Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?

2018-03-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
missing info you need, then retrieve your command line using the Up > > arrow key or ^R, then carry on completing and submitting it after > > deleting the "#". > > > > Kind of like a ^Z suspend fo

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Consistency (was Re: is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?)

2018-03-16 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
And of course git grep -l has no such option... > Gh. > > Regards, > > Dianne. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @R

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does current gnu grep support EREs out of the box?

2018-03-06 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
the info page is the go-to source. Welcome to FSF documentation. info(1) sucks. > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does current gnu grep support EREs out of the box?

2018-03-06 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
and it just worked. In the past I had to invoke the flag to get that functionality. I don't remember the details of which distro it was or what extended syntax feature I was using. > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does anyone still use "dump" for backups these days?

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
over that utility to some extent, just > >because it could conceivably be on the exam, so even if i consider > >some of the course content utterly archaic, i still have to cover it. > > > > but what are folks out there using for their backups these days? > >tar? rsync?

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does anyone still use "dump" for backups these days?

2018-02-22 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
col to just list the differences between two network entities. > anyway, i'll keep an ongoing list of suggestions. > > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ --

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
x mailing list > >> Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > >> > > ___ > > Linux mailing list > > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux &

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] recommendations for decent, online blockchain tutorials?

2018-01-29 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
17/12/23/one-ceo-goes-there-what-if-blockchain-is-useless/ My own disclosure is that I bought $60 worth of BTC at an ATM in Nov 2013 as a technical investment and it peaked at $3500. I don't currently have plans to sell it. > rday

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fastest way to do full home dir backup to fresh HD?

2017-12-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-12-27 14:53, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 08:19:04AM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > I'd be using rsync -vaP so that subsequent updates are faster, but tar zcvf > > Also add -H, -A, and -X. These aren't just edge cases! Sure... but my home

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fastest way to do full home dir backup to fresh HD?

2017-12-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
due to compression... but that depends on USB 2 vs 3, speed of CPUs... I prefer gzip over bzip, but I've not benchmarked them for optimization of compression ratio vs cpu bandwidth. > thoughts? > > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Certified RHEL7 laptop?

2017-12-23 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ports Ubuntu but looking for RHEL > > thanks, > -Alan slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% V

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] WPA2 vulnerability

2017-10-18 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
gh my link. > Best, JN slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- _GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)(*)(*)__

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 14:55, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:19:15AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > These wired network cameras default to DHCP and failing that fall back > > to either 192.168.122.1 (or something like that IIRC...) or use an > > IPv4 link local

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 09:05, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-20 07:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 07:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > in short, at least for this camera, i absolutely require an >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-19 13:19, rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > > > > > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it > > > would seem that the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
out. Please educate us rather than effectively making us all feel stupid because we don't follow your unstated line of reasoning. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
e plugin. I was able to use RTSP to stream the live output of that camera using standard open source tools (such as VLC? or maybe mplayer?) but wasn't able to get RTSP working within a web browser for configuration. This camera does IPv6.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux infotainment/automotive platform questions

2017-06-14 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
Journal > cr...@obj.ca > (613) 238-1818 x 285 (w) > (519) 635-7906 (c) > ___ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What is the easiest, most reliable email +calendar serv(er|ice) for a small biz?

2017-05-23 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
unately $work is migrating from it to gmail. :-( > And with 1 IT guy in the company that might be a good idea. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Slides from last night's talk

2017-05-05 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
=koRRqOJcaHs > > Regards, > > Dianne. > ___ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ri

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Viewing jpg images with comments

2017-04-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
orge.net/ > > > >*sigh*, make that http://geeqie.org/ > > > >Regards, > > > >Dianne. > >___ > >Linux mailing list > >Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for a new host for my web site for april 1

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ning under-patched kernels, > libraries, daemons, etc??? doesn't it? Oh yeah, and commercial services always update their distros... Impressive uptimes and updates aren't incompatible... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRlTISvjww > Alex Pilon

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] where downtown (byward market) can i donate cables?

