search engine not focused on selling you someting

2021-07-30 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Check out this search engine: -- Forwarded message - From: Doug Nordfors Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:42 PM Subject: SearX (https://search.disroot.org/search) To: Michael Havens https://search.disroot.org/search -- :-)~MIKE~(-: -

Re: I need help creating a partition.

2021-07-26 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
g simple like, > but only do the -L "opt" part if that truly is the label you'd like your > drive to have otherwise change it to something more appropriate or > simply leave it off : > mkfs.ext4 -L "opt" /dev/sdc10 > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/25/21 7:09 PM, Mich

I need help creating a partition.

2021-07-25 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
gparted is failing me.It is a logical partition(/dev/sdc10) labled /home. It is 48 GB large. here is my attempt at using mkfs: michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03 [sudo] password for michael: mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '00:00:03'

Re: using a thumb drive as a partition.

2021-07-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
It will be a USB3 drive but the port might only be a 2 if that! On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:19:35 > -0700 > > > > > >i still find their write performance leaves something to be desired s

Re: resize partition

2021-07-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
solution: Download the appropriate .deb files from CODE: SELECT ALL http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/e2fslibs http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/e2fsprogs and install e2fslibs, then install e2fsprogs. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 3:46 PM Michael wrote: > > So I was looking at my disk partitions a

resize partition

2021-07-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
So I was looking at my disk partitions and noticed I don't have a swap partition. I guess I probably should as I am going to do LFS and only have 8 GB of ram. I then shut down the machine and started a live version but got the following error: GParted 0.25.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-onli

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
> > Tell me about it. I live in Orlando Florida. > You're in Orlando? Cool! I'm in Ocala. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlin

using a thumb drive as a partition.

2021-07-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Have they fixed the number of writes a drive cN TAKE? OR ELSE HOW MANY WRITES CAN an sd card take. I want to use it for LFS -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
$262 a YEAR. If you can't afford $22 more a month you need a less expensive hobby. Don't go out to eat one less time a month. Go to the movies one less time a month. I'm sure you can figure out something else to do one less time a month. 1 On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:34 AM Keith Smith via PLU

Re: LFS

2021-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
s wrote: > > On 7/18/21 4:58 PM, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > Because it's more bloated as I see it. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021, at 16:33, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > >> You know I'm doing Linux From Scratch and

Housing

2021-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
My dad was just telling me I could get old laptop flash and make a drive with it. My little brain can't wrap itself around that. Anyone know what he is talking about? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To

LFS

2021-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
You know I'm doing Linux From Scratch and I'm looking into Beyond Linux from Scratch. Well I look at KDE and I look at Gnome. Gnome has about twice the pAckages to compile. Why is that? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@li

Directory size

2021-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I tell ya; I am so excited. I was going to write a message to ya' all asking how to tell the a directories size. Then my mind starte t a-whirl. I thought: free No. That's a memory thing. Then I thought: df Maybe. It shows the size of the disk. Let's throw a directory onto thend of it df -

Re: linux from scratch

2021-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
nevermind I just remembered how I did it before I used gparted On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:10 PM Michael wrote: > > Let's give it another whirl > > to begin with (I'm going to build this on a usb drive) (/dev/sdc) I would: > fdisk /dev/sdc > > but how do you create the pacific partition

linux from scratch

2021-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Let's give it another whirl to begin with (I'm going to build this on a usb drive) (/dev/sdc) I would: fdisk /dev/sdc but how do you create the pacific partitions and labels and such? the man page does not say. is that a mistake? I remember '-n' for new partition and '-L' for label or am I mi

Re: Linux from scratch

2021-07-15 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Does anyone know what happened to ET? He was helping me with this when I was trying to do it about 10 years ago. On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:30 PM Michael wrote: > > I know google is my friend! I looked it up and it is possible. > Sorry I didn't thonk of that before I asked. > > On Thu, Jul 15,

Re: Linux from scratch

2021-07-15 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I know google is my friend! I looked it up and it is possible. Sorry I didn't thonk of that before I asked. On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM Michael wrote: > > I'm wanting to build a custom linux build but I don't have another > computer and don't want to buy one. Can I build a live distro wit

Linux from scratch

2021-07-15 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I'm wanting to build a custom linux build but I don't have another computer and don't want to buy one. Can I build a live distro with LFS? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or

Re: help with printing

2021-07-14 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
tant will be available. > > You can also use Digikam. > Select the images you want included and then go to Tools -> Print Creator > > Hope that's the type of thing you were looking for. > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/13/21 8:46 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:

help with printing

2021-07-13 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I need a printing program which has layout management. I was told about photoprint but it has been removed from the repository. I also heard about krokus but it too is not in the repository and I tried to compile it but the dependencies weren't in the repository so I got uncomfortable with that. -

Re: boy am I glad I have a basic understanding of linux thanks to you guys.

