Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sonix Webcam
Ken Adams wrote: Having a nightmare trying to get my webcam running. According to Gnome Device Manager running on 8.04 the cam is plugged into my USB2 port Sonix Pccam + Camorama shows a non-descript colour pattern and Xawtv shows the same but changes the colour slightly if I place my hand over the lense. It also has a built in Microphone that is running properly as it plugs into the sound card. The camera is one from SumVision and can be clipped onto a laptop, although I am using it with my main desktop machine. Any help appreciated. Last bit to get running on Ubuntu. APART from the perennial problem reading Microsoft Publisher files:( Rgds Ken Hi Ken Not sure if this will help, but I had a similar problem with my logitech webcam and skype, it was all green and purple. Although it worked perfectly in ekiga. I use gstfakevideo to make it work. I did a small howto here - http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/19 Perhaps it will help guide you in the right direction. -- Michael G Fletcher Interested in Linux? Visit www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Thanks Everyone, Jim me at jameshooker.com www.jameshooker.com I think you would do well to avoid Ati cards IMO (my friends have them and they have nothing but troubles). I have Nvidia on both my laptop and desktop, and run the proprietary drivers and use the nvidia-settings tool to adjust resolution and dual monitor modes with no problems. -- Michael G Fletcher Interested in Linux? Visit www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
I have Liferea installed on a laptop and a desktop (both connected to my home LAN). Currently, I have the same feeds on both. When reading on one machine, I just click past material I think I've already read on the other. But this is getting tiresome now that I have a lot of feeds, and I'd like to be able to sync the two copies of Liferea, so that I see a single version whichever machine I happen to be using. Sadly, extensive searching on the internet suggests that setting this up is tricky and messy. Any of you clever folks found an idiot-proof way of doing this? Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
Michael G Fletcher wrote: James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Thanks Everyone, Jim me at jameshooker.com www.jameshooker.com I think you would do well to avoid Ati cards IMO (my friends have them and they have nothing but troubles). I have Nvidia on both my laptop and desktop, and run the proprietary drivers and use the nvidia-settings tool to adjust resolution and dual monitor modes with no problems. nvidia-settings is great tool, I use it daily on my laptop to hook up to my tv.Ati's linux support is terrible, Nvidia is definitely the way to go. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
Hi Mac, 2008/5/30 Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have Liferea installed on a laptop and a desktop (both connected to my home LAN). Currently, I have the same feeds on both. When reading on one machine, I just click past material I think I've already read on the other. ... Any of you clever folks found an idiot-proof way of doing this? Only one - switching to Google Reader. Not ideal, but it solved my synchronisation problems. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
Mac, To sync my feeds up between my main laptop, Ubuntu-vmware image on my Windows work-supplied laptop and the desktop in my home office (aka back of garage! :)) I just rsync my liferea profile to my home/backup server. I have alias's set so I can 'put' and 'get' as required. Although a bit manual, it means I can both backup my feeds/articles and push/pull them to which ever machine I'm using at the time. Below is the alias's from my .bash_alias if it helps: alias lifeget='/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --force -e ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/backup/stuart/LifereaProfile/ /home/stuart/.liferea_1.4' alias lifeput='/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --force -e ssh /home/stuart/.liferea_1.4/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/backup/stuart/LifereaProfile' I do basically the same for my thunderbird and firefox profiles also, but as well as having aliases for these, I have a bash file which has a minimal amount of checking in it, to try and avoid writing the wrong way! Hope that helps a little. Stuart Mac wrote: I have Liferea installed on a laptop and a desktop (both connected to my home LAN). Currently, I have the same feeds on both. When reading on one machine, I just click past material I think I've already read on the other. But this is getting tiresome now that I have a lot of feeds, and I'd like to be able to sync the two copies of Liferea, so that I see a single version whichever machine I happen to be using. Sadly, extensive searching on the internet suggests that setting this up is tricky and messy. Any of you clever folks found an idiot-proof way of doing this? Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
Mac wrote: I have Liferea installed on a laptop and a desktop (both connected to my home LAN). Currently, I have the same feeds on both. When reading on one machine, I just click past material I think I've already read on the other. But this is getting tiresome now that I have a lot of feeds, and I'd like to be able to sync the two copies of Liferea, so that I see a single version whichever machine I happen to be using. Sadly, extensive searching on the internet suggests that setting this up is tricky and messy. Any of you clever folks found an idiot-proof way of doing this? Mac If they're both on the same lan, it should just be a matter of syncing the .liferea folder in your home directories. HTH John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
... apologies for top posting, brain not engaged! Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubucon Status
Hello, I remember there was talk of and a wiki page setup for, a Ubucon run by us a while back. Is anyone in charge of that project and if so, whats the status of it? Best regards, Johnathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
Neil Greenwood wrote: Only one - switching to Google Reader. Not ideal, but it solved my synchronisation problems. Neil I thought about that; but I'm reluctant to entrust more to web services than I absolutely need to after listening to this tour-de-force about privacy from Eben Moglen: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/audio/download/ITC.mySQL-EbenMoglen-2007.04.25.mp3 John Levin wrote: If they're both on the same lan, it should just be a matter of syncing the .liferea folder in your home directories. Narrf wrote: To sync my feeds up between my main laptop, Ubuntu-vmware image on my Windows work-supplied laptop and the desktop in my home office (aka back of garage! :)) I just rsync my liferea profile to my home/backup server. John / Stuart I'd sort of hoped I could run Liferea directly with its profile on a network drive, as I do with Thunderbird - so there'd be no need to rsync. Looks like it's not possible to change the Liferea configuration to do that. But the solution you suggest is good: I just do a 'before and after' rsync between whichever machine I'm using and a network drive. And I liked your idea, Stuart, of using a bash alias to 'get' and 'put'. Neat. (Of course, all my stuff is on my LAN, so no need to use ssh.) Many thanks to all three of you for your time and trouble. Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:57:25PM +0100, Mac wrote: John / Stuart I'd sort of hoped I could run Liferea directly with its profile on a network drive, as I do with Thunderbird - so there'd be no need to rsync. Looks like it's not possible to change the Liferea configuration to do that. If you've got a network drive mounted you can put a link to somewhere on it in place of the ~/.liferea folder and then the different machines will share the same profile. It might do weird things if you try and have two instances of the program using the profile at the same time but it should work if you avoid that. Procedure to set this up: - Move ~/.liferea onto the network drive - Run ln -s /path/to/where/you/put/.liferea ~/.liferea I should point out that I haven't tried this so keep a copy of the directory safe to put it back if it doesn't work. Robert Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com The purpose of life is to fight maturity. -- Dick Wirthimer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
