Re: HP locking up

2012-11-09 Thread KevinO
Have you tried running memtest86 on it for a while? http://www.memtest86.com/ -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: Question about linux and AMD based chipsets/onboard raid

2012-10-21 Thread KevinO
are you using? -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: My messages to the list

2012-07-04 Thread KevinO
-server and sent out as a part of the list (completely separate from Gmail) The list server does. Gmail recognizes the post as originally being sent from you and refuses to deliver it to you. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: My messages to the list

2012-07-03 Thread KevinO
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Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread KevinO
Mageia 1.0 Linux without any fussing around, so I'd expect the same from most distributions. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: ssh

2012-02-16 Thread KevinO
tried it with a greater-than sign. Pray-tell! how is it done? man scp in a nutshell: $ scp -r path_to_dir_here [username]@machine:/path_to_destination it will prompt for an ssh password, if needed. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

Re: Hardware question

2011-12-21 Thread KevinO
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=S2932-E%20Thunder%20n3600MCat=RAM HTH -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: Problem with CentOS 6 configuring network

2011-09-22 Thread KevinO
system-config-network. If you're using DHCP, and relying on your router to supply this information, make sure your router is properly configured to supply cached DNS info to its clients, and it knows where a real DNS server is. -- KevinO --- PLUG

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread KevinO
. Mark, You do realize that -90dBm is a stronger signal than -100dBm, and -70dBm is 1,000 times the power level of -100dBm. ;-) -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread KevinO
the importance of the sign. Cheers, KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Mageia Rant ;-)

2011-09-03 Thread KevinO
without the driver CD, but Mageia 1 had it covered. Amazing. Tis truly a sweet machine with a very sweet Linux install. Long Live Urpmi! -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/25/2011 08:42 PM, Joe zagar wrote: I have a 520 64 bit, Intel i7, Windows 7 pro, running Ubuntu under Virtual Box and everything works fine. Thank you for the data point. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/26/2011 09:07 AM, Dennis Kibbe wrote: On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 18:53 -0700, KevinO wrote: Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a dual-boot machine. (pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit) What I'm

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/26/2011 10:16 AM, KevinO wrote: I went ahead and bought it directly from Lenovo, configured as above except with Win 7 Pro pre-installed, for $1300. I got a little over $100 extra off because of the educational discount. Oops, I left out one of the discounts. I actually got

Linux on a T520

2011-08-25 Thread KevinO
Fedora or the latest Ubuntu would be required to get all of the hardware to work. (I'd prefer something a little more stable like CentOS, for example) All comments are very appreciated. TIA -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Mageia 1.0

2011-06-02 Thread KevinO
The first official release of Mageia, a fork of the Mandriva Linux distribution, came out, on schedule, today. http://mageia.org/en/1/ -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: OT: WiFi hardware question

2010-10-26 Thread KevinO
from these other devices. (An Android phone running a suitable application is very handy for this. :-) ) For a quick comparison of 802.11 hardware, I've found the Seattle Wireless site to be a good source of information. http://www.seattlewireless.net/HardwareComparison -- KevinO

Re: CentOS 5.3

2009-04-01 Thread KevinO
Charles Jones wrote: In case anyone didn't know, and cares, CentOS 5.3 came out today *looks at clock* I mean yesterday. If you are running 5.2 the upgrade is as simple as yum update. Actually, I think that should be: # yum upgrade -- KevinO

Microsoft force installs Firefox extension

2009-02-02 Thread KevinO
http://www.robertnyman.com/2009/01/26/microsoft-force-installs-firefox-extension/ http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/01/2143218 -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Dead Firewall!

2009-01-27 Thread KevinO
when? I may have done a network install. If the box has a floppy drive, it is not the type of box I was thinking of, and may be able to boot from a CDROM. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe

Re: Dead Firewall!

2009-01-26 Thread KevinO
be performed. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: RadioShack to sell $100 netbook

2008-12-16 Thread KevinO
will sell the 2.44-pound Acer Aspire, one mini-laptop at the awfully aggressive price of $100, provided you also sign up for a two-year ATT DataConnect mobile broadband plan. ... So... What is the cost of the 2 year DataConnect contract? -- KevinO

Re: RadioShack to sell $100 netbook

2008-12-16 Thread KevinO
. So... It is a tiny $1540 laptop that includes a free wireless service. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us

plunk

2008-11-06 Thread KevinO
keith smith wrote: I would like to start by saying.. plunk -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo

Re: ISP Infedelity / Touchy-Feelly Photons

2008-10-26 Thread KevinO
Deru http://deru.net/ FastQ http://fastq.net/ -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: OT: Seeking computer scrapyard

2008-10-05 Thread KevinO
blake gonterman wrote: Didn't the boyscouts used to do something in south scottsdale around the 101 and 202 area? The have since moved north a few miles http://www.scoutscomputerswapmeet.com/ -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

Re: test only - earlier email submit today missing

2008-06-03 Thread KevinO
email account. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: Cox Internet disconnectivity..

2008-06-01 Thread KevinO
is calling for support during business hours and getting put on hold for 20 minutes, while you listen to a recording that says Thank you for your patience every 15 seconds. ;-) -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: Cox Internet connectivity..

