Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 12.04 - I don't seem to have GRUB

2012-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
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Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 12.04 - I don't seem to have GRUB

2012-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
b2-common 1.99-21ubuntu3 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files > for version 2) Looks like I should install those packages. I wonder why mine were removed? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-T

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 12.04 - I don't seem to have GRUB

2012-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
ersion) > ii grub-pc-bin 1.99-21ubuntu3 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 > (PC/BIOS binaries) > ii grub2-common 1.99-21ubuntu3 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files > for version 2) Looks like I should install those packages. I wonder why mine were removed? --

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 12.04 - I don't seem to have GRUB

2012-05-05 Thread Terry Coles
/msg04504.html Yes. I think this is a KMail bug. When I looked at the same message later, all the text was there. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight (NOTE: NOT TONIGHT)

2012-06-05 Thread Terry Coles
;t go tonight or you'll be disappointed. See you there. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on ma

[Dorset] Adding a new drive after installation

2012-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
erhaps? Can someone give me a procedure or series of steps to do this without breaking his existing installation? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http:/

Re: [Dorset] Adding a new drive after installation

2012-06-09 Thread Terry Coles
nstalled from scratch (he hadn't got much in his home directory yet). After we set it off it largely did it's own thing and we finalised it during tea break. Can't imagine installing Windows like that... -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu

[Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
k at the time. Is there a hot-hey combo that overrides everything, like ALT-CTRL-DEL does in Windows? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.

Re: [Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
hat it was. In the event, it ended before I could get control. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: ma

Re: [Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
. Jun 10 10:08:32 BEIGE dbus[938]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' This keeps repeating at intervals of a few minutes to an hour. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meet

Re: [Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
I didn't try it. I've taken to using ALT-F2 recently which lets me execute a single command and suffices for everything I need usually. My intention was to run htop. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tu

Re: [Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 10 Jun 2012 12:47:39 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Perhaps it was killed by the kernel's out of memory, OOM killer, though > I'd have thought there would be a "killed process" line in > /var/log/kernel.log or similar. No sign of anything like that. --

Re: [Dorset] Something Hogged my PC Today and I Couldn't Find Out What

2012-06-10 Thread Terry Coles
een a problem (assuming it was Skype that is). -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.l

Re: [Dorset] Bits from Pub Meet Last Night.

2012-06-13 Thread Terry Coles
annoying 'memory' in that typing file in the HUD on an empty desktop offered menu items from Firefox, which had just been closed. (Selecting an item didn't work BTW.) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth

Re: [Dorset] Hi all, just joined......

2012-06-17 Thread Terry Coles
up to date and installed Wi-Fi (the Cloud) so we're generally pretty set up. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New

Re: [Dorset] Hi all, just joined......

2012-06-21 Thread Terry Coles
up, you'll be talking all night to update me. > Do say hi to Paul and anybody else that knows me. I've no idea who is > still there. Yes. I will. I've just got back from a trip to Cornwall (work not pleasure) so I'll talk to the guys tomorrow. There aren't that m

Re: [Dorset] Made me laugh

2012-06-21 Thread Terry Coles
. ??? > > Under System Requirements, aside for Pentium etc, it lists 'Macitosh'. > > Nowhere does it say where it was manufactured. Scoshland? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 20

Re: [Dorset] Made me laugh

2012-06-22 Thread Terry Coles
they are made...In the 60's & early 70's it was > known as 'Jap crap'. > Now it's 'cheap as china.' True. But on the other hand, I've always found Novatech to be more than ready to replace faulty stuff. I generally buy from them from preferenc

[Dorset] Next Meeting - Less than a week to go

2012-06-27 Thread Terry Coles
e_broadway Chris, Are you going? I think Paul has volunteered to drive! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on ma

Re: [Dorset] New member

2012-07-04 Thread Terry Coles
: http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/storage/consumer/default.aspx which is cheap and cheerful. It is adequate for my needs, but (as the yanks would say), your mileage may vary. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemou

Re: [Dorset] New member

2012-07-07 Thread Terry Coles
an't put names to places. I reckon we might be getting to the point where it's worth a vote :-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-08-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://

[Dorset] Dorchester Poll - Up to 8.

2012-07-07 Thread Terry Coles
just 2 or 3, as happened with the last Blandford Meeting. Still. It's looking promising. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-08-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Poll - Up to 8.

2012-07-10 Thread Terry Coles
Jon Stow of Weymouth, who's not on the list but has come > to Dorchester meetings in the past, asked when the next Dorchester one > was so he may be another attendee. Sounds like a plan. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeti

[Dorset] Does Ubuntu have a way to add a user to a group, other than in bash?

2012-07-28 Thread Terry Coles
lves to groups. I can't imagine why it's so hard. Have I missed something? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-08-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New

Re: [Dorset] Does Ubuntu have a way to add a user to a group, other than in bash?

2012-07-28 Thread Terry Coles
at Canonical had more sense. The problem is that they've dumbed down the User tools to make it easy for a newbie to set up, and then broken a pretty standard requirement. There is no way that you should need root privileges to add a printer. Where's the risk? -- Terry

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2012-07-31 Thread Terry Coles
Hi all, The next Meeting is one week today at 8pm on 7th August. The venue is The Broadway and I expect to be there. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu

Re: [Dorset] September's Dorchester Meeting.

2012-08-08 Thread Terry Coles
hanged, I've tried to update the wiki link above, basically > it looks like it's free parking after 6pm at the Top O'Town car park and > others. Sounds good. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Dorchester,

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One week tonight

2012-08-28 Thread Terry Coles
tails see: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_royal_oak Chris, Are you going? Paul says that he can't go any more. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2012-09-04 20:00 Meets, Ma

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One week tonight

2012-08-31 Thread Terry Coles
unlikely since I have a dreadful memory for faces ;-( -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2012-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mail

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2012-09-04.

2012-09-04 Thread Terry Coles
g; but without penguin. Lynn is away for the week and has taken the Netbook; complete with penguin in the bag ;-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2012-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://

Re: [Dorset] Hi

2012-09-10 Thread Terry Coles
7;m a Newbie! Just come along when it's convenient to you. No one will think the less of you for not knowing as much as them. We all learn something and if we don't, well it's a good social event! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Ku

[Dorset] New IET Events That May be of Interest

2012-09-21 Thread Terry Coles
cts? Will threats to openness result in complete closure of future hardware platforms. Date: 18 October 2012 Time: 18:30 Location: Murray Lecture Theatre, Murray Building (Bldg 58), Lecture Theatre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ -- Terry Coles 64 bit comp

[Dorset] Next Meeting - The Broadway Bournemouth, One Week Tonight

2012-09-25 Thread Terry Coles
. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-10-02 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: http://goo.gl

Re: [Dorset] Supercomputer OS'es

2012-09-27 Thread Terry Coles
w.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux- continues-to-dominate-list-of-top-500-supercomputers-1618155.html Linux has 462 of the top spots. Windows has 2. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-10-02 20:00 Meets

Re: [Dorset] Supercomputer OS'es

2012-09-28 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday 28 Sep 2012 08:30:55 Tim Allen wrote: > On 27/09/12 16:56, Terry Coles wrote: > > Linux has 462 of the top spots. Windows has 2. > > I guessed the trend would continue over the remainder of the top 500. > Interesting about Windows - how do they manage that? I assum

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2012-10-02's Pub Meeting.

2012-10-03 Thread Terry Coles
r, all I could find was: http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/gnu/psychosynth/. I'll ask him. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: ???, ???day, 2012-11-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2012-10-02's Pub Meeting.

2012-10-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 03 Oct 2012 17:03:10 Terry Coles wrote: > On Wednesday 03 Oct 2012 13:02:02 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Terry, what was that program Paul was noisily playing with; the signal > > generator thingy. Is that public or something internal to work? > > I think it was c

Re: [Dorset] connecting to SMB server

2012-10-08 Thread Terry Coles
link has helped: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149 -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: ???, ???day, 2012-11-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing lis

Re: [Dorset] Nas access issues

2012-10-27 Thread Terry Coles
read from her PC (both Linux). I can't always get > it to mount at boot time 9A line in the fstab file using cifs) and have > to mount via the cli You don't say which distro, but I assume from your other post that it might be Ubuntu. I fixed my problems using this page: http:/

