Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

2017-11-08 Thread Joe S
> Worked like a charm. Eventually the sound support showed up in a > newer Kernel, but I think it was years later for me since I run LTS > versions of Mint and don't run bleeding edge kernels. > > Greg > ----- Original Message - > From: "Joe S" <joes...@shaw.ca&

Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

2017-11-08 Thread Joe S
.That looks > like a interesting mother board and I not had problems with Asus and > Linux, so this IS puzzling. > Mel > On Tue, 2017-11-07 at 12:50 -0700, Joe S wrote: > > I tried alsamixer and pavcontrol and didn't make any better. I tried > > Intel and they didn't have any

Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

2017-11-07 Thread Joe S
I tried alsamixer and pavcontrol and didn't make any better. I tried Intel and they didn't have any audio drivers for my cpu. Joe On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 10:05:58 -0700 Neil Mayhew wrote: > Another app to try is pavucontrol. > > On 2017-11-07 06:48 AM, Sam Khangyi wrote: > >

[clug-talk] Controlling fans speed

2017-11-06 Thread Joe S
Motherboard: Asus Prime b250-plus Does anyone know how to set the fan speed on this board? The speed on the chasis fans can be set to manual, but I don't know how to set this. The speed is too much and loud. I took this fan off another computer. If I can't set it through the bios is there a

[clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

2017-11-06 Thread Joe S
Motherboard: Asus Prime b250-plus CPU: Intel i3-7100 Bunsenlabs I am having some problems with sound. The kernel driver is snd_hda_intel The sound is very low. Even on maximum it is hardly loud enough. Is there a better driver that I can install? Joe

Re: [clug-talk] Building a computer

2017-10-26 Thread Joe S
Another point I forgot to ask. Is the on board video contained in the motherboard or the PC. I see specifications for both and am not sure what this is about. Does the RAM have to be compatible with all components: motherboard, video, audio, etc? Joe On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:50:04 -0600 Neil

[clug-talk] Building a computer

2017-10-26 Thread Joe S
I am looking to build a computer and am wondering what is the best choice for a motherboard and processor. I use the computer for audio, video, internet, office programs, also use audacity (audio editor) occasionally. I am thinking of using onboard audio and video. These motherboards use intel

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

2017-08-17 Thread Joe S
=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2) > > substitute the "1000" with your uid/gid #, and you should be good to > go. > > - Original Message - > From: "Joe S" <joes...@shaw.ca> > To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clu

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

2017-08-16 Thread Joe S
o are you using? > > - Original Message - > From: "Joe S" <joes...@shaw.ca> > To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clug-talk@clug.ca" <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 1:30:21 PM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player > >

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

2017-08-16 Thread Joe S
wx-- 2 wgking wgking 16384 Jul 15 17:41 > LaurieRKing-BeekeeperApprenice drwx-- 2 wgking wgking 16384 Jul > 29 08:22 Master and Commander drwx-- 2 wgking wgking 16384 Jul 29 > 21:46 Radio drwx-- 2 wgking wgking 16384 May 23 22:02 System > Volume Information > > Have you

[clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

2017-08-06 Thread Joe S
I'm having trouble mounting my mp3 player to use as a user. this is my fstab entry: UUID=44AD-4794 /media/clip vfatrw,noauto,user,sync 0 0 It works OK if I manually mount this: mount /media/clip but if linux mounts it when I plug it in then it mounts it with root ownership of the files

[clug-talk] Reboot:Relevance

2017-01-12 Thread Joe S
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[clug-talk] ebooks

2016-06-19 Thread Joe S
Can someone give be a basic understanding in ebooks? I have read some articles on the NET, but am confused about which which ebooks can be read on which programs, as well as DRM. I have a couple of ebooks that people have given me and can't read them. One is an epub. I tried it on Calibre, but

[clug-talk] Need replacement for Google chrome

2016-03-03 Thread Joe S
I am no longer receiving updates for google chrome browser. Only have 32 bit on desktop. What would be a good replacement for this browser. I was using Firefox, but it doesn't work well with video. Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca

[clug-talk] editing sound and video

2016-02-20 Thread Joe S
I have a number of audio and video files. I would like to adjust the volume so it is set to 0. Would be interested in a program that I could do as a batch such as a directory. Hopefully not too complicated. I have used Audacity, but don't know if that would work with the audio on the video files.

