On 20/06/13 07:27, Keith Edmunds wrote:
My suggestion to you is to pick either Windows or Linux, and stick with
that. If you want to, you can do everything in Linux.
Hi Keith,
Fist up I'll confess that I have only dropped in on this thread at this
point. However, that said I'm not sure I
On 17/06/13 15:48, c...@pampru.org wrote:
Please add John Dubery, who came with me to the last two LUG meetings,
to the LUG mailing list.
john.dub...@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks,
Charles Miller
Hi Charles,
Subscribing (and un-subscribing) is accomplished here:
On 30/03/13 22:37, Payne, Tony wrote:
I am only using the 'apt-get install' command to load things like an ssh
server, LAMP server and FTP server. I ended up reloading the OS, and this time
I only have a couple of 'dependency' problems. I'll probably leave those alone
as the server seems to
On 27/03/13 12:46, Simon P Smith wrote:
Did you try installing software from other repositories or manually with
dpkg?
Tony, can you give us an example of the commands you are using to
install packages, the location of the packages, etc?
As long as you are not trying to install anything too
On 17/03/13 18:04, Payne, Tony wrote:
The reason for installing Ubuntu Server was that a work colleague is an avid
Linux user - he suggested it, and I specifically want to learn without the GUI.
I'll persist with it at the moment, but bear in mind your advice.
Hi Tony,
It's worth bearing in
On 01/02/13 18:24, Keith Edmunds wrote:
They don't sound like myths to me - there's very few things there that
I've ever heard said about Linux. I think it's closer to we need a blog
post, so let's make up some Linux myths.
I agree Keith, utter nonsense.
Sean
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On 15/01/13 20:26, Chris Dennis wrote:
Would you rather that the machineries of war run on a stable, secure
operating system, or on the other one?
The latter - hopefully the war would then blow up in the faces of those
waging it and end in farce!
Peace.
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On 01/01/13 14:34, Martin Hepworth wrote:
Personally i never buy anything from pcworld and always recommend others
not to either.
Same here: I normally come out of PC World shaking my fist in rage and
frustration at the ridiculous prices!
Also, once or twice I have been tempted to intervene
On 15/12/12 13:26, Terry Coles wrote:
Hi,
Anyone got a good bash incantation for removing apostrophes in lots of file-
names? I assume that it could be done with a combination of mv (or rename)
and grep, but maybe there is a better way.
I've just ripped a collection of audio CDs to ogg format
On 06/10/12 11:45, StarLion wrote:
Try looking for /dev/sr0 - that's what I usually find it under. If there's
not, you might have to check the VM's settings to ensure it's configured to
show optical devices.
I'm not sure if this is especially relevant in the VM context, but when
I attach a
On 24/09/12 10:42, gladelands wrote:
Hi all,
Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with
widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux?
I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X
window turned off.
Before I try this is there anything that anybody
On 13/09/12 05:11, Jacky Chan wrote:
Can you unsubscribe me from your mailing? Thanks
Hi JC,
Scroll down to unsubscribe:
http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
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On 26/06/12 10:12, Victor Churchill wrote:
Is there anything else I need to do to make a bootable USB key from an ISO
image?
Does the partition you are booting from on the USB device have the boot
flag set? I am pretty sure I have fallen foul of this before and I don't
know if the bootable
On 10/06/12 11:54, Terry Coles wrote:
* I was reading a web forum using Firefox and listening to music using Amarok.
Everything was normal. On the desktop, I had Skype, HPLIP and the usual
Klipper and KNetwork icons sitting in the System Tray.
* My daughter switched on her laptop and Skype told
Hi fellow luggers,
CIT 850W Black Edition PSU 12cm Dual 12v CE PFC Model 850UB
http://www.ebuyer.com/191844-cit-850w-black-edition-psu-12cm-dual-12v-ce-pfc-model-850ub-psucit850ub
I bought the above PSU to see if it would assist me in unlocking
additional cores on my AMD CPU, and as such
On 03/04/12 13:51, David Neylan wrote:
Interesting thread but why no mention of Kubuntu?
My friend has used Kubuntu for years but recently informed me that
Canonical are dropping their support for the guy who currently develops
it for them. That being the case I believe that this LTS version
On 25/02/12 19:04, blanksi...@hushmail.com wrote:
Anyway, just wanted to say hello for now. I hope everyone is having a
great weekend.
Hi Simon,
Welcome to the list.
I haven't got any experience of Apple products so not much to add there
I am afraid.
PS - has anyone here ever read Neal
On 12/02/12 10:23, Tim wrote:
But it also the cost that the likes of PCworld charge to resolve
things like a dead hard disk, I overheard a conversation at work where
a womens PC had died and she took it back to PCWorld where she bought
it from a couple of years previous. They wanted £265 to
On 14/12/11 09:26, Peter Merchant wrote:
I got this from SkillsUK this morning, and as I started to fill it in I
came up quickly with two questions.
What is a 'technology' and how do we define the 'use' of it?
https://www.itskillsacademy.ac.uk/it-professional-profile/?tab=skills
At which
On 14/12/11 11:16, Peter Merchant wrote:
and how would you fit the branch of knowledge that deals with the
creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life,
society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial
arts, engineering, applied science, and pure
On 03/12/11 06:16, Adrian Howard wrote:
For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry
Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here.
Well, as far as I can see there's nothing, either morally or legally, to
stop you from firing it up with live CD of
On 23/10/11 13:29, John Palmer wrote:
There are several companies offering to sell laptop batteries on the net
but most are shy about stating their postal address which makes me
hesitant to deal with them. Can people name some sellers that they
think are reliable, or alternatively some they've
On 13/10/11 17:05, Terry Coles wrote:
I have nothing specific against Steve Jobs, but I would assert that Dennis,
along with Ken Thompson and Brian Kernighan contributed far more to the world
of software and computers than Steve ever did.
But he didn't make shiny objects of desire, and sadly
On 09/10/11 20:24, Ron Mahony wrote:
So sorry- have lost yr reply.Pls repeat you recommended Linux character
recognitn prog.Thanks, Ron
Hi Ron,
Just guessing - was it Tesseract perchance?
Sean
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On 03/10/11 21:41, Natalie wrote:
Hi all,
I joined the Lug some time ago and tomorrow I will be there; the only
problem is that I don't know anyone so if you see a guy alone,
well, it's
me!
I'll be there too, you can see a picture of me on my Twitter profile
http://twitter.com/#!/NatJM
On 21/09/11 11:42, C A Wills wrote:
One problem is the PC's do not have any screens, so I'm looking for
any old small (12+)LCD screens.
Does anyone have a screen which they would donate to this project
please.
Hi Clive,
I have a nice 15 Eizo that's currently located in my loft, just across
On 08/09/11 18:11, Natalie wrote:
Before considering option of getting new PSU / getting laptop to
replace it / getting new desktop / installing linux on spare old
laptop to see if it can be used for internet stuff, I just wanted to
check if this could be something obvious I'm missing (I'm not
On 07/09/11 16:15, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
On 07/09/11 13:11, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Does anyone know of a good repairer for my Dell laptop please. The
screen surround has cracked on the left hand side and it's difficult
to closed the lid.
IIRC, the one that others mention on this list
On 24/08/11 10:36, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
If I were in that position, with an A4 1200dpi scanner costing less
than £50 I'd be tempted to buy a new one, since the money spend would
soon be saved through not having to dual boot and maintain two OSs.
Heh, I agree with the solution if not the
Hi Folks,
Before I bung this on ebay I thought I'd offer it up here.
The summary specification is as follows:
- Pentium 4 2.8MHz Hyperthreading CPU (effectively Dual Core)
- 2GB PC3200 DDR RAM
- Samsung DVD-R/RW
- MSI nVidia NX7600 512Mb AGP Graphics Card
(note - no hard drive, although that
On 01/08/11 21:24, Peter Merchant wrote:
I did find a command line program for doing OCR, but it looked like a
pain to use. I can't remember it's name.
I've used Tesseract which is a CLI tool. It wasn't too difficult to use
and it did the job.
Sean
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Hi Folks!
Just spotted this in the morning mail:
http://www.ebuyer.com/267867-emachine-er1401-desktop-pt-nbzec-004
I'm not familiar with e-machines kit but they seem to be established and
as I recall ebuyer have been stocking their stuff for some time.
