Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

2025-07-03 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
This whole conversation needs to stop.  The only thing this is accomplishing is to get people that came to for a Linux conversation to unsubscribe to the list. Please don't make me have to start moderating things! Brian Cluff On 7/3/25 2:12 PM, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss wrote: We

Re: krita de-mirror help pls

2025-01-27 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
It sounds like you accidentally put it in mirror mode by pressing m.  Just press m again and it will go back to normal. You can also go to View -> Zoom Rotate and Mirror -> Mirror View, and do the same thing. Brian Cluff On 1/26/25 11:59 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: moin moin,

Re: librecalc

2024-11-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
whatever the name of your sheets happen to be. Brian Cluff This shorter one may work as well. =COUNTA($A.A:A:$W.A:A) On 11/21/24 17:44, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: chapgpt doesn't know what it's talking about. how do I count all entries in column A across all sheets in libre

Re: ot- camera

2024-02-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
rice and decide for yourself. Brian Cluff On 2/21/24 20:25, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:  Totally off topic but we have a great wealth of wisdom in plugdom. WHich is the better camera rebel t6 or t7? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss ma

Re: Have I been Black Balled?

2024-01-10 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Sorry, we had an issue with the data center. All fixed now. Brian On 1/9/24 14:00, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Non of my messages are getting though. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: I read chip maker TSMC is a sweatshop

2023-07-16 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
percent of Americans are white, so you'll end up a very angry individual if you think like that since just over half wouldn't fit their view of who they thought should be walking in that door. In any case, all of this is completely off topic of Linux and/or computers in general and ne

Re: wine installed need panel link ...

2023-02-11 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
info: apt search wine >wine_packages.txt Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: wine installed need panel link ...

2023-02-11 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
m"  Then simply fill out that options and you'll have your new menu item. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.

Re: wine installed need panel link ...

2023-02-10 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
x27; | awk -e '{ print strftime("%Y/%m/%d %T",$2 ) "\t" $1}' I put the date first so that you can easily pipe it though sort and get a list of packages from oldest to newest. Brian Cluff--- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: webp is a nuisance

2023-01-04 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
will most likely make it a lot bigger, but you will keep you transparency intact. Brian Cluff On 1/4/23 18:36, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: webp is a nuisance (imho). I tried to: sudo apt install webp so I could convert them to jpgs and that did not work. It is also not in synoptic. Any s

Re: Meeting tomorrow

2022-12-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Looks like the link changed a bit over time so there was an /b/ in the path.  I've corrected the link on the website. https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/plu-yuk-7xx Brian Cluff On 12/19/22 07:01, Rob Mike via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi guys, Will there be a meeting tomorrow. If so what i

Re: Thank you Brian ... plus a question ...

2022-11-01 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
sed causes the machine to get quite a bit hotter than if you can have the lid open to let the heat out.  Even if the machine doesn't overheat and crash on you now, it will be thermally throttling and you'll only get a fraction of the performance out of it that you could be. Brian Cluff

Re: Is email to me working yet?

2022-10-31 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
the periods in the domain would have worked better than whatever they are using.  Anyway, move along, nothing to see here. Brian Cluff On 10/22/22 18:21, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: Is email to me working yet? --- PLUG-discuss mailin

Re: Gimp

2022-09-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
n size" and crank it up till you can see it. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: video editors

2022-09-03 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
On 9/3/22 19:09, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: I seem to recall you are using some paid for software as of late? Nope, I'm pretty much using nothing of F/OSS on my computer. And I think I recall you were using kdenlive at some point in the past? I still use kdenlive for pretty much everythin

Re: video editors

2022-09-03 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
If it's been a while since you tried it, it might be worth a look again, not that it'll beat Davinci Resolve in features (which I assume you meant by Black magic design).  The kdenlive team did a massive rewrite a couple of years ago and it was relatively unstable for a bit... but its had a cou

Re: burn to cd

2022-08-30 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
not care about computers anymore because you'll be fighting people for food and water. Brian Cluff On 8/30/22 19:30, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I have some files that need a more permanent storage than a flash drive which can be done away with by an EMP. How would I burn a file to a cd a

Re: Photoshop

2022-08-30 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Is gimp not an option?  It should be good for whatever you are going to use Photoshop for, and it doesn't require an emulation later to work. Brian Cluff On 8/30/22 16:22, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: preferably something I can use to remove flash shadows On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:

