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Packtpub Black Friday Sale - $150 per year
by CLIFFORD ILKAY 26 Nov '16

26 Nov '16

Hello All, Packt is having a Black Friday sale. Annual subscriptions are $150 ($12.50/month). -- Regards, Clifford Ilkay + 1 647-778-8696

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unexpected firefox "server not found" messages
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from Firefox that surprise me. The links are to real sites. Other browsers can see the site. I thought that the problem might have to do with some tightened security rules. No, the problem is IPv6. I don't have IPv6 at home. But Fedora has it enabled normally. This generally doesn't cause problems. But now it has. Fix: <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem?re…> type URL "about:firefox" Change the setting of network.dns.disableIPv6 to true. (Setting Fedora (glibc?) to not try IPv6 might make other things faster. I don't remember how to do this.)

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Ubuntu
by Irwin Barrer 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Dear Talk List Members I am brand new to Linux, open source, etc. I am a user, not a developer. I am interested in buying a laptop and installing Ubuntu on it—I like the idea of a free alternative to Windows or MacOS, and price is a big factor. A while back I saw some relatively inexpensive laptops on Dell with Ubuntu preinstalled. Unfortunately these are no longer available and only a high-end developer system is available with Ubuntu preinstalled. So I have started looking into laptops with Chrome OS (Chromebooks) and installing Ubuntu. I’ve done some research, but still uncertain. Intel processors seem to be a must and 4GB RAM—which is the most I can find on a Chromebook. Does anyone have any experience with Ubuntu? Any help/advice would be appreciated. Best IB Irwin Barrer irwin(a)irwinb.com

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Re: [GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages
by lsorense＠csclub.uwaterloo.ca 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 05:32:25AM +0200, ac via talk wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:52:43 -0500 (EST) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from > > Firefox that surprise me. The links are to real sites. Other > > browsers can see the site. > > I thought that the problem might have to do with some tightened > > security rules. No, the problem is IPv6. > > I don't have IPv6 at home. But Fedora has it enabled normally. This > > generally doesn't cause problems. But now it has. > > > > Fix: > > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem?re…> > > > > type URL "about:firefox" > > firefox ver 50.0 about:firefox = The address isn’t valid about: works, and is what I always used. -- Len Sorensen

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Re: [GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages
by o1bigtenor 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:32 PM, ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:52:43 -0500 (EST) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: >> Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from >> Firefox that surprise me. The links are to real sites. Other >> browsers can see the site. >> I thought that the problem might have to do with some tightened >> security rules. No, the problem is IPv6. >> I don't have IPv6 at home. But Fedora has it enabled normally. This >> generally doesn't cause problems. But now it has. >> >> Fix: >> <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem?re…> >> >> type URL "about:firefox" > > firefox ver 50.0 about:firefox = The address isn’t valid > > not sure if I care enough to figure out why they removed that. > > I may just change to chrome > > I find that the common trend in software is over development. > > Developers simply cannot accept that a product has reached a level of > maturity and functionality where the use is optimal in relation to the > issues that additional functionality would presume. > If it were only about functionality! I found firefox to bork regularly give my usage style. Now I am using Opera limiting myself to at most a couple or three pages and being diligent about limiting the number of tabs and it works OK. I use min for my normal working browser as I can have a much larger number of windows open, called tasks, and seem to be able to get away with having large numbers of tabs open (varying in number) per task - - - YMMV! I despise Chrome for its reporting to the alphabet company all my browsing!! Regards Dee

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Re: [GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages
by David Collier-Brown 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

