Re: Configuring a web server on one's daily driver

127.0.0.1 is known as local or home, it always refers to the machine you are on, if you are logged on to a server it points to the server you are logged in to. if you are running virtual machines on that server (vm1, vm2, etc) you cannot add a host entry with the ip of 127.0.0.1 vm1, because it wi

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

FYI, you can change most of the aesthetic stuff. You just have to use the old ways. For instance, you can set the background image using file explorer and right clicking on a picture and clicking on set as background image. You should be able to Google whatever you want to change in an unregistered

Re: Wubuntu - Ubuntu based desktop with MS Windows look and feel

I tried it too, looked great, then was surprised by the pop-up. I don't mind when people are upfront with the terms. But after doing all the setup and then notifying me you want money. Instant reformat disk!! On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 1:42 PM Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.or

Re: new computer

SSD ram cache does not prevent wear and tear on your SSD, it is used stop the bottleneck slowdown when writing lots of data to the SSD. The best way to prevent wear and tear is system ram, if you have enough ram the system may not even have to swap anything out, The three things that I always move

Re: Stammtisch Tuesday

At one time we had one case of Ebola make it to the US and all the health people dealing with it were wearing biosuits. Can you imagine if Ebola got loose in the United States? What kind of comments we would have? Look that guy's wearing a biosuit and he's driving in a car by himself. LMAO On Tu

Re: Stammtisch Tuesday

I wonder who these medical professionals are, if the masks are only 2% effective while adding other issues. Why is it that doctors have been wearing them during surgery forever? You you would think someone in the medical profession would have blown the whistle a long time ago at least way before CO

Re: .com

NET, fishing basketball soccer :-p Sorry, I couldn't resist On Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 9:13 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > COMmercial > ORGanization > EDUcation > GOVernment > > -- > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro > > On F

Re: web file caching question

What about setting up a CGI script on the Linux server that you pass the URL to, it could do a wget to retrieve the file to the directory you specify. On Sun, May 14, 2023, 8:50 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I’m building a web app that uses a 3rd-

Re: TDD w/ Python, ch 9

I'm not sure about web hosting. But as for domain names, I use Google Domains, it's $12 for a year. On Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 7:53 AM trent shipley via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I'm on the bench with my employer asd studying test driven development > using Harry Preciv

Re: sudo cd... command not found?

r a > question I have had for decades: what is the reason for using tcsh (or, for > that matter, any terminal other than the usual default of bash)? > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:49 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Lol, I ha

Re: sudo cd... command not found?

Lol, I have an alias for cd on my system, which uses chdir otherwise it would loop. I'm using tcsh. It turns out chdir is just a synonym for cd built into tcsh. I knew What would happen if you did a sudo cd, but I was so focused on finding another way to type in cd I completely forgot about it. Oo

Re: sudo cd... command not found?

Try. Sudo chdir Cd is builtin to the shell On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 6:27 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Not sure what is going on here: > > cd results in message "-bash: cd: : Permission denied". > > Then I add sudo : sudo cd results in

Re: Special-Use Domain 'home.arpa.'

What I did for mydomain.net I set up imydomain.net The i stands for internal On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 12:53 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > General rule of thumb is not to spoof real domains, as you'll break anyone > using it elsewise, just about any

Re: Special-Use Domain 'home.arpa.'

If you're going to use the host file then you'll have to copy it to every machine you have every time you update it. As far as the domain name goes, you can use anything you want, .com .gov .myown The only problem you'll have is if it is already being used which would cause a conflict. As long as i

Re: VirtualBox Update 11/15/22

Run the command route -n and check the gateway IP, it should be pointing to your Internet router. Check on your real machine and on the VM Then check on the VM machine when you're running in NAT mode I'm curious how the NAT mode gets out In bridged mode, both machines should point to the Inte

Re: VirtualBox Update 11/15/22

If you're using DHCP to get your IP address who's giving it out and what are the IP addresses? If you're local IP address was 192, where did the 10 address come from? On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 7:19 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I uninstalled