Re: [Dorset] Nas access issues

2012-10-27 Thread Terry Coles
Exactly what happen if you do this in Ubuntu (using Nautilus presumably). -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-11-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on m

Re: [Dorset] Nas access issues

2012-10-27 Thread Terry Coles
time ago and yet it would appear that the process has to be repeated for V 12.10. I would have thought that the Ubuntu developers would have done all this by now. After all they claim that Linux is easier to set up than Windows these days and by and large I would agree. This bit lets it down. -

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2012-10-30 Thread Terry Coles
Hi all, The next Meeting is one week today at 8pm on 6th November. The venue is The Broadway and I expect to be there. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-03 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 29 Apr 2012 08:58:07 you wrote: On Saturday 31 Mar 2012 12:31:12 Terry Coles wrote: > On Tuesday 27 Mar 2012 11:10:27 c...@pampru.org wrote: > > This 'Consultation' will support the lobbing giants as I am sure it is > > designed to do. I am keeping my eyes,

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday 05 Nov 2012 14:28:39 Simon P Smith wrote: > On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: > > Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? > > Part of the discussion is below. > > > > Well the Consultation worked! The new Governme

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
t;commercial off the shelf"? If so, where did you > hear that? Yes. That is the meaning of COTS. I initially heard it on a Guardian Blog on Saturday, but the full story is in the link I gave in my earlier post. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubun

Re: [Dorset] LUG Pub Meeting tonight

2012-11-06 Thread Terry Coles
oesn't sound much, but the document was *very* comprehensive). Apart from that, they have a lot of eyes on them, as evidenced by the discussion over COTS S/W. Time will tell. A Policy that says that they will require Open Standards is harder to get round than no Policy at all. --

[Dorset] Next Meeting - Less Than One Week Tonight

2012-11-28 Thread Terry Coles
#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-12-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2012-12-04 Meeting.

2012-12-06 Thread Terry Coles
e). * All my files are accessible from any computer that can run Chrome (or Chromium under Linux). * The battery last a genuine 6.5 hrs +. As Ralph says there are Chromeboxes and also the earlier Chromebooks, which tend to be bigger and more expensive. --

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu spyware?

2012-12-10 Thread Terry Coles
pain. Finding what you were searching for amongst all the cr*p was really quite difficult. It made me think I was using Bing! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing l

[Dorset] Apostrophes in Filenames

2012-12-15 Thread Terry Coles
, so the script or command needs to be recursive. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- 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] Apostrophes in Filenames

2012-12-15 Thread Terry Coles
t exist. This may be a red herring, because I also had path length issues on the FAT32 partition, so that may have been the cause. However, if so, why did it apparently work with the '-n'? In the end, I used Sean's version, which worked fine once I'd got the folder nam

Re: [Dorset] Apostrophes in Filenames

2012-12-16 Thread Terry Coles
uccessfully run it. So, had I run your version from within each folder, I suspect it would also have worked. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://do

Re: [Dorset] Apostrophes in Filenames

2012-12-19 Thread Terry Coles
#x27;d probably never have asked the question. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@m

[Dorset] MEMTEST on Ubuntu 12.10 is Broken!

2012-12-27 Thread Terry Coles
with the tool, not the machine. We think his problem was dust in the airways by the way (it's an MSI gaming laptop). -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC

Re: [Dorset] Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

2013-01-01 Thread Terry Coles
o locate the phone if it is lost or stolen. In the end, it's up to the user whether they bother. There aren't many viruses reported for Android, so the chances are there will never be a problem. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- N

Re: [Dorset] Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

2013-01-01 Thread Terry Coles
don't tell me they are root-checkers please!). I can't show proof, so until someone does, I'll continue to use the tools available. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets,

Re: [Dorset] Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

2013-01-01 Thread Terry Coles
etbook for two years and found it much simpler than Windows! I'm still not sure if he believed her. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dor

[Dorset] Next Meeting - Less than one week tonight

2013-01-02 Thread Terry Coles
s The Broadway and I expect to be there. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list

Re: [Dorset] Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

2013-01-02 Thread Terry Coles
time. I would hope that I wouldn't, but since I am also not a top- notch software engineer, I prefer to play it safe. Everyone gets fooled now and again. > I agree about android running things as a single user, but there is a > difference with malware and viruses. AV software can

Re: [Dorset] Nexus 7 virus software, any problems?

