Re: [PLUG] Anybody have a Brother HL-L3270CDW?

2022-08-07 Thread Roderick Anderson
I have a MFC-3750CDW for about three years now and other than requiring the drivers from Brother it works great. Auto feed scanner works using Xsane fine as well as the duplex printing. Linux, Windows and Android though Android needs the Brother app. The only down is the color printing quali

Re: [PLUG] Locating an ODF author

2017-09-05 Thread Roderick Anderson
turn it back to the ODF so others would benefit from the tutorial without a major printing job. Galen, again thanks. Rod -- On September 5, 2017 12:20:47 Galen Seitz wrote: > On 09/05/17 11:47, Roderick Anderson wrote: >> I am trying to contact the author of a 'LibreOffice

[PLUG] Locating an ODF author

2017-09-05 Thread Roderick Anderson
I am trying to contact the author of a 'LibreOffice Base' tutorial. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/0/02/Base_tutorial.pdf I just ventured into designing an application for a local non-profit organization. To make it portable across Windows, MACs, & Linux systems I figured LibreOffi

Re: [PLUG] Building document to show installed fonts

2017-09-05 Thread Roderick Anderson
nt-manager package. Now to take some to find all the font files scattered across several cloud locations, the local HD, and several CDs. Thanks to all for your suggestions. Rod -- On 08/18/2017 02:53 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:07:51 -0700 > Roderick Anderson di

Re: [PLUG] Building document to show installed fonts

2017-08-18 Thread Roderick Anderson
hem in the file manager just fine but would like something I can take out to the back porch with a cup of coffee - on my tablet or hard copy. TIA, Rod -- On 08/18/2017 02:53 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:07:51 -0700 > Roderick Anderson dijo: > >> Anyone a

[PLUG] Building document to show installed fonts

2017-08-18 Thread Roderick Anderson
My Google foo is lacking once again. I found some old CDs (Corel Draw etc.) with a bunch of fonts. Going through the directories and and using Font Manager to see what they look like is rather tedious. :-) Anyone aware of a method (scripts) to build a document of all the fonts in a directory t

[PLUG] Presentation Materials needed

2017-07-24 Thread Roderick Anderson
I'm putting together a presentation for the local film group - Film Alliance Northwest - titled "Linux for the Frugal Videographer". Since I'm more a Linux person than film person I need some additional example of things - film-wise - done on Linux systems. I have the Blender and Project Orange

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

2017-02-24 Thread Roderick Anderson
Check permissions on .SSH and the files in it. Not at a system I can check to say what they should be. Some one else may be able to. Rod -- On February 24, 2017 08:39:42 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, bro...@netgate.net wrote: > >> Just delete the entry from the known_hosts file

Re: [PLUG] Other options besides VNC (or RDP)

2017-02-20 Thread Roderick Anderson
ll term- > inal sessions or I have a UI on the screen in front of me. > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Roderick Anderson > wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and ideas. >> >> I'll be looking into them. >> >> To expand on the why:

Re: [PLUG] Other options besides VNC (or RDP)

2017-02-18 Thread Roderick Anderson
edicate my netbook, laptop, tablet or phone. There would also be the option to connect a display, keyboard and mouse or some combination of them to the Pi. Again thanks for the replies. Rod -- On 02/17/2017 05:16 PM, Roderick Anderson wrote: > I'm looking for any other options to remot

[PLUG] Other options besides VNC (or RDP)

2017-02-17 Thread Roderick Anderson
I'm looking for any other options to remote into a graphical desktop besides VNC or RDP. I'd like a client that runs on Linux and Android with MAC and Windows a bonus. Server should run on Linux with Android, MAC and Windows as another bonus. I remember coming across something, while searchin

Re: [PLUG] more desktop issues

2016-11-20 Thread Roderick Anderson
Denis, I didn't follow your first thread si may be offering something already suggested. Open the case and reseat all the cables and check that any jumpers on the HD are actually jumpering. Many years ago I had a bad jumper on a (SCSI) drive that caused all kind or odd errors and unseated cab

Re: [PLUG] my printer is out of ink, recommendations for a new printer?

2016-10-28 Thread Roderick Anderson
Check out ink products.com and their recommended printers http://www.inkproducts.com/ink-store441/pages.php?pageid=23 I bought an Epson XP610 about two years ago. Bought an InkProducks continous ink system and finally had to get a refill kit last month. The refill kit is good for two r

Re: [PLUG] Locating reason for permissions change

2016-08-21 Thread Roderick Anderson
If memory serves me there is a system level cron job that cleans up the file system. I've lost some files that were dropped into tmp and had some permissions changed also. Can't remember the actual file name so good luck! 73, Rod -- On August 21, 2016 07:53:09 Rich Shepard wrote: >Ther

Re: [PLUG] Personal Cloud

2016-03-11 Thread Roderick Anderson
I run ownCloud on a RaspberryPI. Uses a 32 GiB micro SD card in a SD to USB adapter for the ownCloud files. And just the normal 8 GiB micro SD card for the OS. Works quite nice. 32 GiB is kind of small if you're going to put you video and music library on it :-) but is is 16 times more space

Re: [PLUG] Print list of folders

2015-12-12 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 12/12/2015 10:08 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Thanks for the additional suggestions - so many options! However, the > initial suggestion to send the output of ls to a simple text file did > the job. The only thing that might have made it a bit more elegant > would have been to concatenate an

Re: [PLUG] websites that seem to take over the machine

2015-10-09 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 10/09/2015 08:12 AM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > > On 10/09/2015 07:18 AM, King Beowulf wrote: >> On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: >> >>> Twice today, websites I have visited have appeared to take over >> ... >> >>> The symptoms were much hard disk activity, very slow response

Re: [PLUG] Linux distributions

2015-08-19 Thread Roderick Anderson
As mostly a user now I find Linux Mint (LTS versions) with the Mate desktop manager works great. For servers I've started moving to Debian. I started with Redhat 3.0.3, moved up the version chain with them for awhile, then did Fedora, finally CentOS (and with a smattering of the other Redhat b

Re: [PLUG] Sort numbers in 'natural' order

2015-05-31 Thread Roderick Anderson
Rich, I think this is the solution. Been a long time since I looked at the (very long pipe) script it was in so YMMV. sort -t . -k 1,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n Rod -- On 05/31/2015 10:25 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Thought I found the correct option for sorting CIDR IP addresses, but >

Re: [PLUG] Mail Administration Question

2015-04-06 Thread Roderick Anderson
Rich, If you are running Postfix I strongly suggest running Postgrey or other greylisting software. I saw a 90%+ drop in incoming spam about one day after it was fired up (5+ years ago). This was for around 200 domains. I have had to whitelist a few incoming domains but the stock 'white-list

Re: [PLUG] Membership tracking software?

2015-01-14 Thread Roderick Anderson
estion of jgnash may be the way. Rod -- > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Roderick Anderson > wrote: > >> Recommendations? >> >> I just took on the Treasurer position for a local non-profit which >> includes tracking membership and dues. >> >>

Re: [PLUG] Membership tracking software?

2015-01-14 Thread Roderick Anderson
Thanks Rich. On 01/14/2015 09:12 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2015, Roderick Anderson wrote: > >> Recommendations? > > Rod, > > Yeah. LibreOffice's Base. At least for membership tracking. Possibly for > the money side if that's simple enough

Re: [PLUG] Membership tracking software?

2015-01-14 Thread Roderick Anderson
t/Office/Finance/Grace-Donation-Manager-11849.shtml Thanks Nat. Looks like far more than is needed but I will try CRM in the searches and look at Civicrm. Rod -- > > On Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Roderick Anderson > wrote: > >> Recommendations? >> >> I just took on

[PLUG] Membership tracking software?

2015-01-14 Thread Roderick Anderson
Recommendations? I just took on the Treasurer position for a local non-profit which includes tracking membership and dues. Currently the club (Kootenai Amateur Radio Society) is using Quick Books for accounting and Excel spreadsheets for membership rosters. So here I am trying to get a Window

Re: [PLUG] Interesting question came up on the way to fixing a Windows system

2014-12-09 Thread Roderick Anderson
Thanks Martin. I'll have to play with this a bit. I've used lsof to find out who/what had a file locked open but not for looking for network connections. Many thanks to wes and Dale for their insights also. \\||/ Rod -- On 12/06/2014 01:26 PM, Martin A. Brown wrote: > > Hi there, > >> Is the

[PLUG] Interesting question came up on the way to fixing a Windows system

2014-12-06 Thread Roderick Anderson
Is there a way to determine which 'program' on a Linux box is creating network traffic. I'm sure I knew once upon a time but I seem to be suffering from CRS now. While working on a friend's WinXP system I found residue of the 1e90ff.com virus/malware. Nod32 (antivirus software) blocks the netw

Re: [PLUG] Re-arranging Firefox Display

2014-11-05 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 11/05/2014 08:46 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, James Bertelson wrote: > >> FWIW, I'm running the beta version (34.0) with the aforementioned classic >> theme and still have the downloads window (ctrl+j). Your install sounds >> wonky -- maybe blow away the profile and start fresh,

Re: [PLUG] : IPSET on system boot or network start/restart/reload (Debian)

2014-06-20 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 06/20/2014 01:50 PM, Mike C. wrote: >> >> Anyone have experience with using IPSET on Debian? I'm pretty new to >> Debian and my Google Foo seems to be barred from finding decent answers. >> This is my second or third go-round looking for it. In fact I saw my >> earlier posting to the list abou

[PLUG] IPSET on system boot or network start/restart/reload (Debian)

2014-06-20 Thread Roderick Anderson
Anyone have experience with using IPSET on Debian? I'm pretty new to Debian and my Google Foo seems to be barred from finding decent answers. This is my second or third go-round looking for it. In fact I saw my earlier posting to the list about this. So any pointers, clue-sticks, etc. would b

Re: [PLUG] Should I suggest Ubuntu (which flavor)?

2014-04-21 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 04/21/2014 10:45 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > Suggestions? Look at Linux Mint. ++ I recommend it when asked and have installed it on friend's and family's computers for over a year now including my workstation, laptop and netbook. (Debian is replacing CentOS on the servers I own and ad

Re: [PLUG] Need some advice on how to mirror & synchronize folders across multiple Linux, Windows machines

2014-03-24 Thread Roderick Anderson
There is also going to be a presentation on Camlistore at Linux Fest Northwest. Just saw it myself a few minutes ago so now I have another option to test. Rod -- On 03/24/2014 08:27 AM, Daniel Hedlund wrote: > On Mar 19, 2014 4:07 PM, "Michael >> >> As Roland suggested btsync - your own priva

Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701

2014-03-08 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 03/08/2014 02:30 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > My neighbor brought over a Eee PC 701 the other day. It had been > purchased for his sister-in-law but she went kind of weird and had to be > moved in some sort of weird care facility. He doesn't like the operating > system on it and was won