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Flat screen monitor 19" needs fixit; free to good home

by E Johnson

The power went out here twice today. After the second event, monitor seems to have died. This is an Acer monitor, several years old. Black(ish) bezel; not glossy. Flat screen, I think 19" diagonal. Has been a very nice reliable monitor during its working life. Has choice of DVI input or the older kind of data connection, whatever that used to be. This specific batch of Acer monitors had used a type of capacitor which is known to have a higher-than-usual failure rate, and this is PROBABLY what it needs. Had a twin of this that fryolated same way 2 years ago, and a WLUG member came by & reported shortly after that he got it up & running with just the replacement of bad caps. This monitor has been very steady and reliable until this afternoon, with nice display and no dead pixels, ever. So if you are handy with electronics fixits, capacitors are cheap and you could probably get this working again with only a screwdriver, a soldering iron and a little bit of fiddling. Might be nice for the kid's playroom or the back office, or something. I don't know how nice games look on this monitor, since I don't do gaming. Videos always looked perfectly fine with good color. PM me if you think you want this, since I have to get down under the work table to unplug the power cord & I'm not as spry as I used to be, but can do as long as my knees aren't required to do anything radical before Noon. Pickup after Noon any day, & evenings even sort-of late-ish are okay. I can meet you at the door with this. I'm in Worcester near Elm Park. Rather give this away here than trash it, or Freecycle... first dibs to WLUG. Best wishes, Liz J

June 28, 2015

W.L.U.G. TV show...

by Keller, Tim

For those who didn't attend the meeting last night, we talked a little about the idea of producing a linux focused TV Show. From that discussion we decided that the best thing to-do would be to have the main part of the discussion through the mail list. So, here it is... Firstly, I think we need to decide who our target audience is. This morning I came up with notion that generally, users can be broken into several groups. The first group are novice users. These are people who use a computer, but the concept of an operating system or the idea that windows isn't just "part of the system" and not removable is alien. The second group is "advanced" users. I think most of us would fall into this group. We understand OS's, hardware, software and all the digital glue that holds it together. The third group is educational users. These would be people who work in some education institution and they're interest in linux would be from the standpoint of deploying it for cost savings and/or using it as an education tool for teaching. The forth group would be corporate suit types. These are the people who read the trade rags, but don't have a clear understanding of what linux. They've read lots of conflicting FUD on the subject and aren't sure how linux could be used in they're environment or what the real TCO would be. Personally, I think we should go after groups 1-3. The reason I'm not too worried about the fourth type is that now that redhat had decided that they're going to go full force into the enterprise environment, they'll be busy spending lots of PR dollars convincing the suits. What do people think. Also, if it is the consensus that we should focus on groups 1-3, should we narrow our focus even more? Thanks, Tim.

Nov. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Awesome article about Windows v. Linux in the marketplace

by Desdinova

On 8/16/07, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I found this on either digg or slashdot. It's a really good article and I > agree with most of it. People won't even consider GNU/Linux while they can > still get a copy of XP for free from a buddy. I think that's kind of silly, they won't consider Linux because it doesn't run *foo*. Not because they can get windows for "free." The people who would actually want a pirated copy of windows, system builders, nerds, *us*, are well-equipped to make that leap or not. The people that FOSS/Linux folks keep pitching too, everyone else, already has a legit copy installed on their new prebuilt, or goes and buys one at Staples. The community as a whole really needs to stop trying to degrade every other choice and extol the virtues of what they've got. You attract more bees with honey. Smear tactics are for politicians. I know some (many?) FOSS advocates are politically motivated but, trust me, that aforementioned everyone else doesn't care. Maybe they should, maybe they shouldn't, but they certainly don't now. > That's why I tell people that > I won't support their pirating of software; and pitch FOSS at every turn to > them. http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free Give it a > read, it might spur some good conversations tonight. I agree with your stance on piracy but I'd submit that that audience has already made their choice. I suppose I shouldn't really comment because I'm not a politico; I have no larger cause nor ill-will for windows. I use the tool that works for the job at hand. On the other hand, maybe that brings a little subjectivism to the evangelicals. ;) Wish I could've made tonight's meeting. Take care, James

