Re: [Eug-lug] touchpad in linux

2011-08-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Something like this? http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Synaptics_Touchpad#Real-Time_Tweaking On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Fred James wrote: > The feature is the problem ... > > The feature is the "scroll" area(s) on the touch pad (or more likely, in > the touch pad software/configuration?) > Is

Re: [Eug-lug] means to and end?

2011-07-20 Thread Ben Barrett
at happen here. > > To sum it up: I like the idea if it stays focused and doesn't pull activity > away from this list. > > Thanks for listening! > David > > On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > > I wish to ask the group: (as in, whomever c

[Eug-lug] means to and end?

2011-07-20 Thread Ben Barrett
I wish to ask the group: (as in, whomever cares to read, consider, and respond) Do we as a group want to use social networks to further the group itself? It seems to me that we're free to carry on and be unique as members, of course, but that we might want to agree as a group about some of this

Re: [Eug-lug] faceybook....

2011-07-20 Thread Ben Barrett
Anyone remember our old geek code? Who was Seth++ and who was not... and so forth... On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Hippy Nerd wrote: > I should have posted both! > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, David Nelson wrote: > >> I think you meant…. >> *+1* >> >> :P >> >> On Wednesday, July 20

Re: [Eug-lug] faceybook....

2011-07-19 Thread Ben Barrett
There seems to be a prevalent tone about Facebook. It seems to be implied to be uncool to use it unless you justify yourself. Can we tone down the zeal and stick to what we're good at, please? [Skipping snerky "I use Facebook to grow all the food I eat" quip here] The OP was about open communit

Re: [Eug-lug] faceybook....

2011-07-18 Thread Ben Barrett
I'm proud of your Seymoor. Do you use twitter? On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:32 PM, seymoor nates wrote: > No offense but you couldn't pay me to log on at face crook. (Don't even > go there unless I can do it anonymously). > > ___ > EUGLUG mailing list

Re: [Eug-lug] faceybook....

2011-07-18 Thread Ben Barrett
What did you find? This one? https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=11330462991 It's not a proper group, but rather a personal account... and was created there only about a year ago. Anyone can start a group or another account though, so it's hard to say something is official if it goes uncha

Re: [Eug-lug] Bot infection stored in MBR

2011-06-30 Thread Ben Barrett
I'm afraid that statement is simply not true, Ed! Malware developers work on MANY platforms, ranging from handheld devices to power-plant-control systems. Windows may still be the primary target platform, but *certainly* not the only one!! There exists malware for Linux, and for OS X, etc. Malware

Re: [Eug-lug] help!

2011-06-27 Thread Ben Barrett
If it is older hardware, it would probably help to list its specs and/or limitations. (will the bios allow it to boot from a USB device, for example?) Also, is this a linux newbie and/or do they already have a particular flavor of linux in mind? ciao :) On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Julie Bau

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread Ben Barrett
So, a few questions: 1. Do you require real-time collaboration? 2. Is obscurity enough security for your images (and document as a whole)? 2a. Could you use screen-quality image versions for the composition of the work, and swap in print-quality ones later? 3. Does your solution need to be cheap-o

Re: [Eug-lug] How to summon the "open with" dialog from a bashcommand line?

2011-04-21 Thread Ben Barrett
d-line/ > > in OS X you would use open > > But for historical reasons this means something completely different > in the world of linux (usually but not always an alias for openvt), > which only works when you are using the console, and will fail if you > are in a GUI. > >

Re: [Eug-lug] How to summon the "open with" dialog from a bash command line?

2011-04-21 Thread Ben Barrett
I believe that would be dependent on your window manager, or at least that you could summon a Gnome or KDE panel only if those libraries were available on the given system so you may have trouble making something open everywhere unless you make your own X component for it or find one to re-use.

