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Links from March 17th meeting
by Robert Citek 18 Mar '22

18 Mar '22

Thanks everyone for attending. Here are some of the links that Mark mentioned: https://markgalassi.sourceforge.io/workshop-prep/ https://markgalassi.sourceforge.io/workshop-prep/modern-software-eng.html https://markgalassi.sourceforge.io/workshop-prep/2020-modern-software-eng-h… https://github.com/unoconv/unoconv # deprecated, see unoserver https://github.com/unoconv/unoserver/ Regards, - Robert

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the Institute for Computing in Research is open for applications
by Mark Galassi 18 Mar '22

18 Mar '22

Dear nmglugers, We hire students to do research in all academic and technical areas (social science, the arts, humanities, science, ...), and our approach is deeply rooted in software freedom. We are hoping for a few more applications from high school students in Santa Fe, so if you know families with high school kids, please pass this on to them. I'm attaching the flyer, and full info is at: https://computinginresearch.org/

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git annex commands from last week
by Art Barnes 17 Mar '22

17 Mar '22

Hi all, Please see the attached for a paraphrased terminal history from the git-annex demo from last Thursday. Have a great weekend, -Art

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Hibernate failure
by LeRoy Diener 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Hi NMGLUG folks, I'm having an issue recently that I hope I can get help with. It's on my Debian 11 system, updated. Recently, I've had problems when I leave the laptop overnight. When I stop, I click on Logout > Suspend, then the screen goes black and I close the lid. I expect that when I open the lid in the morning and enter my password, I should be back where I left off. When I've done this recently, it works sometimes. Other times, it crashes after the batteries run out of power in the middle of the night. Other times, it works, but I see a message in the morning "None of the screen lock tools ran successfully, the screen will not be locked. Do you still want to suspend the system?" Other times, it works, but I see a message in the morning "Authentication is required to hibernate the system." I have a setting in Power Manager to hibernate when inactive for one hour, so that's what I'm focusing on now. I found some helpful info in this link https://askubuntu.com/questions/543921/authentication-required-before-suspe… I found the file /usr/share/polkit- 1/actions/org.freedesktop.login1.policy In that file, I found this segment: <action id="org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate"> <description gettext-domain="systemd">Hibernate the system</description> <message gettext-domain="systemd">Authentication is required to hibernate the system.</message> <defaults> <allow_any>auth_admin_keep</allow_any> <allow_inactive>auth_admin_keep</allow_inactive> <allow_active>yes</allow_active> </defaults> </action> Other info: I usually have the laptop plugged into an external monitor, and I usually have the power strip (which powers the external monitor and laptop) turned off overnight. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what.BSA LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 https://leroydiener.com

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Meeting March 3, 2022
by Ted Pomeroy 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

NMGLUGers, I had been amusing myself with an Optiplex 790, but will wait till I have more ram to proceed. I did establish that a new vga cable and the i915 firmware solved the resolution issues. The old cable was faulty. I am finding Debian 11 and Xubuntu 21.10 are both stable and do the work I want to do, so I use one or the other on a daily basis. I do have Debian 11 on a 32-bit machine that works well, but is much slower, of course. It does a good job of streaming music from the Internet to my radio for a chance to sample many more stations than I get otherwise. We have a meeting tomorrow and I hope to be on time this week. It is noted on my calendar: 3 March 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm(MST), at https://meet.jit.si/nmglug. Hope we have some interesting topics. Thank you, Ted P

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[ABQLUG] Virtual hangout is scheduled Tuesday Mar 1 at 6PM
by ABQLUG Events 26 Feb '22

26 Feb '22

This month's Albuquerque Linux User Group hangout will be held virtually on the first Tuesday of this month. March 1 2022, at 6:00 pm. Here is the link you can use to join the virtual meetup: https://live.abqlug.com/MarchMeetup If you would like more information on how to attend the meetup, visit: https://www.abqlug.com/how-to-attend/ If you're having issues using a microphone or camera, you might have to make sure that WebRTC is enabled in your browser. Especially if you have "locked down" your browser. If WebRTC is working, you should be able to complete a Microphone and Camera Test with the link above. You can test your setup here: https://test.webrtc.org/ The meetup will likely end around 8:00 PM or before. Hope to see you there! ~ Jared

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Fwd: Older computer,
by Ted Pomeroy 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

