Re: [Discuss] mouse behavior

> "David" == David Rosenstrauch writes: David> The second issue is probably due to *clicking* the map wheel David> when you're over a link, rather than rolling the wheel when David> you're over it. Well, I don't believe I'm clicking any more than I did a year ago, and I'm gettin

[Discuss] mouse behavior

Last fall I upgraded both my laptop and my desktop to ubuntu 18.4 (actually Mint) from ubuntu 16.4. In both cases I'm using xfce as my desktop environment. Ever since, I have no idea what using my mouse is going to actually do. The specific problems are: When I move a window by dragging wi

Re: [Discuss] Backing up evernote

> "Jerry" == Jerry Feldman writes: Jerry> I have two desires Jerry> 1. Backup on my system (or Dropbox or drive) to preserve the notes. Jerry> 2. Viable replacement for evernote that supports Android and Linux. Does google Keep not do everything you need? You would need to expor

Re: [Discuss] Running a mail server, or not

> "David" == David Kramer writes: David> - I got a Linode server, and tried to set up a mail server for it and David> failed. I reached out for help here and it didn't work out. The David> directions for setting up postfix/dovecot/procmail/spamassassin/certs David> was incredi

[Discuss] disappearing memory

My system has been running really slow lately, and I have been swearing at firefox and websites that load 200 ads before showing any content. But then I noticed that I was using only 4G of memory, and I knew I had more than that. I looked at the sales slip, and it has 8G. I ran memtest, and it

Re: [Discuss] Need help/consulting with apache/SSL/owncloud/mail

> "David" == David Kramer writes: David> I've been trying to migrate mail and other things to a Linode server David> (Ubuntu 14.04, ssh access). It... hasn't been going well. I gave up on mail on my linode (except for mailman) and just put all the mail on . -- L

[Discuss] Report on moving web hosting

I just wrote a blog entry about my move from two wordpress sites at DreamHost to a drupal site on Linode and a wordpress site on wordpress.com. I'd be interested in comments, suggestions... -- Laura (ma

Re: [Discuss] Simplest HTML hosting for a 9-year-old engineer?

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Barrett writes: Daniel> On April 10, 2016, Laura Conrad wrote: >> Couldn't you just give him an account on some linode you're already >> maintaining? Or whatever other web host you're using already.

Re: [Discuss] Simplest HTML hosting for a 9-year-old engineer?

> "Daniel" == Daniel Barrett writes: Daniel> Next question: my nephew wants to create a public web site by hand in Daniel> HTML. He knows the HTML, and he has a domain name registered for his Daniel> site. However, he has no server to host the site. I'm thinking of Daniel> gi

Re: [Discuss] How to write .htaccess rules

> "John" == John Hall writes: John> You also might want to search for http 301 error, which may be John> appropriate as well and may not use mod rewrite. Thanks. This is what I ended up doing -- there's a php file that catches some url's that need special translation and then just s

[Discuss] How to write .htaccess rules

Can someone point me to a good explanation of this? I've found some that look understandable, but my rule still doesn't work. My problem is that I rewrote a wordpress site into drupal, and I would like old links to some pages on the old wordpress site to translate to the equivalent page on the n

[Discuss] Meeting: Creating Better Broadband in Cambridge

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Location: City Hall 795 Massachusetts Ave Sullivan Chamber Cambridge -- Laura (mailto:lcon...@laymusic.org) <

[Discuss] no longer stumped

That is, I'm still not sure exactly what fixed the problem (Lenovo bios couldn't find OS after rebuild of /boot partition), but it was some combination of: rebuilding the /boot partition several ways booting off the hard drive from the systemrescuecd running grub-install on both /d

Re: [Discuss] stumped: machine won't boot

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes: Bill> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Laura Conrad Bill> wrote: Bill> My desktop is a lenovo I bought last fall. It has only ubuntu Bill> installed Bill> on it. There is a 500M

Re: [Discuss] stumped: machine won't boot

> "Dan" == Dan Ritter writes: Dan> Can you boot from a rescue USB or disc? Sounds like you need to Dan> re-install a boot-loader (LILO or GRUB, most likely) Yes, I can do either of those. boot-repair is supposed to reinstall grub, and thinks it has, but not so I can boot. I should