2017-02-18 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ompuCorps, a charity that provides training and refurbs computers for at risk groups. http://compucorps.org/ http://compucorps.org/about/ > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @

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

2016-12-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
or > just `ip a` (if you don't mind *some* noise in the output). `ip -4 r > show scope global` to see the non-link IPv4 routes. Or "ip addr" and "ip route" for the equivalents to "ifconfig" and "route". Add a "-6" if you need that. &

[OCLUG-Tech] [i...@meetup.com: Wednesday: Join us at "Learning Linux"]

2016-10-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
to change your contact details, privacy settings, and other settings. Meetup Inc. (http://www.meetup.com/), POB 4668 #37895 New York NY USA 10163 ----- End forwarded message - slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Anyone know of an open source rack monitoring project?

2016-09-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ade: https://code.credil.org/projects/protein Contributions to either project would be welcome. They are intended to be open hardware. > -Alan slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to best (securely?) install S/W on 1000s of remote sites?

2016-09-06 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
t; > can't use "ssh-copy-id" to add it to the central/server host without a > > password, so you're right back where you started. > > > > one idea i had is that downloading the base linux distro doesn't > > need to be that secure as it's jus

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Sourcing PCEngines Alix boards in Ottawa or online to Canada

2016-06-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
) Only fear UPS if you don't ship "expedited" or faster. If you try and go for the cheapest shipping option with UPS you *will* get stung by brokerage fees. I generally request USPS where practical. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ternary computing?

2016-05-31 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 16/05/31, ProfJCNash wrote: > When binary is just not enough. /me ^5s jcnash! :D > On 16-05-31 04:31 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > > Both rpm, dpkg, and apt are showing their age. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richar

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] git question: how can i drop the n'th last commit?

2016-05-16 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ple think this is a useful operation? > and is there an even simpler way to do it? No, it isn't just you, but whenever I've needed to do that, I do a cherry-pick to another branch, and rebase the one that doesn't need it. It wasn't worth trying to come up with some new co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] git question: how can i drop the n'th last commit?

2016-05-10 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
wait, can't i just rebase B onto X? effectively, i want to > reproduce the work from B to E as if it originated at X; isn't that > just a regular rebase? thoughts? I've never done it, but I was re-reading that manpage recently and I think you can just do: git

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] optimal choice for filesystem type for SSD drive doing big builds?

2016-01-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > > > ___________

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] December Meeting: 2015-12-03 @ 19:00

2015-12-01 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
further information on the venue, visit the website: > > http://oclug.on.ca <http://oclug.on.ca/> > > > > Note: We are always soliciting speakers for future meetings. If anyone > > wants to get up and cover a favourite project, solution, etc. feel free to > > cont

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Code Arduino to move stepper motors

2015-10-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ontact: jmtsik...@gmail.com > > Jonathan slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] simple question about deleting a branch in git

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
branch (don't remember which branch), but -D will force that delete regardless of the changes' existence in another branch. > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] i suspect it's unlikely, but has anyone here taken docker courses?

2015-08-01 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
e surprised if no one > out there has ever taken such a course. > > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more git pedantry -- clarifications about .gitignore

2015-04-29 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 15/04/29, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 15/04/29, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > next question -- a pattern will apply to *any* file type (file or > > > directory), unless suffixed with a slash, whereu

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more git pedantry -- clarifications about .gitignore

2015-04-29 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
; Module.symvers > > with > > /Module.symvers > > since i'm fairly sure you only get one of those, yes? > > i thought there was one more thing i wanted to ask, but i can't >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] make menuconfig deprecation (was: make environment variables and the kbuild system)

2015-04-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
s X > defined" and you can't just F8, type part of the Kconfig variable name, and > get all the info you wished for. Does F8 work through ssh/screen/tmux? > Regards, > > Alex Pilon slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Firewall

2015-01-07 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
e / OS = http://www.zeroshell.org/ which is > a little more primitive, (linux based i think) but extremely > configurable. > > Jeff Green slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \

[OCLUG-Tech] fetchmail and offlineimap alternatives

2014-12-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
Hi Alex, So, you mentioned some issues with offlineimap the other night? Can you elaborate? I don't know if you had expressed an opinion about fetchmail. You also mentioned newer alternatives. Please remind me what they were? slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy B

[OCLUG-Tech] netdev 0.1 Announcement (global Linux developer conference in our backyard)

2014-11-26 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
properly for numbers of attendees, ensuring venue sizes and supplies are appropriate without wasting resources. contact: i...@netdev01.info slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] FYI: Phone Scam for Windows Support

2014-08-08 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
er every time. Because telcos make too much money selling services to shysters, they have no interest in tracking offenders like this while do not call lists and anti-spam legislation can interfere with legitimate activity. > Shawn slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Choosing a 64-bit Linux distro for my laptop

2014-07-22 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ut there that is worth a shot. BTW, I > would rather not go the Slackware/Gentoo BIY route. > > Thanks, > Brian slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] linux in the wet?

