Re: [SLUG] printer drivers
I found this thread in a forum http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188250 On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 16:36 +1100, Paul Maloney wrote: Hi all, I am trying out Ubuntu for the first time and was wondering if anyone can help me with printer drivers. I am using a Canon i560 printer and so far I have been unable to install the correct drivers. Thanking you in advance. Paul Regards Richard Neal "Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than copyright infringement, or even outright piracy." Seen on Slashdot 30-09-2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] printer drivers
Hi all, I am trying out Ubuntu for the first time and was wondering if anyone can help me with printer drivers. I am using a Canon i560 printer and so far I have been unable to install the correct drivers. Thanking you in advance. Paul -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux friendly flash mp3 players
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:23:06AM +1000, David Gillies wrote:
> Does anyone out there have any recommendations for Linux friendly flash
> mp3 players?
This one certainly looks interesting:
http://www.aldi.com.au/product_03/product_442.html
I don't know how well it works with Linux, but most 'generic' players these
days support the USB Mass Storage spec.
I think Aldi allow refunds, so I am seriously tempted to purchase one of these
and test it out.
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Re: [SLUG] returning windows software
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:32:27 +1100 Del <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Davie wrote: > > Ok, So your have convinced me not to be concerned. In any case I set up an > > rsync to another drive. > > > > So far I have communicated with Acer and Micorsoft. > > > > Acer have knocked me back cited the age old "contractual obligations with > > MS" > > So I asked for the mailing address which I got and will put the request in > > writing. Which is yet to be drafted. > > > > I rang MS and asked for a EULA, and I never got a reply. So I emailed them > > and asked for for a copy of the EULA and explained that I thought I would > > be implicitly agreeing to if I used the software or opened the shrink > > wrapped CDs. They have written back and said the EULA is displayed on > > booting the machine for the first time. MS said that as the EULA covers IP > > from both OEM and MS and I should take my concern to Acer. > > This is something that Linux Australia should be taking to the ACC, IMO. > > It's been kicked around a bit in OSIA and a few people there have taken > complaints to the ACC but it wasn't worth our effort, as a relatively > small organisation that has some ties to vendors, to take it to ACC from > there. > > LA has a bit more resources and should be able to push it on behalf of > its members. > ACC? bring it on! I am planning to put this to a uni law lecturer I know. And was going to see what the Dept of Fair Trading can do. First I will get a draft happening to send to Acer. - Russell > -- > Del > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] returning windows software
Russell Davie wrote: Ok, So your have convinced me not to be concerned. In any case I set up an rsync to another drive. So far I have communicated with Acer and Micorsoft. Acer have knocked me back cited the age old "contractual obligations with MS" So I asked for the mailing address which I got and will put the request in writing. Which is yet to be drafted. I rang MS and asked for a EULA, and I never got a reply. So I emailed them and asked for for a copy of the EULA and explained that I thought I would be implicitly agreeing to if I used the software or opened the shrink wrapped CDs. They have written back and said the EULA is displayed on booting the machine for the first time. MS said that as the EULA covers IP from both OEM and MS and I should take my concern to Acer. This is something that Linux Australia should be taking to the ACC, IMO. It's been kicked around a bit in OSIA and a few people there have taken complaints to the ACC but it wasn't worth our effort, as a relatively small organisation that has some ties to vendors, to take it to ACC from there. LA has a bit more resources and should be able to push it on behalf of its members. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] returning windows software
