Re: [SLUG] Locale settings in Debian
On 21/09/15 16:42, James Gray wrote: You haven't set up your keyboard with a European mapping by any chance? If so, this might solve the problem for you: sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration Also, you might want to try launching from the command line and for a specific locale and see if it fixes anything: LANG=en_AU.utf8 google-chrome If that fixes it, then also check your locale settings in your environment (window manager et al). HTH. -- James (Apologies for any funky formatting; Gmail web interface is totally wigging out on me this afternoon!) On 15 September 2015 at 13:53, Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au <mailto:herac...@iprimus.com.au>> wrote: Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT: I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on converting everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change it to display Australian Dollars? Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Thanks James, but it turned out that Chrome somehow setup a currency conversion extension. Once I deactivated and removed it all works as expected. Heracles -- 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] problem with debian locale?
On 17/09/15 15:54, Lubos Rendek wrote:
Hi Heracles,
Did you check whether your chrome browser does not have any automatic
currency converters plugins enabled by navigating to your chrome to:
chrome://plugins/
Lubos
That was, indeed, the problem. I didn't remember loading it but I have
now removed it completely and all is well again.
Thanks Lubos
Heracles
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au
<mailto:herac...@iprimus.com.au>> wrote:
That should be LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf8" which is what exists on
the system. The extra hyphen was a typo!
Sick of seeing everything translated to euros. Any clues on what
to change in my settings to get AU$.
Ashley (Heracles)
On 09/09/15 17:11, Heracles wrote:
Hi guys,
I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux
and let it upgrade and ended up with Debian 8.
The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I
get all currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there
another setting I may have missed?
Ashley
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[SLUG] Locale settings in Debian
Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT: I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on converting everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change it to display Australian Dollars? Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] problem with debian locale?
That should be LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf8" which is what exists on the system. The extra hyphen was a typo! Sick of seeing everything translated to euros. Any clues on what to change in my settings to get AU$. Ashley (Heracles) On 09/09/15 17:11, Heracles wrote: Hi guys, I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux and let it upgrade and ended up with Debian 8. The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I get all currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there another setting I may have missed? Ashley -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Website
I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8 with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.) I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the front page - which is worse than useless! Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] problem with debian locale?
Hi guys, I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux and let it upgrade and ended up with Debian 8. The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I get all currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there another setting I may have missed? Ashley -- 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] Strange behaviour of Chrome
On 11/02/15 09:43, Amos Shapira wrote: Are you sure you got the youtube page open only once? No other tabs or windows? Absolutely sure. I've noticed it happens only to certain videos. Some work fine - not sure why. On 10 February 2015 at 17:25, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au mailto:herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: On 10/02/15 17:08, scott wrote: On 02/10/2015 01:03 AM, Heracles wrote: When I look at a youtube video in chrome it seems to start the audio three times. I get the start of the video with sound, then the audio starts up a second time and then a third time with each about a second or so behind the next. It means that I have to start videos and then pause them until the other audio stops before actually playing the one on the screen. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any ideas how to solve it? I'm using enlightenment on what calls itself Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ashley snip -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Strange behaviour of Chrome
When I look at a youtube video in chrome it seems to start the audio three times. I get the start of the video with sound, then the audio starts up a second time and then a third time with each about a second or so behind the next. It means that I have to start videos and then pause them until the other audio stops before actually playing the one on the screen. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any ideas how to solve it? I'm using enlightenment on what calls itself Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ashley -- 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] Strange behaviour of Chrome
On 10/02/15 17:08, scott wrote: On 02/10/2015 01:03 AM, Heracles wrote: When I look at a youtube video in chrome it seems to start the audio three times. I get the start of the video with sound, then the audio starts up a second time and then a third time with each about a second or so behind the next. It means that I have to start videos and then pause them until the other audio stops before actually playing the one on the screen. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any ideas how to solve it? I'm using enlightenment on what calls itself Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ashley Can you reproduce it in Firefox or any other browser? Or is it just Chrome? Do you delete cookies when you close Chrome? Thanks Scott, Unfortunately, Firefox locks up on my system since I updated to 14.04. That is why I switched to Chrome. I'll try wiping the cookies. Ashley -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Firefox and Chrome problems
Hi All, I have been having a problem with Firefox. It keeps stopping on me. I don't think it locks up as sometimes it continues on after a while but mostly this is between 20 minutes and an hour. I have removed and reinstalled it several times but still have the problem. I became frustrated and installed Chrome which works well for everything except embedded videos and youtube. When I ask it to play either it usually starts the audio three (3) times with about a second delay between them. It is as though it is starting up several occasions of a player with only one visible. Has anyone else had this problem and, perhaps, solved it? Any ideas would be appreciated. Happy New Year to you ALL Heracles -- 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] Booting problem
On 03/12/13 08:15, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Heracles == Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au writes: Heracles I recently had a problem and had to replace my motherboard Heracles and cpu. After the replacement the system would not boot. It Heracles came up with a console and the following: Heracles No such device:3c7c2249-34ed-484d-9e36-bd40223e1c34 grub Grub has the UUID of its partition (where the /boot/grub2 lives) hard coded into its image. If you can do update-grub grub-install /dev/sda in the new environment it'll probably fix it. Peter C Thanks Peter, I tried the Super Grub disk for Grub2 and it allowed me to boot the system but would not fix the grub problem. I then downloaded the Boot Fix program for Linux and, thankfully, it fixed the problem. I tried update-grub but forgot the grub-install /dev/sda. Must be old age setting in! Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Booting problem
I recently had a problem and had to replace my motherboard and cpu. After the replacement the system would not boot. It came up with a console and the following: No such device:3c7c2249-34ed-484d-9e36-bd40223e1c34 grub I thought that the number might be the old UUID of sda1 so I reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu 13.04) and allowed it to wipe and use all of sda as I keep my home drive on sdb. The numbers may have changed (I'm not sure as I only copied the latest set) but the machine still won't boot and comes up with the same error. Any ideas appreciated as I have never had this happen before. NOTE: I have reinstalled several times now with both Ubuntu and Sabayon but the error remains. Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Boot Ubuntu
Solved my own problem with boot-repair for grub2 Heracles -- 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] Beginner workshops / installfests
On 09/29/2013 10:03 PM, Jiří Baum wrote: Hi, At Friday's meeting, the idea was floated that SLUG should perhaps run a beginner workshop or installfest or something of that sort, perhaps as a once-off, perhaps regularly (monthly?). We are wondering whether there would be general interest in such a concept and (if so) what precise shape that it should take. Any comments? When I first joined SLUG we had regular install-fests and config-fests. This was a good system that introduced many new people to Linux and helped them get up and running. If we decide to do these again we may need to theme them. I would be willing to become involved if it/they happened at a time that I was in Sydney. Heracles -- 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] Strange problem with 3.8 series kernels
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/29/2013 10:52 AM, Dominic Skinner wrote: You can try manjaro linux. Its arch based and uses 3.8 kernel by default. Manjaro akso allows you to install other kernels and therefore you get kernel selection options at boot if you install. But just for testing the live cd is running 3.8. Hope it helps On 29/05/2013 10:09 AM, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au mailto:herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: I have my core i3 laptop running Ubuntu 13.04 without problems on the 3.5 series kernels (3.5.0.25). However, when the system updates it causes great instability and basically refuses to work on the 3.8.1 series of kernels. Tried Manjaro and I like where it is going. I especially like that it has a distro available with e17 already set as the default desktop. Turned out that there was something wrong with my install that was unfixable (by me) so after reinstalling 13.04 I removed unity and replaced it with cinnamon and then reinstalled e17 and let it upgrade to the latest kernel and libraries. No more hassles. I did nor install manjaro; just ran it live as I have no familiarity with arch linux packaging whereas I've been using debs for years. I might install it in a vm and learn more about it. Thanks for the help Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRqpcLAAoJEJk11efqjIS4bIQIANMhQ+aMfC1A3c4iElpZJO75 qtfr9iO4IjDOMjB6I6G06OzEccIhQMM9hFQ+iO8U7oGHUEK2qiWzFcPkT3VTZAcK B7TzCDYSR+MDSdtT5sH+iFQ4ak2VHaY2YslkpbMfQe27zXIn7xVYf/F+G9MfA/dR QjGPaKwGyn9bLJfAQ/DOEInDqgxfDVIVulPspbQMleQ7TmIJjnNSkKhZ/zpwle0F zFZiTyaLjLrDRSBrSqCnps2PqUAYgYAGZDuFXsLH+RuP7ZxRU4yEaXZcGhQoC3Bw LlmK3ssBUT6f6qQ3N7BtNdfsG0z1Wqg3vDlXQDnrZ8Y/+MUaB1IPis8R8T5Yc4g= =zPiR -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] python in linux mint
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/30/2013 05:05 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: Thanks one and all... looks like I have somewhere to start. Right now they are using scratch via a browser... and I did thing of the raspberry pi... I'll start getting some stuff together and give some feedback when I can. Ben There are other things as well. Depending upon the age of the kids you could look at Gambas3 which is rather like Visual Basic. Simple and fast way to develop applications using a nice GUI. Just a thought Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRpvwuAAoJEJk11efqjIS48DsIAIwhQsd1U4E6PVHmDPZeWaSC 7Lkn4PytD/2dBWscg/f4mSN3k71nzm0S/+K6m9kQqVNWqWgFvb9VDPU6PbCwdO56 ErUvtTg9NYNoJghu39uRghbR9tVKGjSilCE+nBfGTrH7UQ8J3B0oYpnxVC/wnheT yZ0cKSugLeRmEBhkvl6OjnwEy/8fMC9HOqXS4eW5nxRewwRgyRX6mMw89pI1q7bT lmPL9JMBpJf8orZcZo7Ec7WklcSVo86qZaOIy1iUJbzzqIS7mcXx8ACzCoPDHO97 r3NQwPbSbC8CjSwjx7NCbn9q3P0NwbJTDVYMxckvX1jAXjoHLszni/uUZQbvpyI= =PmAJ -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
[SLUG] Strange problem with 3.8 series kernels
