grass!!

2018-06-30 Thread Tim
Just read this about colour printers, anybody else heard about it? https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/sya/ps/die-professur/news/geheime-daten-auf-dem-druckpapier-diplominformatiker-der-tu-dresden-entwickeln-verfahren-gegen-druckerueberwachung -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday,

Re: [Dorset] LUG Meets World Cup.

2018-06-26 Thread Tim Waugh
17th July or is that not decided? Tim. */ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR

Re: [Dorset] I have lost sound

2018-06-26 Thread Tim
On 23/06/18 10:57, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I have been able to get sound out of VLC media player by selecting Audio from the menu bar and then selecting Audio Device and then from the list select HDA INTEL PCH ALC887-VD Analog Default Audio Device I can then play audio or video

Re: [Dorset] I have lost sound

2018-06-23 Thread Tim
On 22/06/18 22:18, Tim wrote: On 22/06/18 15:36, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I have lost sound output on my PC. Have you tried various ways of playing sound?  speaker-test(1)? A very basic one might work compared to a movie in Firefox, for example, or give better diagnostics when

Re: [Dorset] I have lost sound

2018-06-22 Thread Tim
On 22/06/18 15:36, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I have lost sound output on my PC. Have you tried various ways of playing sound? speaker-test(1)? A very basic one might work compared to a movie in Firefox, for example, or give better diagnostics when it doesn't. I have tried the speaker

[Dorset] I have lost sound

2018-06-21 Thread Tim
I have lost sound output on my PC. I am running SolydX 10 EE (Debian Testing). I have checked both alsamixer and pavucontrol and there nothing muted in either. I have booted my PC into another distro to check there was no hardware issues with the PC or the speakers and the sound played

Re: [Dorset] Firefox online payment issue issue

2018-05-05 Thread Tim
On 05/05/18 12:49, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, What happens when it fails? On Nationwide site it just sits there, left it a good 10 minutes. On the other site it came back after about 60 second saying payment could not be confirmed. Any ad blockers, no Javascript, etc., involved? Cheers

Re: [Dorset] Firefox online payment issue issue

2018-05-05 Thread Tim
On 05/05/18 08:57, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, but I tried last night to make two separate payments and the payment failed at the confirmation of payment page on both account I tried to pay. What happens when it fails? Cheers, Ralph. On Nationwide site it just sits there, left it a good

Re: [Dorset] Firefox online payment issue issue

2018-05-05 Thread Tim
On 04/05/18 23:29, Patrick Wigmore wrote: Tim, It's just occurred to me you might have been talking about using Nationwide's online banking website to make a payment to somebody else's account, rather than a card payment on a third party website. In which case, my apologies, my reply

[Dorset] Firefox online payment issue issue

2018-05-04 Thread Tim
by the way if it makes any difference. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-06-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2018-05-01's Pub Meet.

2018-05-03 Thread Tim Waugh
wser. > > https://bitwarden.com/ > Wasn't aware of this one. Nice tip! Tim. */ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-06-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting b

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2018-05-01's Pub Meet.

2018-05-03 Thread Tim Waugh
I mentioned LastPass, yes. Not mentioned, because I forgot to: 'Pass: The Standard Unix Password Manager' at https://www.passwordstore.org/ Tim. */ On 2 May 2018 at 19:27, PeterMerchant via dorset <dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > On 02/05/18 12:12, PeterMerchant via dor

Re: [Dorset] Alternative to Simple Backup Suite

2018-04-29 Thread Tim
script to delete or move backups as required. Tim On 29/04/18 14:37, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, I've just upgraded my system to Kubuntu 18.04 from 17.10. Some nice things and as usual some stuff that isn't so good. The main problem that I've encountered is that the Kubuntu Devs have now decided

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 18:10, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, ‘void* __builtin_memset(void*, int, long unsigned int)’: specified size between 18446744073709551361 and 18446744073709551615 exceeds maximum object size 9223372036854775807 [-Wstringop-overflow=] That does look like a bug. Let's hope you

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 17:19, Tim wrote: On 15/04/18 16:41, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, mit@prometheus:~/ottd-source/openttd-1.8.0$ ./configure bash: ./configure: No such file or directory Are you sure you've downloaded and unpacked a tar file of source rather than binaries?  I used https

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 16:41, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, mit@prometheus:~/ottd-source/openttd-1.8.0$ ./configure bash: ./configure: No such file or directory Are you sure you've downloaded and unpacked a tar file of source rather than binaries? I used https://binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.8.0

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 12:55, Tim wrote: On 15/04/18 11:27, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Hamish, If you cd into the source and run ./configure it should tell you what you need, if anything. openttd's ./configure tries to make do with what's available, disabling features willy-nilly when stuff's

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 13:37, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, From the same page I linked to earlier but the Debian package for either Wheezie or Jessie 64bit https://www.openttd.org/en/download-stable That says Latest release in stable is 1.8.0, released on 2018-04-01 13:07 UTC. with packages

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
a built executable but it lack the behaviour one needs. The `fine' readme.txt describes the dependencies a bit. Cheers, Ralph. Thanks guys, I will go and have a read , and I have no doubt I will be back Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC

Re: [Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
On 15/04/18 11:02, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, but the games most recent  version is only available for Debian Jessie and will not install due to varies dependency issue (which is strange because it is looking for a lower version of a file than I have currently installed). What's

[Dorset] Compiling from source?