Ok, So your have convinced me not to be concerned. In any case I set up an rsync to another drive. So far I have communicated with Acer and Micorsoft. Acer have knocked me back cited the age old "contractual obligations with MS" So I asked for the mailing address which I got and will put the request in writing. Which is yet to be drafted. I rang MS and asked for a EULA, and I never got a reply. So I emailed them and asked for for a copy of the EULA and explained that I thought I would be implicitly agreeing to if I used the software or opened the shrink wrapped CDs. They have written back and said the EULA is displayed on booting the machine for the first time. MS said that as the EULA covers IP from both OEM and MS and I should take my concern to Acer. regards Russell On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:11:08 +1100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:42:07PM +1000, Russell Davie wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:44:49 +1000 > > Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > James Purser wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:28 +, l cheung wrote: > > > > > > > >>Get a life, get a power book. :) > > > > > > > > Yes but can you return OSX? > > > > > > It's a good idea to keep OSX on it as a small partition that can be > > > booted by default for the first year. > > > If you have to return the machine under warranty the techos at Broadway > > > (thats where the > > > Apple service centre is) will then be able to boot it and run their > > > diagnostics. You'll get > > > it back with your Linux untouched. Otherwise they will have to do a new > > > install and wipe > > > your Linux. > > > > o, never thought of that... > > > > good point > > I don't find it a very good point at all... > > Hard drives are completely interchangeable and there is absolutely zero excuse > for the official hardware service centre not to have a special hard drive that > they drop into the machine for doing diagnostics. Moreover, they can swap your > hard drive into a different machine that does a sector read/write scan to > prove the hard drive is working correctly and they can do that without > damaging > any of your data. They can even boot off a special disgnostic CD or off a USB > device or off a network device. If Apple don't provide such boostrap options > to their service centres then Apple clearly show no commitment to their > customers. If Apple do provide the option and the service centre can't be > bothered using it then time to look for a better service centre. > > I can remember boot floppies for 486 machines that provided extensive > diagnostics > in just a 1.4M image (including keyboard test). I first saw one about 10 years > ago. The quality of computing services available to the consumer has gone > downhill. > > -- > > I recently had to deal with the official Sony service centre in Lane Cove with > regards to getting a warranty repair for a Sony Vaio doorstop, which had some > sort of fault in the keyboard controller. Their first answer to pretty much > anything that they can't obviously diagnose is "software error, probably a > virus or something, warranty does not cover software". I even got the guy to > shut it down, remove the hard drive and boot it with no hard drive and the > keyboard problem was obviously still present (because the constantly repeating > key was causing a steady beeping noise). Then he starts with "maybe you > spilled > something on this" and after that doesn't get a good response he goes back > to the tried-and-true "must be a software problem, probably a virus". > > The only option he gave was to completely wipe the drive and reinstall from > the original CDs before he would even consider taking the machine in for > repair. I'll also point out that this laptop has only ever run MS-Win-XP and > the install was already the standard default Sony install with a bunch of > additional software added afterwards. I tried booting off a Linux CD and found > that exactly the same keyboard fault manifested in Linux as well so I'm 100% > sure it is NOT a software problem and sure enough after a reinstall from the > original Win-XP CDs the fault is exactly the same. > > Basically, the reinstall is just their way of inconveniencing you and giving > you a few hoops to jump through. It is utterly unnecessary and smacks of > the unprofessional buffoonery that is typical in the computing industry and > especially typical of anything sold with a Microsoft operating system. > > I'll also point out that the typical Apple user doesn't no squat about what > is and is not possible so the probably get fed just the same line of junk > because they don't know any better. > > Now I have to wait at least a week to get the machine back and then put in > a good two days work reinstalling all the applications, reconfiguring the > settings, etc, etc. just because Sony don't see a priority in
Re: [SLUG] SQL ledger - postgresql - TCL/IP
