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Re: Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Dan Kaiser

I have the same issues with Charter that John describes here in Dudley. We'll go a while without issues, then it will be a problem again for a few weeks. Just this past Saturday my wife had to cancel ESL classes she teaches from home due to inconsistent coverage. When calling Charter they say there isn't an outage, but someone in the local neighborhood group (two roads over from us) said a tech told him there was some equipment they were working on recently. I'm positive it isn't the router. And I'm pointed to OpenDNS servers. On Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 9:09 AM Randy Cole via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > John, > When we had a customer-owned Motorola Sharkfin-style modem, which was > either Docsis 1.0 or pre-Docsis, Charter Communications dba Spectrum > started deliberately screwing with the connection; It would go down about > once a day, right around like 8PM or midnight, and you would have to > powercycle it and it would work. Finally called them, they wanted us to > upgrade to one of their cable modems, which they provide for "free". > Didn't send an email or a letter like a normal company would but forced you > to call them!! > > In our area they give you a www.hitrontech.com Docsys 3.1 eMTA EN2251 > PC15 modem with two telephone connectors and a theoretical battery-backup > connector (does anybody use the battery backup or have their cablemodem on > a UPS? Does it even work?) It's physically way larger than it should be. > All web pages, configuration, logs are disabled so the customer cannot > troubleshoot anything themselves. Can log in to your MySpectrum app and > "check the connection" which sometimes can wake the thing up when it is > disconnected. > > I've read on the internetzzz that you can have problems such as failing > analog amplifiers in their cable plant cause hard to diagnose intermittent > problems, and also that Docsis 3.1 is more sensitive to line quality than > Docsis 3.0. My biggest concerns include the rising price of their internet > service. > > --r > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/RBYX6… >

Dec. 8, 2020

Re: Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Michael Voorhis

I've had no problems with my Charter service. I run my own local DNS and all. I've got a DOCSIS3 cablemodem and an old Netgear router running OpenWRT. I've been pretty happy with the service, to be honest. --MCV. P.S. My ARRIS cablemodem doesn't respond at all on 192.168.100.1. The prior Surfboard unit did, though. I wondered what happened...

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by randyokc＠gmail.com

John, When we had a customer-owned Motorola Sharkfin-style modem, which was either Docsis 1.0 or pre-Docsis, Charter Communications dba Spectrum started deliberately screwing with the connection; It would go down about once a day, right around like 8PM or midnight, and you would have to powercycle it and it would work. Finally called them, they wanted us to upgrade to one of their cable modems, which they provide for "free". Didn't send an email or a letter like a normal company would but forced you to call them!! In our area they give you a www.hitrontech.com Docsys 3.1 eMTA EN2251 PC15 modem with two telephone connectors and a theoretical battery-backup connector (does anybody use the battery backup or have their cablemodem on a UPS? Does it even work?) It's physically way larger than it should be. All web pages, configuration, logs are disabled so the customer cannot troubleshoot anything themselves. Can log in to your MySpectrum app and "check the connection" which sometimes can wake the thing up when it is disconnected. I've read on the internetzzz that you can have problems such as failing analog amplifiers in their cable plant cause hard to diagnose intermittent problems, and also that Docsis 3.1 is more sensitive to line quality than Docsis 3.0. My biggest concerns include the rising price of their internet service. --r

