Re: [PLUG] Third Sunday clinic

2017-01-14 Thread Fillard Spring-Rhyne
On Jan 14, 2017, at 7:12 PM, wes wrote: > I plan to be there for at least the beginning. if no one else shows up, I may > leave early. On Jan 14, 2017, at 7:42 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I am planning on being there also, although I will have to rely on TriMet. > All the streets in my a

[PLUG] What certifications to take?

2017-01-14 Thread Mike C.
> > 'Folks, > I am being offered some grants to obtain certifications. I am a field > service person by job. I am looking at the different certifications for > networking > and IT, figured I would ask here what would be good for me to aim for. > > In the type of work I do, I deal with network issue

Re: [PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread Tim Abraldes
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Is there anybody here who is willing to explain (to a novice) how this is > possible? I too have encountered a similar behavior, but was fortunate > enough to not have any tabs I needed to save. I believe when I had the > problem I was r

Re: [PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread Tim Abraldes
The best course of action is probably to report the site with Google's Safe Browsing Service: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/?hl=en Firefox uses Google's Safe Browsing Service [1] so reporting there will also help Firefox users. Ideally you would also file a bug

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread wes
> > > As to "You will then need appropriate file sharing configurations > that will work cross platform." That was one of the reasons I > wasn't going to object to WinXP unilaterly declaring itself Host. > I was expecting "reasonable" error messages that would trigger > the response "Knew I should

Re: [PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Is there anybody here who is willing to explain (to a novice) how this is possible? I too have encountered a similar behavior, but was fortunate enough to not have any tabs I needed to save. I believe when I had the problem I was running Chrome. Thanks, -Denis On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 1:42 PM, J

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/14/2017 3:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Michael Barnes wrote: > >> What you want is known as a crossover cable. Technically, it is an >> ethernet cable wired as T568A on one end and T568B on the other. Most >> anyplace that carries computer stuff should have one. (Not count

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Russell Senior
> "Richard" == Richard Owlett writes: Richard> I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminated Richard> Cat6 cable ;) I have two laptops - one (a Lenovo T43) speaks Richard> only WinXP Pro, the other (a Lenovo T430) only Debian Jessie. You do *not* need a crossover cable. The

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 14:56:38 -0800 wes dijo: >I intend to be there for at least the first hour or so. if no one >shows up, I may leave. if anyone seeing this does plan to show, please >reply so I know to wait for you. I am planning on being there also, although I will have to rely on TriMet. All

Re: [PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:55:53 -0800 Randy Stapilus dijo: >I've encountered something similar a couple of times, and solved it by >shutting down the browser process in System Monitor. Might that work, >or did you already try it? The only control I had was to shut Firefox down completely, plus I co

Re: [PLUG] Third Sunday clinic

2017-01-14 Thread wes
I plan to be there for at least the beginning. if no one else shows up, I may leave early. -wes On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Fillard Spring-Rhyne < fspringrh...@hevanet.com> wrote: > Is PLUG holding its third Sunday clinic as scheduled tomorrow, from > 1:00-5:00pm at Free Geek? > > Thank you

[PLUG] Third Sunday clinic

2017-01-14 Thread Fillard Spring-Rhyne
Is PLUG holding its third Sunday clinic as scheduled tomorrow, from 1:00-5:00pm at Free Geek? Thank you! Fillard 503-777-MATH (6284) "Letting 49% of the voters go unrepresented is so nineteenth century." ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Jim Garrison
Almost all adapters made in the past 5 years or so will support Auto-MDIX (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface) GB Ethernet does not need Auto-MDIX except when communicating with a 10MB or 100MB adapter. Take a standard Ethernet cable and plug the two systems together. If the

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread wes
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According > to > > the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. > > > > Comments? > >Cancel. Don't

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread wes
all you need to do is set an IP address on each system. use your google-fu to find out how to do this in the OS running on each of those systems. for example: https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+windows+xp https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+d

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Michael Barnes wrote: > What you want is known as a crossover cable. Technically, it is an > ethernet cable wired as T568A on one end and T568B on the other. Most > anyplace that carries computer stuff should have one. (Not counting > Walmart, Fred Meyer, etc.) If you have the

Re: [PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread Randy Stapilus
I've encountered something similar a couple of times, and solved it by shutting down the browser process in System Monitor. Might that work, or did you already try it? Randy Stapilus Ridenbaugh Press www.ridenbaugh.com WA, OR, ID Weekly Briefings 503-852-0010 On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 1:42 PM, John

