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Re: [Wlug] You can't get there from here...

by Gregory Avedissian

Andy Stewart wrote: > On Sunday 12 October 2003 2:25 pm, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > >>At the meeting last Thursday, I asked about a problem I'm having with >>KDE desktop, and Tim mentioned I should run 'tail -f /var/log/messages' >>in another terminal while loading KDE. > > > Hi Greg, > > What happens if you create a brand new user, and then log in as that user and > fire up KDE? I'm wondering if there is a system problem or if something is > fubar in one of your user specific KDE files. > > Later, > > Andy Hi Andy, Same thing happens with any user, and the problem spans two consecutive installations on the same machine. The problem doesn't exist on my other machine, even though I intalled the same stuff. I'm thinking it might have to do with my funky vid card (ELSA GLoria-L). Sax2 won't run on this machine - it goes to a black screen that won't respond to any keystrokes except the reset button. I had to setup XFree 4.1 with the old sax, passing monitor and server parameters to it on the command line for it to run correctly (hsync, vsync, screen resolution and server). Sax2 doesn't seem to have the same switches. Is it bad to setup newer versions of X with sax instead of sax2? BTW, I had a lot of trouble setting up the older version of XFree from the CD's, too. Greg

Oct. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] reboot problem

by Gregory Avedissian

> On 10/30/07, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> You can get a handheld tester (I have one at home, I can bring it to >> the next meeting). Basically if the light goes green it's good. >> Also, it has spots to check voltages of your power supply. Richard Klein wrote: > > I'm not sure that's adequate to tell if a PS is causing flaky > behavior. I don't think it'll tell you if one of the voltage lines > goes low under load or something. If it doesn't pass those tests, > though, you'll know it's bad. > > Also, open the PS case and look for leaking capacitors. If you find > any leakage, then you know you have a problem. I would just throw out > the PS at that point, but you could probably replace the capacitors. > Thanks. I went ahead and got a tester, and all appears normal. Nothing in the instructions say whether it puts a load on or not. I changed my video card, because the fan was making noise, and all reboots since then have been ok. No blank screens. Before, it was about 1/4 of the time. I did have one lockup since changing the vid card, and I think I read somewhere that it could be a result of using a realtime kernel. (someone correct me if I'm wrong.) I was doing a lot at once when it happened. Guess I have to experiment with it some more and look inside the psu. Greg

Nov. 5, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Cryptoparty in Worcester on Sun. Mar 22

by Charlie Stevenson

Excellent! :) Thanks for putting this together. I'm not sure I'll make it but my key is collecting tons of dust. http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x180B8BAF13B27893 On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Steve Revilak <steve(a)srevilak.net> wrote: > Hello Worcester Linux Users Group! My name is Steve and I'm a Linux > user who lives in the Boston Area. I'm helping to organize a > Cryptoparty at the Worcester Public Library, and I wanted to extend an > invitation to WLUG members. > > The cryptoparty is this Sunday 3/22 from 2pm - 4pm, and we plan to > cover Jitsi and GnuPG. The WPL is located at 3 Salem Street, > Worcester, and we'll be meeting in the Banx room. > > Hope to see you Sunday. > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- *Charles K Stevenson* *Information Technology Manager**Telephone:* +1 978-355-4378 ext. 250 Insight Meditation Society <http://www.dharma.org/> | 1230 Pleasant St., Barre, MA 01005 [image: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliestevenson] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliestevenson> The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism grant recipient <http://fredericklenzfoundation.org/insight-meditation-society> IMA Best in Class Award award recipient in the nonprofit category <http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/certificate.asp?param=268701&…> 2015 Retreat Schedule <https://www.dharma.org/meditation-retreats/retreat-center/retreat-center-sc…> | Donate Now <https://www.dharma.org/ims/donations.php> | About Us <https://www.dharma.org/about-us> | e-Newsletter Signup <https://www.dharma.org/mailing-list-request>

