[PLUG] Tesseract and Hebrew

For subtitles in .idx/.sub format (bitmaps) I normally use vobsub2srt, which uses Tesseract to convert them to .srt format (text). However, suddenly I have .idx/.sub files for Hebrew, and vobsub2srt pukes them up, bitching that Tesseract can't grok them: Error opening data file /us

Re: [PLUG] Tesseract and Hebrew

On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 12:28:31 -0700 (PDT) Paul Heinlein dijo: >On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> For subtitles in .idx/.sub format (bitmaps) I normally use >> vobsub2srt, which uses Tesseract to convert them to .srt format >> (text). However, suddenly I hav

Re: [PLUG] NAS vs multi-bay USB external drives

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:30:44 -0700 Jim Garrison dijo: >Different connections. NAS usually runs over Ethernet and uses NFS or >SMB remote drive sharing protocol over TCP/IP. USB uses a totally >different, native and much more efficient driver stack, and if capable >of USB 3 can be pretty close to

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Update Failure

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 07:49:09 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >A few minutes later I got a message to the effect that there was some >kind of system problem, did I want to report it? I said yes. It came >back and said it couldn't be reported because it wasn't an official >Ubuntu something or other. Th

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Update Failure

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 12:40:35 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >I've never done an upgrade, only updates. Most of the time, and all of >the time in the past five or more years, I've always had another >machine on which to try out the newer version. I'm in that state now >with 18.04. I did an install of U

[PLUG] What is /exports/users for?

I just discovered that I have a new folder labeled /exports/users that contains folders for all the currently attached removable devices, including my NAS. These devices also appear at /media/jjj, as they always have. I can write or delete files on these devices from either location, either with t

Re: [PLUG] What is /exports/users for?

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:00:27 -0700 Nat Taylor dijo: >Questions that might help diagnose your issue: >What distro are you using? >What Desktop Environment or Window Manager are you using? >and are you using NFS, Samba, or any other file sharing protocols. >(Apple, ?) Sorry, I should have remember

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:51:50 -0700 wes dijo: > 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. And there will be munchies. And I will be there with my recently acquired ability to fix/cha

[PLUG] Terminal shortcuts

I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than others that I have tried. Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up arrow doesn't save typing. For example: mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) It annoys me that I keep having to

Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, wes wrote: Alias! Alias is prezackly what I was looking for! I knew there had to be a way! Thanks to all for the replies! ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http:/

[PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it launches it takes

Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer >> into a media center. >I don't know what window manger you're using, but I have

Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:39:30 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >So I changed 'true' to 'false', save the file and re-started kodi. It >still came up full screen, but now it responds to Alt-Enter to make it >behave. Still no title bar with corner icons, but it has its

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 23:33:00 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: >On 7/9/18 8:21 PM, Steve Dum wrote: >> I was just going to send you an email to this effect. I would be >> glad to help out with booth duty. >> What are the hours for the Expo. I didn't see that listed? > >Borrowing from some mail I just r

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:39:00 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: >On 7/10/18 8:20 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> As in past years I volunteer to man the booth both days. One person >> is sufficient, but another person is good for busy times and bathroom >> breaks and such. > &

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:39:00 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: It also occurred to me to post the business card and flyer someplace public so that others can look and comment. I sent them just to Michael off list because you can't attach things to the list. Where should I upload them to? ___

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:03:12 -0700 wes dijo: >> It also occurred to me to post the business card and flyer someplace >> public so that others can look and comment. I sent them just to >> Michael off list because you can't attach things to the list. Where >> should I upload them to? >There are ma

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:58:48 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >OK, voici the flyer and business card. > >https://imgur.com/a/L36ywGS And just now I uploaded a PDF of the list of General Meeting topics. If I don't hear any comments, then I'll assume all is well and will

Re: [PLUG] OSCON expo hall pass?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 17:57:06 -0700 Seth Alford dijo: >Just worked for me for the Expo Plus pass. I am happy to say that all the printed materials - flyers, General Meeting Presentations list, and business cards - are all at my house ready to go. ___ P

[PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

Xubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 computers, up to date. Same issues on both. I recently bought two 256GB USB drives from an eBay seller in China. They arrove yesterday, and I quickly discovered that they had two partitions, a small one of about 10GB and another with the rest of the drive. The literature wi