However, at £129 for a dual-core
On 02/04/11 12:54, StarLion wrote:
Now, as I understand it, using GParted to resized a Win7 partition
causes it to fail to boot. So firstly, how exactly does one get around
this safely, without having to reinstall Windows itself?
Secondly, can legacy GRUB chainload Windows 7, or do I have to
On 02/04/11 15:04, Natalie Hooper wrote:
When I got my new computer a few months ago, it came with Windows 7 and I
used Windows 7's own Disk Management tool to resize my window partition.
However, I discovered I wasn't able to resize it down to as small as I hoped
I might, due to some data in
On 31/03/11 14:40, Mark Elkins wrote:
Alternatively if you don't want to upgrade the memory you could try Ubuntu
Light (Lite?).
I'm currently using Linux Mint Debian which I have found to be
significantly faster than either Linux Mint or Ubuntu.
Sean
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On 30/03/11 18:46, Brian Masterman wrote:
I have an old laptop that I wish to install Linux on with audacity for
recording purposes.
All the modern distros fail as the are too heavy on ram and disks etc.
What I need is to setup an auto-login and startup audacity and allow
usb transfer
On 28/03/11 20:52, Peter Merchant wrote:
Way back in November '09 we had a discussion about editing the Grub
Menu, which I must have used successfully, but don't think I could have
repeated. Now I have a menu with so many 'old' versions of the kernel
that the bottom entries are off the bottom
Hi All,
I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic
Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd
pass it on.
It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that
explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can
On 31/01/11 10:00, StarLion wrote:
We got told the same down here in Weymouth, but that was quite some
time ago. It seems way down south, we're not important enough to get
it.
Not even with the Olympics looming large? I would have thought this was
just the sort of benefit the locals might
On 30/01/11 20:40, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
Register for interest weren't that sewerage ISP registering for
interest for years?
Yeah, that was just another flush in the pan though!
:-)
Sean
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On 14/01/11 20:06, Walter wrote:
When the two connectors are attached to the m 'board and I apply the
front power button all the internal fans run for a couple of seconds
only then stop. The mobo light is now orange flashing until I switch
off rear mains power.
That sounds like it might be
On 09/01/11 10:14, Peter Merchant wrote:
On another front, A friend using XP had his computer fail. It was in
perennial reboot mode. It had 40G hard disk that was full, and I think
they had unplugged it to stop it when it ceased to work for them. Thanks
to Ubuntu disk I was able to boot the
On 13/12/10 18:00, C A Wills wrote:
Done a silly thing and deleted several partitions on an old PC of my
brother, now no boot sequence!
PC used to dual boot WP/Ubuntu but they have not used Linux and WP has
no elbow room so I removed the Linux partitions, expanded WP twice as
large and used
On 08/12/10 17:36, Terry Coles wrote:
I think I asked the wrong question (or the right question asked wrongly).
What we really want to do is to burn a disc that consists of the TC ISO
(which
will rarely change) and add some additional scripts/config files (which will
change frequently)
On 04/12/10 13:14, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:32:15 -, Sean Gibbins
s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote:
The notion of a community that co-operates and shares while striving for
excellence must surely be alien to our self-serving leaders and captains
of industry.
God damn
On 27/11/10 13:41, Terry Coles wrote:
Does anyone know of a tool that can do this?
Hi Terry,
An alternative approach to yours might have been:
- Copy the music directory to an alternative location (i.e. 'cp ~/Music
~/Music_copy')
- Point Sound Converter (or Sound Konverter for KDE types) at
On 27/11/10 14:15, Sean Gibbins wrote:
On 27/11/10 13:41, Terry Coles wrote:
Does anyone know of a tool that can do this?
Hi Terry,
An alternative approach to yours might have been:
- Copy the music directory to an alternative location (i.e. 'cp ~/Music
~/Music_copy')
Sorry
On 27/11/10 17:14, Terry Coles wrote:
---8---
OK. I've started trying to put together a script that will sort my tracks.
I've found two useful scripts on the web; one to create a list of filenames
in
a directory and one to parse out the ID3 tags. I've started with the list of
On 27/11/10 20:43, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
That's enough wandering toff optic. :-)
Not at all Ralph - I was basically repeating something I had stumbled
across that did the trick, and had no idea how it worked, so all this is
very interesting - thanks for taking the time to post it!