March 18, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Winter cleaning

by Henrique

Hello Eric, I have interest in the OpenGL book. Could you bring it to the next Wlug meeting? Henrique Polido. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I'm doing some cleaning and I have a few books / computers up for grabs. > It's all free, please take it if you can use it. > > Computers: > > Mis-mosh of stuff, mainly > > > 1. 2 CRTs (working) > 2. Dual Pentium Pro 200MHz w/built-in SCSI and a DDS2 or DDS3 Drive > 3. HP Proliant 1U server, questionably working but I think it's a fan / > power supply > 4. Intel C440 Chassis with Cabriol MB and Older Xeon processors > 5. 2 old cases with working 300W power supplies, need MB > 6. More to come > > Books: > Interactive Computer Graphics > > http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Computer-Graphics-Top-Down-Approach/dp/03… > > Fluency with Information Technology > > http://www.amazon.com/Fluency-Information-Technology-Concepts-Capabilities/… > > Amazon.com: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach Using OpenGL > (4th Edition) (9780321321374): Edward Angel: Books<http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Computer-Graphics-Top-Down-Approach/dp/03…> > > Amazon.com: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach Using OpenGL > (4th Edition) (9780321321374): Edward Angel: Books > C Pocket Reference > > http://www.amazon.com/C-Pocket-Reference-Peter-Prinz/dp/0596004362/ref=sr_1… > -- > Eric Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Feb. 2, 2011

Re: Lap Top with 28 GB HD

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "hammerron" == hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: hammerron> I recently got a Dell notebook/laptop. It is smaller than hammerron> a typical lap top (notebook?) and is very light in weight. hammerron> The hard drive is only 28 GB ! It currently runs Windows 10 hammerron> and has only 4 GB of free space on the hard drive. It hammerron> seems to just hang, if I try to update the Windows 10. Are you sure it's an SSD in there? It might be eMMC if it's a Chromebook like device, which is possibly sounds like. But as someone else said, the dell support site is really good. If it's an SSD in there, just moving to bigger one might be the way to go, they're pretty cheap these days at the smaller sizes. hammerron> I am thinking of attempting to install Xubuntu to see if it hammerron> runs. Tried Puppy Linux (a light weight distro) before and hammerron> think I'd like to go differently. I got the machine for hammerron> free so will not be disappointed if this goes nowhere. If hammerron> anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. (I might try to do this hammerron> install tonight) With only 4gb of RAM, it's going to be crappy for web browsing. It's amazing now how my 8gb desktop slows to a crawl and starts swapping if I have firefox and shotwell and some xterms open at the same time. Ugh! Trying to make the meeting tonight, but probably won't stay long.

Dec. 10, 2020

Re: IPv6, are you using it, should we be using it?

by Keith Wright

Frank Sweetser via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Until someone figures out a way to make designing, building, and operating IPv6 > devices and networks cheaper than what we already have running on IPv4, nothing > much is going to change. > >> On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 11:04 AM steve--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> wrote: >> >> I’ve been adding more and more matter/thread devices to my home and >> since I’ve seen more local ipv6 addresses I’ve tried enabling Ipv6 >> fully. BUT, Ive had struggles adding matter devices. >> >> Is this just older hardware choices like we have to create a 2.4 GHz >> only network? Is the world of devices not yet ready for IPv6? What are >> your thoughts on it? >> >> Steve Thibault >> I had no idea what is a matter/thread device. Google found a few explanations. Gotta say those are really stupid names and already used by philosophers and OS developers for much more important things. No matter. You remind me that I had a web page that I had forgotten about that recounts my experience with IPv6. Bottom line tldr: It works. I'm not surprised that matter/threads doesn't. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is no more reliable than magic." Fortunately, I don't care. I like switches that click and turn the power off and on when you push them. -- Keith PS: Where does the IPv5 Users Group meet?

