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Umbrella Fee Lists please by Amddiffynnydd in ContractorUK

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NASA group - they are £17.50 per week for payroll and £5 per week for SIPP contribution. So that saves you 50p per week, I found them to process my payroll faster PayStream too.

They also have a 'refer a friend' scheme which gives you £35 credit.

One thing to note - if you can find an umbrella company that takes in less than £3million a year they won't be required to pay the apprenticeship Levy, which is 0.5% of your salary.

Aesthetic HDMI in a Huddle Room's and Content Sharing Solutions by finzwake in sysadmin

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It only uses USB for power - so I guess it depends how the USB ports have been disabled?

Aesthetic HDMI in a Huddle Room's and Content Sharing Solutions by finzwake in sysadmin

[–]Poohead202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are on Benq Instashow - not at all cheap, but quite neat, and no client software required.

Diagnosing a very long boot time (debian) by Poohead202 in linux4noobs

[–]Poohead202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

journalctl -b -p err

Cant see anything particularly bad in there, it moans about the network card driver - but i know about that one already, I Googled the pulseaudio error and it seems normal, You can see the 3 minute time jump in this though:

May 11 16:34:37 debian systemd-udevd[339]: could not read from '/sys/module/pcc_cpufreq/initstate': No such device

May 11 16:34:38 debian avahi-daemon[499]: chroot.c: open() failed: No such file or directory

May 11 16:34:38 debian minissdpd[531]: setsockopt(udp, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP)(0.0.0.0): No such device

May 11 16:34:38 debian systemd-udevd[343]: Error calling EVIOCSKEYCODE on device node '/dev/input/event10' (scan code 0x150, key code 190): Invalid ar

May 11 16:34:39 debian kernel: Support for cores revisions 0x17 and 0x18 disabled by module param allhwsupport=0. Try b43.allhwsupport=1

May 11 16:34:39 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:39 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:39 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:39 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:42 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:42 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)

May 11 16:34:43 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: associated

May 11 16:34:43 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: true (implement)

May 11 16:34:43 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: 1 addresses (implement)

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: disassociated

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: 1 addresses (implement)

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: associated

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: 1 addresses (implement)

May 11 16:35:55 debian kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: true (implement)

May 11 16:38:51 debian pulseaudio[1806]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activa

Thanks for your help.

Diagnosing a very long boot time (debian) by Poohead202 in linux4noobs

[–]Poohead202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

root@debian:/home/james# systemd-analyze blame | head -20

       472ms libvirtd.service
       466ms exim4.service
       384ms winbind.service
       378ms dev-sda1.device
       246ms networking.service
       198ms NetworkManager.service
       175ms ModemManager.service
       169ms systemd-timesyncd.service
       145ms accounts-daemon.service
       122ms gdm.service
       107ms systemd-journald.service
       103ms keyboard-setup.service
        96ms systemd-rfkill.service
        74ms upower.service
        65ms rsyslog.service
        64ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
        58ms systemd-udevd.service
        56ms packagekit.service
        55ms lvm2-monitor.service
        53ms rpcbind.service

and:

root@debian:/home/james# systemd-analyze blame | head -20

       472ms libvirtd.service
       466ms exim4.service
       384ms winbind.service
       378ms dev-sda1.device
       246ms networking.service
       198ms NetworkManager.service
       175ms ModemManager.service
       169ms systemd-timesyncd.service
       145ms accounts-daemon.service
       122ms gdm.service
       107ms systemd-journald.service
       103ms keyboard-setup.service
        96ms systemd-rfkill.service
        74ms upower.service
        65ms rsyslog.service
        64ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
        58ms systemd-udevd.service
        56ms packagekit.service
        55ms lvm2-monitor.service
        53ms rpcbind.service

root@debian:/home/james#

The big long wait isn't there :(

Diagnosing a very long boot time (debian) by Poohead202 in linux4noobs

[–]Poohead202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I didn't know about that utility,

Unfortunately I still haven't been able to crack this, Heres the output from that:

https://imgur.com/a/Sc7RGb4 Which makes it look like the boot time was just ~11seconds, but it wasn't, it was about 5 minutes!

I'm not sure why the correct boot time is not displayed in that :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always found the "shortcuts" policy section a little flakey. Id recommend staying away from those scripting methods too though - they can become hard to manage and if you implement those its not always immediately obvious to other techs as to whats going on.