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I have my core i3 laptop running Ubuntu 13.04 without problems on the 3.5 series kernels (3.5.0.25). However, when the system updates it causes great instability and basically refuses to work on the 3.8.1 series of kernels. I have found a temporary fix by making it boot the older kernel and all is well but I need to get to the bottom of this. I can't check anything while the 3.8 series kernel is running as typing on the command line is like using an editor. The typed characters appear at first but nothing runs or indeed happens and the system acts like it does when a reboot is essential. I can't even run apt-get -f install as nothing happens. Anyone else had this problem? Is there an ISO available with a running 3.8 kernel that I could try a live boot with? Heracles PS. My desktop has no problems with the newer kernels and it's an old AMD II x4 with 8GB Ram. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRpUdHAAoJEJk11efqjIS4hY8H/2D/+jpJ9LAOuMcBlPIsRYL6 PwJK5VuKe1lkG8uqiJJFNxaxkYDLzV0RESpqsAarABYvHkiPutjMxSFBY9APwWsn r/v1Dcdrx9CAI0EO18XYw2j+m2JcUCPuCoK8oQ5S2QYS9PFbncnepJB8rYEieK1X LtLS4F5vMKD0Yz4f8teAPXHeFP7SSHUUNXU2CCXlEj8HGKPwhAtPvTD725mGI2DO BljRO6v+sAYviC/R3wXtzFjVrmafSXtPm/YjNpPi3WnkX5psg5tJG9UfBy22rHKl lKZgU73T2ec/GzHy5yFddhIUyka6Zv6kHIAKZzc8wF3cuDwc5+rTBWpmDiyGdts= =NnQQ -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] Enlightenment
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/09/2013 12:37 PM, gr...@zeta.org.au wrote: On Thu, 9 May 2013, David Lyon wrote: I've had a similar experience. My Enlightenment (Bodhi Linux) notebook has O/S imploded with two weeks of continuous use. After changing themes, the file manager doesn't display anything (rendering problem?) making copying files from the SD card easily, not easy. Back to shell. Then, git for some reason has stopped being able to 'push'. Which is really frustrating considering that the only 'typing' and web-browsing, are the only function left to me that now work. I think there must be something strange going on in my case as the older version works perfectly for me. I have told the upgrade notice not to bother me again _ I'll stick with the working version until I have time to compile it from scratch.. I found the last time I used Enlightenment, many years ago, the best way was to compile it myself, from source. Never had problems with it then and was able to modify the components I found annoying and to optimise it for my particular platform. SNIP rachel Thanks Rachel, I have all of the sources required so I will try compiling them and see how that works. I want to try DR_17.2.1 as it looks good in the screenshots I've seen. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRjG4KAAoJEJk11efqjIS4ujEH/j68SFNwCOd0Bje3NSEColqr 0mmhB2tJmLGau1qr9KzgBExNZdfz/EO5wdG2go08+bm9CReju/aPnKT9OTwUSICn /BU1sBP+zXnTgudlY0q/db93wi18kfTyAd8vMBkiHmUiqbPWpMDkE3qxNLuP/2Kn vX0qsQykpEVnv2Hn76NMLXTmIHFEyx7nyf5RBifNOA4cHvAJYBImVDWNGWIkJDnp QDN0ixGDH8m81B+2CmcbvQ1h2zSmX3YELeDuagT+/epIRzVuC2gT1xODjUutGfN5 m65AlF2uXAQYWMJju7vZ7s6D6MB6OLZMPAZFmdoCw9BKscpoTCxUExFDsHFkpss= =MrUq -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
[SLUG] Enlightenment
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Is anyone on this list familiar with and/or using e17.2.1? I have been using e16 DR17 for some time and it is very fast and works quite well. My only problem is that the newer version which is an upgrade of the recently officially released e17 creates a problem which can only be resolved by removing it completely. The problem is that libembryo0_1.7.6 is trying to install over libembryo1_1.2.0 and is is unable to do so. All the libraries used by e17 are version 1.7.6 and the libraries on the system are all 1.2.0. I have tried going in as root and manually placing the libraries and their links in place and doing an ldconfig but the system still comes up with the same error claiming that it needs libembryo.1.7.6 but libembryo 1.2.0 is installed (which seems strange when I have removed all traces of it! Any clues would be useful Thanks Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRibeJAAoJEJk11efqjIS4xvUH/Rc2VUJsiEioilUGpQvdr7Ux B6eG2q7X+t2WVz4+adXjZu/FfckmBwm22fGa/ugP+RPQ8MhH/++HMt1ENksVjFZI sBGkpGmwMGIuZZyh0QVqgwP+sEAzR43C2nrAthOQVHQHTKJQUTNhXmZzoUC/AuAw Ky39bd0Ee5t3lTKjTGPIpXcSLQT1qUTsA2vU3O9rGjqzqOgCOM8wP5G5t5Ufl/S8 yKLpYKhPhciQ+j1dMmt9vdIhmvdG808jVZKKf6fJ/ArLb9W8qBWh5OImROS/+tSS BWLI6kB754gxYvEK7CfLi4vzpAHRe+aGOm1MndsQNdmW6zZhNbM1gp9/eNAqDTY= =xgma -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] Cool OpenSource Project for the week : Gambas3 - Going where Visual Basic wanted to go - on Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 18/04/13 14:20, David Lyon wrote: For any old Visual Basic Programmers, here's an interesting adaptation from Benoît Minisin who lives in Paris. - http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html It's not a Clone of Visual Basic, but inspired by it. I just downloaded the development environment by doing: sudo apt-get install gamba3 It's got many interesting examples. It has a really cheerful development screen. Might be worth playing around with if your are an old Basic-file. Meaning in the old days the computers just booted up to the basic prompt. How happy were those days. I agree that Gambas 3 is certainly a great development environment. I was using Gambas 2 but when I imported my projects into Gambas 3 I had to make several changes to make them work. Maybe the changes are for the better - I shall see. It is much easier to develop in than VB in my opinion but that may be more my emerging familiarity with the environment. I particularly like its ability to create install packages for different Linux distros. I highly recommend it as an easy way for the non-programmer to develop apps for personal use. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRb5T8AAoJEJk11efqjIS4fJ4IAJ/gZoQrs2giSiOG4UAV6wGr xePwHMDDEbpfPxC6ZncOS2IdtOaePJ+PBUTqbkUobg7Pg23NQsXyCpnoj3vzzh2Q WwxxTnjqMbZNlOVz4oTxBm7gDtJBVx9M/5mimvRlt9pK9ZhSXZ7P+NP8Vc6t/22W PQLlozGNVPFmHueYTTCFUlptOkgHfMB+TYnzKewedKLap8LxGSwBgiXnmsbVctla b3mMp5aa6MTk2P58KhxM2SFhxvc/FIVMgJT+t4xCK+xbjha8T3H5nMCUUMaO+2lM V3UkLfjey5G3YYh+gkOhcwSReCnjmAObiXsWifTO+Az4COvPUsRhmQMcA/tSREw= =H7SZ -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] Firefox 20.0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/04/13 11:48, gonzo01 wrote: Works fine in Mint 14 with various plugins and Mate desktop. Firefox was an upgrade, not a new install. My Firefox folder was has been carried over continually from earlier versions of Mint. Have you tried creating a new user and then running firefox under that user? It may be a difficult to find setting in your old config that is causing the problem. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRZ3iOAAoJEJk11efqjIS4UwUIAKkxWTb/NFroWjGz706pwZ/c 49LV7nVzZKPPeqZ1e3EBdbAcc9ezfudWPr1uXrgWzrPV7Y6teImeXbysFglSv5X4 vTXo5mgTgvQQ8YJAYbK3Pnh+bnZHdGoxQZEGaIBiIFIQJhclj1zd6jXtZrISU5y6 zrG96kNWcMhLMnjckcewXjpZ/Wox7ij705nlP7MtWl/Xzpes0judQw075O+I8ws4 DjLE/ZAVqQ5UBlXfnPwwFh2hF5TyeQ7QwFES5XJSemqrUhiqaHnFDWzH1kFxbd2x WYBXCyNjja287fLRg4wLTqH/G+9F+mfYX3FVl6bNAIayiWaWSOA6F4dYkY9A1Wg= =dUhK -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] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/04/13 08:19, Tom Worthington wrote: This week I installed Version 20.0 of the Firefox web browser in Mint Linux. I have found it all but unusable. Some of the pull down menus (File, Edit View and Help) no longer function, nor does the right mouse button. What seems to happen is a collapsed list appears which just displays an up and down arrow, with no options to pick from. Anyone else have this problem? Works fine in Enlightenment on Ubuntu 12.10. Have you tried using the reset firefox button from the Help/Troubleshooting menu? It removes all your addons but often helps if something goes wrong. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRZe9JAAoJEJk11efqjIS492kIAImBl0qRxpSBfEQkF93ZZTvw /NI5ZQRR8OVsuu4yvnWFY8j3bRo3i71kJj7U4rl4d85bdbP01/bDbNfZRj3tF6AH 4AJSEV8YyyG+Yw+bH6wB6rw1eGlJA9bEXH0rcowBWELxWi73cNAaMN3OWsl4gkkH WpTmj4/5iSj9pEqt8sqhE0+zYBysg/R34BLXkfLyxfvyK/4TKbOsdiWDF3yQRy4M bd94fAgIL4kxlMDoePQaDfFS+8cLlmFlXLt8i2vbrZQLHtQtxdV10eo3ireqSZE5 CBUSMRnT2Qznfq+B6LmSKoUE6Pdmwk5k9nVNc7TOxhTpNGsKqTTlS7mxfi6Db0Q= =veUI -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] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/04/13 11:45, Tom Worthington wrote: On 11/04/13 09:01, Heracles wrote: Works fine in Enlightenment on Ubuntu ... That helps. There seems to be a problem in the interface between Firefox and the desktop managers in Mint Linux. I found I had fewer problems if I changed from MATE to XFCE 4. More of the pull down menus work, but those that do still looks strange: they float alongside or over the top of the menu bar, instead of being underneath. Also the right mouse button still doesn't work. This does not happen in Thunderbird, or other applications, just Firefox. Have you tried using the reset firefox button from the Help/Troubleshooting menu? ... No, unfortunately the Help menu is one of those not working in Firefox. BTW Did you know that enlightenment will work well on Mint. You can install the whole desktop from the package manager. It should probably solve the firefox problems. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRZhuYAAoJEJk11efqjIS4ZdUIAJjiQxZ26KuRwvYC06Wf+BbL AqV0t+c8cwf0BwBPsEnclUqcEMxXcEzkKDYkwNaEaHTt9zuw9yj3Sm+OpcXmuNns scRWxHNSimD9qK+Lep6TNxSaOf5OERILXFXWQtsPEMH6Ee7u5pisl/QLPyYQkh6R jUPrLnITYmxjBmeq659j7H8Ck9ln1Lf/Z5XpEkI3TLlisF9yJZwMsWpFDkyDlCSv rRZFC83HH70sm7IW3eVYOqWT8UfzjHJNicWdNjsZye3nk9BFhrN8xrPCK2Rzpo59 vZN/+ehYAWflso1uQI/2UrlXQdpZ36+7VsVsH+ae6wahUgp5jCLYCj26F5lsRIo= =GdFQ -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] 20 years of using Linux at home
On 08/04/13 08:08, DaZZa wrote: On 6 April 2013 13:50, Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au wrote: By coincidence there is a Linux link to Annandale Anthony Rumble (St Aidan's Niches) http://ramin.com.au/annandale/history.shtml Vale, Anthony. Anthony was the one who first turned me on to Linux. I remember taking the piss out of him when I was still running my BBS on OS/2 and he was spruking Linux (geeze, must have been more than 20 years ago now). Couple of years later, when IBM cast OS/2 to the scrapheap, I thought I'll give this Linux stuff a try - can't quite recall if my first distro was Yggrdasil or an early Slackware. Those were the days. DaZZa Anthony was one of the first people I met after I started coming to SLUG in the 90s. He was friendly and Knowledgeable. I occasionally went to his store in Five Dock. Seems like centuries ago! Heracles -- 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] 20 years of using Linux at home
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Ah! The early days! I must have started a little later than you - either late 92 or early 93 - as my version was on 11 5 1/4 inch floppies. I had to boot on disk 11 and then install using the other 10 floppies. The install was awkward but what a sense of achievement when you got it working. My system was a 386SX16 with 1 MB RAM. I was so impressed with the speed of Linux I have used nothing else since. Heracles On 05/04/13 21:46, Martin Visser wrote: Well today pretty much marks 20 years since I've used Linux at home. I'd been using Linux at since late '92, mainly as a way to cheaply repurpose some older PCs into X-Windows terminals for use in our UNIX development environment. I'd sold a bunch of shares from my employer, and decided to reward myself with a shiny 33MHz '486 powered PC. From memory the system cost me $3150. At the same time I bought my wife a nice upright Yamaha U3 piano (about 25 years old at the time). You can guess which one we still have, and which is well and truly buried underground. ;-) I specifically bought the PC with the intent on dual-booting Windows 3.1 and Linux. I did buy Borland C++ for the PC, but I really was more interested in playing around in Linux. Anyway here is the post to USEnet I made 20 years ago today. Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.linux/diR_GdOPV5Y/ejo0whA3PcoJ Path:gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!nigel.msen.com!sdd.hp.com! elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu !wupost!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin! iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au!eedwsa.itwol.bhp.com.au!visser Newsgroups: comp.os.linux Subject: Help installing Linux.(doinstall fails) Message-ID: 1993apr5.105557@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au From: vis...@eedwsa.itwol.bhp.com.au(Martin Visser) Date: 5 Apr 93 10:55:56 +1000 Sender: vis...@eedwsa.itwol.bhp.com.au(Martin Vesa (32-bit)) Distribution: world Nntp-Posting-Host: eedwsa.itwol.bhp.com.au Lines: 37 Hi, I,ve tried to install the SLS base system 99p6. I partitioned my 210 Maxtor drive to half DOS and then added a 15M /dev/hda2 (type 81 Linux,Minix) and 10M /dev/hda3 (type 83 Linux swap). After writing to the partition table and rebooting, I did a mkfs /dev/hda2 15504; mkswap /dev/hda3 4096; swapon /dev/hda3. After then running doinstall things seemed OK until it tried to start installing a2,a3 and a4. The system only looked at the disks for about a millisecond and then prompted me to insert the next one ( I was thinking , Boy! this installation is quick). Finally I got the prompt for formatted disk to make a boot disk. Thinking, I ahd finished, I attempted to boot this disk to no avail. Of course during doinstall I got messages such as mv: command not found, rm: command not found and so forth. I am guessing that my /dev/hada2 is not mounting and hence the file system is not being transferred. I have been trying to dissassemble doinstall as most erros seem to be redirected to /dev/null. One error I noted on booting is WD8013 not found at 280 . Can't the driver find my disk controller? I have a TMC 486/33 motherboard with a VESA IDE controller. Linux seems to be able access the disk because the partioning worked and mkfs -c works the disk out. Please help me out , I would love to get Linux up and running. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRX1Y/AAoJEJk11efqjIS4dDoIAM/KATeBiGfCv7/6JD2P43Db tmn279H/IV6wYGCdJsZyvP0B64kwZd/iJDiJ5def/lRTo9W7gaJA77ct31CTUpm3 Rrmipca7ID4b90GXhVOFm5aw1+6NFweh9CLv2Y2AkA4IQ5gCYsPrRtlMn8y/odaL /E5FrtBmYGIDCRjTzhdbsITxYlKHVZWiQcrGhofb3fjLMtYmo24AA6qZRz4K39U8 BFhmOsfBj2hylVmO3qnfIx7VdO94fFmoreQc4VscMSLzhzoM2V9IIIofUOqnDxuk gEY/xoZ2aEXKCHYnwlNYhvX5hQBHVTMFg8cG24F9Prqkj/TjXgaX/lVNoQVHh1w= =JcDY -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] 20 years of using Linux at home
