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HP Z420 not booting Linux from USB
by Russell Coker 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

I've got a HP Z420 workstation which won't boot Linux (GRUB) from USB. I've tried multiple USB ports (both USB 3.x and USB 2) and it gives the non-system- disk error. The USB stick in question has been used on 4 different Dell servers in the past few weeks (with 2 different Dell servers in the last few days) and works well. I booted the HP Z420 with a FreeDOS install USB stick and that works as expected, so it is booting from USB. Any ideas as to why a system might want to boot FreeDOS but not GRUB? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Internet Governance workshops tomorrow (Friday)
by Alexar Pendashteh 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Hello there LUV community, Tomorrow is the 2nd day of the *Net Thing* conference. The successor of *auIGF *(Australian Internet Governance Forum). https://netthing.org.au/ The first day was dedicated to panel discussions. You can find the recording of the whole day here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnNz6qkqF88 Day 2, Friday, October 2, consists of workshops. Here is the schedule: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *A Beginner’s Guide to Internet Governance* 9:30am - 10:45am Demystifying Internet Governance for newcomers, with a focus on what’s going on in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 -------------------------------------------------------- *DNS Abuse* 11:00am - 12:10am What DNS Abuse means; options available to address or mitigate; and explore options for raising awareness. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 -------------------------------------------------------- *Australia at Home discussion* 1:00pm - 2:00pm Regular tech talk with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and special guest Josh Taylor from Guardian Australia. https://essentialmedia.zoom.us/j/94450189737?pwd=cWxNRDBWaU85ZUpzbXIxOUZpbj… -------------------------------------------------------- *auDA Workshop* 2:30pm - 4:00pm Exploring some of the core functions and requirements under auDA’s terms of endorsement and how these might relate to strategic priorities and approaches for the organisation. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can find the full program for Day 2 here: https://netthing.org.au/2020-program/ + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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Planning for October's meeting
by Alexar Pendashteh 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Hey all! October is around the corner and it's time to plan for the main meeting. One proposed idea is to pick *Ubuntu 20.10* as the main topic since it will be released mid-October. We can have a short talk on what Ubuntu is for beginners and more advanced talk on what's new in Ubuntu 20.10. What do you think? We can also do "*the latest news*" like we did last month and in December last year. You can prepare for talking about a news item or simply reply on this thread and we'll bring it up at the event. *Lightning talks* are also very welcome. Lightning talks can be any of the following: - A topic you like to tell the community about - A technical challenge you'd like to share with the community in case someone has a hint or happy to help - A hubby project you are working on, like a show and tell - Announcing an event If you have an idea for a lightning talk and not sure how to go about it, feel free to contact the committee at <luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au> All suggestions on the format or content of the event is welcome. + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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BTRFS and ZFS training
by Russell Coker 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

I think I'm too late to arrange anything for this weekend. Should we have it on Thursday next week or should we have it on a Saturday next month like the previous schedule for Saturday meetings? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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replacement internal battery for Dell XPS 13 9360
by stripes theotoky 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Hi to all, I need to replace the internal battery of my Dell XPS 13 (9360). Could you recommend reputable sellers? Details of the battery/performance attached. Thank you -- Stripes Theotoky -37 .713869 145.050562

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new server
by Russell Coker 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

The Dell server is now online, we have heaps of compute power for BBB! Also we should arrange some online training using VMs, gotta make use of the 72G of RAM there (currently less than 16G is in use). Andrew, the VM for the new version of BBB is now running so you can continue doing whatever you want with that. For reasons unknown to me the server doesn't like one of the SSDs. BTRFS reports no errors, but I'll replace the SSD anyway. The SSD is a M.2 SATA device in a M.2 to regular SATA converter and that might be what the PERC doesn't like. Years ago I accidentally bought a M.2 SATA when I wanted a M.2 NVMe for a client and opened it before I realised my mistake. I was going to send this to the committee, but I figured that others would be interested. The main LUV server is a VM in a DC in Germany. The new server has much less bandwidth and less reliability (no redundant links or UPS) but low latency for Melbourne. So it will work very well for video conferencing and for online training. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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(forw) Reminder: https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW
by Rick Moen 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Just starting ----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> ----- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:08:40 -0700 From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> To: conspire(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: Reminder: https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already. The first LUG to respond correctly to the pandemic by having online meetings, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts, is holding its regular 3pm-6pm Eastern Daylight Time meeting today. That's noon PDT. See you there, perhaps. https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW As always with Jitsi Meet, Chromium, or Google Chrome, or other Chromium-derived browsers are reported to give best results. I see that audio-only participation via telephone is also possible as follows: ALE-NW To join your meeting, dial one of these numbers and then enter the pin. PIN: 2273 9711 43 Country Dial-in Numbers US +1.512.647.1431 UK +44.203.885.2179 France +33.1.87.21.0005 Germany +49.89.380.38719 Netherland +31.85.208.1541 Spain +34.932.205.409 Canada +1.437.538.3987 Australia +61.8.7150.1136 Brazil +55.21.3500.0112 Japan +81.3.4510.2372 Switzerland +41.61.588.0496 ----- End forwarded message -----