April 12, 2025

The future of WLUG

by Joshua Stone

Hey all, Last night's meeting was excellent, and I'd like say thanks again to Tim for giving me a ride home! Last night's discussion gave me ideas of ways we could improve general activity, increase attendence, and improve outreach efforts. Hosting a meetup.com group would be certainly improve discoverability, and getting in touch with WPI's computer science group would be great too. I think what a lot communities are doing nowadays is having a text chat format for users who want to communicate more easily over the internet, especially with mobile devices. As an example, there are Discord servers for Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc, and they have room sizes generally in the hundreds or even well over a thousand. Even before Discord they'd use IRC for providing support, posting updates, etc. Having a text chat of our own would certainly help improve participation -- I think Matrix would be a good option here because it has many nice features and has a fairly polished user experience: - Numerous clients available on desktop, mobile, and web ( https://matrix.org/clients/) - Persistent chat history - Link previews - Various bots to choose from for adding functionality ( https://matrix.org/docs/projects/bots/) - User moderation - Server federation - Self-hosting available, both client and server are completely FOSS - File sharing - Voice/video calls I have a screenshot if anyone wants to see what a Matrix chat room would look like: https://i.imgur.com/aVILcWB.png Or you can join the room I made: https://matrix.to/#/!EiTljkvagZDFKfQfFu:matrix.org?via=matrix.org Alteratively, if you have a Matrix client already: #wlug:matrix.org Any thoughts? -Josh

Jan. 10, 2020

Re: [Wlug] Talk for April...

by Tim Keller

I believe the previous talk was about btrfs and compared it to zfs. I would consider this talk a stand alone talk that would focus on the features of zfs. Though my head's really full of noise. It's quite possible I did a talk about zfs and don't even remember! Later, Tim. On 3/27/12, James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to hear more about ZFS. As you know there was a previous > presentation on ZFS as well, so it would be nice to cover some new ground. > I'd like to see some ZFS in action. > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:29 PM, David Glaser > <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net>wrote: > >> Sounds good to me! >> >> -David >> >> On 3/26/2012 12:33 PM, Tim Keller wrote: >> >> Hey Everybody, >> >> At the last meeting, there was some talk about ZFS... >> >> Would people be interested in me doing a talk about ZFS? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing >> listWlug@mail.wlug.orghttp://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > -- Sent from my mobile device I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

March 29, 2012

Re: !!!! Reminder!!! Wlug Meeting Oct 13th @7PM: Topic: Fotoxx, Speaker: Dick Miller, Location: WPI Mid Century Room.

