Re: [Hampshire] Repeated server crash overnight

2023-03-13 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
> On 13 Mar 2023, at 13:31, rmluglist2--- via Hampshire > wrote: > >  > [snip] > > /var/log/syslog > > > >Is there anything indicative of the issue there? > > Nothing that I can see. All I can tell is something called freshclam which > I’d never even heard of. That's the automatic up

Re: [Hampshire] Repeated server crash overnight

2023-03-13 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Rob, You didn't say if you had checked /var/log/syslog Is there anything indicative of the issue there? The only indexing task I can think of is updatedb for locate, which I think is a cron.daily thing - haven't used Ubuntu for a few years so may be wrong. Which filesystem(s)? Do you h

[Hampshire] CUPS driverless printing problem

2022-06-18 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hello, I sent an email with some log excerpts but it seems it didn't get through. At least it didn't get back to me. Can anyone please help troubleshoot a strange printing problem? I have tried asking the debian-user mailing list, but nobody seems to be able or willing to help beyond the basi

Re: [Hampshire] Debian DVDs

2021-11-28 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Peter, > [...] They can download the required image (I presume from an > official website) but it does not work - they tell me that the > installer complains about missing index files. I would be interested to know how this error was encountered. I've never seen it, and can't find anything o

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

2021-01-27 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Thomas, OK, thanks. Why is there a "try this example" dialog, rather than simply documentation? A simulator of sorts? Thanks, Gareth On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, at 14:33, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, at 14:15, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: >

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

2021-01-27 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Matlab has an online benchmarking tool, which may be useful if you can try it on prospective machines, or perhaps (in the current circumstances) ask sellers or friends with similar machines to report results: https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/bench.html The graph shown initially is a dum

Re: [Hampshire] Bitlocker recovery with dislocker

2021-01-21 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Something seems to have upset it though. As I can't find reports of such things on a larger scale, I suppose it probably isn't "necessarily" an update bug. Kind regards, Gareth On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 23:54, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > Apologies for all the m

Re: [Hampshire] Bitlocker recovery with dislocker

2021-01-21 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
mendations appreciated. Thanks, Gareth On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 23:04, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > I meant to say "Windows software" - it isn't by MS. > > > On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 21:43, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > > Hello, > > >

Re: [Hampshire] Bitlocker recovery with dislocker

2021-01-21 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
I meant to say "Windows software" - it isn't by MS. On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 21:43, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > Hello, > > A friend with a Windows laptop recently found that BitLocker was > activated after applying > > https://support.microsoft.co

[Hampshire] Bitlocker recovery with dislocker

2021-01-21 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hello, A friend with a Windows laptop recently found that BitLocker was activated after applying https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/security-update-for-secure-boot-dbx-january-12-2021-f08c6b00-a850-e595-6147-d0c32ead81e2 (this seems to be a thing - https://www.google.com/search?client=f

Re: [Hampshire] Questions...

2020-08-30 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
www.haproxy.org/, and its extensive > documentation: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/) > > Happy to offer specific advice if I can; load balancing is still my day job ;) > > Thanks, > Andrew > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 19:41, Gareth Evans via Hampshire > wrote: &

Re: [Hampshire] ZFS modules seem to have disappeared

2020-08-25 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, at 12:37, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > Hi all, hope you're well. > > My ZFS modules have mysteriously stopped loading at the point during > boot when you would usually unlock the pool with encrypted ZFS on root > (Debian 10). It drops into busybox

Re: [Hampshire] Dell T310 server up for grabs

2020-08-25 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
OK thanks and kind regards Gareth > On 25 Aug 2020, at 21:31, Jon Wilks via Hampshire > wrote: > >  > Thanks for the interest Gareth but the server is no longer available. > > Jon > > >> On Tue, 25 Aug 2020, 17:54 Gareth Evans via Hampshire, >> wrot

Re: [Hampshire] Dell T310 server up for grabs

2020-08-25 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
>> glad for the space it takes up. I cannot comment if it will run KVM/XEN so >> I don't know if that precludes your requirements Gareth. >> >> Please contact me at jwilksh...@mailbox.org if you want the server. First >> come first served. >> >

[Hampshire] Questions...

2020-08-24 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hello all, 1. Is it generally worth posting to both the Hampshire and Portsmouth lists? ie is Portsmouth (by virtue of membership) a subset of Hampshire? Just thinking I might be missing potential expertise by tending to post only to Hants. 2. Are there any slides/notes etc for the Load Balanc

Re: [Hampshire] Dell T310 server up for grabs

2020-08-24 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Jon, I'm potentially interested (how much would you like for it?) but... "It can also support virtualization, though it only supports Microsoft's Hyper-V and some versions of VMware ESX and ESX1." -- https://uk.pcmag.com/servers/22024/dell-poweredge-t310 Do you know if that's true? No KVM/

[Hampshire] ZFS modules seem to have disappeared

2020-08-24 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi all, hope you're well. My ZFS modules have mysteriously stopped loading at the point during boot when you would usually unlock the pool with encrypted ZFS on root (Debian 10). It drops into busybox and suggests loading the zfs modules - can anyone advise how to do this? (initramfs)# modprob

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 10 CUPS - new duplex tumble bug?