Re: Dock Replacement under Wayland

2022-07-16 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Version 3.4 of cairo dock says that it supports wayland. If you're running KDE, you can load latte dock.  I don't know if it functionally does what you're looking for, but it will give you that OSX look and feel and integrates nicely with KDE. Brian Cluff On 7/15/22 21:59,

Re: Disabling special keys

2022-07-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
e special characters "Left Win" if you want it to be the same as it was in the past. Brian Cluff On 7/12/22 22:41, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I've got Kubuntu 20.04 and  there's no /usr/src/linux.    In /usr/src there are several directories with linux in the name, one is linux-

Re: Falling SSD prices ~ good evidence ;)

2022-06-29 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
camera and it chews from storage space very quickly, even in it's "low" quality.  In it's high quality it can use up a 240G drive in as little at 10 minutes It's not a consumer grade camera. Brian Cluff --- 2206-29 at 7:38 am Keith Smith via PLUG-di

Re: find usage

2022-06-27 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
e for for variations on these.  Look for the second about expressions. Brian Cluff On 6/27/22 11:32, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I need to find out where I hopefully moved a file. So I'm opening the directory I'm searching in a terminal and type: find Marriage . but it just gives

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
It might be worth giving Kubuntu a second try.  It's much much faster, and much much leaner.  It also went though an almost complete rewrite since you last used it.  It's a completely different animal these days to what you used back them. Brian Cluff On 4/17/22 09:53, Keith Smit

Re: flv to ogg

2022-04-07 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
ion" and it will give you a rough breakdown of what makes up your particular video. Another really nice tool is mediainfo ( apt install mediainfo ). Just run that with your video file name as the argument and it will spit out info about all the various parts that make up your video (or audi

Re: How to refresh the list of updates?

2022-03-31 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
pgrading from the command line will hopefully give you a nice human readable error that you will be able to handle and get the install to finish. Brian Cluff On 3/31/22 20:11, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks Brian ... Followed your suggestion (quoted below) and finally got the  update

Re: How to refresh the list of updates?

2022-03-26 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
files it come back as having a match and then just delete one of the lines in the file, or the whole file if it's only has one repository line in it. Brian Cluff On 3/26/22 13:59, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: How to refresh the list of updates? I have a Thinkpad T420 running an older

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
a system over an existing install.  I don't know if that's still true, but if it is, it would make it an extremely fast switch... but make sure you backup your home just in case it doesn't work anymore. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discu

PLUG and Politics

2022-03-18 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
where they are more appropriate. Brian Cluff Phoenix Linux Users Group --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: cmos battery

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
The clock will continue to keep time, it will just lose the current set time if the computer is turned off.  You might not even notice the battery is dead if you are running NTP to set the time since that till set the clock to the current time every time you boot. Brian Cluff On 11/14/21 10

Re: Kdenlive + Audacity noise reduction

2021-09-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
udio completely separate from the video.  Ideally you would use a clapperboard or just simply have someone on camera clap once so you could see the clap and line up the corresponding clap sound with the clap motion. Brian Cluff On 9/21/21 11:15 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. via PLUG-discuss wrote

Re: Handbrake, Flatpak and Pop OS

2021-09-04 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
d.  I'll find a different way to get the latest version on my system. Brian Cluff On 9/4/21 2:50 PM, Steve B wrote: I uninstalled the Flatpak version and installed an older Deb package and now everything is working again. Could it be that libdvdcss is not part of the Flatpak version,

Re: Handbrake, Flatpak and Pop OS

2021-08-31 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Sounds like you are missing libdvdcss available from: https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html Without that installed the system has no way to decrypt your DVDs so they will appear pixelated Brian Cluff On 8/31/21 8:07 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: Recently I reinstalled

Keeping on topic

2021-08-04 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
that have nothing to do with our collective interest. You don't have to drop your conversion, but please take it into private messages or somewhere else more appropriate. Thanks, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.

Re: I need help creating a partition.

