Re: WiFi restoration

On 04/29/2015 12:33 AM, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2015-04-28 at 10:01 +0200, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: >> With only ten feet away, drop of signal because of distance isn't a >> serious consideration. > > With close distances, it's usually signal reflections, that mess up a > signal, rather than sign

Re: WiFi restoration

Tim: >> With close distances, it's usually signal reflections, that mess up a >> signal, rather than signal losses. The reflections can add together >> in bad ways, and cancel out, or seriously mess up the signal. g: > all of which can be decreased with a parabolic reflector for each > antenna.

Re: Fedora 21: How to download files from my Galaxy S5

On 28/04/15 06:42, Jim Lewis wrote: > cp: cannot open IMG_20150123_163703_512.jpg for reading: Operation not > supported > > Not sure I have ever seen a situation like this. I can change the phone > from MTP to PTP mode but then all of the files do not show up (but I can > copy the files that do

Re: WiFi restoration

My cell phone has no problem. chromecast has no problem. Shifting seats doesn't make it go away. I'm 20 feet from the router in line of sight. I'm not in a faraday cage. There are no overlapping channels. There's no RF voodoo here. sean On 04/28/2015 02:52 AM, Tim wrote: Timothy Murphy wrote

Re: Fedora 21: How to download files from my Galaxy S5

On 04/27/2015 04:42 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: > This worked fine on my older Android Photon Q so I expected the same on > this new Galaxy S5. I plugged in the cable, found the mount point and, > as my guest1 user, located the filesystem and files. I saw they were rw > (read/write) and thought all was

Re: WiFi restoration

On 04/29/2015 06:09 AM, Tim wrote: > Tim: >>> With close distances, it's usually signal reflections, that mess up a >>> signal, rather than signal losses. The reflections can add together >>> in bad ways, and cancel out, or seriously mess up the signal. > > g: >> all of which can be decreased w

SD card programing -

I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. Perhaps someone with experi

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 22:46, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the > operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be > downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program > it from Fedora 21 or 2

Re: SD card programing -

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, wrote: > I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from > Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. > Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDSDB-016G-AFFP/

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 10:59, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/29/15 22:46,bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > >I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one: ht

Re: WiFi restoration

Tim: >> This blessing is cursed... ;-) >> >> I wonder if all off-the-shelf WiFi antennas are omnidirectional. >> I've never actually needed to change my antenna. g: > not even. > > types include all sorts of; array beam, biconical, butterfly, > cantenna, coaxial, corner reflector, dipole, disc

Re: SD card programing -

On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 11:39 -0400, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a > desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see > that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With a USB card reader. That's what

Re: WiFi restoration

On 04/29/2015 11:01 AM, Tim wrote: > Tim: >>> This blessing is cursed... ;-) >>> >>> I wonder if all off-the-shelf WiFi antennas are omnidirectional. >>> I've never actually needed to change my antenna. > > g: >> not even. >> >> types include all sorts of; array beam, biconical, butterfly, >>

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 12:07, Tim wrote: How do I connect the SD card to a> desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see >that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With a USB card reader. That's what I use to get photos from my digital camera. They're the sort of thing t

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is requi

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downlo

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 12:07 PM, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 11:39 -0400, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With

Re: SD card programing -

On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 22:59 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/29/15 22:46, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > > > I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the > > operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be > > downloaded but I have to get the SD car

Re: SD card programing -

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > IIRC the OP isn't asking about Fedora on the Pi, but how to create the > SD card on a Fedora machine. As I read it, too. Just a Caveat--I've recently been doing a fair bit with the RPi, since one client asked for a slideshow s

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 11:01 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: IIRC the OP isn't asking about Fedora on the Pi, but how to create the SD card on a Fedora machine. As I read it, too. Just a Caveat--I've recently been doing a fair bit with the RPi

Re: Fedora 21: How to download files from my Galaxy S5

> On 04/27/2015 04:42 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: >> This worked fine on my older Android Photon Q so I expected the same >> on >> this new Galaxy S5. I plugged in the cable, found the mount point and, >> as my guest1 user, located the filesystem and files. I saw they were rw >> (read/write) and though

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 09:39 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed.

Re: Fedora 21: How to download files from my Galaxy S5

On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 09:44 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > All I want to do is copy the damn files to my hard drive. So does > anyone have any idea on what I should try next? Maybe try different > mount options? Also, is this a bug in Fedora? This has been discussed several times on this list for sev

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 10:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 2

Re: Tainted kernels

On 04/28/2015 04:27 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/28/2015 01:19 PM, foxec...@gmail.com wrote: >> On my laptop the file exists but it is zero bytes in length > > I just checked again and got a response of 0, so I probably typoed the > first time. My Dell Laptop gives a 0, it has an Intel video chips

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/15 16:29, jd1008 wrote: There are several micro SD card adapters on Ebay for very cheap price. The only thing you need to look at your fedora machine is a thin slot that is slightly more than an inch in width which accepts the Macro size SD card. So, adapters which are of the Macr

Re: SD card programing -

Just a thought, I did some experimenting with thumbdrives and (mini/micro)-SDcards. Most laptops do not recognize SD-drives as bootable media, but when you put them into a usb-adapter they work OK. Also making a card bootable on one adapter, does not garantee That it will be bootable in a diffe

Re: Tainted kernels

On 04/30/15 04:52, Kevin Cummings wrote: > On 04/28/2015 04:27 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 04/28/2015 01:19 PM, foxec...@gmail.com wrote: >>> On my laptop the file exists but it is zero bytes in length >> I just checked again and got a response of 0, so I probably typoed the >> first time. > My Dell

Re: SD card programing -

On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > > On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > > wrote: >> >> I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it >> from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one prepr

Re: Fedora 21: How to download files from my Galaxy S5

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:49:21PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > This has been discussed several times on this list for several years, > including quite recently. If you simply want to copy files you can use > rsync or airdroid apps on the phone, among others. Otherwise the > simple-mtpfs pac

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 09:05 AM, poma wrote: On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, mailto:bobgood...@wildblue.net>> wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or

Re: SD card programing -

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:26:23AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > As long as the SD card can handle the image, it shouldn't matter as > "dd" should quit once it's transferred the ISO image (the copy is based > on the input device/file size, not the target's size). But the SD card can't handle the im

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 11:52 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: >> On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: <<<>>> > By the way, this isn't exactly what I have, but this is the sort of > thing you need:

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD card in it) into the USB dongle. 3. Plug the

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 06:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD c

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 07:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Well once I knew what to ask for my daughter had a Memory Card Reader, a "High Speed 55 in 1 card reader" that has connectors for 5 different types of devices. And I think I can find an SD card in my camera I can borrow if I don't get one first, s

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 09:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD