Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet May 16th

Looks like I missed that one. Were any plans made for the next meeting, so that I can add it to my virtual diary? Cheers, Chris On 15/05/2020 17:00, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: Rather late notice, but there will be a virtual meet this Saturday 16th May. The days and weeks seem to

Re: [Hampshire] Au revoir mes amis

Dear Adam It's very sad that that it's come to this for people.  How about hosting a special HantsLUG meeting in sunny Brittany sometime? 'Bringing a box' all that way could be tricky though. Best of luck. A bientôt. Chris On 03/10/2018 03:58, A. J. Trickett via Hampshire wrote: Dear

Re: [Hampshire] Maintenance Downtime

On 19/02/18 19:43, Andy Ransom via Hampshire wrote: Hi folks, The Hants LUG server and hence the website will be down for maintenance sometime during the window 2018-02-21 03:00 to 04:00, I appreciate this is unlikely to be an issue for anyone but this is just a heads up. This will not affect

Re: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton

On 29/06/17 13:29, Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: Hello HantsLuggers I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things worse

[Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton

Hello HantsLuggers I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things worse. They have one old laptop with important data on it,

Re: [Hampshire] HTTPS Certificate problem

On 07/02/17 11:20, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: ... I recently added my pop/imap mail server certificates to the process as well (I'd forgotten they were still with StartSSL) and that was much easier than expected - took about 10 minutes including working out how to do it :) Can you point

Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG

nd, please don't register if you're not planning to come to the meeting -- that would just make it more difficult to reach a quorum of voting members. Cheers, Chris Dennis HantsLUG Webmaster On 15/08/16 19:32, Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: Good evening everybody, I'm pleased t

Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG

On 12/08/16 18:43, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: ** Andy via Hampshire [2016-08-11 23:54]: On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote: On Thursday 11 August 2016 21:10:35 Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote: For what it is worth (and assuming that a

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

On 05/05/16 18:03, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: Chris Dennis asks: I've had a look at other local history sites around the country, and most of them are somewhere between awful and broken. I haven't found one yet that makes me think "Yes, we'll do it like that." Does anyon

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

On 05/05/16 17:09, Tim via Hampshire wrote: On 05/05/16 16:02, Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: On 05/05/16 07:14, Keith Edmunds via Hampshire wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2016 22:42:26 -0700, hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk said: It’s not much data, and I think you can just let Wordpress find

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

On 05/05/16 07:14, Keith Edmunds via Hampshire wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2016 22:42:26 -0700, hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk said: It’s not much data, and I think you can just let Wordpress find the assets on disk I concur. You're trying to fix a problem you don't have (yet), and Wordpress

[Hampshire] Village History Website

Hello HantsLUGgers I'm starting work on a project to create a history website for a local village. We have very limited funding from the AONB development fund and another similar source. The plan is to put a considerable quantity (thousands, adding up to 10 -- 20 GB) of scanned documents,

Re: [Hampshire] GMANE integration with HantsLUG

On 10/02/16 20:28, Dom Rodriguez wrote: Hi, N.B: Forgive me if this has been discussed before, I did a quick search on the HantsLUG Lurker archives, and didn't find matching results. I currently use GMANE (https://gmane.org) for my newsgroups at the moment, and found that HantsLUG (or any UK

Re: [Hampshire] NTFS and Linux

On 30/11/15 17:45, Peter Alefounder wrote: How compatible is NTFS with Linux? I am considering getting an external hard drive for use as a back-up device, but as far as I can tell, it may well have NTFS and I am not sure how easy it might be to re-format it. I am thinking here of characters that

[Hampshire] Dynamic DNS

Hello folks Which is the best dynamic DNS service these days? Free would be nice, but I don't mind paying a small fee. Cheers, Chris -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Dynamic DNS

On 14/09/15 12:30, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Which is the best dynamic DNS service these days? Free would be nice, but I don't mind paying a small fee. Cheers, Chris Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll go with freedns.afraid.org, not least because the Synology

Re: [Hampshire] Website dead, ever coming back?

On 24/06/15 09:52, Jay Bennie wrote: On 24 Jun 2015, at 04:14, Daniel Llewellyn diddle...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/06/2015 22:04, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 June 2015 at 21:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: http://hants.lug.org.uk/ http://www.hantslug.org.uk/ It finally loaded some 44

Re: [Hampshire] Something up with the Hantslug mailman server?

Hello Vic (and all) I'll check on the server when I get a moment to make sure that nothing extra spammy is going on. Cheers Chris On 27/05/15 17:09, Vic wrote: FWIW I'm not getting Spam. Anyhow, not labeled as coming from HantsLUG. It's all quite obvious spam, so it's not getting

Re: [Hampshire] HantsLUG / Southampton Makerspace

On 18/01/15 14:01, Benjie Gillam wrote: Hello, I realise from the website HantsLUG hasn't met for a fair while - and we've offered before when we were much smaller - but I just wanted to let you know that now So Make It have moved into a larger space (~1200 sqft) you're still welcome to meet

Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?

