I have had success with using PmWiki.
I have set up three or four sites with it.
One was for a group of non technical people.
I received zero complaints about difficulty using it.
It can be set up with different levels of security.
There are add-on modules for increased capability though I have
On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 19:16 -0700, Jason Holtzapple wrote:
> --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Josef Lowder wrote:
> > Is it possible to upgrade Firefox
> > without causing any effect on my operating system?
> > And if the upgrade does not work, could I restore the old
> > Firefox version?
>
> Why not just
Dr Johnson was affiliated with Case Western when he found Lucy in '74.
He came to ASU in 1998.
Lucy's skeleton was brought to Cleveland and later returned to Ethiopia.
They have a reconstruction of Lucy's skeleton on exhibit in Cleveland.
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 22:44 -0400, mike havens wrot
Have you ruled out difficulties with file locations, permissions and
such ilk?
Do we know what environment these files are being run under?
For a file to be run from a browser under Ubuntu you need permissions
set to user www-data UID:GID 33:33, and located in a directory that
localhost can find
Oh, THE Ted?
I think that personal attacks are put of place in a group like ours.
I would like to respond with a more general list of things that are
somewhat related. I am not sure where to address them, but since this
thread was started, I will tack it on here.
Thanks for the link to the bug.
You have an interesting gadget there Tim.
I have never heard of them before, but I did a Google search and it
looks like it can be nearly anything.
Alan was correct in saying that more information would be needed.
The manufacturer says that the iButton is "a peripatetic extension of
the computer
Can anyone give me an idea of where to go to recover from this kernel
panic? Harold
The overall goal was to put together a lab system for the RHCE course I
am taking. The immediate project is learning to use fdisk to create LVM
groups.
I am not tryig to get someone to do my homework for me, bu
7;t go to sleep.
The screen saver NEVER comes on (except in test mode). It worked fine with
Dell's 7.x system.
I use Linux as my desktop because I want a hobby. It's like driving a classic
car.
On Thursday 2009-02-26, koder wrote:
> Are you absolutely certain that you need to flash
Are you absolutely certain that you need to flash your BIOS to get your
system to run?
I am running a Dell 530 with Ubuntu 8.04.
I can't believe that all of us are going to have to flash a BIOS update
to upgrade to 8.10.
What so you know that I don't?
What problems did you encounter that have bro
Try switching your view to "Standard HTML"
The button is located at the bottom of your mail list.
See if that meets your needs.
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From: Joseph Sinclair
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Is there a gmail customizing "front
Add this link as well, it is specific to Ubuntu 8.04 and contains a
caution about acl usage under Ubuntu:
http://beginlinux.com/server_training/server-managment-topics/1038-ubuntu-804-access-control-lists
I tried the same thing and got the same results as you. So, that's not
it at all.
Then
mike,
Live CDs run most of the software from the CD. If you click on a
seemingly inconsequential button and it has to load a utility of some
size into memory, the system will pause while it is reading and loading
the program you have just called. That would be inherent in live CDs.
There are diff
I switch between the two desktops with some regularity.
>From the user's standpoint the switch is almost just cosmetic.
Like most things involved in computers it is the almost that gets you.
There are some apps that run better under one than the other.
Some of the KDE specific apps will not play
Try, in /etc/X11/default-display-manager
setting it to /usr/sbin/kdm for KDE or /usr/sbin/gdm for Gnome
Harold
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From: Alan Dayley
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:56:57
have their content. The
folder /home/koder/.evolution/mail/local has a file Inbox with zero
bytes that says it was last accessed today.
It looks like the whole Inbox folder was trashed and the folder was
rebuilt on restart. Is this common? Should I be doing some kind of daily
backup of the files
Did you capture rsync's output?
It should tell you exactly which file it could not deal with.
Tee the output and grep for error may give you info.
In addition to the problems Lisa mentioned, rsync also can choke on
linked files.
Harold
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From: Robert Holtzman
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From: KevinO
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Subject: Re: RadioShack to sell $100 netbook
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:08:51 -0700
Josef Lowder wrote:
> RadioShack to sell $100 netbook
>
> http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2008/
I would be willing to work on this project.