Re: [Eug-lug] Beaver Bar Camp 7 is coming up April 9

2011-04-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Where are you located, Kent? I am planning on going up... anyone else?? On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Kent Loobey wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2011 09:47:08 Kent Loobey wrote: > > On Monday 21 March 2011 17:50:49 Ben Barrett wrote: > > > You just can't kee

Re: [Eug-lug] Beaver Bar Camp 7 is coming up April 9

2011-03-22 Thread Ben Barrett
Thanks Bob! What is this foo-bar you speak of? It sounds like some sort of mythic reference that deserves some historical context. Partly kidding... I know that foo and bar have been used as names for arbitrary variables, similar to X and Y for algebra, but does anyone know if there is a connect

Re: [Eug-lug] Beaver Bar Camp 7 is coming up April 9

2011-03-21 Thread Ben Barrett
Hello, hello! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp http://barcamp.org :) bye On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:58 PM, wrote: > BBC is a get-together for people who do interesting things. > (I don't know any other way to describe it.) > > A group of us will show the Reprap we are building. > http://rep

Re: [Eug-lug] Beaver Bar Camp 7 is coming up April 9

2011-03-21 Thread Ben Barrett
You just can't keep up with the wiki wiki :) http://beaverbarcamp.org/index.php/Beaver_BarCamp6 says 2010 (correctly), so it seems like logical confirmation that BBC7 is in 2011, FWIW ;) Anyone prefer to arrange carpool via this list or will folks be populating that wiki node? I'd like to go, and

Re: [Eug-lug] [Fwd: solve one problem, create another problem]

2011-02-21 Thread Ben Barrett
Howdy, I think this is what you want: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20LiveCD I was going to suggest chroot, but I see that is the 3rd option there! Here is one more I found via google, nice and short and not terribly out of date: http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/20

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-28 Thread Ben Barrett
Hey, no need to send this or core dumps, to the list, now :) You can tell a lot about a system from an lsof dump; you'll also notice "Permission denied" on items which require more access (use root if you want to see all)... hope you're enjoying learning all about your system! 268 was the number

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Barrett
vmstat with the -n option would probably give more clear and pointed information about resource utilization (albeit not relative to any specific processes), if you're trying to see where you become swap-bound or disk-bound, etc. So "vmstat -n 5" in its own terminal... lsof is another very useful

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-23 Thread Ben Barrett
A few thoughts: 1) Load is relative to the # of CPU's (including hyperthreaded). So 2 is not high for a dual-core or a single-core hyperthreaded. 5 is high for that sort of system, but then, not for a hyperthreaded quad-core :) I get the drift that this system is older, but I did not see any re

Re: [Eug-lug] Certificates

2011-01-17 Thread Ben Barrett
Are you working from this thread's info? http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/identity-manager/im-userapp-workflow/425036-godaddy-jboss-2.html On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Kaplan wrote: > There is an Apache certificate howto on godaddy. No help there then I > wonder if you

[Eug-lug] ubuntu disc available?

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Barrett
Howdy folks, I've got a friend who wants an ubuntu disc, and I thought I'd ask around before downloading and burning a fresh one... He's got a P4 2.6Ghz w/ 1GB RAM, also a a five year old Dell Inspiron 720m ... that'll be okay with the latest 10.10 version, right? Thanks, Ben ___

Re: [Eug-lug] Gizmag: Firesheep session hijacking tool

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Barrett
And for bonus points, tunnel SSL over DNS where possible :p On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Alan wrote: > On 11/03/2010 03:10 PM, Allen Brown wrote: > > >> Good point. Of course this suffers from the same weaknesses as >> VNC. It just suffers less. >> > > I suppose. > > I routinely tunnel all

Re: [Eug-lug] Gizmag: Firesheep session hijacking tool

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Barrett
We could use a private SSL proxy of sorts, no? That is, employing the same sort of man-in-the-middle tools, a web proxy but connecting to us via https. Does anyone reading along know if such a thing exists, or if existing SSL proxies can handle this? Sorry, I haven't been keeping up on proxies lat

Re: [Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-25 Thread Ben Barrett
package: libdvdread4 ? re: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs another source mentioned adding plf to your sources... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368415 Should be do-able, I think! a nifty perl-gui called dvd::rip might help too: http://www.exit1.org/d

Re: [Eug-lug] [ITPRO-ANNOUNCE] May 18th -- Quentin Hartman, "An Introduction to Lua"

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Barrett
sidering a more powerful platform with this http://wiki.eluaproject.net/eLuaMIDI other embedded-Lua project examples at http://wiki.eluaproject.net/Projects On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > Anyone up for minor and related discussion on-list (IT "Pro" Forum or &

Re: [Eug-lug] [ITPRO-ANNOUNCE] May 18th -- Quentin Hartman, "An Introduction to Lua"

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Barrett
Anyone up for minor and related discussion on-list (IT "Pro" Forum or euglug), since I won't be able to make this talk (or other 2nd-tuesday eves in general)... ? I am about to do my first arduino projects, and while my ears perked up at this announcement's mention of embedded device scripting, Lu