[clug-talk] Font size in Pdf

2016-02-19 Thread Joe S
Can someone tell me how to identify the font size used in a pdf file? The properties doesn't tell this. I'd like to know the size of the text before printing (will probably take it to Staples or another print shop). If it is too small is there a way to increase the size? Thanks, Joe

[clug-talk] Search Engines

2016-01-16 Thread Joe S
Can anyone recommend some good search engines. I have been using google, yahoo, bing. Mostly none of these give me results that I am looking for. I try to phrase the questions in various ways, but no help and quotes don't seem to matter. It just becomes a waste of time with these engines. Thanks,

[clug-talk] DVD Ripper

2015-12-16 Thread Joe S
I have a set of DVDs that I want to rip to my computer. There are a number of videos in each DVD. I have looked at a couple of programs for linux on the NET such as dvdrip and handbrake-gtk. I am new to this and it seems hard to find a good tutorial to explain things well. Are these programs good

Re: [clug-talk] TV monitor

2015-12-07 Thread Joe S
higher you will want to use digital inputs like HDMI > and display port (or the older DVI). This time it depends on what > the TV and video card support. > > Before making any suggestions I guess I would want to know what it is > you want out of the TV as a monitor? are

[clug-talk] TV monitor

2015-12-06 Thread Joe S
I am thinking of getting a TV monitor - LCD. Can I use this for the computer? I'm wondering if the print will be OK to read text. I have a connection for VGA and 'digital video' Will this work well for the monitor? Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list

Re: [clug-talk] Microsoft has developed its own Linux.

2015-09-19 Thread Joe S
I've read some controversy about systemd. How is this going to change Linux? On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:33:38 -0600 Mark Hewitt wrote: > Good! That means they have to suffer . or replace it as > well. > > > Mark > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 04:40:13PM -0600, caziz wrote:

Re: [clug-talk] Problem with rsync backup

2015-08-15 Thread Joe S
drive, i.e. --exclude=/media/root-backup _OR_ adding it to the command-line argument rsync $OPT --exclude=$TRG $SRC $TRG or otherwise you this could create an infinite backup loop that tries to backup the backup plus it's backup plus HTH, Hendrik Schaink On 15-08-14 11:53 AM, Joe S

[clug-talk] Problem with rsync backup

2015-08-14 Thread Joe S
I am trying to backup my computer to an external drive using rsync. From / to /media/root-backup The problem: rsync copies more directories than I want and it copies /media/root-backup multiple times. I have included my backup script and filter rule file. Hoping someone will see the mistake.

Re: [clug-talk] Internet and phone services

2015-08-06 Thread Joe S
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[clug-talk] Internet and phone services

2015-08-05 Thread Joe S
I am interested in knowing what phone and internet providers that are available in this city. I have been using shaw, but they are charging more each bill. What other choices are there? I am looking for a landline and broadband internet. Are Shaw and Telus the only choices that are reliable?

[clug-talk] How to use sudo to get a root shell?

2015-03-17 Thread Joe S
I am wondering if someone can tell me the right way to get a root shell through sudo. I tried the following commands: sudo su - sudo -i Then tried the following command and got this warning: lsof|grep openvpn lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/joe/.gvfs Output

Re: [clug-talk] Need help with script for VPN

2015-03-12 Thread Joe S
, and then forwards all the replies to your computer. *** End boring stuff. If you want to really get to know networking and Linux, lartc.org is *THE* place to go first. *** On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: I found this script and am trying to get it to work

[clug-talk] Need help with script for VPN

2015-03-10 Thread Joe S
I found this script and am trying to get it to work for my computer. It is to restrict connections to the VPN. The thing I don't understand is what IP address to use. I have been looking on the NET, but am not familiar with networking. In this script the person uses 192.168.1.0/24 I think this is

Re: [clug-talk] Internet security

2015-02-11 Thread Joe S
how would using vpn compare to using these services? I have heard that is good for privacy. On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:46:39 -0700 John Jardine john.e.jard...@gmail.com wrote: There is a lot of info to cover here. The two fundamental blocks are anonymity and privacy ... they are different and

[clug-talk] Internet security

2015-02-10 Thread Joe S
I have a question about secure browsing and visiting of websites. Does anyone have information on how to do this on Linux? I have heard of DuckDuckGo and Tor. How do I get these to work together? I am using CruchGang as an OS. I would like to hear of other solutions as well that would be easier to