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You are invited to SFD 2020, Software Freedom Day! (Full day event on September 19th)
by Alexar Pendashteh 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Hi there, All LUV members are invited to Software Freedom Day. A whole day celebration of software freedom. The following is the official invitation by Free Software Melbourne, who has done a great job of putting this event together. LUV is pleased to be the community partner in this event. A final request, since this is a free and online event, please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who needs to know about it! They can be anywhere in the world! Thanks! + Alexar, on behalf of LUV committee --- # *Software Freedom Day - 19th of September 2020* *Free Software Melbourne* and *Linux Users Victoria* are celebrating the 17th annual Software Freedom Day celebrations in Melbourne. We will present a range of leaders in the Free-Software community that will talk about the importance of Free-Software to a free society. The SFD celebration will kick off with what is "Free and Open Source Software" and why it is so important for a modern, digital society. We'll be hearing from leading contributors and organizers of companies building businesses around Free and Open Source projects. We're also going to talk about the ethics of software development and the advantages of building a prosthetic using open hardware. There is also the opportunity for networking opportunities in our general FLOSS chat room during the day. ## Time Table: *10:00am* - Welcome and Introductions *10:15am* - What is Free Software? *11:00am* - John Gieryn - Software for decision making and how to make a living from FOSS *12:00pm* - FLOSS Chat Room *1:30pm* - Dr Morgan Leigh - Ethics in Software Development *2:30pm* - Kathy Reid - Good, better, breast: Building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware *3:30pm* - Frank Karlitschek - How Nextcloud stayed productive during COVID-19 and how others did the same *4:30pm* - Mike Saunders & Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice and the future Participation is both free and liberating. Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event welcoming to anyone, pass on the word to help make it a great day. We have a code of conduct available on our website, but in short: Be respectful, Be inclusive and Be aware. *Hope to see you all online for our most exciting Software Freedom Day yet!* ## Details *Date:* Saturday the 19th of September 2020 *Time:* Talks starting at 10:00am and wrapping up about 6:00pm *Location:* Online with Big Blue Button - Main Talk Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-hbo-gf9-43s - Community Chat Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-dxk-cs1-2ct Meeting Tips: Mute microphone when not speaking. Headsets recommended to reduce feedback if you will be speaking. If you are having difficulty hearing or being heard there is a chat stream available. If you want to ask a question during the presentation either ask it in the chat or use the “raise hand” button. *Code of Conduct:* http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ ## Links: - Blog: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-19th-of-september-202… - SFD Australia: http://www.sfd.org.au -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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online training
by Russell Coker 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Some years ago I ran a hands-on training session on BTRFS and ZFS using VMs. Would there be interest if I ran that again online with BBB for video- conferencing? Stripes, this may interest you as it will give you the chance to try stuff out on ZFS with no risk to your data. A large part of the exercise is intentionally doing dangerous things and observing how ZFS recovers. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Firefox menus disappear
by Brian May 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Hello, I thought I had already raised this issue, but I can't see any emails. So maybe mistaken. But anyway, the problem is when I click on a pull down menu - any pull down menu - in Firefox, it previously appears, but then disappears immediately. e.g. right click on a web page (any web page). On click on the one of the Firefox plugin menus. Or the Firefox menu. Unlikely many of the reported similar problems restarting Firefox solves the problem, and it doesn't appear to be a problem with my Profile. As in I have completely rebuilt my profile from scratch several times, and eventually the problem comes back. Rather, I have found what triggers it appears to be clicking on a link within notmuch inside emacs. The page loads OK. Then the very next menu fails however. It only happens if I open a page from emacs. If I manually run "firefox-esr http://www.google.com/" or "xdg-open http://www.google.com/" it works fine. This has happened a while now on a range of different computers, running different profiles, on different versions of Debian. Just noticed running strace on the emacs process, the firefox invocation is a bit more complex then I might have noticed. I don't see any URL even on the command line. Wonder if there is something here that is killing menus. [pid 16180] execve("/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr", ["/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr", "-contentproc", "-childID", "13", "-isForBrowser", "-prefsLen", "7297", "-prefMapSize", "185946", "-parentBuildID", "20200720181548", "-greomni", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/omni.ja", "-appomni", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/omni.ja", "-appdir", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser", "11615", "true", "tab"], 0x7fe29880c900 /* 54 vars */) = 0 -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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