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Re: DVI Initial Resolution
by Dennis Payne Feb. 25, 2019

Feb. 25, 2019

Fedora uses Wayland now. I assume xrandr would no longer apply. On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 01:25 +0000, Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG wrote: > Could you set the resolution with xrandr using a systemd service? > Using something like > > this seems promising. > > > > > From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:23 PM > > To: wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > Cc: Dennis Payne > > Subject: [WLUG] DVI Initial Resolution > > > > > I've had the cub scouts build an arcade machine. The TV being used > for > > display is connected by DVI. Fedora defaults to a resolution the TV > > does not support. If I hookup a monitor on the VGA port I can set the > > resolution of the second monitor but it switches back to an > unsupported > > resolution when the second monitor is disconnected. Anyone know how > to > > force a specific resolution on boot? > > > > _______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

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DVI Initial Resolution
by Dennis Payne Feb. 25, 2019

Feb. 25, 2019

I've had the cub scouts build an arcade machine. The TV being used for display is connected by DVI. Fedora defaults to a resolution the TV does not support. If I hookup a monitor on the VGA port I can set the resolution of the second monitor but it switches back to an unsupported resolution when the second monitor is disconnected. Anyone know how to force a specific resolution on boot? -- Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com>

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Reminder: Meeting Tomorrow (Feb. 21st) Topic: AWX Please note location!!!
by Tim Keller Feb. 20, 2019

Feb. 20, 2019

Hey Gang, This is a reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow! Time: 7pm Date: Feb. 21st 2019 Location: Fuller Labs, Beckett Conference Room (Room 246) https://maps.wpi.edu/?id=609#!m/105273 Topic: AWX AWX is a platform for managing the automation of running ansible playbooks. My talk will include an overview of ansible / git / gitlab and AWX as they fit together as a system to manage configurations and software. For those who use puppet/chef/salt, I'm sure there will be lively comparisons. Refreshments and snacks will be provided and afterwards we'll head off (likely to the Boynton) to continue the conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting is on Thursday!!!
by Tim Keller Feb. 20, 2019

Feb. 20, 2019

Apparently my proofreading skills were a bit off... The meeting is on THURSDAY, Feb. 21st! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting THIS Thursday (2/21/2017): Topic: AWX
by Tim Keller Feb. 19, 2019

Feb. 19, 2019

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting on Wednesday Location: Fuller Labs, Beckett Conference Room, RM 246 Time: 7PM Topic: AWX and Ansible. AWX is the open source upstream version of Ansible Tower. This is a system that automates the running of ansible playbooks on hosts. What's ansible? Ansible is a management and configuration system for installing / modifying and maintaining linux/unix machines. What's cooler is that AWX can natively use git to manage configs. I'll talk about ansible, playbooks and then AWX. As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards to continue to conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: NO MEETING TODAY!
by Tim Keller Feb. 14, 2019

Feb. 14, 2019

Just a reminder, the meeting has been moved to Feb. 21st. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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How do I get on daily emails only??
by John Spencer Feb. 13, 2019

Feb. 13, 2019

I keep getting individual emails. I have tried to change the setting so I only get emails daily not every time someone posts. Can you please make this change for me. Thanks Regards, John Spencer Connected Systems Partners Office: (978) 455-5550 x208 Cell: (978) 621-9743 jspencer(a)connectedsp.com<mailto:jspencer@connectedsp.com> www.connectedsp.com<http://www.connectedsp.com/> GET CONNECTED! All information in this email, unless indicated otherwise in the body of the email, is considered confidential and intended for the view and use of the recipient(s) only.

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charter.net is blocking all Digital Ocean droplet email
by John Stoffel Feb. 13, 2019

Feb. 13, 2019

I need to vent here. Charter.net which provides my internet, sucks. They are now refusing to accept email from *any* IP blocks owned by Digital Ocean, even though I've got a good mail setup on a droplet there, with proper DNS entries, SPF, etc. So I'm looking to spin up a new instance on some other provider, or I'm going to try and route the email via my @charter.net account that I have since I'm a customer. And I have opened a ticket with them. No answer. Jerks. What do people think of Vultr.com? Seems pretty comparable... I just wonder when Charter will block their IP blocks... Jerks. I think it's too expensive to buy an IPv4 address for more permanent use, since it's too easy for that block of 256 to be blanket banned by some jerks. Grr!!!!! John

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Re: Openvpn and Network mapping
by Higgins, Benjamin J Feb. 4, 2019