Re: Oracle's VirtualBox RANT

This sounds more like a network problem than a virtual box problem. When I set up my virtual machines I use bridged networking and let DHCP give out the address it should also tell the virtual machine the route to the internet. What IP address are you getting when you have access to the internet,

Re: Cheap Laptop

I'd say STAY AWAY from it About Windows 11 in S mode Windows 11 in S mode is a version of Windows 11 that's streamlined for security and performance, while providing a familiar Windows experience. To increase security, it allows only apps from Microsoft Store, and requires Microsoft Edge for safe

Re: Proxmox Hypervisor, vCPU, RAM... etc

I believe it is 1 core has 2 threads. So cores x 2 = thread So (2 x 2) x 1 = 4 vCpus On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 4:35 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just watched a video that covered the Proxmox Hypervisor. Seems > simple enough. I've used Orac

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

lling. > > It’s NOT my hardware. > > -David Schwartz > > > > > On Aug 18, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > I don't know the path you're taking to test the speed, but if one of the > d

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

hu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:49 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted of > 92), would I? > > -David Schwartz > > > > > On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM,

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

Are you sure it's not your nic or a switch on your network that's 100mb ? On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 8:57 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I dunno if anybody here has T-Mobile Home Internet, but I do and I really > like it. I only have one beef: the spec s

Re: Need help speeding up a backup

I don't know why your copy is slow, but I know how to make it take less time. I think you are defeating the purpose of rsync, you are creating a new directory every time, which means it needs to copy everything every time. What I do is do an rsync -rau --delete from the directory I want to copy t

Re: flv to ogg

t;>> format. Hm. I suppose mov would work. No? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:37 PM Snyder, Alexander J < >>>>>> alexan...@snyderfamily.co> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> No. The &q

Re: flv to ogg

OK, the file you are trying to convert is already as small as it is going to get.This from fileinfo.com: Before 2007, OGG files were used to store various types of media, but since then the Xiph.Org Foundation recommends that OGG files store only audio data. Now, you will most likely encounter

Re: flv to mp4

add this to the ffmpeg command to scale to 720 -vf scale=-1:720 for 480 -vf scale=-1:480 On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 9:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > well, I searched the man page for 'resolution', '720' & '480' but to my > uneducated view there was not

Re: NICs on a virtualization box

FROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no NAME="System enp6s0" BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR1=10.1.1.8 PREFIX1=16 NETMASK1=255.255.0.0 On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 8:59 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > yes > NIC teaming? > > On Wednesday, April 20, 202

Re: NICs on a virtualization box

I know you can assign multiple IP's to one Nic, but I don't know how each VPS can run a service on the same ports. On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 8:51 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm wondering how VPS servers are configured. I have a VPS with a >

Re: convert to x264

ffmpeg -i 2022-04-02 darktabletraining.flv -channel_layout 5.1 -c:v libx264 -vf yadif -crf 28 -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced*4)" -c:a aac -b:a 192k -preset fast -strict experimental -loglevel warning -stats 2022-04-02 darktabletraining.mp4 On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 10:26 AM Michael via PLU

Re: flv to ogg

t; when it finished converting to an ogg the size is 530MB but the video >>> sucked though the audio was fine. could you send me the x264? >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 11:14 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>

Re: flv to ogg

epower, I have a stupidly over >>> powered desktop with an Nvidia RTX A5000. It's got muscle, if you need >>> some. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alexander >>> >>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S22+ >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022, 07:5

Re: flv to ogg

t out info > about all the various parts that make up your video (or audio) file. > > Brian Cluff > PS > My personal favorite container format is MKV since it seems to be able to > hold just about anything you throw at it without limitation. > > > On 4/7/22 08:46, Mic

Re: size difference

It all depends on your settings, you'll have to play around with them to see how good they look vs size These are the settings I use for x264 ffmpeg -i infile.mp4 -channel_layout 5.1 -c:v libx264 -vf yadif -crf 28 -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced*4)" -x264-params log-level=none -c:a aac -b:

