Re: [Dorset] Web Kiosk OS

You'll find a lot out there. I even made a few back at the time that Web OS's were cool - to go along with Bibud... There are plenty - e.g. Webconverger, or even just a slim version of Debian. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] MagPi Magazine for the Raspberry Pi

I'd also remind everyone that this is also available through the Pi Store :P -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively:

Re: [Dorset] External HD - Permission denied

It'll be to do with permissions in PolicyKit to disallow users from doing so. There are a few solutions: 1. Fix in policykit to allow you to edit volumes (the tool depends on your DE, it's usually in the relevant settings tool). 2. Format to VFAT and it will automount as user 3. Edit the fstab

Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device

The H-bomb is fairly complex. Not really. An uncontrolled explosion of tritium and deuterium is no work (i.e. it happens on its own), you just have to make the stuff. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New

[Dorset] Warranty annoyances was: Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

it is not covered by warranty. Nothing ever is. No problem I've ever had with any device that I need outside help with has been. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list:

Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers

Card - GeForce 8500 GT This is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers Source: myself :) Dan Dart _ WEB DEVELOPER | SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR | BLOGGER | MUSICIAN http://dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http

Re: [Dorset] Best starter programming language

Well... BASIC. It helped me learn the programming principles learning QBASIC. My second language was probably Javascript... -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to

Re: [Dorset] IT Clipart Images

openclipart.org ? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-04-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

I just want to buy one at my nearest electronics shop. Until that day happens, they don't exist. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

Windows 2000 start-up screen proclaims Based on NT Technology, What's that? New Technology Technology? :P -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list:

Re: [Dorset] OT: A bit of fun

I know of nothing except the first and last references. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Print-to-file Configuration

/etc/lettersize or something like that should give you a start. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-11-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Locking down physical console access

Err don't launch any gettys in inittab? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Getting MythTV to work in Kubuntu 10.10

Use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost, worked for me On 22 Apr 2011 23:19, Archie Ferrier archi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hi All Has anyone had any success getting MythTV installed and working without resorting to Mythbuntu? I am having problems getting it to connect to the database despite being

Re: [Dorset] [OT] DNS port number

Yup, Ralph, that's how I see one abstraction of it... I get iptables panic when I use Skype. It uses lots of high UDPs for a hole punch. It eventually works though. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How

Re: [Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files

cat works with mpg files too: cat file1.mpg file2.mpg file3.mpg file3.mpg is a valid mpg file! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Identifying the drive containing a CD

You might think about editing the initrd/initramfs, it's really just a gzipped ext2 image / squashfs image usually. Just make a new one with the stuff in there, add your stuff and remake your CD! Job done! -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2011-01-11 20:00 Meets, Mailing

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 359, Issue 4

I still do that chown command when necessary but only as a normal user. On 18 Nov 2010 17:02, Brian R Masterman b...@seahues.net wrote: On 18/11/10 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples You are not alone, we had a UNIX

Re: [Dorset] Listening to BBC Radio stations online without iPlayer

In the end I bought an old Psion Wavefinder off of ebay to listen to the radio through my PC. Not all that portable though. Very nice device, and not too difficult to get working in Linux with OpenDAB (if you have 32 bit). -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00

Re: [Dorset] IPV6 article in Daily Telegraph

Most do, but it's the ISP that you have to wait for. -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] IPV6 article in Daily Telegraph

I don't think any ISP anywhere does, for that matter. I talked to some guy with IPv6 - I can't remember, but I know some ISPs do. I was testing others' IPv6 connectivity as I had a Miredo tunnel to give me a global address. -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-??

Re: [Dorset] IPV6 article in Daily Telegraph

The other day I installed Windows 7 in a kvm virtual machine, using kvm's default networking setup, and somehow Windows managed to get a real routable IPv6 address! I'm not sure how it did that as there's no IPv6 on my network at all Windows 7 uses Teredo tunneling by default, which gives you

Re: [Dorset] Linux Assembly Programming.

Go ask mike.saund...@futurenet.com and look at his x86 OS assembler project: mikeos.berlios.de -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Just testing

Just checking I am still connected Hadoukren! -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Use of Visual Basic

Tried Gambas? It's a VB like language. I too missed VB, but as it's so dead and not as powerful as FLOSS languages (had a look at Qt Creator or pyGTK?) I wouldn't go back. -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] Which distro would you install?

The perfect 10 is out! Just to break your modes of speech. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] (no subject)

http://bit.ly/cvIBAp Looks dodgy - since it was sent to everyone - I'd like a little explanation. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] (no subject)

I'd suggest the mail list drops all meesages from msn.com as the simplest solution. Sounds sensible to me! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] SNAFU again

Might pay to scan the update list carefully to prevent reversion of Alsa, but I think it was the image that did it. Tried apt-pinning? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs

Re: [Dorset] This is a test.

This is also a test for no reason. :p On 18 Sep 2010 14:55, Simon Oapos;Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote: Just a test to work out contacts synching. Simono -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Dorset] And while we're at it.