Feb. 4, 2019

Nick: Reminder... just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should*. That is all. --ben From: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 11:26 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>; Levasseur, Kenneth <klevasseur(a)wpi.edu> Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob <njkrichevsky(a)wpi.edu> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Openvpn and Network mapping The goal was to expose the LAN, mostly for fun, but what you're describing is certainly the more practical way of solving the port forwarding problem directly. If I can't solve the routing problem, this might just end up being my fallback. Get Outlook for Android<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2Fg…> ________________________________ From: Levasseur, Kenneth Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:52:38 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: Re: Openvpn and Network mapping I hit some keys and it sent the message early. Not sure what happened there. Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ssh localhost -p <desired_port> Now you're ssh'd into the NAS. The desired port could be anything but it needs to be the same on both ends. This also assumes your VPS has a static IP/dynamic dns, and you may need some way to keep the connection alive if it's going to be up for a long time. ________________________________ From: Levasseur, Kenneth via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:48:34 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob; Levasseur, Kenneth Subject: [WLUG] Re: Openvpn and Network mapping Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ________________________________ From: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 1:42:35 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: [WLUG] Openvpn and Network mapping So I've found myself in an unfortunate situation where I cannot port forward on my router. My solution to this was to setup an openvpn tunnel on my VPS that would allow me to access my LAN via a NAS that I keep online in my apartment. (In other words, my laptop would connect to my VPS, which would route to my apartment via my NAS, and thus expose the LAN). The big problem is that the network uses 192.168.1.0/24, and given that I cannot edit any router settings, I cannot change this. If I were to simply expose this subnet via openvpn, I wouldn't be able to access any other 192.168.1.0/24 address if I were connect to the VPN. My plan was to try and use some iptables magic to map 10.24.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0. Luckily, this works, thanks to the NETMAP extension (iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -d 10.24.0.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 192.168.1.0/24, for the curious). However, the only way I can make this work is if I add the NAS as a gateway on all of the machines I want to connect to on my LAN, which is a bit sad (ip route add 192.168.255.0/24 via 192.168.1.69) . Is there some way I can make this a bit more seamless? This isn't my least favorite solution, as I don't need to run the openvpn client on every host, but it isn't much better...

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Re: Openvpn and Network mapping
by Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Feb. 3, 2019

Feb. 3, 2019

The goal was to expose the LAN, mostly for fun, but what you're describing is certainly the more practical way of solving the port forwarding problem directly. If I can't solve the routing problem, this might just end up being my fallback. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Levasseur, Kenneth Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:52:38 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: Re: Openvpn and Network mapping I hit some keys and it sent the message early. Not sure what happened there. Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ssh localhost -p <desired_port> Now you're ssh'd into the NAS. The desired port could be anything but it needs to be the same on both ends. This also assumes your VPS has a static IP/dynamic dns, and you may need some way to keep the connection alive if it's going to be up for a long time. ________________________________ From: Levasseur, Kenneth via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:48:34 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob; Levasseur, Kenneth Subject: [WLUG] Re: Openvpn and Network mapping Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ________________________________ From: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 1:42:35 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: [WLUG] Openvpn and Network mapping So I've found myself in an unfortunate situation where I cannot port forward on my router. My solution to this was to setup an openvpn tunnel on my VPS that would allow me to access my LAN via a NAS that I keep online in my apartment. (In other words, my laptop would connect to my VPS, which would route to my apartment via my NAS, and thus expose the LAN). The big problem is that the network uses 192.168.1.0/24, and given that I cannot edit any router settings, I cannot change this. If I were to simply expose this subnet via openvpn, I wouldn't be able to access any other 192.168.1.0/24 address if I were connect to the VPN. My plan was to try and use some iptables magic to map 10.24.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0. Luckily, this works, thanks to the NETMAP extension (iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -d 10.24.0.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 192.168.1.0/24, for the curious). However, the only way I can make this work is if I add the NAS as a gateway on all of the machines I want to connect to on my LAN, which is a bit sad (ip route add 192.168.255.0/24 via 192.168.1.69) . Is there some way I can make this a bit more seamless? This isn't my least favorite solution, as I don't need to run the openvpn client on every host, but it isn't much better...