2008-05-31 Thread KevinO
and noted rated performance levels to some remote hosts, with time outs to others In speaking with the business services support technicians, all I could find out is that Cox has identified that they have a problem and that 'technicians' have been working on it for the last 48 hours. -- KevinO

Re: Cox Internet connectivity..

2008-05-31 Thread KevinO
Apparently, Cox informed their local techs today that Cox is making routing adjustments in the 'back end', and that these adjustments should be completed in a couple of days. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: Cox Internet connectivity..

2008-05-31 Thread KevinO
recommended. I speak from first hand experience with Deru. If I could get DSL here, my business would be with Deru. http://deru.net/ http://fastq.net/ -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe

Re: Cox Internet connectivity..

2008-05-31 Thread KevinO
isn't without problems, but it very rarely goes totally down in my experience. If you really want a bulletproof connection, get a dedicated T1 line (or faster). If you want consistently high latency and high packet loss, go wireless. -- KevinO

Re: Script to check Apache

2008-04-17 Thread KevinO
script that used wget to fetch a very small text file from a remote web server, then check the return status $? of the wget command, sending an email out if the exit status was non-zero. Very simple and worked like a champ. -- KevinO --- PLUG

Re: Script to check Apache

2008-04-17 Thread KevinO
|| echo | mail -s Website is down [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: Script to check Apache

2008-04-17 Thread KevinO
Joshua Zeidner wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:57 PM, KevinO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Zeidner wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im going to go with the deceptively simple approach: $ps -A | grep httpd | wc -l

OT: Help win an online contest

2008-03-31 Thread KevinO
Y (tell your friends) Please forward this to whoever you think you think you can get to vote. Consider this an experiment in virus email effectiveness, if you will. Thank you, -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: OT: Help win an online contest

2008-03-31 Thread KevinO
Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:18 -0700, KevinO wrote: Actually, very off topic... Christianna is close to winning a radio contest at KISS FM, but we could use a little help here. Please? ;-) Christianna is Haylie's aunt, so a member of our family. http://1047kissfm.com

Re: OT: Help win an online contest

2008-03-31 Thread KevinO
Matt Graham wrote: After a long battle with technology, Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:18 -0700, KevinO wrote: Christianna is close to winning a radio contest at KISS FM, but we could use a little help here. Christianna is Haylie's aunt, so a member of our family. http

Re: Need some SMTP troubleshooting help - Please!.

2008-03-12 Thread KevinO
now? -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: Daily Bandwidth cycles

2008-01-15 Thread KevinO
people would be interested, I know there have been related discussions. Cox is currently re-provisioning and I know it is affecting a lot of us in Tempe, business accounts included. - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla

Re: is anybody out there?

2007-12-19 Thread KevinO
Michael Havens wrote: my appologies if not! nope, nobody here -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman

Re: Extracting audio from a non-DRMed DVD

2007-12-09 Thread KevinO
-dumpaudio You'll need to read (or at least skim) the man page to get all the details, perhaps: mplayer dvd://1 -dumpaudio -chapter 1 -endchapter 2 Suggestion: Use mplayer w/o the -dumpaudio switch to watch the video and find the part you want first. - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Broadband / DSL recommendations?

2007-11-28 Thread KevinO
their customers. I personally used Deru for several years, and will personally testify to their suitability as an ISP. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: linux linear programming model

2007-11-19 Thread KevinO
variables). You an solve for all three variables, you just can't assign a value to all three. You can show that either x = 8 or y = 4, and that z could be any real value. ;-) -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: will amarok play .wav files? or how to convert to mp3?

2007-10-02 Thread KevinO
Josef Lowder wrote: . I just tried to send you phone number, but your mail server bounced the message. Please email me your phone number, I'll call you and help you over the phone. Cheers, -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: OT: Hotels w/ High Speed Internet in Flagstaff

2007-09-03 Thread KevinO
West. - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG3IjxI3MJ/OwKti0RAjHhAJoC7cB8fqemT4QTzsCW7phe5wJ43ACfYZR9 RNW5Y7Xrb/j0ge300knB0j8= =YV59 -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Questions regarding Qwest.

2007-07-03 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Two superior (than Qworst) solutions, if you can get DSL: Deru: http://deru.net/ FastQ: http://fastq.com/ Both great local companies with a long history of excellent service and no BS. Highly recommended. - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: I forgot....

2007-06-29 Thread KevinO
, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss I prefer to use GIMP for this: File - Acquire - Screen Shot - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: ffmpeg on ?

2007-06-29 Thread KevinO
, at least in terms of doing any serious video work. A lot of the video tools have gotten much better in the last few years. If you are trying to transcode modern formats, or do any DVD authoring, I would suggest going with Mandriva 2007.0. HTH - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: 7z on LINUX

2007-06-24 Thread KevinO
10.0 system I just checked has it installed from a pre-built package So does a Mandriva 2006 system. Linux packages are out there. If you are stuck, perhaps I could decompress it for you. - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG

Re: Temporary User map back online

2007-06-22 Thread KevinO
power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. -- Lord Acton, 1887 :-) - -- KevinO -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGfJwTI3MJ/OwKti0RAuF+AJ90heAicYKJqooh6maJH8Ij5/4JBACeIC+O