print server problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
and that, my friend solved the rsync problem! Any idea what to do about the printer? as a recap: localhost:631 sees the printer if I select the printer in the pulldown after 30 seconds the print state changes from 'Processing page 1' to 'The printer is not responding'. If I go into cups and add

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
and that, my friend solved the problem! openssh-server was not installed on the laptop but openssh-client was. Now that both client and server are installed on both systems they both rsync in both directions again. Yipee! Thank you so much. On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM, James Dugger wrote: >

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
"The laptop can both pull and push the data. The desktop can do neither. T issued command is: rsync -vva --exclude=.*mozilla* --exclude=.*chromium* ~/ bmike2@192.168.0.3:/home/bmike2/;rsync -vva --exclude=.*mozilla* --exclude=.*chromium* bmike2@192.168.0.3:/home/bmike2/ ~/" looking at your rsync c

Firewire support under VirtualBox

2012-07-10 Thread Kenn
I (almost always) agree. I have an M-Audio FireWire Solo recording interface. Basically an external sound card with balanced inputs & outputs and a higher sampling rate. Problem is, only Windows and Mac drivers are available and VirtualBox doesn't seem to have firewire support. Has anyone out

Re: Resize partition solution -and- problem.

2012-07-10 Thread Lisa Kachold
I would try the things in red in my post first. You don't really want a dual boot box anyway. Run XP in a Virtualbox? On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:40 PM, wrote: > > Joe, I do not know that partitioning tool so I do not know for sure it > can > > be trusted to safely shrink the ntfs partition on w

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:29 PM, James Dugger wrote: > which direction and from what machine is it running. Are you using rsync >> installed on the laptop to push and/or pull data to the desktop or the >> other way around? >> > The laptop can both pull and push the data. The desktop can do neith

Re: OT: Android Dev Questions

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
My brother has 2 partners that started developing for the iphone. Their clients started screaming for Android versions within a year of the success of their iphone apps, and they can't port fast enough. On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Stephen wrote: > Android is way to popular to disappear an

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
*1- I'm embarrassed to say, but I don't know. I think they both are client. > rsync and ssh work from the laptop to the desktop but I can do neither the > other way. *My apologies, let me clarify. Openssh installs as both > server and client on each machine, so both computers are both. However t

Re: OT: Android Dev Questions

2012-07-10 Thread Stephen
Android is way to popular to disappear anytime soon. I know eclipse has some built in tools for android sdk and the new emulators help a ton. Mark covered allot but did not mention there are two ways to build an app one is more modular the other being more closely tied to hardware. But getting int

Re: presentation for Thu

2012-07-10 Thread Brian Cluff
OK, I have us down for the following on thurs: Presenter: Brian Cluff Title: Kdenlive Description: Demonstration of the kdenlive nonlinear video editor. If you are using Openshot or thinking about using it, I think it will be worth your time to check out kdenlive instead. Presenter: Der.Hans

presentation for Thu

2012-07-10 Thread der.hans
moin moin, Brian, in addition to your presentation for Thursday, put me down for a presentation on text art tools and demos. ### Title: Text (ASCII) art tools and demos Description: GNU/Linux has several fun tools for creating text art and effects. See tools such as sl, figlet and cowsay in act

Re: How to troubleshoot a printing problem?

2012-07-10 Thread Dazed_75
Try looking at: /var/log/cups/access_log /var/log/cups/error_log /var/log/cups/page_log If you want to try deleting and re-installing the printer, make sure it's print queue/spooler is empty. If you still can't delete the existing printer just install it again with a new name. On Tue, Jul 10, 20

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
I agree with most of the comments here. However regarding contracts, I won't tell you not to check with an attorney however that can get really expensive for $15 /hr.worth of programing work. If you have a written contract with the business and it does not a have any recitals in it that require

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:33 AM, James Dugger wrote: > Mike, > > A few questions - > which box is client and which is host (for purposes of ssh)? > 1- I'm embarrassed to say, but I don't know. I think they both are client. rsync and ssh work from the laptop to the desktop but I can do neither t

How to troubleshoot a printing problem?

2012-07-10 Thread joe
I have an HP LaserJet4 that has worked fine for years printing via 'cups' from my long reliable Linux box. But recently it started hanging up with the "form feed" light lit and when I would tap the "form feed" lighted button, it would print a single document. Then, a couple weeks later, that qui

RE: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Agree completely. If you don’t know VI, you’re going to wish you did sooner or later. (And remember, I’m the one who brought up emacs! J Yes, I can use VI – I’m no VI expert, but I can hkjl my way around, and even know what :.,$d means ;-) (assuming I correctly remember needing the colon…)

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Eric Cope
On that note, you should definitely know Vi because some day you will have to SSH to a server, and need to read a file. Knowing Vi makes that really easy. But my day-to-day programming is in Sublime. Eric On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Adam McCullough wrote: > I started out as a Vim lover

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Adam McCullough
I started out as a Vim lover many years ago. A supervisor at my internship nudged me (in his gentle, wise, fatherly way) into trying to become tool agnostic. So, my donation of kerosene to the embers of this editor war: Learn one editor. Then learn another. Then another! Knowing the basics of vim