Since I am not able to attend meetings right now, finding more
volunteers would be challenging.
Harold
moin moin,
the webdev team needs a couple of people to help maintain the PLUG
calendar. Essentially it requires paying attention to the webdev ma
I too have received three of them
Harold
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Discussion on what it takes to be a success:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/15/malcolm-gladwell-outliers-extract/print
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I believe it is the IBM 390 that runs its whole CPU and a good deal of
ancillary electronics inside of a distilled water container for cooling
purposes.
There are a couple of postings of overclockers running PCs in an oil
bath for the same reason.
-Original Message-
From: mike havens <[EM
Correct me if I am wrong, but would it not be easier to use a can of air
to chill the chip? I believe that is what we used to use to check of
thermal errors.
Putting a PC in the fridge raises visions of shorts from condensation on
unwarmed portions of the board.
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From:
lose.
Harold
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To: PLUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: Voting rules
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 23:30:26 -0700
On Monday 03 November 2008 23:14:39 koder wrote:
> If that was a
If that was a a serious question, no, unless you are planning on parking
it within 75 feet of the door.
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Voting rules
Date: Mon, 3 Nov
Sorry for blank, I must have pushed the wrong button.
I was trying to make a pitch for My/SQL as being one of the best and
most versatile business applications there is. I realize that is can't
be used as is, but the front ends to turn it into an accounting.
inventory, personal management, or web
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From: mike enriquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Business Apps on Linux?
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:33:01 -0700
What Business Applications do you know of that run on Linux. I am going
to be speaking to gr
I have a couple of old systems that are going to recycling Thursday that
are available for the asking. I haven't opened them up in years and am
not sure what is in them. I think I may have an ISA and a PCI with one
at leas having both. I will look if anyone cares.
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From
I have seen this happening because of a software issues.
Test to see if the tray will open as the computer boots up just before
Windows starts loading. That will distinguish between software and
hardware. A hardware failure will not open under any circumstance.
-Original Message-
From: Va
Dennis,
You seem to be doing something different than I think we are accustomed
to.
WUBI is designed to install inside of a directory of you XP system. This
would be analogous to running Windows inside of a folder in a Linux
system using WINE.
Since I am only running Ubuntu on my system I am u
Alan,
It looks like your plug-dev ID is set to adayley at adtron.com.
Each list seems to have its own login list, if that is not a redundancy.
Try changing it to your g-mail account
http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-devel
Harold
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From: Alan Dayley
FAQ or not, Face Book has the same claim. They make no bones about their
goal of repackaging your information individually or in the aggregate
and reusing it or reselling it in any way they want. Think resume
references, NSA et al.
NSA has been collecting data for several years using collections
g
i
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:14 PM, koder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't forget to factor in safety. One good wreck and your cost per mile
> can go up with great rapidity. I am getting tired of attending funerals
> of bikers. It is only two so far, but that is two too many.
Don't forget to factor in safety. One good wreck and your cost per mile
can go up with great rapidity. I am getting tired of attending funerals
of bikers. It is only two so far, but that is two too many.
I doubt you have ever had a problem. . . yet.
Harold
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From: Dan L
If the utility company would pay consumers for energy above and beyond
the amount they generated for personal use that is dumped back to the
grid, we would have the incentive for installing solar and wind powered
electric generating equipment. Under present procedure you can put
excess power into t
Just a WAG, but does it need to be installed by root?
If the app needs certain OS services it must have root level to do it.
I am still learning this stuff, but look into it.
Harold
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I would that it were true.
Harold
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Subject: Re: upgrading ubuntu
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:09:49 -0700
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 06:44 -0700, David wrote:
> I have an
few years ago... There should be some tutorials on Google...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810467.aspx
Good luck,
Eric
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:39 AM, koder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
There is a program which I am pretty sure is free that will look
at the
There is a program which I am pretty sure is free that will look at the
voltage levels on the serial port and display them as a graphic display.
it was intended to allow you to use the serial port as a voltmeter.
The program is made available by the man who writes the Evil Genius
series of hardwar
Well -- yes, but an accurate headline
"Penguin Knighted On Behalf of Norway"
is not as short, attention getting, or as easy to roll off the tongue.
The whole operation smells fishy to me.
