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Beginners Nmap slides
by Scott Junner 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hey folks. Thought I'd get in early and post the slides before the session. The file is attached. They were created in Libre Office Impress. Remain Awesome. Scott.

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enabling SElinx
by Peter 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello, I have two questions. 1.How do I enable SElinux on my Linux mint 17 system? I just want simple default settings useful for an average user that mostly does web browsing.By the way I have tried google and found all of the information I looked at about enabling SElinux very confusing.I presume the following website is the main source of information on SElinx http://selinuxproject.org/page/Main_Page but I could not find how to enable SElinux from it.If this information is not on the website in a simple form my next question is 2.Why not? Please consider this question very carefully before answering. I am thinking many things to do with Linux are deliberately made confusing by saboteurs.Maybe I am completely wrong but as a Linux beginner that is a strong impression I am getting. regards Peter

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Re: [luv-beginners] linux noob - install problems, installfests?
by Wen Lin 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Thanks Glen for your great help last Sat, and also Daniel's, in finally figuring out what exactly happened to Justin PC's failure to partition the SSD for his Linux distro. Your explanation here in luv main list in clear technical details on the whole issue is certainly of great value to anyone who encounter similar issue in future! I'm sure this tricky problem will be solved on or before our next LUV Beginners Workshop. Cheers, Wen On Jun 21, 2015 12:07 AM, "Glenn McIntosh" <neonsignal(a)meme.net.au> wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2015 11:10 PM, "Justin Fisher" <justinlewisfisher(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:justinlewisfisher@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I'm still no further along with this install. I have tried again > > today with the KXstudio live disc, and for whatever reason the ssd > > is now no longer being recognized from the live disc and from Win7. > > The instructions listed in the links you sent I had pretty much > > already followed as I had used this guide > > > http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/07/23/dual-boot-ubuntu-12-04-and-windows-7-o… > On 16/06/15 06:19, Wen Lin wrote:> Are you able to bring just your > desktop to our Linux Beginners Workshop > > this coming Sat 20 June? The address is: VPAC 110 Victoria St, Carlton > > South VIC 3053. Quite a number of us will be there, and can have a > > closer look at your SSD and troubleshooting. > > Just an update on where things got to with Justin's install: > > He has an SSD (with a Windows install) and 2 hard drives (data only). He > wanted to add a second SSD with a KXStudio (Ubuntu 14.04 based) install, > and end up with a dual boot system. > > For some reason the distro wouldn't install with the new SSD on the > fourth SATA port (failed during partitioning), but after removing the > other disks and putting the new SSD on the second SATA port, it > installed fine. Incidentally the BIOS wouldn't allow it to be added to > the boot list until the distro was installed (presumably a secure boot > feature). We decided to put grub on the Linux drive so that the Windows > drive would still have the original boot even if used alone or moved to > another machine. > > What works: the BIOS can boot to either operating system, with that SSD > alone; also, with both SSD drives in place, it can boot to Linux. > > What doesn't work: (1) with both SSD drives in place (Windows on the > first SATA port), an attempt to BIOS boot to Windows appears to start > the Windows boot ("Windows is loading files"), but then the system boots > from the other (Linux drive); (2) also, update-grub on the Linux side > does not find the Windows system. We ran out of time to try adding the > chainload entry in grub.cfg by hand. > > The Windows drive is GPT partitioned, and the Linux drive is MBR > partitioned, perhaps that is part of the problem? > > Glenn > -- > sks-keyservers.net 0x6d656d65 > > > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > luv-main(a)luv.asn.au > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main > >

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Re: [luv-beginners] linux noob - install problems, installfests?
by Trent W. Buck 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Wen Lin wrote: > One key point: *BIOS and UEFI: set it to AHCI* Unless you're dual-booting, *always* set your SATA controllers to AHCI. The options "legacy", "hybrid" and "PATA" are worse choices for Linux. Erratum: current hardware seems to add NVMe, which appears to be better? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVMe_vs_AHCI > using the parameter 'noatime'. The default should be relatime (check /proc/mounts), which should be near enough. Changing it to noatime will break a handful of programs, but you probably don't use them anyway.