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 14:01 +1100, Russell Davie wrote: > Hi > I am having difficulty in getting postgreasql past the ssl required for tcp/ip > > this is what I'm getting when I manually start postgresql: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/init.d # ./postgresql-7.4 start > * Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main >The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: > /usr/lib/postgresql/7.4/bin/postmaster: TCP/IP connections must be enabled > for SSL > > [fail] > > adding a new user to postgres doesn't occur as postgres isn't running: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ createuser -d -data > Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n > createuser: could not connect to database template1: could not connect to > server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > > I've found how to make the rss keys for openssl, but I'm not sure where to > put them. ie the data directory mentioned in: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/ssl-tcp.html > > Is this the right step? or is this in the wrong direction? (likely!) > > TIA > > Russell > Postgresql needs to be told explicitly that it has to accept tcp/ip connections in the start up script, you might want to check if this is happening, if no tcp/ip then the ssl will fail. -- James Purser Chief Talking Guy - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SQL ledger - postgresql - TCL/IP
Hi I am having difficulty in getting postgreasql past the ssl required for tcp/ip this is what I'm getting when I manually start postgresql: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/init.d # ./postgresql-7.4 start * Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: /usr/lib/postgresql/7.4/bin/postmaster: TCP/IP connections must be enabled for SSL [fail] adding a new user to postgres doesn't occur as postgres isn't running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ createuser -d -data Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n createuser: could not connect to database template1: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? I've found how to make the rss keys for openssl, but I'm not sure where to put them. ie the data directory mentioned in: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/ssl-tcp.html Is this the right step? or is this in the wrong direction? (likely!) TIA Russell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux friendly flash mp3 players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:23:06AM +1000, David Gillies wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Does anyone out there have any recommendations for Linux friendly flash > mp3 players? I can recommend the omni music-stick which is basically just a USB pen drive stick with space for a single AAA cell and a headphone socket. It has a little screen where it tells you the name of the song playing and it will even scroll the lyrics if you have the right files. For linux is just looks like a MSDOS partition, you can use the mtools package to read and write, standard USB mass-storage. The one thing I will complain about is that my unit wasn't as robust as I had hoped, a shock or bump can reboot the unit and the headphone socket isn't a positive lock so you can get some scratch and crackle from a bad connection if your headphone cord pulls. Also, it does not have any removable media and has developed a few bad sectors. I'd be a lot happier with something that uses compact flash or some sort of removable media. Mind you there have been heaps of reports that Apple iPods tend to fall apart as soon as you look at them > And any that have .ogg support would be a major bonus. ogg support is pretty rare. I'm waiting for the Linux smart phones to start being available in Australia the I plan to use the phone as an MP3 player and upload ogg support to the phone if necessary. I'm carrying too many gadgets around as it is so with a Linux phone I can roll everything together into a single object -- data storage, phone, database, organiser, music, communications, etc. The Motorola A780 looks tempting but I would still expect an expensive item to have removable flash and as far as I can tell the A780 does not so backup becomes more tedious and if you get a bad sector the whole item becomes junk. How hard can it be to design decent gear? The ideal item for me would be a linux phone with a high quality stereo headset connection, a black-and-white non-backlit LCD and a compact flash socket. Using ordinary AAA rechargable cells would also be an excellent choice. If someone knows a factory in China then I'll design them the ultimate "volkswagen" phone. - Tel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBQ2Qxj8fOVl0KFTApAQJpkhAAj+y3p0zwBviEjun/hv2emOaNlxGY0emK QUT6A4OEtLyYFDLh8oIIK9+7RmRNLcrAERlLyvSJ1LuMVL4th0s+Z+RuVBAP3Kf0 4dJ1eECWotVUJELxyiPUfHT2PfWJ8MayaDuUC2MPNBZWkAhU139AOxWGBhvt5Pmp 2fpy5YQZAyMZ2SvfdirNvXBs2n/Im12jkGXEdG1VQqtluiVL722ilI9tmluLA9yg kvbJdT6CO9iSPVxFy6c2tqASP6JHIDdDqrlr2O93m0CpXLkJaqi5jXs7HanDL5vY +RuneHMOZ7LyEg6mdCK2nAJMwKN5eD5pLo7ZX1q9ww9ZGJEo8RSRT0iLaOy0Wzbe FCloRNxUKOD1BanqTJJaXW6J309j4gaghCz44khCehSYn+wFOHcv5gsrXg+b3ytK 7pyq8/4MTV6NSnx4TXoZY5bfD1qWJLYfxu38zS9hVzgUkyPeVklXhyKmjZ06u8aM Npd5SQFK9jXuQ66cdQzikXLqE/kXDGncUddr9Jfr8W2OJ+DUT0Cyyqfixo5YOEpq h2dRaiVDY+eDqNR8g0cjlUurnSf7ao/SAFpf887rjS+YzLeqer0Hmoc7WQnCFueY wTnLOiBxW1grO7b+xpvJZDHOTZ8D6tfeCI8xF5tmV9a/vEPogy2m/0fMx2Nnz2vi ay+dYCPekmI= =ohuM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] returning windows software