So they don't work without it even when they're configured in Monitors? On 17 Sep 2010 19:59, Simon Oapos;Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote: To make the HP 2133 external VGA port work, create an xorg.conf file(it doesn't come with one in 10.04). Contents: Section Device Identifier

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

It looks like Dell have finally succumbed. There were reports of it dropping Linux in the UK but then they said Oh, no, we're just in the middle of upgrading them all! We'll sell them again soon!. There are a million places to get Eee PCs with Linux - including Asus themselves. Same goes for

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

not any more. I wonder why? They were nifty, but you couldn't install stuff on them very easily without installing UNR. Not many had UNR. Bad rep? Time to introduce more with UNR! Geez, I need to start up my idea for a company that sells things properly. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD,

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

That doesn't sound nice. I wouldn't want to work with a business with dirty tactics like that. They should properly try to compete by innovation rather than removing anyone else from the market. If only the world worked that way. I'm not sure it's competely legal, it could be covered under

Re: [Dorset] New FSFE Free PDF Readers Campaign

Security is my biggest gripe! As with almost all non-free apps, really! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

There's also http://www.system76.com/ who have a good reputation. Oh? I heard they were US-only. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

arguably supports the system better than any MS offering would. Heard of Novell-certified? ;) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

if the machine isn't made to be compatible with Linux, A kernel developer came out and said EVERYTHING works with Linux - and as far as I've seen, that's the case :) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Dorset] Mirror mirror on the wall....

And will you document it all on the lug wiki? Sounds painful. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] Clive's Problem with /tmp/.X11-unix.

1 root:x:0:clive,root I thoughth normal users weren't allowed to be in the root group? I thought they usually go in wheel or admin (ubuntu) but only root if they need to access root's files that are setguid or chmod g+ -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing

Re: [Dorset] gcc cross compiling to m68k

initial questions, if anyone on the list has experience using gcc as a cross-compiler. Yep - I use buildroot a lot. What's multilib and how does it fit in with newlib (which I gather I need to build for a different target)? Multilib is a feature of gcc that lets you compile for multiple

Re: [Dorset] Updating Software on Linux without rebooting

. running code gets overwritten Not Firefox... yet... -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

I don't get it. Ok, I do get it. But it's completely arbitrary, and wrong too. But here's something else interesting (in base 10 this time): How do you make eight eights equal a thousand? 8+8+8+88+888=1000 -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC,

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

Er, yeah. I'm really looking forward to Meerkat. It would be a sin if their slogan wasn't Simples! -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] Just Saying Is All.....

I wonder: in twenty years' time, will people look back and say, I can't believe people used to pay for that kind of software? Or will they say, I can't believe it was free? I hope for I can't believe they didn't let you do that! -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00

Re: [Dorset] Simple? MEPIS and Regionset.

Just fri, libdvdcss is region-free. You don't need to set a region when watching DVDs with it. If I got the right end of the stick... -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively:

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

(process:349): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id(0) User ID 0 is root. Is your /etc/passwd still there and showing a root user? -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413

Re: [Dorset] Sheevaplugs

Ralph mentioned these in relation to backups. Has anyone on the list tried them, or others (like Guruplug). I agree, it would make a great backup server, or DNS, print server etc... I'd like to use them for home sharing servers, to run Bibud et al. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday

Re: [Dorset] FTP files blocked.

http://dorset.lug.org.uk/     http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413   Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset           List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http

Re: [Dorset] FTP files blocked.

I would start with the Binary mode problem. This is only a problem if you are looking at compiled code, not bash scripts etc. I think any binary data type not openable with a text editor would have the same problem. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00

Re: [Dorset] Monitor resolution

Submit a bug report! I have an X193W that is, this is strange. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info:

Re: [Dorset] YouTube - word to the wise -

But if you do this, the YouTube uploader doesn't need to do any processing and your video goes live immediately it gets there. Which is nice. Simono Except now where it's using WebM. -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Dorset] That's that.

Networking hobbled. Kernel crashes. Feeble standard repositories. Sound disappears. Sound controls disappear too. Can't be configured for Samba. Video editor programmes 'unstart'. Freezes at kernel level on boot up-login. Apart from that, it's brilliant! Ubuntu has: Networking

Re: [Dorset] Somewhat off-topic.

/tmp or Video DownloadHelper extension for Firefox! Or indeed search download youtube and there'll be web based ones available -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat:

Re: [Dorset] Slow night

Good call! I'll drink to that... -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info:

Re: [Dorset] It'll Never Catch On.

It's amazing what people get up to these days for dirt cheap. -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info:

Re: [Dorset] It'll Never Catch On.

across the air Are you serious! That's amazing! -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info:

Re: [Dorset] USB wireless keys.

Oh yes, Debian doesn't come with the firmware due to the project's beliefs but if it's new enough should come with actual modules. I think.their stock kernels are far too stable. On 19 Feb 2010, at 10:11, Tim Allen t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 19/02/10 01:04, Dan Dart wrote: They all

Re: [Dorset] USB wireless keys.

/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Line speeds

=2645413   Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset           List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02

Re: [Dorset] Cloud Computing - Stallman's take

February 2010 17:24, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 03 Feb 2010, Dan Dart wrote: But remember the AGPL is to fix the cloud loophole. That might fix the software problem, assuming that the provider takes any notice of your bug reports and patches, but it won't fix the potential

Re: [Dorset] Cloud Computing - Stallman's take

, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/     http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413   Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset           List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music

Re: [Dorset] iPad Petition by 'Defective by Design'

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Re: [Dorset] Last hurdle for my daughter's machine (I hope) - GRUB

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[Dorset] Any LAMP/Sysadmin jobs about?

for instant loading. My business website is Xenon at http://hackerlanes.com - it's an alpha web desktop I programmed (with help) in JS, AJAX, PHP and MySQL. My CV is located here (depends what format you want): http://dandart.co.uk/CV.pdf http://dandart.co.uk/CV.txt Cheers -- Dan Dart

Re: [Dorset] One disk or two?

://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http

Re: [Dorset] Apropos nothing is particular.

://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Dan Dart _ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server

[Dorset] Introducing myself

Hi LUGs I am Dan Dart, and I am the current administrator of the Glastonbury LUG. I am primarily a LAMP developer, and second, a GNU Linux administrator. I felt it was necessary to introduce myself around, since I have a few years experience with Linux et al. So I can offer help when it's