Sean
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On 22/11/10 18:05, Tim wrote:
I am a cli dunce so please bear with me.
Lets say I am working in the terminal screen in the following folder
m...@computer:~#/folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5 mv blah blah.
Now I want to go back to work in folder2, what the easy command to get
On 17/11/10 18:49, Peter Jill Harris wrote:
I have tried restoring the last complete backup plus incrementals but
still no files to be found. Can anyone help please?
I guess the question to ask here is /where/ did you restore them to?
Depending on how you went about it they might be lurking
On 16/11/10 18:23, Nicky Scopes wrote:
hello all,
i have been studying linux and have achieved LPIC level 1 and have done so
using
self study materials from sybex.com
the only problem is that neither sybex or oreilly publish material for the
level
2 exams, i have looked on amazon.co.uk
On 13/11/10 17:12, Dan Dart wrote:
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.
Apparently Andrews and Arnold do:
On 02/11/10 08:45, Natalie Hooper wrote:
I'd like to know your thoughts about this, what you agree/disagree with,
what you would add etc.
Hi Natalie,
See comment number two!
Sean
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On 02/11/10 13:43, jr wrote:
On 2 November 2010 12:40, John Cooper l...@discoverlinux.co.uk wrote:
packages (DEB is NOT the defacto standard as someone posted).
where did you read that??
Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives that include two
gzipped, bzipped or lzmaed tar archives:
On 02/11/10 14:14, Natalie Hooper wrote:
@Sean - I've been using Linux since 2005, though I didn't use it at all in
2008/early 2009. As stated before, these things don't stop ME from using
Linux/Ubuntu/whatever app I use, but from my experience, they stop new users
from using Linux/Ubuntu.
On 02/11/10 17:26, Natalie Hooper wrote:
I think some of you are really misunderstanding my purpose here. My purpose
isn't to diss Linux, or to complain about it, but to constructively throw
ideas as to how to improve its user-friendliness. Now, if you don't want it
to become more
On 26/10/10 02:51, Andrew Morgan wrote:
If there are video problems then log in to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and
edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Change the Driver in Section Device to
one of nouveau, nv or nvidia, then save and restart gdm.
If there were problems upgrading packages then run 'sudo
On 10/10/10 17:09, Terry Coles wrote:
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Simon,
Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
...angels fear to tread.
Why not wait a week?
I didn't and (so far) I seem to have a pretty good installation.
I did a
On 02/10/10 18:10, Victor Churchill wrote:
Just called my local : The Broadway, top of Charminster Road,
roundabout with Castle Lane/Broadway Lane.
+ WiFi free
+ On several Bus routes
+ Decent car parking (not huge but probably adequate)
- Karaoke on Wednesdays - however:
+ They have a
On 30/09/10 16:08, Bryn Jones wrote:
Anyone know?...
Hi Bryn,
I probably know as much as you now, which is that we are discussing Zero
Insertion Force and Low Insertion Force devices, where ZIFs have a
clamping mechanism to secure a good, accurate connection with the cable
and LIFs gently push
On 24/09/10 15:55, Dan Dart wrote:
http://bit.ly/cvIBAp
Looks dodgy - since it was sent to everyone - I'd like a little explanation.
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On 23/09/10 21:39, Natalie Hooper wrote:
The frequent Ubuntu upgrades are
actually a negative for me, too many risks of things going wrong too often.
Sometimes, it takes up to 2 months to get the system working as well as it
did before the upgrade - in fact, right now, I haven't got mine
On 23/09/10 21:39, Natalie Hooper wrote:
I have found Ubuntu quite unstable at time - the last upgrade was quite
stressful for example. Eclipse, which is an IDE I use fairly often, is a lot
less stable than it was - in fact, it isn't stable at all, it crashes about
once every half hour at the
On 23/09/10 22:25, Dan Dart wrote:
Let others volunteer to be guinea pigs. :-)
Oh, me! me! me! Pick me!
I install betas occasionally and see if they're good enough in a VM.
As soon as they are I use them full time. And make sure everything is
fixed before release day (submitting bug
On 23/09/10 22:38, Bryn Jones wrote:
On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 22:29 +0100, Sean Gibbins wrote:
On 23/09/10 22:25, Dan Dart wrote:
Let others volunteer to be guinea pigs. :-)
Oh, me! me! me! Pick me!