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Re: [luv-beginners] linux noob - install problems, installfests?
by Wen Lin 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi Chris, Thanks for your update. This is great! This means with the newer distros nowadays, we can basically treat SSD no different from conventional hard disks - when come to disk partitioning or formatting. I remember 2-3 years ago when I was installing Ubuntu onto my 2nd generation eeepc with SSD, I got instructions at the time to skip the swap space all together. Can I assume that with new distros on SSD - swap space is back in again? How about the "reserve 7% for overprovisioning" suggestion? Do you think it is still valid now? Anyway, the focus for Justin at the moment is to get his SSD to install Ubuntu 14.04 without error. Let us know how you go, Justin. :-) Wen On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Chris Samuel <chris(a)csamuel.org> wrote: > Hi Wen, Justin, > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 09:01:26 AM Wen Lin wrote: > > > Another key point: A Solid State Drive is worn down relatively quickly by > > write actions. So this site introduced steps/commands on how to minimise > > the action of writing to SSD by turning off the updating whenever a file > is > > read (last accessed time) - using the parameter 'noatime'. > > That's out of date - the kernel already defaults to "relatime" (since > 2.6.30, > released 6 years ago pretty much today), Red Hat describe it thus: > > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/ht… > > # Relatime maintains atime data, but not for each time that a file > # is accessed. With this option enabled, atime data is written to > # the disk only if the file has been modified since the atime data > # was last updated (mtime), or if the file was last accessed more > # than a certain length of time ago (by default, one day). > > So in other words for files that aren't being written you'll get an > atime update at most once a day on reading it. > > commit 0a1c01c9477602ee8b44548a9405b2c1d587b5a2 > Author: Matthew Garrett <mjg(a)redhat.com> > Date: Thu Mar 26 17:53:14 2009 +0000 > > Make relatime default > > Change the default behaviour of the kernel to use relatime for all > filesystems. This can be overridden with the "strictatime" mount > option. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg(a)redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds(a)linux-foundation.org> > > > Best of luck! > Chris > -- > Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC > >

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linux noob - install problems, installfests?
by Justin Fisher 31 May '15

31 May '15

Hi all, Total linux noob here trying and failing to install ubuntu 14.04. I would love to know if there is an installfest planned sometime soon so i can finally get the OS installed. if not i would be super grateful for any help. i posted my issue on askubuntu.com but not got any helpful responses yet, here is the link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/626934/cannot-install-ubuntu-14-04-on-new-s… basically i keep getting the "the ext4 file system creation in partition #1 (0,0,0)(sdd) failed" message when trying to install onto a brand new SSD. when i try to format and partition manually i get the "Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object (udisks-error-quark, 0)" message. If anyone can give me some pointers, i would really really appreciate it. thanks! Justin

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slow file copy
by Steve Roylance 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

hi the file is about 500MB, the source is local disk and the sink is a NFS mounted drive connected over 1Gb/s ethernet. The copy starts with a burst at 20MB/s then slows to less than 100kB/s. So the real time should have been about 30s not 13m30 ------------------------------------- $ time cp video.mp4 /media/audio/video/other/Salamander/video.mp4 real 13m30.489s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.860s ------------------------------------- There are no entries in /var/log/messages on the sink server (Centos 6.6) and only many of these on the source machine (Fedora 20) Nov 12 11:35:42 hvamm systemd-udevd: failed to execute '/usr/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' 'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory. smart test on the drive shows no errors and hours=5330 (222 days), drive is 1TB Seagate where next to look

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Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 3
by mitchell＠riseup.net 27 Nov '14