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: local domain host

2010-04-30 Thread Ben Barrett
Are you in fact looking for a physically local server or hosting service? ... or just on the hunt for your own personal "localhost" [sic] ? :) If you want the cheap-cheap, either make a friend who has servers and arrange for them to owe you a favor, or go with the Amazon service or a similar cheap

Re: [Eug-lug] local domain hosts

2010-04-26 Thread Ben Barrett
By local, do you mean to have physical access to the server, or do you mean to have it on high availability to your business location? Is this for a simple website or a barrel-full of services? If you need support staff and a professional environment, you options are fairly limited, but if you're

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Fiber Network Trial

2010-02-11 Thread Ben Barrett
Yes, we do, and this is it =) or at least the beginning of it. Thanks Larry! On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Kent Loobey wrote: > Before you go to nominate Eugene for this project you might want to give > some > thought to the following questions that you will be asked. > > ** Your organizat

Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW

2009-12-28 Thread Ben Barrett
Wow, really? That's not cool at all. It is very hard to take to a friend's house. I agree on the reasons presented, including Alan's of course, but that is just NOT cool for a 14 year old, I'm afraid. I can't imagine a tower seeming like anything more than an anchor. If I may take James on his

Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW

2009-12-28 Thread Ben Barrett
No I have not but here is an ASUS laptop with more ram, a faster > processor, more viewable space, a bigger hard drive, an optical drive, and > all for the same amount of money. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220663 > > > -Original Message- &g

Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW

2009-12-28 Thread Ben Barrett
easons, than being on the cheap, why you want a netbook in particular? So the kids' poor little back doesn't give out hauling the thing around?? :) ciao, Ben On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > Have you used or compared the NVidia Ion chipset in particular?? (

Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW

2009-12-28 Thread Ben Barrett
laying WoW worth a > damn, I would say go for it. Unfortunately, I have only this to say about > "netbooks"... the technology isn't there yet. > > -E > > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Barrett > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Sent:

Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW

2009-12-28 Thread Ben Barrett
Wow, dual-core N330, 8GB max RAM, and Ion graphics. Is this the first "netbook" with such specs? I've been waiting to see dual-core portable atoms... As to WoW, it would of course be *much* crappier than any C2D-class machine, right?? (although it might approach playable, relative to older netboo

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
It was burning man... I thought they would... but in that instance, censorship was a no-no. At the time, I didn't think of it as censorship — I thought it was helpful =/ As for TV, Hulu.com offers most shows with far fewer commercials than TV, oddly even many premium channel's shows. Thanks :) I

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
time though, on the high-end. Ben On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:07 PM, marbux wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Ben Barrett > wrote: > > Thanks Paul, I again had the serious impression that some industry > snobbery > > (er, self-interest) might be generating that

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
No offense, Alan, of course this was between the lines of your question :) Sigh, in this age of remixing/freemixing... change a few words, add a break beat, and voilà! What do you think about some sort of hyper-intelligent copy-paste code which acts like big brother for this issue? My hardest censo

Re: [Eug-lug] Codec?

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
It is using Flash (I can see it with Flash 9), but it loads some "BimVid 4.2.6" player within that, which could have platform- or browser-dependent coding in it I suppose... I did not tear it apart, but just right-clicked on the video. We might have to know more about what you have (or what does wo

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
Thanks Paul, I again had the serious impression that some industry snobbery (er, self-interest) might be generating that phrase "serious publishing". Hopefully most of you can remember the days before Linux or other FOSS was used: to make a blockbuster movie to run a mainstream cellphone or handhel

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
[OT oops :] Google it, http://webspace.webring.com/people/gj/jlinwood/quaterma.htm only one hit on the quoted quote... you'll get lucky. ;) Does this pertain to Avatar??? (the new movie) On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Harald Sundt wrote: > On 12/21/09 5:06 PM, Allen Brown wrote: > >> Now ho

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OpenType .otf Fonts - Rules I learned by asking about Cross-Platform Font Use - THANK FOLKS!

