October 2015 - luv-main

clipboard stack
by Russell Coker 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

I use KDE and klipper the KDE clipboard manager. While it's nice that klipper allows me to select which of the clipboard entries to use it doesn't meet some common usage scenarios. A common case is where I recursively grep a source tree and then edit files. In that case I want to use the file name as a parameter to my editor and then the grep term to tell the editor what to search for. It would be really handy if I could have a paste operation that also deleted that entry from the clipboard history so that the next paste operation would be the search term. For example if I do "grep -R foo src" and it tells me that src/lib/whatever.cpp has the entry I'd like to do a single operation (maybe ALT-middle-click or something) that pastes "src/lib/whatever.cpp" and then leaves "foo" at the top of the stack of clipboard entries to paste. Does anyone know if this is possible without writing my own clipboard manager? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Problem with a new 3G moble broadband set up
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

For broadand access I currently use Virgin mobile broadband prepaid. For various reason I am trying set up via another ISP/telco, in this case mcmedia (shepparton) now basicly Bendigo Telco. Both ISP/telco's use Optus I swapped the sims over in the modem dongle and the following error occured..... plog command..... Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 chat[3207]: ATD*99#^M^M Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 chat[3207]: CONNECT Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 chat[3207]: -- got it Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 chat[3207]: send () Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Serial connection established. Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 23 04:33:36 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0 Oct 23 04:33:37 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: PAP authentication succeeded Oct 23 04:33:38 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Oct 23 04:33:38 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Modem hangup Oct 23 04:33:38 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Connection terminated. Oct 23 04:33:39 wolfdualp3 pppd[3206]: Exit. Now this is exactly what happens when I run out of data with Virgin. Below is a successfull connection via Virgin......... Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 chat[3851]: OK^M Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 chat[3851]: ATD*99#^M^M Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 chat[3851]: CONNECT Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 chat[3851]: -- got it Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 chat[3851]: send () Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: Serial connection established. Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 23 06:12:16 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0 Oct 23 06:12:17 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: PAP authentication succeeded Oct 23 06:12:19 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64 Oct 23 06:12:19 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP Oct 23 06:12:19 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: local IP address 1.178.127.230 Oct 23 06:12:19 wolfdualp3 pppd[3850]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64 From my investigations the config for ppp set up does not need to be changed. I have been assured Bendigo Telco has there end set up correctly. In my case the config is hand edit chatscript and ppp/peers Chatscript ABORT BUSY ABORT ERROR ABORT 'NO CARRIER' REPORT CONNECT TIMEOUT 10 "" "ATZ" OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"ip","VirginBroadband" OK "ATE1V1&D2&C1S0=0+IFC=2,2" OK "AT+IPR=115200" OK "ATE1" TIMEOUT 60 "" "ATD*99#" CONNECT \c ppp/peers/bendigo #debug /dev/ttyUSB0 crtscts #modem refuse-chap require-pap noauth #nodetach #usepeerdns defaultroute noipdefault noccp nobsdcomp novj user "irrelevant" password "irrelevant" connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/virgin" Under advice from a couple of websites the chatscript was change to... ABORT BUSY ABORT ERROR ABORT 'NO CARRIER' REPORT CONNECT TIMEOUT 10 "" "ATZ" OK "AT&F" OK "AT_OPSYS=1" OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"ip","connect" SAY "Calling...\n" TIMEOUT 60 "" "ATD*99#" CONNECT \c This behave the sameway It is beginning to appear the sim may be faulty, bendigo telco say the service should work. Anyone have any ideas? Lindsay

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Test
by Mick 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Can anyone see this? I suspect my emails do not reach the list... -- Mick

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sorry for the downtime
by Russell Coker 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

An upgrade of the LUV server from Debian/Wheezy to Debian/Jessie last night didn't go as planned. Sorry for the inconvenience. Everything SHOULD be working correctly now. If anything doesn't work then please let me know. I'll blog about how it happened when I get some spare time. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Hardware library
by Russell Coker 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

The hardware library is getting depleted. Please consider what you can donate. -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with K-9 Mail.

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Noobieish help request with postgres / sql (copy command to import csv with NULL date)
by h 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