RE: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Carruth, Rusty
No need to throw out any editor, use whatever one you like! Oh, wait, “throw out” as in “throw out to the wolves”. “Never mind” ;-) And, I certainly see no reason to flame about editors (I am something of an ‘olde pharte’, so I’ve seen some pretty stupid editor flamewars ‘back in the day

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread James Mcphee
Netbeans has a vi plugin. YAY! On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Eric Cope wrote: > If we are throwing out editors, I highly recommend Sublime Text 2. It is > very fast, is incredibly good looking. Its not FOSS, but somethings are > worth it :) > > Eric > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:32 AM,

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Eric Cope
If we are throwing out editors, I highly recommend Sublime Text 2. It is very fast, is incredibly good looking. Its not FOSS, but somethings are worth it :) Eric On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Carruth, Rusty < rusty.carr...@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: > Call me a , but I like the kitchen sin

RE: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Call me a , but I like the kitchen sink editor. Which is to say 'emacs'. You can even use it as something of an IDE, if you wish. (And it has syntax highlighting, all that sort of stuff). To compile, just 'Macro-x compile' (IIRC, and I think I do), then you can visit each error/warning, edit, an

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread Stephen
For windows i like notepad ++ light context highlights and tabs. Very basic for sure but i really like it. Just wish i had a Linux port. On Jul 10, 2012 4:21 AM, "kitepi...@kitepilot.com" wrote: > An IDE will be an unnecessary complication for you. > There is nothing that an IDE can do that can n

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread Wayne Davis
The issue (I) see is this: Do you have a written contract? If so, what is WRITTEN is binding. I see the _possibility_ of all kinds of LEGAL troubles. Suppose: You say "Goodbye", The company dies, He sues you for "breach of contract"... and wins. OH NOES! On the other hand, I believe v

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread Mark Phillips
I agree with JD. 1. Take a look at what exists today and negotiate a maintenance contract just for that. Any new features beyond what is there today will entail (1) a development cost and (2) a maintenance cost for those features. You may decide to include the maintenance on a new feature is so sm

Re: OT: Android Dev Questions

2012-07-10 Thread Mark Phillips
Gmail seems to have a problem with inline answers today, so I will add them here... 1. What is the life expectancy of Android? Will it be around 15 years from now? I haven't a clue. I hope I am around 15 years from now! ;) 2. How hard is it to upgrade a phone to a newer versi

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread JD Austin
Hi Pete, First of all 'Adding new features' is NOT maintenance; did you agree to implementing new features as part of your maintenance agreement?. $15/hour is not even close to industry standard. You are correct.. it is not worth the time you're spending on it. I would immediately 're-clarify' wh

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
Also you mentioned networking problems with the address that you are using in for Openssh can you ping the box? try pinging the host box from client using ping -c4 check for packet loss. If you are losing packets and/or the host cannot be reached than you have a network problem other than just

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread James Dugger
Mike, A few questions - which box is client and which is host (for purposes of ssh)? On which box is the rsync program running? Are you using static IP addresses for both boxes? On the client box do you have a known_hosts file in ~/.ssh If you see known_hosts file type cat known_hosts wh

RE: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Yeah, I feel your pain, but more than you know - I did a fixed bid deal many years ago and quit keeping track of my hours when I reached the wonderful rate of $1/hour. Yep. $1/hour. Yes, that was 20 years ago, but I had much more work to do on a fixed bid job, so it went below that amount

OT: Android Dev Questions

2012-07-10 Thread keith smith
Posted to PLUG, TFUG, AzPHP I wondering about trends. Currently I make my living as a LAMP developer. The market seems strong and lots of main stream apps are built with PHP. So I expect the market to continue to be strong for 10 – 15 years. That is the time frame I am interested in.

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread keith smith
Andrew makes a good point of things must be win-win.  Sounds like they are not.  If the business is not viable, it may be time to cut your losses.  A sad fact, however this decision is the harsh reality of being in business. It does sound like the business is hanging in there though.  Might be

Re: g++

2012-07-10 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
An IDE will be an unnecessary complication for you. There is nothing that an IDE can do that can not be accomplished by vi/grep/find/ctags. There even *EXISTS* a GUI Vim! :) One of the things I despise about a Micro$haft environment is that the lack of tools and convoluted environment DEMANDS

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
well... I'll tell you... I deleted known_hosts on the computer that will not rsync or ssh and ran the reset command to find no gain in the situation. I the tried to ssh from the laptop and after logging in I was presented with a message that I needed to reboot. I did but there was no improvement i

Re: networking problem

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Havens
It is commented out. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:37 PM, James Dugger wrote: > One other quick item, in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file check to see of the > following line is comment out or not: > > AuthorizedKeyFile%h/.ssh/authorized_keys (default is commented out) > > If it isn't commented out

Re: OT: Software Licensing Fees

2012-07-10 Thread AZ Pete
Hi All, First of all thanks to those folks who responded with some helpful points. To clarify some of the questions asked: I understand with glaring clarity that I'm am replaceable and know making demands never works. Over the years, the company's revenue has increased. But also over the year