Posts made by scotth

@scotth said in Proxmox in 2022:

So, this morning 4 VMs are down and not responding. Tell them to start and ppfph. Connect to the ILO and ppfph. I had to power down the box and pull the plugs for a minute before it would start correctly. It turns out that I have a bad stick of RAM on CPU2 -- which prevented me from ILO access. Aaaaaaaahhh!!!
So on HPE G10s, a bad stick of RAM on CPU 2 interrupts the ILO. I would not have guessed. I can get into it now after a hard boot. Friggin' BS.

Sorry, wrong post -- VMWare, not Proxmox. Feel free to move, delete, ....

So, this morning 4 VMs are down and not responding. Tell them to start and ppfph. Connect to the ILO and ppfph. I had to power down the box and pull the plugs for a minute before it would start correctly. It turns out that I have a bad stick of RAM on CPU2 -- which prevented me from ILO access. Aaaaaaaahhh!!!
So on HPE G10s, a bad stick of RAM on CPU 2 interrupts the ILO. I would not have guessed. I can get into it now after a hard boot. Friggin' BS.

@notverypunny said in Task Schedule Failed:

@WrCombs said in Task Schedule Failed:

SO Iknow whats causing the issue, I'm just not sure how to fix it.

Windows 11 device, Task is scheduled to start a program

c:\program files (x86)\Parent Director\Subdirectory\program /switch1 /switch2 /switch3 

It shows Last Run results 0x4 Which I find out means "System can't access path/file"

I Changed user, and tried running it again (different admin user) no change, same status.

I go to CMD to see if I can path to it - Can't find path specified - tried writing it a different way (with spaces, without spaces)

Having a hard time understanding why it can't run this program - it's needed to import sales into a different system every day.

The owner of the software suggested making sure DotNetFramework 4.5 or higher was installed and repair it. which it is, 4.8 is installed currently.

Any ideas how I can resolve this?

Ideas:
1- try using single or double quotes around the path, simple way to get the "proper" path is sometimes to use tab-completion

2- if the above doesn't work, maybe try having your scheduled task call a batch or .cmd file (or powershell) which invokes the executable

Quotes around the path and working directory. Yes

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just had a good sized scorpion trying to get into our house. I killed it with a shoe.

A claw hammer works too.

Only if you can throw it. Don't want to risk anything it could climb up to get back to me

When the wife and I were living in Hallendale, I found one on the patio, one in the living room and one in the driveway (over several years). My claw hammer did the heavy lifting. I wasted more than one good set of hotdog tongs on them. Big and black, like right out of an episode of Columbo. Ghah!

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just had a good sized scorpion trying to get into our house. I killed it with a shoe.

A claw hammer works too.

Watching Little River Band Classic lineup YouTube videos.

This may help..... I'm using Vivaldi, a Chrome based browser.

YouTube videos and Jitsi sessions both give me issues. By experimenting, I've found that my bluetooth device and I'm sure, Windows causes all kinds of grief with the audio/video of things. I don't use wired headphones.

I now make sure that my bluetooth device is connected before I open the browser. I also open the sound mixer and choose the bluetooth device as the audio device that's desired for use. Sometimes I change the device in the sound mixer after I have it connected and the browser is opened. It may be listed more than once in different roles, ie as a device with a microphone.

Mess with these settings. It may clear up for you.

@pete-s said in ZeroTier & Security:

@scottalanmiller said in ZeroTier & Security:

@pete-s said in ZeroTier & Security:

@notverypunny

If you assume that being connected to an ZeroTier network is the same as having the host sitting directly on the internet, you'll be fine.

That is the basic premise of the zero trust security model - assuming that the network is hostile.

Ding ding, exactly. It's a connectivity tool, not a security tool. The security has to be provided normally. Any ZT provided security, is purely extra.

Yes, and when it comes to security ZeroTier, as any other VPN, shows up as a virtual network adapter. So you can apply the OS' firewall like you could on any network adapter.

And the ZeroTier network itself also has some limited L2 rules to control the traffic, similar to a switch. It lacks tcp sessions and other things though so it's not like a real router/firewall.

There is also the possibility to connect ZeroTier to a compatible firewall and not the host directly.

I'm running OPNSense at home and have the plugin working and connected to a client's PC's from my house.

Works great.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth I started off on this crazy journey as an electronics tech, spent everyday using a cro of some description.

i can remember one time, i really wanted to work in the r&d area of this company where I worked, they were looking for a junior tech/engineer & I really wanted the position.