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Chuck Anderson

Does your modem actually lose sync with the head end during a 3-5 minute outage? You would see the US/DS lights go out for example, then start blinking as the modem tries to acquire a signal. If you have an ARRIS cable modem, you might be able to connect to 192.168.100.1 and get a statistics page and/or event log. Note that you may have to bypass any external router and connect directly to the cable modem to be able to communicate with it. Does your Cable TV also go out at the same time? What about Charter Voice (if you have that)? On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 02:30:20PM -0500, E Johnson wrote: > I’ve had this in more than one location. Usually worst in winter. It sounds > like water/ice in the hole, failing weatherproofing where the line in the > street connects to the line going to the local node box. The best > explanation one of their senior line techs was, that rain water eventually > works into a connector somewhere, which then in freezing/thawing situations > causes little micro outage glitches. > > If it’s this, then in a spell of dry, fair weather you won’t have this. > Worst after rain which then freezes. > > That is, it sounds like a LINE issue rather than something a housecall tech > has to fix. > > Can you get into your modem to see its recent event log? > > Liz J > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 14:10 John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > > > > > That's exactly what I do, all my internal machines points to my > > internal DNS server. > > > > It's not DNS as the problem, it's literally that the connection drops, > > I can't ping anything in the internet, etc. This recovers after 3-5 > > minutes on it's own, so I *strongly* suspect it's a Charter problem > > here in town (Boylston). > > > > I've had charter for probably close to 20 years, and this is by *far* > > the worst I've ever seen it here. I guess I'll also ask around in my > > Town FB group to see is anyone else is seeing these problems. > > > > John > > > > > > Chuck> Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver > > on your own router... > > > > >> We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. > > >> > > >> One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or > > really slow) a lot. > > >> > > >> When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. > > Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for > > a week. > > >> > > >> It's makes my home WiFi users happier. > > >> > > >> Joel > > >> > > >> On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG < > > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> > I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am > > working > > >> > in Worcster all day today. > > >> > > > >> > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > >> > > > >> >> Hi all, > > >> >> > > >> >> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing > > alot > > >> >> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, > > >> >> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a > > >> >> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via > > >> >> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself > > >> >> working from home. > > >> >> > > >> >> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out > > >> >> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their > > >> >> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it > > >> >> still fails randomly. > > >> >> > > >> >> Cheers, > > >> >> John

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by E Johnson

I’ve had this in more than one location. Usually worst in winter. It sounds like water/ice in the hole, failing weatherproofing where the line in the street connects to the line going to the local node box. The best explanation one of their senior line techs was, that rain water eventually works into a connector somewhere, which then in freezing/thawing situations causes little micro outage glitches. If it’s this, then in a spell of dry, fair weather you won’t have this. Worst after rain which then freezes. That is, it sounds like a LINE issue rather than something a housecall tech has to fix. Can you get into your modem to see its recent event log? Liz J On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 14:10 John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > That's exactly what I do, all my internal machines points to my > internal DNS server. > > It's not DNS as the problem, it's literally that the connection drops, > I can't ping anything in the internet, etc. This recovers after 3-5 > minutes on it's own, so I *strongly* suspect it's a Charter problem > here in town (Boylston). > > I've had charter for probably close to 20 years, and this is by *far* > the worst I've ever seen it here. I guess I'll also ask around in my > Town FB group to see is anyone else is seeing these problems. > > John > > > Chuck> Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver > on your own router... > > >> We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. > >> > >> One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or > really slow) a lot. > >> > >> When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. > Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for > a week. > >> > >> It's makes my home WiFi users happier. > >> > >> Joel > >> > >> On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >> > >> > I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am > working > >> > in Worcster all day today. > >> > > >> > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > >> > > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing > alot > >> >> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, > >> >> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a > >> >> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via > >> >> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself > >> >> working from home. > >> >> > >> >> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out > >> >> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their > >> >> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it > >> >> still fails randomly. > >> >> > >> >> Cheers, > >> >> John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/HUA43… >

