"Everyone has a right to be stupid once in a while. Yet some just abuse the privilege."
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- Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:54 pm
- Forum: Quotes
- Topic: Random quotes
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Everyone has a right to be stupid once in a while.
Found this on a wireless router forum thread:
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:27 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: LTO/LTFS: Notes during setup on Ubuntu 20.04
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LTO/LTFS: Notes during setup on Ubuntu 20.04
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ltfs -o devname=/dev/sg3 /mnt/ltfs
https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs/issues/157Length mismatch is detcted. (Act = 4096, resid = 0, resid_sense = 4016).
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Thunderbird: Unable to add contact(s) to address list
- Replies: 0
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Thunderbird: Unable to add contact(s) to address list
Thunderbird has Address Books and Address Lists . "Lists" literally means "mailing lists" in this context. Therefor, only contacts with e-mail addresses can be added to "lists". So you cannot use "lists" as an arbitrary grouping option to organize e.g. phone c...
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Xubuntu suspend by commandline / keyboard shortcut
- Replies: 1
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Xubuntu suspend by commandline: "xfce4-session-logout"
I just realized this: pm-suspend does *not* lock the screen. For security reasons you *want* your screen locked for suspend. Is it a bug? No. :oops: Locking is not pm-suspend's job. Depending on the system (desktop) environment, locking is done by another program. for XFCE4 that's: "xflock4&quo...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Xubuntu 20.04: Installing Blackmagic Decklink drivers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6187
Re: Xubuntu 20.04: Installing Blackmagic Decklink drivers
If installing the packages throws the following error: Setting up desktopvideo-gui (12.1a9) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mediaexpress: mediaexpress depends on libegl1-mesa (>= 7.8.1) | libegl1-x11; however: Package libegl1-mesa is not installed. Package libegl1-x11 is not i...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:58 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Xubuntu 20.04: Installing Blackmagic Decklink drivers
- Replies: 1
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Xubuntu 20.04: Installing Blackmagic Decklink drivers
1. Download the Decklink drivers from Blackmagic website. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/ The file is called something like this: Blackmagic_Desktop_Video_Linux_12.1.tar.gz 2. Extract the tar.gz file. 3. Install the .deb packages. In the subfolder of the extracted Blackmagic Desktop Video...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: AMIA/vrecord: brew install gtkdialog "makeinfo" error
- Replies: 0
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AMIA/vrecord: brew install gtkdialog "makeinfo" error
$ brew install gtkdialog Outputs the following: ==> Downloading https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/gtkdialog/archive/0.8.4d.tar.gz Already downloaded: /home/pb/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/9ad1b9aa93836cdde8a71070ff94b52c7c4d75777648ab8dc3bab09b9d35dd8e--gtkdialog-0.8.4d.tar.gz ==> Installing gtkdi...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:27 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Win10 + Xubuntu 20.04: Dualboot UEFI issues
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8765
Win10 + Xubuntu 20.04: Dualboot UEFI issues
[PROBLEM] Fresh install of Win10, then fresh install of Xubuntu 20.04.3: Both installed, but no boot manager/option shows up to select Ubuntu - Windows just boots as if noone else was there. :? I've searched the web and it seems to be a common problem, but possibly due to different reasons. Therefo...
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: Quotes
- Topic: PB's law II: "Most people prefer stable over bleeding-edge"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8511
PB's law II: "Most people prefer stable over bleeding-edge"
A recent survey I made, confirmed the following assumption: PB's law II: "Most people prefer stable over bleeding-edge" Not all, but most. The domains in which who prefers what are arbitrary though. However, the source of this assumption is: Most people are annoyed by digi-obsolescence. Ma...
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: Quotes
- Topic: PB's law: "Sooner or later every software will be FOSS or perish."
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8333
PB's law: "Sooner or later every software will be FOSS or perish."
I claim the following: "Sooner or later every software will be FOSS or perish." It's mainly based on observation from different IT sectors, like System administration (SysAdmin), development, desktop - including AV and gaming - as well as embedded systems. It's simply a lot of effort (deve...
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: LibreOffice Writer: Table cell format (numbers)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8537
LibreOffice Writer: Table cell format (numbers)
Since LibreOffice Writer is intended for writing, finding the formatting options for table cells is a bit different then in LibreOffice Spreadsheet. Here's a short and simple HowTo for setting number format in table cells within an OpenDocument Text (.odt): Select the table cell(s) you want to forma...
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:24 pm
- Forum: Knowledge Base
- Topic: Nextcloud: Mysteriously appearing "recent" contacts
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9334
Nextcloud: Mysteriously appearing "recent" contacts
I've created a brand new Nextcloud account on our brand new server - ready to migrate our previous data to this one. To my surprise and confusion, this new account suddenly had its "Contacts" populated! :shock: These contacts were correctly related to the email-address I've used for this n...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:14 pm
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Create TAR over SSH
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8622
Create TAR over SSH
Tar works fine with pipes, so here's a copy of commandline recipes by Mickaël Bergem : Execute this on the host that will receive the data from the source server: $ ssh user@source-server "tar czpf - /some/important/data /some/other/file/or/folder" | tar xzpf - -C /backup/destination/folde...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: HowTo's
- Topic: Vim: Counting words/characters
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8662
Vim: Counting words/characters
Select a visual range Press "g" then "Ctrl+G". At the bottom, in the status bar you should now see something like this: Selected 14 of 102 Lines; 110 of 375 Words; 750 of 2575 Chars; 750 of 2577 Bytes If you have no range selected, the stats will be for the whole document, relat...
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:41 am
- Forum: Quotes
- Topic: Complaining too much.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8415
Complaining too much.
"It’s entirely possible that a switch was flipped to change your personality but, according to new research on stress, it’s also possible that your eternal grumpiness stems from the feeling that you just don't know how to deal with an unpredictable world." Source: https://www.psychologyto...