2021-07-26 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
mat that much space even if the size of the partition is different. I think you'll have much better luck if you try something simple like, but only do the -L "opt" part if that truly is the label you'd like your drive to have otherwise change it to something more appropria

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
It's extremely specific to my needs that nobody else would have any use for it.  It's best to develop your own based on your own needs. Sorry, Brian Cluff On 7/23/21 1:47 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Your shellscript would be perfect for me. Could you please post it? Ste

Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
lab would require a minimum of 15 circuits in order to not pop breakers.  I never could convince him that I was right, and that the breakers wouldn't pop and he finally did want I asked him to do which was to add 4 circuits, which we never has any problems with. Brian Cluff On 7/23/21 10:2

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Grand Total 6.3321984 Brian Cluff On 7/21/21 3:50 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: Back when I ran a home server on my Athlon X2 with 1500 W supply, the machine never drew that much. Even with several disks spinning, 8 VMWare instances going and a few other goodies, that mac

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I just use a shell script with a bunch of iptables rules in it not for everyone, but it works for me. Brian Cluff On 7/22/21 9:28 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Do you have a RaspbPI working as a NATting firewall? If so, what software and what techniques did you use? On casual

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
must have a dozen of them around my house doing various things to make my life better. Brian Cluff On 7/21/21 10:29 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I think there might be some on this list that are struggling and that is why they are here - cheep old hardware that runs Linux well. I

Re: help with printing

2021-07-14 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
hat's the type of thing you were looking for. Brian Cluff On 7/13/21 8:46 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I need a printing program which has layout management. I was told about photoprint but it has been removed from the repository. I also heard about krokus but it too is not in the rep

Re: disable full screen apps in KDE

2021-06-10 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
You may have forgotten to click "Apply" on the main System Settings window like I did the first time I was testing it.  Clicking OK on the windows settings windows isn't enough for it to take effect. Brian On 6/10/21 1:16 PM, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 2021-06-

Re: disable full screen apps in KDE

2021-06-10 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
ings..." Then select the "Size & Position" and put a check next to "Fullscreen" and set the select box to "Do Not Effect" Click OK and enjoy your Fullscreen exception! Brian Cluff PS, if you're running the latest version of KDE the interface is a little

Re: Editing firefox.desktop

2021-03-24 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
local changes won't be over written... and if you find that stuff is acting weird in the future you can look in /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop.distrib and see if anything has changed, and apply it to your locally changed version. Brian Cluff On 3/23/21 9:12 PM, Steve B via

Re: Editing firefox.desktop

2021-03-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
one found is used. Brian Cluff On 3/22/21 6:40 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: You know, I fscking hate this between distros, but for arch on mine, it's /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop, and every time I update it resets to defaults I hate.  I keep a copy of firefox.deskt

Re: Editing firefox.desktop

2021-03-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I don't know about GNOME which I assume your using being the default desktop environment for Pop OS, but in KDE, which I'm using, they just show up automatically.  I would think it would show up in the menu as "Sandboxed Web Browser" Brian Cluff On 3/22/21 11:30 AM, Stev

Re: Editing firefox.desktop

2021-03-20 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
ot;' >>~/.bashrc I can't remember what your original goals were, so I hope the above isn't completely shooting the dark. Brian Cluff On 3/19/21 10:25 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: I took Brian's recommendation and created a file in ~/.local/share/applic

Re: Libre office prints some docs, not others.

2021-03-15 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
x27;s proper place.  Just double check after a reboot and see if that line is gone.  You probably won't have anything mounted on /tmp at all. After all that I'm betting your printing should be back working as normal, and likely your other weird behavior from your software will be gone as well

Re: Libre office prints some docs, not others.

2021-03-15 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
would be printed a lot, the fix was to recreate the document in a way that minimized the actual print file size. Brian Cluff On 3/14/21 8:40 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks John (and all) ... Now the display of different backgrounds on different desktops (which had stopped working

Re: Built for Failure

2020-12-30 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
want.   You could also reserve a couple of drives as spares if you wanted then to be able to automatically rebuild the drive if any of the drives fail. Brian Cluff On 12/30/20 3:00 PM, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote: Weird question: I can get a bunch of ancient (~2013) HDDs. Each have varying

Re: Editing firefox.desktop

2020-12-25 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
f the firefox.desktop into certain directories and that cause it to override the system version of the config.  Put them in ~/.local/share/applications/ to change an individual user and|| /usr/local/share/applications/ to effect every user on the system. Brian Cluff On 12/25/20 12:23 PM, John Seberg via

