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19 Oct '20

Apologies xrandr previous email

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(resend) Q. imaginary teleprompter workaround.
by a 18 Oct '20

18 Oct '20

Hi "imaginary teleprompter" start/stops space bar control (no voice control). The space bar is not a practical use form my intended application. Know of, a workaround i.e. a remote, "virtual space bar or servicable equivalent" extension to control the start/stop function? Thanks, a

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Linux voice activated teleprompter software?
by a 18 Oct '20

18 Oct '20

Hi Anyone tracked down Linux voice activated teleprompter software? Thanks, a

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Jitsi/Teleprompter/Tablet/Linux Software?
by a 18 Oct '20

18 Oct '20

Hi Has anyone reading here, successfully assembled a functional Jitsi/Teleprompter/Tablet /w linux software and willing to share, I imagine there would be no latency issue, excepting reader response. Thanks, a

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rsnapshot alpha
by a 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

HI Fell off the turnip truck,buti'm okay.Anyone know how to find the "rsnapshot alpha" hangabout? (ref. below); Thanks,a #!/bin/bash echo "backup of a home" rsnapshot alpha echo "done" read -n

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hard,soft,link,inode
by a 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Hi If I have a file or directory and would like to now if it is the original file or directory of a link can I confirm the fact by reading an inode some where or some how? Thanks, a

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shell script science
by a 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

Hi OS Debian 10, Firebox, Cinnamon. When choosing run in Terminal (see below or attach), there is a brief flash.Query: How to run in terminal it sleeps in /home/bin. When choosing run (see below or attah), it appears to update backup. I would like to see the process merge a solution. Thanks, a l

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WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.
by a 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

OS DEBIAN 10, FIREFOX, CIMMANON. Q. RECONSTITUTE aBACKUP a@alap:~$ ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh bash: ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh: No such file or directory a@alap:~$ chmod +x /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh chmod: cannot access '/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh': No such file or directory a@alap:~$ sudo a@alap:~$ su Password: root@alap:/home/a# ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh bash: ./home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh: No such file or directory root@alap:/home/a# SEE ATTACHMENT EXECUTABLE. WHEN USING EITHER "RUN" OR "RUN IN TERMINAL" CANNOT LOCATE THE RESULTS. OBJECTIVE IS TO UPDATE BACKUP FILES, WHAT THE HAY, YOUR WEEKEND LINUX CORRESPONDENT. BEST, a

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Netplan frustrations
by William Pearson 12 Oct '20

12 Oct '20

Has anyone else had to deal with Netplan in Ubuntu? For the life of me, I do not understand what was wrong with the way they used to do things. Netplan irritates the crap out of me. Will <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Fwd: Re: WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP.
by a 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [nmglug] WHAT THE HAY, aBACKUP. To: Geoff Chesshire <geoff(a)newmexico.com> References: <20201011181018.GC1925(a)shallowsky.com> <70360a9a-1495-f9ca-c877-4b01c7b91436(a)kaluta.us> <a07914d9-292c-9db5-8c07-94362d0fd4c7(a)newmexico.com> From: a <a(a)kaluta.us> Message-ID: <1ad22705-5332-75b8-7b77-9a13b795f9ab(a)kaluta.us> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:54:32 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <a07914d9-292c-9db5-8c07-94362d0fd4c7(a)newmexico.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US let me try and explain what the simple issue that presented itself be before I began "Fixing" malfunction which has caused this current tumult and where i approximately now. I attempted a backup by first clicking on the icon then a screen would open which included a small square to click, that screen would appear for a fraction of a second and blink out. Now i have replaced the icon, (emblem syboliclink.png) in the trash is /bin/rsnapshot.sh opening that:#!/bin/bash echo "backup of a home" rsnapshot alpha echo "done" read -n using rickety logic icon>parapathetic page (not found page)>home run. minus my intervention. Now I will divine your description. Yes we did not finish 2:00 AM, by street lamp, outside second street cafe. Thanks On 10/11/20 1:20 PM, Geoff Chesshire wrote: > Hi Anthony, > > I remember when Jason wrote the script in /home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh > that runs the rsnapshot backup commands. We were with you either at the > second street brewery or in our office. I think you had to leave before > the script could be thoroughly tested. It could possibly be improved, > but it should work. > > The directory aBackup/ should exist on your external backup drive, so > that when you plug it into the USB port, it gets mounted at > /media/a/aBackup/ ... Then the backup script may be used to run the > (well-documented) rsnapshot utility to back up your home directory onto > your external backup drive. Obviously this works only if the external > backup drive is plugged into the USB port. > > Thanks, > Geoff Chesshire > > On 10/11/20 12:58 PM, a wrote: >> /bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >> >> The referenced trash item, /bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh was last accessed >> july 19 (in properties) the same date of my last backup file #20 what >> do you think put it in the file system and let it rip? The numbered >> files13-17 i imagine identify the previous backup up numbered files >> corresponding to that on the external drive,i haven't checked if the >> external referenced files have content (aside: my backup up external >> disk was connected to the computer,relevant?). the presenting problem >> manifested by an intermediate "file" flashing on for a fractional >> second. i have restored the original icon when i initially copied the >> icon content it contained: /rsnapshotBackup.sh that same code >> content. what I find missing is the parapathetic flash then disapear >> page. which when pressing a small bar which then began the external save. >> >> Jason, who seems to be on hiatus, originally installed intalled >> aBackup, which speaks to its merit. Searching independently I could >> find no supporting text for aBackup. Akkana thanks for your interest. >> >> On 10/11/20 12:10 PM, Akkana Peck wrote: >>> a writes: >>>> "/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh" (attach) is sitting in the "trash", can I >>>> copy >>>> this part "/rsnapshotBackup.sh" and drop in in the file system and >>>> if do >>>> drop it in the files system will it auto place in correct order? Any >>>> insight? Thanks, a >>> Maybe. But it might not be the one you want. It looks like you have >>> several files called rsnapshotBackup.sh: >>> >>> a writes: >>>> a@alap:~$ sudo find / -name rsnapshotBackup.sh >>>> [sudo] password for a: >>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.16/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.15/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.14/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>>> /media/a/aBackup/alpha.13/alap/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>> [ ... ] >>>> /home/a/.local/share/Trash/files/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh >>> [ ... ] >>> >>> So you have the one in the Trash, plus five more in various places >>> under /media/a/aBackup. >>> >>> That one in the Trash could be a really old one. I don't know what >>> rsnapshotBackup.sh -- does it restore from an old backup? In that >>> case, the one in the Trash could be a super old one, or a bad one >>> that didn't work right. >>> >>> I would guess that the one in /media/a/aBackup/alpha.17 is the >>> newest, but I wouldn't assume that without looking at the dates >>> on all six of the files. >>> >>> Personally, I'd be leery of using backup software that (a) doesn't >>> have documentation that clearly tells you where to find the restore >>> files, and (b) stores things in directories named "alpha". Alpha >>> usually means very early software that hasn't been tested much and >>> should only be considered experimental. But that's just me. >>> >>> You should definitely make an offline copy of any files on your disk >>> that are really important to you -- e.g. copy them to an external >>> hard drive, and then unplug the hard drive -- before running any >>> shell script where you're not sure exactly what it does, and where >>> you're choosing from six different versions of the script without >>> being sure why there are six of them. >>> >>> ...Akkana >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nmglug mailing list >>> nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org >>> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org

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