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:59:15 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Xubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 computers, up to date. Same issues on both. > >I recently bought two 256GB USB drives from an eBay seller in China. >They arrove yesterday, and I quickly discovered that they had two >partitions,

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:07:36 -0700 wes dijo: >try running (as root): > >file -s /dev/sdd >file -s /dev/sdd1 > >and see if they say anything interesting? sudo file -s /dev/sdd /dev/sdd: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 2048, 49

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:23:11 -0700 wes dijo: >Nothing jumps out at me there as being problematic. So I guess it's >time to try again. I tried again, and still no luck, but then I tried mkfs.ext2, and that worked. I now have a filesystem that I can mount, although it shows up as owned by root. Ho

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:48:39 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >The first is that these USB drives are broken/poorly designed. You can >test this by using a completely different computer and/or OS to do the >format. > >The second is that your computer is failing to format them properly. >mkfs.ext2 and mkfs.

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:45:37 +0900 Bryan Linton dijo: > Counterfeit USB flash drives are sometimes sold with > claims of having higher capacities than they actually > have. These are typically low capacity USB drives which > are modified so that they emulate larger capacit

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:25 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >And considering that the goods say nothing about the size I can guess >what will happen when eBay gets my complaint. The seller will insist >that they never said the drive was 256GB. Well, we'll see what happens. Yep. I j

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:12:37 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >The ebay listing says Chino, not China. Like, in California. Actually, I misremembered. It is important for me to point out that the seller is in Malaysia,not China. It was shipped from California, however. __

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 22:40:33 -0700 wes dijo: >On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:39 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:25 -0700 >> John Jason Jordan dijo: >> >> >And considering that the goods say nothing about the size I can >>

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 08:29:01 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >The Marketing and advertising style for the product paged you linked >tells an entire story. Here is how I read it Interestingly, the same exact item with the same pics and the same marketing and advertising style is offered by another

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:23:13 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >Did you already return the drives? It would be interesting to examine >them at a lower level. There were a bunch of Intel ME exploits in >2017, some of which using "specially prepared" USB sticks as attack >vectors. > >On the one hand this is p

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 22:40:33 -0700 wes dijo: >Under "Item specifics" it still says "Storage Capacity: 256GB" To follow up on the scam, I filed a return request with eBay in which I stated as the reason that they were fake. This morning I got an eBay message from the seller: Dear buyer:

[PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

I am trying to get a virtual Windows machine to see my HDHomeRun TV tuner, but it fails. I think the problem is that, while the host has an IP address set up in my router, the guest Windows machine does not. The Windows machine can surf the web and see other devices on the network (mine and the int

Re: [PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:56:43 -0700 wes dijo: >> I could set up an IP address for the Windows machine if it had a MAC >> address or some other way to identify it to the router. Any >> suggestions? > >It has a MAC address too. Go to Start and Run, put in cmd and press >Enter. Then type ipconfig /a

Re: [PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:47:49 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >If my assessment is correct, I'd think that the Bridge network setup is >easier to do - unless you would like to keep the guest isolated from >your home network. That was it! I have TV working on the Windows guest as I write this. To accompl

Re: [PLUG] Returning to SW Portland after 6 Years- Suggestions for Broadband incl Cable , DSL & Fiber Optic.

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:44:06 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >I rarely see more than ~30Mbps from any real service, but speedtest.net >says I'm getting close-ish to a gigabit. The fine print says they guarantee 85% of what you are paying for. So, for my gigabit service they guarantee me 85MBs. I don'

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Program installed but not showing up in Ubuntu MATE 18.04 menu

On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:28:35 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 07/31/2018 11:10 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: >> I just downloaded and installed >> virtualbox-5.2_5.2.16-123759~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb using the GDebi >> Package Installer on my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 machine. The package >> installer indicat

Re: [PLUG] HP Color LaserJet 2500L: no color printing

On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 22:14:08 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >Also a filter over the fan. What the HELL was HP thinking? Saving money. But were the 2500 and 2650 really designed and manufactured by HP? For many years all HP laser printers were made by Canon. And sometimes Canon sold the printer sans

Re: [PLUG] Three questions - Google Fiber in PDX ? Consider AWS or using IPv6 + DNS + 1Gb/s @ $70/month CenturyLink.? City of Portland & Dark Fiber ?

