Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund

. RHCE. Surely the question should be why is it, if anybody disagree's with your opinion, you take it as an insult? Mark was purely saying it how he see things, there was no mention of your Linux Expertise Tim -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List

[Dorset] Any Jaunty Jackalopes testers out there

seen this problem?? Tim -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00

[Dorset] New AV release

I know there are a few keen AV user on the list so I thought this might interest you AV Linux 2 has just been released, it is based on Debian and runs the LXDE desktop, more info here: http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Old SODIMM's wanted

On Tuesday 30 June 2009 19:47:10 Tim wrote: I am after a pair of 128mb SODIMM's for an old Toshiba Laptop P4290, my son would be eternally grateful if anybody can help out as he can have the laptop to play with then. Regards Tim I have some memory which I am prepared to swop if anybody

[Dorset] [For Sale]Toshiba Laptop

and dropped to 85% (will confim how long it lasts) NO usb Currently has Puppy 4.2.1 installed Contact me off list if you are interested, collection preferred, I live in the Kinson area of Bournemouth. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http

Re: [Dorset] [For Sale]Toshiba Laptop

On Friday 24 July 2009 17:35:35 Tim wrote: I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 Laptop for sale. Basic spec are: Intel Celeron 550mhz 64mb ram (exp to 320mb) 6gb hard disk 12 TFT screen Floppy drive CD Rom drive Netgear PCIMIA network card working On board Bios battery dead Main

[Dorset] Red Hat spends $100 million a year promoting Linux

Matthew Szulik speaks on BBC world service http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003r602/Global_Business_Hats_off_to_Red_Hat/ Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel

[Dorset] Memory FOC

but no takers) So if anybody wants them drop me a mail of list please. The memory came from a server if I remember correctly and is labelled Twin Mos Tim -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-09-01 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Starbucks Bitmaps (was: Re: Changing the Boot Order with grub2)

into changing the boot order with grub2, and why is it so earth-shatteringly important it needs to be top-posted to grab our attention? Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk I concur, very confusing?? Tim -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-11-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

Tiger 230, details below http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/tiger230.html I must be honest I don't know it it works even but it is yours if you want it? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server

[Dorset] plptools

and googling is just listing its availability in various distro and bug fixes. I have kpsion installed and that is working ok so the communications with the Psion device is ok. Am I missing something simple here. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http

[Dorset] Kmail started by cron

no mail through. But when I close down kmail or reboot and then restart kmail there is a deluge of mail from this particular box Any suggestion?? Tim -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server

Re: [Dorset] Kmail started by cron

On Monday 04 January 2010 14:16:50 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: On 02/01/10 16:34, Tim wrote: I am trying to start kmail via cron but I can't get kmail to start, here is what cron looks like Well here is a list of my cron jobs m...@titan:~$ crontab -l # Delete old thumbnails 0 1

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

_ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk I was given an iPod shuffle once, never again, a good idea badly implmented Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat

[Dorset] [OT] Line speeds

I am trying to understand line speed but I sinking into a hole full of kbps, kbs and mbs If I have a 2mb dedicated line, what is the maximum kbps that I would need to reach before I reached the maximum capacity of the line? I hope that is clear Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010

Re: [Dorset] That's that.

Mepis 8.5 then check out thse two links http://www.mepislovers.org/index.php http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Main_Page If you really want Gnome then check out http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Replacing_KDM_with_GDM Tim -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19

Re: [Dorset] That's that.

Glad you are enjoying Mepis. Tim On Saturday 29 May 2010 16:37:14 Simon O'Riordan wrote: Thanks Tim. I am now in possession of a fully operational Death Star, sorry, Mepis Installation. Can't get it to see my Ubuntus yet, but they can see it very easily and when I make a change

Re: [Dorset] That's that.

on with our lifes. We don't want to spend hours trying to get something to work when we know that under different circumstances it works perfectly. Tim On Saturday 29 May 2010 21:30:02 Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sat, 29 May 2010 21:25:02 +0100, voluntar...@btopenworld.com said: As a workman

[Dorset] Virtual Box upgade and VPN

(XP Pro). Secondly, should I be able to set up a VPN in the XP guest and make it connect? Currently it fails saying it can't connect (internet access works ok) Tim -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid

[Dorset] External hard drive problem

that I can set some of the mounting parameters. Anybody got any suggestions? Tim -- 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