I got the spot and I still remember day 1. They sat a huge Techtronix cro on my bench, this thing had more buttons and knobs that anything. I reckon it took me 10 minutes to find the on/off switch.

It is so 'Star Trek'. I can imagine how intimidating it would have been. The more switches and buttons, the better.

I was extremely fortunate in my young life to be hired as a corporate flight attendant. I was cabin crew on an executive airliner -- BAC 1-11 401AK.

I was permitted to help with maintenance, preflight, attend training. The boys would teach me how the systems worked on the airplane. And yes, I have sat in the right seat during flight.

I quit college and landed this job through sheer luck. Although college would have benefitted me orders of magnitude more than this job.

I can honestly say that I don't regret the opportunity. I was 19 and would sit in the jump seat during any/all operations of flight. I lost that job when I was 27. An entirely other lifetime ago. Dare I say that I'm 62 now?

Major geek moments!

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

must be look at old stuff week?

pulled out my old CRO on Saturday, hadn't turned it on for close to 20 years...

OMG! We used an O-scope last summer to measure the strength of the signal coming from a fuel dispenser to a fuel site controller and found that it was too weak to talk to the older equipment. We contacted the manufacturer and they altered the comm section of the board to boost the output. 1st time I used one since the 90's. We had to read the book. Ghaaaaa! Actually, it was kinda fun. Total geek moment.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

In the mist of a freezing rain / ice / snow storm - worked from home this afternoon and now I am going back to actively hunting and sadly am not the only one in the office doing so. And such great potential...

Western PA here. Whatta crap storm. It started crappy and now we have more crap.

I think I just named a storm.

Edit: Winter storm Crap of 2022

@rojoloco said in What Are You Watching Now:

We set up a 7 day free trial of Paramount+, so we've been watching a good bit of their content. The new South Park post covid special is hilarious, as is the Reno 911 Search for QAnon. And since my gf is a Stephen King superfan, we watched their version of the Stand... good stuff, probably going to spring for a year.

I've been thinking of getting it. My daughter wants it so bad, she's willing to pay for it. The Stand sounds interesting. Hopefully, they stuck with the book, sorta?

Youtube Video

RIP Meat

Show this to your 14 year old daughter and have her analyze it before she starts dating.

Shock treatment

@gjacobse You'll find out very fast who your favorite people on the planet are.

Saturday, there was a meteor explosion in SW Pa. Supposedly half a ton meteor exploded in the atmosphere southwest of Pittsburgh.
Happy New Year.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

sitting at a desk, downloading w1021h2-x64 iso ... again. I gotta get organised.

I stumbled across these a couple of months ago.

uupdump.net
AveYou - GitHub

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

These are pretty sweet. Thinking about getting one.

I'd like to hear some real world experiences with one before I go and grab one. One of the considerations I have is the Uni-Tasker mindset. It replaces a notebook/pad/sticky note, but what else can it do really? Is this feature set available via an iOS or Android product stream? If you spend for the 'better' accessories - are you not in the realm of an iPad Pro?

Of course - the screen visibility and battery life has a number of benefits.

While it acts like just a paper/pen situation, based on how well scanning works, the Phone app seems to play a big part for uploading/organizing the pages.

Maybe @travisdh1 can give us some of the pros and cons of the app.

Will check more on it later tonight. It seems the value depends on its reuse longevity.

This should be 'it's' own thread... definitely interested/ing.

@krzykat I am. I was a resident of the Gold Coast from 1979-1988. Miami Beach, Hallendale, Lake Forest, Pemproke Pines, Ft. Lauderdale. My oldest was born at Plantation General.

I was going to suggest for Scott to go to South Beach and grab some Joe's Stone Crabs, that's if they like shellfish.

One of the things I miss most is fresh seafood. There's no substitute for it.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Due to a super annoying chain of events, we are trapped in Miami for several days. Missed our flight yesterday because of the mountain of paperwork necessary to get on the plane and no one could get the other countries to send confirmation of paperwork fast enough. So we are trapped and the next flight is on Sunday!!

I've been trapped in worse places.

@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

This should probably be in the "I can't even" thread as well.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/15/f12-isnt-hacking-missouri-governor-threatens-to-prosecute-local-journalist-for-finding-exposed-state-data/

Yep, some reporter used that secret hacking technique that is the F12 key and the Missouri governor want's the reporter prosecuted.

Today's body politic is an embarrassment to the human race. And I mean to include most all politics. Graft and corruption are accepted as if they're simply the cost of doing business. Poor people, correction, any people who aren't in the 'club' are to be looked down on while laughing about their struggles at gatherings. Especially those who expose issues no matter how frivolous.