Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the meaning of leading "_" in gcc function calls?

2017-10-01 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for a new host for my web site for april 1

2017-03-10 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > > > ___ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lis

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] static ip setup for Linux Mint 18 and similar

2016-12-13 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
nyone else had experience with this. I can manage with the DHCP setup, > but it would be nice to know what's going on. > > JN > _______ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Jean-François Bilodeau Senior techni

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is the git eclipse plug-in somehow broken?

2015-06-12 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
As a regular Eclipse user (JEE, CTD), I’ve never encountered this… J-F > Le 2015-06-12 à 09:10, Robert P. J. Day a écrit : > > > was chatting with someone earlier this morning and was told that, at > least as recently as 2013, the eclipse plug-in for git was somehow > flawed and, on at least

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] best utility (under ubuntu) to take a *full* PHP-generated web page

2013-10-04 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
What about running the file through the PHP interpreter and firing the output through wkhtmltopdf? Otherwise, open the page through an Apache server and run the output through wkhtmltopdf. For what it's worth, when I need to grab a verbatim copy of a page (ie: purchase receipt), I just print

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] safety level of upgrading ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?

2013-09-26 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
Though I have a couple of machines, I always have live cds or bootable USB drives so I can repair failed upgrades / corrupt system. The rare time I need a second system is usually to serve as a wired Internet connection until I resurect the wifi on the failed machine. On 13-09-26 08:08 PM, Mik

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Set up a SAMBA server

2013-09-24 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
Are your clients Windows or Unix (Linux, Mac, etc)? If so, what about using NFS instead of Samba? On Tue 24 Sep 2013 03:24:08 PM EDT, Paul Belanger wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:19 PM, James, Trevor wrote: Anyone have a simple TID/HowTo to set up a SAMBA a secure SAMBA service to be used

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] safety level of upgrading ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?

2013-09-19 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
On 13-09-19 08:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote: I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4) On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade the kernel. It seems likely that an Ubuntu upgrade would replace your

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] safety level of upgrading ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?

2013-09-18 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
I'm running Mint here, which is an Ubuntu derivative, and performed not one, not two but five dist-upgrade of the same installation. Some were smoother than others, but for the most part, they worked. The same harddisk (and the installating) has been in four different physical system (includin

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Cpp Unit Test Framework

2013-01-05 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
I've been using Boost's unit testing framework for a while. It's platform independent, compiler independent, works with any Make system and doesn't rely on a heavy framework like Qt or GTK. http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html J-F On Sat 05 Jan 2013 11:01:58 AM ES

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone out there using nginx?

2012-02-10 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
I've never actually seen an installation, but I read the same thing, and I recall that it's especially popular in Russia and eastern Europe. J-F On 2012-02-10, at 05:55, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > are you or anyone you know using the nginx web server, > http://nginx.com/? i ask since one of

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux jobs - Java is number one skill

2011-12-18 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
On 16/12/2011 12:50 PM, John C Nash wrote: > Job ads reflect present perceived "needs". When I started university, there > were hundreds > of ads for geophysicists. I did chemistry and physics and computational stuff > (there was > no Computer Science yet). When I graduated, there were ads for co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Apache sercuity question

2011-12-13 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
On 13/12/2011 10:02 AM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > 2011/12/13 Jean-François Bilodeau <mailto:jfbilod...@chronogears.com>> > > May I recommend that instead of banning, you close the security hole? > Disable whatever is allowing content access via ?xxx=. > > &

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Apache sercuity question

2011-12-13 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
On 13/12/2011 9:34 AM, Jeffrey Moncrieff wrote: > > Hello > > I have am host a couple of virtual web servers at home. The sites are not > that busy. But I am seeing a lot of 404 errors and this morning I was > checking my daily logwatch report and I spotted some weird in the logs > >A tota

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tool for fancy diagrams?

2011-12-09 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
I second that + openclipart.org to complement inkscape. J-F On 2011-12-09, at 12:16, Rick wrote: > http://inkscape.org/ > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day > wrote: > >> >> i'm aware of the standard drawing tools (dia, kivio) but have never >> had need of any sophisticated

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] options for equivalent C++ dev setup under linux & windows?

2011-11-02 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
For what it's worth, I've use the Qt Creator IDE and found it very good. J-F On 2011-11-02, at 10:33, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i've been asked to teach a C++ class later this month where all of > the students will have their own windows laptops and there's still > some debate as to what the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG Invite to Free Qt Seminar Nov. 10

2011-10-26 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
Apologies if I missed it, but at what time? On 2011-10-26, at 11:01, Lynn Gray wrote: > The seminar will be held November 10th at this location: > > Ottawa Marriott > 100 Kent St. > Ottawa, ON K1P 5R7 > http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/yowmc-ottawa-marriott-hotel/ > > Please let me know if

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] strange interaction of wireless

2011-07-21 Thread Jean-François Bilodeau
I don't know if it's related, but when my sister's Airport Express card failed on her iBook, MacOS X crashed regularly. I've never had a wireless driver crash a Linux machine so I'm tempted to say it may be a hardware problem. J-F On 2011-07-21, at 14:00, John C Nash wrote: > I'm at a scienti