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Steven Thibault

I had the exact problem when I moved to Spencer. After a month of frustration and debugging, I had a Spectrum tech come out, and after 30 seconds of describing the problem, he said, oh I’m almost certain that’s your modem and listed the model, make type, and off the top of his head. He replaced it and a few aging cable lines and I’ve been much better since. > On Dec 7, 2020, at 2:09 PM, John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > That's exactly what I do, all my internal machines points to my > internal DNS server. > > It's not DNS as the problem, it's literally that the connection drops, > I can't ping anything in the internet, etc. This recovers after 3-5 > minutes on it's own, so I *strongly* suspect it's a Charter problem > here in town (Boylston). > > I've had charter for probably close to 20 years, and this is by *far* > the worst I've ever seen it here. I guess I'll also ask around in my > Town FB group to see is anyone else is seeing these problems. > > John > > > Chuck> Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver on your own router... > >>> We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. >>> >>> One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or really slow) a lot. >>> >>> When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for a week. >>> >>> It's makes my home WiFi users happier. >>> >>> Joel >>> >>> On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working >>>> in Worcster all day today. >>>> >>>> John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot >>>>> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, >>>>> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a >>>>> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via >>>>> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself >>>>> working from home. >>>>> >>>>> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out >>>>> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their >>>>> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it >>>>> still fails randomly. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/HUA43…

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Steven Thibault

I’ve been using an OPNsenser firewall on Charter Spectrum since I moved, and it was my only choice. I set up Unbound DNS to point to cloud flare’s DNS as a backup and its worked really well. Extra bonus, it supports a number of DNS Blacklists as well as custom ones for blocking adds, tracking,…,etc. Its a very granular way to manage your external access, The only down side is its not purely based on Linux but Free BSD. On the flip side, its web interface is really good, and you rarely if ever have two drop to the terminal after install. > On Dec 7, 2020, at 2:03 PM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver on your own router... > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 01:57:02PM -0500, Joel via WLUG wrote: >> We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. >> >> One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or really slow) a lot. >> >> When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for a week. >> >> It's makes my home WiFi users happier. >> >> Joel >> >> On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >>> I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working >>> in Worcster all day today. >>> >>> John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot >>>> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, >>>> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a >>>> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via >>>> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself >>>> working from home. >>>> >>>> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out >>>> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their >>>> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it >>>> still fails randomly. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ <https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/> > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ <https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/> > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/PE7BM… <https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/PE7BM…>

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by John Stoffel

That's exactly what I do, all my internal machines points to my internal DNS server. It's not DNS as the problem, it's literally that the connection drops, I can't ping anything in the internet, etc. This recovers after 3-5 minutes on it's own, so I *strongly* suspect it's a Charter problem here in town (Boylston). I've had charter for probably close to 20 years, and this is by *far* the worst I've ever seen it here. I guess I'll also ask around in my Town FB group to see is anyone else is seeing these problems. John Chuck> Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver on your own router... >> We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. >> >> One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or really slow) a lot. >> >> When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for a week. >> >> It's makes my home WiFi users happier. >> >> Joel >> >> On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >> > I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working >> > in Worcster all day today. >> > >> > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot >> >> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, >> >> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a >> >> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via >> >> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself >> >> working from home. >> >> >> >> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out >> >> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their >> >> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it >> >> still fails randomly. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> John

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Chuck Anderson

Or just run your own fully recursive (not forwarding) DNS resolver on your own router... On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 01:57:02PM -0500, Joel via WLUG wrote: > We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. > > One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or really slow) a lot. > > When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for a week. > > It's makes my home WiFi users happier. > > Joel > > On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working > > in Worcster all day today. > > > > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot > >> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, > >> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a > >> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via > >> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself > >> working from home. > >> > >> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out > >> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their > >> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it > >> still fails randomly. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> John

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by Joel

We have had Charter | Spectrum Internet for around 12 years. One thing I've noticed is their Charter Owned DNS servers are down (or really slow) a lot. When mine was down I found I could ping by IP number, but not by name. Consider pointing both your DNS servers elsewhere. Easy enough to test for a week. It's makes my home WiFi users happier. Joel On December 7, 2020 1:31:41 PM John Eismeier via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working > in Worcster all day today. > > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot >> more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, >> then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a >> PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via >> DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself >> working from home. >> >> Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out >> randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their >> automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it >> still fails randomly. >> >> Cheers, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Change Settings: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Web Forum/Archive: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/X2QWO…