On 27/11/14 20:37, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area network? Thanks for the replies. In the end I decided that drawing one diagram wasn't worth learning a whole new tool, so I just described the network in words. Cheers

[Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?

Hello folks Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area network? I want to be able to represent cables, sockets, switches, computers etc. That's straightforward in itself, but I also want to show that there are six cables entering the trunking by the switch, 2

Re: [Hampshire] Weird DNS issues

On 23/07/14 12:21, Gordon Scott wrote: This is an aside to Adam's mail, but has proven useful to me. Some time back I had some persistent ADSL troubles, that eventually proved to be an unstable interface card in the BT box down the road. However .. during the troubleshooting phase one

[Hampshire] HP laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed

Just noticed this on ebuyer.com http://www.ebuyer.com/620311-hp-255-g1-laptop-with-ubuntu-h6q17ea-abu Quote: Fed up with Windows? Had enough of Apple? Grab yourself a slice of history with this HP laptop. The first manufacturer installed Ubuntu machine available from a UK retailer. cheers

Re: [Hampshire] Dual boot with UEFI

On 08/04/14 21:53, Leo wrote: Has anyone had any luck dual booting Ubuntu and Win7 when both are on GPT partitions and setup for UEFI? I can't get Win7 to boot from grub's menu. Leo I didn't try very hard with Grub, but my laptop is happily booting Linux Mint and Windows 8 courtesy of

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] upcoming meetings

On 18/12/13 20:01, Alan Pope wrote: On 18 December 2013 18:54, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: Out of curiosity, does HantsLUG have a Facebook page, a event could be created for it? No, we have a proper website at hantslug.org.uk! Not sure if this is meant in jest? Are you

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] upcoming meetings

On 18/12/13 14:21, James Bensley wrote: Hi Tim, I won't be able to make the next meeting, 1st Feb, but the next month in March I can. Going to Bletchly park that month sounds like a great idea to me, I'm game for it! Me too! Out of curiosity, does HantsLUG have a Facebook page, a event

[Hampshire] [OT] #epochfail

breaks. And I've found something that does break! If you go to signup.live.com and create a new Microsoft ID account, it tells you that 1/1/1970 is not a valid date! Sloppy coding in there somewhere. And a bit tough on people who were really born on that day. cheers Chris -- Chris

[Hampshire] SATA conundrum

jumpers on the drives. Any ideas? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

On 27/11/13 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer, previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk. The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk. But every disk I've tried (two new ones, and a couple

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote: I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA channel, and that is in use for the optical drive. In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections on the same

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

. In my defence, the cable must have been border-line: it was working very recently (i.e. this morning). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 7.1 startup problem

. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Next meeting

2AG. Given the nature of the site please let me know if you plan to attend, so I can let our security guards know. Cheers, Tim B. Sent from Samsung Mobile -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Quiz software?

On 02/10/13 19:17, Keith Edmunds wrote: I just use a Libre Office spreadsheet. Yes, I suppose that would do the job -- with some pretty formatting, and shown full-screen. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

[Hampshire] Quiz software?

the scores (via a projector), joker rounds etc. It can't be hard to create such a thing, but there's no point in reinventing the wheal. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

[Hampshire] [OT] SMTP servers

when on the road. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

Jun 2013 12:59, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com mailto:cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: On 18/06/13 19:01, Tim wrote: I use this on my WP site, http://picklewagon.com/__wordpress/new-user-approve/ http://picklewagon.com/wordpress/new-user-approve

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

is requesting a registration you simply approve or ignore, your choice, works for me Tim Thanks for that, Tim. I've added that to the HantsLUG site, so we'll see how it goes. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

[Hampshire] Spamalot

: people are still invited to email webmas...@hantslug.org.uk if they want to register. I'd be very grateful for any advice about securing the site while still allowing real users to register as painlessly as possible. Any ideas? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden

Re: [Hampshire] Admin: May Meeting

On 01/05/13 22:26, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: Hi guys! Don't forget that our next meeting is on Saturday, at the University at 1pm. It looks like I'm going to miss the meeting again -- the wife thinks her birthday takes priority for some reason. Have fun! cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

On 28/04/13 11:40, Chris Dennis wrote: Thanks for all the replies -- that will keep me busy working through the suggestions. I'll probably seek further advice from Chris M and others at the meeting on Saturday. And extra thanks to Andy for increasing our RAM allocation on the Bitfolk VPS

