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Burning Optical Media from an ISO
by Steve Matzura 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

There are many choices in the Debian wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd, but of course the overarching question is, which is accessible or which is the best choice? To save you the time in looking up the names, they are: growisofs, cdrskin xorriso wodim was also listed, but there's a caveat against burning DVD's, which I will definitely need to do, and Blu-ray Discs, in which I'm not interested anyway.

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Cloudflare dns, and tls
by David Mehler 08 Jun '23

08 Jun '23

Hllo, Is anyone using Cloudflare? I'm looking for help/clarification on dns and tls. Thanks. Dave.

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edit/select combo box extreme difficulties
by David Mehler 04 Jun '23

04 Jun '23

Hello, The specific I'm going to call it an HTML5 edit/select combo box I'm talking about is specifically on Cloudflare, but any of these will work for the purposes of this question. I'm using the latest NVDA/chrome combo and I was on cloudflare atempting first to fill out there add a payment method form, second transferring a domain, but the specifics don't matter I mention them in case you want to see the specifics of where I was. I encountered what I think is an HTML5 edit/select combo box that's probably coded right and it might be my unfamiliarness that's preventing me from easily selecting items. I can fill out regular combo boxes no problem but this one first thing you get is selec, then it says press down arrow while in the edit field to open up a menu, press enter to select, escape to close the menu, tab to select and close the menu. I've tried this with both NVDA+space on and off it was not easy to do. There were two of them, the second one had two options one starting with a b the other with a p, so no problem. The first one which was the problem and which took me many frustrating hours to get, and I feel I got it by dumb luck/trial/error has a list of countries, obviously I want to select United States since that's where I am. In the edit/combo box I can start typing the word united and I'll eventually get two options, the first for "United States minor outlying islands" the second is "United States" I want the second one. So I tried hitting space, tab, enter, insert+space on and off and when I had one it would say "United States minor outlying islands" it was not easy to get. If anyone has anything on these specific controls please let me know, I have to do four more before the project that got me going is done and I'd prefer not to punt, peck, and pray to get it right for a day or more each. Thanks. Dave.

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Cloudflare?
by David Mehler 04 Jun '23

04 Jun '23

Hello, If anyone is using Cloudflare services in either there free or pro options please get in touch with me. I am interested in getting some questions answered about your experience. Thanks. Dave.

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Best accessible Syslog analyser and/or server?
by Steve Nutt 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Hi all, Does anyone know of a good Syslog server and analyser for Windows please? I can produce syslogs from my router, with no problem, but wading through them for errors is tedious. What would be ideal, would be if the server could alert me by Email or otherwise, of errors, as they happen. Thanks all for help. All the best Steve -- To subscribe to our News and Special Offers list, go to <https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe> https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW T: +44(0)1438-742286 M: +44(0)7956-334938 F: +44(0)1438-759589 E: <mailto:steve@comproom.co.uk> steve(a)comproom.co.uk W: <https://www.comproom.co.uk> https://www.comproom.co.uk

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Upgrading Debian
by Steve Matzura 17 May '23

17 May '23

I thought I'd upgrade from 11.6 to the new .7 release. 'apt update' and 'apt upgrade' went OK, until right after "processing triggers for man.db,' when I got this: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169 Some Googling indicates it could be a video card. Since I don't use or care much about it, is it something about which I should continue to have a concern? My educated guess is no. Your thoughts?

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Testing ignore no reply
by Andrew Hodgson 15 May '23

15 May '23

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Using Sendgrid as outbound mailer from now
by Andrew Hodgson 15 May '23

15 May '23

Hi. I’m now using Sendgrid as the outbound mailer on this list going forward. This is because my Ips are now blacklisted on Office365 which means even delivery to my own address isn’t possible. Honestly its really hard work running a mail server these days that isn’t one of the big companies. The disadvantage to this is that Mailman no longer handles bounce unsubscriptions so I need to be a bit careful here. Thanks. Andrew. -- CONTINO This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify me immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views, which are not the views of industry, unless specifically stated. https://www.contino.io <http://www.contino.io>

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installing server 22 on VM
by Mike Fulton 09 May '23

09 May '23

Hi all, I've been tasked with setting up our new Hyper-V host. The host runs Server 22, as will the VM's. Is there a way to install Server 2022 on VM's with speech? Currently I've only been able to get speech working once the OS is already installed and running. Thanks, Mike

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accessible router recomendations
by Ryan Shugart 06 May '23

06 May '23

Hi: I am moving into a new home, and as part of the process tossed out my relyable but old Airport Extreme router that I’ve had for the past few years and am looking for something new. Was wondering if there were recommendations on good, accessible routers that would be worth looking into? I do not know who my ISP will be yet so am just sticking to plane routers for now and am mainly looking for feedback on some good accessible options I can look at. I’d like something on the advanced side but perhaps not quite enterprise grade, but something that will give me features to play with but also let me get going relatively quickly. Thanks a lot. Ryan

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