On 23/11/16 10:32 PM, ac via talk wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:52:43 -0500 (EST) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: >> Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from >> Firefox that surprise me. The links are to real sites. Other >> browsers can see the site. >> I thought that the problem might have to do with some tightened >> security rules. No, the problem is IPv6. >> I don't have IPv6 at home. But Fedora has it enabled normally. This >> generally doesn't cause problems. But now it has. >> >> Fix: >> <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem?re…> >> >> type URL "about:firefox" > firefox ver 50.0 about:firefox = The address isn’t valid > > not sure if I care enough to figure out why they removed that. > > I may just change to chrome > > I find that the common trend in software is over development. > > Developers simply cannot accept that a product has reached a level of > maturity and functionality where the use is optimal in relation to the > issues that additional functionality would presume. > > It is as if all huge and well funded software projects are trying to > become everything to everyone instead of doing the best job of that > which is supposedly its core focus. > > Another recently encountered example is wordpress. I think they all > want to be everything. > > Which means that in 10 years firefox will be wordpress and wordpress > will be firefox. > > ridiculous as one or the other will fail and fail dramatically and miserably. > > ac > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk(a)gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk Every so often, you have to change OSs to kill off the dinosaurs. The same disease struck MVS when it was new, and it became a trueism that no program was complete until it could send email (;-)) --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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Looking for SSD HD
by Kevin Cozens 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Greetings, everyone. I have a laptop that I don't use that often which runs Windows 10. It has killed 3 regular hard drives since I've had it. I don't know if it is getting bumped and causing a head crash, or if it is a power related thing. Windows will seem to lock up on me so I force a power off by holding down the power button. After that I have trouble with the HD when I try to turn the machine on again. I don't think the laptop has been getting any more shock or vibration than my old laptop which had a mother board failure. These newer higher capacity drives may be more sensitive or it may be related to forcing power off when the machine locked up. I'm thinking of switching to an SSD instead of a regular HD. I don't want to spend a ton of money as I don't use the laptop much. It would be to run Windows natively on occasion instead of via emulation. (I run Win XP via virtualbox on my main computer to use a Windows only 3D modelling program). I would like an SSD with a capacity of around 250GB (or more) and not spend too much more than $100. I don't really want to get in to spending $200+. I might be able to get away with a 120GB HD as I don't expect to put a lot of programs on the machine. I'm still concerned about how SSDs can wear out with use. My knowledge of SSDs may be a bit out of date. When using Linux I remember people saying you have to turn off atime and mtime (IIRC) to minimize wearing out the SSD too quickly. I don't know what equivalent tweaks may be needed when running Windows. Any suggestions for drives I should consider? Any ones I should avoid? -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick

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Deal on open source compatible router
by lsorense＠csclub.uwaterloo.ca 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

I see NCIX has the Linksys WRT1900ACS on sale today for $200 (down from the usual $300). I have the WRT1900ACv2 which is the same hardware as the ACS and am running LEDE (https://www.lede-project.org/) on it and it works great. Not bad for a router with dual Cortex-A9 1.6GHz CPU, 512MB ram, 128MB flash, USB3 and USB2 eSATAp. -- Len Sorensen

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Certificate Error On Chrome
by Michael Galea 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

I went to pay my cell providers bill via Chromium on Debian and it threw a "Site not secure" error at me. That was odd as I had paid at the same site many times before. I reported the problem to the cell provider's customer support line, not really expecting much. To my surprise they requested screenshots, and I provided them. The tech came back and replied, "I have seen this error before. Click on “ADVANCED” and you should then have an option to proceed to website and this should resolve the issue". :-) I replied that I would try paying by another means thanks, and that if I was seeing the site warning, others were likely to as well.. Google was reporting "Certificate Error : There are issues with the site's certificate chain net::ERR_CERTIFICATE_TRANSPARENCY_REQUIRED)." Apparently, Google started following a 2013 protocol that detects fraudulent certificates, and the cell providers certificate vendor does not support it. Has anyone else seen these sorts of certificate problems, and why now? -- Michael Galea

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Programmable LED badge
by Daniel Wayne Armstrong 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

I have this cheapie 44x11 programmable LED badge that I am trying to access under Linux. I *think* its the same as this device ... https://github.com/Caerbannog/led-mini-board ... but when I connect it to a USB port no /dev/ttyU* or /dev/ttyA* is created. Output of dmesg ... usb 2-5: new full-speed USB device number 21 using xhci_hcd usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0416, idProduct=5020 usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 2-5: Product: LS32 Custm HID usb 2-5: Manufacturer: LSicroelectronics hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid usbhid: USB HID core driver input: LSicroelectronics LS32 Custm HID as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00: 14.0/usb2/2-5/2-5:1.0/0003:0416:5020.0001/input/input14 hid-generic 0003:0416:5020.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [LSicroelectronics LS32 Custm HID] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input0 ... and of lsusb ... Bus 002 Device 023: ID 0416:5020 Winbond Electronics Corp. Searching for details on this device returns lean pickings. I did come across this one comment in a discussion thread for a different device ... https://www.reddit.com/user/k2539/ ... with no response. Any advice about how go forward would be appreciated! Thanks. -- (o< .: Per curiositas ad astra .: http://www.circuidipity.com (/)_

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