Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:30:43 -0700 Michael Barnes dijo: >I just did two video conference calls today. Works fine. At the bottom >left of the screen should be three icons, microphone, telephone >handset, and video camera. The mic symbol mutes your mic, the handset >turns audio on and off, and the

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:09:45 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >Online, I made a hypothetical comment including "you would" >(which should have been phrased as "one would"), which was >interpreted by the just-prior-speaker as a disparaging >personal comment, leading to brief upset. Your difficulty here

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:22:52 -0700 Michael Barnes dijo: >Actually, I just hosted a conference tonight, finished a few minutes >ago. We had five attendees. What are the maximum number of attendees that the presenter can see on their screen? Are the images on the presenter's screen live, as the pr

Re: [PLUG] Gave up on Nvidia 8300GS

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:08:47 + mich...@robinson-west.com dijo: >Neither the 340 nor the 304 driver work on CentOS 7. Instead, I am >ordering two Radeon HD 5450 1 gig PCIe x16 silent cards. That's what >my Linux system has one of and I'll replace the NVIDIA card. I have a >Quadro, but my power

Re: [PLUG] Lenovo joins Dell: Linux on Laptops

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >Lenovo has joined Dell in selling laptops pre-installed with a linux >distribution by offering their ThinkPad X1 with Fedora Workstation 32 >later this year. >

[PLUG] Security headaches

In another thread: >Related, my daughter lost all of her iPhone data when it died in some >way. She had a false sense of security with backups and somewhat to >their credit, Apple makes it impossible for the "enemy" to get into a >phone. However, that prevented the ONE AUTHORIZED USER from any cha

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

On Sun, 3 May 2020 13:51:50 -0700 John Sechrest dijo: >As a work around, you can create a google voice "virtual number". >https://voice.google.com/u/0/voicemail > >You can then configure this to ring any other number you want. > >You can then get your SMS notices as email as well as your voice ma

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

On Mon, 4 May 2020 08:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Mon, 4 May 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I think we need to figure out a way to identify ourselves online >> with our DNA. I could then just lick my computer screen or something >> and be accepted.

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

On Mon, 4 May 2020 09:24:37 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >> PSU is closed. Google can't confirm your student id number. PSU is opening and fully functional. All that happened is that all classes are now online. Some describe this with the expression 'the campus is closed,' but that is not really accur

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

On Mon, 4 May 2020 07:56:43 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Sun, 3 May 2020 13:51:50 -0700 >John Sechrest dijo: > >>As a work around, you can create a google voice "virtual number". >>https://voice.google.com/u/0/voicemail >> >>You can then confi

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

On Mon, 4 May 2020 19:37:10 -0700 wes dijo: >On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 2:39 PM John Jason Jordan >wrote: >> If the Google Voice account sends the text messages to my Android >> phone they will not be viewable. What I need is for Google Voice to >> display text messages

Re: [PLUG] KDE: silence noise when application closed

On Mon, 18 May 2020 14:11:10 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >I tried Dick Steffen's suggestion of adding -Microsoft and changed the >search term to 'close KDE application silently.' Still no joy. Try the Pulseaudio volume control. It has the option of setting sound settings application by applic

Re: [PLUG] Password managers

On Fri, 29 May 2020 17:57:03 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >I'm sure I'm not the only one who's guilty of using very similar >passwords with the same email address for multiple accounts for many >years. =( You are not alone. I have a password that I call 'standard' (that is random letters and numbers)

Re: [PLUG] Video conference hardware question

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:42:28 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >We had problems setting up Zoom on my wife's computer; >the problem turned out to be her LTS (thus older) version >of Firefox. That did not properly connect Zoom to the >correct microphone channel. > >Perhaps we could have got that working

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu phantom volumes

On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 23:18:20 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >I probably haven't figured out how to ask this question of the search >engines. From time to time a grayed out icon shows up on my Xubuntu >18.04 desktop. Sometimes it's labeled 4.1 Kb volume. Tonight I have >one just labeled Volume. Right cl

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu phantom volumes

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 09:48:03 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >> Check the output of df yourVolumeDir to find out where it is mounted >> from. >It's not mounted. Right clicking on it and choosing either the Open or >Mount Volume option puts up a dialog: > >Mount Failed >Failed to mount "Volume" >The giv

Re: [PLUG] A simplistic text editor to emulate wide-carriage typewriter

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 15:25:47 -0500 Richard Owlett dijo: >On 06/04/2020 02:25 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> LibreOffice Writer: >> Choose: >> >> DejaVu Sans Mono >> >> Setting tabs: >> >> "On the ruler, set the tabs for the current paragraph, or all >> selected paragraphs, using the mouse. >> >> In

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu phantom volumes

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 16:19:58 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >How does one kill thunar. Thunar doesn't appear in ps ax. I usually use the GUI Task Manager, located in Accessories or System. Failing that I use top and look for Thunar's PID. (There's a way to get the PID directly from the command line, b

Re: [PLUG] Distro Flamewar!