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Re: Openvpn and Network mapping
by Levasseur, Kenneth Feb. 3, 2019

Feb. 3, 2019

I hit some keys and it sent the message early. Not sure what happened there. Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ssh localhost -p <desired_port> Now you're ssh'd into the NAS. The desired port could be anything but it needs to be the same on both ends. This also assumes your VPS has a static IP/dynamic dns, and you may need some way to keep the connection alive if it's going to be up for a long time. ________________________________ From: Levasseur, Kenneth via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:48:34 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob; Levasseur, Kenneth Subject: [WLUG] Re: Openvpn and Network mapping Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ________________________________ From: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 1:42:35 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: [WLUG] Openvpn and Network mapping So I've found myself in an unfortunate situation where I cannot port forward on my router. My solution to this was to setup an openvpn tunnel on my VPS that would allow me to access my LAN via a NAS that I keep online in my apartment. (In other words, my laptop would connect to my VPS, which would route to my apartment via my NAS, and thus expose the LAN). The big problem is that the network uses 192.168.1.0/24, and given that I cannot edit any router settings, I cannot change this. If I were to simply expose this subnet via openvpn, I wouldn't be able to access any other 192.168.1.0/24 address if I were connect to the VPN. My plan was to try and use some iptables magic to map 10.24.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0. Luckily, this works, thanks to the NETMAP extension (iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -d 10.24.0.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 192.168.1.0/24, for the curious). However, the only way I can make this work is if I add the NAS as a gateway on all of the machines I want to connect to on my LAN, which is a bit sad (ip route add 192.168.255.0/24 via 192.168.1.69) . Is there some way I can make this a bit more seamless? This isn't my least favorite solution, as I don't need to run the openvpn client on every host, but it isn't much better...

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Re: Openvpn and Network mapping
by Levasseur, Kenneth Feb. 3, 2019

Feb. 3, 2019

Do you need to route the entire network, or just access the NAS and other hosts? I think you could do something with SSH reverse tunneling, given you have a VPS. On the NAS: ssh -R <desired_port>:localhost:22 user@<vps_address> Then, once you've ssh'd into the VPS from anywhere else: ________________________________ From: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 1:42:35 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Subject: [WLUG] Openvpn and Network mapping So I've found myself in an unfortunate situation where I cannot port forward on my router. My solution to this was to setup an openvpn tunnel on my VPS that would allow me to access my LAN via a NAS that I keep online in my apartment. (In other words, my laptop would connect to my VPS, which would route to my apartment via my NAS, and thus expose the LAN). The big problem is that the network uses 192.168.1.0/24, and given that I cannot edit any router settings, I cannot change this. If I were to simply expose this subnet via openvpn, I wouldn't be able to access any other 192.168.1.0/24 address if I were connect to the VPN. My plan was to try and use some iptables magic to map 10.24.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0. Luckily, this works, thanks to the NETMAP extension (iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -d 10.24.0.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 192.168.1.0/24, for the curious). However, the only way I can make this work is if I add the NAS as a gateway on all of the machines I want to connect to on my LAN, which is a bit sad (ip route add 192.168.255.0/24 via 192.168.1.69) . Is there some way I can make this a bit more seamless? This isn't my least favorite solution, as I don't need to run the openvpn client on every host, but it isn't much better...

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Openvpn and Network mapping
by Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob Feb. 3, 2019

Feb. 3, 2019

So I've found myself in an unfortunate situation where I cannot port forward on my router. My solution to this was to setup an openvpn tunnel on my VPS that would allow me to access my LAN via a NAS that I keep online in my apartment. (In other words, my laptop would connect to my VPS, which would route to my apartment via my NAS, and thus expose the LAN). The big problem is that the network uses 192.168.1.0/24, and given that I cannot edit any router settings, I cannot change this. If I were to simply expose this subnet via openvpn, I wouldn't be able to access any other 192.168.1.0/24 address if I were connect to the VPN. My plan was to try and use some iptables magic to map 10.24.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0. Luckily, this works, thanks to the NETMAP extension (iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -d 10.24.0.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 192.168.1.0/24, for the curious). However, the only way I can make this work is if I add the NAS as a gateway on all of the machines I want to connect to on my LAN, which is a bit sad (ip route add 192.168.255.0/24 via 192.168.1.69) . Is there some way I can make this a bit more seamless? This isn't my least favorite solution, as I don't need to run the openvpn client on every host, but it isn't much better...

