October 2015 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

VLC unable to play video
by Daniel Wayne Armstrong 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi all... After a recent upgrade this week on a box running Debian stretch/testing the VLC media player continues to successfully play audio MP3 files but crashes trying to play video files with the message: "Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_i965.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Segmentation fault" VDPAU packages installed and their versions: ii libvdpau-va-gl1:amd64 0.3.4-3 ii libvdpau1:amd64 1.1.1-2 ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 11.0.2-1 ii vdpau-driver-all:amd64 1.1.1-2 ii vdpau-va-driver:amd64 0.7.4-4 No updates are pending. Any ideas about how to fix this would be much appreciated! -- (o< .: Per curiositas ad astra .: http://www.circuidipity.com (/)_

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AWS bring up?
by Scott Sullivan 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

I'm hoping some can share some experience taking an in house web app to a scaled AWS based web service. Contact me off list, I'll buy lunch. -- Scott Sullivan

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odd DHCP participant on Rogers cable internet
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

I've just noticed that DHCP responses come from 7.11.164.145. According to whois, that address belongs to the US Department of Defence. I'm pretty sure that that means Rogers has hijacked DoD addresses. What's up with that? NetRange: 7.0.0.0 - 7.255.255.255 CIDR: 7.0.0.0/8 NetName: DISANET7 NetHandle: NET-7-0-0-0-1 Parent: () NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organization: DoD Network Information Center (DNIC) RegDate: 1997-11-24 Updated: 2006-04-28 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-7-0-0-0-1

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GTALUG Board/Operations Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

For all those that are interested there is a GTALUG board/operations meeting tomorrow at 7:30pm at HackLab Toronto. All GTALUG members are welcome. You can view the agenda here: <http://board.gtalug.org/2015-10-26/agenda.html>.

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(off topic) unlocked phones
by Evan Leibovitch 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

Hi all. I have an informational favour to ask. I'm not in a position to go to local stores and the info isn't readily available online. I want to buy an unlocked phone as a gift. Two that I am looking at are the Moto G and the Alcatel Idol 3. Both have websites that sell unlocked phones mail order in the States, but if I indicate Canada they send me to a carrier (Bell or Telus). Would anyone here know if the Canadian versions of these phones are carrier locked, if the American ones are not? I'm happy to buy one off-contract if I know it can be taken to any carrier. Alternately, does anyone have a different recommendation in the $300-400 range? I know that Canada Computer sells the Asus Zenfone, but I know little about this Intel-powered phone. All help is appreciated. (obLinux: Android only). And don't even mention the Oneplus; nice phone, supremely flaky company. Thanks!

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BlackBerry Priv
by Clifford Ilkay 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

>From <http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/21/blackberry-android-security/>: "BlackBerry also "hardened" the Linux kernel with various top-secret patches" How can they have "top-secret patches" to the Linux kernel and comply with the terms of the GPL? -- Regards, Clifford Ilkay +1 647-778-8696

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Comparing Expert and Non-expert Security Practices
by Hector 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

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Re: [GTALUG] Comparing Expert and Non-expert Security Practices
by Hector 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

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Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday at HackLab
by Myles Braithwaite 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

<https://homebrewhosting.club/> Are you building your own website? Setup and running your own calendar/contacts server? Developing your own publishing web app? Hosting a Gnu-based-social-network? Running your own Wiki? Hosting your own email server? Did you buy a $35 VPS and looking to start hosting your own email server? Or some other digital magic-cloud service? If so, we are a meetup of people in the Greater Toronto Area passionate about self hosting, in the same structure as the [Homebrew Computer Club][1] meetings in Silicon Valley (and the [Homebrew Website Club][2]). It will be a gathering of like-minded people to swap ideas, talk shop, and general awesomeness about hosting your own infrastructure. Our first meetup will be on Thursday 22nd October, 2015 at 7:30pm at the Toronto [HackLab][3] (near the corner of [Queen Street West and Dufferin Street][4]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club [2]: https://indiewebcamp.com/Homebrew_Website_Club [3]: https://hacklab.to/ [4]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3522641496

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UEFI, it's an open standard
by Scott Sullivan 16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15

... understand it's not evil, just some of it's implementers are. The subject of UEFI carries a lot of FUD around it because of some nasty moves on Microsofts part in how it 'certifies' windows hardware, but not of that has to do with the Standards. That's just someone else policy on top of its mechanisms. https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-w… This came up as an after meeting discussion from Chris Tyler's talk this month. Please read the article before making snap reply to this (I did it over a few bus rides, it's not short. But a heck of a lot short then the actual standards docs). -- Scott Sullivan

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