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 20:56:01 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >I believe that Ben referred to Resser (sp?). The file system developer >who was a bit bonkers. I don't recall the whole story but it was >really big news for a while. It was Reiser. He was arrested for murdering his wife. Thereafter, hi

Re: [PLUG] Lineage of early programmers

On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 14:38:17 -0700 Ali Corbin dijo: >No reference, but a personal anecdote. In my first job, back in >late 70's, the company was having problems finding people with CS >degrees. They ended up going to colleges and recruiting language >majors. I am a linguist, not a language majo

[PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

My main computer is a relatively new Thinkpad P73 with a 1TB electronic drive, but I also have an ancient T61 with a 320GB spinny disk. Many years ago this was my main computr, but after replacing it I put it on the shelf. Because earlier this week I needed to be away from home for a couple of days

Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 18:43:58 + gregm dijo: >Does the bios support the disk size you want/ As far as I can tell, it does. Lenovo still has T61 forums online, and I searched a lot. One user asked if he could use a 2TB, another user responded yes, and that was the end of it. No way to tell if t

Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >Forgot to mention: you might need an adapter because the SSDs are 7mm >high and the spinners are 9.5mm high. The adapters work just fine. Thanks for the tip. Nor I need to find an adapter. Maybe a piece of cardboard? :) __

[PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

I have placed the order for the replacement SSD drive, but some time before it gets here I want to update the BIOS. My motivation is that the T61 came with SATA at 1.5GB/s, and by updating to the 'Middleton' BIOS I can get 3.0GB/s. However, I am pretty lost when it comes to flashing a BIOS - I've o

Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 09:51:36 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >One word - Sugru - available on-line as well as in some local stores. The glue? Will it repair a failed hard drive? >How many times are you going to use that ancient T61 before you find it >unbearable? It will be used when I need to spend

Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:42:03 + gregm dijo: >‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ >On Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:14 PM, John Jason Jordan > wrote: >> > I have in my hand almost unsused, working, Intel 530 SSD - 240GB. >> > You can have it for $40 today. > >Wel

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:25:57 +0900 Bryan Linton dijo: >On 2020-06-20 11:35:44, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I have placed the order for the replacement SSD drive, but some time >> before it gets here I want to update the BIOS. My motivation is that >> the T61 came with SA

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:23:28 +0900 Bryan Linton dijo: >One thing I forgot to mention, you may want to consider installing >a third-party modified BIOS. Indeed if SATA II is your goal, the >pages on ThinkWiki seem to imply that the official BIOS won't >enable SATA II speeds. > >https://www.thinkw

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:03:24 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >>The Middleton BIOS comes with a somewhat strong disclaimer: > >I'm willing to take the risk. I just need to find a decent place to >download it. I finally got it downloaded, and without having to install their app,

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:47:57 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >I assume that you have .iso on your hands. > >If that is the case: >Please re-read the email chain - it contains clear direction about >eltorito use. I have several .iso files, and I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to use. The web page whe

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:06:16 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I have several .iso files, and I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to >use. The web page where I downloaded it had a button that said it was >to downloiad the 2.29-1.08, which is for a t61. But my iso files are &g

Re: [PLUG] Increasing size of VirtualBox vdi...

On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:02:29 + mich...@robinson-west.com dijo: >I need to increase the size of a Virtualbox virtual disk from 30GB to >at least 80GB. The virtual machine is named wrong too, I called it >WIndows 7 Porfessional. I choose dynamically sized when I built the >virtual machine. Tryin

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:14:44 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >32b/64b should matter when you are using existing windows installation. >When you are booting the media it is all matching the booted OS or BIOS >update application. I'm having problems, but I'm not sure if the BIOS is the culprit. To back

Re: [PLUG] Ancient Thinkpad T61 BIOS

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 01:10:04 -0400 tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com dijo: >Can you find some error messages from previous boot by sudo journalctl? > >If not - try older distro - say 16.04 - if that is stable - perhaps it >is not related to your BIOS work. if that helps - would 18.4 run >without crashe