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: [EXT] Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by John Eismeier

I have been using Charter/Spectrum all day without drops. I am working in Worcster all day today. John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Hi all, > > Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot > more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, > then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a > PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via > DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself > working from home. > > Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out > randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their > automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it > still fails randomly. > > Cheers, > John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… > Change Settings: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… > Web Forum/Archive: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…

Dec. 7, 2020

Charter internet - lots of drops for others?

by John Stoffel

Hi all, Has anyone else with Charter/Spectrum noticed that they're seeing alot more short 2-5 minute outages with Spectrum? Basically it all drops, then a few minutes on my router (OPNsense 20.7.<latest> running on a PCengines.sh APU4d4) I get the exact same IP address renewed via DHCP. It's really really sucky and impacts the kids and myself working from home. Tried all kinds of things, but the damn thing keeps crapping out randomly. I need to get them to look at this, but even with their automated system, and hacving them reset the Cable Modem remotely, it still fails randomly. Cheers, John

Dec. 7, 2020

Re: WLUG meeting November 19th, 2020: Topic: Gamerzilla! Presenter: Dennis Payne

by John Stoffel

Dennis> Thanks for everyone listening to my talk. Been putting Dennis> together changes to make the presentation better. And a big thank you for putting up with my comments! I hope you took them in the spirit they were offered, and not me being a jerk. I'm not a programmer, but as a long time sysadmin who's worked on compiling various programs over the years and tweaking them to work, I think I have a decent idea of good APIs.... at least I like to think so! :-) Cheers, John

Nov. 22, 2020

Re: Sharing Screens and jitsi

by Dennis Payne

The organizers of MiniDebConf Online informed me of a feature of jitsi. When you share your screen, it stops your video. That's why I used guvcview to show my video during the presentation. Apparently if you just click the video button again, it starts showing you in the bottom right corner. The presenter can't see it unless they have two displays and jitsi showing on a non shared screen. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

Nov. 21, 2020

Re: WLUG meeting November 19th, 2020: Topic: Gamerzilla! Presenter: Dennis Payne

by Zori Babroudi

Thanks for presenting Dennis. It was really cool to hear about the work you've done with Gamerzilla :) Good luck on your next presentation! -- Respectfully, Zori Babroudi On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 1:25 PM Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Thanks for everyone listening to my talk. Been putting together changes > to make the presentation better. > > > -- > Dennis Payne > dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com > https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/Y6JXE… >

Nov. 20, 2020

Re: WLUG meeting November 19th, 2020: Topic: Gamerzilla! Presenter: Dennis Payne

by Dennis Payne

Thanks for everyone listening to my talk. Been putting together changes to make the presentation better. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

Nov. 20, 2020

Re: WLUG meeting November 19th, 2020: Topic: Gamerzilla! Presenter: Dennis Payne

by John Stoffel

Guys, I had a great time at the meeting last night, learned a ton of new stuff and I still can't believe that three hours went by so quickly. Fun! Have a safe holiday all, John

Nov. 20, 2020

WLUG meeting November 19th, 2020: Topic: Gamerzilla! Presenter: Dennis Payne

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody! We've got a virtual meeting tomorrow Thursday November 19th, 2020. Long time WLUG member Dennis Payne will be giving a presentation on Gamerzilla. http://identicalsoftware.com/gamerzilla/index.html Time: 7PM Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA As usual, expect the banter and usual delve into linux (or not!) related topics. I fully expect as usual it'll go late into the night. See ya there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 18, 2020

Re: Generic VGA Driver (or other VGA driver)

