[PLUG] questions about MythTV DVR

2012-07-27 Thread jen montserrat
Anyone on this list currently using MythTV as a DVR on Linux? If so, what are your recommendations for a TV tuner card and an extremely low power consumption desktop? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jen ___ PLUG mailing list PLU

Re: [PLUG] Pressure on individual health insurance plans (you and me)

2012-05-03 Thread jen montserrat
Not only are they doing what you mention but the co-pays are increasing 10%. I am at a loss where to turn as the options available are becoming more limited. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Michael Dexter wrote: > > Hello all, > > Sorry for the non-technical topic but it will impact a lot of >

Re: [PLUG] Understanding Networking Components

2012-04-02 Thread jen montserrat
> > >Today I'll capture the display of 'route -n' and post it here. What I > saw > yesterday as the default gatewey for wlan0 was 10.5.70.1 and the default > gateway for eth0 was 192.168.55.4. > > > Try and open another term window and run tcpdump on the eth0 interface while making some connect

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu how-to documentation rant

2012-03-27 Thread jen montserrat
May I suggest using Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/), zap your USB to FAT using fdisk as that for me seemed to work best and then download your .iso and open up Unetbootin and burn the iso to the USB stick, it will do all the work for you. I have successfully used this for Mint, Sus

Re: [PLUG] Allow User to Run Shell Script As root

2012-03-21 Thread jen montserrat
try this syntax in sudoers file: username ALL=NOPASSWD: /home//shell-scripts/homenet.sh Dumb question but you did change permissions on the script to make it executable? chmod 755 or chmod 700 or chmod +x ? Please do not be insulted as I am not trying to point out any faults, just looking for o

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox locks up computer

2012-02-16 Thread jen montserrat
Are there any USB or other types of devices trying to load at boot? Perhaps try disabling all of those in settings. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Fedora 16, x86_64 on Thinkpad T61 using nVidia drivers. All updates > applied. > > I require Virtualbox to run Windows 20

Re: [PLUG] HELP! Thinkpad hangs at BIOS

2012-02-16 Thread jen montserrat
maybe its not the VM's themselves but the Virtualbox build/software? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:28 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:07:29 -0800 > Rick dijo: > > >Have you tried transferring one of the VM's to another computer > >running a compatible (or same) VM "manager" (Vi

Re: [PLUG] super-restrictive IPtables

2012-01-31 Thread jen montserrat
80% of those Windoze systems not 0wned, how many actually are but the users are totally unaware that they are 0wned? You could run Tinyproxy with Dansguardian and then use the filters in Dansguardian to restrict where the XP host can go via the web, if at all? Then use IPTABLES to further restrict

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-11-01 Thread jen montserrat
Great post everyone, got my interest in an alternative to get rid of land line monthly costs. How would you rate the Qos with Ooma? On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Scott Garman wrote: > On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma > > Anybody here familiar with Oo

Re: [PLUG] Ban me? Ban yourselves.

2011-10-12 Thread jen montserrat
. > > -Bill Ensley > www.bearprinting.com > > On 10/12/2011 1:36 PM, jen montserrat wrote: > > can someone please provide details on how one can completely filter out > any > > posts from this Robinson guy? > > > > Thank you > > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2

Re: [PLUG] Ban me? Ban yourselves.

2011-10-12 Thread jen montserrat
can someone please provide details on how one can completely filter out any posts from this Robinson guy? Thank you On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Chris Daniel wrote: > I suggest that everyone apply a jive filter to our favourite troll's > messages. I have been entertained for whole minutes

[PLUG] linux+ certification

2011-08-02 Thread jen montserrat
Anyone have any good recommendations on study materials for the Linux+ certification? I browsed through the available materials on Amazon, but Amazon appears to recycle user reviews for available materials so it is nearly impossible to tell for sure if the reviews one is reading even applies to th

Re: [PLUG] Using iptables QUEUE...

2011-07-12 Thread jen montserrat
Assuming the device of which traffic is traversing is Linux based, you might consider installing NTOP for traffic monitoring and analysis. http://www.ntop.org/overview.html On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Michael C. Robinson < plu...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > Apparently, this is a means to se

Re: [PLUG] Dangerous stuff! Sandbox test?