Re: flv to ogg

d 2 hour downloads. The >>> 1099 ogg file stuttered. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 7:10 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I would try the mp4 versions too >>>> >>&

Re: flv to ogg

I would try the mp4 versions too On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 3:07 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > After further investigation I found 720p_stereo.ogg > > and 480p_stereo.ogg >

Re: flv to mp4

hat you need to convert it. On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 1:52 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > dude those videos will take 4 hours apiece to download > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 12:49 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@list

Re: flv to mp4

You need to figure out what your system can play without it stuttering, I would suggest you go here https://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/ and download each of the versions of the movie and play each one. If it stutters, then rule out the settings for that format. When you find a s

Re: external U.S.robotics fax modem

If you still have the problem of connecting it to a Serial Port you could try an internal fax modem, I found this on tiger direct. https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6598119&csid=_21 Funny thing, I had to submit paperwork recently and get would only use USP

Re: System Monitoring

Take a look at monitorix it come with CentOs but runs on all the major installations On Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 6:20 PM AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a growing network of Linux servers in my home network (3 Raspberry > Pis, 1 Ubuntu, 1 Linux M

Re: processors on system

Damn spell check more /proc/cpuinfo On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 10:18 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > Run this > more /proc/flying > > Look for the model name and CPU cores > > > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 10:06 AM Donald Mac McCarthy via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Hyper threadi

Re: processors on system

Run this more /proc/flying Look for the model name and CPU cores On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 10:06 AM Donald Mac McCarthy via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hyper threading often shows up as 2. You may have a single core, dual > thread processor. > > Mac > > -- > Donald Mac

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

I'd like to point out that while you say global warming is bunk (I'm not saying it is or it isn't) but then you throw out a crazy theory of Bill Gates taking control because he has about 300k in acres of farmland. Having the most doesn't mean all, there are still 910 million more acres of farmland

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

Well if you think about it, before you decided to run your computer 24/7 you probably have been running it about half that. Say 8-12 hours a day. So your actual cost is most likely only half of what you calculated. On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 7:34 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.p

Re: CentOS 8 error

Just do dnf install mariadb-server On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 8:53 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hello, > as per my previous email here is more details on the error I am getting: > How to register and subscribe a system to the Red Hat Customer Portal >

Re: Fw: linux error for my CentOS 8

Just do dnf install mariadb-server On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 8:37 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hello, > Thanks to all to replied to my request for help. > I have tried a few new steps to resolve this and as you can see in this > email I am still at a

Re: Libre office

What is in U127 ? And what is in T127 I'm assuming N125 = 16 On Mon, May 10, 2021, 9:00 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Why do these two formulas produce the same result? > > =(U127-2200)*0.01*16 =SUM((U127-T127)*0.01*$N$125) assuming t127 is not > 2200 >

Re: Creating PDFs on CentOS 7

I use a combination of fpdf and PHP to generate reports from a MariaDB database. On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 5:01 PM Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > LaTex will let you create PDF files programmatically. > > On 11/17/20 4:05 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote

Re: swap file vs swap partition

: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:08:03 -0700 > From: Matt Graham > To: > Subject: Re: swap file vs swap partition > Message-ID: <064f92165a42d6f88a3430b42a521...@crow202.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2020-10-28 16:24, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss w

Re: swap file vs swap partition

The biggest difference is, files can become fragmented while partitions don't. On a hard drive this can make a big difference. On an SSD I would tend not to use a swap partition or file. If you use a swap partition on an SSD it would confine the writes to a smaller area of the disk and wear it out

Re: start zoom from command line

Try putting the first quote after the = On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 8:47 AM Jim via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Thanks. I tried using the instructions there to connect to the test > meeting at > https://zoom.us/j/94780156957?pwd=SWx1WHNJcjVNUndjV2pxTkNseEQ0UT09. > Here's

Re: Stammtisch Tonight

You can, it's a virtual meeting click the link Hans posted the big blue meeting one. On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:38 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Wish I could come > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 6:16 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.