NMGLUGers, We have another question for tonight's meeting, what follows is part of an exchange on upgrade and encryption. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [nmglug] Older computer, NMGLUGers & Mike, I do not encrypt as that does make it difficult for changes to a partition. You can wait for other replies, but I will venture a solution. In my case I pulled a spare hard drive out of the closet and just did a fresh install after making the swap. No data is lost, but for you getting your files back or transferred will be an issue. A non-encrypted backup to external media and fresh install would work, too. Or, flush the apt cache - look this up on the net or in 'man apt' to get an idea of how to free up space. AND, you might wait till April and get the next LTS from Ubuntu, or look at Debian 11 as an alternate. Do hope to see you tonight, we can talk about upgrade options. Thank you, Ted P On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 8:58 AM palmolive wrote: > Ted - thanks for keeping the GLUG going! > > It has been a while since I have reached out but the time has come. > > Every time I try to update my ubuntu 18.04 machine it gives an error that > not enough space to complete updates. Based on the information I could > find on the internet it seems like the partition is too small but I have no > idea how to fix this. Based on my reading, I think this is complicated by > the fact I turned on encryption. It looks like upgrading to 20.04 might > help but I think the partition still needs to be enlarged and I am not sure > if that is an option during the upgrade. > > At any rate, I am hoping someone has some experience/advice to help me > sort this out. > > Thanks for any assistance. I will try to drop into meeting tonight. > > Mike > > > On 2/16/22 3:41 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote: > > NMGLUGers, I am amusing myself with an Optiplex 790, from about 2012. It's > the small size, 4"x12"x14". It was rehabbed with a poor W-10 install, but I > have replace that with Debian Bullseye (11). I have had a few problems with > the integrated Intel graphics, It is a Core i5 with 2nd generation > integrated gpu. > Kernel 5.10.0-11-amd64 did not work with my 27" monitor, but reverting to > 5.10.0-8-amd64 seemed to fix the problem. Now as a discard, there may be > physical damage to the unit - some usb ports seem dead or iffy. I did find > it odd that sometimes I get full resolution and sometimes not. I am hope to > keep working on this unit as the size is good and it has a slim dvd optical > drive that can be useful. > We have a meeting tomorrow and I hope to be on time this week. It is noted > on my calendar: 17 Feb 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, at > https://meet.jit.si/nmglug. > Hope we have some interesting topics. > Thank you, Ted P > > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing listnmglug@lists.nmglug.orghttp://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > >

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Older computer,
by Ted Pomeroy 16 Feb '22

16 Feb '22

NMGLUGers, I am amusing myself with an Optiplex 790, from about 2012. It's the small size, 4"x12"x14". It was rehabbed with a poor W-10 install, but I have replace that with Debian Bullseye (11). I have had a few problems with the integrated Intel graphics, It is a Core i5 with 2nd generation integrated gpu. Kernel 5.10.0-11-amd64 did not work with my 27" monitor, but reverting to 5.10.0-8-amd64 seemed to fix the problem. Now as a discard, there may be physical damage to the unit - some usb ports seem dead or iffy. I did find it odd that sometimes I get full resolution and sometimes not. I am hope to keep working on this unit as the size is good and it has a slim dvd optical drive that can be useful. We have a meeting tomorrow and I hope to be on time this week. It is noted on my calendar: 17 Feb 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, at https://meet.jit.si/nmglug. Hope we have some interesting topics. Thank you, Ted P

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[ABQLUG] February virtual meetup is live!
by ABQLUG Events 04 Feb '22

04 Feb '22

If you aren't last minute shopping before the snow comes, consider dropping in and chatting about Linux! Here is the link you can use to join the virtual meetup: https://live.abqlug.com/FebruaryMeetup If you would like more information on how to attend the meetup, visit: https://www.abqlug.com/how-to-attend/ The meetup will likely end at 8:00 PM or before. Hope to see you there! ~ Jared

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Networking position at somewhat free software friendly State agency
by Sam Noble 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

I considered digging up SaintJames' 2006 posting that brought me back to NM, and started my tenure with the New Mexico judiciary and framing this as an update, but I've been working for the state way too long to still put in that level of effort ;-) In any event if you'd like to work in networking at an agency with a long history (though currently shrinking footprint) of GNU/Linux use and can put up with at least one curmudgeonly coworker (✋) consider applying: https://www.nmcourts.gov/careers/ https://jobselection.nmcourts.gov/JobsEditor/jobInfo?update&new_id=11746 -- sam

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