2011-06-23 Thread jen montserrat
what about visiting that url from a thumb drive booted os? or better yet from a read only knoppix cd/dvd booted os? On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Does anyone have a sandbox security setup, and can check out the > following in a secure way? > > Do not try this unless y

Re: [PLUG] Installing DWA 160 wireless adapter (was Cisco Valet)

2010-12-22 Thread jen montserrat
confirmed kernel not picking up the device then On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Mark Jones wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: jen montserrat > > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic" < > plug@lists.pdxlin

Re: [PLUG] Installing DWA160 wireless adapter (was Cisco Valet)

2010-12-20 Thread jen montserrat
What are the results from 'lsusb' and 'iwconfig', assuming these command utilities are available in Suse. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Mark Jones wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: "chris (fool) mccraw" > > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntustudio

2010-09-22 Thread jen montserrat
I have used (and still do use) Kino and its actually a pretty decent program. Learning the proper way to cut, splice and edit is slightly different but once one gets it then its a snap. Solid enough to keep me safely away from the Windows environment. ~ Jen On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Wayn

Re: [PLUG] Really bad DELL experience...

2010-07-19 Thread jen montserrat
Maybe do not install any OS on the laptop or Dell might claim that by doing so the warranty is void and returning the laptop for a full refund is no longer an option? If you are set on keeping it or want to see if it is even worth keeping, perhaps try installing from a USB drive or at least test o

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread jen montserrat
Why not just download the most recent and place the file in her own home directory for her web browser instead of using it globally? I would download the .tar.gz file and then toss the libflashplayer.so file into ~/.mozilla/plugins - assuming she is using Firefox or Iceweasel. ~ Jen On Wed, Jun

[PLUG] PATA SSD

2010-04-15 Thread jen montserrat
Does anyone have any good recommendations for PATA based SSD drives for an older Gateway laptop that does not support SATA, that has no issues running Ubuntu or Debian? 32-64GB is acceptable for capacity. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org htt

Re: [PLUG] XXX?

2010-04-13 Thread jen montserrat
Sure all these things are choices but what about when they affect everyone else in the work environment? For example if everyone at the company is allowed to access porn but by allowing this all the company's bandwidth is saturated and nobody can get any work done. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:07 P

Re: [PLUG] Computer no boot

2010-03-08 Thread jen montserrat
lol it almost sounds like you have a windows system and it just installed the latest patches. On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Michael Moore wrote: > I'm hoping for a quick diagnosis from someone more knowledgeable about > hardware than me (which is most people on this list, for starters), or > to

Re: [PLUG] LInux Clinic and you avg P-town computer user?

2010-01-22 Thread jen montserrat
The show stopper for me every time I try and get friends and family on Linux are the all in one printer-scanner-copier-free shoulder massage officejets that they all have. I know I can get these things working in Linux but trying to explain how to do all this with Linux to someone who's computer e

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread jen montserrat
avira rescue disc? http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Scott Howard wrote: > I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to > search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified and > isola

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread jen montserrat
Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility of it being the network cable? If this is a wireless interface, please ignore this post On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > > drew wymore wro

Re: [PLUG] xorg.conf does not listen to rgb.txt?

2010-01-04 Thread jen montserrat
Not sure about reallydarkblue but darkblue does work for xterm -bg, the rgb.txt file should contain all the colors that can be used. A quick but not comprehensive search did not yield any html color codes for reallydarkblue for me. ~ Jen On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > D

[PLUG] have an old ipod sitting around?

2009-12-18 Thread jen montserrat
I was trying to imagine some fun things I could do with an old 10GB Ipod classic that has been sitting around my place gathering dust so instead of taking the ipodlinux route I decided to try something different and believe it or not this old Ipod is now functioning as a USB based boot device for K

Re: [PLUG] Virtual Box

2009-12-02 Thread jen montserrat
Make sure to use the latest version from www.virtualbox.org via Apt ( http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads) or building the vboxdrv will irritate you to no end. I would not recommend using the package that comes with Ubuntu. I have been using Virtualbox for a long time and am very happy

Re: [PLUG] ntp, ntpd, ntpdate, ntpd-debian

2009-12-02 Thread jen montserrat
the no server suitable for sync error is most likely the result of the configuration file for ntpdate. check /etc/default/ntpdate and ensure that the line: NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes is set to: NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=no and then try ntpdate sync If you are using ntpd then disregard this message