I install betas occasionally and see if they're good enough in a VM.
As soon as they are I
On 22/09/10 15:18, Victor Churchill wrote:
Hi Sean,
My wife has worked at So'ton Uni in the past, and said immediately
that you or he should approach the Centre for Assistive Technology,
which is part of the University's Student Support Services. I'll try
and chase up a website ref.
best
On 11/09/10 19:35, Andrew Morgan wrote:
Now lets get rid of all this spying technology and start treating each
other like humans.
A noble thought Andrew, but it is precisely because of human nature that
we find ourselves in this state. There are humans out there who put
precisely zero value
On 17/09/10 09:35, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:25:00 +0100, Sean Gibbins
s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote:
precisely zero value on your peace of mind or your physical safety
I'll admit I speed at times. This doesn't mean I put precisely zero
value on your safety
On 17/09/10 10:39, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:15 +0100, Sean Gibbins
s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote:
Do we do away entirely with speed limits and leave it to the
individual to judge?
Not quite - but maybe we should have speed limits based on scientific
judgement
On 12/09/10 10:54, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:36:37 +0100, Sean Gibbins
s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote:
It's not the same as sending Charles Bronson after them, is it? ;-)
Slippery slope
No more so than standing on a street watching the traffic and thinking
On 12/09/10 12:10, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
Do people speed past the school? What can be done to slow them down?
Bung a camera outside and send them a hefty fine?
Believe me, it works with at least some of the population - a friend was
caught by a camera, fined and had the option of attending
On 04/09/10 11:40, Peter Merchant wrote:
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 08:31 +0100, Terry Coles wrote:
On Friday 03 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on
October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional
On 02/09/10 07:27, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday 01 September 2010 23:09:39 Natalie Hooper wrote:
On 31 August 2010 22:42, Dan Dartdand...@googlemail.com wrote:
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
On 29/08/10 11:40, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
Incidentally, iTunes won't install on a virtual machine, so maybe it is
another example?
Not true: my daughter runs iTunes in a VirtualBox VM (Windows XP) on Ubuntu.
Sean
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On 29/08/10 19:59, Dan Dart wrote:
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...
I thought that commercially produced DVD discs were region set by the
manufacturer for different markets, and by
On 20/08/10 14:02, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Sean,
Despite its world read permission being set, you still need the sudo
to get to it on my machine.
Regardless of the permissions on the file, each directory in the path to
the file needs execute (AKA search) permission if the kernel is
On 19/08/10 16:30, kimd...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Hi folks,
Can any of you using Kubuntu Lucid Lynx let me me how it is on
reliability?
My friend is a proficient techie plus long term KDE and Ubuntu user.
However, he gave up on Kubuntu quite a while ago, having tried it over
several
On 16/08/10 15:10, Walter Reed wrote:
My little Acer AOA Netbook model ZG5 has bitten the dust. (1 GBt Ram 120GB hdd
and about 18 months old.) I've had loads of fun out of this model and use it
most days but now it looks like 'curtains'.
It will boot past the Grub choices (LInpus or Ubuntu)
On 14/08/10 10:19, Natalie Hooper wrote:
That looks like a really cool festival indeed! Too late for this year (we
have other plans that week-end) but maybe another year... I'm not keen on
big festivals - had too many experiences going to a festival wanting to see
a band only to find myself at
On 14/08/10 23:42, Victor Churchill wrote:
Comme t 7 summed up my impression:
Either you commit to open standards or you don't - the BBC seems to
be trying to declare its wholehearted support of open standards whilst
not practising what it preaches.
I got the impression that the bloke who
On 12/08/10 08:13, Natalie Hooper wrote:
What else to say in an introduction? I love music, I like different styles
though I don't like r'n'b/hip-hop/urban music much, and I'm trying to find
out about good live music venues in Bournemouth Southampton, so any tip
welcome!
Hi Natalie,
Welcome
On 12/08/10 12:17, Victor Churchill wrote:
Can't add to what Sean has said on the music score really - I don't
actually do much live music (apart from opera!) these days - but for
those with sufficiently long and hazy memories I did notice that
Daevid Allen (Gong etc) is doing a couple of gigs
On 06/08/10 22:47, jr wrote:
question to Sean, Dominic, Tim:
Lucky Backup, Backup Manager
.. the best product on the market!
why do you require a 'product' when *nix systems come with s/ware
which fulfills the requirements (I want to backup selected
files/directories from my data
On 06/08/10 20:43, Peter Merchant wrote:
Any suggestions?
