Re: [PLUG] PLUG Venue Options

2022-11-03 Thread Frank Filz
I did reply though I'm not sure what the likelihood of me making meetings is, my time is pretty tightly constrained but it would be nice to at least occasionally make a meeting. Frank > -Original Message- > From: PLUG [mailto:plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Russell Senior > Sent

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Venue Options

2022-11-03 Thread Frank Filz
> I have spent months inquiring about the future of PSU as a PLUG venue and have > nothing conclusive. > > I know that public transportation is important to many of you. > > Please advise if this address is easily accessible for you: > > 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland, OR 97239 That's pretty close

[PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-14 Thread Frank Filz
I've long been frustrated with heating and cooling at our house. The thermostat has trouble dealing with Portland weather (need heating one day, cooling the next). Also, with our house being a super-insulated new build, the house doesn't naturally cool down at night. I know we could install a smart

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing

2020-03-25 Thread Frank Filz
> Remote conferencing is becoming more important for businesses. I've not used > any computer-connected video camera. > > I'd like suggestion on what to buy and which software I should learn. I've just been using the camera in my laptop for years. It works pretty well, though a bit annoying bec

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Flash Drive went through the wash

2019-07-08 Thread Frank Filz
I have a flash drive I similarly sent through the laundry. I didn't do anything special and I'm no longer even sure which one it was, but I did use it after and it was fine (and likely still fine, every once in a while, when looking for things I wind up checking out all my flash drives, if one was

Re: [PLUG] Orphaned inodes

2019-07-03 Thread Frank Filz
> > Hmm, the crash must be causing open but unlinked inodes to be lost, > > Frank, > > I assume this is the case. When the system reboots (and it's been >200 days) the > kernel forces a filesystem check (it's ext3 on this host). > > The reason I asked is curiosity what, other than a system cra

Re: [PLUG] Orphaned inodes

2019-06-28 Thread Frank Filz
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2019, Frank Filz wrote: > > > How are you seeing orphaned inodes? > > Frank, > > When the kernel runs fsck on partitions. > > > If the filesystem transactions aren't working right, an orphan inode > > could occur if there was a

Re: [PLUG] Orphaned inodes

2019-06-28 Thread Frank Filz
> What happens to cause inodes to become orphaned? I assume the parents > aren't deported from the system ... or are they? How are you seeing orphaned inodes? An orphan inode should be visible somehow if it represents an open but unlinked file, in that case, that inode will disappear automaticall

Re: [PLUG] Paper tape?

2018-11-12 Thread Frank Filz
> Wow, > That brings back fond memories, model 28 and model 35 Teletype machines and > loading DEC machines with paper tape. Then there were the "high speed" paper > readers and punches at 1200 baud. Also had to deal with both 5 and 8 level > codes. Have not seen any of that in ages. Used to have a

Re: [PLUG] Found unopened WinXP install disk + license - any takers?

2018-04-16 Thread Frank Filz
> I am trying to rid of some old junk - and found unopened, unused, shrink > wrapped WinXP SP1 installation disk with the installation guide, etc. books > Anybody needs/wants it? > > This proposition is/sounds pretty bad, particularly on this email list > - but there seems to be some old stuff

Re: [PLUG] Getting up from chair brings desktop out of suspend

2018-02-22 Thread Frank Filz
> I agree with the ESD idea. I set up my 'scope with an unshielded DMM probe > lead spread across the desk in front of the keyboard. I can see very fast events > in the few volt range, but what seems to trigger the wake from suspend are > slower, lower events. No solid correlations, however. An

Re: [PLUG] NFS 3 server going down.

2017-11-16 Thread Frank Filz
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:54 AM, Frank Filz > wrote: > > >> For me, its the simplicity of it, and the legacy of it working for a > >> long time, and the utter lack of modern best practices documentation. > >> If you go looking for NFS howto's, you alm

Re: [PLUG] NFS 3 server going down.

2017-11-16 Thread Frank Filz
ions better. > >> > >> Why not standard (these days) NFS v4? Are you avoiding it because of > >> the name spaces preventing you mounting the exports exactly the same > >> way as in > >> v2 or v3? > >> > >> Just curious what motivates people

Re: [PLUG] NFS 3 server going down.

2017-11-15 Thread Frank Filz
> Or maybe nfs3 with udp. You need to be careful of NFS with UDP on high speed networks (Gigabit or faster), the fragment lifetime is long enough for the 16 bit packet id to wrap, and the result is painfully slow data transfer with a significant possibility of data corruption (the checksum is also