2014-07-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
I didn't get my ducks in a row to announce the Hacker Bike Ride as an OLS BoFS for this morning to arrive at the picnic. > JN slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] RVSP for Linux In The Wild

2014-07-12 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
>> Bring towels and have your kids wear swim suits under their clothes. > >> Maybe you can wear shorts! > >> > >> The "river" is very shallow and fun to wade in. > >> (Extra towels for sitting on, on the way home) > >> > >> R

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] malicious pdf phishing emails

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ing too good.) As I'm on Linux, I suspect no > damage, but it would be useful to know what was in the file besides an > invitation to get some illegal money. Was it actually a .pdf, or was it claiming to be a PDF in a .zip? > JN slainte mhath,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there (or should there be) a local embedded linux interest group?

2014-05-15 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
gt; > > >? thoughts? recommendations? > > > > rday > I would be interested a lot in such a group if it does not require personal > presence somewhere in downtown I try to avoid traffic there as much as I can. > Regards, > /Dmitriy. slainte mhath, RGB -- R

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there (or should there be) a local embedded linux interest group?

2014-05-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
want someone to chat with. > > thoughts? recommendations? http://www.meetup.com/__L3GO/ > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Looking for DNS ...

2014-05-03 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
P in particular, or could just be that none of > the recipients' domain were a problem. I'm using my own IP block rather than a rented address from a larger random ISP block. This list is running on an address from tha

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Looking for DNS ...

2014-05-03 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
(Sendmail, because I'm old) and DNS (BIND, also because I'm old) and I've > never had a problem sending mail to anyone. I'm in that situation too and I've not had any significant problems of which I am aware. (I did run sendmail, but switched to postfix. I run bind.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] looking for someone who can machine aluminum blocks

2014-04-25 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ns for > machine shops in town that can do this kind of thing? thanks. This guy can most likely help you: http://www.johnsonweldingworks.com/ I'm heading in there today to get a part of one of my recumbent bikes fixed. > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Ri

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] am i just misunderstanding how the "source" command works?

2014-03-15 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
allow the original sourcing script to work properly? i'm > about ready to file a bug report. I would certainly say it is a bug one way or another. > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux Digest, Vol 111, Issue 5

2014-03-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
to the container and then set up a network in the container that has exclusive access to eth1. You could also set up a virtual ethernet device in each of two containers and route packets directly between them with no other container nor th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone mind if i ask a few questions about systemd before tomorrow?

2014-03-05 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ily as a user and > for simple admin, but poking around always generates a few more > questions. so, anyone mind if i spoil the surprise by asking the rest > of the list some systemd questions today? There's always irc://irc.free

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] any topics on the list for march meeting?

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
le are interested, i can give an overview of how that > works. Yes, please! I've been working on some bits as systemd relates to kernel audit. > anyway, what's on tap for march? > > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

[OCLUG-Tech] On LUGs and community groups

2014-02-18 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
a fairly thorough article about his thoughts on running a LUG and other F/LOSS-related community events: http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/usergroups.php We're mentioned in it. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy B

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] encrypted filesystems -- LUKS versus eCryptfs?

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
another secret???, > given that it's usually human-generated, not ???entirely randomly??? > generated. Given my luck at trying to remember some LUKS, PGP and SSH private key passphrases recently, I'm starting to wonder if that's reversed! :P slainte mhath

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a compelling application for bind mounts?

2013-12-26 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ed a cd in rescue mode and the real fs is > mounted under /mnt. "chroot /mnt" kind of works but you have to mount > /proc, /sys & /dev properly and for that I normally use bind > mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev > a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a compelling application for bind mounts?

