Re: [Hampshire] Webcam that works well with Debian Stable

2018-06-29 Thread Philip Stubbs via Hampshire
> > I think I just need to get a modern USB webcam but does anyone have > any recommendations? > My thought was to check raspberry pi croud and see what they use. https://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams > -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailm

Re: [Hampshire] Wuala stopping its free service

2014-10-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 Oct 2014 21:46, "Peter Salisbury" wrote: > > Hi there, > > Cloud storage recommendations. Dropbox seems to 'just work'. I noticed that bit torrent sync offer cloud storage. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gfortran help

2014-10-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
etc are ok but gfortran will not run/execute!! > Please help if you can! > Does this help: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Fortran/Hello_world#Unix -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Google drive files and dropbox

2014-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
-- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- > -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

2014-04-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
> you off nothing will!!) > > Umbrellabird: That would just be boring! > > > Pete S > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Over heating CPU

2014-04-14 Thread Philip Stubbs
://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- > -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Talk-GB] bbox coordinates

2013-07-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - > http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.**uk<http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk> > > __**_ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-gb<http://

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
thought I would put it out there in case I have missed something. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
nt no more than one file for the data, and another for the app. Any suggestions? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Accessing genealogy data on PDF files

2013-05-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
as well. Maybe worth a try if Acroread dies for good. Finally, could the windows version of acroread work in Wine? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Tmux - the terminal multiplexer

2013-04-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
I don't use screen or tmux bare anymore, but I use byobu. Certainly makes life easy for the occasional user. Can be blinged up with unicode too: http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/byobu-bling-with-unicode-custom.html -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

2013-02-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
hat the old machine did not. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Another Raspberry PI question.

2013-02-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > ------ > -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] printer recommendation

2013-01-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 4 Jan 2013 23:46, "Lisi" wrote: > > On Friday 04 January 2013 21:37:04 john wrote: > > Laser printer not inkjet is recommended for occasional hard-copies. > > +1. If the printer is only used occasionally the ink dries out in the > nozzles. The skilled and adept can clean the nozzles, but it c

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 (Not entirely O.T.)

2012-12-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
hangs. > > I'm still trying to work out how to persuade this machine to do something > useful. Intuitive it certainly ain't. > "Yes, I know it says Ubuntu. That is the new name for windows 8!" Do you think you could get away with that? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Pl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Experia

2012-12-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
thing is rooted. Most of the bloat has been deleted. There are hacks to enable USB mass-storage, but I have not bothered. With adb installed it is just as easy to type adb push to copy a file to the device. Tools you will want:- adb fastboot flashtool -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [Hampshire] Reprap

2012-12-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
ilman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- > -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] rsync

2012-11-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
ot on goo > > * Delete all files on goo which are not on foo > > ** > I have a real simple script that uses this line rsync -av --delete --ignore-errors It works for me. So far! :-) man rsync is also very helpful. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.l

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN][IMP-WEB] Developing the HantsLUG website

2012-10-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
e the oldest pages get highlighted and requests for updates? Could be done as a group activity at a meeting. Just a thought. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Management of multiple gnome-terminal windows?

2012-07-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
ive Awesome a go, be prepared to give it a fair crack. It is quite different to Gnome, and there are a number of keyboard short-cuts that will need to be learnt to be useful. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/

Re: [Hampshire] Flash Player on Linux

2012-07-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
at Flash is going away to be consigned to history. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Reflection and review

2012-07-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
Ok, I was intending to get involved. However, I did not like having to use TeX Live from outside of the repositories. It seems to me that it would be easier to be involved if the software requirements can be satisfied with what is available to a standard install. -- Philip Stubbs

Re: [Hampshire] Raspberry Pi

2012-06-30 Thread Philip Stubbs
great Photo viewer. We had some family round and having old pictures on a random slideshow makes a good background. The second one is still in its box. Not sure exactly what I am going to do with that one yet. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Recommendations for laptop spares suppliers

2012-06-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
Can anybody recommend a reputable supplier for a new keyboard for a HP Compaq Presario CQ70 laptop? Thought that I should ask before just picking a random guy on eBay! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendation please - Big NAS

2012-05-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
thetics reliability ongoing admin overhead -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

2012-05-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
this release. If I were supporting machines like mine professionally, I would be having a real paddy. But then I would also be more inclined to fix things ;-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

2012-05-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
/graph.php?graph=0&start=-31536000&title=Year -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Tiling Window Managers