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "gmcaplan---" == gmcaplan--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: gmcaplan---> Below is a question that I posted on Ask Ubuntu 8 days ago. gmcaplan---> I have received no replies, so I am now asking whether any of you might gmcaplan---> be able to help. Can I tell you to just go and buy a cheap PCIe graphics card made in the last 10 years? *grin* gmcaplan---> BTW, in addition to the Diamond Stealth card, I also have a PCI Mach64 gmcaplan---> VGA card made by ATI and a PCI VGA card made by STB Systems. The STB one gmcaplan---> has a big chip made by S3 and a PROM (I think) labeled "NITRO 3D/GX EDO gmcaplan---> 1.0". Those have essentially the same problem. All those cards are really stupid old, and the support has probably been dropped. Have you done a 'lspci -v' and then a the output of 'dmesg' after a clean reboot? gmcaplan---> I have added to my system a very old Diamond Stealth PCI gmcaplan---> VGA video card. That card can talk to the BIOS and gmcaplan---> display correctly on a VGA monitor (provided that I tell gmcaplan---> the BIOS that my primary graphics card is PCI-E not PCI), gmcaplan---> but it does not work in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I think I need gmcaplan---> a generic VGA driver. Here is some info from lshw: gmcaplan---> *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller gmcaplan---> product: 2000PV [Stingray] gmcaplan---> vendor: ARK Logic Inc gmcaplan---> physical id: 5 gmcaplan---> bus info: pci@0000:03:05.0 gmcaplan---> version: 00 gmcaplan---> width: 32 bits gmcaplan---> clock: 33MHz gmcaplan---> capabilities: vga_controller gmcaplan---> configuration: latency=0 gmcaplan---> resources: memory:fdc00000-fdffffff memory:febf0000-febfffff gmcaplan---> Also, here is what happens when I try to install fglrx: gmcaplan---> sudo apt-get install fglrx gmcaplan---> Reading package lists... Done gmcaplan---> Building dependency tree gmcaplan---> Reading state information... Done gmcaplan---> E: Unable to locate package fglrx gmcaplan---> I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. For fglrx, you might need to enable more repositories, especially for old hardware like this. Can you please post the 'lspci' output, and your dmesg output as well. gmcaplan---> (P.S. I think I have to set the BIOS to PCI-E because when I sent it to gmcaplan---> PCI it finds the built-in video port on my AMD CPU.) The next thing I would do is try to boot from an older liveCD and see if it can work with that display as well. But honestly, just get a new(er) card that is made in the past 10 years. :-) John

Nov. 16, 2020

Generic VGA Driver (or other VGA driver)

by gmcaplan＠gmcaplan.org

Dear WLUG Members, Below is a question that I posted on Ask Ubuntu 8 days ago. I have received no replies, so I am now asking whether any of you might be able to help. BTW, in addition to the Diamond Stealth card, I also have a PCI Mach64 VGA card made by ATI and a PCI VGA card made by STB Systems. The STB one has a big chip made by S3 and a PROM (I think) labeled "NITRO 3D/GX EDO 1.0". Those have essentially the same problem. ************** I have added to my system a very old Diamond Stealth PCI VGA video card. That card can talk to the BIOS and display correctly on a VGA monitor (provided that I tell the BIOS that my primary graphics card is PCI-E not PCI), but it does not work in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I think I need a generic VGA driver. Here is some info from lshw: *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: 2000PV [Stingray] vendor: ARK Logic Inc physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:03:05.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:fdc00000-fdffffff memory:febf0000-febfffff Also, here is what happens when I try to install fglrx: sudo apt-get install fglrx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package fglrx I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks. (P.S. I think I have to set the BIOS to PCI-E because when I sent it to PCI it finds the built-in video port on my AMD CPU.)