[clug-talk] Online Faxing

2014-06-23 Thread Joe S
Would like to have a better understanding about Internet faxing. I have used 'Fax Zero' to send documents and K7.net to receive. Is the sending of faxes online as safe as sending faxes through a regular fax machine? What are some good services to use? I would rather use a free service since

[clug-talk] Smart meters

2014-06-19 Thread Joe S
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[clug-talk] Off Site Backups

2014-06-05 Thread Joe S
Thanks for the info on RAID and backing up Now I need to figure out how to backup outside the home. Right now I only have about 20G, but I don't want to lose it and it will probably grow. Where are good places to back up to? I also thought of getting an external hard drive, or a hard drive dock

Re: [clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-06-02 Thread Joe S
drives will do fine, specially under low/medium stress situations. On May 29, 2014 Thursday 14:22:21 Joe S wrote: I was reading the reviews of external hard drives. I found a number had problems with reliability. I don't have experience with these, but need something for backing up

Re: [clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-05-30 Thread Joe S
drives, Green rated drives tend to perform poorly in raid environments. Desktop / workstation rated drives will do fine, specially under low/medium stress situations. On May 29, 2014 Thursday 14:22:21 Joe S wrote: I was reading the reviews of external hard drives. I found a number

[clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-05-29 Thread Joe S
I was reading the reviews of external hard drives. I found a number had problems with reliability. I don't have experience with these, but need something for backing up my home computer. Are there any that can be recommended? I also thought of getting an enclosure and a regular drive in case I

Re: [clug-talk] Firewall/iptables

2014-05-27 Thread Joe S
bought my own copy). Hth, On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: I am looking for a firewall program to set up iptables on my computer. Any suggestions. I would also appreciate if someone could refer to some tutorial. I will probably have to get a basic

[clug-talk] Firewall/iptables

2014-05-24 Thread Joe S
I am looking for a firewall program to set up iptables on my computer. Any suggestions. I would also appreciate if someone could refer to some tutorial. I will probably have to get a basic understanding of networking and iptables to be able to use it. From my search I came across ip6tables.

Re: [clug-talk] Bitwig Studio ... Something for audio work.

2014-05-15 Thread Joe S
-0600, Joe S wrote: I'm seeing pulse audio installed on a few distros. I am wondering what the advantage is of pulse audio over alsa for sound? On Fri, 9 May 2014 15:26:05 -0600 Gustin Johnson gus...@meganerd.ca wrote: The average person is not doing multi-track sequencing

Re: [clug-talk] Bitwig Studio ... Something for audio work.

2014-05-10 Thread Joe S
I'm seeing pulse audio installed on a few distros. I am wondering what the advantage is of pulse audio over alsa for sound? On Fri, 9 May 2014 15:26:05 -0600 Gustin Johnson gus...@meganerd.ca wrote: The average person is not doing multi-track sequencing, composition, and arrangements. To be

[clug-talk] Backup

2014-05-05 Thread Joe S
I have been looking at rsnapshot and rdiff-backup. Would like to know from people who use these what are the differences, and things they like about them. At this moment I am planning to backup /home with config files. /etc/ /var/ /boot Is there somethings I should leave out or add? If I crash

Re: [clug-talk] Backing up with Rsync: problems

2014-05-03 Thread Joe S
values of userid and groupid. Still no indication to delte originals. So please post the full command line so we can replicate the problem. Cheers Sam On May 2, 2014 Friday 21:00:02 Joe S wrote: I did a backup with rsync today and had a problem. I used this command: rxync -avrh /home

Re: [clug-talk] Backing up with Rsync: problems

2014-05-03 Thread Joe S
you mean -H?? On 14-05-03 07:28 AM, Joe S wrote: This is the command I used: rsync -avrh --numerical-ids /home/joe /media/backup/ --numerical-ids is the only mistake I can see. /media/backup is a second drive that I used for backup. I've used rsync for a number of years and never

[clug-talk] Backing up with Rsync: problems

2014-05-02 Thread Joe S
I did a backup with rsync today and had a problem. I used this command: rxync -avrh /home/joe /media/backup/ I realized --numerial-ids should have been numeric-ids, but a little to late. Rsync only copied some of the files over and erased a lot of my installation in /home and / . I had to