by Lexi Haley

Thank you Dick for the talk tonight ( so much as I was able to stay for ) - your enthusiasm for linux advocacy and outreach was recognizable; and I enjoyed romping around your website - I wonder if your Canopus star-tracker work in the 60s had any outputs still in use on the Voyagers (some 14.6 billion miles away now...)! Sorry I had to leave early, but I arrived home interested to check it out. I use TinyCore linux on my daily driver laptop (Dell Latitude (c) 2012), which didn't have fotoxx in its package manager - so I built it from the source packages on https://kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html. Incidentally, there is a LONG OVERVIEW section on that page which combined with your talk offered me more description of the features. Once I built it I began checking it out. It absolutely suggests a talented and devoted developer; it is quirky and polished in my novitiate eyes. First off - from the building side - I observe it is a collection of executables - Michael Cornelison the author certainly has been hard at work - cloc says: github.com/AlDanial/cloc v 1.95 T=1.51 s (33.2 files/s, 118058.5 lines/s) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language files blank comment code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C++ 31 38465 16842 118237 C/C++ Header 4 540 230 2798 make 11 111 60 634 Text 1 11 0 47 CSS 3 35 33 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM: 50 39162 17165 121735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It wasn't difficult to build - I made it into a TinyCore Linux package and then loaded it up. Initially it attempted to tackle my entire drive, but crashed (a corrupt PNG took it down during the indexing); I then aimed it at a media specific folder, and I was surprised to see it creating thumbnails for mp4 movies - ultimately these files are just easily launched into VLC by a keystroke. Things I like - I like the Map view - I like seeing the thumb-tack indication of where my photos' geotags point. I like the Gallery's balance between fast thumbnails and some brief metadata - and I like that folders are shown with a count of inner images and folders -a nice sort of bread crumbs. I also like the prepackaged set of effects and filters - For instance Voodoo 1 applied to one of my photos created a nice effect. I'm sure these features bring powerful image editing techniques into more hands more easily than something with a steeper learning curve (say GIMP). I'm not sure it is about to become my go-to software though. I have been a long time GIMP user and so appreciate the skill I already possess therein. However, it does remind me that I desire a better gallery experience - formerly I used to use F-Spot Photo Manager, but that seems to be in-between working builds for some time ... So, I am not sure what my next step will be, but I again thank you for tonight's romp through Fotoxx! Best of Wishes, Lexi On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 7:11 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > We are here at the WPI Campus Center! > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 5:43 PM Dick Miller <TheMillers(a)millermicro.com> > wrote: > >> CU there! Have computer, will travel. >> >> Cheers from >> --Dick (and Jill) Miller, Partners, MMS <TheMillers(a)millermicro.com> >> Co-Leaders, FOSS User Group in Natick (NatickFOSS.org) >> <http://millermicro.com/FOSSUserGroupNatick.html> -- >> >> >> >> * | A. Richard & Jill A. Miller | MILLER MICROCOMPUTER >> SERVICES | | Mailto:TheMillers@millermicro.com >> <TheMillers(a)millermicro.com> | 61 Lake Shore Road | | Web: >> http://www.millermicro.com/ <http://www.millermicro.com/> | Natick, >> MA 01760-2099, USA | | Voice: 508/653-6136, 9AM-9PM -0400(EDT)| NMEA N >> 42.29993°, W 71.36558° |* >> >> Sent from an awesome, inexpensive, non-proprietary >> <https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/>, no-lock-in, no-bloatware, >> virus-resistant, free open-source software, *Linux* >> <http://NatickFOSS.org/> PC - with *Ubuntu-Unity 22.04.1 LTS* >> <https://ubuntuunity.org> and *Fotoxx 22.35* >> <http://www.kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html> making the most of the tiny >> camera within a Samsung Galaxy A53 5G smartphone >> <https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-a53-5g-review-3149923/>. >> >> >> On 10/13/22 17:05, John Stoffel wrote: >> >> See you there tonight, in person! >> >> >> > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > 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/YLGET… >

Oct. 14, 2022

Re: [Wlug] WLUG demos...

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Stoffel wrote: > I know I haven't been ot a meeting in a *long* time, but I do hope to > make one this spring if I can. Right now I'm playing with Arduino > controller boards on my Ubuntu desktop. Fun blinky LEDs, etc. > > http://arduino.cc > http://www.ladyada.com (where I got my parts) > http://www.sparkfun.com > http://www.evilmadscientist.com (lots of neat stuff) > > And loads of others in google. It's pretty neat to play with, and > it's interesting moving from the IDE (which has a sucky editor) to a > more pure Emacs/Makefile driven setup. > > I figure maybe I could come and demo this at some point. Any > interest? Loosely Linux related, since I'll be using an Ubuntu LiveCD > and thumb drive to setup and demo the environment. > > John Hi John, I've recently become very interested in this myself, and I plan to purchase an Arduino in a day or two and start playing around, since I have time these days (between jobs). If you'd like to come to WLUG in February to demo your Arduino, I think that would be great. Feel free to contact me off-list with the particulars if you care to proceed. Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJePZ6Hl0iXDssISsRAvSHAJ9CGisf7hiaOMD3vnwbqF9VfzJ87wCfcAkX axZ7ktWR6sXLMqyHd1Y2NTc= =HADa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 22, 2009

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