September 2024 - Roundtable

Hardware and Engineering books
by Vijay Sankar 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Hi, I have to get rid of a lot of engineering books (mostly old from 4 generations of engineers), computer tables, desks, couches, about a hundred 500GB, 1TB and 2TB hard drives, about 40 small SSDs, server rack and servers, book shelves, old desktops and laptops, iMacs and cables and so on. Please note that all but one of the systems have OpenBSD on them; not Windows or MacOS. If anyone is interested to pick any or preferably all of them, please let me know at vsankar(a)foretell.ca so that the list is not polluted. Thanks very much, Vijay Sent from my iPhone

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90's mouse pad wanted (muug)
by Trevor Cordes 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Does anyone have any new or excellent condition used mouse pad of the style that was ubiqitous in the 80's and 90's? approx 8x10" approx 1/4" thick (!!) cloth top <-- critical rubber bottom I've been poking around and they don't seem to make pads this thick anymore. Plus, most pads now are made of material that aids an optical mouse. My mouse has balls, and thus benefits from the cloth-style top (i.e. not shiny or smooth). If you have one (or 5) you want to get rid of / sell, bring it to the meeting, or let me know if I can come pick it up. I'm willing to pay $10-$25 each depending on the condition. Thanks! _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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"bouncing" email from cmd line
by Trevor Cordes 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

If have a maildir file with a maildir format email in it. I want to "bounce" it (using mutt's terminology) to another address. By "bounce", I mean have it sent verbatim (with zero changes and zero new headers) to another email address. Only the envelope-to will be new (obviously). I need to be able to see the email exactly as the original user would have seen it, not "attached" or wrapped up in new headers. All from the command line, preferably the actual cmd line, not a TUI like mutt. Mutt can do this with the "b" Bounce command, but I can't figure out a way for mutt to get this single maildir format email imported via the -f option (which needs an mbox). I don't want to kludge/fudge it into mbox. I tried s-nail and sendmail -i piping but both seem to take the input to mean "body" instead of "headers+body"... though maybe I'm missing something with the sendmail invocation? If mutt can do it... surely I can do it from the command line!? Probably a magical sendmail option I'm not aware of...

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None
by None 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

another box. But I have more questions. When the prompt disappears are you running under X-windows? Or just a virtual console? If it is under X-windows and you are running a font server it is likely that your ipchains is blocking port 7100 or 7200 where the font server usually listens. And, yes, strange things happen if the Xwindows server can't get to the fonts. You might try changing to start up on runlevel 3 if you normally come up under runlevel 5 (Xwindows). Log on and test out your ipchains without Xwindows. On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Raymond J. Henry wrote: > It hangs, but does not lock up. I can ctrl-alt-del the machine, and it will > reboot. I cannot ping it or anything. The router does not indicate this > machine is connected. > > I've run programs to test the HD and the memory, and all pass fine. If I do > an interactive startup, and select no for everything, I can use the system. > Of course, I can't use XWindows, or access the network. I've looked through > the logs, and can find nothing that screams out at me that something is > wrong. However, being a newbie to Linux, that doesn't mean that it's *not* > telling me something. > > I've been trying to find documentation written at a level I can understand > that explains what ipchains interacts with, what interacts with it, and what > could cause problems like I'm having. So far, nothing..... :( > > Latest attempt at a fix was to boot off the install CD, and "upgrade". It > checked packages just fine, did all the fun stuff it does, and everything > went swell. At this point, I'm confident in the hardware, and I suspect it > lies somewhere in the software. > > I've been told that if there's a problem with the xfont server, all sorts of > funky things can happen. However, I've yet to find documentation to help me > check this out... > > I'll try to swap the HD to another running system, but I'm hoping that the > hardware differences won't mess stuff up worse..... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryl F" <wyatt(a)escape.ca> > To: "Raymond J. Henry" <rayhenry(a)mts.net> > Cc: <roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:16 PM > Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Lost prompt help > > > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Raymond J. Henry wrote: > > > > > RedHat 7.1. On boot up, it hangs starting ipchains firewall settings. If > I do an interactive startup, I can bypass all my network stuff and xfont > server. This lets me into the system. However, I will sonner or later lose > my prompt, and be able to do nothing. > > > > > > I can find no documenation anywhere on this type of problem, and 3 > individuals who I've talked to about this are stumped. > > > > > > Any ideas? Feel free to call me voice at 888-0452. > > > > > > > > > > Does the system truly hang or just your console? Can you ping it or telnet > > into it from somewhere else? If you find nothing in the system logs at all > > I would suspect you have a hardware problem. Likely bad memory somewhere. > > > > Can you move the drive to another, known good, machine and test it? > > > > Just some ideas. HTH. > > > > Regards, > > Daryl > > > > > >

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MUUG mailing lists are back up
by Trevor Cordes 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

The server upgrade went well and everything should be back to normal. Total server downtime was around 7 hours. The mailing lists took a little longer, about 2 days. The muug.ca server is now running Debian 12 and Mailman 3 (runs the emailing lists). Mailman 3 (mm3) is a complete rewrite and rearchitecture and redesign and there may be some teething pains. You should still be subscribed to the mailing lists you were prior to the upgrade. No further action should be required on your part and you can send emails to the lists as you always have. If you want to poke around the new mm3 web system, you can access the new mm3 web UI here: https://muug.ca/mailman3 You may be able to login to the new interface using your existing email/password. If you cannot, try the "forgot password" option using the email address you are subscribed under. You might also be able to make a new account and tie it to your existing subscriptions by signing up with your subscribed email address and a new username/password. mm3 seems to automatically tie it to your existing subscriptions. If you get really stuck, post your question to the roundtable mailing list, or you can email us at board(a)muug.ca, or myself directly with "MUUG" in the subject. 99.99% of the existing email list archives should be intact. You can access them by clicking "Archives" in the top navbar of the url above. The UI seems a bit quirky, and the import clearly wasn't perfect, so YMMV: we'll see if it behaves better as new emails are sent to the lists. If something seems blatantly broken (like broken links), let us know. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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muug.ca server outage
by Trevor Cordes 11 Sep '24

11 Sep '24

The muug.ca mirror and mailing list server will be down a for several hours (and possibly days) for a planned update. The mailing lists will be down even longer (a day to a week).

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Sept 3, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- lighttpd & Sublime Text
by Gilbert Detillieux 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, September 3rd, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Fly light!, plus Sublime Text Kevin McGregor will provide a gentle introduction to the lighttpd web server. "lighttpd (pronounced lighty) is a secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. lighttpd uses memory and CPU efficiently and has lower resource use than other popular web servers. Its advanced feature-set (FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting and much more) make lighttpd the perfect web server for all systems, small and large." For our mini-presentation of a "desktop app," Brad Vokey will do a quick demonstration of his favourite GUI text editor: Sublime Text - "Text Editing Done Right." Sublime Text is a fast, mature, light weight, beautiful, customizable, expandable, cross-platform, "shareware" text editor. Brad has previously written about Sublime Text in the MUUG 2021-06 newsletter (page 5), and he will now give us a quick intro into some of it's features. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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Cell phone signal booster?
by Kevin McGregor 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

Does anyone have one of these? Do they work in areas with poor reception? I'm going to be out in the boonies and I'm worried I won't get calls. BellMTS, in Spruce Woods Provincial Park if it matters.

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