Hi, I have set up a postgis database (PostgreSQL 9.3.6 on currently updated open Suse) and am trying to import some third party csv file. I did some basic sql a long time ago, but I was never an expert, and am now rusty :) In my "CREATE TABLE" command I am defining about 50 attributes / columns. Two of them are: ACCIDENT_DATE date, ACCIDENT_TIME time, My csv files generally have date and time values, but there are a number of NULL values represented as --,"",-- I expected / hoped that these would be imported as NULL values, but when I run the copy command, I get the error message - ERROR: invalid input syntax for type time: "" Can someone help me to get the empty double quoted value accepted as a NULL value for date and for time? TIA sql command: copy crashes FROM '/ACCIDENT.CSV' DELIMITER ',' CSV; Data Sample with "" time: "ACCIDENT_NO","ACCIDENT_DATE","ACCIDENT_TIME","ACCIDENT_TYPE","DAY_OF_WEEK","DCA_CODE","LIGHT_CONDITION","NO_PERSONS","NO_PERSONS_KILLED","NO_PERSONS_INJ_2","NO_PERSONS_INJ_3","NO_PERSONS_NOT_INJ","NO_OF_VEHICLES","POLICE_ATTEND","ROAD_GEOMETRY","SEVERITY","SPEED_ZONE","IMAGE_NO_DIGIT","IMAGE_NO_FRAME","IMAGE_RUN_NO","NODE_ID","LOCATION_TYPE","LOCALS_INVOLVED","NODE_ID","NODE_TYPE","LOCATION_TYPE","LOCATED_MIDPOINT","COMPLEX_INT_NO","AMG_X","AMG_Y","ROAD_NAME_1","ROAD_TYPE_1","ROAD_DESC_1","ROAD_ROUTE_1","ROAD_NAME_2","ROAD_TYPE_2","ROAD_DESC_2","ROAD_NAME_3","ROAD_TYPE_3","ROAD_DESC_3","DISTANCE_LOCATION","DIRECTION_LOCATION","NEAREST_KM_POST","OFF_ROAD_LOCATION","DIRECTORY","EDITION","PAGE","GRID_REFERENCE_X","GRID_REFERENCE_Y","LGA_NAME","REGION_NAME","UNKNOWN" "W1990000191","1989-12-19","","5",3,"183","5",1,0,1,0,0,1,"1","5","2","100",1518,1517,1050,18378,"N","Y",18378,"N","N","Y",0,648329.25,5958402,"GREAT ALPINE","ROAD","",4005,"UNNAMED","","","MCILROY RAE","ROAD","",73,"S",,"","VCD","ED7","35","C","9","ALPINE","NORTH EASTERN REGION",0 "P1990028638","1990-07-19","18:00:00","4",5,"183","5",1,0,0,1,0,1,"1","5","3","100",1828,1827,1086,18378,"N","Y",18378,"N","N","Y",0,648329.25,5958402,"GREAT ALPINE","ROAD","",4005,"UNNAMED","","","MCILROY RAE","ROAD","",73,"S",,"","VCD","ED7","35","C","9","ALPINE","NORTH EASTERN REGION",0 "P1990029504","1990-08-15","15:45:00","1",4,"130","1",7,0,0,4,3,2,"1","5","3","60",146,144,1097,18383,"N","N",18383,"N","N","N",0,654588.610512537,5951870.61325035,"MYRTLEFORD-YACKANDANDAH","ROAD","",5467,"MUMMERY","ROAD","","ODONNELL","AVENUE","",36,"SW",,"","VCD","ED7","660","C","3","ALPINE","NORTH EASTERN REGION",0 "P1990039075","1990-10-26","00:15:00","4",6,"181","5",4,0,1,3,0,1,"2","5","2","100",1666,1665,1102,18398,"N","Y",18398,"N","N","N",0,652283.479975146,5950175.41617511,"MERRIANG","ROAD","",177824,"TONIAZZO","LANE","","CRAMERI","LANE","",118,"NW",,"","VCD","ED7","49","D","3","ALPINE","NORTH EASTERN REGION",0

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mailman breaking DKIM
by Russell Coker 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

I have found the cause of the DKIM problems. When Mailman unfolds and refolds the DKIM-Signature header it replaces tabs with spaces. This makes the difference between a message that passes according to /usr/bin/dkimproxy-verify (part of the libmail-dkim-perl package) and one that fails. Is anyone here any good at Python who can have a look at this? Some special case code to use tabs for the DKIM-Signature header should solve these problems without causing any other problems. Note that a problem that was reported in the past was Mailman replacing spaces with tabs when folding the Subject header. Obviously we don't want to regenerate that problem so changing the behavior of all headers would be a bad thing. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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MTA training
by Russell Coker 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2015/10/17/mail-server-training/ If anyone wants to do the MTA training at home the above URL has the notes. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Beginners sig shell event
by Russell Coker 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

Who's interested in hands on training in basic Unix shell commands and sysadmin skills? Similar format to the mail server training but covering more beginner stuff. -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with K-9 Mail.

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'There Is No Human Right To Patent Protection' -- UN Special Rapporteur
by Andrew Pam 16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15

"There is no human right to patent protection. The right to protection of moral and material interests cannot be used to defend patent laws that inadequately respect the right to participate in cultural life, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, to scientific freedoms and the right to food and health and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities." <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151013/09390532525/there-is-no-human-ri…> Looks like an interesting report. Cheers, Andrew

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