[Discuss] stumped: machine won't boot

My desktop is a lenovo I bought last fall. It has only ubuntu installed on it. There is a 500M boot partition, which seems to have been clobbered. The / partition looks fine, and in fact includes a /boot directory that looks normal to me. I rebooted it a couple of days ago because of a new ker

Re: [Discuss] vz outgoing mail

> "Daniel" == Daniel Barrett writes: Daniel> My Verizon problem, which is still ongoing, appears to be a Daniel> bit different. After some investigation, I've found that Daniel> Verizon's SMTP server, smtp.verizon.net, is rejecting my Daniel> authentication credentials, even

Re: [Discuss] Verizon getting out of being regulated by coercing customers to switch from copper to FIOS

> "MBR" == MBR writes: MBR> Apparently I'm not Verizon's only victim. Verizon's coercing MBR> customers all over the country to give up their regulated MBR> copper line service and replace it with unregulated FIOS. And their policy of not repairing copper extends to places lik

Re: [Discuss] color laser printer

> "Dan" == Daniel Barrett writes: Dan> I've owned two Brother mono lasers in my life and hated both. One Dan> curled the paper terribly and made loud gronking noises that sounded Dan> like the internals were being eaten by robots. Brother replaced it Dan> under warranty and a

[Discuss] Ubuntu won't talk to my router over the wire

I'm having an odd networking problem. My desktop computer has been wired to the D-Link router for several years now, and all of a sudden the other day I rebooted, and it wouldn't get an IP address. When I told it what IP address to get, it didn't get the DNS. At this point I was running LUBUN

Re: [Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

>>>>> "Laura" == Laura Conrad writes: Laura> I'm having trouble. You'll be happy to know that once I got the right hardware, installing lubuntu on the new UEFI hardware was no harder than installing it on any other system. But why they use the dis

Re: [Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> Laura Conrad wrote: >> Does anyone run linux...as a guest in a Windows 8.1 VPN? Tom> I'm confused. Either "VPN" was a typo, or I'm unfamiliar with what it Tom> means in the

[Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

I'm having trouble. I think my current roadblock means I need to buy some (cheap) hardware (1), but I'm wondering if instead of the dual boot I've always used before, a VPN solution wouldn't make more sense in this day and age. Does anyone run linux (preferably an Ubuntu variant, but I'm not big

Re: [Discuss] Printer recommendations sought

> "Bill" == Bill Horne writes: Bill> I'm seeking performance data and recommendations for mid-range Bill> laser printers. I don't know whether this needs to be said in this era, but get a networked one. It's a lot easier to let another computer use it than if it's a 'shared' printer

Re: [Discuss] Comcast goes all encrypted video in Cambridge

> "Betsy" == Betsy Schwartz writes: Betsy> I wonder where the other end of his piece of cable is? Presumably at the cable box on the side of the building. -- Laura (mailto:lcon...@laymusic.org, twitter: @serpentplayer) (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www

Re: [Discuss] Comcast goes all encrypted video in Cambridge

> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes: >> My neighbor just plugs the coax from the previous cable >> subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any of the >> antennas he's tried. Bill> Are you sure that's not just because the cable company Bill> (Comcast?) didn't bo

Re: [Discuss] Comcast goes all encrypted video in Cambridge

> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes: Bill> Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas? Don't literally cut the cord. My neighbor just plugs the coax from the previous cable subscription into his TV and he says it's better than any of the antennas he's tried. -- Laura (mailto:lcon.

Re: [Discuss] Cable Modem Woes / Looking to Compare Notes

> "Rick" == Rick Umali writes: Rick> However, the outages continue to happen. Now Comcast has Rick> suggested we replace the cable modem. We're hopeful this makes Rick> our Internet stay alive. Rick> Has anyone had any similar experiences? My big fear is that Rick> replac

Re: [Discuss] pseudo-off-site backup

> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> John Dvorak on last weekend's This Week in Tech (twit.tv) says Tom> he keeps a 1 TB portable drive (hopefully encrypted) in his car Tom> as a pseudo-off-site backup. Tom> Although way more likely to be damaged along with your house, Tom>

Re: [Discuss] Google Reader Retiring

> "Gordon" == Gordon Marx writes: >> On 3/13/13 20:09 , Chris O'Connell wrote: >>> Now I'm in a pickle. I use Google Reader on ALL of my >>> devices... Anyone know of any substitutions? Gordon> Digg and feedly are both allegedly working on direct clones Gordon> of Googl

Re: [Discuss] The Windows tax

> "Brendan" == Brendan Kidwell writes: Brendan> I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at the Brendan> Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a free OS Brendan> on it. Linus has one, but he has been looking at Chrome OS while decidi

Re: [Discuss] Server won't boot kernel. initramfs problem?