[PLUG] Network mount not working

I have a Synology NAS. On my new laptop and on my desktop I have the following line in fstab: 192.168.1.115:/volume1/Synology /media/jjj/Synology nfs auto,user 0 0 On both computers I can access the Synology easily with the GUI file manager. 'Synology' appears in Places and all I have to do is cl

Re: [PLUG] Network mount not working

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:09:39 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >> >> For the old Thinkpad I added the same line to its fstab, then >> rebooted. 'Synology' does not appear under Places. I can look in the >> folder where it's supposed to mounted, but the folder is empty. I >> tried 'mount -all' and got: >> >>

[PLUG] SOLVED Re: Network mount not working

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:05:43 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:09:39 -0700 >"Mike C." dijo: > >>> >>> For the old Thinkpad I added the same line to its fstab, then >>> rebooted. 'Synology' does not appear under Pla

Re: [PLUG] Determining video play duration

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:56:10 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >I've looked at the man pages for mplayer, vlc, and ffmpeg without >seeing an option that tells me how long an .mp4 video runs. And my web >searches yield a range of strange results none of which is relevant. >Is there such a tool availab

Re: [PLUG] Brasero says CD/DVD only...

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:07:51 -0700 elcaseti dijo: >I think K3B is more likely to work with Blu-ray than Brasero is. Most >people agree that K3B is the best burning software for GNU/Linux. Like >King Beowulf said, you may have to also install additional programs >like cdrtools and growisof. You

Re: [PLUG] Brasero says CD/DVD only...

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:21:16 + gregm dijo: >I used to use the following cli method, when I was doing BD none of >the Linux gui apps supported BD, it has been a few years since I used >BD. > >"truncate --size=25GB /pub/bluray.udf >mkudffs /pub/bluray.udf >sudo mount -oloop,rw /pub/mybr.udf /mn

Re: [PLUG] Brasero says CD/DVD only...

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:21:16 + gregm dijo: >I used to use the following cli method, when I was doing BD none of >the Linux gui apps supported BD, it has been a few years since I used >BD. > >"truncate --size=25GB /pub/bluray.udf >mkudffs /pub/bluray.udf >sudo mount -oloop,rw /pub/mybr.udf /mn

Re: [PLUG] HDMI

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:22:49 -0700 Bruce dijo: >My Google searches turn up lots of problems with Nvidia.  This laptop >has onboard Intel drivers. > >Can anybody point me in the proper direction? The command lshw -c video will tell you which chip it is trying to use. There are lots of problems w

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Clinics Question - Has the Clinic resumed Or .... ? ( computer problems on the third Sunday of every month from 1PM to 5PM.)

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 10:45:11 -0700 wes dijo: >The Clinics are on hold until further notice. I have been thinking of >ways to get them going again. If we want to use Free Geek, we will >need to wait at least until all quarantine orders have been lifted. >Until then, we could do something either out

Re: [PLUG] Linux lab meetups. = Linux Install Fest ??

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 12:56:11 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >The PLUG event is called the Clinic. > >On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 12:52 mitch Stanley >wrote: > >> Hi, Does Linux Lab Meetup mean Linux Install Fest ?I'm not >> familiar with term - Linux lab meetups? And at the Clinic a good portion of th

Re: [PLUG] Serious linux malware

On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: >> So let's set aside our fancy 5.x kernels and ask a very serious >> question: Which kernel version is running the machines used to tally >> votes in November? >Depends on the state or county, do

Re: [PLUG] Does anyone here use GNU Recutils?

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:01:28 -0500 Richard Owlett dijo: >On 08/30/2020 03:44 AM, Tom wrote: >> While no a response to your first question, >> https://searx.pussthecat.org may respect your boolean queries more. >> You may want to try searching there. >> > >Did a test search. It _ *IS* _ much be

[PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

For years I have used xfce4-weather-plugin in my Xubuntu 18.04 panel. Unfortunately, it is hard coded to secure weather information from a place in Norway, which periodically changes its requirements, rendering the plugin unusable. And this has just happened yet again, leaving me trying to find an

[PLUG] Mouse icon issue

I have long used cheap Logitech mice on my computers, including my laptop, all running Xubuntu 18.04. On the laptop the touchpad is disabled, so the mouse is the sole pointing device. Suddenly, in the process of installing and uninstalling small applications, the mouse cursor got stuck on the rotat

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:02:08 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >You might like Meteo - https://gitlab.com/bitseater/meteo I installed it, but then I screwed it up while trying to change my location. It turns out that there is a setting so that it automatically detects your location, and it is turned on by d

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:13:52 -0500 Chuck Hast dijo: >Do you have a home weather station or are you just displaying >weather for your area? I just want to see what the local weather is and a forecast for what it will be in the next several days. I have no weather station.