Re: Nextcloud photos backups

2020-11-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I would mount your nextcloud via webdav and then rm -rf them from from there.  That will take care of the database records for the files. Brian Cluff On 11/21/20 1:41 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: moin moin, I have an old experiemental Nextcloud install where I saved some files and

Re: install BABL

2020-11-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Sounds like you need to do what I had to do then.  Go ahead and uninstall everything gimp related on the system and then reinstall gimp.  That should take care of your problems. Brian Cluff On 11/13/20 9:08 AM, Michael wrote: yes I had otto's ppa then I installed the flatpak but I

Re: install BABL

2020-11-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
of the old PPA and then deleting everything gimp related off the system and then reinstalling gimp from the distros repositories. Brian Cluff On 11/12/20 8:29 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: This is bizarre. I installed gimp with apt (I had it installed with flAtpak) and it wouldn't

Re: Usable screenshot tools

2020-11-01 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Spectacle works perfectly for me.  From what you are describing it sounds like something in Xorg is broken, and I'm betting that you won't be able to find any screenshot program that won't crash. You can probably continue to use spectacle if you can find out what in X is broken

Re: gimp- layer via copy

2020-10-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Can you use? Edit -> Paste as => New Layer It seems to do what you want. Brian Cluff On 10/20/20 4:02 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I think there is a plugin called layer via copy. how do you instaall it into ubuntu --- PLUG-d

Re: start zoom from command line

2020-09-29 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Have you tried just: zoom "--url=zoommtg://zoom.us/j/94780156957?pwd=SWx1WHNJcjVNUndjV2pxTkNseEQ0UT09" The error seems to be saying that it you have the option launch that it doesn't want any other arguments, and the instructions don't say anything about the option l

Re: start zoom from command line

2020-09-28 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
This looks like it's got the info you need: https://superuser.com/questions/1563255/start-a-zoom-meeting-from-the-command-line Brian Cluff On 9/28/20 9:40 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I already have the zoom client.  What do I enter at the command line to make zoom launch and connect

Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
; then     mount -t ntfs PARTUUID=f88c9c86-e44d-4846-9fbe-305074347e97 /mnt/Ext3TB_Video1/ fi I'll leave it up to you to handle what to do if the drive doesn't mount. Brian Cluff On 9/9/20 1:34 PM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi all, I was finally able to do away with

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

2020-09-03 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
updates to your OS https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-14-04-esm-support I also noticed that you have "apt list --upgradable", but it's spelled "upgradeable", so that's probably why you got the list of options instead of a list of upgradeable packages. Brian Cluff On

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

2020-09-02 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
red for some broken dependencies that wouldn't have happened if you had done dist-upgrades instead Hopefully apt's dependency calculator will just take care of it for you and all will be good with the world again. Brian Cluff On 9/2/20 3:04 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks to

Re: KMS but AMDGPU And Black Screen

2020-08-26 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
ld have to spend the extra money on an active converter, otherwise all you have is a cable with a pin out that pulls an HDMI signal out of the display port connector. Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxli

Re: pdf to jpg

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
up * On the filter, just select JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg:.JPEG:.jfif:.jpe) * Browse to the location you would like to save your image and click save That's it... Lather, Rinse, Repeat with any other pages you need. Brian Cluff On 8/25/20 4:38 PM, Michael via PLUG-disc

Re: KMS but AMDGPU And Black Screen

2020-08-25 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
that out and moved my machine closer I found that even my cheap cables would drive my display It makes sense considering the signal is throwing something in the neighborhood of 18Gbps at the display  The shorter the cable the better. Brian Cluff --

Re: KMS but AMDGPU And Black Screen

2020-08-22 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
this; for my shut down needs I set the computer to sleep the display after a certain amount of time which stops sending video.  Then I set the TV to automatically shut off after a certain amount of time with a loss of connection.  Now all I have to do it wiggle the mouse or press a key to wake

Re: KMS but AMDGPU And Black Screen

2020-08-21 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
The problem with your setup is that you're using TVs for multiple displays.  Like you said, TV's don't understand DPMS so it's impossible to get them to power down on command.  Most newer TVs do understand CEC and it's possible to get a CEC injector (I believe NVIDIA doesn't handle it in their

Re: font sizes

2020-07-24 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I played with it for a while and found that the task manager uses the "General" font size. Brian Cluff On 7/24/20 3:18 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: There's something going on with this install.  It's Kubuntu 20.04.  Some text is a reasonable size.  Some is very small.