Aug. 17, 2007

Re: Windows 11 wife tech support - replacement for Veracrypt

by Tim Keller

Does she have to be able to access these files while at work or just at home? I was just looking at Proton Drive and I think it's the right solution to her problem. Tim. On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM joel d via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Haven't been able to make a LUG meeting in a few months. Hope all are > well. > > I know it's not the focus of WLUG, but have a Windows based, wife tech > support issue. > > She is in Finance, not technology, and therefore only uses Windows 11 > laptop provided by her employer. > > For years she has had a TrueCrypt, and now a VeraCrypt drive she uses for > 'eyes only' stuff like resume and private personal item's. > > Her new employer locks down Windows, not allowing running of an EXE or MSI > without an admin password. So I cannot continue trend running Veracrypt > as either installed or as Veracrypt portable. > > Size of files to secure is reasonable at about 550MB today. > > I am not a fan of USB thumb drives for data reliability long term. To > many LT flaky or dropped in puddles. > > I am thinking an encrypted Internet Drive setup, something like Proton > Drive or similar. > > Any known Windows options for me to try for my wife? > > Thank you, > Joel > _______________________________________________ > 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/ISYAQ… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

June 2, 2024

You can't get there from here...

by Gregory Avedissian

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. Description of problem: KDE starts to load, tells me it's checking peripherals, and then the screen goes black. Ctrl-alt-back kills the xserver and gets me out. In running the tail, I discovered that KDE really is runnning OK, but I have to switch to another virtual console (alt-F2) and then ctrl-alt-F7 will get me to the kde desktop. I get error messages from modprobe while kde is loading. It's looking for sound-slot-1, which I think is odd, because modules.conf doesn't say anything about a sound-slot-1. I only have one sound card, and it's at sound-slot-0. I tried turning off the sound server in the kde control center, and that didn't help. I also get gpm error messages when I go in an out of an x-session. Changing GPM_PARAMS in /etc/rc.config to the correct type of mouse helped get rid of flaky mouse behavior in console, but the error messages continue. Below are the messages. Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Greg Oct 12 13:54:29 linux gpm[1601]: Error in protocol Oct 12 13:55:04 linux last message repeated 38 times Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Oct 12 13:55:05 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0

Oct. 12, 2003

Re: [Wlug] SuSE dual [core] frustration.... - update

by Adam Keck

Hi All, I am having much better luck with the SuSE kernel-smp-2.6.11.4-21.8 kernel. The dual core machine boots normally (i.e. without maxcpus=1) and /proc/cpuinfo shows the four cores. Unfortunately, the SuSE's (9.3) particular iteration of the forcedeth module seems to be having trouble with the networking bits of the nforce4 SLI chipset. Rather than dipping into the SuSE kernel-of-the-day development builds, I think I am going to drop in an Intel NIC in order to move forward. I will send an update when we put the machine through its paces. -Adam p.s. I just found a shrink-wrapped Maxell Mammoth cleaning tape and an upwrapped unused Compaq DLT IV tape in a moving bin. I don't need them anymore. I will let the DLT IV go for 15.00 and the cleaning tape go for 5.00. Email me off list if you are interested. I can bring them to the Sept. meeting. On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI Adam et al, > > As you may recall, I had a lot of trouble with SuSE and lockups on my > dual Opteron system until I upgraded to a stock 2.6.12 kernel (not the > SuSE supplied kernel). I haven't tried any kernel version beyond that > because what I have actually works and is reliable. I'd be curious to > know what kernel version you use and what result you have with it. > > Later, > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFC6BOEHl0iXDssISsRAtOZAJ0VXJh3ItUMnhGWz52z0nDz3NFsTACeOLgL > yxWAPWkJnE43XGnpv2WDI0k= > =mBD8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Sept. 5, 2005

Re: [Wlug] ZFS on Linux vs. BTRFS or stick with EXT4?

