Godwin, Thanks for posting the results.
Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "godwin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:40:18 PM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 70, Issue 59 Thanks Simon, I had the scanner work perfectly with the guide from that link. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:03 PM, < [email protected] > wrote: Send LUG mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Connecting a Warid modem to a Suse laptop (Reinier Battenberg) 2. Re: How can I install HP Scanjet G2410 in Ubuntu 10.04? (Simon Vass) 3. Re: [email protected] sent you an article from The Daily Beast (sanga collins) 4. Re: Find out where you are (Wilson Abigaba) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:04:07 +0300 From: Reinier Battenberg < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Connecting a Warid modem to a Suse laptop To: Linux Users Group Uganda < [email protected] > Message-ID: < [email protected] > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Hi, If people post Ugandan relevant LUG knowledge, like this, i try to post it in the turorial secion of the site. If you want editorial access yourself, i can give you a login too. Ping me offlist for that. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Wednesday 30 June 2010 12:13:31 Mike Barnard wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, roy mukasa < [email protected] > wrote: > > Hey guys can anyone give me advice on how to connect my laptop to a > > warid modem. its currently running suse 11.2 and i have tried to use > > wine but it doesnt really work. What else can i do. > > hmmm.. Reinier, since you do a good job hosting the LUG website, perhaps a > HOWTO section on this most asked question would help folks who want to > setup their Modems on their choice *NIX OS. > > If Interested, I have a quick dirty script on making it work on FreeBSD > running KDE (not so much inclined to use gnome, but working on it). ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:01:14 +0300 (EAT) From: Simon Vass < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] How can I install HP Scanjet G2410 in Ubuntu 10.04? To: Linux Users Group Uganda < [email protected] > Message-ID: <20476786.131277902806681.javamail.sv...@etechadmin2-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 http://www.aroundtheweb.info/2010/06/how-to-make-hp-scanjet-g2400-and-g2410.html Let us know if it works as I had another client asking for this. Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" < [email protected] > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" < [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:20:36 PM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: [LUG] How can I install HP Scanjet G2410 in Ubuntu 10.04? http://www.google.co.ug/search?q=scanjet+g2410+linux On 30/06/2010, godwin < [email protected] > wrote: > Hello Lug, > > can somebody point to me how to install HP Scanjet G2410 in Ubuntu 10.04? > > Thanks in advance. > -- "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:55:55 -0400 From: sanga collins < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] [email protected] sent you an article from The Daily Beast To: The Daily Beast < [email protected] >, Linux Users Group Uganda < [email protected] > Message-ID: < [email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" We hear the same story every year for the last 4 years and it has never come to pass. i just got my iphone4 and am glad i didnt get one of these other devices instead. Seeing as iphone4 sold 1.7 mill in 3 days i think most of the rest of the market agrees! On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:27 AM, [email protected] < [email protected] >wrote: > [email protected] has shared an article from The Daily Beast with you! Click > here < http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/hBMBIXAB7SwhTB7TF5lNX8jo8.B7SwhTqD/db1 > >to subscribe to The Daily Beast's morning email and breaking news alerts. > > *Message from sender:* Interesting battle brewing *Today: June 30, > 2010* > < http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/hBMBIXAB7SwhTB7TF5lNX8jo8.B7SwhTqD/db1 > > Dennis > Kneale Google's New Phone Blows Away the iPhone< > http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-29/googles-new-droid-x-blows-away-the-iphone/ > > > by *Dennis Kneale* ** > > > > *Google’s new Droid X won’t be released for two weeks, but Dennis Kneale, > who snagged a preview, reports that more than just a better smartphone, it’s > the key to ending Apple’s dominance. * > > > Apple’s revered iPhone 4 had a bigger opening weekend than even the biggest > film of all time. *Avatar* grossed $242 million worldwide its first > weekend; the iPhone sold 1.7 million units and likely grossed more than $400 > million. > > > Read Full Article »< > http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-29/googles-new-droid-x-blows-away-the-iphone/ > > > > > > > *BACK TO TOP* <#12987c0b060e72f7_top> June 29, 2010 | 11:45 PM < > http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/hBMBIXAB7SwhTB7TF5lNX8jo8.B7SwhTqD/db1 > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100630/cf317874/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:02:50 +0300 From: Wilson Abigaba < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Find out where you are To: Linux Users Group Uganda < [email protected] > Message-ID: < [email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am on Orange, using firefox 3.6.6. no joy :( Warm Regards, Wilson On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected] > wrote: > > is it the ISP, or should you upgrade your firefox to a higher version? > > > (@kiggs, which ISP is that? It seems people are quite lucky on UTL so far) > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > > On Wednesday 30 June 2010 12:19:43 Mike Barnard wrote: > > I get nothing... Firefox (windows and *NIX) :-( > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Reinier Battenberg < > > > > [email protected] > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Lately we are doing quite a bit of mapping. It's a hip field of work at > > > the moment, and we having a lot of fun doing it. We shared some of the > > > fun on the > > > last LUG meeting when we showed how we can build pothole.ug in 20 > > > minutes. > > > > > > When building geo-aware applications there is 2 ways to find out where > > > someone > > > is. First is to use a GPS, for which phones or other devices need to > have > > > extra hardware onboard, or to use people's IP address. > > > > > > Just curious, but are there any people in Uganda that can do the > > > following test (using firefox) and see if their location is in any way > > > accurate: http://davidwalsh.name/dw-content/geolocation.php > > > > > > I end up on Mackay Rd, which is in Kampala (that is good) but its > closer > > > to my > > > ISP, than it is to where I really am. > > > > > > Being able to use this kind of technology is not just hip, or great > fun, > > > but > > > also allows for example to run reports of your website, based on > location > > > (how > > > many people from the west/east/central visit my website. Or offer > > > services/redirects based on where people are (like advertisements). > > > > > > > > > (ah, hip is hip as in for example http://foursquare.com/ which is a > game > > > where > > > you can 'claim' a certain real-life location as your own, if you visit > it > > > often enough and 'checkin' from it. It works worldwide, there are some > > > people > > > playing it in Kampala too) > > > > > > (And if you want to know how the page in firefox works, its explained > > > here: http://davidwalsh.name/geolocation-api ) > > > > > > -- > > > rgds, > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > Director > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > +256 758 801 749 > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). 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