On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 12:33:49 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Gigabit from CenturyLink is (afaik) currently $80. ... >You would find further information by calling and talking >to them, but don't be surprised if their billing department and their >sales department aren't on the same page. The billing

Re: [PLUG] Reliable long term, off-line storage

On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:15:40 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >Are thumb drives good for that? I don't know how many bytes of space you need, but I just bought a couple of 256GB PNY USB-3 Generation 1 thumb drives from Best Buy via eBay for $50 each. >I recall reading several years ago that CD/DVD dis

[PLUG] Firefox is a pig

Firefox 61.0.1 on Xubuntu 16.04. I have tried Chrome, Midori, and lots of other browsers, but they all fail to provide all the functionality that I need. And they tend to be just as gluttonous as Firefox anyway. The big problem is CPU usage. The computer has 16GB of RAM, and I never come close to

Re: [PLUG] Firefox is a pig

On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:25:48 -0700 wes dijo: >Chrome runs each tab in a separate process, and comes with its own task >manager to let you see which resources are being used up by each open >tab. You can kill the process, and just refresh the page when you're >ready to come back to it. I have long

Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations

On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 10:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > The Asus motherboard that has sat here for a few years seems to be >defective. I recently put together a new desktop with an AsRock Z270 Taichi. One of the things that I was looking for was USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectors, and this was one

[PLUG] Replace the CPU

I have recently developed a desire to increase the speed of my 4.5 year-old laptop. It came with a 4th generation Intel Core i7-4800 MQ processor, 2.7 GHz, 6MB L3 cache, 4 cores, plus hyperthreading. Assuming it's not soldered to the motherboard, are there now faster CPUs that will fit in the socke

Re: [PLUG] Which distribution for new user?

On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:18:24 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >. I've seen that before, but I don't remember where. Just now I tried to download it to see if I could print a copy. I have a color laser that will print 12x18 inches - pr

Re: [PLUG] Which distribution for new user?

On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:49:01 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > Less than obvious way: > >wget http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/12.10/gldt1210.svg > > Then there's the issue of viewing it. 'display' doesn't seem to > work; inkscape might. Wget worked, and it views OK in Inkscape, alt

Re: [PLUG] Comcast/Xfinity experiences?

On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:42:08 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >I ended up with CenturyLink for about the same intro rate. I expect the >same headache at the end of CL contract term. > >I cannot recommend Comcast, especially on price and customer behavior. >Their service was otherwise fine while it lasted

Re: [PLUG] Replace the CPU

On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:00:54 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I have recently developed a desire to increase the speed of my 4.5 >year-old laptop. It came with a 4th generation Intel Core i7-4800 MQ >processor, 2.7 GHz, 6MB L3 cache, 4 cores, plus hyperthreading. >Assuming it's no

Re: [PLUG] Replace the CPU

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:45:13 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> So now I have a new question: Considering that I need CPU speed, >> what is the fastest CPU currently available in laptops? >Are you sure you're constr

Re: [PLUG] Replace the CPU

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >You have a newly assembled desktop which I assume has plenty of > DDR4 RAM. No, only 16GB, although easily upgraded. >Consider using that as was suggested earlier in this thread. Desktops >tend to be faster than laptops because the la

Re: [PLUG] Replace the CPU

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:32:45 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >On mSATA - current generation of laptops/desktops use NVMe instead. It >looks the same (except the notches), but it is much faster (2-3x) and >it is not backwards compatible with mSATA. My current laptop has a 512GB mSATA drive which contain

[PLUG] Testing HDMI connection

I have an HDMI cable, with the same connector on each end, which connects the HDMI output from the back of a desktop computer to the HDMI input on an old monitor. The computer and the cable are relatively new, but the connection is intermittent. In the past wiggling the connector on the computer se

Re: [PLUG] Testing HDMI connection

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:31:56 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > What's your experience using DVI 'twixt computer and monitor? That's what I used to use between this monitor and my old desktop. Worked for years, never a problem. However, the new computer has only HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The