Harold
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I would like to qualify Jon's comment.
It is possible to write applications that run on both Windows and Linux,
if they are compiled separately and access resources required by each of
the respective operating systems. You will need to understand
programming in both environments.
Writing an appli
Paradise Valley will be doing a sys admin in the spring, but they want a
Linux OS course that they are offering this fall as a pre-requisite
Only three seats left for fall course.
Harold
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To:
I think based on your previous postings that you may find that the name
for the apache account is www-data. On Ubuntu it is set to an ID number
of 33:33.
How much of the system is running?
I can't speak to your distro, but with Ubuntu, all of the log files are
put in place when Synaptic installs
I use rsync
I posted a script on PLUG a bit ago that I use in exactly the same
environment as yours.
In the same thread I believe there were a few alternate suggestions.
Harold
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See if these links are of use to your situation
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/108515-unable-save-bookmarks-dolphin.html
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dolphin/+question/15881
Harold
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If you put a frame for an image on your work surface (There is an icon
to turn that on) then draw a frame for an image the Import (Ctrl + D)
will become active.
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To: quatsch
Subject: scribus imag
here: ##
###
# set 'now' to time and date for filename
now=BUDD$(date +%y%m%d)-$(date +%H%M)
mkdir /media/_bu/$now
sudo rsync -avh /var/www/ddwiki/wiki.d/ /media/_bu/$now/wiki.d.bu |
tee /media/_bu/$now/bu.log
rsync -avh /home/koder/ /media/_bu/$now/koder
I like the Penguin in the Desert myself.
Harold
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Subject: Re: Tee Shirts?
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
A Hopi Kachina penguin, wh
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Subject: Re: OT: What's the best HDTV antenna setup?
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:15:39 -0700
Has anyone seen this article?
http://www.hdtvmagazine.
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Subject: Re: OT: What's the best HDTV antenna setup?
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:58:12 -0700
Josef Lowder wrote:
> What do recommend as the best HDTV antenna setup
>
> If it becomes a regular event for me, someone will have to get me a
> smoking deal on a scooter, electric car, or car pool with me.
>
> :)
http://www.airscooter.com/pages/airscooter_specs.htm
I wonder if that would be any more efficient than a car...
Tuna
* * *
If my math is correct th
In principle, yes.
Put the antenna where it will get the best reception.
Play with it to determine where that is.
Perhaps what you may need is a 'T' connector, depending on your setup.
Radio Shack and Fry's have lots of options.
Try to use as few connectors as possible.
Each one saps signal str
Try this link.
http://www.hdtvantennalabs.com/hdtv-antenna-hype.php
It says in essence there is no such thing as a HDTV antenna.
An antenna is an antenna.
Signal boosters will amplify the bad along with the good.
Try it without and see what you get. You can always spend money later.
Harold
Pressing and holding the power button to power the computer on any
contemporary desktop or laptop prevents the OS from writing the
information it needs to store to do a graceful shutdown.
That process is only used if you have a severe lockup. It has the
possibility and perhaps even probability of
It worked once in a row.
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Subject: are my mails making it?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:29:32 -0700
seems that either my mails are making it and no one has answered, or
the
Mike,
It is not clear what you can and can't get going.
How many of the troubleshooting steps are you able to get through before
failure?
You said you can't connect to Linksys from laptop.
Can you connect to the router from other PCs?
Can you PING 127.0.0.1?
If you connect laptop using wired con
Kim used to have a column in one of the free computer newspapers back in
the days when they had such things.
The reference you are looking for is accessed from the columns tab. It
was in a column on "10 free alternatives to popular pricey programs"
http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=504
It is nice and flattering to be missed.
It is Florida. The Protestant work Ethic ofttimes gets lost in the heat
and humidity.
(Wow, how many people did I manage to offend at one crack with that
comment?)
Perhaps we can engage in some sort of mutual exchange for the benefit of
all.
By the way,
Kevin,
MI, the ultimate oxymoron
Keep safe
Hope they let you take a computer so you can keep in touch.
Harold
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I hope this is not a dumb question.
I know you guys have been scuffling iwth this issue for a while.