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Yes, Ydrasil which, I believe, changed its name to Slackware in about 1994 was the producer of one of the first editions I tried. Heracles On 06/04/13 12:24, Michael Chesterton wrote: On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Ah! The early days! I must have started a little later than you - either late 92 or early 93 - as my version was on 11 5 1/4 inch floppies. I had to boot on disk 11 and then install using the other 10 floppies. The install was awkward but what a sense of achievement when you got it working. My system was a 386SX16 with 1 MB RAM. I was so impressed with the speed of Linux I have used nothing else since. Heracles My first install was in about 95-96, there was some distro starting with y that i have no idea how to pronounce or spell, I think slackware was my first install, but I ordered a midnight magic cd and tried them all. A colleague recommended debian and I switch to that. Full time linux at home was pretty quick afterwards, and full time at work as a desktop was probably sometime in the naughties. I ran lotus notes under wine, which ran really well. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRX4NmAAoJEJk11efqjIS49kgIAJ/qf7Rx86vlMJnJi8HgekGo R0rtCjZKsgVxqUTsKbmw686omQ+kzIHGb4lhW8fv+ifQV7ImeyEpvtPYid5Z7gsx 1lUZQG4V1ltRLjkbdd0hM7V3nkYX1/udQNLOzZqYMF05vGeruBmjVdKVh3Y2j9J+ XhDWWIE/REmXxsrFEBi5+rIIqw8M6lIwAiR+oFdzMbXEOnETA3vEuj2K34D5xGU4 ZmFnvZSxhbE179dV/yKf087LyI7hZ0isF+5OOyzKPinnH/CV9ctqVezJD8y1JYK4 k4HETOQI/UXD514TXFvJZfXKTKc/4uQFj9MKGYcLNgvCfYyz/vMbYvEZBlDDyYw= =ZbxE -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] Cool New Terminal Emulator for a modern look in Linux (David Lyon)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/04/13 14:16, Jason Ball wrote: Welcome to the world of Enlightenment ;) I'm actually surprised it's still going after all these years! I'm not! I used to use enlightenment as my desktop before I switched distros to Ubuntu (8.04 I think) and left it for a while but have come back to it since Ubuntu destroyed its gnome interface with unity (just my opinion - - not meant to be inflammatory). e16 DR17 is great and is much simpler and cleaner. As Linux should be, you don't have to use a tool if you don't like it. Terminology falls into this category. If you like it, use it, if you don't then don't. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRXkrFAAoJEJk11efqjIS4cskH/0cyuWnjrcI0kZpUyW2uE+8a WKeJNSHwopSjJlqO3OBsPjHlyPOr7rN9rFpetalKlreoegHOMrZYWqJh8gK6qMvD GhLNQCZfzBEhIJExTbgUP08t1KM9XI6v3l3C1eKb4IB4Go3nnpsZDIIuu4SbrYA8 MiUXekzz/HuEb3YTzSBd3ZyOb8dIIJjYF3nJpPTPbi64Sb+qknmRP7g+xftiRTb8 v3xX+9iyePMYSfLGtVDG9IDDlWk1WpSpA7uXwctV4ROemQwg1+MsmeAks46OFyH0 JEKhKtKt8TUg2GVOOmhXpLPnn8swzNblxGWw2KRXGQu+YUqHAcGO+03ncL/WObs= =BDhV -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] Ubuntu ver 12 and wireless internet access
On 11/05/12 15:14, Jeremy Visser wrote: Thus spake Heracles: Firstly check the set-up in your network manager. You may have accidentally replaced your old configuration file with the new network configuration file provided by the developer and may need to go through the set-up process again. I have no idea what the above means. Can you clarify? When you upgrade from one version of Ubuntu/Debian/... you are asked, during the set-up phase of each relevant package, if you want to replace your old configuration file with the one provided by the maintainer of the package. If you say yes then you lose your old configuration file for the package in question and a new one is provided. Often this is no problem, but if you have personalised the package - such as setting up your network - then you need to either retain your old configuration file OR go through the process (of setting up your network) again, from scratch. Hope that helps. Heracles -- 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] Ubuntu ver 12 and wireless internet access
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/05/12 09:55, Nico Marcar wrote: .Hi there I have just loaded Ubuntu version 12 onto my laptop (I was prompted to do so). I use Google Chrome as my browser and I have wireless access. Now I get a message every couple of minutes wanting me to enter my wireless key access code or I get disconnected. This was not happening with ver 11. Can you please advise how to solve this easily or do I need to reload the earlier version? Thank you. Nico Hi Nico, I loaded 12.04 onto my laptop and all went well. I use wireless access to the net constantly and it works perfectly. I can only guess that something went wrong with the load. Firstly check the set-up in your network manager. You may have accidentally replaced your old configuration file with the new network configuration file provided by the developer and may need to go through the set-up process again. If you installed/upgraded over the net you may also need to do an apt-get -f install to fix anything that did not install properly. This happened to me when I upgraded. Oh , and make sure that you have rebooted at least twice since the upgrade. I don't know why but this helps. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJPrF5lAAoJEL0OglrBXTzmTpAP/10Hgq2ESLMOTva/Ff4sO/UE d541mGkQZczBb3pa+XOPVSrIuVzTZ24+mV9N50/moWSJ6YRfnwrZ3xK544vfy5a+ dVMlkdfGh0wEvcbtXOHk5QBYksngscrVl/Z6Mv/X8ymmKxNqSRP4AWqNKru8Nja2 FYwJQJwSuEVvR59F88W6TSq5CDIYQ7QZXIAxd5SpdaHW+zjP2YFfiB/qBJt8gnGB Yky5FmbOtwSebpG9buZUnrLrbC24KZ9ieHQ5u9SIZfUpxhEXlRS56DHqN+J3vAGz /Xe5Nw5llszE1N7XG02+YFT8qTlMu+jykw23oZLO9Jwjhh8bJ8wIp9NaHimsNgCs oZCIEB4mTe8mm85OTULLgI1MKuTtuwjfZfd1tHtuRqvhqMOCmcj34O2HL54yzt0x Oojn3gU1MPmiNhpjJiuYThcfXoobNqGrvGJRTtsQuTHuInilAZzfXsI/+jflcgqp dm6t+MudvXSf+CyhiOyrxP7v+tlTG+6KQEKEWFh1aaM8rY3TaSDWNNIA4jcjnTZ1 m9l7fD37C6LxXr/Csh8G5v2Biop1e4TO+1xLnjXQmJf523S36MpHtQSDnYcqusUl FopxLYjvYedDuwdpj0nW3dZaU7fCy95Co9oXE3myjBCV1F686M6GVTRQ8K2DltX6 OlAeDRuI+2vNItZ3VfpP =QFzb -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
[SLUG] Ubuntu 12.04
Have a strange problem with this install. On my laptop (Core i3 X86_64) the update to 12.04 went OK (had to run the -f to fix and finish the install but OK) All works as expected. On my desktop (AMD II x4 with amd64) all seemed to run perfectly and every thing works EXCEPT although I can easily connect and talk to my router over wifi I cannot surf the net. I think it may be a DNS problem but on checking the configuration I find that nothing has changed. What is even more curious is that if I boot the previous version of Linux with the kernel (3.0.0.17) all is back. Note: When I upgraded I kept my config file for the network. I tried plugging in the OpenDNS servers at (208.67.222.222 etc) but no improvement. Any clues? Heracles -- 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] Ubuntu 12.04
I'll have to reboot to get those results. Might take a few minutes. Thanks Jake. Heracles On 03/05/12 14:15, Jake Anderson wrote: whats the results of ifconfig route cat /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/network/interfaces On 03/05/12 13:54, Heracles wrote: Have a strange problem with this install. On my laptop (Core i3 X86_64) the update to 12.04 went OK (had to run the -f to fix and finish the install but OK) All works as expected. On my desktop (AMD II x4 with amd64) all seemed to run perfectly and every thing works EXCEPT although I can easily connect and talk to my router over wifi I cannot surf the net. I think it may be a DNS problem but on checking the configuration I find that nothing has changed. What is even more curious is that if I boot the previous version of Linux with the kernel (3.0.0.17) all is back. Note: When I upgraded I kept my config file for the network. I tried plugging in the OpenDNS servers at (208.67.222.222 etc) but no improvement. Any clues? Heracles -- 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] Ubuntu 12.04
On 03/05/12 14:22, Heracles wrote: I'll have to reboot to get those results. Might take a few minutes. Thanks Jake. Heracles On 03/05/12 14:15, Jake Anderson wrote: whats the results of ifconfig route cat /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/network/interfaces Did the reboot and, on a whim, put the MAC address of the router (BSSID) and that of my WiFi card and all now works. ifconfig, route and /etc/network/interfaces were all identical to the working system. Not sure why the BSSID had to be there but it now works. Thanks Heracles -- 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] Ubuntu touchpad issues
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an Aspire 5741 and the touchpad works fine most of the time. It does occasionally stop working but this is usually after some program has crashed. I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 with no special configuration options. Heracles On 26/02/12 11:45, Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a Microsoft PS/2 touchpad. I can go into some detail on my case - her laptop's not here, but I'm hoping the fix will sort hers out as well. A USB wireless mouse plugged in to the Acer works fine; however nothing on the touchpad works. The Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server is installed and after installing tpconfig the Touchpad tab is present under Mouse and Touchpad settings. I installed gpointing-device-settings, which also recognises the device and provides for its configuration. But neither actually do anything. I've added 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=i8042.nopnp' to the grub conf, and the touchpad works at the login screen, so I'm assuming it's something associated with X, but I'm very inexpert in even understanding X, let alone debugging it, so: does anyone have ideas? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9J1GsACgkQybPcBAs9CE8gkwCfaBv33bbhlKmoBIRVHeOMLFQE xy4AoK0iBZG36m/nYQAN/Aed4TpZb6R8 =25rS -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] Android for work
On 15/12/11 13:02, David Lyon wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:45 AM, James Linderj...@tigger.ws wrote: When an elderly and distinguished scientist say something is not possible he is nearly always wrongsmile I know I could buy more memory or get multicores.. involves money and time.. The memory footprint of ubuntu 11 is obviously too much for the hardware I have and I'm not claiming anything else. I found Puppy to be kewl, but a bit off the beaten track. I used it for small embedded stuff, and much as I'm not a fan of the whole ubuntu paradgsm it does work and there is lots of expertise if you need it. Still if puppy works for you then use it :-) Embedded is what I'm working on.. so the speed advantage is what I need. PCLinuxOS is fast, uses a light X11 interface and works well in older hardware and just about set up my wifi for me. I have the 64bit version and it flies. Heracles -- 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] Suggestions please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Have you tried PCLinuxOS. It is a fairly small distro but easy to configure. Heracles On 07/12/11 13:20, Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I have an old laptop I'm planning to use at installation sites for a knockabout test laptop. It's a Toshiba Satellite L10: Pentium M 1.6GHz, 768MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Intel Pro 2200BG WLAN. I've tried several distributions on it so far, and getting a bit frustrated: * Ubuntu, Fedora CentOS install and run wireless (critical need) OK, but /*very*/ slowly * Lubuntu, Puppy, WattOS Knoppix run pretty quickly, but wireless is more than a little flaky - and slow to set up if it connects at all. I'm no longer a newbie, but neither do I want to have to play with command line configuration of wireless for every access point I set up! Am I really asking too much for a light distribution that will run quickly /*and*/ have simple support for wireless? If not, can anyone suggest a suitable distro? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7fZy8ACgkQybPcBAs9CE/teQCbBKeW1lqX/2zebSBxpWlOgKhX WqIAnRNh7HLytkSWBu1F3V8mi3bvLdS2 =cfnN -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] Seeking recommendation for music/video player