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:42:07PM +1000, Russell Davie wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:44:49 +1000 > Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > James Purser wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:28 +, l cheung wrote: > > > > > >>Get a life, get a power book. :) > > > > > > Yes but can you return OSX? > > > > It's a good idea to keep OSX on it as a small partition that can be booted > > by default for the first year. > > If you have to return the machine under warranty the techos at Broadway > > (thats where the > > Apple service centre is) will then be able to boot it and run their > > diagnostics. You'll get > > it back with your Linux untouched. Otherwise they will have to do a new > > install and wipe > > your Linux. > > o, never thought of that... > > good point I don't find it a very good point at all... Hard drives are completely interchangeable and there is absolutely zero excuse for the official hardware service centre not to have a special hard drive that they drop into the machine for doing diagnostics. Moreover, they can swap your hard drive into a different machine that does a sector read/write scan to prove the hard drive is working correctly and they can do that without damaging any of your data. They can even boot off a special disgnostic CD or off a USB device or off a network device. If Apple don't provide such boostrap options to their service centres then Apple clearly show no commitment to their customers. If Apple do provide the option and the service centre can't be bothered using it then time to look for a better service centre. I can remember boot floppies for 486 machines that provided extensive diagnostics in just a 1.4M image (including keyboard test). I first saw one about 10 years ago. The quality of computing services available to the consumer has gone downhill. -- I recently had to deal with the official Sony service centre in Lane Cove with regards to getting a warranty repair for a Sony Vaio doorstop, which had some sort of fault in the keyboard controller. Their first answer to pretty much anything that they can't obviously diagnose is "software error, probably a virus or something, warranty does not cover software". I even got the guy to shut it down, remove the hard drive and boot it with no hard drive and the keyboard problem was obviously still present (because the constantly repeating key was causing a steady beeping noise). Then he starts with "maybe you spilled something on this" and after that doesn't get a good response he goes back to the tried-and-true "must be a software problem, probably a virus". The only option he gave was to completely wipe the drive and reinstall from the original CDs before he would even consider taking the machine in for repair. I'll also point out that this laptop has only ever run MS-Win-XP and the install was already the standard default Sony install with a bunch of additional software added afterwards. I tried booting off a Linux CD and found that exactly the same keyboard fault manifested in Linux as well so I'm 100% sure it is NOT a software problem and sure enough after a reinstall from the original Win-XP CDs the fault is exactly the same. Basically, the reinstall is just their way of inconveniencing you and giving you a few hoops to jump through. It is utterly unnecessary and smacks of the unprofessional buffoonery that is typical in the computing industry and especially typical of anything sold with a Microsoft operating system. I'll also point out that the typical Apple user doesn't no squat about what is and is not possible so the probably get fed just the same line of junk because they don't know any better. Now I have to wait at least a week to get the machine back and then put in a good two days work reinstalling all the applications, reconfiguring the settings, etc, etc. just because Sony don't see a priority in providing diagnostic tools for their equipment. Sony do sell some decent equipment now and then but their attitude to the consumer is, "You pay money now and then #uc% off". -- Frankly, I would be very very happy to find a manufacturer selling laptops WITHOUT any hard drives at all who would take the laptop back for warranty repair WITHOUT any hard drive and actually do their job and repair the hardware or give you a replacement machine. I would know I'm not paying any software tax and I could get a decent machine that does what should do. - Tel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBQ2Qru8fOVl0KFTApAQK65g//XNQeoWwrr2ho5Ig76FY968wxJ7Ioinua +yg/lpgN7eB3Heo0CxZ9vHg+5qUBojBBIjdOMPUa818M7Lliug2IIEbbfnYpRuaY 7k3GsTD7cihj+yT0DoebE7FBTIdIKASLqVkVeORmCLRyuGOfne/aJKU/9QjoAlLO 0FFdtFZNukrizLCNui9PrT4x4f4soYyvA10MDa8m2NrgAHsgaJxGtZx9k8DWDTZx /6tftFcN3WXQ+40MbovLxcTiA+ZF65ZhFZsRp0N1MTYbKSWcpk9ntIbGrHiSwyqN d4oLKzyoIOo9utxyjF18fOE9dUYjoiKlf5VSgXEYsLjWa+YIG3OJ4Rx
Re: [SLUG] USB Audio Input Devices
James Purser wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a usb audio device to allow for multiple inputs
> (more than one microphone, etc etc). Anybody have any suggestions?