Re: messed up network manager.

I was thinking of doing this to my CentOs system a while ago, before doing it I read the install script. I saw that it was going to make changes to DNS, so i decided not to install it. You could read the script to see what changes it did and try undoing them. On Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 6:01 AM Aaron J

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

Garage door opener Home security with a camera On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 3:22 PM Steve B via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having > difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the uses I can see for > it with

Re: After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...

Could the page be a blank page ? Have you tried typing in a working web page address like www.google.com ? On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 5:29 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Thanks Stephen ... > > I did everything that you suggested and I still get > a black window

Re: DSL bonding

I'd brush up on fiber splicing lol On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 1:40 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > AT&T is still fscked up. The tech came out today and told me that the > cutoff for the service is 4800 feet and I'm 5136 feet from the box the > modem talks to. H

Re: New computer.

Jul 19, 2020 at 12:24 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > My only suggestion on this machine is to use a 16gb stick, just so if > you ever decide you need more memory you won't have to replace the smaller > sticks. With 16gb sticks you can have 64gb total.

Re: New computer.

f > > On 7/19/20 9:24 AM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > My only suggestion on this machine is to use a 16gb stick, just so if you > ever decide you need more memory you won't have to replace the smaller > sticks. With 16gb sticks you can have 64gb total. If you ever th

Re: New computer.

My only suggestion on this machine is to use a 16gb stick, just so if you ever decide you need more memory you won't have to replace the smaller sticks. With 16gb sticks you can have 64gb total. If you ever think you might like to have 128gb of memory the you could get a 32gb memory stick. On Sat,

Re: OT: How to make this simple html menu work?

"No video with supported format and MIME type found. If you are getting this error, your video is probably not in mp4 format, while you can link any video file, html5 will only work with certain videos formats. It might be named mp4 but you'll need to check. You can still right click and copy lin

Re: ssh

ael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> > >> apparently it is not on MINT and it is not available in apt. > >> > >> sudo apt-get install vnc > >> [sudo] password for bmike1: > >> Reading package lists..

Re: ssh

Team viewer runs on Linux too. Vnc is already installed on most Linux distro's On Thu, May 7, 2020, 7:51 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Thanks for telling me about nomachine. that is what I was looking for! > it is like team viewer but made for linux an

Re: NUC as new drive?

If all you want is an extra drive for your PC then just get an extra drive. How much data/files are you planning to put on this SSD ? The closer an SSD gets to being full, the faster it starts wearing out. If you are going to make it a Nas, I would put a bigger drive in it.. think of the nuc as a

Re: BBB testing Sunday evening

Hey Hans, I set a reminder for tonight, I don't have a camera which is where I got stuck last time but I'll give it a try. Bob On Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 1:58 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > moin moin, > > If you're interested in helping me test BigBlueBut

Re: wine temp files question ...

The fact that the name of the directory is temp means you can delete it. I wouldn't give the files a second thought. I would try and figure out which program is leaving them. If it is PSP then maybe it has something to do with running it in wine. Delete all the files run PSP and then check it ag

Re: video card for watching videos

PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I have an Nvidia Geforce GT 520. I can't spend more than $150, but would > like to keep it lower if possible. > On 4/24/20 8:19 AM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > You haven't said what you want to spend, o

Re: video card for watching videos

You haven't said what you want to spend, or what you currently have ? This link compares Nvidia vs AMD video cards and groups them in tiers so you can see the counterparts https://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/graphicscardcomparison I prefer AMD, on the 580 vs 5600 I think the new draws less

Re: video conferencing last night

Out of last night's test, I think jitsi went the best, On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 7:26 PM Bob Elzer wrote: > I'm currently connected to last night's jitsi stream this time using > chrome if anyone wants to try it again > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 7:13 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lis

Re: video conferencing last night

I'm currently connected to last night's jitsi stream this time using chrome if anyone wants to try it again On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 7:13 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Am 08. Apr, 2020 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: > > > I am an SSL certificate away fro