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-20 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
You're in for a treat.  20.04 is possibly the best release of Kubuntu ever. Brian Cluff On 7/20/20 9:10 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: This install has other problems.  Tonight I lost the toolbar and the menubar in Gwenview.  I also lost the menubar in Dolphin.  All the options I read o

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-20 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
change. These are the available sddm themes in Bionic: sddm-theme-breeze sddm-theme-debian-elarun sddm-theme-debian-maui sddm-theme-elarun sddm-theme-lubuntu-chooser sddm-theme-maldives sddm-theme-maui sddm-theme-maya Brian Cluff On 7/20/20 12:05 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I'm usin

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
g file to /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf.distrib instead of it's normal name.  That way the system will always get your version of the config file. Brian Cluff On 7/19/20 3:26 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I looked and found that Plasma 5.12 is the latest I can get with K

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Looks like it might be a feature of newer versions of the Plasma Desktop.  I'm running Kubuntu 20.04 on the version that I saw the setting. Most likely you can still hand edit the config file on older versions though. Brian Cluff On 7/19/20 2:14 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I opened s

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
:) Brian Cluff On 7/19/20 10:46 AM, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: If you are talking about the font sizes on the login screen itself; those font sizes aren't set by the font settings in your desktop settings.  The login screen is shared between all users of the machine so it has to

Re: text too small - almost forgot

2020-07-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
b instead of it's normal name.  That way the system will always get your version of the config file. Brian Cluff On 7/19/20 10:13 AM, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: Good morning, I've got a machine running Kubuntu 18.04 64 bit.  When I log out and log in or press ctrl alt backspace; beginni

Re: New computer.

2020-07-19 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
-single-channel Brian Cluff 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

Re: raid5

2020-07-18 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
et proof RAID option that allows for any of your drives to be mounted individually, so its very difficult to loose your data without all your drives dying at once.  You also get a little bit of a speed boost under certain circumstances. Brian Cluff On 7/18/20 7:58 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wr

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
scsi-host                          configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:21 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote: > > It's a good idea, however I don'

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
ant.  When you first get one, you will tell your computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was logout until you realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the login screen in less time than your old computer could just logout. Brian Cluff On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-di

Re: New computer.

2020-07-18 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
price range you are looking at spending? Brian Cluff On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I think I figured out what I want to do. I'm going to buy a chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then frankenstein the hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
d stress ng the temp was like 68. I don't think that is too bad. On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:19 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote: > > Looks like your drive probably isn't the pro

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Looks like your drive probably isn't the problem. Brian Cluff On 7/16/20 11:54 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:37 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: Also check the health of your hard drive with smartctl. I've hard systems freeze on me because my

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-16 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
e my hard drive was dying that then appear to work again for a while after a reboot.  Basically your drive starts throwing errors and eventually the system remounts it as read only and your system eventually freaks out and freezes because it can't write to th

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
p is 46 On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:06 PM Michael wrote: that was it under stress. On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 4:55 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: If that's your idle temperature, that is terrible. I'll bet if you run stress while monitoring your temperature you'll see it sho

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
se, if your sure it's spinning slow, it might be time for a new power supply but make sure it's truly spinning slow.  If you are using an LED flashlight, it may be using PWM modulation to dim the light, which can make computer fans appear to spin at different s

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-13 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
If that's your idle temperature, that is terrible.  I'll bet if you run stress while monitoring your temperature you'll see it shoot up even higher than that. (I cook chicken sous vide at 60C) Brian Cluff On 7/13/20 10:05 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Do 80 is bad? Mine

Re: is my power supply dieing?