2012-05-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
e. What is the best tiling window manager? I did find a list here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers >From a quick glance I am tempted to try Awsome. Also, Qtile looks interesting, as it is written and configured in Python. -- Philip Stubbs

Re: [Hampshire] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
£20/month to start with > how many people would be genuinely up for joining? Darn. Aldershot may be a bit far away. £20/month seems reasonable. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 May 2012 16:53, Colin Law wrote: > I believe Shotwell can be set to write the data back to the images > rather than saving in its db. Well there is certainly a tick box to that effect. I need to do some tests, but if that works, then I am sorted. Thanks! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubu

Re: [Hampshire] Trackballs

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
I've been typing > this!!) > > [1] > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-M570-Wireless-Trackball-Graphite/dp/B0042BBR2S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336075069&sr=8-1 here is another option. Not seen this before. http://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-Optical-Ergonomic-Buttons-Medium/dp/B000F2BP

[ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
want to re-invent the wheel. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Trackballs

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
/en/gb/p/1444/64325/expert-mouse-optical-trackball.aspx No, it is not worth the extra cost, IMHO. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
or PDF format. This is just a brain fart really. If I had more time, motivation and skill, I would hack together a proof of concept. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- "low-graphics mode crashes"

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
run a few more tests, and see how it goes... If I can live without > one or the other I will aim to remove them! I also have both installed, but gdm is not used. run this command sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm That should give you the option to set the default. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- "low-graphics mode crashes"

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
ace and running without it. After that, I am out of ideas! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- "low-graphics mode crashes"

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
ave the correct driver installed? Can I suggest you run 'lspci' and make sure that your graphics card is seen by Linux. You could also look into /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see what X is doing on startup. One thing I like to try is to stop gdm/lightdm whatever, and then run startx. If it fail

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

2012-05-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 1 May 2012 18:54, Stuart Sears wrote: > On 01/05/12 17:54, Philip Stubbs wrote: >> Lots of mentions of Handbrake in this thread made me try it. There >> seems to be no easy route to get it on my system at the moment, > > how so? Are you running a really obscure distro? &g

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

2012-05-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?

2012-04-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
as I hope to, I will need to use a > hard wired link at the audio sockets, in any machine I am using, which > is inconvenient. > And only a week to go before release. Oh. I did not test for that, only mic input. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?

2012-04-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 April 2012 19:46, Philip Stubbs wrote: > It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will > try again in a few minutes. :-) Lots of 3.4.0's were replaced with 3.4.1's so I guess that is a point release of gnome then. Sound recorder still working. Sorr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?

2012-04-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
t machine. It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will try again in a few minutes. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Date & Time display

2012-02-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
ot show in the > system settings. I cannot add with a right click. > Hi Ken, Go to System Settings, from the icon in the top right corner. In there, under System, there is an icon for Time & Date. Click that. Select the Clock tab. Check that the 'Show a clock in the menu bar' option

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
ttp://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/IPv6 -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Vodafone - the hard sell

2012-02-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
y advertise. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update BIOS with dual boot

2012-01-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
SUS motherboard. ASUS supply a DOS utility to flash the BIOS, so I created a bootable CD with FreeDOS, the utility and the new BIOS on it, as I don't have a floppy drive. The FeeDOS website had a guide to creating the CD. If Lenovo also have a DOS utility, that may be a way forward. -- Philip S

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 23 December 2011 09:55, Jack Knight wrote: > Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)adopt the practice > I have done - i.e. quoting your rapidly increasing age in Hex; 40 has a nice > ring to it don't you think? ;^)= Cool. I am now 27 again! Yay.

Re: [Talk-GB] Anyone interested in participating in a distributed Freemap?

2011-11-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
t OSM wiki page: > consequently gdal needs to be present. In addition to that, how much disk space, processor grunt, memory and bandwidth would one need to be useful? -- Philip Stubbs ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
er, and then suddenly include me with a 'What do you think?' type message. In that situation, I am glad that they have top posted, including all the old messages, as I can then look back and see what has already been covered by all parties. Horses for courses. -- Philip Stubbs -- ub

Re: [Hampshire] test message

2011-11-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 16 November 2011 08:01, Tim wrote: > Thanks for the reply Alan and yes it is irritating the hell out of > me > > Time for another e-mail address change I think > > Tim Just a thought. Have you tried accessing your Gmail from an IMAP client? May be worth a try.