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:37:40 -0500 Chuck Hast dijo: >I guess it determines the nearest WX office based on the ip address? It gave me Phoenix, AZ, and in Fahrenheit and miles. But my connection is in Miami, FL. ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailin

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive boot assignment

On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:14:27 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >I fear that my naive trust-to-luck works-like-the-past >assumptions are too naive. > >I hope that someone on the list can suggest an approach that >Just Works With Slightly More Preparation and Knowledge. Several years ago I discovered the

Re: [PLUG] Mouse icon issue

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:08:49 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Does anyone know what process >makes the 'busy' icon appear? I discovered a web page listing CSS values for the various states of the cursor: https://infoheap.com/css-cursor-property/ And apparently the value

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:02:08 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >You might like Meteo - https://gitlab.com/bitseater/meteo I installed it with snap, rather than bitseater. It works, but there are problems that I can't figure out how to solve. 1) I use a VPN that currently connects me to a server in Miami (b

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:15:17 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I installed it with snap, rather than bitseater. It works, but there >> are problems that I can't figure out how to solve. > >John, > >Have you

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:43:33 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >> 3) I can't figure out where it keeps its preferences; if I could I >> might be able to fix the location problem. >"To start using Meteo, launch the application, and it’ll appear in the >system tray on the desktop. Right-click on the red X i

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:57:52 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >The app behavior you're describing seems like some things aren't >playing well together or something is missing. > >I'm familiar with SNAP, but I haven't used it. Perhaps it's installing >an older version of Mateo or some file or sym link is mis

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:59:38 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I'm going to use snap to uninstall it, and then follow the instructions >from the link. Well, that didn't work well. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu, which boiled down to just three commands: sudo apt install

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:58:24 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >So some of the errors above resulted in its not being installed. I am >especially perplexed by the errors on the last command, 'sudo pip3 >install lxml.' The last line says it was already installed anyway. WTH? Suc

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:59:48 -0500 Chuck Hast dijo: >Darksky was bought by apple and they have closed down >all apps but iOS, I will refrain from more comments. So that >is probably why you are not getting anything. Too bad, Dark- >sky was a good app and service. I discovered and resolved a prob

Re: [PLUG] Recording non-downloadable videos

On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:40:09 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >Try if you could play the URL with mplayer or mpv. If you can play it, >then you can use it to dump the stream then convert it to mkv/mp4 with >HandBrake.. VLC (my personal favorite) can also record a copy to disk as it plays a video. The t

[PLUG] Suddenly getting extra linefeeds

I enter a command and it executes before I hit enter. If I pause while typing it the partially written command tries to execute. WTH? So far this happens only at the command line, using Gnome-terminal. Suggestions? ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mail

[PLUG] Need new solid state drives

I wish to replace a Mediasonic 2-bay hard drive enclosure that contains two WD red drives, one of 6TB (about 4 years old and the other of 8TB (about three years old), set up in a stripe set with the RAID software built into the Mediasonic. For some reason that I've never been able to figure out my

Re: [PLUG] Suddenly getting extra linefeeds

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 06:39:55 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 2:07 AM John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I enter a command and it executes before I hit enter. If I pause >> while typing it the partially written command tries to execute. WTH? >> So far this hap

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:52:17 -0700 Jason Barnett dijo: >Here is a good place to get started. >https://ssd.borecraft.com/SSD_Buying_Guide.pdf >Also, check out this reddit sub forum. The user NewMaxx seems to have >tons of details on all the ssd devices. He is the one that created the >pdf listed a

Re: [PLUG] Suddenly getting extra linefeeds

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:24:29 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Plus I have a >problem with the mouse - it freezes when it hasn't been moved for a >while, and I have to pick it up and set it back down to get it working >again. The mouse has an additional highly annoying problem. S

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:06:32 -0700 Jason Barnett dijo: >Good luck in your parts hunting, and the reddit forum is great if you >have the ability to wait for a deal, or as a research tool. >https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/ I entered a message on Reddit, but after some time there has been no

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:23:57 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 5:16 PM Tomas Kuchta > wrote: >> >> If you are using full bells and whistles 40Gb TB3 you are limited to >> 4 shared PCI lanes for all the NVMe's in the enclosure. >> >> Given the price and the purpose of these PCIe stor

