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Talk on ELK?
by Tim Keller Jan. 27, 2016

Jan. 27, 2016

Would people be interesting in me doing a talk on Elastasearch / LogStash / Kibana (ELK) with some graphana fun through in for good measure? I spoke with my buddy Nick about doing a crypto talk but he's going to be too busy in Feb. to do it. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Sun Ultra 1 for sale - talk to Ken Jones
by John Stoffel Jan. 25, 2016

Jan. 25, 2016

Ken was having problems posting and asked me to do so. ------- start of forwarded message ------- From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)employees.org> To: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)employees.org>, "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: Re: OKAY, I give up Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:33:36 -0500 Sorry, forgot to mention that the display is working. I fixed that below. From: Ken Jones Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 5:27 PM To: John Stoffel Subject: OKAY, I give up John, Please forward this to WLUG. It keeps rejecting my messages. WLUG members: I have two not working SUN ULTA1 1995 machines to give away. Included is a third working(?) power supply. Also I have a good display, key board and mouse. SUN_Machine If I can not give them away, I am forced to trash them.... Ken Jones Fitchburg, MA kjones(a)employees.org 978 345-2176 ------- end of forwarded message -------

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Re: [Wlug] My SUN ULTRA1 machine.
by John Stoffel Jan. 21, 2016

Jan. 21, 2016

Ken> Here’s some details about my SUN ULTRA 1. A fun machine, well built. But old............ :-) Ken> But first a detail about me. I am 80 years old. That which I Ken> knew for sure back then I don’t know any more... sigh. I’d hate Ken> to trash this old friend. The screen shot dates back to when it Ken> worked. Heh. I'm losing it too, at least according to the eye rolls from my kids. Ken> SUN_MachineSUN-oldsda2_beginning Ken> The ID’s on the case are Ken> PN 600-3942-01 Ken> SN 620F1727 Ken> SVCd A11-170 Ken> The ID’s on the keyboard are Ken> SUN FCC ID C9SKB8703 Ken> N860-8703-T010 060 Ken> With the power supply unattached the fan flutters when the (1) Ken> button is pushed. This makes no sense to me. If there's no power... how is the sucker moving when you hit the button? Can you just pull the cover off the system, unplug *everything* execpt the power cord and press the power button on the front? You might need to hit the power switch on the back... trying to remember if it was a toggle, or a hard on/off switch. The U2 has a toggle... U5/U10 is hard on/off. Cannot remember the U1 switch. Sorry. Ebay to the rescue! It's a toggle switch on the back for power. No front panel power switch. Anyway, with the power connected and the power switch pressed, what happens? Does the CPU fan spin? If not, you're going to need to replace it first off. If the fan wiggles but does not spin when you power on the system, try reaching in and giving it a twist, it might then start spinning, but not likely. You should hear some beeps and boops at this point, time to dig up old manuals and see what they say for trouble shooting. But honestly, just toss it and get a BeagleBone of Raspberry Pi to play with instead. More memory and cpu speed for sure. :-) Ken> With the whole machine together with the key board attached, it Ken> goes ‘beep’ while some lights flash then nothing..... Does the keyboard flash when this happens? I assume you're trying this with the keyboard/mouse plugged into the system?

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Re: [Wlug] My "modern" FEDORA is working fine.
by Eric Martin Jan. 21, 2016

Jan. 21, 2016

I have a bit of experience too, and I think I have a bunch of connectors. Let me know if you want me to bring a few. On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net <javascript:;>> > writes: > > Andy> On 01/20/2016 03:48 PM, Ken Jones wrote: > >> Here’a shot of the GIMP. Andy, Is there anyone around who might know > >> the SUN ULTRA!? When I power up a bell rings and the lights flash then > >> nothing...... It has a reworked power supply installed this morning. > >> PACMAN_FEDORA_GIMP > >> Ken > > Andy> Sorry, Ken, I don't know of anybody, off hand, that > knows/knew/remembers > Andy> the Sun Ultra. > > Which model Ultra? I spent alot of time on the Ultra 1 140/170 > models, Ultra 2 (still got one running at work!), along with Ultra > 5/10 and newer. You need to provide more details on the exact model, > and also let us know what other elements the system has in it. > > Do you have it on a serial console or a monitor? Finding those old > Sun 13W3 monitor connectors is a pain, though I probably have some > kicking around to goto VGA if I look hard enough. > > For the Ultra 1 series, make sure the CPU fan spins. They had a heck > of a time with them dying and then overheating. > > The Ultra 2 is a slightly simpler beast, but I'd just pull one of the > two procesors and all but two sticks of memory. As I recall, you want > it in some certain slot order, not right next to each other. > > Pull the disks, they're not needed at this point, you want to see what > the BIOS shows on bootup first. And if you don't have a monitor and > keyboard hooked up, then you will want a 9600 serial connection. > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <javascript:;> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Re: [Wlug] My "modern" FEDORA is working fine.
by John Stoffel Jan. 21, 2016