The PLUG account will only accept inbound mail from the account you have
listed as your account. I can't send PLUG mail through my g-mail account
as long as I have it set to my Earthlink address. I
Quoting:
"If you really want a bulletproof connection, get a dedicated T1 line
(or faster)."
Correct me if I am wrong, but based on my experience in another city,
our T1 connection physically came from the local phone company. Is it
not the same in most cities, with the exceptions of some that ha
There is a feature in XP to clear out temp files. Either run it or clean
them out manually. There are several.
Don't forget the Restore feature. That is notorious for filling up a
hard drive. if you turn Restore off, restart computer and defrag you can
recover the space.
Have fun
Harold
On Sun
I think Fry's can accommodate you with external HDD housings that would
explicitly meet your needs. One model is designed to stack so you can
easily put as many of them on the table as you like.
On the flip side the cost for the housings, or another type of case
would probably make it a poor inves
To echo and expand on Michael March,
You need to make sure memory will port to new board.
How old are your hard drives?
If they are near end of service life, you may want to reconsider.
Are you looking at IDE vs. SATA?
Some of the new computer boxes are priced low enough that it is
debatable as
desktop using ssh
from a script. I think/hope I am on it.
Harold
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 18:36 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> Am 14. Mai, 2008 schwätzte koder so:
>
> > After upgrading my OpenSSH and ancillary files using the Ubuntu update I
> > can no longer use sftp to logon between my
I am not sure if this is OT or not.
Other posts have noted that OLPC will have to increase the specs on the
hardware by nearly a factor of two to run Windows.
MS also insists on sharing they joys of Windoze's lack of security with
the underdeveloped peoples of the world.
On the flip side, those
After upgrading my OpenSSH and ancillary files using the Ubuntu update I
can no longer use sftp to logon between my desktop and laptop both
located inside of my DSL router.
It worked yesterday, in fact I just learned to use it yesterday before
updating. Now I get:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sftp [EMAI
Should I update NOT AUTHENTICATED security updates?
I am running Ubuntu 7.10
The automatic updater told me that I have updates available.
The following packages came in and when I tried to install them I
received a message that they can't be authenticated! Doing this could
could allow a malicio
I understand it does not have a CD/DVD.
It is designed to use an external DVD.
Can it boot from the external CD/DVD.
I am sure we could find one for you to use if it can.
Harold
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 14:30 -0700, Michael March wrote:
> Where did you buy your KPC? I have heard the fan is loud,
Will it boot from an/the external DVD?
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 13:40 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> I bought a KPC and want to convert it to Ubuntu.
>
> It doesn't have a CD/DVD drive.
>
> I tried getting it to boot from a USB thumb drive and from a CDROM
> connected via USB, but those
On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 13:22 -0700, Technomage-hawke wrote:
> On Thursday 24 April 2008, koder wrote:
>
> >
> > Recreational vehicles and yachts use solar panels to power some decently
> > sized storage batteries. If you put up enough of them you can run a
> > comput
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 10:47 -0700, Technomage-hawke wrote:
> On Thursday 24 April 2008, Stephen P Rufle wrote:
> > I remember reading about this guy in Wired magazine.
> > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/play.html?pg=9
> > http://www.siei.org/mainpage.html
> >
> > The cost of his system
On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 15:08 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> Ah ha. I think I actually have one of those,
> but I believe it only facilitates recording to
> a tape recorder. I was hoping for a way to
> direct connect via USB to my computer. I don't
> have a sound card in my computer.
>
>
On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 12:43 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2008 21:50:58 -0700, Dennis Kibbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Mail clients, like Evolution & T'bird are not designed to handle mail lists
> > where you receive a large volume of mail that can clog your inbox and which
> > is
On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 02:59 +, Michael Havens wrote:
> On Sunday 16 March 2008 8:43 pm, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > There is no doubt in my mind that the upper management
> > of CS departments nationwide are helping this cap increase move along,
> > as this is seen as a way to keep their depar
For what it is worth,
I would like to echo the Rune Lord's sentiments.
I have the Dell 530 Inspiron desktop and 1420 Inspiron laptop and am
quite pleased with both of them.
A great part of my buying decision was the desire to encourage DELL with
Linux distribution and whatever drivers are needed
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