Re: [clug-talk] Backup

2014-04-27 Thread Joe S
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:50:59 -0600 Gustin Johnson gus...@meganerd.ca wrote: Increasingly I am moving my large data (primarily VM and disk images) around with btrfs, since I can can create instant copy on write snapshots, and very efficiently transfer all of that over a network. See the

Re: [clug-talk] Backup

2014-04-25 Thread Joe S
-0600, Joe S wrote: I am looking for advice on what is a good method/program to backup. I am using this for a home computer. Will backup to a separate hard drive and some info on a DVD. I have used rsync, but am wondering if there are other

[clug-talk] Backup

2014-04-20 Thread Joe S
I am looking for advice on what is a good method/program to backup. I am using this for a home computer. Will backup to a separate hard drive and some info on a DVD. I have used rsync, but am wondering if there are other methods that would do this as well or better. Thanks

Re: [clug-talk] Webhttrack

2014-02-28 Thread Joe S
rights. Have you found any useful advice online? On 25 Feb 2014 11:41, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: these are the permissions. I think they are right: /usr/bin/webhttrack -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6208 Jun 23 2012 /usr/bin/httrack

Re: [clug-talk] Webhttrack

2014-02-25 Thread Joe S
that is not your machine, then this is the problem. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: I couldn't find anything on httrack's website or the FAQ for my problem. I get this message when I try to open the program from the commandline: Iceweasel can't establish

Re: [clug-talk] Webhttrack

2014-02-25 Thread Joe S
clug-talk@clug.ca Suject Re: [clug-talk] Webhttrack Date Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:23:45 -0700 Could it not just be a simple permissions issue? On 23 Feb 2014 19:17, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: I was wondering if anyone has experience with a program called webhttrack. It's used for downloading

[clug-talk] Webhttrack

2014-02-23 Thread Joe S
I was wondering if anyone has experience with a program called webhttrack. It's used for downloading a website. I can use it as root, but I can't open it as a normal user. What would be the reason for this? I am using Crunchbang Waldorf 64 bit. Thanks

[clug-talk] Problems with scanning

2013-12-10 Thread Joe S
Does anyone have experience with scanning. I can't seem to find a program to work with scanning a document. I've tried gscan2pdf which wouldn't print properly; xscanimage which I used with Image Magic (display) which gave me a document with the print smaller than it should be and shaded;

[clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-26 Thread Joe S
With the talk about distros I would like to know more about Crunchbang. I will also be installing on a laptop in the near future. Is this easy install and customize? What is the advantage of Crunchbang over Debian with a desktop like KDE? I have installed Openbox on Squeeze to try it out. Does

Re: [clug-talk] Advice on webcam and mike

2013-06-26 Thread Joe S
? Most open source drivers I would think are capable of OK 2D acceleration. Maybe I am wrong here and someone else would like to step in? I have only tried a net books built in cam a while ago Mel -Original Message- From: Joe S joes...@shaw.ca Reply-to: CLUG General clug-talk

Re: [clug-talk] Advice on webcam and mike

2013-06-25 Thread Joe S
install(12.04?). sis-in-law even used it for an online interview over skype. cam can capture 720p has 2 mounted mics that i think give pretty good sound On 13-06-24 12:12 AM, Joe S wrote: I need to purchase a web cam and mike. I think I will look for an external mike so I can adjust

[clug-talk] Advice on webcam and mike

2013-06-24 Thread Joe S
I need to purchase a web cam and mike. I think I will look for an external mike so I can adjust the location. I picked up one with a built in mike and was not happy with it so I would like suggestions. I want to use this for a tutorial so someone can observe my sharpening technique so need

Re: [clug-talk] The release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy

2013-05-24 Thread Joe S
wrote: Re: [clug-talk] The release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy From: Mel Walters melwalt...@telus.net To: clug-talk@clug.ca -Original Message- From: Joe S joes...@shaw.ca Reply-to: CLUG General clug-talk@clug.ca To: CLUG General clug-talk@clug.ca Subject: Re: [clug-talk] The release

Re: [clug-talk] The release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy

2013-05-17 Thread Joe S
sync Using dmesg to determine where my usb drive was (of=/dev/sdd in MY CASE) If you get the wrong drive you will loose the data! the DVD was 4.4MB in size so my 8GB usb drive was big enough -Original Message- From: Joe S joes...@shaw.ca Reply-to: CLUG General clug-talk@clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] The release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy

2013-05-16 Thread Joe S
Did you make a fresh install or will it work with an upgrade from Squeeze. I couldn't find info on this on Debian's site. If I do a fresh install is there a way to save a list of packages that I have installed so I can have them reinstalled, also configurations so I don't have to spend the

Re: [clug-talk] Looking for printer

2013-02-15 Thread Joe S
Yes I would be interested. What would be the cost for this? Is it easy to get replacement toner and parts? On Thursday 14 February 2013 1:39:52 pm t...@terralogic.net wrote: I know where I might be able to locate an older HP lazer. This are real work horses with low cost per page. Would you

[clug-talk] Looking for printer

2013-02-14 Thread Joe S
I am in need of a printer; looking for a black and white lazer printer. Can someone recommend something that is economical that works with Linux? I need it for home use, so speed isn't overly important, and don't need remote. Using Debian Squeeze. Thanks

[clug-talk] Fax through Internet

2013-02-14 Thread Joe S
Could someone recommend an online fax service. Is there a free service that I can receive as well as send faxes? I only do this occasionally, but it would be a lot better than having to go to a public place to do this. Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing

[clug-talk] Download video

2013-01-11 Thread Joe S
I'm trying to download a video. I think this is a flash file, but not sure. What would be a good program to use to download it? I am using Debian Squeeze http://canceriscurablenow.tv/ Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca

[clug-talk] Installing Skype

2012-11-13 Thread Joe S
Am interested in setting up Skype on my computer. How do I go about doing this? I am using Debian Squeeze. I don't see any program in the repos. I'm assuming all I need is a web cam and microphone for equipment. Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list

[clug-talk] Problems viewing sites with Iceweasel

2012-10-18 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Squeeze I can't view some sites using Iceweasel 3.5.16. I can view it with Opera, so I know the site works: http://straightrazorplace.com/content/ From what I have read Iceweasel 3.5.16 is getting too old for some sites, so I downloaded firefox-16.0.1 and installed it in my home

Re: [clug-talk] Problems viewing sites with Iceweasel

2012-10-18 Thread Joe S
-free HTH, Hendrik On 18/10/12 12:40 PM, Joe S wrote: Using Debian Squeeze I can't view some sites using Iceweasel 3.5.16. I can view it with Opera, so I know the site works: http://straightrazorplace.com/content/ From what I have read Iceweasel 3.5.16 is getting too old for some

Re: [clug-talk] Online Banking

2012-05-05 Thread Joe S
guess they are willing to take the risk. In your case since you are likely pretty competent, then I think your chances of being compromised are pretty low. On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:37:49PM -0600, Joe S wrote: I have been avoiding online banking (have an account at RBC); am

[clug-talk] Online Banking

2012-05-04 Thread Joe S
I have been avoiding online banking (have an account at RBC); am wondering how safe it is to do online banking. I'm assuming the connection should be secure, but I'm thinking if a bug gets on the computer couldn't it get info on my account? Are there any real concerns with this. I didn't want

[clug-talk] Income tax program for linux?

2012-04-08 Thread Joe S
I am wondering if there is any programs to help with filling out income tax that I can use with Linux. It doesn't have to be compatible with Netfile. Something for personal tax. Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] Downloading YouTube video?

2012-03-08 Thread Joe S
downloaded them, instead of the order they were uploaded to Youtube. -Mark C. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:57 PM, caziz ca...@cuug.ab.ca wrote: Firefox download helper 4.9.8 works for me On 12-03-07 08:01 PM, Joe S wrote: I was wondering if anyone know how to download videos from

[clug-talk] Downloading YouTube video?

2012-03-07 Thread Joe S
I was wondering if anyone know how to download videos from YouTube? There are videos that people on forums have uploaded and I would like a copy. Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] The State of the Art

2011-12-02 Thread Joe S
That was an interesting video. How far in the future is this happening? How far will this go? Won't people want to work on files on their computer without being connected to the internet, especially if that wasn't convenient or for personal documents. On Thursday 01 December 2011 10:42:53 am

Re: [clug-talk] Incremental backups with rsync: Disk usage

2011-07-26 Thread Joe S
that is calculating disk usage may not be handling hard links in a useful way. How are you calculating the disk usage exactly? Are backup.1 through backup.7 all the same size or do they vary quite a bit? -Mark C. On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: I have a question for someone