Re: [Dorset] Monitor resolution

Yes but what did he do (for future reference)?? Tim On Saturday 12 June 2010 11:44:53 Andrew Drapper wrote: Hi all, Don't you just hat teenagers!!! My son and his friend fixed in about ten minuets what I could not do in three days and with the help of you at dorset lug, and #ubuntu

[Dorset] Hard disk problem

and manually unmounted each partition (sda1 /home, sda2 /, sda3 swap). If I press the ctrl D the laptop bootups and there does not seem to be any problems. Can anybody assist?? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-08-04 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups

Re: [Dorset] Hard disk problem

superblock e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sda Which is the same error as before I have tried using the -p option I forgot to add that this is a brand fresh install of Mepis 8 (Debian Lenny) using the ext3 file system Tim On Thursday 22 July 2010 20:32:42 Tim wrote: When I boot up my laptop the boot process

Re: [Dorset] Hard disk problem

but it is refusing to launch any programs). I have a spare hard disk somewhere so I will dig that out and put it in the laptop and see what happens. Thanks for the help Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-08-04 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid

Re: [Dorset] BAckup software

://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 I also use Lucky Backup http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/ Tim -- Next meeting

Re: [Dorset] BAckup software

On Friday 06 August 2010 22:47:19 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

Re: [Dorset] BAckup software

original question he has had a very good varied response Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 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

[Dorset] BBC and Open standards

Anybody seen this http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/08/html5_open_standards_and_the_b.html Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server

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

On Wednesday 01 September 2010 23:09:39 Natalie Hooper wrote: On 31 August 2010 22:42, Dan Dart dand...@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 will they say, I can't believe it

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

On Thursday 02 September 2010 07:58:44 Sean Gibbins wrote: 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

[Dorset] Automate script

, What do I need to do to make it run from the schedule program?? Tim -- 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

[Dorset] Google code university

Not seen this mentioned http://code.google.com/edu/ Looks interesting Tim -- 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] [OT] HP Printer memory

On Saturday 09 October 2010 11:29:51 jr wrote: hi Tim, Can anybody tell me if HP use standard SoDimm memory (Laptop type) or a propriatory format for there printers?? what model? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_LaserJet#Upgrading_memory_of_older_models It is a P2015, looking

Re: [Dorset] [OT] HP Printer memory

On Saturday 09 October 2010 16:49:16 jr wrote: hi Tim, It is a P2015, looking at the links on the bottom of the wiki they seem mainly older HP lasers google reveals: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=encc=us taskId=120prodSeriesId=1845551prodTypeId

[Dorset] cd question

a lot of files (1 and 2) between a lot of folders and retyping the full path everytime is wearing my keyboard out!! Tim -- 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

Re: [Dorset] cd question

On Monday 22 November 2010 20:56:34 Peter Merchant wrote: On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 19:30 +, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: 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

Re: [Dorset] network problems

culprit processes. -- 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 gdomap details http://linux.die.net/man/8/gdomap Tim -- Next meeting: Somewhere

Re: [Dorset] network problems

gives a full list all these program, can somebody confirm I am right Tim -- 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] Interesting article

On Saturday 04 December 2010 09:02:04 Terry Coles wrote: On Friday 03 Dec 2010, Tim wrote: Came across this article earlier, though some might be interested in reading http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/26/secret-agent-crippled-irans-nuc le ar-ambitions/ Quite frightening really

Re: [Dorset] Interesting article

. Wikileak.org redirects to a wikileak blog Tim -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

[Dorset] On the scrounge

mobile modem new unused (no simm card) or a USB wireless stick (Zyxel) Can anybody help?? Tim -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] On the scrounge

On Saturday 11 December 2010 13:36:47 Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Can anybody help?? Noel on 01 811 8055? :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs

[Dorset] EXIM Security flaw

Ubuntu security advisory: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1032-1 Tim -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

[Dorset] screensaver crashing user session

I have a new install of xubuntu 10.10, when you try set the screen saver or when the screensaver kicks in it crashes the user session back to the gui login The PC is sporting a gigabyte motherboard with an onboard ATI Savage video card. Can anybody suggest anything? Tim -- Next meeting

[Dorset] wmv files won't play

://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages I am guessing I am missing a plugin or a maybe file permission somewhere, any suggestions? Tim -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2011-01-11 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How

Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

On Wednesday 29 December 2010 18:11:54 Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:09:31 -, Tim xendis...@gmx.com wrote: I installed Debian squeeze and the xfce desktop, thankfully most thing worked out the box, the one that does not is playing .wmv video. I am using the VLC

Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

to mplayer, I removed the file (which also removed mplayer) but it made no difference, still can't play the video Tim -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2011-01-11 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http

Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

Tim, don't have it. I suspect the problem is down to Debian not shipping a binary that can cope with the format, presumably because of freeness issues. Perhaps there's a Medibuntu for Debian, e.g. http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ Cheers, Ralph. OK Progress of sorts I can

Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

On Thursday 30 December 2010 18:36:01 Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Trying to use Mplayer on its own I only get audio How does the output of yours compare with ours that work, e.g. when it decides on a video codec? Cheers, Ralph. Well that was interesting, I assumed you meant

Re: [Dorset] off topic Cable TV ITV1 subtitles service

, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue ITV subtitle on Virgin working here in Kinson Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs

Re: [Dorset] off topic Cable TV ITV1 subtitles service

On Tuesday 18 January 2011 20:54:18 chris cave wrote: hell Tim, when i read your email and immediately went downstairs to check ITV1 and indeed the subtitles service has resumed on Virgin cable tv. One wonders, if anyone at virgin scan customers emails with references to any

Re: [Dorset] FTP problem

On Tuesday 08 February 2011 10:27:19 Victor Churchill wrote: On 8 February 2011 10:04, Tim xendis...@gmx.com wrote: I am running ubuntu 10.04LTS and have VSFTP installed, I can ftp to the local users home folder without a problem but I need to be able to ftp to the web servers  /var/www

Re: [Dorset] FTP problem

On Tuesday 08 February 2011 12:40:04 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: On 08/02/11 12:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Thanks Victor, one stage closer but not quite there, I can now transfer a file by ftp to /var/www/myfolder but the permisson on that folder is -rw--- (600) rather than

Re: [Dorset] [OT] DNS port number

On Wednesday 23 February 2011 23:22:14 Andrew Reid Paterson wrote: On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:11:59 pm jr wrote: On 23 February 2011 23:03, Tim xendis...@gmx.com wrote: Any thoughts? I'd look into setting up a DMZ box (if you've a spare machine), separating the internal network

[Dorset] [OT]For Sale

from Kinson area of Bournemouth Please reply off list Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-04-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] [OT]For Sale

On Wednesday 09 March 2011 08:37:41 Peter Merchant wrote: On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 21:28 +, Tim wrote: I have the following items for sale. 3 Zyxel G-202 USB wireless adapters, I can't remember the chip set of hand but they worked out the box with xbuntu 9.04 The chipset is the ZD1211

[Dorset] Strange FTP problem

ftp users to go). Any suggestions Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-04-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

[Dorset] IPv6 day are you ready

Thought you might like this http://test-ipv6.com/ Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-05-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Odd KDE almost-random lock-up issue

open overnight and see if you get the lock up in the morning. If you have no lockup then trying selecting a different screensaver, try a non GL screensaver. Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-05-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How

Re: [Dorset] Disaster on Kubuntu 11

what is on the hard disk then maybe some manual editing can get you to boot to the cli?? Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-05-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

[Dorset] Printing problem

previous distro Mepis 8 so I know it will work with Linux Any thoughts?? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Printing problem

On 14/05/11 22:32, Tim Allen wrote: Hi Tim On 14/05/11 11:22, Tim wrote: My Previous PC died so I have had to change PC's and at the same time took the opportunity to change distro. I am now running Linux Mint Debian Edition. I have a HP 2600n colour laserjet printer which is on my network

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 11.04 file problem

20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue Can you not boot from a boot cd and then backup your home and other folders to a second\usb hard disk or thumb drive?? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-06

Re: [Dorset] rsync with compression

On 26/06/11 18:09, Andrew Morgan wrote: On 26/06/11 17:40, Tim wrote: I have a single disk nas which I back up to a external hard disk using rsync, the total amount of data I backup from the nas is about 235gb. At the moment I use rsync to copy it from the nas to the external hard disk, but I

Re: [Dorset] Boot problems - FSTAB?

disk that will we re-write\repair your grub configuration based on what it finds when it scans your PC. I have used it a couple of times on my PC which includes a PC that dual boots with a windows OS and it has worked ok Hope it helps Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-09-06 20

Re: [Dorset] [Fwd: Re: Boot problems - FSTAB?]