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If they're young, why not get them the Laser mp3/4 player? It is about $30 and can connect to external speakers. It also has a small integrated screen for viewing mp4 clips. I got one for my daughter at the computer market and it works fine. Pretty good sound too. Heracles On 29/11/11 21:35, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi all, One of my young ones has expressed an interest in an iPod like device (music, video, apps), preferably one that allows external speakers. I know, sound quality, blah blah, but they're young and it's for their room :) Other than the aforementioned device, what would people recommend? Thanks in advance, Regards, Patrick -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAk7VT7cACgkQybPcBAs9CE8BfQCfYBGwVuxn34GnOtWc8TGJGIhb NqIAmKIlzDk0lneZ+QQK8ihBXcPFSr0= =3V3i -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] A reliable crossword compiler.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are you looking for a Word maze program or a Crossword maker? If it is the former, there are many available as they are easy to write, if it is the latter, there are a few available but they all expect clues for the various words you use. Heracles On 07/11/11 09:55, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: Can anyone recommend a simple crossword compilerthat will work on Ubuntu? The one provided by the Department is as slow as a wet week and provides crosswords unworthy of the name. Ideally, I'd like to use a list of, say, fifteen surnames (ie., no clues) and it get on with fitting them into a grid (generated also by the program). Tried Sourceforge. The crosswords don't seem to be any better than the Department's. I'm also tired of reading that 9 out of 12 names have been fitted into a grid. Anybody had any experience with a good compiler? Regards, William Bennett. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk63G64ACgkQybPcBAs9CE+s1ACgq9huvWJnRVSUBmvlyVv5a82Z Yo8AoKXPtLa9tksh/9PKErHOdLmCFZlA =mhZy -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
[SLUG] Ubuntu 11.10
Has anyone made the mistake of moving to this unusable version? It seems glued to unity which is the best argument for the demise of Ubuntu I have ever seen. At least in 11.04 I was able to choose gnome as a desktop. With 11.10 the only choices are unity and unity 2D. I guess it's time to move to try another distro. Heracles -- 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] Cheap Linux/Windows wireless home networking options ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/10/11 21:29, Rod Butcher wrote: Sounds like my best option is just to use a cheap PCI wireless card as a WAP - can I do that ? - and use the PC as the router. Does this sound right ? My question then is, if serious businesses use expensive standalone programmable devices to provide WAPs, rather than the $100 routers at my local PC shop, how realistic is the setup I will be training on ? I will be configuring the PC as the router, along with security, encryption, iptables etc... how closely do the skills involved relate to those involved in a realword business setup ? thanks Rod Depends upon the situation. It could be a worthwhile exercise to get a cheap second hand CISCO router, as one of my students did, and learn with that. A relatively new one should be quite cheap and will give you skills in their scripting. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6Vdy4ACgkQybPcBAs9CE8PygCgqp0TLrxxBJYuBROmhj5CP2DO HKYAnRznIS5Gdym34KCNO8X+Qd6SUwLW =h/SR -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
[SLUG] Using enlightenment in Ubuntu 11.04
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have been trying to get enlightenment working as a desktop on ubuntu 11.04. I can get most things working but I can't seem to get it to connect to my ADSL 2+ router/modem. I am using wireless networking and all works perfectly with gnome but when I switch to e17 I get no connection. I tried using wicd and set up the WPA2 Key but it says bad password. When I return to the gnome desktop wicd connects easily so I know the encryption key is correct. I seem to have missed something. Any clues would help. I can get NetworkManager to run under e17 but can't get it to connect as it does not have a presence on the e desktop. (Aside: I can run e17 under unity but it is based on Mandriva and when I install it I can't get the grub boot manager to run it as an alternative with my other versions (Ubuntu 11.04 and Debian 6). Also note that Debian 6 does not work with my network card.) Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6TfNwACgkQybPcBAs9CE81LwCaAtG/HYBfTiG/t2KyjM7TgNhX gQ4AoImNgNpAceOYyenc0ucULC0fopCB =90Ex -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] Re: SUSE 11.4 failsage boot only after a first update (Joseph Buk)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25/09/2011, at 10:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: After I installed open SUSE 11.4 on 5/May/11 the system booted OK, normally, through to the Gnome desktop. Sometime later an automatic update occurred after which I have only been able to boot through in failsafe mode. Letting in boot through normally makes for the display disappearing off the screen but I think it is still booting through because, after I allow the time expected for a full boot through, I can hear/instigate sounds. Subsequent updates haven't corrected this fault and it's occurred the same on 2 separate installations - one on a pentium 4 HP, the other on a 64 bit P5 Acer. Anyone with any solutions to this? Joseph What happens if you press ctrlaltF1 to go to a text screen (tty1)? If it gives you a login screen, then login as root and use sax. Not sure if this is the culprit, but when I used SuSE I found that it sometimes broke the video driver for my nVidia card during upgrades. Easy to fix with sax as it will run in text mode. Just a thought Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5+sfgACgkQybPcBAs9CE+E5gCffX/ahq+/6GXDIm5cg792e7TN 3Z0AoIgR2sOkNuaK8YQ4mBvi7jDxZSpv =LSHi -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] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, The problem seems to have righted itself after the latest updates from Ubuntu. Thanks to all those who replied. I now know a whole lot more about cups. Heracles On 16/06/11 18:55, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=644041 http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1005 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4af+gACgkQybPcBAs9CE8/7QCgv66hWo/nfiKZGRnwD4+cQ3nf 7jsAniIemhvxF7e3x0M8wxmth7y9NjX+ =yk7Y -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] KDE gui package manger in Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, A. Not sure if this is suitable, but Software Center is available in Debian 6 and looks sort of similar the the Software Center in Ubuntu 11.04. B. Why KDE on Debian instead of the Classic interface in Ubuntu 11.04? NOTE: I also can't stand Unity but then I don't like KDE either. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4M//4ACgkQybPcBAs9CE9mrgCgu3kwskxHmITnEgmwnljxObwq pQQAn1mqRO44iNlDABBY3hvGb1cQx2Wn =v4xE -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] Libre Office
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/06/11 10:39, Francis (Grizzly) Smit wrote: On 28/06/11 06:54, Nigel Allen wrote: On 27/06/2011 15:52, Heracles wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have been trying to use the pdf converter in Libre office. It converts the text part of my documents correctly BUT it does not include the graphics. I just get a blank space where they should be placed. snip yep I'm using 11.04 natty narwhal and libre office works fine exporting to pdf pics included could be a settings issue Hi All, Found the problem. I had to delete the graphic and reinsert it. The graphic was part of the original document but not a separate file on its own. This worked fine in Open Office but Libre Office seems to need the document to have a separate graphic file available to it. Bit of a pain but easily solved by saving the graphic as a file and cutting the original and reinserting it. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4J6tMACgkQybPcBAs9CE9fewCeJNE4Mp/cmYltCVpnzicPK/W8 dU4AoLytfLBkLBL8hWyHD+l8C9H3KEwa =yoVK -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
[SLUG] Libre Office
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have been trying to use the pdf converter in Libre office. It converts the text part of my documents correctly BUT it does not include the graphics. I just get a blank space where they should be placed. I'm sick of having to reboot in another OS to use Open Office to do the conversion correctly! How do I get rid of this piece of crap and get Open Office back? I have tried the Synaptic package manager but it converts my request from Open Office to Libre Office. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 AMD64 Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4IGn8ACgkQybPcBAs9CE/jPACfeBSOiVq74epMXkPYyGKknZOu uggAn2ulKCqSkrgOriOIzDHE+HJcK/4R =He+h -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] Subscription-based netfiltering (parentally speaking)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/06/11 16:43, Brendan Molloy wrote: You could also consider the WOT tool: http://www.mywot.com/. It's ja plugin for a web browser that shows a rating based on child safety, trustworthiness, etc, so instead of purely blocking, simply explain to your child links that show up with an orange circle shouldn't be taken at face value, and red circled links should be possibly avoided entirely. The ratings are set by users of the client itself, so crowd-sourced classification. I've been using WOT for a while now. Very nice for avoiding random phishing links on Google :) Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: K L wrote: It has one unfortunate flaw in that it blocks domains rather than websites. So if at some time has hosted even one dodgy website out of the thousands it hosts or if a small number of users find the website not to their taste they can taint the whole domain. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4BIZUACgkQybPcBAs9CE8ThgCgudlWPqbicy23cDA4Ifd34nmr cEkAoJy/8lf9hLpkk8wcyZvNYx1R5MKl =NZYw -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] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/06/11 18:55, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=644041 http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1005 Thanks for the info. I have discovered that just downloading the required plugin each time I start the computer solves the problem for now. The info on the forums site is a few years out of date. The P1005 is supported out of the box now with a plugin from HP. This works in all distros EXCEPT Ubuntu 11.04 which finds it hard to retain the information between boots. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk351O0ACgkQybPcBAs9CE9/nwCfeHrwQ85eHyRIcIaW0dUUTrBg JfYAoJ1Ske6cMCGpzXldD7QC9x2pWsRZ =qSsT -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