2020-07-12 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
end to outright die and will refuse to turn on your machine when they go bad.  The other things are bad RAM and bad software but if you've tested your ram and you haven't changed anything software wise, I would look for a heat related issue. Brian Cluff On 7/12/20 7:49 PM, Micha

Re: host name

2020-07-10 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Run on the command line: hostname Brian Cluff On 7/10/20 3:07 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I'm on nomachine and I just reinstalled my system which means my host name changed. How do I see what it is? --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: lines on printed photos

2020-07-01 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
You probably have clogged nozzles in one or more of your color print heads, but not your black print head. Have you tried running your printer though a cleaning cycle.  You might need to do it more than once if the heads are badly clogged. Brian Cluff On 7/1/20 11:34 AM, Michael via PLUG

Re: non-admin GUI deb installs

2020-06-07 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I believe that muon uses polkit.  You should be able to create your own rules to allow muon to install packages without having root access. Brian Cluff On 6/6/20 2:58 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: moin moin, Is there a way to allow users to install and uninstall packages from the GUI

Re: seagate drive

2020-05-20 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
through a couple dozen on them and the word on the street is that my experience isn't strange. Brian Cluff On 5/20/20 12:21 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I'm getting a used 2TB drive and I can't find anything about linux compatibility. It is a Seagate Goflex home. My dad

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

2020-05-09 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
I believe this page has a well worded answer to your question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18246053/how-can-i-create-a-link-to-a-local-file-on-a-locally-run-web-page/18246357 Brian Cluff On 5/8/20 11:14 PM, Joe Lowder via PLUG-discuss wrote: How can I get the simple html menu (example

Re: I can't remember

2020-04-05 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
if you need them to not be exposure corrected. Brian Cluff On 4/5/20 5:25 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: how do we align images that we are using for stacking that are taken had-held? On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 8:18 PM Michael wrote: How do we align images that we a

Re: small, portable, mechanical keyboard

2020-03-29 Thread Brian Cluff
Hrmmm, For me I think it would be worth the extra space and weight to have dedicated number keys. Brian Cluff On 3/29/20 11:08 AM, der.hans wrote: moin moin, We have some people who really love mechanical keyboard. Some FLOSS hardware types have put together a kickstarter for a portable

Re: size of folders

2020-03-22 Thread Brian Cluff
after the --si option. If you want the most accurate, tell it to give you the size in bytes.  Sure the number will be huge but there is no mistaking the size you are getting. Brian Cluff On 3/22/20 10:56 AM, Michael wrote: weird: bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ du -s --si -h Pictures/ 45G Pictures/ b

Re: remove ppa

2020-03-21 Thread Brian Cluff
Also check out the package ppa-purge if you want to not only remove the PPA but all the packages that it installed, reverting to the older official packages. Or if your feeling particularly adventurous look into apt pinning for how to do it manually. Brian On 3/21/20 7:28 AM, Michael wrote:

New Video: Aaron Jones presenting "Introduction To Firejail, AppArmor, and SELinux"

2020-03-17 Thread Brian Cluff
ated.... Enjoy, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

New Video: Aaron Jones presenting "Introduction GNU IceCat"

2020-03-17 Thread Brian Cluff
cyber security. Feedback on the video is appreciated.... Enjoy, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

All PLUG meetings are cancelled until May

2020-03-13 Thread Brian Cluff
We had already decided to cancel meetings for the rest of the month when we were informed that the room was going to be off limits until May because to the risk of public gatherings due to COVID-19. That's a little longer that we had discussed cancelling things, but it's better to be safe than

Re: find directory

2020-03-01 Thread Brian Cluff
it's interface within the directories and it will show you the run down of what's inside them. You can sort the output in a number of different ways and have it show various different counts. You can also interactively delete stuff directly from inside the program. Brian Cluff On 3

New Video: Aaron Jones presenting "Introduction Secure Computing"

2020-01-16 Thread Brian Cluff
ng learner, and prides himself on staying up to date with the ever changing field of cyber security. Feedback on the video is appreciated.... Enjoy, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscrib

New Video: Aaron Jones presenting "Introduction to RATs (Remote Access Trojan/Tool)"

2020-01-15 Thread Brian Cluff
s with a focus in Cyber Security, is a life long learner, and prides himself on staying up to date with the ever changing field of cyber security. Feedback on the video is appreciated.... Enjoy, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

Today is the last day for SCaLE early bird registration

2020-01-12 Thread Brian Cluff
reg6/ Ride and room sharing is available.  Just give a shout out on this mailing list and I'm sure to can find someone to ride and/or room with. I hope to see you there, Brian Cluff --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxli

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