[PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread wes
The Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a useful direction. Free Geek 1731 SE 10th Ave Portland, OR 97214 -wes ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: I already tried it with the new desktop, following all the advice from Ubuntu and other places online, and again I have failed. I always have my laptop with me at the Clinic, so I'm wondering - if I bring the new desktop would we be able to connect i

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Galen Seitz
On 04/11/2018 01:09 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: I already tried it with the new desktop, following all the advice from Ubuntu and other places online, and again I have failed. I always have my laptop with me at the Clinic, so I'm wondering - if I bring

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Russell Senior wrote: Cross-over cables are an obsolete concept, since the last decade or more. Any modern NIC (or switch) will do Auto-MDX to automatically resolve transmit-receive coordination. Okay. Perhaps someone has a use for a 10' one; clip the ends and put on a p

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Russell Senior
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Auto_MDI-X On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > Cross-over cables are an obsolete concept, since the last decade or more. > Any modern NIC (or switch) will do Auto-MDX to automatically resolve > transmit-receive coordin

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Russell Senior
Cross-over cables are an obsolete concept, since the last decade or more. Any modern NIC (or switch) will do Auto-MDX to automatically resolve transmit-receive coordination. On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I already tried i

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Russell Senior
Or, perhaps if one rejects modernity, another alternative is a bonfire, some green pine boughs and a blanket on the transmit end. On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 04/11/2018 01:09 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >> I already t

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Russell Senior
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Russell Senior wrote: > > Cross-over cables are an obsolete concept, since the last decade or more. >> Any modern NIC (or switch) will do Auto-MDX to automatically resolve >> transmit-receive coordination. >> > > Okay.

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-04-11 Thread Nat Taylor
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 7:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > One problem with sshfs is that the instructions said to install this > and that and everything went well until apt-get gave me an 'unable to > locate package error.' I might have been able to overcome the error by > finding the package

[PLUG] Battery Backup Beep

2018-04-11 Thread Dick Steffens
For the last few days I've had occasional beeps from one of my battery backup units. Because they are under the table and next to one another, I have yet to determine which one it is. There have been no obvious light flicker situations and we haven't lost power. Could this beep be an indication

Re: [PLUG] Battery Backup Beep

2018-04-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: For the last few days I've had occasional beeps from one of my battery backup units. Because they are under the table and next to one another, I have yet to determine which one it is. There have been no obvious light flicker situations and we haven't los