> "David" == David Kramer writes: David> One other suggestion I saw was to boot an older version of David> the kernel. I have 4 different versions of initrd.img and David> the other files. Oddly, there's only the recent kernel in the David> grub boot menu (regular and recove

Re: [Discuss] [Slightly OT] Streaming video services?

> "Scott" == Scott Ehrlich writes: Scott> Who likes which service, and why? I use Netflix quite a lot. For a while, I was just getting the DVD's without the streaming, and I did miss the streaming. Obviously, there are problems: They're missing things (even on the DVD side) that t

Re: [Discuss] Disabling UEFI and dual booting Linux and Windows

>>>>> "Derek" == Derek Martin writes: Derek> On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 03:14:32PM -0500, Laura Conrad wrote: >> >>>>> "Rich" == Rich Pieri writes: >> Rich> I'll bet more of you have Secure Boot capabl

Re: [Discuss] Disabling UEFI and dual booting Linux and Windows

> "Rich" == Rich Pieri writes: Rich> I'll bet more of you have Secure Boot capable computers than you Rich> realize. So how do we tell? -- Laura (mailto:lcon...@laymusic.org, twitter: @serpentplayer) (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www.laymusic.org/ h

Re: [Discuss] Yet Another Laptop Recommendation Thread

> "David" == David Kramer writes: David> Any comparisons of HP vs Lenovo, or specific models that have David> worked or not worked with Linux would be great. I don't have any experience with HP laptops, but I've been buying HP desktops for my last two machines, and the sound is unrel

Re: [Discuss] Google wants images of my passport, driver's license, bank statement, etc.

> "Daniel" == Daniel C writes: Daniel> I don't see why you couldn't use Skype (or other videoconferencing Daniel> tool of your choice) to connect with a customer service center and Daniel> show them your ID, though. Daniel> Unless they're being *really* evil and screencapping

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

> "Doug" == Doug writes: Doug> Can it be done? Should it be done? I saw a 36" Sony WEGA Doug> HDTV 1080i available on Craigs list. My 28" Hanns-G probably Doug> roasted a capacitor somewhere and now the screen washes out Doug> for large sections. BIG is good, but computer

Re: [Discuss] 802.11N confusion

> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> David Kramer wrote: >> So I'm shopping for a new Wireless router to replace my WRT54G... >> My needs are simple enough; Wireless N, 4 or more ports, would be >> nice if it was DD-WRT compatible. Recommendations welcome. Tom> I pity the

Re: [Discuss] XBMC ported to Android

> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> As it sits right now, XBMC doesn't run on Google TV. I tried Tom> running it on both the Logitech Revue and first generation Tom> Sony Internet TV. I got a refurb Logitech Revue a couple of months ago because I was tired of how much better

Re: [Discuss] installation problem

> "dan" == dan moylan writes: dan> i put xubuntu 12.04/xfce on my asus and was quite pleased -- dan> no problems -- think i'll stay with it until i see something dan> better. dan> however, when i installed it on my acer aspire, i must have dan> screwed up somehow. when

Re: [Discuss] Low end color laser printers

>>>>> "Shirley" == Shirley Márquez Dúlcey writes: Shirley> On 6/25/2012 10:49 AM, Laura Conrad wrote: >> Since having laser printers in general, I have trouble understanding why >> anyone bothers with inkjets. Shirley> Photos. Affordab

Re: [Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet? (Resolved)

>>>>> "Laura" == Laura Conrad writes: Laura> I got the attached message from Comcast. I guess we have Mailman configured to delete attached mail. So here it is in plain text. I wrote them at 1 AM last night: Laura> Since about 1 this afternoon, I&#x

Re: [Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet? (Resolved)

I got the attached message from Comcast. Probably the same one I would have gotten if I'd just said, "The internet is broken." I ignored the part about clearing caches, but I did turn my router and cable modem off and then on again, and that fixed the problem. If it happens again, I'll turn the

Re: [Discuss] Low end color laser printers

> "Jerry" == Jerry Feldman writes: Jerry> I'm seeing some Brother Color Lasers for under $300 Jerry> (HL-3045CN and HL-3075CW). I also saw on a quick check Jerry> yesterday a Brother network color laser with a duplexer for Jerry> under $300 (HL-4150 refurbished). I have a B

Re: [Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet?

