April 2020 - Roundtable

How does on get the date function to work in Libre Office spreadsheet?
by eh＠eduardhiebert.com 08 May '23

08 May '23

Hi, I've formatted the cells as date mm/dd/yy and entered the values as is. Also tried by preceeding with equal sign in case deemed to be a formula but neither works. I assume a difference between two days yields the difference in days, correct? Or are the formula different than plain math? Eduard the Osborne guy at last meeting

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SODIMMs
by Adam Thompson 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

I have a handful of older SODIMMs here that I have no use for. Free to a good home. 2 x GDDR2-800 1GB 128Mx8 1.8V EP, p/n GU331G0ALEPR612C6CE

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talk/ntalk
by Trevor Cordes 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Has anyone gotten talk or ntalk working on a modern distro in the last few years? I can't get talk to work in Fedora 30 no matter what I do. It installs with a systemd setup but it won't start that way. I tried doing it the old xinetd way, but that doesn't seem to work either. Seems impossible? Any other ideas for extremely simple command line 2-person chat that uses no external servers (no I don't want to setup my own irc server! hopefully!)? Don't tell me I'll have to write my own... Thanks!

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the mirror is crazy fast!
by Theodore Baschak 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

I just wanted to say thanks to all involved in maintaining the MUUG mirror. It is crazy fast and I <3 having it as my first source for Debian. Theodore Baschak - AS395089 - Hextet Systems https://bgp.guru/ - https://hextet.net/ http://mbix.ca/ - http://mbnog.ca/

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Gmail problem sending from your own SMTP server
by Hartmut W Sager 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Gmail is sure piling up its problems like never before in my 8-10 years of using it. In addition to the other issues of the last two months, we now have: The recent intermittent Gmail problem in sending from your own SMTP server (if you don't want your "send from" address at your own domain name to be an "alias" of your Gmail address) has now become an "always happens" problem. Here's the failure message you get from Gmail: Message not delivered You're sending this from a different address or alias using the 'Send mail as' feature. The settings for your 'Send mail as' account are misconfigured or out of date. Check those settings and try resending. TLS Negotiation failed, the certificate doesn't match the host. After much experimenting and Internet research, I found the answer buried in Gmail support forums - an answer from a smart user, not from Google. In my case, since I use Tucows/OpenSRS for my SMTP server, the chain is smtp-1.marityme.com [cname] --> smtp.marityme.com.cust.a.hostedemail.com --> 216.40.42.5 --> [RDNS] mail.hostedemail.com Tucows/OpenSRS specifies the server *smtp.marityme.com.cust.a.hostedemail.com <http://smtp.marityme.com.cust.a.hostedemail.com>*, which I cname to for concenience and elegance, and that resolves to * 216.40.42.5*, whose RDNS lookup gives *mail.hostedemail.com <http://mail.hostedemail.com>*. Now, unlike before, Gmail expects me to give *mail.hostedemail.com <http://mail.hostedemail.com>* as the SMTP server in the "send from" configuration, and then the sending mechanism works again (at least yesterday and today, who knows about tomorrow). The purpose of this post is to save other members days of headache trying to figure this one out. Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331

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DIMMs and SODIMMs free to a good home v3.0
by Adam Thompson 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

v1 - SODIMMs only v2 - updated SODIMM list, added DIMMs v3 - removed Samsung 8GB DIMMs, expanded distribution of email Sorted by type, then speed, then size. I'd like to not move these from my old basement to my new basement this summer... and no, I have no idea why I still have PC100 and PC133 RAM hanging around - the DIMM in the top row is clearly from Computer Boulevard! Strong preference to people who actually have a use for it, not just moving it from my shelf to yours. I'll probably drop these off at a recycler sometime next week if no-one speaks up for them. Feel free to forward this to other people/places. -Adam QTY FORM FACTOR VCC BRAND PART# SIZE SPEED CL ECC? Additional Markings 1 168-pin DIMM 3V ? (Micron) ? 32MB PC100 CL2 No - 1 168-pin DIMM 3V ? NCP NC2731 128MB PC133 ? No - 4 184-pin RDIMM 2.5V Micron MT36VDDF25672G-335D2 2G PC-2700 (333MT/s) CL2.5 Yes (Registered) - 4 240-pin FBDIMM 1.8V Hynix HYMP112F72CP8D-Y5 1G PC2-5300F CL5 Yes (fully buffered) - 8 240-pin FBDIMM 1.8V Samsung M395T2953EZ4-CE66 1G PC2-5300F CL5 Yes (fully buffered) - 1 DDR1 ? ? (Hynix) ? 256MB PC133 CL2.5-3-3 No - 4 DDR1 2.5V Kingston KVR266X72C2/512 512MB PC266 ? Yes (Unbuffered) - 2 SODIMM 1.8V Acer/Unifosa GU331G0ALEPR612C6CE 1G GDDR2-800 ? No 128Mx8 1 SODIMM ? Samsung MT470T2864QZ3-CF7 1G PC2-6400 ? No 2Rx16 PC2-6400S-666-12-A3 1 SODIMM ? NANYA NT2GT64U8HD0BN-AD 2G PC2-6400 ? No 2Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-13-F1 800 1 SODIMM ? Hynix HMP112S6NFR8C-S6 1G PC2-6400S ? No 1Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-12 1 SODIMM ? Hynix HMT312S6BFR6C-H9 1G PC3-10600 ? No 1Rx16 PC3-10600S-9-10-C1 1 SODIMM ? Patriot PSD34G13332S 4G PC3-10600 CL9 No - 1 SODIMM ? RAMAXEL RMT3020EC58E9F-1333 4G PC3-10600 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-10600S-999 1 SODIMM ? NANYA NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4G PC3-12800 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-12800S-11-10-F2 1600 1 SODIMM PC3L Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4G PC3L-12800 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-12800S-11-11-F3 2 SODIMM PC3L Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-P8 4G PC3L-12800 ? No 1Rx8 PC3L-12800S-11-13-B4

