Re: [Hampshire] Home router with DMZ - any suggestions

Hi, Just to clarify, you get 2 Gig download speeds over a RJ45 Gig-E connection? Is that using a 10Gbps cable or a 2.5Gbps ethernet cable. You won't be able to get 2 Gig download over a 1G Ethernet cable. I am asking because you will need to get a device/router with the correct physical

Re: [Hampshire] Large Backup for long term storage

Hi, I just use HDDs. I make at least 2 copies of everything, and keep an index of what has been stored on each HDD. So I know what to redo if a disk fails. I then integrity check the disks every few years. After 5 years, I refresh the data. Add a new HDD, and transfer all the data over to it.

Re: [Hampshire] 8% Packet loss due to ethernet cable

On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 12:09, rmluglist2--- via Hampshire wrote: > > Hi all > > I’ve been experiencing some network issues I’ve never seen before (in 20 > years of (admittedly home LAN) experience). One of my machines was showing > 8% packet loss when pinging the same site as another machine

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

HI. Listing what he currently has is very helpful. As others have said, you could just update the RAM in the laptop to 16GB, and that would probably be enough. If you wish to buy a new laptop, I would choose one with 16GB RAM (or more) and about 512GB NVME SSD (fast disk). The CPU speed is

Re: [Hampshire] Rails 101

Hi, When purchasing a new server, the rails are normally a cost extra, but everyone ticks that option because one always needs rails otherwise it is difficult to install the server. So, the rails come with the server and not the cabinet. But, for second hand hardware, they are probably sold

Re: [Hampshire] General advice sought

Hi, For monitoring stuff around the house, like heating, I have found "openhab" openhab.org to be very good. It is open source, and you can write your own data collection plugins. So you should be able to modify your existing data collection programs to interface to openhab. It has nice

Re: [Hampshire] Compiling old source

Hi, I got elkulator compiled and working > PRINT "HELLO" HELLO It required a fair bit of editing to get it working. The main problem was getting it to recognize the allegro4.x is installed. Download: https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/releases/download/v4-2-3-1/allegro-4.2.3.1.tar.gz The only

Re: [Hampshire] web browser recommendation

On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 12:42, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: > > I am trying to get an up to date web browser for a laptop > running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. So far I have tried Opera: > opera-stable_68.0.3618.63_amd64.deb > for which I get the message > Dependency is not satisfiable: libgbm1 (>=

Re: [Hampshire] Detect USB or SATA drive

On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 10:12, Rob Malpass via Hampshire wrote: > I have about 6 drives connected to my media server. 2 are inside the case > connected by SATA (1 is the OS (Xenial) and the other is media). Then there > are 4 connected externally (in one 4 bay das jbod). > You could try:

Re: [Hampshire] Is root mounted twice

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 14:19, Mike Burrows via Hampshire wrote: > > Hello Folks. > > Its been many years since I have posted to this list. (i wonder if Hugo > is still around). I do however still subscribe and follow the threads > with interest from far off Alabama. Keep up the good work and stay

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 23:35, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: > > I have a laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I find that I can transfer > photos from an Android phone connected by a USB cable using the file > browser. They are in > > XT1032/DCIM/Camera > > However, csv files in > >

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

Hi, I seems they have thought better of it after all. We still need that 32bit goodness! http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Takes-A-U-Turn-with-32-Bit-Support Kind Regards James On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 12:30, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I have heard that Ubuntu

[Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

Hi, I have heard that Ubuntu is dropping i386. Does this mean 32bit programs will stop running. A lot of wine games are still 32bit so that could be a problem for some. Kind regards Jamed -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Grouping Files for backup

Hi, Tar already has such a feature. A long time ago, it would have needed to spread data across backup tapes. look at the man page for tag for something like --multi-volume. Kind Regards James On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 12:12, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hi

Re: [Hampshire] 9-pin dot matrix printing - golden oldie

> What I want to do is get it to print native characters instead of treating > everything as graphics. I have it printing “graphics” fine via CUPS but > it’s printing everything (even lines of code) as graphics – so it’s very > slow. > > > > And for the curious – no – I’m not having this replace

Re: [Hampshire] On the scroung: Working 20-120Gb IDE HDD

On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 at 12:25, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hi all > > > > I’m trying to resurrect an old Sun machine but struggling to find a (3.5” > IDE) hdd small enough (120Gb the limit apparently). I’m loathe to buy one > off ebay (you just never know)

Re: [Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required)

