Re: [PLUG] Reality Check

2012-07-24 Thread Mike C.
I've done it with Sidux, a distro based on Debian Sid. The installer detects there's no Ethernet connection, the active wireless radio and prompts to install the correct wireless driver. So perhaps Debian stable doesn't have this feature and you don't have a wireless driver installed and working? O

Re: [PLUG] REALITY CHECK - was [Re: "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"]

2012-07-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Nathan Williams wrote: > On 07/24/2012 06:54 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Nathan Williams wrote: >>> On 07/24/2012 06:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein > wrote: > >> That's my best guess as to what's hap

Re: [PLUG] REALITY CHECK - was [Re: "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"]

2012-07-24 Thread Nathan Williams
On 07/24/2012 06:54 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Nathan Williams wrote: >> On 07/24/2012 06:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> chris (fool) mccraw wrote: On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > That's my best guess as to what's happening. seconded. >

Re: [PLUG] REALITY CHECK - was [Re: "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"]

2012-07-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Nathan Williams wrote: > On 07/24/2012 06:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> chris (fool) mccraw wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: >>> That's my best guess as to what's happening. >>> seconded. >>> You might have luck in a smaller, self-managed venue like a n

Re: [PLUG] REALITY CHECK - was [Re: "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"]

2012-07-24 Thread Nathan Williams
On 07/24/2012 06:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > chris (fool) mccraw wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: >> >>> That's my best guess as to what's happening. >> seconded. >> >>> You might have luck in a smaller, self-managed venue like a neighborhood >>> coffee shop, but

[PLUG] REALITY CHECK - was [Re: "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"]

2012-07-24 Thread Richard Owlett
chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > >> That's my best guess as to what's happening. > > seconded. > >> You might have luck in a smaller, self-managed venue like a neighborhood >> coffee shop, but it's going to be a hit-or-miss proposition. > > Or, r

Re: [PLUG] "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"

2012-07-24 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > That's my best guess as to what's happening. seconded. > You might have luck in a smaller, self-managed venue like a neighborhood > coffee shop, but it's going to be a hit-or-miss proposition. Or, run a live distro and accept the clickthr

Re: [PLUG] "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"

2012-07-24 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Richard Owlett wrote: Anyone successfully installed Debian using netinst.iso when *ONLY* available internet connection was via a public Wifi hot spot? My success rate is "Absolute Zero" :< Ideas? Suitable incantations? Many, perhaps most, public wifi networks require so

[PLUG] "Debian netinst.iso" vs "Wifi hot spot"

2012-07-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Anyone successfully installed Debian using netinst.iso when *ONLY* available internet connection was via a public Wifi hot spot? My success rate is "Absolute Zero" :< Ideas? Suitable incantations? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http:/

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Logo original?

2012-07-24 Thread Michael Dexter
On 7/24/12 8:36 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: >> http://pdxlinux.org/portland-linux-unix-group.jpg > > I like it! A mug of coffee in the left hand might be appropriate. :-) Not to mention hipster glasses? :) Michael ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux

Re: [PLUG] August General meeting still TBD

2012-07-24 Thread Michael Dexter
On 7/24/12 7:22 AM, Aaron Burt wrote: > Yay! Hopefully not too offtopic for PLUG, but does anyone know where the > "Hack is not a four letter word" shirts came from? I'd love to give one to > an ex-photojournalist I know. (Or maybe to my buddy with the sidecar rig.) Those were the official OSCO

Re: [PLUG] Google Chrome and built-in video camera

2012-07-24 Thread Joe Niski
Thanks, Dale - i did the steps you described years ago in Firefox, and have migrated my profile from version 3.x. up through 11; i'd forgotten all about the Flash Settings. Flash has gotten buggier in Firefox (at least on my system), so i've started to use Chrome only when i really need smooth Flas

Re: [PLUG] August General meeting still TBD

2012-07-24 Thread Nathan W
On 07/24/2012 07:57 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:52:52 -0700 > "Brian Martin" dijo: > >>> I am waiting for a confirmation from a speaker for the August first >>> Thursday meeting. Please let me know if you have a talk you would >>> like to offer as a backup. >> At OS Bridg

Re: [PLUG] Strange Google Maps behavior

2012-07-24 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Ronald Chmara wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Denis Heidtmann > wrote: > > I just clicked on Street View near SE 9th and Hawthorne and ended up > INSIDE > > a carpet store. ... Is > > this the next advertising Google will be presenting us with? > > Y

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Logo original?

2012-07-24 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Michael Dexter wrote: What are your thoughts on this variation? http://pdxlinux.org/portland-linux-unix-group.jpg I like it! A mug of coffee in the left hand might be appropriate. :-) -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W

[PLUG] Customer survey software

2012-07-24 Thread Scott Howard
Can someone help with a software recommendation for a customer survey response on a website. I think that lime survey may be one such program. The goal is a website click that brings the visitor to a fill in the blank addressed email. Scott Howard plug-requ...@lists.pdxlinux.org wrote: Send

Re: [PLUG] August General meeting still TBD

2012-07-24 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:52:52 -0700 "Brian Martin" dijo: >> I am waiting for a confirmation from a speaker for the August first >> Thursday meeting. Please let me know if you have a talk you would >> like to offer as a backup. > >At OS Bridge I was surprised at how many people haven't used LVM.

Re: [PLUG] August General meeting still TBD

2012-07-24 Thread Brian Martin
> I am waiting for a confirmation from a speaker for the August first > Thursday meeting. Please let me know if you have a talk you would like > to offer as a backup. At OS Bridge I was surprised at how many people haven't used LVM. As a result I prepared a short presentation (~20 minutes) on g

Re: [PLUG] August General meeting still TBD

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Burt
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 03:34:12PM -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > On 7/23/12 1:49 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > Some time could be taken for a discussion of OSCON, the good, the > > awesome, and the bad. > > Was planning to already. :) > > I also have goodies to give away! Yay! Hopefully not

Re: [PLUG] Slowing down web spiders, particularly baidu

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Burt
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 03:48:52PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > My websites have gigabytes of content, but very little of it is > updated frequently. Some search engine spiders, like baidu.com, > (the big Chinese one) seem to crawl my sites continuously, > bringing apache to a standstill. Just

Re: [PLUG] Google Chrome and built-in video camera

2012-07-24 Thread Dale Snell
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:35:45 -0700 Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > about a year ago, i intalled a little utility called "Camera Monitor" > on my Ubuntu 10.10 laptop. It simply sits in the panel and lets me > know whan my camera is active. It's never come on except when i've > deliberately fired up a S

Re: [PLUG] a LEAN linux using apt-get or yum

2012-07-24 Thread Joseph Hume
On 07/13/2012 02:12 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Normal versions of Debian and Ubuntu fail both ways. >> Comments? > I don't know which normal versions you are talking about, but I always > install Debian using netinst. > http://www.debian.org/C