2013-01-03 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 02 Jan 2013 22:38:53 Andrew R Paterson wrote: > as I give up preaching to the unconvertible, As do I. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, Linke

[Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device

2013-01-10 Thread Terry Coles
This is a bit different: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto- aim-to-the-real-world/ -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 469, Issue 1

2013-01-15 Thread Terry Coles
tillery Sorry Graeme, but the first electronic computer was Colossus, which was created to decode the German Lorenz messages in 1943 (see http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/lorenz/index.htm). Still a military application, but British, not American. -- Terry Coles

Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device

2013-01-15 Thread Terry Coles
at was allowed'. I had to explain that the GPL makes no stipulations about the purpose of a Linux deployment, only detailing the responsibilities to give back the code. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, T

Re: [Dorset] They can have Windows and other proprietary operating systems

2013-01-17 Thread Terry Coles
d I suggest - BE AFRAID ! Nope. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 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

[Dorset] Alan Cox is Going!

2013-01-24 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, See https://plus.google.com/u/0/04121194250082892/posts/KW3TdRYwjr9 It's worth reading! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

[Dorset] Google to Give Away 15,000 Raspberry Pis to UK Schools

2013-01-29 Thread Terry Coles
Here's some good news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21243825. Google giving 15,000 Raspberry Pis to UK Schools through the Raspberry Pi Foundation. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-

[Dorset] Next Meeting - Less than One Week Tonight

2013-01-30 Thread Terry Coles
to be there. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] Google to Give Away 15, 000 Raspberry Pis to UK Schools

2013-01-31 Thread Terry Coles
e learning fun, just as the Turtle did on the BBC Micro. Remember the Pi was developed to bring back the magic that the BBC Micro had. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list,

[Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
sounds a bit fraught to me, so it makes me nervous. One final question; I've never played around with RAID before. What happens if I remove one disc from the array and then power the machine up? Is this a reasonable simulation of a failing disc? -- Terry Coles

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
ility, which is critical in this installation. If a disc fails, the user's can fix it later, but the machine will continue to work until they can take the machine off line. Even then, the backup is the last port of call. Under normal circumstances, if a disc fails, the the user's will

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
raid disc, or will it make one copy of > the lot somehow that can then be restored to two raid discs? That's what I'm trying to find out :-) Preferably the latter. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tues

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 474, Issue 2

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
as to improve availability for that important 10-15 mins, while the users finish what they are doing or exit the system gracefully. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-03-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list,

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
xample), but my queries related to cloning an SSD based RAID array rather than the particular tool to be used. I was just trying to simplify the question (and obviously failed miserably :-) ). To reiterate, I want to know how to clone a pair of SSD discs configured as RAID 1. --

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2013-02-26 Thread Terry Coles
Hi All, The next Meeting is one week today at 8pm on Tuesday 5th March. The venue is The Broadway and I expect to be there with Paul. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway Chris, Are you going? -- Terry Coles 64 bit

Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth - wanting to change

2013-03-20 Thread Terry Coles
I need antivirus software? (MACs now do) Any other security software > essential? Only if you wan to protect your Windows afflicted friends from viruses that you might accidentally pass on to them. ClamAV is the usual choice and it's also in the repositories. -- Terr

Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth - wanting to change

2013-03-21 Thread Terry Coles
e and get an older model that still retails with W7 on it. I know Staples and PC World have still got stock and there are still plenty available online. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:0

Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth - wantingto change

2013-03-22 Thread Terry Coles
zdnet.com/swapping-windows-8-for-linux-mint- opensuse-and-fedora-on-my-new-netbook-712755/ At least it might when you've got a proper internet connection :-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-

Re: [Dorset] Anyone familiar with Wine ( the environment, not the liquid)

2013-03-24 Thread Terry Coles
tp://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=3726 -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing

Re: [Dorset] Anyone familiar with Wine ( the environment, not the liquid)

2013-03-25 Thread Terry Coles
the end, because it was quicker to run it in a Windows VM, which I was already using for my satnav software. It may be that winetools or some such is able to install the version that is needed. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meetin

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2013-03-26 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, The next Meeting is one week tonight: 8pm on 2nd April 2013 at The Broadway pub in Bournemouth. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. I'll be there. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next me

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2013-04-02 Thread Terry Coles
On Tuesday 26 Mar 2013 19:13:34 Terry Coles wrote: > The next Meeting is one week tonight: 8pm on 2nd April 2013 at The Broadway > pub in Bournemouth. > > See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. > > I'll be there. Actually, I won't.

[Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-12 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, Is anyone using Skype? On Kubuntu 12.10, video has suddenly stopped working, although the webcam kernel module has been loaded and works in other applications. When I try to enable video in Skype the list box says 'No device found'. Any thoughts? -- T

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-13 Thread Terry Coles
-3.5.0-23-generic vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@m

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-13 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday 13 Apr 2013 08:32:03 Terry Coles wrote: > That is almost certainly the problem; the kernel was updated to V 3.5.0-27 > two days ago and this is the first time I'd used it since then. It looks > like the previous update, to V 3.5.0-25, took place on the 9th. Apparentl

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-13 Thread Terry Coles
flashplugin-installer:amd64 (11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1, 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1) End-Date: 2013-04-10 17:41:12 Any ideas anyone? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-14 Thread Terry Coles
ty signals). I though nvidia was about displaying graphics, not capturing it. > Do you have Cheese installed? Does your video camera work in it? If > not, do you see an error message (if you run it from terminal)? I don't have cheese, but I do have Kamoso and the webcam is working perf

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-14 Thread Terry Coles
tice. All video capture seems to be done by uvcvideo. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mai

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-14 Thread Terry Coles
ad asking us to download some webcam software or another. We both dismissed it. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New t

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-14 Thread Terry Coles
They have to be called prior to the event and don't behave like a phone call. I look forward to some decent competition to Skype. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 20:00 Meets,

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-16 Thread Terry Coles
r who wishes to test Skype. My ID is CPKS00. I might take you up on that if MS don't release a fixed version soon. At the moment, I'm still pretty busy at work and I can live without the video for a while. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu L

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-25 Thread Terry Coles
uble is that the various pages I've found just say to do just that without any guidance on what to do. Any thoughts. If all else fails, I'll take up Chris's kind offer of the binaries, but I'm not sure what to do with them either at the moment. -- T

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday 26 Apr 2013 15:04:44 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > sudo apt-show-versions -a -R -p ^skype Hmm. that command is returned not found. I've tried apropos as many combinations of apt / show / version as I can think of and no-show. -- Terry Coles

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 raring archive.canonical.com skype-bin 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 installed: No available version in archive It seems to be telling me that the only version available is the one installed. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux

Re: [Dorset] Skype - No Video

2013-04-27 Thread Terry Coles
I went into Muon, (which is now the default Package Manager in Kubuntu, (and presumably Ubuntu)) and marked the package as locked to stop the Upgrade Manager nagging me about a new version being available. Thanks for the help. Spot on as usual. -- Terry Coles

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2013-04-30 Thread Terry Coles
ybe August). -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-05-07 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 E

[Dorset] OT: The Joy of Tech on Microsoft's New Strategy

2013-08-03 Thread Terry Coles
This is worth a look: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1872.html -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New

Re: [Dorset] Unable to Make the next LUG meeting

2013-08-04 Thread Terry Coles
's lots of it! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 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 Effective

Re: [Dorset] Unable to Make the next LUG meeting

2013-08-04 Thread Terry Coles
ua), when trying to walk past it's nest though! Later I did get to visit the RSPB reserve on North Uist when I had a free Sunday, but no Puffins there ;-( > And consider this, those of us who travel a lot for a living are glad > to get back home! I agree with this. --

Re: [Dorset] Laptop advice please

2013-08-15 Thread Terry Coles
stick a Ubuntu Live disc in and see what happens. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.

Re: [Dorset] Laptop advice please

2013-08-15 Thread Terry Coles
t there is a wireless connection available to try out. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: m

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