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DIMMs and SODIMMs free to a good home
by Adam Thompson 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

Updated list, now also includes DIMMs. Sorted by type, then speed, then size, for your convenience. I'd like to not move these from my old basement to my new basement this summer... and no, I have no idea why I still have PC100 and PC133 RAM hanging around - the DIMM in the top row is clearly from Computer Boulevard! -Adam QUANTITY FORM FACTOR VOLTAGE BRAND PART# SIZE SPEED CL ECC? Additional Markings 1 168-pin DIMM 3V (Micron) ? 32MB PC100 CL2 No - 1 168-pin DIMM 3V ? NCP NC2731 128MB PC133 ? No - 4 184-pin RDIMM 2.5V Micron MT36VDDF25672G-335D2 2G PC-2700 (333MT/s) CL2.5 Yes - 4 240-pin FBDIMM 1.8V Hynix HYMP112F72CP8D-Y5 1G PC2-5300 CL5 Yes - 8 240-pin FBDIMM 1.8V Samsung M395T2953EZ4-CE66 1G PC2-5300 CL5 Yes - 2 240-pin RDIMM 1.5V / 1.35V Samsung M393B1K70CH0-CH9 8GB PC3-10600 (1333MHz) CL9-9-9 Yes - 1 DDR1 ? ? (Hynix) ? 256MB PC133 CL2.5-3-3 No - 4 DDR1 2.5V Kingston KVR266X72C2/512 512MB PC266 ? Yes - 2 SODIMM 1.8V Acer/Unifosa GU331G0ALEPR612C6CE 1G GDDR2-800 ? No 128Mx8 1 SODIMM ? Samsung MT470T2864QZ3-CF7 1G PC2-6400 ? No 2Rx16 PC2-6400S-666-12-A3 1 SODIMM ? NANYA NT2GT64U8HD0BN-AD 2G PC2-6400 ? No 2Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-13-F1 800 1 SODIMM ? Hynix HMP112S6NFR8C-S6 1G PC2-6400S ? No 1Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-12 1 SODIMM ? Hynix HMT312S6BFR6C-H9 1G PC3-10600 ? No 1Rx16 PC3-10600S-9-10-C1 1 SODIMM ? Patriot PSD34G13332S 4G PC3-10600 CL9 No - 1 SODIMM ? RAMAXEL RMT3020EC58E9F-1333 4G PC3-10600 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-10600S-999 1 SODIMM ? NANYA NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4G PC3-12800 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-12800S-11-10-F2 1600 1 SODIMM PC3L Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4G PC3L-12800 ? No 2Rx8 PC3-12800S-11-11-F3 2 SODIMM PC3L Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-P8 4G PC3L-12800 ? No 1Rx8 PC3L-12800S-11-13-B4

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Looking for an AMD Phenom II CPU
by Wyatt Zacharias 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

I have an old socket AM2/AM3 system which currently has an Athlon CPU in it that I'm looking to give a little extra life. Does anyone happen to have a spare Phenom II chip lying around that I could have/buy cheap? -- Wyatt Zacharias

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, April 14, 2020: CANCELLED
by Gilbert E. Detilllieux 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

A reminder about the April MUUG meeting (originally posted March 18th): The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will not be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 14th: April 14, 2020: CANCELLED In light of the current concerns over COVID-19 and the risk of infection, and in keeping with a directive from the University of Winnipeg (which states "All discretionary events on campus currently scheduled until May 1, 2020 will be postponed."*), the MUUG board has decided to cancel the April 14th meeting. The board will be looking into ways we can provide a remote, virtual meeting for subsequent months, if the current public health circumstances continue. (Stay tuned for updates on future meetings.) * https://news-centre.uwinnipeg.ca/all-posts/uwinnipeg-update-on-covid-19-sit… For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Re: [RndTbl] Gmail spam filtering super-aggressive lately
by Hartmut W Sager 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

Sean Cody's two postings late last evening also went to my Gmail spam, so *Alberto*, you've got company! :) Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331

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