by John Stoffel

It seems to me that you want both resiliency (able to suffer a drive failure) and checksums of the files you have on there as well. Would it make more sense to use 'tripwire' with an ext4 filesystem? I know that rock solid filesystems are my choice. I've looked at using XFS and JFS in the past... but the downsides were just too much for my tastes. Esp since I do like to upgrade kernels and such. Being able to resize the filesystem (offline is fine) is a winner. Online resizing would be even better, but that's a much tougher nut to crack. Chuck> Hi Jeff, its nice to provoke a response out of you...when are you Chuck> coming to a meeting? :-) Chuck> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:40:09AM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote: >> I wouldn't trust my data to btrfs, especially if you're using anything >> other than the default mkfs and mount options. But don't take my word >> for it, have a look through the btrfs mailing list archives[1]. Chuck> I see what you mean. People are still asking questions "how do I fix Chuck> this broken fs?" and being told to upgrade to linux kernel 4.0. >> I have no experience with zfs on linux, but I've heard that data >> checksums have a signficant performance impact. I don't have any data >> on that, so you should probably do your own benchmarking to verify >> things perform well enough for your workload. >> >> If I were you, I'd use xfs. Chuck> I don't like XFS because it can't be shrunk in place. Too many times Chuck> I've needed to shrink one LV to make space for another LV. Chuck> _______________________________________________ Chuck> Wlug mailing list Chuck> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Chuck> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 30, 2015

Re: WLUG history

by Tim Keller

I sure do miss Doug. I definitely remember the installfests and I even have a couple cd's that a I burned and made use of the cd printing machine we had at Stratus. The two I definitely remember were done in the education center at Stratus. As for Bob I see that he's joined the meetup WLUG group! Tim. On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 8:11 AM Andy Stewart <kb1oiq(a)mval.net> wrote: > On 1/23/20 12:08 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > One of my favorite anecdotes is from one of our installfests at Stratus > where > > Doug Wade tripped over the power cord *just* as the install had > finished, but > > before the MBR/LILO could be written to the disk. > > It was cool to see a bunch of linux hackers stand around and get > Mandrake to > > properly boot on this persons machine. > > > > Good times. > > > > Tim. > > Definitely good times! I remember when Doug Waud tripped on that power > cord. > At the time, we somewhat affectionately said that the machine had been > "Doug'd". > > I remember a talk that Doug Waud gave about computer networking. His > first > example of a network was a string with a cup at either end. > > Does anybody else remember that install fest we held at Stratus Computer? > I > think we installed Linux on 20 computers that day. I remember using a > shoe > horn to get it installed on two separate hard drives for Bob Evans, who I > still > see at ham radio club meetings. > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Vice President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 24, 2020

Re: [Wlug] newbie onboard (James Barclay)

by Aljerin Butler,Jr.

In spreading your usage of Linux, please consider my website as a resource:http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/ Al Butler From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 12:00 PM Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 148, Issue 2 ----- Forwarded Message ----- Send Wlug mailing list submissions to wlug(a)mail.wlug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org You can reach the person managing the list at wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. newbie onboard (James Barclay) 2. Re: OpenSUSE updates (Steve Revilak) I hope to attend this meeting, but inform you I am not a person of technical expertise in this matter. May main aim with WLUG is to acquaint myself with other Linux users in the area and learn about what they are doing. It is with this that I hope to spread Linux usage in Worcester by various means including, I hope, having an installation fest (feast?). My introductory knowledge is with Ubuntu (Gnome and KDE), Mint (Gnome and KDE), Peppermint, Debian and Open SuSe. Right now I am using Mint 17.3 KDE. I also want to start a Linux SIG with Mensa. Thank you. >I'm having trouble with unresolved dependencies when trying to get updates >with Apper in OpenSUSE: > >nothing provides libvpx.so.3()(64bit) needed by >libavcodec56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides libgnutls.so.30()(64bit) needed by >libavformat56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) needed by >gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.6.1-2.1.x86_64 > > >Is it just a matter of finding the right repositories? Can anyone point me >in the right direction? Rich, What does "zypper lr" look like on your system? Steve _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 5, 2016

Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally

by Jamie Guinan

And just to keep this on topic, here's a picture of a cat and Linux: http://countenance.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/linux-cat.jpg -Jamie On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Jamie Guinan wrote: > > I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE > next to what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering > (usually done around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your > comment, I'll plug these guys: > > http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html > > But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time > on Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally > sucks balls, but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ > > Example: > > Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm > offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 > > -Jamie > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > > > I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing list > > for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but just > > have not done so yet. > > > > If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone > > who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from > > Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 months > > old. > > > > I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I > > do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal shelter. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Andrew > > 978-870-5908 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Aug. 12, 2009

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