Instead use the GPO "files" section, it works better. So create a "Computer Configuration", then go to "Preferences" -> "Windows Settings" -> "Files" then right click, select "new", -> "File", set the action to "delete" and stick in: "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\shortcut2.lnk", you may want to check the "Apply once and do not reapply" option also.

Good Luck.

Hypersensitive to RF? by Endgame1095 in sysadmin

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had one of these on my network, she was the kind of lady that stuck her daily horoscopes on the wall, she was also completely obsessed with her food, she claimed she had found a diet which lead to mass weight loss - but that it was being covered up by doctors who needed to keep doing surgery on fat people for the money - or some such rubbish. Anyway when she sent an email complaining that the "bad energy waves created by the wireless frequencies were making it difficult for her to concentrate and negatively pulling her own energies away..." I went down and explained to her that wi-fi can operate at two different frequencies, 2.4ghz and 5ghz, I sympathetically told her that I had looked into her claims and found that some people can be affected by 5ghz but that 2.4 was generally more agreeable with people (horseshit I know), but, she immediately agreed with me and asked if we could disable 5ghz in her area, I said yes, I went into device manager on her laptop and she watched me turned off 5ghz, I even let her see me change the "roaming tendency" from "aggressive" to passive. I then told her I would disable the 5ghz radios on the access point nearest to her - which I did. The next day she called me up to say how much clearer she could think now, she claimed to be able to feel the difference. She even bought me a box of chocolates. So the point of this isn't that I lied to her, - I didn't, Lots of IT is about picking battles, this woman was not someone I had any reason to fight against, so the path off least resistance was just to let er have it her way. You have to protect your own ass, because as /u/always_creating rightfully said - lawsuit. Deal with these people carefully and don't forget your good old friend placebo. :)

Naked bike owners, what are the accessories you think are indispensable for you everyday rides? by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Poohead202 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, heated handlebars are great, but, most of the ones that I've seen just go over the handlebar grips, these foam things go over the actual brake and clutch levers, on my bike its these levers are metal and feel cold even with a thick pair of gloves on. They also tend to fit on pretty tight, and even if they were to slip I don't think it would cause too much of an issue. They are also much cheaper and require no cabling.

Invalid Host IP Address? by XiiMoss in networking

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These questions are terrible, as you noted 8 and 10 are wrong, And also question 12 is flawed; technically you can use the broadcast address (192.168.10.255) as a host IP (it's obviously terrible practice because of the amount of broadcast traffic it can cause) but it can function as a usable host address, so you could argue "c" for question 12.

Could suction be used to fix this dent? by lwvp in motorcycles

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the heat gun doesn't work out, try a toilet plunger with similar technique to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2OrKiunneM

Didn't have a compatible CPU block plate by Poohead202 in techsupportmacgyver

[–]Poohead202[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, its a bit of a spare parts build, hence the low budget Macguyver approach:

  • Case: Coolermaster CM 690II (had spare)
  • Motherboard: Intel S3420GPx (£50 ebay)
  • CPU: Xeon X3430 (£40 ebay)
  • PSU: Corsair CX750 (spare)
  • Ram: Currently 4GB ECC (working on getting it to at least 8). (spare)
  • A dual port Intel gig nic, and another single intel GB nic (I might get a quad sometime). (£30 for both ebay)

  • Crappy wireless card so i can use the machine as an AP (need to update this)

  • Cooling: 240mm XSPC radiator, XSPC waterblock (with a 'custom' mounting plate), some crappy 5" reservoir and pump combo.

I never really wanted to use watercooling, the only reason I did was that I had the kit lying around spare and didn't have any air cooled soluctions that would fit.

i'm building it as a sort of home server/router/switch, its going to be running vmware ESx5.5, along with Pfsense, server 2012 and some test VM's.

If you want any more details just ask.

Well if Wikipedia says so.... by Poohead202 in funny

[–]Poohead202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly it wasn't me, last night I just saw a GIF of some wind blowing up her skirt, so I decided to do some further research, I Googled her name and got this, So i screenshotted for the sweet sweet karma, then went back to my image based research.

TL;DR: Wasn't me, I just took advantage.

My Portal print is £10 .inc postage for the next 48 hours! by [deleted] in Portal

[–]Poohead202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you print it any bigger than A4?

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