[SLUG] Printer problem in Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have this printer attached to my computer via USB. Using Ubuntu 10.10 it worked fine. I have now installed 11.04 and the only way I can get it to work is to completely remove it each time I start my PC and reinstall it (including downloading a fresh copy of the drivers from HP). It will then work fine until my computer is restarted. Any clues would be appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk34XT8ACgkQybPcBAs9CE8ACgCgtQxJH4iubyKReHfE4qP/545f GvoAoIAlii7ffO4hcWoi4REBQUj+Ogq9 =QD6F -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] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15/06/11 18:11, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Wednesday 15 June 2011 08:20:32 Heracles wrote: I have this printer attached to my computer via USB. Using Ubuntu 10.10 it worked fine. I have now installed 11.04 and the only way I can get it to work is to completely remove it each time I start my PC and reinstall it (including downloading a fresh copy of the drivers from HP). It will then work fine until my computer is restarted. Any clues would be appreciated. Which printer is it ? It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk34u+gACgkQybPcBAs9CE9lLwCeJpx1mI8ePnfCVH/+G1x5mfVO 6zsAn16YLWCYls7U9K67sFkRLvbWw4dc =q7z4 -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] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/06/11 01:21, Troy Rollo wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10. Have you tried restarting cups? (sudo sh /etc/init.d/cups restart). If that works, then it is likely a problem with the order in which daemons are being started at boot (which could in principle affect some HP printers). If that is your problem it might be fixed by adding sh /etc/init.d/cups restart to /etc/rc.local. The only other remotely rational culprit I can think of would be your printer settings being symlinked into a directory in /tmp and /var/tmp, which would be a fairly effective way of losing settings on reboot (especially if they are ram disks). Regards, Troy Rollo Thanks Troy, I tried that but no luck. I have copied the cups log for the relevant period. It seems OK but still no printout without starting from scratch again. Cups Log: localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:54:55 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 401 244 CUPS-Get-Devices successful-ok localhost - root [16/Jun/2011:14:54:55 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 1462 CUPS-Get-Devices - localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:54:57 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 401 244 CUPS-Get-Devices successful-ok localhost - root [16/Jun/2011:14:54:57 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 1462 CUPS-Get-Devices - localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:54:57 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 4483179 CUPS-Get-PPDs - localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:58:35 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 256 Create-Printer-Subscription successful-ok localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:58:45 +1000] POST /printers/Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-P1005 HTTP/1.1 200 205812 Print-Job succe$ localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:14:58:45 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 345 Create-Printer-Subscription successful-ok localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:15:00:39 +1000] POST /printers/Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-P1005 HTTP/1.1 200 280 Print-Job successf$ localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:15:00:43 +1000] POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1 401 181 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok localhost - heracles [16/Jun/2011:15:00:43 +1000] POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1 200 181 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok localhost - - [16/Jun/2011:15:00:57 +1000] POST / HTTP/1.1 200 156 Cancel-Subscription successful-ok Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk35j3wACgkQybPcBAs9CE+WAgCfR8oBCf0c0CyYfvZe2wqv6Pj3 2EsAoIXLC8zElp79icyqLboWjckAKqj0 =tnM0 -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] Choice of OS's
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/06/11 19:56, onlyjob wrote: Unfortunately I'm just going to add some confusion because I recommend against CentOS and Ubuntu. OpenSUSE may be good only if you plan to use it on relatively powerful PC. If you're choosing only between CentOS and OpenSUSE, the last one is more up to date and it is original. You will be truly rewarded with unprecedented universality and stability if you choose Debian. Specific software requirements in most cases can be slightly bended to fit the best OS which may be far more important in long term. Regards, Dmitry. For someone new to Linux I would not recommend Debian as it can be a pain to get all the hardware support sorted. I still can't get it (Debian 6)to recognise my onboard sound system whereas Ubuntu, OpenSuSE and Fedora picked it up easily during install. Derivatives such as Ubuntu 10.10 (11.04 is flawed) are easier to set up. OpenSuSE 11.4 and Fedora 14 are also excellent choices. OpenSuSE 11.4 is on the cover disk of this month's APC magazine. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk3wywYACgkQybPcBAs9CE9YIgCfb+FFXeHQ26R0dKM16udRUbUU 9e0AnixgKP+fKXDL3aQ+e07gvwM2NZ2Y =xY91 -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
[SLUG] Unity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Is it just me or does anyone else on this list find the unity desktop in 11.04 beta a PITA. The workspace switcher is stuck in the side panel that is hidden when anything is on the screen. Nothing is truly configurable. I think we have finally been able to code something that is at least as bad as or perhaps even worse than windows. Thank the heaven that they had the good sense to allow the switch back to the classic Gnome desktop. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2k0IwACgkQybPcBAs9CE8sTgCdHpwyn6v4Y6ONzMt3dU24VJjp 3fgAn1VEDtNALJ5ivNB62j6p9J4TqCBq =pjjU -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
[SLUG] Windows 7 64bit
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Due to problems with my previous laptop computer, Acer replaced it under warranty. The new one is an Aspire 5741 and has windows 7 64bit installed. Are there any traps I should look out for in installing Linux as a dual boot or is it just the same as it was with windows XP? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2bo5wACgkQybPcBAs9CE8IOACgwdY6q4Ta16LOAFqlpnk+9BvZ bTwAn3SlBy60B86VAAkbmGueuXgi8hhM =0UMN -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
[SLUG] Debian Networking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks to all who replied. I installed the contents of the firmware folder from the net install disk into my Debian 6 install and all works perfectly now (if a little slow). Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2JWngACgkQybPcBAs9CE/30wCbBSxJkJ4dO+1H3vLq3D4p1Aup co8AoMMsWq73awe4TUi/0xx29Q4UGa1X =UzML -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] Debian 6
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/03/11 12:56, dave b wrote: On 8 March 2011 11:33, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do you get Debian 6.0.0 to see a network card? I have installed Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora core 14 and SuSE 11.3 and all of them detected and were able to use both my ethernet card (built in gigabit) and my Linksys wireless card (as rt61 PCI) with me only having to supply the encryption key. It should just work tm. However, if it isn't there (in the /sbin/ifconfig output) then you may need to install firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-linux-free. I am sure it should just work as it does in other distros but it doesn't. I have both firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-linux-free installed and still no joy. lspci shows the nic and so does iwconfig but ifconfig only shows the loopback interface. It does not even show the (100/1000Mb) ethernet interface. Ubuntu, SuSE and Fedora all show both. Am I missing something? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2FpEkACgkQybPcBAs9CE89ZQCghhDhv13fan+JZtmV+RVZwLQ4 N2gAoJ6WKPMHu8CI7VRRC6XAGcV5QUXX =9CD3 -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] Capturing high school graduates for Linux?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/03/11 19:28, Mike Lx wrote: Hi, I usually just lurk here, but I have to reply to this. I'm a year 10 student who got his craptop last year, and I hate to be a killjoy, but these things are _hard_ to do absolutely anything with, including installing another OS on ( and you run the risk of getting into *a lot* of trouble if you do so,) I think the point was that the DET will allow students to keep the laptops BUT not the OS on leaving school as the windows licence belongs to the Department not the individual student. By removing the licensed copy of windows from the laptop of a student who leaves school they have that licence to issue to another student. This means that at that point the student who leaves school will have to install a new OS - either their own copy of windows or something else - and as Linux is free and easy to use this might be a useful replacement at that time. No one is suggesting that anything be done whilst the student is still in school as the systems remain the property of the DET at that time. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk12I+UACgkQybPcBAs9CE9k/gCcDrUNWiozovVeCcPZZfn8JRb5 2M0An3mqNV3LIdvSzmazyTw48jcw64Vb =S5Vx -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
[SLUG] Debian 6
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do you get Debian 6.0.0 to see a network card? I have installed Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora core 14 and SuSE 11.3 and all of them detected and were able to use both my ethernet card (built in gigabit) and my Linksys wireless card (as rt61 PCI) with me only having to supply the encryption key. I'm sure there must be a simple way but NetworkManager (the default) and wicd are no help as the card is not recognised. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk11eVYACgkQybPcBAs9CE/PnwCdFv57edF1lD7Mwd1WWK16MdM2 IrcAn3gP4GcxYFoAX2nROL/UVLrsFB66 =jXwM -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
[SLUG] NVIDIA and Fedora 14
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Guys and Gals, My daughter has a problem in that she had to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to get her new wireless card to work. Unfortunately the only disk I could find locally, when I visited, was Fedora 14 (she lives 500km away). As I am unfamiliar with Fedora I made the mistake of assuming that it would be as easy as Ubuntu and just did the change for her. All worked well EXCEPT that it had no provision to easily load the proprietary NVIDIA drivers so she has no 3D acceleration. I gave her the link: fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod and she followed the instruction but she ends up with the final comment nothing to do and no drivers are installed. Remembering that any instructions to her will be by phone or email: Is there a simple way to add the NVIDIA drivers to Fedora 14 or would it be easier just send her a Ubuntu 10.10 disk and have her install that? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1YU58ACgkQybPcBAs9CE8b9wCfUcRMe5pVrSspaK7r4ehw94No uRYAnRtgMz8+XJIaS78pDeKB5kemPvi9 =+x4+ -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] Facebook Password Reset Confirmation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It is possible that one of our members who has a @slug.org.au email address has listed it as one of his/her addresses in their Facebook account. This should not have caused the problem but who knows? Heracles On 04/01/11 16:53, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: For what it's worth, several others received that Facebook bumph; some several times. I don't know what it means, or how it happened. My own reaction was to ignore (ie., delete) it. SNIP -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk0it/oACgkQybPcBAs9CE9cPwCdGuHrn5EYNUjG1LdhVjklezGT d28AnRCgOg4gLsQXaubE0MU3Wa6F1XzJ =t1jp -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] Flashplayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19/10/10 17:20, Malcolm Johnston wrote: Hi I've copied the new libflashplayer.so to its plugin directory, but something is not working. I get a message that I need to download a new flashplayer from Adobe, but that's what I've done. Restoring the older *.so gets me back to par, so no damage has been done; it seems, however, that I must be missing something. snip Cheers, Malcolm Johnston Check that the new Flash Player you have downloaded is the correct one. I know it's a long shot, but the 32bit one does not work in a 64bit environment and vice versa. I made that mistake once, so I know it can happen. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky9gwMACgkQybPcBAs9CE+PNwCfVBgps8w3QF/YTusI0XKMsjdB Zp0An1ks/PWsfuigjw2+bxCfqmxSew1o =GRG0 -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] Flashplayer 10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/10/10 10:37, Malcolm Johnston wrote: Dear Sluggers, I have a simple problem, which I would expect has a simple solution, but I'm being cautious and checking first. Snip Now, I'm constantly getting messages from sites with video material that I need to upgrade to ``Flashplayer 10''. I've got the unzipped, untarred file on disc, and it appears to be the case (from instructions such as those at the Abobe site) that I just need to replace: /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7/plugins/libflashplayer.so with the more recent ``flashplayer.so'', which is the entire contents of the tar zip file. Cheers, Dr Malcolm Johnston That's it. Just remember that there may be other copies of the old flashplayer.so on your system... perhaps in ~/.mozilla/firefox/whatever/plugins Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky706oACgkQybPcBAs9CE+M/gCfeLzpm3M63hgeXmy93C6JVr6s xlkAoLb52a1WO3/Dr9EO7eDgImxnSGOf =W2o1 -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