2009-12-21 Thread Ben Barrett
Great summary, Harold, and since we're not a publishing-specific group, can you explain what qualifies as "serious publishing"? Are you talking about color separations, file formats beyond postscript, or what? :) Thanks much, filing this one for the record! Ben On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:46 PM,

Re: [Eug-lug] OpenType ".otf" fonts: I use Open Office on my Linux and Windows Xp partitions on my laptop and Neo Office on my Mac

2009-12-19 Thread Ben Barrett
Warning lights go off whenever I hear, "that is the *only* technology for serious XYZ'ing"... sounds like you've talked to someone who is zealous or has industry-placed blinders, or maybe both :) Granted, I'm no font expert, so it is easy for me to make such claims =P However, on my Mac, .ttf files

Re: [Eug-lug] I think I'll go back to Fedora 11...what about Tux on Ice?

2009-12-10 Thread Ben Barrett
ys without running water and it's back to the stone > age. Thankfully the electricity is still on. > > Brian > > > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 15:58 -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > > And I suspect that you don't get any window-manager handle cues around > > the edge o

Re: [Eug-lug] I think I'll go back to Fedora 11...what about Tux on Ice?

2009-12-09 Thread Ben Barrett
were the password field > > >> > is. > > >> > > > >> > Like I said, I had this all working under Fedora Core 11, I just ran > > >> > into the problem of using suspend...that's another issue entirely. > I > > >> >

Re: [Eug-lug] I think I'll go back to Fedora 11...what about Tux on Ice?

2009-12-08 Thread Ben Barrett
only > the Twinview feature. maybe I'll epoxy over the VGA so I'll stop > playing with dual monitors. I don't really need it...like the > mountain...it's just there. > > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 11:42 -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > > No likey Ubuntu? Sorry, I don&#x

Re: [Eug-lug] I think I'll go back to Fedora 11...what about Tux on Ice?

2009-12-08 Thread Ben Barrett
No likey Ubuntu? Sorry, I don't [yet] have access to any recent nvidia dual-display hardware (but actually, expect to soon, under ubuntu studio, a 9500gt whee)... On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:36 AM, BB wrote: > I got a much more stable nVidia driver experience on Fedora 11, with the > official nVi

Re: [Eug-lug] Free equipment rack

2009-12-05 Thread Ben Barrett
I've got the perfect fit for it, Bob, and would love to have it! Thanks, and let me know if you need any metalwork :) Ben On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Bob Miller wrote: > I've got an old equipment rack that I'd like to get rid of. It's in fine > condition, just not needed anymore. I'll de

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Wave

2009-11-12 Thread Ben Barrett
>From what I could see, the platform seems capable of a lot but they need a lot of robots and widgets and such to be written around it. I like that current trends are to at least have service API's, although it could get confusing to normal users if there are a dozen or more audio and video confer

Re: [Eug-lug] OS X FS

2009-10-22 Thread Ben Barrett
As NeoOffice is to OpenOffice, to Seashore is to the Gimp :) Both are Aqua builds... that is, using the native windowing environment in OS X, and both having somewhat limited features relative to their fullblown counterparts. They both include the most common tools, of course, and run much faster a

Re: [Eug-lug] Google vaporware announcement (Doors of Expression flavored ranting)

2009-07-08 Thread Ben Barrett
h a > revulsion I'd only experienced at the thought of having to use a > "Microsoft-made" OS back when I was still a mac user. Google practically > owns the internet, now they want my desktop too? I don't think so. > > -E > > -Original Message--

Re: [Eug-lug] Google vaporware announcement (Doors of Expression flavored ranting)

2009-07-08 Thread Ben Barrett
activity before the social networks even have their data, that is, in transit. The splinter in our eye? =P On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:08 AM, larry price wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Ben Barrett wrote: > > Those are games, huh? Sorry :) > > > > Well I read

Re: [Eug-lug] Google vaporware announcement

2009-07-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Those are games, huh? Sorry :) Well I read the announcement there, and I thought this part was a little silly: "Obviously, this Chrome OS will be lightweight and fast just like the browser itself. But also just like the browser, it will be open-sourced. Think Microsoft will be open-sourcing Windo

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting netbook

2009-06-04 Thread Ben Barrett
Firefox and > Thunderbird). word processing (open office) and may if it looks like it > will last, will become a backup system with large hard disk to back up files > on. And other things as needed. Including puzzle type games. > Jim K > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> Right on. What

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting netbook

2009-06-04 Thread Ben Barrett
sor. I occasionally > download short videos 2-30 minutes long. I was wondering how jerkiness of > the display. > Jim K > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> I don't think you'll find any/many dual-core netbooks, all the ones I've >> seen use the 270 chip, which is hyperthrea

