March 2018 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

dmesg not reporting the mount point on USB insert
by William Witteman 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

In the past, when I stuck a USB stick in to my computer, I would look at dmesg and see that the device had been assigned a place in /dev. This week, I can see the device's details (Lexar, Sandisk, whatever), but there is no line for where I can address that device. Graphical file managers are also not showing the inserted media (I have tried several different sticks and card readers). I imagine that something changed in Debian that has lead to this, but I can't tell what's missing. ehci is picking up the device insertion, but not giving me a place to use in a mount line. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks. William

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Creative Commons Summit 13-15 April 2018 in Toronto ($250)
by Bob Jonkman 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just found this via @fsf@status.fsf.org : https://summit.creativecommons.org/ == Creative Commons Global Summit 2018 == > We’re pleased to announce that our 2018 Global Summit will take > place in Toronto, Canada from April 13-15, 2018, at the Delta > Toronto Hotel. As one of the most multicultural cities in the > world, Toronto is an ideal location for this key meeting of the top > minds of the field. > The participant fee for the 2018 Global Summit is $250 USD. Fee > includes: > > Three days of full access to all conference programming including > sessions & keynotes Breakfast, lunch, snacks Swag bag - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlqsw+oACgkQuRKJsNLM5er/NACdGg6XLHiVzZKAhMI2tl1kR84H KGAAn0yQoVNIC2WckSp/gFm/ha/MkXZa =GV6g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Lessons learned while maintaining libcgroup talk is available on youtube
by Alex Volkov 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Hello everyone, You can now watch Dhaval Giani presenting Lessons learned while maintaining libcgroup. From March 2017 meeting -- https://youtu.be/UQ3jl2dLa6w Alex.

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Re: [GTALUG] job opty
by David Collier-Brown 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

On 15/03/18 11:52 AM, Marc Lijour wrote: > Hi Dave, > > One connection is looking for a Linux guy that can help locating a > lost file. Let me know if you know someone interested. > > Marc Hmmn: I hate to say this, but fsck -n is almost your only friend. A very few filesystems have debuggers. I'd post the question on the gtalug "talk" list, talk(a)gtalug.org --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb(a)spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain

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Raspberry Pi as a USB Network gadget talk from March 2017 is on youtube
by Alex Volkov 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Hello everyone, You can now watch Stewart C. Russell presenting Raspberry Pi as a USB Network Gadget. From March 2017 meeting -- https://youtu.be/UkLs5V7XYX8 Alex.

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Comparison of source code hosting
by David Thornton 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

The wiki treatment... lots of data https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source_code_hosting_facilitie… David Thornton @northdot9 https://www.quadratic.net

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Which JavaScript should I learn?
by William Park 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Hi all, (If you're on KWLUG list, sorry for duplicate.) I have a general question about JavaScript. I want to develop/propose "web app" hosted from embedded Linux board. So, - you go to its webpage, - click "web app", - it will serve out JavaScript to browser client, and - the app will be running on the browser. Which Javascript should I learn? I mean, there are Meteor, Angular, React, Ember, Vue, etc. Some are described as "framework", and others described as "library". Then, there is Web Assembly I've been reading about recently. It's difficult to figure out what's what. -- William Park <opengeometry(a)yahoo.ca>

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Hello and GnuPG/PGP key signing parties
by Rouben 13 Mar '18

13 Mar '18

Hello everyone! I’m a newbie to this list. The name is Rouben Tchakhmakhtchian; I’ve been a Linux user since about 1998 (dabbled with it a bit before that). I’m currently working at UofT in IT, and am still a die-hard open source enthusiast. I was wondering, does the GTALUG community still organize GPG key signing events? If not, I would also like to know how much interest there would be in such an event. Thanks in advance, and my apologies if this is an FAQ type post. I’d be happy to RTFM if you kindly point me in the right direction. :) Cheers and have a great weekend! -- Rouben

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Dinner plans before tonight's meeting
by Christopher Browne 13 Mar '18

13 Mar '18

I'll be heading to Kabul Express which is just around the corner from the George Vari building https://wiki.gtalug.org/pre-meeting_dinner#kabul_express -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

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Aging Dell monitor (U3011)
by Michael Hill 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

I have a ThinkPad T450 with Intel 5500 graphics that I was happy connecting to an inexpensive Samsung monitor at home and a Dell P2815Q at the office using an HDMI-to-mini-DisplayPort adapter. The Dell just runs at 3840 resolution and the Samsung at 1920. I inherited a Dell U3011 last week to use at home and it has a maximum resolution of 2560x1600. When I connect it to the ThinkPad DisplayPort using the existing HDMI adapter or a new DVI adapter, all I can get is 1920x1200. Can I ever get the higher resolution, with or without a docking station? Thanks, Mike

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