[SLUG] Disappearing Title Bar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The title bar on the windows that open within gnome sometimes go away. This is a random sort of happening. I may be using the system fine for an hour or so and then the next window I open has no title bar and when I look at the other open windows I find that their title bars have disappeared also. The only way they come back is by rebooting. Is this a bug in gnome? System: Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM OS: Ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome 2.30.2 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkylNYsACgkQybPcBAs9CE92GgCfdF+CsDCn4/WN4LPIqw8oWSj8 r7YAn10HY1kqLKHSu7kbYwOct8JFnAmo =5BHW -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] A distro which recognises Wi-fi on Asus eee 1005p?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/10 10:26, Jon Jermey wrote: Under Windows it can be turned on or off with Fn-F2, and it's always on after booting. I don't know any other way. The output from lspci -v tells me it's an Atheros Communications Inc Device 002c (revo 01) Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1112 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 Memory at fbff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: access denied iwconfig shows no wireless extensions on lo or eth0. Hopefully this means more to some of you than it does to me. The next step is to try ndiswrapper, I guess. Jon. Don't know if this is the problem, but you mentioned that eth0 works fine. When I installed Ubuntu 10.04 it picked up eth0 and forgot about wireless. I had to connect up using eth0 and download the wireless extensions. After that all worked fine. See what iwconfig says. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxaIKcACgkQybPcBAs9CE935gCgn15UfyPYWW/DHXMiVZrN/rM8 NeMAn0x/CosJTCl5w6ryAH6TcF5tY4eq =wamI -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] Accessing the web with Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What exactly do you mean? To access the net an OS has to recognise the equipment you use. Are you on a machine using an ethernet card or a wireless card or are you using a USB stick modem? Does the OS recognise them? Heracles On 26/07/10 14:12, Jose De Almada wrote: Hello Having installed Linux, I am unable to access the web. I've Telstra broadband. Please, help!? Thanks, José De Almada -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxNFFYACgkQybPcBAs9CE9zfQCfUmmdln/LT87N9ZjwH2qn+PpT 2WkAmgLL/hxn7b87heP27Y58TklJakLe =cqM3 -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
[SLUG] master password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi , During my upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 from 9.10 I have had a glitch that I can't seem to beat. Somehow a master password has been created so that I can no longer store the passwords I use to get and send email using Thunderbird. Is there a way to remove the master password in Thunderbird. If I untick the Use Master Password item in the preferences I am asked for the password in order to complete the action. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvhNTkACgkQybPcBAs9CE98SgCfROwh56nWTHHgRQr8cYsLD/n3 pgoAnAlXv4Ayx6HBsAijGcqrf4jIkKFJ =ZME+ -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] master password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Marghanita, On 05/05/10 19:23, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Did you try clearing the passwod under set masterpassword? Yes, but when I do this it asks for the Master Password before it will clear it. Sort of a Catch 22 situation! Heracles wrote: Hi , During my upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 from 9.10 I have had a glitch that I can't seem to beat. Somehow a master password has been created so that I can no longer store the passwords I use to get and send email using Thunderbird. Is there a way to remove the master password in Thunderbird. If I untick the Use Master Password item in the preferences I am asked for the password in order to complete the action. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvhbxoACgkQybPcBAs9CE9WIwCghVa3P8aJAl+HBhECfK14HiOw FoUAnjSf73FP4+MUyGuYSmxQDk3CDGWK =8lu7 -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] master password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/05/10 02:13, Rick Welykochy wrote: Heracles wrote: Hi Marghanita, On 05/05/10 19:23, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Did you try clearing the passwod under set masterpassword? Yes, but when I do this it asks for the Master Password before it will clear it. Sort of a Catch 22 situation! There seems to bee some master password fu here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password and here: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t10416-forgotten-masterpassword.html involving either: 1. type in location: chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul or more desperately 2. remove the files that store the encryption key (key3.db) With either method, you lose all stored passwords. Another option of course is to create a new profile. cheers rickw Thanks Rick, That worked. I started Thunderbird in a terminal with the command: thunderbird -chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul A small window popped up allowing me to do the reset. The master password has been wiped. Thanks again Heracles PS. My problem with Firefox has been solved (sort of). I removed some ot the addons and plugins and reinstalled it and them and now all is back to normal speed. Unfortunately my internet seems to have slowed quite a lot. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkviC3sACgkQybPcBAs9CE/oyQCfeIYmmAlBayiYLRE8+c2dLj3W 71IAoJIToDBdWrISGtGzoCd2pmwSrygF =ZMzb -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
[SLUG] Passwords in Thunderbird
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Not sure if this got through before as it hasn't bounced back. I have just upgraded to 10.04 Ubuntu. Now: 1. My passwords have decided that a master password has been set. It has not been done by me and I cannot find this (I presume) randomly set master password. 2. Firefox is so slow as to be unusable. Any suggestions on how to remove the master password would help. Thanks Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkveRmcACgkQybPcBAs9CE8DNQCfT8ZvDaIlo9/yJDQPQaO0Oej/ kbsAnilBY+oqjUaK5zKRMDmxRs+DLgOp =xbQ0 -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] SLUG Membership decline
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Pittman wrote: Incidentally, before someone comes to the clever idea: if y'all do decide to do a magazine, and you do decide to reuse content from the mailing list, make sure you get appropriate licensing. Which, in turn, means you get a real copyright lawyer to OK your strategy. Nothing sucks worse than republishing, as an example[5], my content, then finding out that I deliver a demand for significant licensing fees from you, backed up with my own lawyer and legal threats.[6] I know what yo mean as it takes a lot of time to get permission to reproduce articles. This is why, in the magazine I edit for my other computer club, I only publish content that is submitted by the author of the material or that which comes with a specific permission from the original author. If someone submits material from an unknown source I find out where it came from and get permission. If that is not forthcoming then I don't publish it. Unfortunately this means that I end up writing about 30 to 40 percent of the articles myself sometimes. I guess I spend about 70-100 hours on each issue. It certainly cuts a chunk out of my life. But with an Editorial Committee it would not be so bad. I do it alone and as some of our members are overseas members it is the only benefit they get from the club. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAku2ivYACgkQybPcBAs9CE8zTACgrfF1RLsx69vc3ncIKWlip56d +FUAoLCloUAxiMw1ohPBE0GEcxMZpjlT =40x6 -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] SLUG Membership decline
jon wrote:
As of March, we have 37 financial members. This represents a decline
from 51 members twelve months ago. I suspect that this is merely due
to inadequate promotion on our part. A challenge we currently face is
presenting a good reason to become a member. Other than voting rights
and a warm and fuzzy feeling, the benefit is admittedly minimal.
I don't know if this is the place to raise this, but as a new member I
can think of two things that might help:
1. Make it possible to obtain and renew membership online -- or even
by snailmail -- rather than having to physically attend a meeting
(right now, for instance, I'm not a member because I don't get into
town when the meetings are on).
Snip
Jon.
In this area I must agree with Jon, I have been a financial member of
SLUG from the day we decided to have a financial membership and have
been a regular attender until a relatively recently when SLUG moved
about a bit. (I like the new venue by the way) I would love to be able
to stay a financial member and being able to pay my annual subs online
would be great as I was unable to make the AGM.
Also, SLUG should consider producing a magazine for members filled with
articles from members including tutorials, reviews of open source
software and code snippets, updates on what members are working on and
some basics. It could become a benefit of membership. It could be
emailed as a pdf to financial members at their slug.org.au email address.
{note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been
trying to use the stable version to produce a magazine I write for
another computer club and had to go back to using OOo as Scribus crashed
almost every time I tried to use the story editor to change the text a
little. It needs a lot more development to be usable.}
Heracles
PS. WHo is the treasurer now and can I organise to pay my subs online
please?
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Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:38:35 +1100
Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
SNIP
{note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been
trying to use the stable version to produce a magazine I write for
another computer club and had to go back to using OOo as Scribus
crashed almost every time I tried to use the story editor to change
the text a little. It needs a lot more development to be usable.}
What version of Scribus are you using? I have used it a fair amount,
but always the ScribusNG package. I have never had any problem with it
at all. First on Debian Lenny, recently on Debian Squeeze. A quick look
at the Ubuntu forums didn't turn up any recent complaints about crashes.
Also, the Scribus website has just announced a bug-fix version 1.3.6.
Since LyX/LaTeX have usually been sufficient for my publishing
needs, I have never been a heavy user of it, so maybe I just haven't hit
the wall. Still, seems surprising to me since I have had very good
results when I have used it.
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Alan,
Version is 1.3.3.14(Stable)
I'll upgrade to 1.3.6 and see if that helps. My magazine is 24 pages, so
it should not be a problem for even a simple DTP.
Thanks
Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline
Heracles wrote:
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:38:35 +1100
Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
SNIP
{note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been
trying to use the stable version to produce a magazine I write for
another computer club and had to go back to using OOo as Scribus
crashed almost every time I tried to use the story editor to change
the text a little. It needs a lot more development to be usable.}
What version of Scribus are you using? I have used it a fair amount,
but always the ScribusNG package. I have never had any problem with it
at all. First on Debian Lenny, recently on Debian Squeeze. A quick look
at the Ubuntu forums didn't turn up any recent complaints about crashes.
Also, the Scribus website has just announced a bug-fix version 1.3.6.
Since LyX/LaTeX have usually been sufficient for my publishing
needs, I have never been a heavy user of it, so maybe I just haven't hit
the wall. Still, seems surprising to me since I have had very good
results when I have used it.
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Alan,
Version is 1.3.3.14(Stable)
I'll upgrade to 1.3.6 and see if that helps. My magazine is 24 pages, so
it should not be a problem for even a simple DTP.
Thanks
Heracles
Just finished the download. I'll see how it goes. Funny thing happened,
I was able to run two instances of Synaptic both downloading different
programs in different windows simultaneously. It usually won't allow this.