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Re: struggling w/ reliable printers on CUPS in small office
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. Jan. 25, 2019

Jan. 25, 2019

Try my website here (especially HPLIP) at the compatibility links.(http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/index.php/linux-ope… Al Butler On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 11:12:51 PM EST, Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: I have an HP Officejet 8600 that only gets "paused" if I unplug it, in my testing. YMMV Get Outlook for Android From: Bradley Noyes via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:07:29 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Bradley Noyes Subject: [WLUG] struggling w/ reliable printers on CUPS in small office WLug-gers, tl;dr: Can someone recommend a printer (or printer brand) that is reliable for printing via CUPS? I’m struggling w/ printers in a small office and i've struggled to get any kind of guidance on-line. The volume of pages printed at the office is probably around 100 pages a day and there are 4 printers — all HPs and all consumer grade — each printer has its purpose, e.g. there's an 11x17 printer, one color laser, one BW laster, one color inkjet. The office is all iMACs, which connect to a Linux CUPS server. The iMacs were networking directly w/ the printers, but i added the CUPS server to try to mitigate the poor reliability with only marginal results. Routinely printers become “paused” in CUPS so i need to go in and ‘unpause’ them, also some printers just fall of the network entirely. Inevitably the only printer that works most of the time is the ink-jet which is a lot more expensive to re-fill. I’m looking for a reliable solution. If anyone has a recomendation that’d be great! Thanks, — Brad _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

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Demon haunted laptop has found the light...
by Tim Keller Jan. 11, 2019

Jan. 11, 2019

Now running Ubuntu 18.10 and working happy as a clam... Touch screen works and everything! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: Last Reminder: WLUG Meeting tomorrow! Taylor Room (rm 128)
by Tim Keller Jan. 10, 2019

Jan. 10, 2019

Yes, this room is has a large screen and a VGA/HDMI connection. As as aside, do you need a ride tonight? Thanks, Tim. On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 2:18 AM Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I believe so, yes. It definitely has HDMI. > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2019 2:07:09 AM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion > *Cc:* wlug(a)lists.wlug.org; turbofx(a)gmail.com; Keith Wright > *Subject:* [WLUG] Re: Last Reminder: WLUG Meeting tomorrow! Taylor Room > (rm 128) > > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Last reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow in the WPI Student Center > > Taylor Room (rm 128) at 7PM. > > I just noticed this is a new room. > > It has a big screen with a VGA connection, yes? > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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VGA
by Keith Wright Jan. 10, 2019

Jan. 10, 2019

"Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob" <njkrichevsky(a)wpi.edu> says: > I believe so, yes. It definitely has HDMI. I don't think I do. I have tried this laptop in the Mid-century room with VGA, I think. > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> Who's gonna make me? -- Keith

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Last Reminder: WLUG Meeting tomorrow! Taylor Room (rm 128)
by Tim Keller Jan. 10, 2019

Jan. 10, 2019

Hey Gang, Last reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow in the WPI Student Center Taylor Room (rm 128) at 7PM. Date & Time: Jan. 10th, 2019 @ 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Room 128 "Taylor Room" It's the room at the BOTTOM of the stairs. Topic: A Scheme to Bootstrap Trust. Presenter: Dr. Keith Wright. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards to continue to conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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So about the Feb. Meeting... it falls on valentines day...
by Tim Keller Jan. 7, 2019

Jan. 7, 2019

We can talk about this at the meeting but looking at at calendar the Feb. WLUG meeting is going to fall on Valentines day. I see this as a problem... Why don't we move it to the 21st preemptively. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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WLUG Meeting THIS Thursday Jan. 10th, 2019! Topic: A Scheme to bootstrap Trust
by Tim Keller Jan. 7, 2019

Jan. 7, 2019

Here are the pertinent details: Date & Time: Jan. 10th, 2019 @ 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Room 128 "Taylor Room" It's the room at the BOTTOM of the stairs. Topic: A Scheme to Bootstrap Trust. Presenter: Dr. Keith Wright. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards to continue to conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Demon haunted windows 10 laptop...
by Tim Keller Jan. 6, 2019

Jan. 6, 2019

So my trusty old piece of crap finally, well crapped out. My company gave me a shiny new Lenovo 470 but it came with windows 10... no worries I'll just quick grab the 18.10 ubuntu iso and use one of the various tools to create a bootable USB... The *moment* I plugged it into my ethernet network, all hell broke loose. I didn't want to hook it up to my wifi because I assume it'll just send my wifi info back to a mothership somewhere. My Verizion AP / router promptly crashed, hard. I had to yank the power sing the ABC song for it to fully discharge and reboot. Windows... evil to the core... -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Jan. WLUG Meeting: Jan 10th, Topic: Keith's talk!
by Tim Keller Jan. 5, 2019