Nov. 16, 2020

Re: CMYK jpeg

by Dennis Payne

Printing services generally want CMYK. Nothing I can do about that. I'm looking at using drivethrucards.com to print some cards. They have a beta service which takes CMYK jpeg that I thought I would use. If that doesn't work I could use Scribus. I loaded it but I decided not to try when it loaded a dialog at an insane size for some reason. (It had to be at least 4 times the width of my screen.) I'll give the imagemagik suggestion a try when I get a chance. If anyone wants to see a prototype card: https://social.freegamedev.net/photos/dulsi/image/6b4a87c2-eb26-4e0a-af26-e… The text has been slightly altered since then and the pentagon around the 12 was cleaned up. On Mon, 2020-11-16 at 01:33 +0000, Logan Brown wrote: > CMYK encoded jpegs are technically within spec ( > https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.872-201206-I/en) but are exceedingly > uncommon and support is pretty sporatic. Typically a JPEG contains > RGB data encoded as YCbCr. If your application strictly requires CMYK > data, you probably want to consider another file format. > > Logan > From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 8:22:01 PM > To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > Cc: Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com> > Subject: [WLUG] CMYK jpeg > Anybody know of an easy tool to convert an image into a CMYK color > space jpeg? I found an online site that works but would like to do it > on my machine. Searching has only found how to do it for tiff files. >

Nov. 16, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: [EXT] CMYK jpeg

by Killea, Ryan B.

I can confirm that imagemagick will do the trick. If you’re using python, and want to do it within your program I’d recommend using PIL. from PIL import Image # image.mode is where the color space currently in use is stored X = Image.open(path) X.convert(‘cmyk’) From: "Krichevsky, Nicholas J. via WLUG" <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 5:57 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com>, "Krichevsky, Nicholas J." <njkrichevsky(a)wpi.edu> Subject: [EXT] [WLUG] Re: [EXT] CMYK jpeg Looks like you can do this with imagemagick http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=13359<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagem…> converting RGB JPEGS to CMYK - ImageMagick<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagem…> I need to convert a large number of images for my sister's ecommerce shop. Her website automatically handles images provided they are in the CMYK version of JPEG, but not the RGB version, and provided the starting file size is less than 1MB. www.imagemagick.org ________________________________ From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 8:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com> Subject: [EXT] [WLUG] CMYK jpeg Anybody know of an easy tool to convert an image into a CMYK color space jpeg? I found an online site that works but would like to do it on my machine. Searching has only found how to do it for tiff files. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.fr…<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.fr…> _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…> Change Settings: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…> Web Forum/Archive: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…>

Nov. 16, 2020

Re: [EXT] CMYK jpeg

by Krichevsky, Nicholas J.

Looks like you can do this with imagemagick http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=13359 converting RGB JPEGS to CMYK - ImageMagick<http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=13359> I need to convert a large number of images for my sister's ecommerce shop. Her website automatically handles images provided they are in the CMYK version of JPEG, but not the RGB version, and provided the starting file size is less than 1MB. www.imagemagick.org ________________________________ From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 8:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com> Subject: [EXT] [WLUG] CMYK jpeg Anybody know of an easy tool to convert an image into a CMYK color space jpeg? I found an online site that works but would like to do it on my machine. Searching has only found how to do it for tiff files. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.fr… _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… Change Settings: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… Web Forum/Archive: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail…

Nov. 16, 2020

Re: CMYK jpeg

by Logan Brown

CMYK encoded jpegs are technically within spec ( https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.872-201206-I/en) but are exceedingly uncommon and support is pretty sporatic. Typically a JPEG contains RGB data encoded as YCbCr. If your application strictly requires CMYK data, you probably want to consider another file format. Logan ________________________________ From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 8:22:01 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com> Subject: [WLUG] CMYK jpeg Anybody know of an easy tool to convert an image into a CMYK color space jpeg? I found an online site that works but would like to do it on my machine. Searching has only found how to do it for tiff files. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JH76O…

Nov. 16, 2020

CMYK jpeg

by Dennis Payne

Anybody know of an easy tool to convert an image into a CMYK color space jpeg? I found an online site that works but would like to do it on my machine. Searching has only found how to do it for tiff files. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

Nov. 16, 2020