27 Nov '14

Hi, Thanks for the feedback re the start up message I think I will have to wait to meet up and talk more about it. Does anyone know what program or commands i can use to convert an iso file to avi or other movie file?? it is a raw CD image (application/x-cd-image) and is 4.5 GB Thanks, Anj On 2014-11-12 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: > Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to > luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2 (mitchell(a)riseup.net) > 2. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2 (Trent W. Buck) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:52:11 +1100 > From: mitchell(a)riseup.net > Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2 > To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > Message-ID: <a7c63e014ed137fc5241412b9c7edbd6(a)riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > am having an issue at startup. I get a notice saying > > > "the disk drive for /media/datas is not ready yet or not present > continue to wait or press s to skip mounting or m for manual recovery" > > nothing happens if i wait i have to press s. > > Not sure what any of this means : / > > thanks, > > Anj > > > > On 2014-11-08 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 (mitchell(a)riseup.net) >> 2. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 (Dan062) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:45:36 +1100 >> From: mitchell(a)riseup.net >> Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 >> To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >> Message-ID: <952eed980eed9625e663c5337028e31d(a)riseup.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> Great, thanks for that info. >> >> I am away on the 15th so it will have to be the 20th December for me : >> ) >> what are the details? I can try to post some info here soon re >> computer >> issues... >> >> cheers, >> >> >> Anj >> >> >> On 2014-11-07 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >>> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. meet ups for people new to linux (mitchell(a)riseup.net) >>> 2. Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Scott Junner) >>> 3. Re: [Bulk] Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Dan062) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:30:22 +1100 >>> From: mitchell(a)riseup.net >>> Subject: [luv-beginners] meet ups for people new to linux >>> To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>> Message-ID: <f7989f65beb6f3d7c471345c05df3a0e(a)riseup.net> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Wondering about info in relation to meet ups/skill shares...? >>> >>> I am new to this operating system and am having a few problems pre >>> and >>> post upgrade. I live in Coburg Melbourne. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Anj >>> Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2014-10-14 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >>>> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >>>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>>> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >>>> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >>>> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >>>> >>>> >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> >>>> 1. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Jonathan Carnie) >>>> 2. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Dan062) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:10:02 +1100 >>>> From: Jonathan Carnie <jono.carnie(a)gmail.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] Black screen of born-dead >>>> To: Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>>> Cc: "luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au" <luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au> >>>> Message-ID: <0A06A5AD-57C4-44A7-8A7C-CCF1CE46F0FD(a)gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Can you try the Ctrl-Alt Fx key combo to check if any text consoles >>>> started? >>>> >>>> Jc >>>> >>>>> On 14 Oct 2014, at 9:36 am, Brian May >>>>> <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 14 October 2014 06:23, Wen Lin <vwenlin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> - When you said "?blank screens (x2)", what do you mean? >>>>> >>>>> It would be interesting to know if the computer is crashed at this >>>>> stage, or the computer is running fine but not displaying anything. >>>>> Unfortunately, can't think of an easy non-trivial way of working >>>>> this >>>>> out. >>>>> >>>>> One thing should be easy to tell however: Are the screens still >>>>> powered up? Or do they automatically enter power saving mode, i.e. >>>>> not >>>>> receiving a signal? >>>>> -- >>>>> Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> luv-beginners mailing list >>>>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>>>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>>>