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> Laura Conrad wrote: >> ...http seems to have gone on vacation. Tom> Perhaps their transparent proxy has failed. Tom> Try accessing a site hat uses HTTPS. If it works, then that's Tom>

Re: [Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet?

> "Tony" == Tony Koker writes: Tony>Maybe log into comcast (http://customer.comcast.com) and Tony> check service status (maybe with your phone). I'm not longer Tony> on comcast, or I'd have given it a peak myself. I can't find service status. As Tom suggested, I used

Re: [Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet?

> "Tony" == Tony Koker writes: Tony>    Not sure about the services that are working for you, Tony> whether they use DNS or not, but this sounds like a problem Tony> I've had in the past when the DNS for the ISP isn't working. I'm not using the Comcast DNS, because when it broke

[Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet?

I can send mail and read mail and news and do rsync's and pings, so there can't be anything wrong with the physical connection. But for the last two hours, I haven't been able to use any browser to get to any new webpage. I'm pretty sure the ones that are still displaying are in my cache. In ot

Re: [Discuss] The next Linux desktop

> "Richard" == Richard Pieri writes: Richard> I think that Laura's experience is indicative of the state Richard> of the Linux desktop especially on portable kit. In short: Richard> it sucks. In the light of later discussion, I want to point out that nothing I complained about w

Re: [Discuss] The next Linux desktop

> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> [The first of a series of posts on Linux desktops.] Tom> We've discussed the idea of using Mint as an alternative to Tom> Ubuntu here before, but how many of you have actually done Tom> that? I've used Ubuntu for a decade or so on my desktop

[Discuss] Free HP 5000 printer, deskjet, SCSI stuff -- help me declutter my guest room

The big item someone has to help with is the HP5000 large format laser printer with duplexer. Free to a good home, but you have to pick it up from the third floor in Cambridge. Comes with toner cartridges and some (old) 17x11 paper in various colors. It doesn't currently work -- the duplexer is

Re: [Discuss] How do I determine what hard drive screws I need?

> "Scott" == Scott Ehrlich writes: Scott> I'd ask where you got the drives then contact where they came Scott> from and tell them you also need the screws - go back to the Scott> source first and have them try to fix the problem. I had a problem like this once, and I looked more

Re: [Discuss] Lost Nexus One?

> "Scott" == Scott Ehrlich writes: Scott> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Kent Borg wrote: >> A friend found a Nexus One this morning on Faneuil Street in >> Boston.  Unfortunately, it had been driven over.  SIM serial >> number is unreadable, so can't be reported through

Re: [Discuss] Firefox vs. Chrome

> "Robert" == Robert La Ferla writes: Robert> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Rich Braun wrote: >> Has anyone else gone through this switch? What steps could have >> been taken to troubleshoot Firefox to avoid having to make this >> switch? I basically disabled all plugins,

[SPAM] [Discuss] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] [SPAM] Re: Distribution that tests printing

> "edwardp" == edwardp writes: edwardp> When running the Debian Live image, make sure that it has edwardp> configured the printer properly. I did print a smaller PDF file, that has no trouble on any of the systems I've tried it on, and it printed fine. It's dealing with large fil

[SPAM] [Discuss] [SPAM] Re: Distribution that tests printing

> "Dan" == Dan Ritter writes: >> It's a Brother 5250DN, and ever since I've gotten it I marvel at how >> well the duplexing works, and how easy connecting all the computers in >> the house is. Dan> I have that printer, and it works very well with stable Debian. Dan> No iss

Re: [Discuss] Distribution that tests printing

> "Jack" == Jack Coats writes: Jack> For moderate duty printing, printing directly to a network Jack> attached printer is pretty awesome. When it works, yes. It's a Brother 5250DN, and ever since I've gotten it I marvel at how well the duplexing works, and how easy connecting all