2018-04-15 Thread Tim
its self is not a demand (as in process or graphics), the source can be downloaded from here: https://www.openttd.org/en/download-stable. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset

Re: [Dorset] Using polkit to escalate privieges

2018-03-19 Thread Tim Waugh
That's exactly the idea. :-) Tim. */ On 19 March 2018 at 11:37, Hamish MB <hamis...@live.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks Tim. > > Right, so I should be able to make a script to run processes as root, > and then make a polkit action for that script, so the dialogs are nicely > p

Re: [Dorset] Using polkit to escalate privieges

2018-03-16 Thread Tim Waugh
o? Yes, pkexec just uses the org.freedesktop.policykit.exec action. See pkaction(1) for a list of other actions installed. Tim. */ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-04-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug

Re: [Dorset] More links

2018-03-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On 13 March 2018 at 12:28, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Tim, > >> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/ls.html says: > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html is the > current version. :-) Yes, in

Re: [Dorset] Using polkit to escalate privieges

2018-03-16 Thread Tim Waugh
want to put all the privileged parts behind the interface (i.e. implementations of the interface methods), and the unprivileged parts in "front" of it (i.e. calling the interface methods). Tim. */ On 15 March 2018 at 20:16, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: >

[Dorset] More links

2018-03-13 Thread Tim Waugh
ithub.com/mtoyoda/sl although I see a helpful suggestion instead thanks to PackageKit-command-not-found: $ sl bash: sl: command not found... Similar command is: 'ls' $ Tim. */ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-04-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lu

Re: [Dorset] Distro

2018-01-01 Thread Tim
that the guy liked the distro but not the desktop or some of the programs used, so he ended up making his own distro using the base of the distro he liked but added his own desktop environment and programs still a lot a work but takes one step out the equations. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth

Re: [Dorset] mouse pointer?

2018-01-01 Thread Tim
: Start Menu >> Settings >> Mouse & Touch Pad >> Theme Tab The option to increase the mouse pointer size along with different styles is there. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-01-09 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.

Re: [Dorset] General collection of problems on Ubuntu

2017-11-18 Thread Tim
), format the hard disk and do the install again (with a verified download), at least then you are starting with the solid base. Might be worth downloading memcheck as well (bootable cd) and let it test your memory to get that out the way. Tim On 18/11/17 10:13, Professor Maqjor wrote: Hi everyone

Re: [Dorset] LibreOffice or Onedrive

2017-09-03 Thread Tim
I used it for seemed to work OK https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/ Regards Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-09-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs

Re: [Dorset] Exclude hidden folder in rsync

2017-08-21 Thread Tim
On 20/08/17 21:58, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I want to compress my rsynced home folder, I want the video folder in the final compressed file but I don't want tar to try and compress it as it compresses the rest of the home folder, does that make sense? Yes, but it can't be done. tar(1

Re: [Dorset] Exclude hidden folder in rsync

2017-08-20 Thread Tim
On 20/08/17 16:12, Tim wrote: On 20/08/17 11:16, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, what is the correct phrase to stop rsync from copying the cache folder? Hard to say what you're doing wrong without an example. It works for me. $ find src | sort src src/bar src/bar/file1

Re: [Dorset] Exclude hidden folder in rsync

2017-08-20 Thread Tim
On 20/08/17 11:16, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, what is the correct phrase to stop rsync from copying the cache folder? Hard to say what you're doing wrong without an example. It works for me. $ find src | sort src src/bar src/bar/file1 src/.cache src/.cache

[Dorset] Exclude hidden folder in rsync

2017-08-20 Thread Tim
ect phrase to stop rsync from copying the cache folder? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-09-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://g

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird issue

2017-08-12 Thread Tim
) it is to be expected. I have now given up with Thunderbird as it was beginning to annoy me (before this issue) and I am learning the joys (and pain) of Claw mail. I can import all my old email into claw so I have hours of fun ahead. Have one account setup, two more to go. regards Tim On Sat, 12

[Dorset] Thunderbird issue

2017-08-12 Thread tim
52.2.1, I have deleted and rebuilt the golbal mesaage file. I would like to investigate other issue before I try setting ne a new profiles (I have three emails accounts going back 10 years plus). Any thoughts http://xendistar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/thunderbird-issue.mp4 Tim

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