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Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2
by mitchell＠riseup.net 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi all, am having an issue at startup. I get a notice saying "the disk drive for /media/datas is not ready yet or not present continue to wait or press s to skip mounting or m for manual recovery" nothing happens if i wait i have to press s. Not sure what any of this means : / thanks, Anj On 2014-11-08 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: > Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to > luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 (mitchell(a)riseup.net) > 2. Re: luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 (Dan062) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:45:36 +1100 > From: mitchell(a)riseup.net > Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 > To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > Message-ID: <952eed980eed9625e663c5337028e31d(a)riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Great, thanks for that info. > > I am away on the 15th so it will have to be the 20th December for me : > ) > what are the details? I can try to post some info here soon re computer > issues... > > cheers, > > > Anj > > > On 2014-11-07 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. meet ups for people new to linux (mitchell(a)riseup.net) >> 2. Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Scott Junner) >> 3. Re: [Bulk] Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Dan062) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:30:22 +1100 >> From: mitchell(a)riseup.net >> Subject: [luv-beginners] meet ups for people new to linux >> To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >> Message-ID: <f7989f65beb6f3d7c471345c05df3a0e(a)riseup.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> Hi there, >> >> Wondering about info in relation to meet ups/skill shares...? >> >> I am new to this operating system and am having a few problems pre and >> post upgrade. I live in Coburg Melbourne. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Anj >> Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2014-10-14 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >>> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Jonathan Carnie) >>> 2. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Dan062) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:10:02 +1100 >>> From: Jonathan Carnie <jono.carnie(a)gmail.com> >>> Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] Black screen of born-dead >>> To: Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>> Cc: "luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au" <luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au> >>> Message-ID: <0A06A5AD-57C4-44A7-8A7C-CCF1CE46F0FD(a)gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> Can you try the Ctrl-Alt Fx key combo to check if any text consoles >>> started? >>> >>> Jc >>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2014, at 9:36 am, Brian May >>>> <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 14 October 2014 06:23, Wen Lin <vwenlin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> - When you said "?blank screens (x2)", what do you mean? >>>> >>>> It would be interesting to know if the computer is crashed at this >>>> stage, or the computer is running fine but not displaying anything. >>>> Unfortunately, can't think of an easy non-trivial way of working >>>> this >>>> out. >>>> >>>> One thing should be easy to tell however: Are the screens still >>>> powered up? Or do they automatically enter power saving mode, i.e. >>>> not >>>> receiving a signal? >>>> -- >>>> Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> luv-beginners mailing list >>>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>>

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Re: [luv-beginners] luv-beginners Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1
by mitchell＠riseup.net 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Great, thanks for that info. I am away on the 15th so it will have to be the 20th December for me : ) what are the details? I can try to post some info here soon re computer issues... cheers, Anj On 2014-11-07 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: > Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to > luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. meet ups for people new to linux (mitchell(a)riseup.net) > 2. Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Scott Junner) > 3. Re: [Bulk] Re: meet ups for people new to linux (Dan062) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:30:22 +1100 > From: mitchell(a)riseup.net > Subject: [luv-beginners] meet ups for people new to linux > To: luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au > Message-ID: <f7989f65beb6f3d7c471345c05df3a0e(a)riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi there, > > Wondering about info in relation to meet ups/skill shares...? > > I am new to this operating system and am having a few problems pre and > post upgrade. I live in Coburg Melbourne. > > Thanks, > > Anj > Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS > > > > > > > On 2014-10-14 12:00, luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au wrote: >> Send luv-beginners mailing list submissions to >> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> luv-beginners-request(a)luv.asn.au >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> luv-beginners-owner(a)luv.asn.au >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of luv-beginners digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Jonathan Carnie) >> 2. Re: Black screen of born-dead (Dan062) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:10:02 +1100 >> From: Jonathan Carnie <jono.carnie(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [luv-beginners] Black screen of born-dead >> To: Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >> Cc: "luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au" <luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au> >> Message-ID: <0A06A5AD-57C4-44A7-8A7C-CCF1CE46F0FD(a)gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Can you try the Ctrl-Alt Fx key combo to check if any text consoles >> started? >> >> Jc >> >>> On 14 Oct 2014, at 9:36 am, Brian May >>> <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 14 October 2014 06:23, Wen Lin <vwenlin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> - When you said "?blank screens (x2)", what do you mean? >>> >>> It would be interesting to know if the computer is crashed at this >>> stage, or the computer is running fine but not displaying anything. >>> Unfortunately, can't think of an easy non-trivial way of working this >>> out. >>> >>> One thing should be easy to tell however: Are the screens still >>> powered up? Or do they automatically enter power saving mode, i.e. >>> not >>> receiving a signal? >>> -- >>> Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> luv-beginners mailing list >>> luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>

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