2013-12-26 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
imlarly, I've seen bind mounts used in NFS4 for exporting all filesystems from the same directory. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA --

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
shipping. You get a street address, so no issue that > supplier 'won't ship to PO boxes'. Everything is handled via their > website. > > I have used them for several years including just last month and am > totally satisfied. > > Brett slainte mhath, RGB

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
of the UPS store in Ogdensburg. They are well organized and the rates seem reasonable. > http://myusaddress.ca/ > http://www.trackogdensburg.com/ > http://shippingtoogdensburg.com/ > > so ... recommendations? > &g

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] free mailing list host

2013-11-29 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
freelists.org/ > > http://www.bravemailer.com/ > > http://notifylist.com/ > >Before I start reading the fineprint on all of them I wonder if anyone > >know good/bad about them or have better suggestions ? > > Jean-Luc Cooke slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard G

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PGP Info in tagline

2013-10-10 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
in tagline > From: Murphy Scott > Date: Wed, October 09, 2013 10:36 pm > To: Richard Guy Briggs > Cc: Jean-Francois Messier , OCLUG > > > This may be specific to GPG created keys. It is mentioned on the > gpgtools.org website, as well as in several key signing party docume

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PGP Info in tagline

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
> On 2013-10-09, at 3:34 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 12:20:32PM -0700, Jean-Francois Messier wrote: > >> Usually, what are the infos in the email tag line about a PGP/GPG key ? > >> Is there a format ? I want to update my mail tag with

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PGP Info in tagline

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
8E The rest anyone can get from a key server and your uid is in your From: line. > Thanks :-) > > JF slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Au revoir!

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
and sometimes on IRC. Thanks very much for your efforts in leading OCLUG and look forward to your rejoining us later. > All my very best, > Rob slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Use of USB wifi adapter for an AP on a custom router

2013-08-18 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
y and reliably. It helped a huge amount. I was running hostapd. I'm now ready to go back to an embedded device and will use a Netgear WNDR3800 running CeroWRT. > sg slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \__

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] oswatcher alternative, collector of top/ps/iostat/vmstat/... info

2013-07-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
old > > data is removed. > > I can easily write something my self but before doing that I want to see > > if someone else already taken the trouble doing it. > > > > Techwiz, Peter Sjoberg PGP key (12F506C8) on keyserver & homepage slainte

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] USB control of digital camera shutter or focus

2013-07-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
no remote. > > This is likely tangential to list, but I know there's some digital > photo fans out there in that SIG. Happy to go off-list and submit a > summary in a couple of weeks. I've had good success with gphoto2 with my DSLR connecte

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Can anyone attend to the next meeting?

2013-06-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
al public. You are very welcome to join us. > Thanks. > > -- > Luiz slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA --

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Mailing list etiquette

2013-04-26 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
uot; camp now, though I was not always. > Mike slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Hardware for usbnet

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ng. Interesting, I didn't know that about USB3.0... (seperate TX and RX pairs...) slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Building Windows Games with Unity

2013-04-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ffalo buffalo. :P > >Rob slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- _GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)(*)(*)

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OVLUG

2013-03-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ttp://ovlug.ca and I've set up a > >rudimentary > >website just enough to allow new members a contact point if thery are > >interested in joining the group. > > > >Please let your members know and hopefully they&#x

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] give away electronics

2013-03-16 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 01:44:52PM -0400, James wrote: > I have a wireless B router and a clock radio to give away. > Any idea where? > Maybe Valu Village? Yeah, Good plan. Value Village would sell that stuff. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard G

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] multiboot liveCD isos on external HDD

2013-03-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
h the flavour of the > > month of each distro. > > > > If I figure out the "rules" I'll try to write them up and post a link > > here. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in sharing the > > investigation, contact me off list. This is obviously not top

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to programatically kill minicom without resetting it?

2013-03-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
oesn't seem true with all the > > tests i've run -- resets it every time. > > > > i know i can cheat and simply "rm" the lock file under /var/lock, > > but that's seems tacky and i'd rath

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] multiboot liveCD isos on external HDD

2013-03-12 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
x.php/The_Syslinux_Project I'm already using pxelinux on my network to boot a number of distributions. > Cheers, JN slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Help recovering a (software-dead, not hardware dead) hard-drive SOLVED!