Re: [PLUG] Distinguishing instances of GUI file manager by color

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:52:34 -0500 Richard Owlett dijo: >Just installed it. It appears to have the right features. > >However, on my laptop, the font size is barely visible. >A web search reveals that mc does not control font size. >That is controlled by the terminal emulator used. >How do I dete

[PLUG] Jerky Mouse

The mouse on my desktop (less than a year old) is a Logitech M185 wireless USB mouse. It jerks, and extremely slowly, that is, you move it and nothing happens for a couple minutes. And when it does finally move it's not exactly where you wanted it, so repeat the operation. It can take ten minutes t

[PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

This is an rsync command that used to work: rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete --exclude-from=/media/jjj/Movies/rsync_exclusions /media/jjj/Movies/ /media/jjj/Synology This evening it gives me: rsync: getcwd(): Input/output error (5) rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:27:42 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Try adding a slash at the end It always used to work without the slash, but I added one anyway. I still get the same error message. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.o

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 23:34:37 -0700 wes dijo: >On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:26 PM John Jason Jordan >wrote: >> rsync: getcwd(): Input/output error (5) rsync error: errors selecting >> input/output files, dirs (code 3) at util.c(1056) [Receiver=3.1.1] >I don't know abo

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:39:53 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: Problem solved: cd .. cd /media/jjj/Movies Now the rsync command works as expected, as do other commands. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:28:43 -0700 Tomas K dijo: >It appears that you either did not have the directory mounted or it was >in power saving mode (disks spun down, etc.) The Movies USB device is always mounted, but yes, it seems to go into sleep mode all the time. Any disk activity brings it out o

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 17:55:59 -0700 Tomas K dijo: >Try hdparam to control sleep time. > >Here is Ubuntu link: >https://askubuntu.com/questions/39760/how-can-i-control-hdd-spin-down-t >ime > >If that does not work, and you cannot change your DAS settings, you >might need to look at powertop to chec

Re: [PLUG] Copy directory to new DVD

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:35:41 -0700 King Beowulf dijo: >As for burning to optical media, what the heck: stuck in the 90s? CLI >is great...but not always. mkisofs/cdrecord are fine but why? Every >linux distro has a nice DCDR/DVDR/BDR burning that wraps the >mkisofs/cdrecord/etc to make it easier

Re: [PLUG] Firefox Quantum 60.2.1.esr lost saved passwords

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:53:06 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >A more general question is whether Mozilla has some >marvelous way of testing the hell out of their new versions >of Firefox, or whether they are merely replacing old known >bugs with new unknown bugs, along with annoying interface >change

[PLUG] Rsync again

Is there a way to stop an rsync command so that it gets to the end of the file it is writing before it stops, less you end up with a partially transferred file? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Rsync again

On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 10:17:05 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: I need some advice with respect to the following command, which makes my Synology NAS device a mirror of my external USB storage enclosure: rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete --exclude-from=/media/jjj/Movies

Re: [PLUG] Rsync again

On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 12:23:04 -0700 Erik Lane dijo: >That would be nice to be able to stop it in that way. I'm not a Linux >guru, so I'd also like to hear if there's some way to do that. > >However, I just wanted to say that I always use -P as one of the >options, and this will resume partial downl

Re: [PLUG] Rsync again

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 13:08:21 -0700 Tomas K dijo: >Simple if statement in your backup script should take care of it. >You can do it number of ways - here is one - checking that there is any >content in the directory before starting rsync (in bash): > >#!/bin/bash >backupTargetDir=/media/jjj/Synolo

[PLUG] USB ports failed

I went to bed last night leaving Handbrake encoding a movie. It often takes three hours or more for it to complete, so I frequently let it run overnight. When I got up in the morning Handbrake had failed. A little checking revealed that the directory it was writing to (an external USB drive) was no

[PLUG] Mount points drive me nuts

Xubuntu 16.04. I have a large external USB drive that is normally mounted at /media/jjj/Movies. Suddenly I find that it is also mounted at /media/jjj/Movies1. I certainly didn't do this deliberately. I can access all files on the device via either mount point. They appear in the GUI (Nautilus or T

Re: [PLUG] MIDI on Ubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:36:31 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >Are there any musicians with Ubuntu 18 MIDI experience who can point >me to the right documentation? I'm nowhere close to being a musician, but I can suggest Audacity. If Audacity can open/play the files, then it can also export to other th

