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64GB sdcard only reports 64KiB
by Brian May 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Both Linux and Windows have problems with this card. However the Thinkware f770 dash camera seems to be fine. Can record and playback without any problems. So seems that the the SD card really is storing more then 16kb. Any ideas? Disk /dev/sdc: 64 KiB, 65536 bytes, 128 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdc1 * 32768 125106175 125073408 59.7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT Command (m for help): Later, ok this is weird. Tried "cfdisk -z" and now reports "Size: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors" - the sdcard isn't that big!!! How do I get back sane values??? -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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What can I do now............
by zlinew9＠virginbroadband.com.au 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

Hi all, I am having major problems trying to get satellite NBN access, nothing so far has worked, there's NO information relating to Linux and the NBN at ll particularly for satellite. I have no one who I can even discuss what I can do with. Apparently if one is running Linux in a rural area one is completely "snookered". Last thing I tried is I purchased an Netcomm NF4V route but I cannot login in to configure it. Its status lights indicate ping packets reach the router but it does not respond. It uses an IP address of 192.168,20.1, I suppose this does not work as it appears to be outside the 256 item address range of a standard Debian setup. Although I have been using Linux for a long time I have little experience on networking as I have never really run a network here, hence the problems. And I am certainly ABSOLUTELY NOT going to run windows just to get internet access Any help would be appreciated. May in the end be best just to forget about any kind of decent internet access, no point in banging ones head against the wall forever. I wonder if the local library or community house has internet access. A VERY frustrated Lindsay

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Fwd: Debian 7 - Update error
by Peter Ross 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hi all, copy for the list. I hope the list is working (see below). Regards Peter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Ross <petrosssit(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:03 AM Subject: Re: Debian 7 - Update error To: James Harper <james(a)ejbdigital.com.au> Hi James, thanks. I did already. I used the GUI (and should never do this again;-) but realized it does not do the "apt-get update" behind the scenes. The GUI should do this by itself, I believe, because it is there to allow the inexperienced user to keep his system secure without needing to use the terminal. I mentioned it in a second mail. I do not know whether this 2nd e-mail arrived later, Google's mail sent this: Delivery incomplete There was a temporary problem delivering your message to luv-main(a)luv.asn.au. Gmail will retry for 43 more hours. You'll be notified if the delivery fails permanently. The response from the remote server was: 454 4.3.0 Try again later Final-Recipient: rfc822; luv-main(a)luv.asn.au Action: delayed Status: 4.3.0 Remote-MTA: dns; lists.luv.asn.au. (2a01:4f8:100:7463::9, the server for the domain luv.asn.au.) Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 454 4.3.0 Try again later Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 21:41:41 -0800 (PST) Will-Retry-Until: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:35:19 -0800 (PST) Regards Peter On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 8:42 PM, James Harper via luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I try to update packages on a desktop machine running Debian 7. >> >> I am getting this error: >> >> E: Error http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main libx11-data all >> 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u3 >> 404 Not Found >> >> Do you know how to fix it? >> > > "apt-get update" should do the job. Then retry your upgrade. > > James > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > luv-main(a)luv.asn.au > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main

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Debian 7 - Update error
by Peter Ross 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi all, I try to update packages on a desktop machine running Debian 7. I am getting this error: E: Error http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main libx11-data all 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u3 404 Not Found Do you know how to fix it? Thanks Peter

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web site work etc
by Russell Coker 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

If anyone has some good Drupal skills and time to donate I believe that we need to upgrade Drupal on the LUV web site. If you have no Drupal skills and a LOT of time to spare then you could learn Drupal and then help out. I can setup a VM for anyone who wants to learn Drupal for this reason. The LUV wiki has had little use for many years and been somewhat broken for a couple of years. I installed a new version of mediawiki and now it's totally broken as the Drupal auth module is no longer working. Would anyone like to help out with this? We either need to get Drupal auth working with the latest mediawiki or install a new authentication system. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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web pages
by Russell Coker 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/password-hashing.html As part of routine maintenance I upgraded MySQL to a more recent version on the LUV server. Unfortunately I didn't test the system properly and didn't notice that Drupal was down. The problem was that the Drupal database was so old that it had a less secure method of storing the password that is rejected by newer versions of MySQL. The solution was to just set the password again to the same value (I don't think that the localhost connections used for MySQL access were at risk of leaking the password - and if they were we have bigger problems than Drupal data). Things should be fine now and the above URL is for anyone who is curious about the details or who is about to upgrade an old MySQL server. select Password from mysql.user; If the above command gives any results that are 16 bytes long then upgrading MySQL to a recent version will give you this issue. Finally please don't assume that I will read luv-ctte email in any reasonable amount of time for fixing the web site. Also don't assume that I will read personal email in such a quick time (although I will read it much sooner than mailing lists). There's the sysadmin(a)luv.asn.au address for reporting such things, etbe42(a)gmail.com for Google Hangouts, and you can email luv-ctte and ask someone to SMS me. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Further adventures on satellite NBN
by zlinew9＠virginbroadband.com.au 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

Hopefully I am looking for some suggestions as currently I am quite confused on this. I have managed to get a Linux box configured for NBN via satellite, unfortunately its in no way reliable. I can get connected but I have to run pppoeconf after every start to get the ethernet connection up to the satellite modem. Now it has worked but it drops out on a regular basis and after it drops out it will often not be able to talk to the modem until one resets the Linux box. I am running the latest update of Debian 7.x. It appears that debian 7.x does not like this set up. What I am going to do before throwing any kind of major fit is to purchase a Netcomm NF4V router,these having inbuilt support that does work (hopefully). This is one of the routers reommended by the ISP (Harbour net). Why does it have to be so difficult to get something like this to work, I have also so had all kinds of problems getting mobile broadband to work, the actual connecting configuration of the dongle actaully varying from ISP to ISP, and its NOT clear which one one is supposed to use, And as usual the ISP' help line knows nothing of Linux. Comments welcome Lindsay

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eth1 link to satellite modem keeps dropping out
by zlinew9＠virginbroadband.com.au 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

I have been trying to get my new satellite broadband to work, its on a latest Debian 7 system (7.11). Now the whole thing actual does work, and I have transferred I file over it, the problem is the ethernet link in this case eth1 keeps dropping down and then comming up almost immediately. The up timings vary from a few seconds to minutes, down time is always around 2 seconds. There is no info other then the timings in either dmesg or syslog. It appears the satellite connection stays up through all of this, so far I an only stop it by reseting the system, poff not helping. A look at the logs after the reset shows the ppp daemon shutting down the link during the reset. The motherboard is an ASUS X58 which is about 5 years old and has two ethernet RJ45 sockets on it, disabling the first one (eth0) had no effect. The error message from both dmesg and syslog is something like "sky2. link is down" link then comes straight back up. The only thing I an think of is to try say debian 8, that has a latter kernel, in case its a kernel issue. Any susgestions................ LIndsay

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Re: reproducibility of results
by Craig Sanders 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 04:56:05PM +1100, Paul van den Bergen wrote: > Funny, I was asked about exactly the same problem when I started > @WEHI... only there was no attempt made to even start tackling the > problem... yeah, we were constantly getting individual academics and research groups asking us about storage, and then trying to do the best we could with minimal resources. the unfortunate fact is that disks/storage arrays and file-servers and tape libraries etc are expensive. You can replace a very large percentage of your up-front capital expense with skilled techs, which are an on-going cost (you're going to need them to look after expensive equipment anyway, and it has to be maintained & upgraded for 7+ years), but it's still going to cost a lot for huge data storage anyway, even if you avoid over-priced name-brand gear. > Virtualisation of workload makes the problem a lot easier to tackle, > but even so... 7 years is a long time in IT... cheap big disks helps a lot too. but you need a lot of them, plus backup - on-site and off-site. CPU & RAM are more than adequate for pretty nearly any file-storage needs these days...could always use more of both for computational stuff. craig -- craig sanders <cas(a)taz.net.au>

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A link for when we are in conversations on what's Linux & FOSS ...
by Wen Lin 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

Hi, Just found the following interesting piece from the Internet I thought I would like to share with you, as a gift for your bed time reading ... A sort of all-in-one piece on what's Linux and Free & Open Source Software, and ... "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the FOSS!" 8-) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/help-make-year-linux-desktop/ So, when we happened to be in some end-of-year/new year dinner parties or picnics with relatives & friends, and the conversations come up on topics like "What's Linux? What is this FOSS thing? I'm retiring and looking for a computer to write my memoir... or, I hate this Windows 10 thing, what I gonna do now ..." - I thought this piece can be a place we can go look for some inspirations ... The reason I bring this up is because for the last few days of the festive season, I'd got similar experience when during conversations, such questions were thrown at me, and I was like, Ur ... Where do I start? Enjoy! And may all have a Happy & Healthy New Year! Cheers, Wen

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