Updating java GUI components

I've had numerous problems over the years trying to update java components such as labels before carrying out other tasks and reaearch tells me that Threads are the way to do this.

see also: java-threads.html

Connect to Windows share from Linux command line.

An example of connecting to a Windows share from Linux command line;

smbclient //IP_ADDRESS/SHARE_NAME -U username

smbclient //192.168.254.198/public -U username

Then you will be promted for the password and find yourself at the smb: \> prompt.

You can then use;
ls for a listing of files
get filename to grab a file
cd folder to change directory
...etc

exit to exit

Java Threads and populating a list in real time

Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable()
            {
                @Override
                public void run()
                {
                    //do Work here...
                }

            });
            t.start();

Java jList

To create a jList and populate it in real time;

Setup Postgres on Slackware

TODO: Add Slackware install

with user postgres run psql

CREATE DATABASE dbname;

GRANT ALL ON DATABASE dbname TO postgres;

Python reading file error - 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte

When reading in a file and getting errors such as example:

'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa3 in position 2897: invalid start byte 

Add errors='ignore' as per the following example: 

 with open(fname,"r", errors='ignore') as fo:

How to enable SMB1 on Windows 10

Run optionalfeatures (WinKey +R then type optionalfeatures)

Install docker on Slackware

https://slackware.pkgs.org/

quick notes

google-go-lang-1.10.2-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
tini-0.13.0_949e6fa-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
docker-proxy-20180412_c15b372-x86_64-1_slonly.txz

libseccomp-2.3.3-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
runc-1.0.0_rc5-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
containerd-1.0.3-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
docker-18.03.1-x86_64-1_slonly.txz

Change form GPT to MBR partition types

To change from GPT to MBR partitioning type under linux;

disk /dev/sda (assuming the drive is sda)

Then use the x option (extra functionality)

then use option z to destroy GPT

Now you can use cfdisk /dev/sda as per normal and choose DOS

Tested on Slackware 14.2