[clug-talk] Incremental backups with rsync: Disk usage

2011-07-25 Thread Joe S
I have a question for someone with experience with rsync backups. I am using rsync for incremental backups. I am backing up from one hard drive to another: backing up directories under / on one hard drive to /mnt/backup/squeeze/backup.0 on the second hard drive. On the second hard drive I am

Re: [clug-talk] freedom on net closer to doable

2011-07-04 Thread Joe S
These articles look interesting. I'm not that knowledgeable on how the Internet works. Would the boxes contain servers that hook up to each other like a private a private network? Thanks On Monday 04 July 2011 19:50:11 Mel Walters wrote: Sounds good. The more people (and ideas) involved the

Re: [clug-talk] Managing passwords

2011-05-30 Thread Joe S
Thanks for the suggestions. On Sunday 29 May 2011 17:00:46 Gustin Johnson wrote: Having said that, I would not use someone else's computer/device to log into any service. I check my email on the computer at the library at times. Is that not safe or are you talking about Internet cafes?

Re: [clug-talk] Can't Open Desktop: Debian Squeeze

2011-04-02 Thread Joe S
EndSubSection EndSection On March 29, 2011 10:54:15 pm Rick Johnson wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:13:33 -0600 Mark Carlson carlsonm...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: (EE) Failed to load /user/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (EE

Re: [clug-talk] Can't Open Desktop: Debian Squeeze

2011-03-29 Thread Joe S
The files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d are: 10-evdev.conf, 20-wacom.conf, 50-synaptics.conf I don't see anything in them about nvidia I could remove the nvidia driver if that would help. I installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.14-pkg1.run from Nvidia's website, but can't get it to work with my

[clug-talk] Can I use this CD on Linux?

2011-02-22 Thread Joe S
I am thinking about buying a CD. It has video and documentation. This is the description: Will run on any Windows OS. Fast and easy self-installation just by popping the disc into your CD tray and hitting Run. The disk uses the WMF or Windows Media Format. Can I use this on Linux or convert

[clug-talk] Trouble with flash on You Tube

2011-01-01 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny I am having problems using flash on You Tube. When I use full screen Iceweasel crasses. I installed a script: 'youtube_without_flash'. When I play a You Tube video Xine trys t play the video, but it doesn't work. Will using another player work better/how would I get another

Re: [clug-talk] Debian: need Browser that works with flash

2010-12-07 Thread Joe S
. -Dafydd/ /On 12/06/2010 10:35 PM, Joe S wrote: I didn't have adblock installed. My problem is on Youtube videos. If I use full screen Iceweasel will crash. On December 6, 2010 09:40:58 pm shawn wrote: It may be a flash issue. One of the flash sites I visit stopped working as well

[clug-talk] Debian: need Browser that works with flash

2010-12-06 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny Iceweasel quit working with flashplayer. From what I've read on the Web this is a problem with Iceweasel. I would like to try another browser if someone could suggest that would work with flashplayer, and how to get it working. I tried Konqueror. I have flash in

Re: [clug-talk] Debian: need Browser that works with flash

2010-12-06 Thread Joe S
to disable adblock to see the page. Simply whitelisting the domain, or pausing adblock is not enough. On 10-12-06 09:09 PM, Joe S wrote: Using Debian Lenny Iceweasel quit working with flashplayer. From what I've read on the Web this is a problem with Iceweasel. I would like to try another

[clug-talk] Ice Weasel crashes opening full screen on You Tube

2010-12-01 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny Whenever I open the full screen on You Tube Ice Weasel crashes and I sometimes get logged out. This just started today. Is there something that can be done about this? Thanks ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] Ice Weasel crashes opening full screen on You Tube

2010-12-01 Thread Joe S
might want to check through your logs and see what got updated, and possibly roll back the release. -Dafydd On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Joe S joes...@shaw.ca wrote: Using Debian Lenny Whenever I open the full screen on You Tube Ice Weasel crashes and I sometimes get logged out

Re: [clug-talk] Want to listen to itunes

2010-11-11 Thread Joe S
Thanks for replies. On November 10, 2010 11:52:46 pm TekBudda wrote: I personally hate iTunes most things applish so I tend to avoid things that employ it similar proprietary schemes I let people know that. I wish they would use mp3 or something that was accessible to various operating