Jan. 5, 2019

Hey Gang, We've got a meeting on Thursday, January 10th, 2019 @ 7pm. Topic: I'm not sure of the tile, but esteemed longtime member Keith Wright will be giving a talk! The reminders will definitely have the topic name in them, hint, hint... Location: WPI Campus Center, Taylor Room 128. As usual refreshments and snacks will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner to keep the conversation going. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Dec. WLUG meeting reminder! Topic: DMARC, SPF and DKIM
by Tim Keller Jan. 5, 2019

Jan. 5, 2019

Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting tomorrow! Date & Time: December 13th 2018 @ 7PM Location: WPI Student Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) Presenter: Frank Sweetser Topic: DMARC, SPF and DKIM. This topic came up on the list as a possible reason why some people weren't seeing all the mail on the list and I thought it might be an interesting topic. The good old days of the internet are sadly dead. Now that the Nigerian princes have given up trying to distribute their money, we're instead left with more sophisticated attacks. DMARC, SPF and DKIM are a few of the techniques now being employed to help cut down on spoofed email. As usual refreshments and snacks will be provided and afterwards we'll head off from dinner and keep the conversation going. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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cool HW-info linux/bsd tool "inxi"
by Doug Mildram Jan. 5, 2019

Jan. 5, 2019

doug> Ran into this out of the blue, and wanted to share the joy (if you like attempting to understand the gore of PC hardware.... or figure out what you just plugged in, or assembled,etc. Sample output below! I havent even studied the args/options yet. Sections I "asked for" (the options/args I used.. "inxi -Fxz" , gave me....) System,Machine,CPU,Graphics,Audio,Network,Drives,Partition,Sensors,Info. I like how it reports disk (3 below) info, with per-disk temperature! Except on an SSD on another machine, temp.=0C I like how it reports per-disk temperature! Except on an SSD, I got temp.=0C sections I asked for with : Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (5.1% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_860 size: 250.1GB temp: 0C pardon the TMI/detail+long_lines below. -doug *Inix* is available in most mainstream Linux distribution repositories, and runs on BSDs as well. $ sudo apt-get install inxi [On *Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint*] $ sudo yum install inxi [On *CentOs/RHEL/Fedora*] $ sudo dnf install inxi [On *Fedora 22+*] $ inxi -Fxz > System: Host: P5Q Kernel: 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64 x86_64 bits: 64 > compiler: gcc v: 4.8.5 Console: tty 1 > Distro: CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core) > Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5Q-PRO v: Rev 1.xx serial: > <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends > v: 2102 date: 02/23/2009 > CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: > MCP arch: Penryn rev: A > L2 cache: 6144 KiB > flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11997 > Speed: 2003 MHz min/max: 2003/3003 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: > 2003 2: 2003 > Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV610 [Radeon HD > 2400 PRO/XT] driver: radeon v: kernel > bus ID: 01:00.0 > Display: server: X.org 1.19.5 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: > fbdev,modesetting,vesa tty: 134x42 > Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G > --display > Audio: Device-1: VIA VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio > driver: snd_ice1724 v: kernel > bus ID: 05:00.0 > Sound Server: ALSA v: k3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64 > Network: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast > Ethernet driver: ATL1E v: N/A > port: bc00 bus ID: 02:00.0 > IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> > Device-2: Intel 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: > 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: ec00 bus ID: 07:01.0 > IF: enp7s1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> > IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter> > IF-ID-2: virbr0-nic state: down mac: <filter> > Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.41 TiB used: 398.89 GiB (27.6%) > ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HDS724040KLSA80 size: > 372.61 GiB temp: 39 C > ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD7500AACS-65D6B0 > size: 698.64 GiB temp: 35 C > ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Hitachi model: HDS724040KLSA80 size: > 372.61 GiB temp: 42 C > Partition: ID-1: / size: 64.04 GiB used: 9.41 GiB (14.7%) fs: ext4 dev: > /dev/sdb1 > Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 43 > C > Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A > Info: Processes: 196 Uptime: 11h 09m Memory: 1.79 GiB used: 896.5 MiB > (48.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 > Compilers: gcc: N/A Shell: bash v: 4.2.46 inxi: 3.0.26 >

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Apt-X support
by Richard Klein Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 30, 2018

I'm looking at bluetooth dongles for my desktop. Is Apt-X support provided by the hardware or the OS? -- Rich

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