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting netbool

2009-06-04 Thread Ben Barrett
I don't think you'll find any/many dual-core netbooks, all the ones I've seen use the 270 chip, which is hyperthreaded but single-core (don't be confused by the kernel's recognition of hyperthreading which will show cpu0 and cpu1). I got one of those MSI Wind Net-stations (the barebones desktop, ~

Re: [Eug-lug] Looking for digi camera / webcam

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
Kinda going with that, a camera with a wifi-SD or CF card could be located (triangulated/radiolocated, [1]) locally. There's a lot of existing work you could borrow from there, to streamline the data capture and minimize error (hopefully!). My earlier mention of a cellphone-like device supports t

Re: [Eug-lug] Looking for digi camera / webcam

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
So how does the camera fit in, un-tethered? (or are you looking for a digitcal camera instead of a webcam, for the extra resolution?)Laptop cart in the field? Hope you have all-terrain tires :) How about a four-wheeler? ;) But seriously... why send a full computer? There are many ways to deliv

Re: [Eug-lug] Looking for digi camera / webcam

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
Yes, they are used quite a bit for stop-motion development, among other things.For example, look at the "Capture" column of this support doc: http://www.boinx.com/istopmotion/support/inputdevices/ Not all that many have a "Yes", but plenty do not sure if this is actually part of the PTP (pictur

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux box emulating a keyboard?

2009-06-01 Thread Ben Barrett
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Bob Miller wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Ben Barrett > wrote: > >>> Just my hunch, I think using USB would be easier; AFAIK you can switch > modes > >>> (host/slave) if the hardware will support it, as has bee

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux box emulating a keyboard?

2009-06-01 Thread Ben Barrett
Just my hunch, I think using USB would be easier; AFAIK you can switch modes (host/slave) if the hardware will support it, as has been done with n770 (&8xx too?). Qemu might help How about these resources? http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7353 http://blog.codemonkey.ws/2006/04/usb-hid-perfe

Re: [Eug-lug] ISP experiences in Eugene?

2009-06-01 Thread Ben Barrett
Sigh, I chose the greater of two evils, but I can say that the speedboost thing works wonders, I'm not even sure if it is just on singular download streams, but wow, it might be time to tune those TCP settings more aggressively, since the medium-sized ISO's like bootable biz cards really lose out,

Re: [Eug-lug] official Ubuntu 9.04 CDs @ ComputerBase

2009-05-18 Thread Ben Barrett
And I can confirm, it appears to be a good distro :) I had to increase the shared memory allocation to get zoneminder's detection working at reasonable resolution, that was the trickiest part so far. Very nice stuff here, ++. Ben On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:57 PM, wrote: > > We have a very lim

[Eug-lug] Fwd: [cjobs] Classified Job Announcements: Operating Systems/Network Analyst 3 ($4470 - $6814 Monthly)

2009-05-06 Thread Ben Barrett
union job, must have: > ... basic foundation of knowledge of complex technical problem solving in > operating systems programs, maintenance, systems administration, and network > systems that would normally be obtained through a bachelor's degree, > typically in information systems, computer scien

Re: [Eug-lug] IP based security camera with motion detection

2009-05-02 Thread Ben Barrett
Try ZoneMinder, it works great for both v4l and ip camera sources; you must get the camera's best urls though, google helped me on that. I have both a linksys and a d-link going. I staged my ZM in vmware, will be migrating to a dedicated atom nettop next week. :) Maybe we could do a demo,

[Eug-lug] double whammy? "detachable-screen" netbook, $150?

2009-04-15 Thread Ben Barrett
I thought this was pretty steamy news, 'hope you agree, though it looks more like a detachable keyboard to me: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/aware-launches-a-view-netbook-with-detachable-screen-for-150/ Anyone have links or memories of a detachable-keyboard (or -screen) portable being done b

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux appliance?

2009-04-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Google found something here: http://shop.openrb.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=18 I didn't see USB at first glance, but they have ether and mini-pci, CF, etc... On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Bob Carlson wrote: > Yeah I actually spent a lot of time looking at DD-WRT and OpenWRT. DD-WRT >

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux appliance?

2009-04-13 Thread Ben Barrett
Yikes, routers without ntp?? http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Network_Time_Protocol On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Allen Brown wrote: > Yes, that's what I thought of. But I don't know if there is a > package for ntpd or if you would have to compile it yourself. > For instance I don't thin

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux appliance?