[PLUG] How to restore external drive

I have a Mediasonic two-bay external enclosure with two hard disks in Raid 0, for a total of 12TB. This is backed up regularly to a 16TB Synology NAS, most recently last night, so if I lose everything on the 12TB Mediasonic I will lose just a few things that I did today - easily replaced. The Medi

Re: [PLUG] How to restore external drive

On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 05:47:15 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sat, 13 Oct 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/jjj/Movies >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, >> missing codepage or helper program,

Re: [PLUG] How to restore external drive

On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sun, 14 Oct 2018, Ben Koenig wrote: > >> Please copy/paste the following command into your terminal and post >> the output here so that we can offer sensible advice. >> >> ls -l /dev/sd* > >Ben, > > Might lsblk provide John with

Re: [PLUG] How to restore external drive

On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:27:31 -0700 Tomas K dijo: >It seems that it would be safer to have the DAS array attached >permanently to your NAS and access it over the network. That is if your >NAS has eSATA port. > >That way it would be permanently attached like internal drives and that >should avoid t

[PLUG] Mount command creates new folders

I have a second drive in my computer that the computer knows as /dev/sda1. (/Home and / are on /dev/sdb.) There is a folder 'Data' in /media/jjj/, which is where I want to mount /dev/sda1. But when I use the command 'sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/jjj/Data' the mount command creates a new folder /medi

Re: [PLUG] Mount command creates new folders

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >Tell us what mount points are defined and what partitions are on each. >The command 'mount' displays available mount points. > >To learn what's on each one you can use either 'less /etc/fstab' >or'lsblk'. > >I assume that /, /boot, and

Re: [PLUG] Mount command creates new folders

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > I meant to ask what mount moints you have on /mnt. None on /mnt. Everything is on /media/jjj. Except maybe the optical drives; I'm not actually sure where they go. But they are not a problem so I ignore them. I think I have a solut

Re: [PLUG] Mount command creates new folders

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:14:41 -0700 Larry Brigman dijo: >Is it possible that there was a pending mount from the GUI that was >waiting for the sudo permissions and it did the mount not your command? I don't see how that could be. First, the Movies drive is USB, which doesn't require sudo permiss

Re: [PLUG] Mount command creates new folders

On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 08:54:25 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >1) It creates a folder in /media >2) It mounts the volume to the folder it just created. > >IF you already have a folder that you manually created, then the >automounter will ignore it, and use a different name. > >That's why your system is cre

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 15:16:09 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >Is anyone using VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19? No, but I have long used it on Ubuntu. I usually install things with the GUI, normally Synaptic, but sometimes gDebi. And while I did not have any problems installing the version in the repos (a

Re: [PLUG] IdeaPad 330 - I'm having a difficult tome installing Ubuntu

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:03:36 -0700 mitch Stanley dijo: >Hi, Purchased a new laptop - Leveno Ideapad 330 & I'm having a >difficult tome installing Ubuntu - Tried 16.04 & 18.04 per CD disc >install. ( I'm advanced beginner) . >I have not come across anything helpful but if you could provide - >L

Re: [PLUG] IBM acquires Redhat

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:49:48 -0700 Richard England dijo: >IBM will probably continue their Linux efforts. The better question is >what will they do with Fedora and the desktop. IBM may have little >interest in the desktop and their interest in non-revenue initiatives >like Fedora and CentOS ar

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 Jason Barnett dijo: >In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low >battery in the mouse, or RF interference. >Try a wired mouse. If it still jerks then it is a computer/software >issue, if it works fine then it is likely an RF issue. The

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:14:10 -0700 King Beowulf dijo: >On 10/29/18 6:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 >> Jason Barnett dijo: >> >>> In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low >>> battery in t

Re: [PLUG] Mounting USB flash drive

Also, I find it is better to give the partition a label with gparted and then use the label in fstab rather than /dev/sd??.Not only does this eliminate confusing fstab as to which device to mount, but it also means that my label is what appears in the GUI file manager, so I am also less likely to b

Re: [PLUG] GUI Rename Oddity

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:49:50 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >It's intermittent. Sometimes it works fine. Other times not. The files >are copies of template files I use, which I created, and which I never >changed any properties on. I use Xfce which comes with Thunar for its default file manager. I