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:39:08 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >My point was - Thunder bolt is maximum of 4 pcie3 lanes. It cannot >supply enough bandwidth to saturate more than single, not to mention >four 4x PCIe3 >- striped 16GB array of NVMe is likely to cost multiple thousands $$. > >There is even l

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:55:17 -0700 tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com dijo: >If I read this and your previous posts correctly - it seems to me that >your problem is not the speed of your discs or speed of the connection >to them - but the fact that your disks or disc array go to the power >saving mode o

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:02:34 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >You are opening a can of worms looking at NVMe drives for this use >case. NVMe and PCIe storage in general is still in a state of flux and >subject to change. Hotplug support hasn't even been standardized yet >so there are things that just don'

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:57:32 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >I came across this interesting Xeon motherboard with 20 native USB >ports. > >This would be absolutely ideal solution for future looking highly >expandable PC with external DAS as primary design criteria. > >https://portwell.com/products/deta

Re: [PLUG] Recording non-downloadable videos

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:27:32 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >With a bit more research I learned how to install the download helper >coapp. Now I know it quickly downloads the entire video rather than >capturing it while it plays. Kewel. > >I'll read more about vlc and ffmpeg so I can remove the b

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:12:07 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >You could bypass the slow access to an external enclosure with this >motherboard >https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-zenith-ii-extreme-al/p/N82E16813119227 >It has 5 PCIe4 M.2 sockets. It also has 10Gps Ethernet and some >USB3.2 for external acc

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:40:01 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >For your use case it might be ok to take the heat sinks off the SSD >drives. If you are only using them for short 10 or 15 minute bursts >then an external fan should work just fine to keep them cool. The heat >sinks are useful if you are using

Re: [PLUG] Need new solid state drives

On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:12:14 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Another possibility is to ditch the M.2 connectors and use U.2 drives >instead. There are a couple of 12TB U.2 drives on the market, but they >are Really Expensive and there are no Thunderbolt 3 enclosures on the >market t

[PLUG] Ubuntu finally released for dist-upgrades

>From software Updates GUI app: The software on this computer is up to date. However, Ubuntu 20.04.1 is now available. (You have 18.04.) I'll do it tomorrow. ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/m

[PLUG] Package can't be deleted

I have a program, OSCAR, (yes it's all caps, even the command to run it), that is used to view data from an SD card installed in a CPAP machine. OSCAR is FOSS, available these days from apneaboard.com. I had installed version 1.01 before this morning's dist-upgrade, but I knew that 1.20 had been re

Re: [PLUG] Package can't be deleted

On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 22:49:09 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >Looking through the command output it doesn't look like you ever ran >the "sudo apt-ge autoremove" command? > >The general first steps advice when dealing w. a bad package state is >to run the auto-remove command and then attempt to fix any miss

Re: [PLUG] Package can't be deleted

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:22:55 -0700 "Mike C." dijo: >> >> I finally found how to remove the original package: >> >> sudo apt purge oscar >I was going to recommend the purge command, but my understanding is >that the only difference between it and the remove command is that >purge in addit

Re: [PLUG] nVidia settings errors

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:28:52 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >I have an nVidia card in the computer in the living room with its HDMI >port connected to the TV. When I boot up the machine the primary >screen is the TV. But with the underscan issue (described some years >ago), it is hard to click on the

[PLUG] Issues with /etc/apt/sources.list

I have something wonky with my sources list after a dist-upgrade from Xubuntu 18.04.5 to 20.04.1. If I do sudo apt-get update the command ends with about 20 lines of error messages, all of which look like: W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sou

Re: [PLUG] nVidia settings errors

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:25:17 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >Since JJJ mentioned Ubuntu recently coming out with updated nVidia >drivers, I'll try that next. In my case the old driver was '440' and the new one was '450.' I knew which model nVidia chip I had, but I couldn't find anything from Ubuntu t

Re: [PLUG] nVidia settings errors

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:11:47 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >So things improved, but still don't work right. The check box on the >VGA monitor for "Make this the primary display for the X screen" is >checked, but the bar at the top of the screen is not on the VGA >monitor. > >Further ideas? > >Also, w

Re: [PLUG] Issues with /etc/apt/sources.list

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:53:27 + (UTC) Derek Loree dijo: >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:44 AM Derek Loree > > wrote: >>> >>> I see the problem: >>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal re