2009-04-13 Thread Ben Barrett
The folks who produce Damn Small Linux (DSL) have a store, I purchased their $200 fanless system for a client, and while it might not be the absolute cheapest price, it did come preloaded with DSL on flash, ready to boot, and I (we) supported a cool linux project (or the people behind it). http://

Re: [Eug-lug] Need to Talk to someone

2009-04-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Exactly -- there are a number of ways to get there; changing partitions on the only drive holding your data should be done very *carefully*. You didn't mention how much data you have, which is a moving target of course. If you have enough free space, consider making an archive (using tar + gzip/b

Re: [Eug-lug] Web admin for postfix

2009-04-06 Thread Ben Barrett
BobC, from what I can see, SquirrelMail does not handle this in its core, but rather by plugins like this one: http://squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=264 (AFAIK multiple plugins exist to handle forwarding in SM) >From what I've seen of SquirrelMail, if it is setup nicely it offers the feature

Re: [Eug-lug] OT:: shopping for external USB HD

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Barrett
I would suggest getting an all-in-one unit with a hefty warranty that covers both the interface and the drive. If data loss would be a problem, buy 2 or more. My priority questions for you would be: What problems regarding this unit would be unbearable, and how are they solved. Looks like you don

Re: [Eug-lug] Parrot the multi language VM released version 1.0 today

2009-03-18 Thread Ben Barrett
Server down? I can't get through to them.. the digg effect? On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM, larry price wrote: > http://www.parrot.org/ > > Rumour has it that Duke Nukem Forever is being ported to it :-) > > The list of languages it supports is impressive > https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki

[Eug-lug] Fwd: Corvallis Beaver BarCamp III

2009-02-27 Thread Ben Barrett
Hey folks, this announcement was sent along helpfully, thought I'd relay :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Tim Budd Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:35 PM Subject: Corvallis Beaver BarCamp III To: undisclosed-recipients I'm sending the following because you attended one of the previ

[Eug-lug] Fwd: video from australia zdnet - people can't tell kde4 from windows 7

2009-02-26 Thread Ben Barrett
Maybe this has made the rounds already? Sorry to bother, if so, but I found this entertaining. Looks like "easy to use" is something Apple&Mac popularized, that's a bummer for linux&foss but not as much as it is for Vista/W7. http://olylug.org/read.php?73,13757 __

Re: [Eug-lug] Chromium port to Wine for Linux and OS X

2009-02-26 Thread Ben Barrett
ote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: >> Sounds cool, but does this smell like StarOffice & Sun, to anyone else?? >> WebKit is good, though -- just wondering whether this is really a case >> of open source benefiting from proprietary code, or vice versa.

Re: [Eug-lug] Chromium port to Wine for Linux and OS X

2009-02-26 Thread Ben Barrett
Sounds cool, but does this smell like StarOffice & Sun, to anyone else?? WebKit is good, though -- just wondering whether this is really a case of open source benefiting from proprietary code, or vice versa... On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:14 AM, marbux wrote: > Got an email from Codeweavers about

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Linux Ubuntu Install Tutorial

2009-02-25 Thread Ben Barrett
get a horrible cold or go through puberty during the project, a number of shorter vids can be reasonably maintained. Thanks & ciao, Ben On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Ben Barrett wrote: > Did I miss something, or are two word-capitalizations excessive (FLA's > & TLA's

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Linux Ubuntu Install Tutorial

2009-02-25 Thread Ben Barrett
Did I miss something, or are two word-capitalizations excessive (FLA's & TLA's don't count, right)? You used more than others: three. Need emoticons instead? I'd like to point out that the iterations of attack vectors has little to do with install tutorials and helping n00bs. Please remember th

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-24 Thread Ben Barrett
How can I do that in vi? :) On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, larry price wrote: > curl is MIT licensed > > I use > curl -si $url |head > > for debugging apache configurations > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Ben Barrett wrote: >> Yep, I know curl i

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-24 Thread Ben Barrett
:09 PM, larry price wrote: >>> #!/bin/bash >>> >>> for url in $(< file_of_archived_bookmark_urls); >>> do echo "fetching $url"; >>> fname=$(cut -d\/ -f8 < $url); >>> curl $url > $fname; >>> htmltidy $fname; #clean

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Barrett
gt; curl $url > $fname; > htmltidy $fname; #cleans up tag soup. > done; > > Apply a little editing to the results and resolve the images and > you're good to upload to the current site. > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: >>