[PLUG] My Firefox 50.1.0 hack

2017-01-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
Firefox 50.1.0 on Xubuntu 14.04 up to date. I clicked on a link that took me to wik.galert.info (DON'T GO THERE!). This page pops up a little window warning me that authentication is required, and the window claims that there is a virus that is sending my credit card, etc., and that this notice i

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Michael Barnes
What you want is known as a crossover cable. Technically, it is an ethernet cable wired as T568A on one end and T568B on the other. Most anyplace that carries computer stuff should have one. (Not counting Walmart, Fred Meyer, etc.) If you have the ability/desire to make your own, a Google search fo

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According to > the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. > > Comments? Cancel. Don't know about Portland streets but here in east county (Troutdale, Gresham,

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Mike C. wrote: > FWIW, ifconfig is deprecated and replace by the ip command. IP has all the > same functionality as ifconfig plus more. > https://www.linux.com/learn/replacing-ifconfig-ip Mike, Interesting and good to know. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread Mike C.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Mike C. wrote: > All this information is available when, as root, you issue the command >> ifconfig -a (the -a option shows all network interfaces and their status). >> The man page explains it. >> >> Rich >> > > FWIW, ifconfig is deprecated and replace by the ip

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 148, Issue 14

2017-01-14 Thread Mike C.
> > All this information is available when, as root, you issue the command > ifconfig -a (the -a option shows all network interfaces and their status). > The man page explains it. > > Rich > FWIW, ifconfig is deprecated and replace by the ip command. IP has all the same functionality as ifconfig p

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread alan
> I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According > to the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. > > Comments? The buses are running. Hard to transport hardware that way though. perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py

[PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According to the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. Comments? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread alan
> On 1/14/2017 10:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> I deleted Richard's message and cannot respond in that thread to his >> question of what network interfaces are available on his portables. >> >> All this information is available when, as root, you issue the >> command >> ifconfig -a (the -a

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/14/2017 10:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I deleted Richard's message and cannot respond in that thread to his > question of what network interfaces are available on his portables. > > All this information is available when, as root, you issue the command > ifconfig -a (the -a option sho

[PLUG] GNOME lanaguage-selector: filing a PR or bug

2017-01-14 Thread MJang
Hi,  In my Ui Text research, I've been looking through the UI Text for the language-selector. The popups are filled with walls of text, which I think can be simplified. (The walls of text remind me of the BSOD.) I've tried looking for a GH repo through GNOME, specifically https://gi t.gnome.org/

[PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread Rich Shepard
I deleted Richard's message and cannot respond in that thread to his question of what network interfaces are available on his portables. All this information is available when, as root, you issue the command ifconfig -a (the -a option shows all network interfaces and their status). The man p

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/14/2017 9:04 AM, bro...@netgate.net wrote: > > With modern tech a simple enet cable and a bit of network config should do > it. Ah the devil be in the details. I need a simple minded tutorial. The references found last time were to focused on being the ultimate solution for the most complex

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Robert Citek
They both have wifi[1.2]. Have them both connect to your wireless access point and they should both be able to talk to each other. But if you do want a direct connection, use a regular patch cable between them and manually assign each their own IP. Both of those systems have GigE NICs [1,2]. "Gi

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread brooks
> Don't think there's a Frys way out there. But, a crossover cable > (frequenly colored orange) should be available at a computer supplier's. If that's the case it might be easier to borrow a little hub/switch and 2 enet cables from someone to do the xfers.

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, bro...@netgate.net wrote: > With modern tech a simple enet cable and a bit of network config should do > it. But your old Lenovo T43 may need what is known as a crossover cable. > You can probably pick one up from Frys. Don't think there's a Frys way out there. But, a cros

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread brooks
With modern tech a simple enet cable and a bit of network config should do it. But your old Lenovo T43 may need what is known as a crossover cable. You can probably pick one up from Frys. On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Richard Owlett wrote: > I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminate

[PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

2017-01-14 Thread Richard Owlett
I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminated Cat6 cable ;) I have two laptops - one (a Lenovo T43) speaks only WinXP Pro, the other (a Lenovo T430) only Debian Jessie. Sometime back I attempted to have them communicate via ethernet - hence the availability of the Cat6 cable. As