2020-07-01 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
I've just discovered the Brother drivers didn't reinstall properly. After a second attempt the Duplex Tumble options appear and are working. It only seems to be available with Brother drivers and not driverless printing. Kind regards, Gareth On Sat, 27 Jun 2020, at 19:04, Gareth

[Hampshire] Debian 10 CUPS - new duplex tumble bug?

2020-06-27 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi all, Has anyone else noticed that duplex tumble options have disappeared since a recent CUPS upgrade? I now have only "portrait" or "landscape" duplex options, or "long edge" or "short edge", depending on whether using Brother drivers or driverless for MFC-L2740DW, and all duplex printing i

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

2020-04-06 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Peter, A few more thoughts: 1. Are you able to open the files on the phone, and does your phone have an email app? If so, can you copy and paste the contents into one or more emails, if there isn't an "add as attachment" type option (which may not be obvious) when viewing the file? 2. Did

Re: [Hampshire] Is root mounted twice

2020-04-04 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Some potential things to check here too https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71520 Kind regards, Gareth On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, at 22:10, John via Hampshire wrote: > Found a similar problem in a post to the raspberry pi forum from 2014. > Doesn't say which version of Raspbian they we

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

2020-04-04 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
> Have you ever been able to copy files from the phone? I mean other than photos. Don't see what difference it should make but who knows what "issues" there may be! G On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, at 18:33, Gareth Evans wrote: > What is the full text in the address/location bar in the file manager > w

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

2020-04-04 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
What is the full text in the address/location bar in the file manager when you view the phone folder containing the files you want to copy? Also what is the output of $ mount while the file manager is viewing the folder concerned? I wonder if upgrading your OS might solve both the file copyin

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

2020-04-03 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Also, what problems do you have with Chrome on the website(s) concerned? G On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, at 00:06, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Not sure but I wonder if this may help you: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/193132/unable-to-perform-file-oper

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

2020-04-03 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi Peter, Not sure but I wonder if this may help you: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/193132/unable-to-perform-file-operations-on-a-mtp-device-mounted-via-gvfs-operation-n gvfs-copy may be worth a look, or possibly https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs The original question referred to a

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-29 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi, For info, I've just discovered this: *"...we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.** * * * *We will put in place a community process to determine which 32-bit packages are needed to support legacy software, and can add to that list post

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-19 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi, I received this from the Ubuntu announce mailing list just now: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-June/000245.html The final para. and refs [4] and [5], might be of particular interest. Kind regards, Gareth > On 19 Jun 2019, at 12:30, James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshir

Re: [Hampshire] ufw

2017-11-03 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
> Cheers > Rob > > *From:* Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] *On > Behalf Of *Gareth Evans via Hampshire *Sent:* 03 November 2017 15:28 > *To:* Peter B.; Hampshire LUG Discussion List *Subject:* Re: > [Hampshire] ufw> > man ufw

Re: [Hampshire] ufw

2017-11-03 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
man ufw doesn't seem to have much to say on the matter, but https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW suggests "any" in this context means any destination IP address (given that there may be many associated with a host): > *Allow by specific port, IP address and protocol* > > sudo ufw allow from to

Re: [Hampshire] Rsync job pausing some time after terminal loses focus

2017-07-30 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
ter some activity as expected, suggests inactivity until this happens. G On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, at 01:25, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > I have a local>local rsync job (between two USB drives) which is pauses some > time after the terminal window focus is lost. Restoring the focus b

[Hampshire] Debian LTS/CentOS desktop support

2017-07-30 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Does anyone know if Debian LTS includes support for non-Gnome desktops? My particular interest is in Mate. https://wiki.debian.org/LTS says: "Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project to extend the lifetime of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years [...]" ...but I'm uncertain abo

[Hampshire] Rsync job pausing some time after terminal loses focus

2017-07-30 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
I have a local>local rsync job (between two USB drives) which is pauses some time after the terminal window focus is lost. Restoring the focus by clicking the rsync terminal window restarts activity. It doesn't seem to be just a matter of the terminal not updating, as watch -n 1 df in anothe

Re: [Hampshire] Low Level (but basic) help please

2017-07-14 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
I can't offer much but have found an article you might find useful - is it SSD or mechanical? If the latter, does it spin up? This (for mechanical drives) is quite detailed and might be useful for info (more perhaps from the section "Recover Your Data with Hardware" onwards)http://www.lifehac

Re: [Hampshire] problem installing silentcast

2017-07-13 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
This might help but first see important notes at https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/trusty-media It looks like using this repo may cause other issues, but depending on what else you have installed or might wish to install in future, it may be suitable for you. By the approach at ht

[Hampshire] Samba problems

2017-07-12 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hello all, I seem to have problems with Samba on Debian 9 (possibly 8 too) and Ubuntu 16.04 and was wondering if anyone might be able to offer any advice. It has variously worked worked well and unpredictably, with different routers and versions of Samba and Ubuntu over the years (so not a ve