2c on alternate technology.
Is there any reason you want this on the computer?
(Recording each stream seperately for re-mixing later, perhaps)
Jaycar, Dickless Smith, Tandy, etc all sell mono or stereo mini mixers
of varying sizes. Known, reliable technology.
And if you don't like the cable monster from multple mics/inputs, look
at FM back to a TV/FM capture card.
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Re: [SLUG] Purging YUM repositories
Just in case anyone is interested, this is what I came up with (watch
those line wraps), and it floats my boat:
#!/bin/sh
LOG="yum_purge.log"
echo "Purge of YUM repository - $(date)" >$LOG
for j in $(for i in *rpm ; do rpm -qp --qf="%{NAME}\n" $i ; done | sort
| uniq) ; do
echo "" >>$LOG
for k in i386 i586 i686 noarch ; do
echo -n -e "For \"$j\" and \"$k\" we found:\t" >>$LOG
LS=$(ls -1rt ${j}-[0-9]*.${k}.rpm 2>/dev/null)
RES=$?
[[ $RES -ne 0 ]] && {
echo -e "nothing" >>$LOG
} || {
echo "" >>$LOG
echo -e "$LS" >>$LOG
for l in $(ls -rt ${j}-[0-9]*.${k}.rpm
2>/dev/null | head --lines=-1) ; do
echo -e "Deleting:\t${l}" >>$LOG
rm -f $l
done
[[ ! $l ]] && echo -e "Deleting:\tnothing" >>$LOG
}
done
done
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Because I have a large number of boxen to support behind a firewall, I
find it preferable to maintain my own yum repository behind the firewall
and do a wget from the Internet master repo to the local repo then run
local updates from the local repo, hence saving bandwidth.
Now this all works fine and if wget finds an update out there that it
doesn't have then it downloads it, but if it already has it (I assume
HTTP date changed logic is happening here) then it goes onto the next
file.
My problem is that my local repo is full of old updates that I would
like to cull, but the naming conventions on the various files do not
appear to be consistent, thus making auto cull difficult, eg>
this-file-1.2.9.i386.rpm is obvious to the human eye earlier than
this-file-1.2.10.i386.rpm as well as having a later create date, but,
sortwise, it orders differently (yes, I know that sort has the -n option
but the variance is not always numeric).
The added problem is that the change detail in the file name is not in a
consistent position either, so trying awk or cut or anything else
doesn't get the right detail.
Has anyone resolved this problem on their own networks?
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Re: [SLUG] X server problem, It won't start
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:36:03 +1000, Adam Dawes uttered > [most the output snipped] > "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o" > > _norm.o > > _xform.o > > NV: No matching device section for instance (Bus ID PCI:2.0.0) > There is your problem. When your changed your motherboard, the bus ID of the video card changed from 2.0.0 to something else. I would start by running 'lspci' as root and noting down what the first colum is where the line contains 'Nvidia', such as this from my machine: :01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600] (rev a1) In this case, the relevant bus ID is 1.5.0. Or even easier, if you only have one video card in the machine, I would just remove the BusID line from /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and see if that helps you. Cheers, -- Steve "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
