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question -- how to boot from USB with multiple ISOs?
by William Park 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hi all, Right now, I'm carrying around 2 USB sticks, - one 32GB -- it boots Linux and contains about 10 bootable ISOs. - one 8GB -- to 'dd' the real ISO that I want to boot. It's 2-step process, and it's ok. But, I would like to reduce it to 1-step. How can I boot those multiple ISOs directly from one USB stick? Eg. if you want to boot Fedora/Ubuntu/Clonezilla, what do you do? I guess you can carry around 3x8GB USB sticks, http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=11_180_632&item_id=07… but 1x32GB USB stick, http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=11_180_181&item_id=05… is better, I think. -- William

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Using (Tomato) Linux (Router) as Web Proxy Server.
by Peter Renzland 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Request for help: Using (Tomato) Linux (Router) as Web Proxy Server. I remotely manage several Tomato networks. I would like to connect to the ISP's Usage Data web page, from the remote network, to check the remote network's data usage. I'd also like to run the ISP-specific (web browser) speed test from the remote network, to check the remote network's data rates. These seem like very ordinary, simple things to want to do. I'd like to find someone who has actually done these things, and who can help me do them. (I have found dozens of "how-to" web pages that don't work for me. But I have not found anyone who has said "I do this all the time, and here is how I do it". Instead, I have found many people who have said "I have never done this, and I won't try to do it myself it, but you should try this ....") Being able to do a web search on "my IP" and get the remote (proxy) host's IP address is really all need. So, if there is someone who actually has done this, please help! Thank you very much. [Mac OS X, Google-Chrome, Tomato Shibby 131 AIO] -- Peter

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TeamViewer-like SSH access
by Ansar Mohammed 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hello All, is there a TeamViewer-like solution for ssh only devices? I have a few remote Linux/FreeBSD systems that I take care of, but I don't want to fire up VPNs or expose port 22 to the internet.

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OT: Inexpensive laptop for Minecraft?
by Matt Price 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello everyone! Thought I'd tap the collective brain. I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive laptop for my son, who mostly just plays minecraft (and occasionally needs the computer for school work, using google docs & a browser). Any suggestions of models, or places to buy? I'm looking for something pretty inexpensive, but with dedicated graphics that will allow him to play minecraft comfortably for the next year or so at least. Thank you! m

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ShellInABox
by Ansar Mohammed 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

I just had to share this. I am sure some of you would have seen this project already. I have been looking at something like this for some time now.. essentially it allows SSH over HTTPS. https://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/ >apt-get install shellinabox

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GTA Monitor Repairs
by Clifford Ilkay 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello, I purchased a new 4k Wasabi Mango UHD420 monitor on eBay from Korea in May and now it needs service. It's not feasible to ship this 42" monster back to Korea for service. I have a SquareTrade warranty that will cover local repairs. Does anyone know of any repair shops in the GTA or someone who will come out to my place to fix this thing? If you're curious how this works with Linux, I had to upgrade my video card to a GeForce 960. I bought an ASUS because that's the only manufacturer that has local RMA, apparently. I had to install the binary driver. It didn't work with Fedora 20. I didn't waste any time troubleshooting it and just did a clean install of Fedora 21. I keep /home on a separate partition so I was back in business in under 20 minutes. All I had to do to make the fonts look right in KDE was to check "Force fonts DPI" and set it to 105 in System Settings>>Fonts. When this monitor works, it's beautiful. Unfortunately, it appears the electronics in this thing are half-baked. Within a week, the screen started losing sync on the right side and eventually died on the right side. It's an interesting failure mode because this is one panel, not two. I offered to replace the defective parts if the eBay vendor shipped them to me. They were only too happy to do that because under the terms of the sale, they would have had to pay shipping both ways, which I'm guessing for something this size would easily be $200. They sent me a new video board and I replaced it in about half an hour. From the time the monitor failed to the time it was running again was just under two weeks. The vendor seems to answer no more than one email every 24 to 48 hours. That board worked perfectly until July when I started seeing "tearing" all over the screen as it momentarily lost sync. I reported this to the vendor and they wanted a video of it happening to do anything about it. It wasn't happening in a predictable or frequently enough that I bothered. Last week, the "tearing" got worse and there was a new symptom. The brightness would fluctuate on its own. (I had turned off adaptive brightness because it didn't work well for me.) This progressed to the screen going completely dark with a regular popping noise coming from the internal speakers. If I turn off the monitor and let it cool down, it will turn on again and the loss of sync and eventually going black cycle will be repeated. -- Regards, Clifford Ilkay +1 647-778-8696

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QEMU and GDB debugging a kernel module
by Aruna Hewapathirane 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Hi everyone, I am able to run qemu and get the *.iso files to boot fine. The qemu image works as well. But for the life of me I simply cannot get gdb to trigger when I set a break point in my kernel module ? I had trouble on my Debian 64bit, gdb complained saying "remote g packet too long" so I patched the remote.c file in gdb and things seemed okay but I am not sure if this did not introduce more bugs. And qemu wouldn't drop me to a shell but hung saying cannot find /bin/init.. So, to double check I ran Ubuntu-MATE 32 bit and all seemed well. But it still will not trigger gdb on my kernel module's break point. Has anyone ever used qemu and gdb ? If so has anyone successfully debugged a module ? I would be very thankful if someone can show me the 'specific' steps to follow to get this going. Documentation in the public domain is sparse and am yet to find something that gives a detailed breakdown of the steps and process. Thank's - Aruna

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Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on 22 October at HackLab
by Myles Braithwaite 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '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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5.25" -> 3.5" converter
by William Park 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Following up on discussion over beer, yesterday... Here is 5.25" to 3.5" converter (3 bay -> 4 disks) at Canada Computers: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_108&item_id=021242 Only thing is I can see where the fan is mounted. -- William

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Notes from last night's meeting
by Myles Braithwaite 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

<http://wiki.gtalug.org/meeting:2015-09> ====== 11 August, 2015 - Round Table Q&A Session ====== * [[http://gtalug.org/meeting/2015-09/|Meeting Link]] ===== Announcements Before the Meeting ===== * AGM * Two open board seats. * Contact Bill Thanis @ <candidacy(a)gtalug.org> if you are interested in running for one. * You will need to be seconded by another member. * Upcoming GTA Events * 19th September - [[http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Canada/Toronto/LibrePlanet|Toronto Software Freedom Day]] * LibrePlanet Ontario is hosting. * There will be talks about free software in music performance, e-mail privacy, lighting talks, a formal GnuPG/PGP Keysigning, and some Free Culture films. * 29-30 October - [[http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2015/|FSOSS at Seneca]] * 7-8 November - [[https://2015.pycon.ca/|PyCon Canada 2015]] ===== Questions and Answers ===== * PHP Server Side Debuggers * [[http://xdebug.org/|xdebug]] * [[https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/|PHPStorm]] * MySQL Export to CSV * Character sets, what are they good for? * We're going in RAW! * Windows Support * It's Windows!!! * Linux Motherboards * Asus * Intel

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