2021-07-04 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
correctionI now have windows on my laptop but my main computer is linuxand all of my computers between 199? and now have been Linux. Hm, I can't remember if the other laptop I had was a windows box or linux so there's that. On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 12:20 PM Michael wrote: > > That sounds li

Re: boy am I glad I have a basic understanding of linux thanks to you guys.

2021-07-04 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
That sounds like about the same time I came around. If I remember right it was the installfest at glendale community college. Redddhat didn't work for me so the next month I took ithe computer to the monthly meeting and had Hans put windows back on. I don't know why but I went to the next ins

boy am I glad I have a basic understanding of linux thanks to you guys.

2021-07-03 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Today I ran the update manager to get the new version of darktable and it failed w/o telling me why.Because of the knowledge I attained from you over the years I was able to open a terminal and to run apt and find out what was wrong. It urns out one of the packages had unmet dependencies. Luckil

Re: Libre office

2021-05-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
n Mon, May 10, 2021, 9:00 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> Why do these two formulas produce the same result? >> >> =(U127-2200)*0.01*16 =SUM((U127-T127)*0.01*$N$125) assuming t127 is not 2200 >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --

Libre office

2021-05-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Why do these two formulas produce the same result? =(U127-2200)*0.01*16 =SUM((U127-T127)*0.01*$N$125) assuming t127 is not 2200 -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change y

Re: can't remember

2021-04-30 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Thanks, man.]\ On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 4:35 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Use dollar signs. > > $D$4 == cell D4 doesn't change > > -mb > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:22 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> what is the symb

Re: can't remember

2021-04-30 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
what is it called? I was thinking absolute cell or value or something like that but it isn't. On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 2:21 PM Michael wrote: > > what is the symbol in librecalc to make a certain cell not vary the position? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: -- :-)~MIKE~(-:

can't remember

2021-04-30 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
what is the symbol in librecalc to make a certain cell not vary the position? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mail

Thanks for your help when I ran out of room

2021-04-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Wonderful! I was deleting things and elated home. Now I have plenty of room until I restored with my backups.\ In any case, what is a good external drive? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subsc

Re: running out of room in root

2021-04-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Ok, thanks. On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:31 PM Shaun Anderson wrote: > > Is /boot on the same partition? If so there are usually some large older > kernel files in there you could clean up. > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 9:29 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >&g

running out of room in root

2021-04-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I am getting an error: File system Root only has 143.6 MB remaining. What should I do michael@MyNUC:~$ df / -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda528G 26G 137M 100% / michael@MyNUC:~$ -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss

Re: I'm running out of room.

2021-04-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
thanks\ On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 9:40 PM John Seberg via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I've just used xfburn or brasero. It's been a while. > > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 6:16:50 PM MST, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > > >

I'm running out of room.

2021-04-20 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I need to copy my pictures to dvd/cd. Could someone tell me how to do it? mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom mkisofs -r -J -o output-files (for this will '*' copy names as is?) name-of-files-to-copy (will '*' copy all files) -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --

Re: New to the List and Linux

2021-03-04 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Chrome books are designed to run off of the Internet. How big of a hard drive does your chrome books have on them. On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:57 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > The closest I have done is enable Linux and set up flatpack. None of t

modern xbmc/kodi

2021-02-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
How can we watch tv/movies on the computer like we could with xbmc? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listin

Re: Starlink Preorders Begin

2021-02-20 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
and what is 'stellar' On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:42 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Do you hate your incumbent ISP for keeping you in the dark ages with only > single digit megabit internet? Now you can start ordering Starlink services. > > https://www.starlink.com/ > > So far rep

Re: compromised passwords

2021-02-04 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I wish I could On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 4:41 PM Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Don’t use chrome. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021, at 14:27, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Whenever I try to save a password in chrome a window pops up saying I > > have 157 compromise

compromised passwords

2021-02-04 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Whenever I try to save a password in chrome a window pops up saying I have 157 compromised passwords. Then, after I click the inspect button I am informed I have no saved passwords. How do I get that notice to stop appearing and passwords to be saved again? Oh, I forgot to say thay passwords are no

