Re: purchasing cd-rw's and dvd's

2007-05-16 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 16 May 2007 14:53:04 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: any recommendations as to where to purchase good quality cd-rw's and dvd's for a good price? There are no good-quality CD/DVD blanks on the market, only medium quality and rubbish. This is due to consumers going shopping with this

Re: purchasing cd-rw's and dvd's

2007-05-16 Thread Rik Tindall
no worries. Matthew Whiting wrote: yep, cheers for your help Rik. No progress with the screen. Haven't started installation of Feisty yet. But, running off the live disk I still have the same screen issues. I've emailed Visual Group Auckland/Philips saying I'm still not happy, that I had no

Re: purchasing cd-rw's and dvd's

2007-05-16 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 16 May 2007 23:59:16 NZST +1200, Rik Tindall wrote: Maximum resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz (digital input) Recommended resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz (digital input) Can you start a new thread please? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header

Re: lcd screen problems

2007-05-16 Thread Matthew Whiting
no worries. Matthew Whiting wrote: yep, cheers for your help Rik. No progress with the screen. Haven't started installation of Feisty yet. But, running off the live disk I still have the same screen issues. I've emailed Visual Group Auckland/Philips saying I'm still not happy, that I had no

Re: lcd screen problems

2007-05-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, May 17, 2007 12:59 pm, Matthew Whiting wrote: the model is 170B6CB/170. http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/1/170b6cb_75/170b6cb_75_pss_aen.pdf - suggests setting to 60Hz would be the way to go (Maximum Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz • Recommended Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz).

Re: lcd screen problems

2007-05-16 Thread Matthew Whiting
Please try running xrandr on the command line and post the results. SZ:Pixels Physical Refresh *0 1280 x 1024 ( 342mm x 271mm ) *75 1 1024 x 768( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 2800 x 600( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 3640 x 480( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 Current

Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Gauland, Michael
My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: PC with Internet connection, Microsoft Office version 2003 or 2007 (including Outlook, Word, FrontPage), Adobe Reader, Winzip, printer

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: Not to put a downer on this, but is the certificate worth anything? Wouldn't your son be

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Andrew Errington
Obviously this list displays a certain software bias. Is anyone familiar with this course? Is there any reason one could not complete it with FOSS software? PS I'd ask the institute about this. Clearly they specify MS because it's widely available and everybody has it, plus the course

RE: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Gauland, Michael
The certificate may not be worth much, but the experience of somewhat formal coursework will be. Aidan's been homeschooled his whole life, and we think getting a few official education credentials under his belt would help him ease into uni/real-world life. -Original Message- From:

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Rik Tindall
Gauland, Michael wrote: ..about FrontPage. Can it do anything nVu can’t? Is nVu the best FOSS alternative? nVu is defunct. Google KompoZer good luck! -- Rik

Re: lcd screen problems

2007-05-16 Thread Rik Tindall
Matthew Whiting wrote: Please try running xrandr on the command line and post the results. SZ:Pixels Physical Refresh *0 1280 x 1024 ( 342mm x 271mm ) *75 1 1024 x 768( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 2800 x 600( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 3640 x 480(

Re: lcd screen problems

2007-05-16 Thread Rik Tindall
oops! Rik Tindall wrote: Matthew Whiting wrote: Please try running xrandr on the command line and post the results. SZ:Pixels Physical Refresh *0 1280 x 1024 ( 342mm x 271mm ) *75 1 1024 x 768( 342mm x 271mm ) 75 2800 x 600( 342mm x 271mm )

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Quoting Andrew Errington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: Not to put a downer on this, but is the

LTSP guru???

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Fisher
I am trying to set up a new LTSP server on a Debian Etch computer. The clients work fine with an existing old Mandrake LTSP server. I have followed instructions at http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Debian but when trying to boot the client just sits on loading the vmlinuz file Any LTSP

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Fisher
nVu is defunct. Google KompoZer I'll bet you got this from the Ubuntu site. nVu still works and is available from the Mepis repositories. Ubuntu says what you said but Komposer is not yet available from their repositories as far as I can tell. Rob

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Carl Cerecke
If he's going to uni next year, then perhaps he should enrol in 1 or 2 half-year courses this year? That'll prepare him in a lot better, I would think. On 17/05/07, Gauland, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The certificate may not be worth much, but the experience of somewhat formal coursework

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Roger Searle
Gauland, Michael wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in “Internet and Webpages” from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: /PC with Internet connection, Microsoft Office version 2003 or 2007 (including Outlook, Word, FrontPage),

Re: LTSP guru???

2007-05-16 Thread David Kirk
Robert, Here's a few things to check. I am trying to set up a new LTSP server on a Debian Etch computer. The clients work fine with an existing old Mandrake LTSP server. I have followed instructions at http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Debian but when trying to boot the client just

Nvu, Kompozer, and Composer

2007-05-16 Thread Douglas Royds
Robert Fisher wrote: nVu is defunct. Google KompoZer I'll bet you got this from the Ubuntu site. nVu still works and is available from the Mepis repositories. Ubuntu says what you said but Komposer is not yet available from their repositories as far as I can tell. Rob From the

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Roy Britten
IIRC there's often university summer school courses that can serve as a low-pressure introduction to university study. Of course, you'll have a good feel for what will benefit Aidan the most given his particular circumstances. Cheers, Roy. On 17/05/07, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If

Re: LTSP guru???

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Fisher
On Thursday 17 May 2007 4:14 pm, David Kirk wrote: Robert, Here's a few things to check. Are you sure this is the copy of dhcpd.conf that is being used by dhcpd on your system? If you're editing the wrong file, then it doesn't matter how much you change it, it will never work. Also,

Re: LTSP guru???

2007-05-16 Thread David Kirk
Robert, { filename /tftpboot/lts/2.6.16.1-ltsp-2/pxelinux.0; #--Check version Should this be /lts/2.6.16.1-ltsp-2/pxelinux.0? Don't think so as it was taken from the sample - perhaps worth a try though. If your tftpd is using the -s option (which it says it is), then you

Re: LTSP guru???

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Fisher
On Thursday 17 May 2007 5:13 pm, David Kirk wrote: If your tftpd is using the -s option (which it says it is), then you shouldn't need to put the /tftpboot bit in there. /tftpboot becomes the root directory for any tftp clients. I understand that but (perhaps wrongly) assumed that the