Jan. 21, 2016

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> writes: Andy> On 01/20/2016 03:48 PM, Ken Jones wrote: >> Here’a shot of the GIMP. Andy, Is there anyone around who might know >> the SUN ULTRA!? When I power up a bell rings and the lights flash then >> nothing...... It has a reworked power supply installed this morning. >> PACMAN_FEDORA_GIMP >> Ken Andy> Sorry, Ken, I don't know of anybody, off hand, that knows/knew/remembers Andy> the Sun Ultra. Which model Ultra? I spent alot of time on the Ultra 1 140/170 models, Ultra 2 (still got one running at work!), along with Ultra 5/10 and newer. You need to provide more details on the exact model, and also let us know what other elements the system has in it. Do you have it on a serial console or a monitor? Finding those old Sun 13W3 monitor connectors is a pain, though I probably have some kicking around to goto VGA if I look hard enough. For the Ultra 1 series, make sure the CPU fan spins. They had a heck of a time with them dying and then overheating. The Ultra 2 is a slightly simpler beast, but I'd just pull one of the two procesors and all but two sticks of memory. As I recall, you want it in some certain slot order, not right next to each other. Pull the disks, they're not needed at this point, you want to see what the BIOS shows on bootup first. And if you don't have a monitor and keyboard hooked up, then you will want a 9600 serial connection. John

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Re: [Wlug] My "modern" FEDORA is working fine.
by Andy Stewart Jan. 20, 2016

Jan. 20, 2016

On 01/20/2016 03:48 PM, Ken Jones wrote: > Here’a shot of the GIMP. Andy, Is there anyone around who might know > the SUN ULTRA!? When I power up a bell rings and the lights flash then > nothing...... It has a reworked power supply installed this morning. > PACMAN_FEDORA_GIMP > Ken Sorry, Ken, I don't know of anybody, off hand, that knows/knew/remembers the Sun Ultra. Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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LOCATION CHANGE: WLUG Meeting Jan. 14th @7pm WPI Rec Center Class of '61 Meeting Room
by Chuck Anderson Jan. 14, 2016

Jan. 14, 2016

Frank tells me he booked the same location as last month: WPI Sports and Recreation Center room 412 - Class of '61 Meeting Room So don't go to the Campus Center, no one will be there! On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:30:43AM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Sorry for the late email, it's been hectic at my end of things. > > Here are the facts! > Date & Time: January 17th, 2016 @ 7PM > Location: WPI Student Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) > Topic: None* > > *There's currently no topic ... I contemplated talking, but never got stuff > together. > > Due to a scheduling conflict, I'll be unable to attend... so if someone > else would like to step up for snacks and refreshments that would be quite > helpful. > > I know people had a busy holidays, so my plan *was* for this to just be a > general meeting anyway. We can get our heads around what we'd like for > speakers for the coming year. > > My hope is to get my buddy Nick to do a deep dive talk about encryption in > February. > I know Greg had mentioned speaking about setting up a radio station. > Please submit any suggestions! > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- - Chuck (0 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/)

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WLUG Meeting Jan. 14th @7pm WPI Mid century Room (rm 331)
by Tim Keller Jan. 12, 2016

Jan. 12, 2016

Hey Gang, Sorry for the late email, it's been hectic at my end of things. Here are the facts! Date & Time: January 17th, 2016 @ 7PM Location: WPI Student Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) Topic: None* *There's currently no topic ... I contemplated talking, but never got stuff together. Due to a scheduling conflict, I'll be unable to attend... so if someone else would like to step up for snacks and refreshments that would be quite helpful. I know people had a busy holidays, so my plan *was* for this to just be a general meeting anyway. We can get our heads around what we'd like for speakers for the coming year. My hope is to get my buddy Nick to do a deep dive talk about encryption in February. I know Greg had mentioned speaking about setting up a radio station. Please submit any suggestions! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Audio processing question
by John Stoffel Dec. 28, 2015

Dec. 28, 2015

Andy> I thought so, too, but I cannot find a menu option or a command Andy> line option to do it. Am I blind? :-) I'm running dream Andy> version 2.1.1-svn808. In the SNAPSHOTS directory on sf.net, I Andy> see dream-935 from Nov 2014 which is more recent but when I Andy> compile it, it segfaults upon execution. Hmm... maybe they have some newer code elsewhere? I'm not sure how I could help at this point, beyond trying to compile the code with debug info and then pulling it into gdb to get a backtrace. I suspect you'll have to ask on the mailing list for dream, since what I see on the web page implies that network stuff works... but not sure. I would think that dream could just pull the data directly from the radio itself, to cut out the middle man here.

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Re: [Wlug] Audio processing question
by Andy Stewart Dec. 28, 2015

Dec. 28, 2015

On 12/27/2015 05:38 PM, John Stoffel wrote: >>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> writes: > > Andy> Closer: > > Andy> nc -l -u 65535 | sox -r 48k -b 16 -c 1 -L -e signed -t raw - \ > Andy> -t wav radio.wav > > Andy> ...but....the mondiale decoder doesn't like reading radio.wav: > > Andy> sox WARN wav: Length in output .wav header will be wrong since can't > Andy> seek to fix it.. > > Andy> Still plugging away...... > > So what mondiale decoder are you using, dream from sourceforge? I've > just poked at the dream web page and it looks like it's got network > input support, so I'm wondering if you cant' get the data from gprx -> > nc -> dream -> speakers > > to do the decoding. Hi John, I thought so, too, but I cannot find a menu option or a command line option to do it. Am I blind? :-) I'm running dream version 2.1.1-svn808. In the SNAPSHOTS directory on sf.net, I see dream-935 from Nov 2014 which is more recent but when I compile it, it segfaults upon execution. Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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