Re: tiff file license

2021-01-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
to see their camera > settings? > > Regarding compression, in my experience, it was optional, and typically > lossless (ZIP or LZW) with TIFF. JPEG compression is lossy, and I think that > may be a TIFF option to be avoided by somebody wanting to preserve all > poss

Re: tiff file license

2021-01-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
proprietary is the word! On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:03 AM Michael wrote: > > I mean like a DNG file is an Adobe product and I'm trying to convince > my photographer colleagues that they shouldn't use DNG but rather that > they should be using TIFF files when they need to convert a closed > format

Re: tiff file license

2021-01-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I mean like a DNG file is an Adobe product and I'm trying to convince my photographer colleagues that they shouldn't use DNG but rather that they should be using TIFF files when they need to convert a closed format (I can't think of the correct word) image file to something darktable can read. What

tiff file license

2021-01-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
how is a tiff file licensed? My web search didn't show it! -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-

Re: Drone Kit

2021-01-07 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
itative information on the topic. > > Good luck > Harold > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:19 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> I asked this on a list that should know but I just got snarky replies. >> I am a real estate photographer and we use drones (surpri

Drone Kit

2021-01-03 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I asked this on a list that should know but I just got snarky replies. I am a real estate photographer and we use drones (surprise, surprise). In any case I want to build a back up drone. Could someone point me towards a kit that has return to home, a 1" camera,and maybe a flight pattern thing and

Re: simple-scan

2020-12-12 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
0 at 9:36 AM John Seberg via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > I assume you downloaded .deb file(s) and used apt to install? > > > > $ sudo apt remove > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 12, 2020, 7:29:31 AM MST, Michael v

Re: simple-scan

2020-12-12 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
oh brother! I knew that! I forgot. On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 9:36 AM John Seberg via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I assume you downloaded .deb file(s) and used apt to install? > > $ sudo apt remove > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 12, 2020, 7:29:31 AM MST, M

Re: simple-scan

2020-12-12 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
version requires a paid license, but 4.x is > still free for linux. > > https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/04/download-master-pdf-editor-4-for-linux.html > http://code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.3.89_qt5.amd64.deb > > -mb > > > On Thu, Dec 10

Re: simple-scan

2020-12-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
r/masterpdfeditor-free 4.3.89-1 (+56 4.48%) (Installed) > > A complete solution for creation and editing PDF files - Free version > > without watermark > > 1 aur/masterpdfeditor 5.6.80-1 (+169 3.69%) > > A complete solution for viewing, creating and editing PDF files >

Re: simple-scan

2020-12-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
omplete solution for viewing, creating and editing PDF files > > -mb > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:21 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> Does anyone know how to load a PDF document into simple-scan so you >> can add onto it. >> >> -- >>

simple-scan

2020-12-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Does anyone know how to load a PDF document into simple-scan so you can add onto it. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.o

Re: HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
tly or entirely CLI based. > > https://imagemagick.org > > > > > > On Saturday, December 5, 2020, 7:41:26 AM MST, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > > > You know actually I just want to be able to turn the following arw > files i

Re: HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
turn the arw files in the link into the jpg file in the link I mean On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:40 AM Michael wrote: > > You know actually I just want to be able to turn the following arw > files into the jpg the linux way. With Gimp or darktable or some other > linux way: > https://drive.google

Re: HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
You know actually I just want to be able to turn the following arw files into the jpg the linux way. With Gimp or darktable or some other linux way: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b-ZmJv-vu1vqh9ZaQBhOU9c5qeibjOME?usp=sharing On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 7:52 AM Michael wrote: > > Goofy me.

Re: HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Goofy me the instructions said it would not be able to create directories and so to create the directories manually and then he gave the commands. Well it did not give me the error I expected so I thought I had a different error. Well, I was wrong. I entered the mkdir commands and everything r

Re: HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
this is the error I get after following the instructions found : https://www.evolware.org/?p=440 $ wine nikcollection-full-1.2.11.exe wine: created the configuration directory '/home/michael/.wine' 0012:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {0131---c000-00

HDR with GIMP

2020-12-05 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I need to install the google NIK plugin so I can do HDR in gimp. I get confused easily. Can someone help me install NIK and get it running so I can follow the book I got to teach me Gimp ? And if you would be willing, help me with learning how to do HDR? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --

Re: kindle fire sd card

2020-11-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
nevermind. she only had 3 apps so I told her download them again On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 10:25 AM Michael wrote: > > My wife just got an sd card for her kindle fire 7 and I don't know > what to do. I plugged it in go to settings>storage>move apps to sd > card and it says that it is moving them on

kindle fire sd card

2020-11-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
My wife just got an sd card for her kindle fire 7 and I don't know what to do. I plugged it in go to settings>storage>move apps to sd card and it says that it is moving them only to say 0 apps moved to your sd card. What am I doing wrong? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: ---

Re: pulseaudio, analog sound output, and WHAT?