[PLUG] PCI cards and connectors

My two PCIe 3 cards got here a week ago and I mounted the four U.2 drives on them while waiting for the case to show up. It finally made it today. (Fedex has put it on a truck for delivery every day since last Wednesday, and the driver finally decided to deliver it today.) The case is a Magma EB3T

Re: [PLUG] PCI cards and connectors

wired up >for x8 and two x8 slots. How that's wired up to the controller/PCIe >switch, I'm not sure. > >- Linh > >On 2020-10-20 18:18 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> My two PCIe 3 cards got here a week ago and I mounted the four U.2 >> drives on them

Re: [PLUG] PCI cards and connectors

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:19:32 -0700 Linh Pham dijo: >As far as why Sonnet chose to go with the full x16 connector on the >card, my guess is to use the connector and locking portion to carry the >weight of the two U.2 drives? I can't quite tell if it's long enough to >slide into the slots that foun

Re: [PLUG] PCI cards and connectors

onger connector anywhere in case you need to use a specific link >back to the CPU vs I/O hub or PCIe switch. > >On 2020-10-20 19:09 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> OK, I think the case I bought has two x8 slots, plus there is another >> shorter slot that is pro

Re: [PLUG] PCI cards and connectors

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:21:03 -0700 wes dijo: >On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> Upon discovering that Slot 2 was closed my first thought was to open >> it up. A Dreml with a small bit would do the job, except that my >> hands are not t

Re: [PLUG] External HD issue.

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:16:04 -0700 Jake Bottero dijo: >CentOS6. > >I have a Western Digital external hard drive, SSD, when I first >plugged it in via USB, the system saw it. Now it doesn’t. When you say 'saw it,' did you mean it just appeared, or that it appeared _and you were able to add/delete

Re: [PLUG] CMR/PMR hard drive manufacturers and vendors

I'm so glad I've decided to migrate to SSDs. Not yet completed, but I'm working on it. SSDs generally last longer than spinny drives, although their life depends on how they are used. If they are constantly being written to they last only a couple times longer than a physical drive, But for an ord

[PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

FINALLY! I finally have a case for my four U.2 drives! It just arrived; I placed the drives in it (mounted on two Sonnet Dual Fusion U.2 PCIe cards), plugged in power and Thunderbolt 3 cables, et voilà! The GUI file manager sees all four drives under Devices. (Whew!) Then I opened GParted GUI, and

Re: [PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

On Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:51:38 -0800 TomasK dijo: >Correct - you need to setup ordinary SW raid - follow mdadm >documentations. > >https://www.educba.com/what-is-raid-in-linux/ >https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_setup >in this order OK, software RAID is what I need. That eliminates

Re: [PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 13:18:50 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >My nvme foo is weak, but I think your partition on an nvme is going to >look like /dev/nvme1n1p1 or something. I just checked one of my >machines and confirmed that naming. > >so, modify your mdadm command to use /dev/nvme1n1p1 /dev/nvme2n1p

Re: [PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 13:39:39 -0800 (PST) Paul Heinlein dijo: >Have you considered using ZFS rather than mdadm+xfs/ext? Ubuntu 20.04 >has native packages. I find it easier to maintain than a mdadm device, >plus you get compression (if you'd like) and checksumming for free. First, I think that 'ble

Re: [PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

On Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:05:40 -0800 TomasK dijo: >On Wed, 2020-11-04 at 13:39 -0800, Paul Heinlein wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Nov 2020, Russell Senior wrote: >> >> I think that the following is what I need to create the RAID: >> >> sudo mdadm --verbose --create /dev/md1 --level=0 --raid-devices=4 >> /dev

Re: [PLUG] RAID0 via GParted

On Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:22:17 -0800 TomasK dijo: >Otherwise btrfs/zfs difference is a wash. Zealots of either kind will >disagree. > >In terms of check data/metadata check sums - mdadm/btrfs/zfs - it >depends - you can format mdadm raid with btrfs and be fully covered >with check sums (Synology do

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu 20?

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:30:11 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >Any Xubuntu 20.04 users who used to be 18.04 users out there? Me! On two computers. >I have three machines running 18.04. I've heard positive and negative >things about 20. I won't "upgrade" them but will do a fresh install on >them, one a

[PLUG] VLC won't launch

Xubuntu 20.04.1. This is completely weird. VLC is my go-to player for all video files, .mkv, .mp4, etc. If I double-click on a video file in the GUI file manager, VLC launches and plays the video. No more. If I am in Thunar nothing at all happens. If I am in PCManFM the mouse pointer goes to a ro

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