Re: [Discuss] firefox 4 is a memory hog

> "Matthew" == Matthew Gillen writes: Matthew> It doesn't really matter how much memory I have (4G) , my Matthew> point is that the memory usage was a factor of *10* higher Matthew> than it should have been, and that the bloat happened while Matthew> I wasn't even interacting

[Discuss] Distribution that tests printing

Can someone recommend a distribution for people who use printing intensively? In general I like Ubuntu, but they have a fairly long history of screwing up printing, and 11.10 seems particularly bad for my purposes. One of the things I do with my desktop computer is print out music that I've tr

[Discuss] Distribution that tests printing

Can someone recommend a distribution for people who use printing intensively? In general I like Ubuntu, but they have a fairly long history of screwing up printing, and 10.10 seems particularly bad for my purposes. One of the things I do with my desktop computer is print out music that I've tr

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Jerry" == Jerry Feldman writes: >> I think it's a pretty simple conversion between epub and html, so I'm >> assuming it's likely there will be programs that can read it for the >> forseeable future. >> >> If I did get paranoid about that, I could have calibre convert

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes: >> Kindle for PC does run under Wine. Bill> Do you use this solution? I've tried and it seems you have to Bill> have just the right version of Kindle for PC and Wine to make Bill> it work. So far, I haven't had much luck. Yes, it's part of

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Rob" == Rob Hasselbaum writes: Rob> No doubt the experience with technical books would be much less Rob> pleasant. Simply not enough screen real estate. Supposedly Rob> Amazon is working on an e-reader plugin for browsers that might Rob> solve the Linux problem, albeit wit

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Chris" == Chris O'Connell writes: Chris> I do like EPUBs and like the portable nature of the EPUB Chris> format. The EPUB format became standardized in 2007, so it's Chris> a relatively young file format. I'm a bit concerned the file Chris> format has the longevity that P

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Bill" == Bill Bogstad writes: Bill> From my experience so far with the Kindle, even ebook formats Bill> don't work that well for books with lots of images, charts, Bill> graphs, etc. I agree. I mostly read novels on my reading device, and read other things either onscreen o

Re: ebooks and pdf?

> "Chris" == Chris O'Connell writes: Chris> I'm adamant about buying only ebooks from now on. The Chris> problem is that very few publishers provide their books in a Chris> DRM free format. O'Reilly is one notable exception. Baen is another. Chris> I won't be pirating my

Re: Android Tablet

> "Kent" == Kent Borg writes: >> and can you rsync stuff to it? >> Kent> I don't think so, you need a copy of rsync on the other end to do Kent> that, right? (Maybe someone has done an rsync server for Android.) Kent> scp works, I can live with scp. We're mostly tal

Re: Android Tablet

> "Kent" == Kent Borg writes: Kent> P.S. Even without root, I can ssh into my phone (though not on Kent> port 22), I can ssh out, I can run Python. I can do stuff... How do you do that, and can you rsync stuff to it? -- Laura (mailto:lcon...@laymusic.org) (617) 661-8097 233 Br

Re: network issues

> "Hsuan-Yeh" == Hsuan-Yeh Chang writes: Hsuan-Yeh> Ubuntu or Ubuntu Netbook (http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook) should work. I'm sure I tried both of those before Easy Peasy, and there was some kind of problem. This happened almost a year ago, and I didn't keep good notes, but I vagu

Re: network issues

> "Dan" == Dan Ritter writes: >> i recently acquired an acer aspire and installed fc14. neither wlan0 or >> eth0 shows up from dmesg, so the networking gui can't make any connection. >> the wireless is there and was used successfully in the original windows7 >> installation,

scanner flaking out

Recently, when I scan, I'm often missing a piece of the page. I notice that this happens when the disk drive is also busy doing something else, like a backup. I don't remember this happening until the last couple of weeks. Do you think: My scanner is dying My disk drive is dyi

Re: Drumming Up More Internet Addresses

So how do you tell whether *your* comcast cable modem is one of the ones that supports IPV6 or not? -- Laura (mailto:lcon...@laymusic.org) (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www.laymusic.org/ http://www.serpentpublications.org I’m at the very peak of my decline. Leon