2020-11-20 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Thank you so much for that. On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:13 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Oh joy! > > I really wish the developers had not taken this route with pulse audio. > Because of this, I have had no end of issues when trying to output screen > rea

Re: install BABL

2020-11-13 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
getting rid of the old PPA and then deleting > >> everything gimp related off the system and then reinstalling gimp from > >> the distros repositories. > >> > >> Brian Cluff > >> > >> On 11/12/20 8:29 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > &g

Re: install BABL

2020-11-13 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
;t allow the distro version to > install all it's dependencies. > I was able to fix is by getting rid of the old PPA and then deleting > everything gimp related off the system and then reinstalling gimp from > the distros repositories. > > Brian Cluff > > On 11/12/20 8:29

install BABL

2020-11-12 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
This is bizarre. I installed gimp with apt (I had it installed with flAtpak) and it wouldn't start after the install. so I opened up a terminal to capture any error. This is what I got: BABL version too old! GIMP requires BABL version 0.1.78 or later. Installed BABL version is 0.1.74. Somehow yo

Re: gimp- layer via copy

2020-10-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
ste as" "new layer" should work? > Phil W > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 4:03 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> I think there is a plugin called layer via copy. how do you instaall >> it into ubuntu >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: &

Gimp

2020-10-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
There are two versions that I am wondering about. One is 2.10.18 and the other is 2.10.22. Which is better if you are finally buttoning down and learning? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe,

Re: gimp- layer via copy

2020-10-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
n that better than I know it. On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:30 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Can you use? > Edit -> Paste as => New Layer > It seems to do what you want. > > Brian Cluff > > On 10/20/20 4:02 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I t

gimp- layer via copy

2020-10-20 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I think there is a plugin called layer via copy. how do you instaall it into ubuntu -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.or

Re: gimp dark/dark theme

2020-10-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
if nothing else you could change font color. Just remember to change it to what you want to print when you print. On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 3:33 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > moin moin, > > gimp ( and some other tools, but don't remember which, xsane, I think ) > have a dark/dark theme g

Re: tar

2020-09-24 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Size = 10 > >Date TimeAttr Size Compressed Name > --- - > . 1464320 1358768 file.tar > --- - >

Re: gzip

2020-09-24 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Awesome, thanks! for all the help guys On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:51 PM Snyder, Alexander J wrote: > > tar -czvf myarchive.tar.gz -C "~/Pictures/calibration images" ./* > > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Galaxy S10+ > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 12:

Re: gzip

2020-09-24 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
michael@MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -cf PIC03442.ARW tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information. michael@MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ what am I doing wrong? On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:16 PM Joe Taylor via PLUG-discu

tar

2020-09-24 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I need to create a gzip file. This is what I've done: -- :-)~MIKE~(-: michael@MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -czf PIC03442.ARW tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information. michael@MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar --us

Re: Stammtisch Tonight

2020-09-15 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Wish I could come On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 6:16 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > moin moin, > > > > > > > > The Free Software Stammtisch is tonight at 19:00 in Big Blue Button > > > > https://floss.social/@FLOX_advocate/104869820888922143 > > > > https://lu

Re: pdf to jpg

2020-08-26 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
would like to save your image and click save > > That's it... Lather, Rinse, Repeat with any other pages you need. > > Brian Cluff > > On 8/25/20 4:38 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > How do I convert a pdf file to a jpg on a windows machine wit only > libre office ins

pdf to jpg

2020-08-25 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
How do I convert a pdf file to a jpg on a windows machine wit only libre office installed? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phx

Re: what does '%' do to apt-get install?

2020-08-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
for some reason when it gets to install it keeps aborting On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > In this case, the percent sign just represents the shell prompt > Phil W > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 17:53 Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote:

what does '%' do to apt-get install?