Heracles
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[SLUG] Scribus
I am using Scribus (stable) on Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit) and it crashes so frequently as to be unusable. It is usually when I have the story editor open and try to make a change to the text. I am using it on my notebook which is an intel pentium dual core with 4GB RAM. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Heracles -- 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] Scribus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Andrew wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:42:32PM +1100, Heracles wrote: I am using Scribus (stable) on Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit) and it crashes so frequently as to be unusable. It is usually when I have the story editor open and try to make a change to the text. I am using it on my notebook which is an intel pentium dual core with 4GB RAM. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Can you reproduce the problem? Or is it at random? If the latter, it might be a hardware problem (i.e. bad memory). Nick. The problem occurs on both my machines but tends to only happen when I am using the story editor. I thought the laptop might be at fault at first so I ran memtest86 with no errors. I was surprised to have the crash repeat on my desktop system which is also an intel core 2 duo with 4GB running Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit). Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuxjCAACgkQybPcBAs9CE8IZwCfe1G9ZAl4ivwOc5Lhkz5ifZSG 8KUAn153U2Sz/mWDK5OVmcA006bJprdQ =ZMHD -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] ubuntu network manager dns
Ashley Maher wrote: I am trying to set up a Telstra Prepaid wireless usb modum to Ubuntu 9.10. The initial set up went very well. However /etc/resolv.conf was empty. (As has been noted by some users I found using google) So I statically entered some dns servers into /etc/resolv.conf from the telstra list. Pinging the ip number of the server works fine. Pinging the web address fails. So I entered the Bigpond dns servers for NSW, Queensland and Victoria into network manager. This creates a nice shiny /etc/resolv.conf that looks correct when ever the connection is made into the telstra network. Still, ping works for ip numbers, fails for urls. Yet if I enter a url - ip number pare into /etc/hosts all is good. Remove the entry from /etc/hosts fail again. Anybody with any ideas? Thanks in advance. Regards, Ashley Just a thought but I put my DNS addresses in the prepend statement in dhcp.conf and all works fine. I use a BLiNK usb modem on Ubuntu 9.10 when I'm using my laptop, not telstra but the systems should be similar. Regards Heracles -- 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] Tutorial Friday week
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On 19 February 2010 11:36, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, First some info: I have an old Acer Travelmate 529ATX with 512Mb RAM(its max). It has a P111 (coppermine) about 900 MHz and a 120GB HDD. At the moment I am running PCLinuxOS and dual booting with XP. I have given Linux a 10GB file system drive and a 60GB home drive with a 1GB swap. Now question or two: 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? 2. If it is, can anyone recommend a distribution/desktop/setup that would be considerably faster than PCLinuxOS/Gnome? 3. If this notebook is too low in spec, what would you recommend as an inexpensive replacement for the tutorial? I believe the rule of thumb is that you should be fine if you can run TuxRacer or some simple 3D game. I tried to run extreme tux racer and it was too slow to be usable. I am running PCLinuxOS with Gnome. Would there be a better/faster setup I could use on this machine Or would it just be easier to get something a little newer with a gig or two of RAM? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuDZy0ACgkQybPcBAs9CE+9wwCeMLpdwk4QzkgsdhiZFkdEd0ky jFIAoMJTrhfybNJzITKoOH9XdWGW2lkH =vSAw -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
[SLUG] Joomla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I get a copy of Joomla installed on Ubuntu 9.10? I have downloaded the file package ffom their site, but it is in zip format and gunzip says unknown suffix --ignored and does nothing NOTE: If it is gpl, why is it not in the Ubuntu repositories? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuB0aEACgkQybPcBAs9CE9KDgCfWsNye1bfwLRpVbQaaMI+FQSi azIAn1xXH33u/+IuGPzpnPV6cP6fFnqf =F00d -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
[SLUG] Joomla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ignore my last post. I had a brain crash ...need sugar! Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuB2LsACgkQybPcBAs9CE822ACghh2zW8zKVgjxeqhTVPbw1vob qS8AoMBDThR65CS6BMfrhlSA9f3dF7jm =k2mS -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
[SLUG] Tutorial Friday week
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, First some info: I have an old Acer Travelmate 529ATX with 512Mb RAM(its max). It has a P111 (coppermine) about 900 MHz and a 120GB HDD. At the moment I am running PCLinuxOS and dual booting with XP. I have given Linux a 10GB file system drive and a 60GB home drive with a 1GB swap. Now question or two: 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? 2. If it is, can anyone recommend a distribution/desktop/setup that would be considerably faster than PCLinuxOS/Gnome? 3. If this notebook is too low in spec, what would you recommend as an inexpensive replacement for the tutorial? TIA Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkt93QIACgkQybPcBAs9CE9tMgCguhLjgC3bBicwnGqoCIutPNfn t74An1vml85paDlN5hOsSyOiNuOPr8kK =VeDz -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] Tutorial Friday week
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Foskey wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 11:36 +1100, Heracles wrote: 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? How long is a piece of string. For Uni tutoring / lectures I favour weight versus performance. If we are talking about throwing graphics on a screen anything can do that. I have done full tutorials on a much worse system than that running adobe acrobat and it ran fine. I don't recommend acrobat, bet evince is faster so test it! If you are doing some intensive processing to highlight a feature or monitoring network traffic realtime on a heavy network then it will not hold up. Ta Ken Thanks Ken, But what I really meant was: Is it good/fast/etc.. enough for the specific tutorial on python programming being held at the SLUG meeting this month? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkt96cQACgkQybPcBAs9CE98agCguEMQaibPOIOoZE/F1lpL2kdM FtIAoLJvzzWMIwm7S6QtqJ5Gi8qwA64r =881e -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] 64 bit.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Visser wrote: On 08/02/10 20:37, Josh Smith wrote: Those of you who are running 64 bit versions of Ubuntu . . are there any pitfalls? Any problems with applications? Speed? - Snip Jeremy. Been using 64 bit for about 3 or 4 years now. The only issue I have is Firefox 3.5.7 is very slow to start (usually 90 seconds or more after I click on it before it starts). Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktwPyQACgkQybPcBAs9CE8bYwCghqQMGgZ++MWNTnw4I1JjcvpK 8mIAoJPkzcTC501S1SLnEM7vK89gZ837 =dcUs -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] grub error 15
da...@kenpro.com.au wrote: Snip # grub-install --recheck /dev/sdc3 Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device I unplugged all but the root drive and it boots perfectly. Progressively replugging all the drives seems to have random results. There is one IDE drive and three SATA, one of which is the rood drive and another one is in a caddy. I have had as many as two of the four extra drives running but can't get them all to go at once. I'm beginning to think it's a BIOS/motherboard problem. I've just rebooted again with only the boot drive plugged in. Just a thought, but some BIOSes have trouble mixing SATA and IDE drives (Mine - Athalon64 Gigabyte board - is an example). One option to try if the boot drive is SATA then physically set the IDE drive to slave. It should then be moved to the end of the list. Most older BIOSes check for IDE drives first then look for SATA drives so it is not a great idea to mix the two. Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Copying HDD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have a friend's HDD which has a Slackware server install. It is essential that It stay intact but I need to clone it to another drive. On the original drive the installer fixed the partition at 4 GB but I wish to let it have a bit more space - say 20 GB. Do I need to use dd or is there a simple gui way. I need to copy ALL the files across. Thanks Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktUVVEACgkQybPcBAs9CE830gCfc98ccRjhKwDARYrGvR35AoVK iE4AoL9ZV6eby94Ps2C0OT0AcuIve1Br =gdmg -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
[SLUG] Desktop publishing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I've recently taken back the job of creating the monthly magazine for a computer club I have been a member of since 1982. The person who gave me a couple of years rest used windows and word so I will have to recreate the templates from scratch probably. The magazine is 24 pages for which the format is fairly fixed. Page 1 is a cover with graphics and some text, Page 2 has an index (which obviously changes monthly) and other fixed text and page 24 is basically fixed with only a small part (Dates) of its text changing monthly. Pages 3 to 23 (where all the new content is placed) are set up as 2 columns with a footer but no header. I used to use Open Office and made it in four parts which I combined and created a pdf for the printer when I did it in the past but I was wondering if there might be a simpler way to set up a template for the whole magazine as one unit and just make the minor changes and drop in the new body text each month. Any recommendation would be appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktOiK4ACgkQybPcBAs9CE85PACfafQ5gf7aoUHM6l1XVhoaLgeW oRUAnAyuf0bC8R6tRkj530irBDBfw6Ri =mOlx -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] Shuttle computer and Slackware
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Actually it turns out that the cooler is called an ice genie and contains distilled water as a conductor fluid. So I might be able to get the whole unit. Thanks especially to Dazza. PC Case Gear knew about them but didn't have one. Still stumped with the Slackware xorg.conf file setup. Heracles james wrote: Sounds like the standard AMD fan You can put a 3 pin connector on the 4 pins - key to stop screwups, so case, chaasis, power fan connector can be used. Many bios' allow you, with a fan, to configure no cpu fan :-) (There's a hole in my bucket ...) James -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktL1+IACgkQybPcBAs9CE9eOQCcCBI1RGtT3Y99D5pNhbwNgIZX XlIAniBLeCbEJXvHrKkMWwBdeC+Y/qLW =Z+GG -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
[SLUG] Shuttle computer and Slackware
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have a two part problem at the moment related to mate who has a shuttle computer which seems to have a liquid based cooler for the processor. Unfortunately the fan for this cooling system has failed and so the system won't start. The fan has a four pin connector that goes to the motherboard and must get some feedback from this during POST. We have tried the distributor only to be told that they change their system about every three months and do not keep parts for systems as old as his (18 months old). 1) Does anyone know where I can get a fan with this 4 pin connector - it looks similar to a DVD sound connector. 2) I have tried to get the system running on a different computer by connecting the HDD (it is Slackware Linux based) but it errors out with no screens found. The techie at the company that installed the software suggested that we change the PCI entries in xorg.conf from 2:0:0 to 1:0:0 but this changes nothing. I have not used Slackware since version 3.5 and have no idea what the xorg.conf should look like. Any suggestions would be of assistance. NOTE: The system runs the video screens in my friend's store and runs without a keyboard or mouse. He can log into it and edit what goes on the screens with another workstation and going to its web page (it runs as an internal web server with most of the code written in php) and making the changes there. Sorry for the long post Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktKgsUACgkQybPcBAs9CE/VhQCfVc57X5hZTJGzZBXxhrThBCzQ Gs0AnjJn/JIKRGtJSuMXednxB8gUcDHm =6Jpv -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] Re: Buffer overflow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thank-you Patrick, That did the trick. I can now use Google Earth again. Stay well and happy Heracles elliott-brennan wrote: Hi Heracles, I found this (don't know if it will work): Remove or rename libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the installation directory. I did: cd /opt/google-earth/ sudo mv libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.orig sudo mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.orig http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/earth/thread?tid=0ab0ed80ed61cbfchl=en Regards, Patrick -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktCdsAACgkQybPcBAs9CE8nigCgoCGZKQvptPPj+7vIyYEUMbpX BL0AoMLSts6KxuAxoRY9ATKIF87b37lP =7Wk8 -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
[SLUG] Buffer overflow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Two strange (to me) things have started happening with my system [it is an AMD Semperon 3300 with 1.5 GB RAM running Ubuntu 9.10 AMD64 with all the ia32 bits). 1) I have run BOINC on my machine for years. Now for some reason it is terminated on start up with a buffer overflow message. 2) GoogleEarth will no longer run and complains that libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by ./libgoogleearth_lib.so) But I have not changed anything - except the regular updates that come through for Ubuntu - and it just started this behaviour for some reason. What is meant by the XX and Where do I get the required GLIBC library. Any clues appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktBHP8ACgkQybPcBAs9CE/KRgCgm+xYp/Z5Z0q5lDa8FA1UPZmD I+MAn1fRlP9DI0LTcpX6GkY0kYLbvayC =sAvz -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] 32 bit compatibility
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jeremy, When I issue the commands as you suggest I get the results that you posted. i.e. $ uname -m x86_64 $ linux32 # uname -m # i686 Note the change in the $ to # from this point I still can't get it to install. I get for: # ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb - -sh: ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb: Permission denied even as root. If I make the .deb executable I get: # ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb: 1: Syntax error: newline unexpected Maybe I need to do some more reading! Thanks Heracles Jeremy Visser wrote: On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 12:38 +1100, Heracles wrote: I know I should know this but I want to install the Lightscribe programs onto my AMD64 system. I have put in the ia32 libraries but I still get the message Wrong Architecture and can proceed no further. What have I missed? Perhaps the `linux32` command may help. $ uname -m x86_64 $ linux32 $ uname -m i686 If that doesn't work, a 32-bit chroot would definitely make it work, of which how-to guides are plentiful. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks5ZRkACgkQybPcBAs9CE+ILgCeLdzQQ8o7IseDF/Dkk4bqlDrq +LwAn1CEq5I8B8qGZzZUeBpYAaU4/ZQE =+uf5 -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] 32 bit compatibility
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jeremy, The --force-architecture switch worked fine. All seems to be installed. Thanks again Heracles Jeremy Visser wrote: On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 13:10 +1100, Heracles wrote: # ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb Ah, you should have mentioned that you were trying to install .deb files before. Makes all the difference in the world. For starters, why are you trying to execute the .deb file? Why not dpkg -i? Would explain this error quite nicely: -sh: ./lightscribe-1.18.10.2-linux-2.6-intel.deb: Permission denied To force the install of an i386 package on an amd64 architecture, you want the dpkg --force-architecture switch. Give this a try (don't worry about the linux32 stuff): # dpkg --force-architecture -i ./lightscribe*.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks5hJsACgkQybPcBAs9CE8AcwCgsz4Ul1sg1koVGjyENqtSwZ0E jF8An2xaRIZkyQ/gHd0CajAcWx1RO8DX =iLtI -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
[SLUG] 32 bit compatibility
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All and Merry Christmas, I know I should know this but I want to install the Lightscribe programs onto my AMD64 system. I have put in the ia32 libraries but I still get the message Wrong Architecture and can proceed no further. What have I missed? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkswIyQACgkQybPcBAs9CE+HfQCbBnMcJ3Ht/GmNB6/ktNlNz07k XpcAoMMFCRhw72oQpeA+cctIoxEnxKZl =fmwJ -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] Australian government to censor your internets
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Ben Donohue wrote:
Don't pirates kidnap people and hold them for ransom, therefore denying
their freedom?