Backup Manager works for me:
http://www.backup-manager.org/
It's in the Ubuntu repositories and seems to be pretty flexible in terms
of what it will do for you.
Sean
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On 06/08/10 22:01, Tim wrote:
I also use Lucky Backup
Wandering slightly OT here, but does Lucky Backup strike anybody else as
a peculiar name for something most folk wouldn't want to trust to luck?
Despite not knowing the first thing about it, but I have already formed
a slightly
On 23/06/10 17:29, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote:
I'll definitely think about an upgrade to UNR.
As I recall UNR was a non-starter for EeePC 700 - slow to the point of
being unusable, possibly on account of it being optimised for other
hardware (Intel Atom?), or simply due to the lack of
On 10/06/10 23:54, Andrew Drapper wrote:
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 my monitor is 1280 x 1024 but Ubuntu is only
letting me have 1024 x 768. How do I change this in 10.04. I believe it is
not as easy as it used to be. no config file to change, or some such.
Any tips appreciated. my monitor is
On 31/05/10 09:13, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 08:57 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote:
Thanks to everyone for their input. I looked at the reference above to
ubuntumanual, which starts with pwmconfig.
The results of that are:
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable
On 30/05/10 14:11, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
I've put on a page.
Still has a rather naff URL.
Maybe somebody knows how to transfer it to somewhere more descriptive?
http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=articles:example1
Simono
Not sure if there is a cleverer way but this works:
-
On 30/05/10 14:59, Terry Coles wrote:
OK. I've done a small review of Kubuntu 10.04 at
http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=articles:linux_distribution_comparisons#terry.
I'm still not sure how to delete the old page that Simon did at
On 24/05/10 18:30, Alex Ross wrote:
I second Robert, it actually seems to be puppy thats getting in the way.
Maybe you could suggest he tries installing it on Ubuntu/Debian server?
There are lots of walkthrough's available.
On 24/05/10 20:25, Terry Coles wrote:
On Monday 24 May 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
We've discussed this and suspect that it isn't able to open up the right
port (6000) in the Windows version
TCP 6000 is the X Window System server. Is TCP 9000 what he wants? I
think Slim stuff
On 08/05/10 20:47, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
Further news - I used Transmission to download 'Ice Cold In Alex'(one of
my favourites-no sweat I bought the DVD just they are hobbled)
And no doubt that's /exactly/ how your ISP will see it when they get a
letter from a solicitor informing them
On 08/05/10 21:40, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
Sean,
just looked it up; we have until June 12th.
So shag that connection, baby!
Ooerr!
Meanwhile, I'm checking out AcidRip so I don't have to download at all.
I'll let you know how that goes in a few minutes. I've got 98% of my
first file.
On 08/05/10 22:01, weki wrote:
Hi everyone,
I know we are not in Spain ;-) but under the Spanish law you have the right
to do a private copy of any music or film you have bought . So I'm not 100%
sure but I think it should be the same here in England.
It's not if what I have read on
On 04/05/10 08:50, Peter Merchant wrote:
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 02:51 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 02:30 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
1)Takes longer to boot up
2)Boot up sequence looks like a chinese-made plastic toy. Crap.
3)Uninstalls opencv, cannot
On 04/05/10 11:11, greg oconnell wrote:
I have recently purchased a couple of home plug devices to network my two PCs
(both Ubuntu 9.10). They work fine but I wondered how safe the data is
whizzing round my ring main. Can anyone eavesdrop on this type of wired
network and live?
Puts
On 19/04/10 23:45, David wrote:
Hello Folks,
I finally tired of having 150 GB of Vista 'operating system' which kept
on unstarting, so I blatted my main PC with 9.10 which took 15 minutes
including Ext4-ing the drive(in case the international paedos had been
using the 150GB as an illegal
On 07/04/10 10:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Keith,
Point out to her that this is still (allegedly) a democracy, and her
job is to represent her constituents' views in Parliament rather than
to represent her party's views to you. In other words, if she has
three letters against the DEB
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