[ubuntu-uk] Cheap USB DVB-T Dongale that works with 11.10

2011-10-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
Can anybody that uses a cheap USB DVB-T dongle that works well with Ubuntu 11.10, please tell me the make and model. Thanks! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 26 October 2011 11:27, mac wrote: > Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: > > http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [OSM-talk] Will OSM tiles be CC-0 soon?

2011-10-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
p;layers=M Wow! -- Philip Stubbs ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Hampshire] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice

2011-10-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
, you are obliged to make a recording of this, and post a link to it here. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 17 October 2011 15:06, Philip Stubbs wrote: > Can anybody tell me how this works:- > http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html Well I guess I need to admit that my boss did get one of these fitted. I was asked for my opinion and I may have mentioned that it probably worked on th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LO in 11.10 STILL CANNOT USE TBird addressbook as an address data source!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 October 2011 17:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Unfortunately I am not a programmer Maybe this is an opportunity to do something about that? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 October 2011 16:18, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > List the interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces, and Network Manager will > ignore them. Well, I did have them listed in there. Now I have run sudo update-rc.d -f network-manager remove Lets see if that puts it in its place. :-) --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
d disable > Network Manager, which stops it making changes. > s/ Yes, it is my home server. It did have a GUI installed but that failed after the Oneiric upgrade. Can't complain about that as it did give a warning. So, what is the best way to disable Network Manager? -- Philip Stubbs

[ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
it except a not saying it was managed by network-manager. Manually adding a nameserver here fixed my problem, but I am going to guess that it will disappear again next reboot. How do I make this permanent from the command line over ssh? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[ubuntu-uk] Strange DVB USB behaviour in 10.10

2011-10-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
akes using any other program that responds to the tab key very difficult. Any suggestions on where to look for for help? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
lank encrypted drive - not the ntfs partition that was > there before I "formatted" it with truecrypt. > > I guess anything's possible but how decent a solution is this? Recovering data from wiped drives is not going to be easy, if possible at all. Just write zero

Re: [Hampshire] Smartphones

2011-10-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
every day is a must if you actually want to use the bits that makes a smart phone smart. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder

2011-10-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
ely in > Linux. In the past I have used this:- http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php But looking at that webpage, it may have been replaced with this:- http://transag.sourceforge.net/ the first one at least is in the Ubuntu repositories so should be easy to test. -- Ph

Re: [Hampshire] Video editing recommendation please

2011-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
atch job) into 6 half hour > mpgs. If the mpeg is a TS then when you cut it, it will likely screw with the audio sync. If that happens, try using Project-X to do the cutting. http://project-x.sourceforge.net/ -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 08:44, Philip Stubbs wrote: > Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the > sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a > Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? Thanks for all the suggestions. I

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 20:30, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 27 September 2011 08:44:57 Philip Stubbs wrote: >> Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here >> on in. Yay! :-( > > Osteo-arthritis or rheumatoid-arthritis? > > Lisi When it first happen

[Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
alternative pointing device. Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Badge Generator

2011-08-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
d some bash. http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
Public Licence > is intended to guarantee your freedom to .' I noticed a similar thing in the manual for my Samsung TV. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Hampshire] Screen

2011-06-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
Talking of screen, there is https://launchpad.net/byobu that I find very good. There is also an alternative to screen http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ I have not looked at that myself, but is supposed to be very good. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 June 2011 10:50, Alan Pope wrote: > http://www.google.com/search?q=kittens&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1920&bih=992 > > Kittens! Thousands of them! Now that was just plain gratuitous! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 June 2011 10:40, Alan Pope wrote: > Only the pictures of kittens, which I believe comprises most of the > internet these days. Is that an euphemism? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity & gimp

2011-06-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
the lines of why change it. Well I did get that, but it was only to do with the style of the cards in her favourite game! That was easy to adjust. I am really looking forward to 11.10 to see how Unity grows up. Also being able to switch between Unity and Gnome 3 will be interesting. -- Philip

[Hampshire] More Tab Completion fun ....

2011-04-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
get the old behaviour back? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-04-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
ive Gnome Shell a go as well. Regards, Philip Stubbs -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-04-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 5 April 2011 18:58, Lisi wrote: > > It would take a lot to make me move from Zen. In my experience, Zen has the best customer service possible. The sort I have never had to call! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.