Anyway, I for one don't mind the Gov't filtering out child porn and all
the other crap that tries to get my attention.
There is so much good stuff out there that I can fill my mind with that
rather than the lowest common denominator crud.
Yeah so flame me!
(Also, this should be moved to slug chat)
Ben
Hi Ben,
Filtering such sites is not the problem. Responsible ISPs and even
Google already do this. It is the government using the motherhood
argument to sneak in a very powerful propaganda tool that is the problem.
Who then determines what is appropriate (and fits in with their values)?
It is putting into the hands of a public servant the power to determine
what is filtered for the rest of eternity and that is a problem.
The argument goes - to block undesirable sites we need to be able to
determine from time to time what is inappropriate material. {This can
include anything, even material that puts the government of the day in a
bad light}
Once the legislation is implemented then what is filtered is up to the
government of the day - or more likely a public servant until they
outsource the filtering to (say) Microsoft.
I know that this is an extreme example but:
For example, if they wish to convince the public of how wonderful their
new tax has been in the reduction of methane and carbon dioxide
pollution they only have to have all material that shows otherwise
listed as inappropriate for public access and block it. We would be none
the wiser as we would not know it existed.
Just my thoughts
Heracles
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[SLUG] Pulse Audio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 I no longer have sound. lspci recognises my Creative Labs Live card but I get nothing out of it. Last time this happened I fixed it by the complete removal of Pulse Audio. Is there a simple fix or do I just have to remove this malware. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkruN5wACgkQybPcBAs9CE+foQCfbAzL0zRrqizSEkBZvtygRzLP QkwAnRJ45AUWRzyVPhX+xtdDgnGEa6Vl =+CZs -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] Pulse Audio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Robert, It was a little more complicated than that but you gave me the clues. I have several different distros on my system and the grub I needed was in a different filesystem. All fixed now I think. Haven't tried sound in utube as yet but everything else seems to work. Heracles Robert Collins wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 12:36 +1100, Heracles wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 I no longer have sound. lspci recognises my Creative Labs Live card but I get nothing out of it. Last time this happened I fixed it by the complete removal of Pulse Audio. Is there a simple fix or do I just have to remove this malware. check your kernel - uname -a - if the date is not from October, then run 'sudo update-grub' and reboot. If that still has no sound (and not just muted), do 'sudo update-initramfs' and reboot again. -Rob -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkruShEACgkQybPcBAs9CE+70wCdEsoA7C16J1j/FOoJiAuos6sg uPMAn2HxM99AgQPT3/J2aNIRGhpebZa0 =fZo3 -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] Pulse Audio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry Daniel if I offended your favourite program. It is just that I have had to re-setup my sound several times now with each ubuntu upgrade and it has almost always been a problem that could be lain at the feet of PulseAudio. I have been able to solve the problem this time with Robert's advice and editing of some files but in the past it has had to be removed to repair the system and it took ubuntu desktop with it - not a characteristic of a well behaved program. It has given me grief in the past so I have always considered it malware but I take your point and will not do so in future. Heracles Daniel Pittman wrote: Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au writes: After upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 I no longer have sound. lspci recognises my Creative Labs Live card but I get nothing out of it. Last time this happened I fixed it by the complete removal of Pulse Audio. What was PulseAudio doing that caused you to have problems with sound output? Have you checked if that is happening again? If not, what exactly isn't working: is it just that GNOME applications through libcanberra are not outputting audio, or other things? Does audio work if you tell an alsa application to talk direct to the hardware? Have you checked the volume levels and mutes on the sound card? Is it actually supported? IIRC, at least some of the Creative cards required firmware to offer various basic facilities — like sound — and didn't offer other basic facilities — like mute — with anything that could be redistributed. Is there a simple fix or do I just have to remove this malware. While PulseAudio may not work for you, throwing around the malware label is the same as the people who unsubscribe from mailing lists by hitting the report as SPAM button in their mail client: It is unhelpful, technically incorrect, and it makes you look kind of silly. A better approach is to say something like ...remove this awful, broken pile of steaming refuse that I would be ashamed to allow to touch my systems. :) Daniel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkruaIYACgkQybPcBAs9CE9Z+ACffMESMl9O1BeoYW/oI2Piq9q3 s6kAoJqRvLbV+pKvmB6SbLV8zXzf7Ein =IOor -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] Thanks RE:Network Traffic Visualisation - any gui prgs/interfaces?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If that is the perfect solution and the VB source is available why not just use it as a template and rewrite the program you want in Gambas. Heracles bill wrote: Thanks to Glen, db, peter and David for replies re above. iftop is almost what I wanted - Wireshark is the closest but a bit involved to setup and get running ( at least it was for me) but I've got it working. Just for info purposes, the Widows prg I was referring to is LanMonitor from KarenWare (http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptlanmon.asp) It is a VisualBasic program and is free (including sourcecode) but it doesnt run under Wine for me. Thanks again Bill -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrm5b0ACgkQybPcBAs9CE9lgQCaAyi7QlhBQuBfniCEiXlCRtZ9 2R8An28eB1Pqm/Aj9hTcMXc2TOe/rgrT =DBaz -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] Send Link in Firefox?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It works fine on my setup. I have Thunderbird for mail on Ubuntu 9.04 and Firefox is 3.0.14. Heracles Arnaldo Ariel Arrieta wrote: Hi. Im using Firefox (Shiretoko) 3.5.3 on Jaunty, with Evolution as mail client. And Send Link is not working :-) -- Ariel On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:21, Erik de Castro Lopo mle+s...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Hi all, Does anyone have a the File - Send Link menu item in Firefox working? I'm running Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu Jaunty and Karmic. My preferred mail client is Sylpheed. TIA, Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrCCgIACgkQybPcBAs9CE/m/QCfYtIOtzz1pv8tbl03SF28U3Ih KtgAnRzSeGiZcB7SH+F5wqWL9XAJrPqA =pU3y -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] Send Link in Firefox?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Erik, Yes I use Gnome. My system is also using the x86-64 version of everything. I also have SuSE 11.0 and have tried it there, also with gnome and Firefox 3.0.14, and it works. I have not as yet tried it with Sabayon (I have KDE on that) but will do so later today. It may be a problem in Firefox 3.5 perhaps. Heracles Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Heracles wrote: It works fine on my setup. I have Thunderbird for mail on Ubuntu 9.04 and Firefox is 3.0.14. Are you using Gnome? Erik -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrCoXEACgkQybPcBAs9CE+GBwCgpS8aoVd+k7ehaMfKRtYf5CZF 5UoAn1kXqU5mPfEtMAiCRdeo0l12fnu3 =DHQg -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
[SLUG] Volume control
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a curious situation. I have a Sound Blaster Live card in my Ubuntu64 9.04 system and have turned the internal card off in the bios. The volume control tells me it is set for the Sound Blaster but does not control the volume. I have to open it fully and then adjust the volume from there using the front control. The Master has no effect on volume at all. Is this normal for Ubuntu 9.04 and if so, how can I set it up so that volume is easily controlled from the widget directly? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpavp8ACgkQybPcBAs9CE+8HwCePeFxMnYzpM4SM78z79DoSZCx UisAoIeqPdtCzSDz63IZdnVB6fxRMEHz =AUKy -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] Minimal Partition, types and sizes needed for Linux (Ubunut 9.04)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Daryl, I have four versions of Linux on my main machine and each uses only three partitions: /, swap and /home I see no need for others unless you wish to separate /tmp and /usr but I think that this is overkill. So, to answer your question, I recommend just two partitions (/ and swap) on the smaller drive with /home on the larger as you propose. Heracles On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 21:15 +1000, Daryl Thompson wrote: What are the Minimal Partition, types and sizes needed for Linux (Ubunut 9.04) I have 2 sata HD, 250Gb and 1Tb. The 1Tb will be Partitioned as /home for the hole drive. What is the partitions that i will need for the 250Gb drive to install linux. I don't mind setting up many but what is the manual and best practice. regards Daryl -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkogoGIACgkQybPcBAs9CE+k/ACgoVy9enFZM/querLS76hsv2+F 0cEAnRLdfKrZrcLNxfC0PSACGcS/BX2b =F1hg -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