2020-08-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
this is the command. It keeps aborting and I think it is the %: sudo apt-get install git cd git clone git://github.com/darktable-org/darktable.git cd $HOME/darktable git submodule init git submodule update sudo apt-get install cmake sudo apt-get update -y sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev su

Re: kept running mem test

2020-08-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Ok, thanks for the clarification. On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 12:19 PM Michael Butash wrote: > > Not if the bios is set with boot priority to usb. Change the drive boot > priority to make usb less preferred over internal disks. > > -mb > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 2:48 PM

kept running mem test

2020-08-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I had a thumb drive plugged in to the computer and it caused the computer to boot into memtest 86 until I disconnected it. Is that strange or what? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubsc

file system

2020-08-08 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I'm interested in learning about a file system: UDF Could we start a discussion about it? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxli

Re: xsane isn't working

2020-07-24 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
well I got help and found out I had to sudo apt purge ippusbxd and then scan with simple-scan that I need to start like so: simple-scan "hpaio:/net/envy_photo_7800_series?ip=10.0.0.5&queue=false" On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 5:07 PM Michael wrote: > > Ever since the upgrade to Mint 20 I click scan, it

xsane isn't working

2020-07-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Ever since the upgrade to Mint 20 I click scan, it runs, and then an info window appears saying: Failed to start scanner: invalid argument However the scanner reports the scan was sent successfully. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLU

Re: New computer.

2020-07-20 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
16gb the speed difference is not that > noticeable. > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 10:29 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> I don't get it, Bob. >> >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 12:24 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> > >> &

lshw on the NUC

2020-07-19 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Interesting, one of the vendors of a USB is Linux *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version

Re: New computer.

2020-07-19 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
an have 64gb total. If you ever think you might > like to have 128gb of memory the you could get a 32gb memory stick. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:29 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> Just an idea and ballpark cost. >> >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020,

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
PLUG-discuss wrote: > > The option is also to look into a nas appliance such as a synology or qnap. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:49 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> I'm sure it is Brian. Thanks for the ideas Stephen. Unfortunately, my >> finances won'

Re: raid5

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
allows for any of your > drives to be mounted individually, so its very difficult to loose your > data without all your drives dying at once. You also get a little bit > of a speed boost under certain circumstances. > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/18/20 7:58 AM, Michael via PLUG-dis

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
> > Just an idea and ballpark cost. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> yeah? I was planning on doing the enclosure thing powered separately. >> As for whether my USBs are 1 or 2 lshw|grep us seems to indicate I >>

raid5

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I think I want to start a raid array level 5. this is what my google search revealed to me: If you want to use hardware RAID device, use hot swappable hardware RAID device with spare disks. If any disk fails, data will be reconstructed on the first available spare disk without any downtime and sin

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
you will tell your > computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was logout until you > realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the login screen in > less time than your old computer could just logout. > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-di

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
e you are looking at spending? > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I think I figured out what I want to do. I'm going to buy a > > chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then frankenstein the > > hard drive, the

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I was lying in bed and my head was spinning with all I had read when it occurred to me that a raid array may only be for storage. Is that so? You know I might get off cheap if so! If it is only for storage I will put the array on my little NUC and be done with it. I'll use the array (which will be

Re: New computer.

2020-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
h, I just read in an article from 2015 that ssds and raid5 aren't good together because the ssd wears more quickly. Is that still the case in 2020? On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 2:22 AM Michael wrote: > > and then I'll gradually get three ssd's so I can do a raid array. Are > there any special req

Re: New computer.

2020-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
and then I'll gradually get three ssd's so I can do a raid array. Are there any special requirements to do that (like the drives need to be the same size)? On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 2:11 AM Michael wrote: > > I think I figured out what I want to do. I'm going to buy a > chassis, motherboard, CP

Re: New computer.

2020-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I think I figured out what I want to do. I'm going to buy a chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then frankenstein the hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card from the old machine (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What else could I frankenstein? On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at

New computer.

2020-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Wellp, I am going to do something I never have done before. I'm going to get a new computer. Well I think I'll have one put together I'll put it together. Where would go to get a chassis and motherboard then I'll put all of the other guts in. Is such an animal in existence?I thought of anot

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-17 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
gt;> wrote: >> > >> > Hows the temperature of your video card? Does it have a fan on it? >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > On 7/16/20 1:41 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> > >> > >> > Might the problem still be the he

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > Might the problem still be the he > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:37 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> 68C under load is good. 80C+ idle is bad. >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:35 PM Michael

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
gt; >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:35 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> lets get back to heat... last time I was running glx (with the horse >>> and various other pictures) and watch, and stress ng the te

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Might the problem still be the he On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:37 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > 68C under load is good. 80C+ idle is bad. > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:35 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@l

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
27;t the problem. > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/16/20 11:54 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:37 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > >> Also check the health of your hard drive with smartctl. I've hard > >> systems f

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