On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 12:28, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > *From:* Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] *On > Behalf Of *James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire > *Sent:* 25 January 2019 23:54 > *To:* Hamps

Re: [Hampshire] Document Management Systems

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 11:27, Roger Munford via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Dear All, > > I am on the local residents association committee which generates a > quite a bit of documentation through its various activities and there is > a paper archive stretching back to the

Re: [Hampshire] [Golden Oldies] Solaris Boot Order

On 17 August 2018 at 13:09, Rob Malpass via Hampshire wrote: > Hi all > > > > Does anyone know how (without a serial link or proper Sun keyboard) to > interrupt the boot process on a Sun Blade 150 (openboot)? > Ah, so you are looking for the Stop-A key on a non-Sun usb keyboard. There is a key

Re: [Hampshire] Webcam that works well with Debian Stable

On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, 12:33 Artur Łądka via Hampshire, < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > I checked what guvcview is, and it seems like something we tested. C920 > was working in some GTK+ app, which COULD BE guvcview - in this app you > can adjust some settings to make it working, but when

Re: [Hampshire] Software RAID1 install problems

On 19 May 2018 at 14:38, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote: > Hello All, > > Having a spot of bother with something that should be straightfroward. > > I'm setting up RAID1 Linux server install. The hardware is a HP > Microserver N54L. It has a non-UEFI BIOS. > > I

Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

On 14 May 2018 at 12:18, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: > >> It is not actively developed any more, so might be difficult to get going. >> Do you really have to use moonlight? > > Good question. The capability I am looking for is to create a 3d object > and

Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

On 11 May 2018 at 16:34, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: > I am trying to use an old program called moonlight. I get the message: > error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory > > I can't

Re: [Hampshire] Windows problem

On 13 Jan 2018 17:09, "Roger Munford via Hampshire" < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: Sorry to sully the content of the list with a windows problem but somebody could be well versed in this sort of thing and it may be a trivial solution. I will also try and make it up next week with an

Re: [Hampshire] How to de-install non-free Radeon drivers without uninstalling all of X.org

On 25 July 2017 at 16:03, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote: > > I then attempted to downgrade to the opensource drivers by > uninstalling the Xorg packages with "radeon" in their names but this > wanted to uninstall ALL ox Xorg. > > Since the laptop user is

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu libncurses5

Hi Try doing ldd filename And post the output here. Where filename is your app. James On 1 Jun 2017 12:20, "Peter Alefounder via Hampshire" < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > I have recently acquired a laptop running Ubuntu. > > There is a specific text editor that I would like to have

Re: [Hampshire] USB devices power down

On 29 May 2017 14:33, "Rob Malpass via Hampshire" < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: Hi all When “should” a USB device (an Icybox JBOD 4 bay DAS in this case) power down? Most (ymmv) USB devices (keyboards, mice etc) are powered from the host if they’re not powered from a powered hub.

Re: [Hampshire] Raspberry Pi based Air quality monitoring project

On 9 May 2017 10:20, "Roger Munford via Hampshire" < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: I have recently come across a group of postgraduate students at Southampton University who are developing cheap RP based air quality monitors with the intention of creating a "citizen science" network which

Re: [Hampshire] DAT as a backup medium

On 21 April 2017 at 15:55, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi all > > Is DAT still a viable backup medium if you want USB and to avoid optical disks? > > I’ve got about 8Tb to backup and for various reasons don’t fancy: LTO, BluRay, Cloud or HDD (i.e. NAS). I

Re: [Hampshire] HDDs and UUID

On 16 February 2017 at 12:21, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > At present, I have a (3.5” sata) drive connected to my Ubuntu machine via one of those docking station things – I couldn’t be bothered opening up the case at the time and as it’s only a media server, I

Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

On 3 November 2016 at 17:58, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > What is the best way to acquire a laptop running Linux these > days? Various web searches haven't helped me much. Some sites say > it's better to get one running Windows, then install Linux. >

Re: [Hampshire] Kitchen project

On 11 July 2016 at 15:39, Roger Munford via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > I am just about to install a new kitchen. > > For years I have had a mains powered radio that I switch on by clicking > the power socket. The station or volume never change and I like the > simplicity.

Re: [Hampshire] Bluetooth repeater over ethernet?

Hi. Bluetooth has quality of service constraints that would probably break down over longer distances, or when sent down ethernet. That is probably why you cannot find bluetooth extenders. The trick would be to try and extend the cable before it becomes bluetooth. I.e. long cable -> bluetooth