, Tim wrote: On 15/08/11 20:41, Peter Merchant wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 20:29 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 20:58 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 22:59 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: This now gives me a error: no argument specified on selecting an option

[Dorset] [OT] UPS problem

as the load for obvious reason). Now as this is a 3000va UPS how many basic PC will I need to plug into the UPS to attain a 30% load (I am assuming most PC have a 300w PSU?) http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=sua3000rmi2u Any help would be appreciated Tim -- Next meeting

Re: [Dorset] [OT] UPS problem

On 22/10/11 11:52, c...@pampru.org wrote: Hi Tim, I have been specifying and running around one hundred APC 3000 UPS units spread over about fifteen or more years and installed them in different countries and running from one PC + monitor upwards with no significant operational problems. I

Re: [Dorset] [OT] UPS problem

/4Xue There probably is Ralph but I think were entering into the realms of expensive and serious testing kit which probably requires a degree of something or other to operate Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-11-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn

Re: [Dorset] [OT] UPS problem

On 22/10/11 18:44, Andrew Morgan wrote: On 22/10/11 16:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Out of interest, are there (no doubt pricey) bits of test kit that will induce the dialed-up load? There probably is Ralph but I think were entering into the realms of expensive and serious testing kit

Re: [Dorset] [OT] UPS problem

On 22/10/11 19:51, Tim wrote: On 22/10/11 18:44, Andrew Morgan wrote: On 22/10/11 16:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, Out of interest, are there (no doubt pricey) bits of test kit that will induce the dialed-up load? There probably is Ralph but I think were entering into the realms

[Dorset] Bits available

I have the following items available if any body is interested Supermicro hot swap 4 disk caddy, SCSI Ultra 160 fitted with 3 x Fujitsu 36.7gb disks Quantum DLT VS 160 SCSI tape drive Collect from the Kinson area of Bournemouth Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20

[Dorset] Make your Gnome look like an icecream

Anybody that likes playing the bling factor on their desktop might like this How to make you Gnome desktop look like Androids Ice Cream Sandwich http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/01/16/make-your-gnome-3-linux-desktop-look-like-ics-with-the-ice-cream-shell/ Have fun -- Next meeting:

[Dorset] IT Clipart Images

Does anybody know where I can download some free decent IT related clipart images please? Tim -- 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

Re: [Dorset] IT Clipart Images

Thanks Dan, I used that site a while ago and had forgotten all about them. Any other anybody Tim -- 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

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - (Slightly Less Than) One Week Tonight

, see http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway for more details. I'm hoping to be there, but if they still haven't sorted Lynn out by then, I might have to cry off. Chris, If I do go, it's my turn to drive. Hope Mrs TC get well soon, all the best Tim -- Next meeting

Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?

On 06/04/12 21:06, Glenn Korbey wrote: Hi all, I am sure this has been asked before, and I am only asking out of idle curiosity.. What is your preferred distribution of Linux? It seems most of the list is based on Ubuntu or some derivative (or even Debian) Personally I'm on OpenSUSE

Re: [Dorset] Media Center/server.

On 07/04/12 21:04, Andrew Drapper wrote: Thanks Ralph, I believe that this is the distro, (where did the 'w' come form), that I looked a some years ago when I had nothing to run it on. In the reading that I have done so far I have not seen it used to streem to other devices, i.e. Macs and

Re: [Dorset] Lost resolution

On 11/05/12 13:07, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I am running Debian testing with XFCE desktop. I am guessing that I need to reconfigure X but I don't know the correct command, can somebody please advise?? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07.en.html

Re: [Dorset] Lost resolution

On 11/05/12 17:02, Tim wrote: On 11/05/12 13:07, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I am running Debian testing with XFCE desktop. I am guessing that I need to reconfigure X but I don't know the correct command, can somebody please advise?? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07

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

reboot when needed (kernel upgrade etc.) Tim -- 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.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

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

home address and mobile numbers appearing on public accessible (like dlug) services? Tim -- 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.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs

Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird

. Checking on the web and most result are for windows based Thunderbird's or say I should not delete the account as I will loose all the e-mails. If anybody has done this could you please let me know how. Hi Tim- Edit - Account Settings Select the account in the treeview on the left hand side

[Dorset] Network error on boot

from a live CD) but that has not helped, I have also tried disabling the network interface on the PC which did not help. If I could at least get the PC to boot up to the desktop it would help. Any suggestion? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list

Re: [Dorset] Network error on boot

On 24/06/12 17:33, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, r8169 :03:00.0 eth0: unable to loadfirmware patch rtl-nic/rt18168e-3.fw (-2) r8169 :03:00.0:9 eth0 link down addrconf (netdev_up): eth0: link is not ready r8169 :03:00.0: eth0 link is not ready addrconf (netdev_up): eth0: link up

Re: [Dorset] Network error on boot

On 24/06/12 18:23, Tim wrote: On 24/06/12 17:14, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:38:19 +0100, t...@xendistar.co.uk said: r8169 :03:00.0 eth0: unable to loadfirmware patch rtl-nic/rt18168e-3.fw (-2) Does that file exist? It should be in /lib/firmware. No I have also tried

Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird

On 28/06/12 17:46, Simon P Smith wrote: On 28/06/2012 17:41, p.lane wrote: On 23/06/2012 20:51, Tim wrote: I have an old e-mail account that I wish to delete which is setup in Thunderbird (13.0.1). The account has been pretty dormant for over a years so I am not interested in keeping the e

Re: [Dorset] Help require for Tuesdays Mtg please

ever device you have on your network that acts as the dhcp server. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 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

[Dorset] Where the log entry

)?? Tim -- 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 Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Where the log entry

On 09/09/12 00:44, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I wrote a simple one line script and put it into /etc/init.d with the intention of it running on boot up. Unfortunately it does not seem to run upon bootup. Which log file should I look in to see if any reason for it not running is logged (I

Re: [Dorset] Where the log entry

On 09/09/12 17:50, Keith Edmunds wrote: echo setting up vnc vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1 Cheer Keith but still no vnc start, when should it start before a user logins in or after?? Tim -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http

Re: [Dorset] Where the log entry

is the what I type on the cli and it works perfectly Tim -- 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 Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

[Dorset] PC's fails to boot up

are debian based, one being debian testing and the other being debian mint. Both PC are connected via ethernet Tim -- 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

Re: [Dorset] PC's fails to boot up

On 30/09/12 18:51, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, It seems to be a DHCP issue, I have just edited /etc/networks/interfaces (via live CD) to have static IP and I am up and running on this PC (Debian Mint). Is it possible they had a long uptime before the power-cut and so this problem had been

Re: [Dorset] PC's fails to boot up

On 30/09/12 19:30, Tim wrote: On 30/09/12 18:51, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, It seems to be a DHCP issue, I have just edited /etc/networks/interfaces (via live CD) to have static IP and I am up and running on this PC (Debian Mint). Is it possible they had a long uptime before the power-cut

[Dorset] PC available to good home

of Bournemouth Tim -- 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/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] PC available to good home

On 02/10/12 21:17, Tim wrote: I have a couple of PC\server to go to a good home SuperMicro 1u rack mount server, P4 2.8, 2x100gb ide hard disk, can't remember if it is 2gb or 4gb memory (more likely to be 2gb) SuperMicro motherboard with twin 2ghz xeon, 4gb memory NO Hard Disk (may have

[Dorset] Apache gone awol

. but there are no,listed errors, I have tried reinstalling Apache but this made no change. As I am new to this I don't know what to check next, any suggestions My distro is Debian Mint XFCE (debian testing) Tim -- Next meeting: ???, ???day, 2012-11-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn

Re: [Dorset] Apache gone awol

On 14/10/12 22:27, Victor Churchill wrote: On 14 October 2012 21:04, Tim t...@xendistar.co.uk wrote: ust as an update, I just tried accessing my web server from another pc on my network (don't know why I never tried it before) and I got the standard test page (I used the url http

Re: [Dorset] Apache gone awol

On 15/10/12 10:27, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, What if you try http://192.168.0.55/index.html from your local PC? Nothing, the browser is unable to find the page Have a look at the output of sudo lsof -ni4tcp:80 It will list anything to do with port 80, including connections from

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