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:12 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 11/16/18 3:45 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: >> >>> I got a match. >> >>   Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. >> There should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be

Re: [PLUG] HOWTO: Spelling Russell's name.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:32:58 -0800 Denis Heidtmann dijo: >Yes, Mr. R, spelling is a dying art, or at least attention to it. Your >name is not the only victim. This has been caused by the ubiquitous spelling checkers that come with all kinds of technological devices these days. People no longer

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 10:32:19 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: > In my installation it's undefined. Pressing it does nothing. In the >keyboard shortcut assignment list there is no definition for it and >the many choices of actions do not include that of the Del key. I have LO 5.1.6.2 on Xubuntu 16

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 11:34:29 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I have LO 5.1.6.2 on Xubuntu 16.04, and it lists Ctrl-D, but not >> Ctrl-d, defining it as double underline. >Official LO docs show the default for ctrl-D as d

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character [CLOSED]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 08:39:04 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >Rather amazing that there is apparently no way to mimic the Del key action >using ctrl-d. Oh, well. If you've exhausted all the easy possibilities then it's time to go the macro route. Just create a macro to do what you want and then as

Re: [PLUG] Slackware on X200 - buttons

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:29:27 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >I've use it in conjunction with Audacity when doing recordings on >other machines, but that's not what I'm looking for this time. >These buttons are more general purpose in nature. On my Xubuntu 16.04 laptop I use Pulseaudio volume control

Re: [PLUG] Slackware on X200 - buttons

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:17:02 -0800 King Beowulf dijo: >KDE automatically adds an audio volume/mixer to the system tray. Xfce >does not. > >right click on panel >choose panel >add new items >PulseAudio Plugin >Add Except it won't appear in the list of things to add if it's not installed, so firs

[PLUG] Domain with e-mail - cheap

I wish to create a specific e-mail account for my own domain. I did a couple quick searches and the domain name that I want is available. I found several places that will register it for me for ~$10 a year, but to create e-mail on the domain they want monthly fees. What is a good cheap way to accom

Re: [PLUG] Domain with e-mail - cheap

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:10:18 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I wish to create a specific e-mail account for my own domain. I did a >couple quick searches and the domain name that I want is available. I >found several places that will register it for me for ~$10 a year, but >to crea

Re: [PLUG] Disabling automatic mounting of USB connected mass storage

On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 09:32:01 -0600 Richard Owlett dijo: >I'm using Debian Stretch with MATE desktop. >I have a collection of USB drives (from 32GB -> 1TB) each with >multiple partitions. > >When I plug them in I don't want anything automatically mounted. >I want to have them appear in MATE's "Dev

[PLUG] HDHomerun-config-gui

HDHomerun-config and HDHomerun-config-gui are 'tuners' as the vendor SiliconDust calls them. The function of this utility is to allow you to connect to an HDHomeRun device on your network and stream TV signals to VLC, among other players. Here is a screenshot of the GUI that I use daily: https://

Re: [PLUG] HDHomerun-config-gui

On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:43:28 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 1/18/19 9:15 PM, Derek Loree wrote: >> Kodi works with the HDHomrun, I gave up on it because it doesn’t >> rewind for me (on Windblows 10). However, I came home from work one >> day and my wife (not a techie) couldn’t get the HDHomerun

Re: [PLUG] Scanning with HP Laserjet Pro M148dw

On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:05:10 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 1/25/19 12:07 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: >> I've just set up an HP Laserjet Pro M148dw on my home network. I can >> print from my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 machine, but I can't scan from it. > >Still can't scan from any machine, Ubuntu or Slackw

Re: [PLUG] Slideshow-like image viewer for XFCE on Slackware?

On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 22:49:14 -0800 Ben Koenig dijo: >The default should be geeqie in XFCE. Double click on an image like >you would in ubuntu and check out the options. It does have a >slideshow mode. Hmm. That is very muy interesante. I have Xubuntu 16.04 on my laptop (dist-upgraded from the ori

Re: [PLUG] Slideshow-like image viewer for XFCE on Slackware?

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 12:35:00 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sat, 9 Feb 2019, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Neither computer has ever had any other desktop than Xfce, except for >> random pieces needed to install applications. Geeqie was nowhere to >> be found on eit

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