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Barrett
I was just hoping to recover nodes I'd edited back then... such as Seth's http://web.archive.org/web/20040625143131/wiki.euglug.org/index.php/SethCohn Ben On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Alan wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: >> >> History of EUGLUG:  Does anyone have a

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-20 Thread Ben Barrett
History of EUGLUG: Does anyone have an archive of the old wiki? (was it a phpwiki?) Ben On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:24 PM, horst wrote: > I met Rick Bronson in mid Dec 1996. At that time he was getting into/already > doing(?) embedded systems on linux. > Rick was listed on our early web pages as

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
Isn't that, "S++" ? ;) On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Darrough, James < james.darro...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: > I have known Seth since the day we started Eug-Lug. Talk about the Dark > Ages! > > Seth = good guy > > -Original Message- > From: euglug-boun...@euglug.org [mailto:euglug-b

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
OT(?) Is there a [strong] correlation between wobblies and hoedads? On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > Chandler's in the south & east http://www.chrischandler.org/ > but I suspect will be back for Fair (July). > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
Chandler's in the south & east http://www.chrischandler.org/ but I suspect will be back for Fair (July). On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > Last I heard, Patrick was still around town. > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, JS Kaplan wrote: > >

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
Last I heard, Patrick was still around town. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, JS Kaplan wrote: > > >Seth got married and moved to New Hampshire… I > >believe he's still following thru on that software dev project he was > >working with while he was here in Eugene… > I know where Seth is and how

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben I think you nailed it

2009-02-15 Thread Ben Barrett
most grateful for all your thoughtful responses--and you've increased my > understanding considerably. > As for having done this offline, that's kinda how I thought it would go and > why I suggested it in my first post. Hate to aggravate people here. > Best, > m > > Ben

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben I think you nailed it

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
y secondary IS getting its IP > address automatically from the primary. If I set the IP of the secondary to > a static address of my own, would this lease thing go away--or open up "a > whole 'nother" can of worms? > > Grateful, Ben, > m > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben I think you nailed it

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Ben--and especially for the tip on the proper numbering of the IP > address. Someone else suggested the 192.168.5-something and I didn't know > enough to realize this departs from the rule. > m > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> Yeah, you might want to read up on some basic ne

Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Having a customized linux may seem like a good idea to you, but if they have to hire you to support it, and you're the only one there who can support it, then it is a horrible idea for the business. They have to juggle a lot of resources, and people are the hardest part. I'm sure they'd appreciat

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben I think you nailed it

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Yeah, you might want to read up on some basic networking too :) It could certainly be tied to the dhcp lease, but those expiration times are a useful thing, and the dhcp will auto-renew without any intervention under "normal" conditions. Good luck & rtfm :) On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, doo

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
nstead of "subnet mask"). > > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> Not sorry, just curious if the primary is at 192.168.5.1 and what level of >> networking experience you've got :) >> >> > ___ > EUGLUG m

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
respond. (Over and over again). > > Am also thinking (have to do this from memory since I can NOT communicate > with my router's config screen now) that I too am running V24 sp2 firmware. > You sorry you responded to this thread, Ben? > > Thanx heaps, > m > > > Be

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
d which I log off of instantly. Hell I can even > log into his printer--but I can't log into my own router when I'm online. > > Weird, huh? > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> Cool beans. I used the latest stable DD-WRT firmware, v24-sp2 dated >> 10/22/08, is what

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
I can bear to power cycle them both again, laughs. On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:02 PM, dooger watts wrote: > > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> >> Oh, one thing I did in setting up the bridge, that I think I read >> afterward was a good idea, was to get the client bridge setup

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
ug the cable for 10 seconds or more, depending on your aura, then plug it back in. Much much easier than the 30-30-30, which was the worst tech yoga I've had to perform in years X^/ Ben On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:11 PM, dooger watts wrote: > > > Ben Barrett wrote: > > If y

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
doors? I'm certain I could > improve my signal if I mounted mine outdoors--it wouldn't have to pass > through so many walls--but I've been too lazy to weatherize it. > > As for setting up my router as a mini-pc--perhaps in one of those > parallel universes I keep read

Re: [Eug-lug] any dd-wrt users on the list?

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Barrett
e who can receive it. Transmitters > beyond a certain wavelength and distance have to be licensed--but receivers > still own the airways. > > Meantime would love to know how to fine-tune my Yagi position. Do I need > an oscilloscope or something? > > Fun, > m > > Ben B

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