Re: [Hampshire] Small form factor backup machine

2011-04-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF05a/15351-15351-4237916-4237917-4237917-4248009.html Last month there was a £100 cash-back offer. If you can find a similar offer, then this is very reasonable. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mail

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
case you'd need lots of money for a windows version but I have > been playing with QCad a little bit and it looks quite good for a 2D > cad app. It has autocad file compatibility. It is even in the debian > squeeze repository. There is also http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/free-cad-s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FireFox and SQLite

2011-03-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
all the default sqlite from the standard locations, and use that for Gnucacsh. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 16 February 2011 19:39, Alan Bell wrote: > On 16/02/11 19:07, Philip Stubbs wrote: >> >> On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Pope  wrote: >>> >>> Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried >>> doing the install inside virtualbo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
not try too hard but I seem to remember that the version of X in Natty is too new and not supported by the extensions. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [Mapnik-users] Overall rendering time is very slow and needs you help!

2011-02-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
t much faster. If you find your database is the bottleneck, maybe you could do something similar. -- Philip Stubbs ___ Mapnik-users mailing list Mapnik-users@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users

Re: [Mapnik-users] generating large high-resolution google-maps-like images

2011-01-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 28 January 2011 21:56, yvecai wrote: > On 28. 01. 11 21:57, Philip Stubbs wrote: >> I would recommend that you use the data from Openstreetmaps.org If you >> follow their wiki instructions for setting up mapnik, you will be 75% >> there. The default style file will probab

Re: [Mapnik-users] generating large high-resolution google-maps-like images

2011-01-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
ill be 75% there. The default style file will probably need hacking as it is currently setup for rendering tiles for a slipy map. Only very basic Python and XML hacking is required to do some varied stuff. -- Philip Stubbs ___ Mapnik-users mail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-01-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
eaper than a proper camcorder, to use as a camera to stream live via > the web (using livestream.com) rather than record onto a disk/memory > card/tape. I don't know, but would a Canon PowerShot with an alternative firmware do the trick? http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK -- Phili

Re: [Hampshire] Cable coverage

2011-01-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
> Benjie. It sounded like the original poster wanted to provide some sort of service. Therefore I am sure that he would only want to use data that he is allowed to redistribute. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/l

Re: [Hampshire] Cable coverage

2011-01-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
e you should suggest that they create a map! Alternatively, explain what you want to do with it and see if they will provide the data for you. Although, if they only give you post codes for the locations, you will still be stuck converting that to real locations. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please p

Re: [Hampshire] Mapping software

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
s suitable for Openlayers use. You can also do fun things like this :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bc50sC8adM -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 7 January 2011 12:22, Sean Miller wrote: > Scary, but whosever invitiation Dave doesn't use - could I have it? > > Sean On its way..... -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
ite if there is still any left. > > Dave Jones One will be on its way shortly -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [OSM-talk] What phones do OSMers have?

2011-01-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
2011/1/6 Raphaël Pinson : > > And on top of that, the survey is hosted on a Google Document survey... > I noticed that too, and smiled. :-) -- Philip Stubbs ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Hampshire] Mapping software

2011-01-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
do exactly what I want. Apparently, these people also do maps :-) http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2011/01/changes-to-the-os-opendata-licence/ It may be that their data and license are compatible with your application. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Mapping software

2011-01-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
org/wiki/Mapnik Any questions, then give us a shout. Also, the Mapnik mailing list is very helpful. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora handles

2011-01-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
stu...@joindiaspora.com -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 2 January 2011 22:15, Mark wrote: > I got 5 invites if anyone wants one? > Mark Any invites left? I would love one please :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [OSM-talk] protocol for adding buildings using aerial imagery?

2010-12-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 28 December 2010 09:02, Milo van der Linden wrote: > note to self: take course to learn how to be funny in english. If English is your second language, then you are doing just fine! :-) -- Philip Stubbs ___ talk mailing list t

Re: [Mapnik-users] extract names from roads within polygon

2010-12-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 17 December 2010 13:55, Dan Lyke wrote: > On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:19:03 + > Philip Stubbs wrote: >> area of the shapefiles. What I would like to to is extract a list of >> names from all the roads that come from the PostGIS database that are >> within the sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corrupted User Accounts?

2010-12-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
ar.gz /media/ > > I'm sure there are better tutorials out there, but It's something to look at. or:- $ sudo apt-get install backup-manager -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

2010-12-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
latest thing I have installed on my home server is byobu https://launchpad.net/byobu I have used screen many times but not really hard. This makes using screen even simpler. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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