From trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Mon Jan 2 08:03:32 2017 From: trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (James Andrewartha) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 08:03:32 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] I set up a UCC Discord and IRC bridge bot In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, James Andrewartha wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2016, James Andrewartha wrote: > > > I've been threatening to do it for a while, so now there is a UCC Discord, > > with a bridge bot to #ucc. For those who haven't used it, Discord is a > > online, multi-device voice and text chat application, with a gamer focus. > > It's a proprietary service and they keep chat history for all time, so if > > committee doesn't approve I'll pull it down. > > > > Technical details: I created a container on medico and installed > > https://github.com/reactiflux/discord-irc then configured it to connect to > > a newly created Discord server. Currently I am the admin but the > > permissions are quite flexible so we can add people as required. > > > > Why did I do this? Discord has mobile and desktop apps, which means > > members who are not die-hard screen users will be able to see chat history > > from when they're not around. Basically it will hopefully increase > > engagement with our members who are actually studying at uni, rather than > > the old guard ghetto is has become. > > There was some discussion in #ucc today about this. You can join the > Discord server by going to https://discord.gg/tckg2 (valid for 24 hours) > and then scroll back up to read it! Join link that does not expire: https://discord.gg/jNnEgs2 -- # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub here will do \ # UCC Wheel Member http://trs80.ucc.asn.au/ #| what squirrels do best | [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and hide your | [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ]\ nuts." -- Acid Reflux #231 / From samuel at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Fri Jan 20 15:03:56 2017 From: samuel at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Samuel Shenton) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:03:56 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Wheel Meeting - Saturday 28th Jan Message-ID: Hello Wheel, A Wheel Meeting is being held on Saturday 28th January at 10am in the UCC Clubroom. The main item on the agenda will be the discussion of the business case being presented to the General Meeting later that day regarding a potential move of clubrooms / improvements being made to the Machine Room. The business case will be sent out on Monday 23rd January. I will be making myself available on irc and by email to answer any questions people may have before the meeting. Other Wheel members are welcome to add more to the agenda for discussion by replying to this email, I will keep a record of what is sent through. Thanks, Sam [SAS] From tpg at ucc.asn.au Sat Jan 21 18:04:22 2017 From: tpg at ucc.asn.au (John Hodge) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 18:04:22 +0800 Subject: [tech] caan not logging in - mdm crashing Message-ID: <055ef371-d8f1-9612-a605-397afd70dbed@ucc.asn.au> Hey all, caan (one of the linux desktops) isn't logging in graphically. From dmesg, it appears that mdm is crashing on startup. All packages appear to be correctly installed, up-to-date, and not corrupted. Googling hasn't revealed other people with the same problem, so the next course of action is probably to try and run `mdm` with a debuger. If anyone wants to do that go ahead - Or we could try just reinstalling it (but that'd be quite an exercise). It's worth noting that chubsucker isn't broken, so whatever broke caan is either unrelated to the hardware, or is due to the very subtle differences between the two. -- John Hodge [TPG] UCC Wheel Member