[clug-talk] Want to listen to itunes

2010-11-09 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny. I want to listen to some messages on a website: http://thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/Introduction-to-the-Christ-Centered-Model-and-an-Introduction-to-the-Christ// but they are Itunes. How would I listen to these on Debian? I tried to play them and it didn't work: gxine

[clug-talk] Laser printer

2010-10-17 Thread Joe S
I'm looking for a laser printer. I looking for something within $100. Can someone recomend something that is decent that will work with Linux. I just need something for home. I have a ink jet printer, but it goes through ink too fast, and I don't really need color. Thanks

Re: [clug-talk] watchinb CBC

2010-08-14 Thread Joe S
On August 10, 2010 09:27:11 am Mailing Lists wrote: I know this isn't a direct answer to your issue, but the Ubuntu forums, being based on Debian, may be of some help.  I got it working under (K)Ubuntu fairly easily if I remember correctly.  Under Fedora, from a user / non-professional

[clug-talk] watchinb CBC

2010-08-10 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny. I want to watch CBC from www.cbc.ca I remember someong talking about this. I can't remember where to get the flashplayer plugin. I have Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45 installed. Do I need to remove this first? Thanks ___ clug-talk

[clug-talk] Connecting computer to TV

2010-08-10 Thread Joe S
I want to connect my computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260. I have a video card with a VGA connection. My TV is a Sony, Model KV-20TS30. It has an SVideo as well as an RCA connector. How would I connect this, and what kind of picture could I expect? I want to use this for watching video. I only have one

Re: [clug-talk] Need drivers

2010-06-01 Thread Joe S
eth0 is the Macronix card eth3 is the Realtek I checked my firewall and I had eth1 set. I changed it to eth0 and I got the Macronix card working. I still can't get the Realtek to work. There is no light blinking in the ethernet card when I insert the cable like there is with the Macronix card.

[clug-talk] Trouble with Internet Connection

2010-05-24 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny ISP: Shaw Cable I have been having problems with my Internet connection over the last week. I lose the connection and then get it back. This has happened a few times. I have a partition with XP and when Debian doesn't work XP does, so it's not a problem with the ISP; although

Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with Internet Connection

2010-05-24 Thread Joe S
On May 24, 2010 11:59:56 am John Jardine wrote: f you reboot your computer and you use the same network card, the MAC hasn't changed and everything is fine.  If you switch to a different device then the MAC has changed and it may get ignored. Thanks for the reply. I didn't change the network

[clug-talk] Scanning and faxing

2010-05-02 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny I have an Epson Stylus CX4600 all in one printer. I have a question about scanning and printing. I have xsane set up. Is there a good tutorial for this. The documentation doesn't go into what settings I need to use, and it doesn't always explain things enough. I did a scan,

[clug-talk] Trouble watching video on website

2010-04-05 Thread Joe S
Using Debian Lenny Mozilla Iceweasel 3.0.6 I'm trying to watch shows from this website: http://www.globaltv.com/entertainment/shows/24/index.html I can use this website with at a friend's place (he uses Windows), but not on my computer. I tried disabling the pop up blocker and firewall; didn't

Re: [clug-talk] Speech?

2010-02-16 Thread Joe S
Does anyone have a reference to a tutorial for Festival? I tried using kttmgr, but it doesn't show all the voices I have installed. I want to know what some of the command line. Such as how to pause, rewind and forward if that's possible. Thanks ___

Re: [clug-talk] Speech?

2010-02-14 Thread Joe S
On February 6, 2010 08:23:00 pm Shawn wrote: I'm currently using the CMU Arctic female voice.  It's not bad.  Though it seems they have gone to recorded snippets of sounds and are blending them together to build the words.  So you end up with some dis-connect in tones across some words.  I

Re: [clug-talk] Speech?

2010-02-06 Thread Joe S
On February 6, 2010 06:47:26 pm Shawn wrote: I came across Festival, via Ktts and Kmouth.  You can pipe text into it via a command line script.  Something like this:   echo I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave. | festival --tts Which means that ANYTHING that can be boiled down to a text steam is

[clug-talk] Switching partitions

2010-01-23 Thread Joe S
I have 2 linux distros installed on my computer. Distro A has a / partition. Distro B has a / and a /home partition. I want to switch the /home partition on Distro B to Distro A. Is this posible; I still want to have the /home on a separate partition so when I upgrade I can leave the /home

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