2013-02-28 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
rds, > eds. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Help recovering a (software-dead, not hardware dead) hard-drive SOLVED!

2013-02-27 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
. > produces error messages for those devices that weren't mapped (and > nothing for those device files that were mapped). I failed to notice > that /dev/sdg didn't return an error, ie it did map. While there was > a device file connected to the drive, t

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] any interest in an OCLUG swap meet?

2013-01-22 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ly, i have about a gazillion regular USB and network cables > (apparently, they breed when you're not looking) and i'd be happy to > give a lot of that away to anyone who needs any. In the past, we have frequently just brought that out to regular meetings. > thoughts? >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
eer to learn or share something. > any thoughts on this? doesn't mean people need to personally write > stuff if all it takes is locating a perfectly good tutorial that's > already out there. I much prefer drinkin

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Feb 7 meeting - Panel discussion?

2013-01-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
oogle.com/coderoller > >___ > >Linux mailing list > >Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > ___ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lis

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fw: Fwd: Maybe the next OCLUG meeting could be at the new 3Brewers on 240 Sparks street?

2013-01-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
gt; > > >Eric > > > >Just a thought... > > > -- > >Oliver Brackenbury > >www.oliverbrackenbury.com slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Followup on IMAP issue

2012-10-30 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
pervasive applications, so a good opportunity for OCLUG to shine. I'd like to see a visit of the topic of spam filtering as an entire related topic. > Cheers, JN slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] October Meeting: GPG Overview and Keysigning

2012-10-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
... I guess I should have listened. > > > > Michael Goguen > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Goguen > > wrote: > >> Thx for the help guys. usb linux boot live cd and netbook are available > >> to bring. > >> > >> Michael Gog

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] October Meeting: GPG Overview and Keysigning

2012-10-04 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
;> F996 > >>> > (extra info removed) > >>> > > >>> >So I'd fill the paper with: > >>> > > >>> >scott.mur...@arrow-eye.com C52FF996 Key fingerprint = DBC8 F89C 5F66 > >>> 8A96 2414 F97D 3F0D 382D C5

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] late delivery of oclug mail

2012-09-08 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
at our solar car laboratory, doing fibreglass/kevlar/carbonFibre layups on the body of the car. > Shawn slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux Digest, Vol 93, Issue 1

2012-09-07 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
s > > Message-ID: > > <1346965623.60406.yahoomail...@web162205.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Hi > > Tonight's main presentation is on installing and using th

[OCLUG-Tech] OLS Saturday Event - Annual Hacker Bike Ride

2012-07-13 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
ke or money for bike rental. Water. A snack or money for confections. The organizers will have a map. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_&

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux in the Wild 2012

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
s that adults will be having serious discussions, and > telling really bad computer jokes, even when the Board is not having > an official meeting! I seem to recall just as many adults playing in the water as there were kids! &g

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] If we had a party, would anyone come?

2012-06-26 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
t;We would provide pop, and I think someone can bring a BBQ. > >Kids and Significant Others welcome! > > > > > >Which weekend would you be able to come? > > > >Thanks, > >Rob slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\--

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Use of libreoffice to do high school work

2012-06-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
m: > > > http://www.livinginternet.com/e/ea_atsf.htm > > > > > > On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 16:16 -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Which is why they should all be *.txt

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] different request: anyone have a DB9-M to IDC-10 serial cable?

2012-06-07 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
off...) My experience is there is no standard wiring on these, so your chances of them working isn't guaranteed... > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, O

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Front end for OCR work

2012-05-07 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 10:38:06PM -0400, Bruce wrote: > Does anyone know of a GUI front end to do OCR work? Xsane > Bruce Harding slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Otta

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-25 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:32:08AM -0400, Bill Strosberg wrote: > On 12-03-22 10:05 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > Another factor to consider is a question of demographics of > > participants. If we are looking at a seniors' club, then parking is > > going to be more

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-23 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
roid of this region's population? In particular, where is the centroid of interested persons without private motor transportation? slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
> interesting. It seems all the pieces may be available but arranging the > > parts collectively would be a challenge if it doesn't already exist. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > > Bill Strosberg slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs

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