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

On 30/04/13 21:14, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 30 April 2013 20:38, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com mailto:cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: At some stage I'll try out some of the more advanced ideas -- adding a reverse-proxy, or using mpm-worker instead of mpm-prefork

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

Thanks for all the replies -- that will keep me busy working through the suggestions. I'll probably seek further advice from Chris M and others at the meeting on Saturday. And extra thanks to Andy for increasing our RAM allocation on the Bitfolk VPS. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

[Hampshire] Apache expertise required

. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Mapping/route planning software

. OpenStreetMap is what you want -- there are various bits of software that do routing here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

://www.hants.lug.org.uk/), or contact Chris Dennis (webmas...@hantslug.org.uk) and he can grant you access. Cheers, Tim B. Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask. If anyone can tell

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

On 24/04/13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 15:12, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask. Consider yourself asked. I'll send you the details as soon as I

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

On 24/04/13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 15:12, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask. Consider yourself asked. Done! User name: AlanPope Password

Re: [Hampshire] (OT) NAS and USB3 connections

? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Filing system for USB back disk?

the loss of his data less of a problem for him? No, but it makes his budget for IT minimal. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Filing system for USB back disk?

recovery planning, but 'my client' isn't a multinational corporation, he's just the self-employed bloke down the road. I'll make sure it's using the 'sync' option for mounting. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

[Hampshire] Filing system for USB back disk?

robust in this situation? I realise that no filing system can be indestructible, but I thought I'd ask in case this turns out to be an 'opportunity' to change the filing system. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

[Hampshire] Internet speed limits

This is quite interesting: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/youtube-buffering-or-slow-downloads-blame-the-speed-of-light/ cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] 35mm slide scanning

... cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting

this month? Unfortunately I can't come to the meeting this month, nor next month. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

[Hampshire] [OT] 3D scribbling

This looks like much more fun that all that tedious waiting around for a 3D printer: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23183-3dprinting-pen-turns-doodles-into-sculptures.html cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [Admin] Upcoming meetings

On 11/02/13 18:57, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: In April, we are privileged to be hosted at IBM Hursley. Will the April meeting also be a 1pm start? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] SSD Laptop HDD as drop-in replacement?

of 'normal')? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Registering on the WordPress website

to get the initial password. You can also register via your Google, Yahoo, or WordPress.com id. (And hopefully Twitter later if I can get that bit to work.) Have fun! cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please

[Hampshire] Registering on the WordPress website

would be to find a way to share passwords between the two systems securely. If anyone thinks that this is a) a good idea, and b) feasible, please let me know. (But I'll be away until Thursday, so don't expect any immediate replies from me.) cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

On 30/01/13 12:26, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:19:22PM +, Chris Dennis wrote: Automatic account creation will not be re-enabled, because we get dozens of spammers/bots logging in and causing havoc. Please contact me at webmas...@hantslug.org.uk if you want

[Hampshire] Videoing talks

Hello folks I had a go at videoing Rich's talk at the meeting this afternoon, using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 compact camera (not a dedicated video camera). The results were pretty good, and I learned a few things: 1) Make sure the SD card is not almost completely full of the family

Re: [Hampshire] Videoing talks

On 02/02/13 23:43, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks I had a go at videoing Rich's talk at the meeting this afternoon, using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 compact camera (not a dedicated video camera). The results were pretty good, and I learned a few things: 1) Make sure the SD card

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

On 29/01/13 12:49, James Bensley wrote: On 29 January 2013 12:19, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: Yes, and on the new Wordpress website there are categories for talks offered/requested. That site is still a work-in-progress though. Hi Chris, Ah! I have just had a look over

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

On 29/01/13 14:36, James Bensley wrote: On 29 January 2013 14:17, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: And I've now made the Wordpress site the default one at hantslug.org.uk, with a link near the top of the page to the old wiki. Looks nice Chris! Who is the current

Re: [Hampshire] Promoting LUG meets via social networking

it into the website etc. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

did in January. There will be a Raspberry PI available to play with, as last month. Hope to see you there, Tim B. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations - Windows AV

to me, rather than waiting until the user carelessly double-clicks on the attachment. A belt-and-braces approach perhaps. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations - Windows AV

think I'm going to switch allegiance to the freen version of Avast. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

[Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

twiddling knobs at random (because you can get arrested for that). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

Thanks for your reply James. Answering your questions helps to focus on what the issues really are. On 14/01/13 22:44, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: On 14 January 2013 22:31, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W word... A client of mine, a small

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

! I've played with copying large files across the network in the past, and couldn't find any problems. Do they have managed switches? Could you get SNMP data off them? No, so no. Chris On 14/01/13 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W word... A client of mine

