Re: [Dorset] Setting up machines for others
Hi folks, He was the only administrative user on the system. I hadn't set the root password. (Luckily, he used his machine only for web access, so a reinstall was not too traumatic.) When setting up a machine for others, I have learnt to write the root password on the machine inside the case. Here, non-owning users will never see it but I know I can always retrieve it. Cheers, Kev -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Linux Limitations
Hi Peter, 2. I cannot get Google Earth to work. Nearly there, application is running, but no earth. I had the same problem. Excuse me for a bit of vagueness on but this was 18 months ago. If I remember right the problem was down to 'googleearth' installing the data files to the first user to run it. I naturally installed as 'root' and then went on to run the programme while still logged in as 'root'. So all the data files were set up in roots home directory with root access permissions. If I remember correctly the solution was as simple as 'rm -rf /root/,googleearth'. I don't think /opt/googleearth/ needed any attention at all. Then run GoogleEarth as your normal user and it will reconfigure itself and run properly. If this doesn't work then I'm pretty certain that 'uninstall, reinstall, exit root, and run as normal user' will do the trick. I believe that the CORRECT 'nix solution would be to setup a googleearth group, move the data to the /opt directory with 'googleearth' group permissions? Any cooments? However, this seems a bit complicated for the average desktop system now that mine is working I'm invoking 'if it ain't broke, then don't fix it'. Cheers, Kev Giles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Lucid reliability
Hi foks, Thanks for you comments. I think I'll stall for a bit. If I might try to get an idle PC up together to install lucid to in order to kick it around for a bit. Though I'm not so concerned about how easily it is set up but more about how well it keeps going long term. if only Canonical would let you use straight alsa instead of pulseaudio, And offered KDE3.5 as an option until KDE4 caught up with it. Cheers, Kev -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Smoke and wireless
Hi Peter, What I di in this situation is rename the files. Then carrying on running the system for a few days. If, in that time, nothing has wobbled then I know the files are redundant and delete them. However, should something complain the relevant file is still there to be restored to its former identity. Cheers, Kev -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-08-04 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Re Distro debate
Simono, May I contact you off site? Certainly, but be warned that I'm not too good at quick responses. Terry said By 'ODT' I assume you mean an Open Document text document. Sorry, I can only handle .doc format. (Only joking, honest). -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Distro debate
Hi folks, The '10.04? Not bloody likely' thread seems to have turned into a distro debate so I thought I'd throw in my bit. I appear to differ from most in that I do not like to have the latest greatest, my computer is a tool I want to be able to rely on so I prefer the proven. I also believe that the ideal OS should not need any computer knowledge to maintain so I refuse to learn anything that smacks of geek. Combining the two used to be a tall order but it can easily be done now. I haven't tried 10.04. Re. Ubuntu I used to believe Hardy Heron was the perfect OS until Jaunty Karmic left me a gibbering wreck. I now consider Ubuntu to sail to close to the bleeding edge for my likes. So I view 10.04 with suspicion am not going to risk messing up my system. In the hunt for a replacement distro I found what I now consider a little known gem. Vector SOHO is essentially Slackware, i.e. slick solid, with much user-friendliness bolted on top of it. They have managed to create a KDE system that is almost as lively as Puppy. It does use KDE 3.5 instead of 4 but, IMHO, that is a big plus. I am very much a KDE man though KDE4 on Jaunty Karmic drove me to Gnome at one point. Vector SOHO appears to have great hardware support and everything just works (it is Slackware after all) and has kept on working for 8 months now. The package management is modelled on apt-get Aptitude though it uses Slackware packaging. It seems to work as well as debs though with less polish, certainly better than rpms. However, it is not a lowtech distro as, at the time of installation, I also tried the current versions Mepis Fedora, but my Phenom x 4 mobo proved to be to new for them and they couldn't pick it up. Vector 'just worked' when I tried it. Has anyone else tried this distro? It just seems too good to never get a mention. -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Slow night
Hi folks, My impression is that Ubuntu is neither British or African but is Global, a feeling that I believe may be shared by Mark Shuttleworth? Canonical had to be registered somewhere and the IOM is as good as anywhere else. Just thought I'd slip my twopence worth in. Cheers, Kev (Kim) -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting: Bournemouth - One Week Tonight
Hi folks, Perhaps pub meets just don't meet any demand from the list's subscribers and we should knock them on the head, at least until someone's enthusiastic enough to try and organise one again? I'm not too keen sitting in pubs. However, I realise that (a) I'm a very small minority and (b) know the difficulty of finding suitable cheap venues. So don't take this as a comment against pub meets, just an explanation of why I no longer attend meetings. Cheers Kevin Giles (Kim). -- Next meeting: Unknown http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 9.10 REview
Hi Terry, Thanks for the review. I have been using Kubuntu 9.04 far about three months will be very glad to get away from KDE 4.2. This was the first distro that made me think what a good system MS-Windows is, it's one of those distro versions that should have been strangled at birth. However, my mobo chipset is unsupported by earlier kernels. As far as the desktop wars go, I sit firmly in the KDE camp but 4.2 had me seriously considering a migration to Gnome, but I've been gritting my teeth putting up with the quirks in the hope that the fixes will be along shortly. So thanks for the tip-off that 9.10 is more solid than 9.04. I'm very very glad to be able to move on. I'll just give it a few days for the rush on the server to calm down. Cheers, Kevin Giles -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-11-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Mixed networks.
Hi Simon, I have on several occasions tried to share my Kubuntu box with an MKS-Windows machine, but never succeeded. This sounds like it might be the answer though I don't have a Windows box to try it at this moment. I'll bear it in mind for next time. Thanks for the tip. Kevin Giles -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-11-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] printers
Hi Greg, Samsung provide support, even a helpline for my colour laser.. Cheers, kimdino -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