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

Thanks for your reply Peter, On 14/01/13 22:52, Peter Collins wrote: Hi Chris, On 14/01/13 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W word... A client of mine, a small business in Fordingbridge, uses various Sage products on Windows 7 which generate a lot of LAN traffic

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

...@hantslug.org.uk cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

those that are too fast for a normal volt-meter to capture. If anyone wants to give a talk, let me know. Hopefully we can discuss the new website too -- see http://hants.lug.org.uk/wp for a preview. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge

[Hampshire] LUG revellers in hotel shock horror

fixed the wiki now, removing such dubious terms as 'furniture', 'coupons', and 'chandelier' from the banned list. Of course, the true story about what really went on in the the hotel that night remains untold... cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden

[Hampshire] Christmas Lecture

quality conversation. Hopefully this was just the first of a new tradition of Christmas Lectures at HantsLUG. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] voip phones

to be running. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Museum piece -- Axis NPS 550 parallel port print server

Hello folks Before I chuck it out, does anyone have a use for an Axis NPS 550 parallel port print server? Free to a good home. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] OT: broadband router with DNS....

on a compatible router, including a DNS server. See openwrt.org. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] OT: broadband router with DNS....

On 21/11/12 16:24, c...@spamcop.net wrote: Quoting Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com: On 20/11/12 21:12, c...@spamcop.net wrote: If you're into a bit of hacking, you could use OpenWRT, which allows you to run all sorts of stuff on a compatible router, including a DNS server. See

Re: [Hampshire] Christmas Lecture

announce to the list too, to provide encouragement to others? Yes, I'll be going to the lecture and the meal afterwards too. And probably dropping in to the RHoK thing as well, just to see what it's all about. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com

Re: [Hampshire] An interesting rsync problem

/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- Can you 'touch' the file to change its timestamp? Otherwise I can't see a way of doing it. cheers, Chris -- Chris Dennis Fordingbridge, Hampshire-- Please post to: Hampshire

[Hampshire] [Admin] HantsLUG on Twitter

Hello folks Does anyone know who owns the @HantsLUG account on Twitter? It has been inactive for over two years. I think we should either resurrect it or delete it. cheers Chris, in my role as hostmas...@hantslug.org.uk -- Chris Dennis cgden

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

On 08/11/12 18:31, Chris Dennis wrote: On 05/11/12 21:31, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes. Adam had to shut down most access to the wiki because of all the spam. And my very brief reading of the MoinMoin documentation suggests that the system wasn't designed

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

On 09/11/12 18:23, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote: So, this is the plan. I've re-enabled new accounts, which means that anyone can create an account. BUT, only users who are members of the 'editors' group can change things. If you want to be an editor, create

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners

suggested and would welcome comments about it and of alternatives. As ever, thanks in advance. I hope that helps. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners

On 09/11/12 21:10, Chris Dennis wrote: Note that BBC HD uses DVB-S2 (rather than DVB-S), which requires different receiving hardware. Clearly I'm talking rubbish here, as you were asking about terrestrial TV (DVB-T), not satellite (DVB-S). Information about HD on DVB-T2 is here: http

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

On 05/11/12 21:31, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes. Adam had to shut down most access to the wiki because of all the spam. And my very brief reading of the MoinMoin documentation suggests that the system wasn't designed to be secure: it's open to either everyone

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Who knows about MoinMoin wikis?

On 07/11/12 20:42, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello Folks I've just been having another look at the HantsLUG wiki (http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/wiki), having been nagged to do so by the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Thanks for the various replies. Please see my reply in the Wiki broken? thread for the New Plan

Re: [Hampshire] crossover free today

the text doesn't line up right in PowerPoint with presentations created in LibreOffice). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Random Hacks of Kindness, 1-2 December, Southampton

Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN][IMP-WEB] Developing the HantsLUG website

On 16/10/12 08:22, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Chris, On 15/10/12 21:43, Chris Dennis wrote: At the AGM, we discussed the fact that the existing website is languishing somewhat for lack of fresh content and general TLC. How does moving from Website Engine A to Website Engine B generate fresh

[Hampshire] [ADMIN][IMP-WEB] Developing the HantsLUG website

/ wanted - Hardware for sale / exchange / wanted - Members' projects - hardware - software - Members' profiles -- in case anyone wants to advertise themselves? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

Re: [Hampshire] London Perl Workshop 2012

that weekend. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] New Committee

. I'd be happy to help with the mailing list or web site. Or possibly even looking after the finances at a push. I can't be much help with organising meetings because I often can't get to them, living in the furthest reaches of darkest Hampshire. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] Partition resizing

. What I would do would be to copy the .img onto a spare real hard disk, and then use resize2fs etc. from there. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Flash Player on Linux

. Is this a problem? Are we better off without Flash Player? What will replace it -- HTML5? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

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