Re: [Hampshire] Webcam that works well with Debian Stable

2018-06-29 Thread Philip Stubbs via Hampshire
> > I think I just need to get a modern USB webcam but does anyone have > any recommendations? > My thought was to check raspberry pi croud and see what they use. https://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams > -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Wuala stopping its free service

2014-10-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 Oct 2014 21:46, Peter Salisbury peterthevi...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi there, Cloud storage recommendations. Dropbox seems to 'just work'. I noticed that bit torrent sync offer cloud storage. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Google drive files and dropbox

2014-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
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Re: [Hampshire] Over heating CPU

2014-04-14 Thread Philip Stubbs
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Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
there in case I have missed something. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Accessing genealogy data on PDF files

2013-05-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
worth a try if Acroread dies for good. Finally, could the windows version of acroread work in Wine? -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Tmux - the terminal multiplexer

2013-04-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
I don't use screen or tmux bare anymore, but I use byobu. Certainly makes life easy for the occasional user. Can be blinged up with unicode too: http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/byobu-bling-with-unicode-custom.html -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Another Raspberry PI question.

2013-02-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
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Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN][IMP-WEB] Developing the HantsLUG website

2012-10-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
and requests for updates? Could be done as a group activity at a meeting. Just a thought. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Management of multiple gnome-terminal windows?

2012-07-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
, be prepared to give it a fair crack. It is quite different to Gnome, and there are a number of keyboard short-cuts that will need to be learnt to be useful. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL

Re: [Hampshire] Flash Player on Linux

2012-07-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
to be consigned to history. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Raspberry Pi

2012-06-30 Thread Philip Stubbs
. It makes a great Photo viewer. We had some family round and having old pictures on a random slideshow makes a good background. The second one is still in its box. Not sure exactly what I am going to do with that one yet. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendation please - Big NAS

2012-05-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
aesthetics reliability ongoing admin overhead -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
/month to start with how many people would be genuinely up for joining? Darn. Aldershot may be a bit far away. £20/month seems reasonable. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Trackballs

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
/kensington/en/gb/p/1444/64325/expert-mouse-optical-trackball.aspx No, it is not worth the extra cost, IMHO. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Trackballs

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
/Logitech-M570-Wireless-Trackball-Graphite/dp/B0042BBR2S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1336075069sr=8-1 here is another option. Not seen this before. http://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-Optical-Ergonomic-Buttons-Medium/dp/B000F2BP7U/ref=sr_1_10?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLEs=computersie=UTF8qid=1336662531sr=1-10 -- Philip Stubbs

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

2012-05-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] DVD Ripping

2012-05-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 1 May 2012 18:54, Stuart Sears stu...@sjsears.com wrote: On 01/05/12 17:54, Philip Stubbs wrote: Lots of mentions of Handbrake in this thread made me try it. There seems to be no easy route to get it on my system at the moment, how so? Are you running a really obscure distro? http

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/IPv6 -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] [OT] Vodafone - the hard sell

2012-02-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
than they advertise. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 23 December 2011 09:55, Jack Knight j...@pobox.com wrote: Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)adopt the practice I have done - i.e. quoting your rapidly increasing age in Hex; 40 has a nice ring to it don't you think? ;^)= Cool. I am now 27 again! Yay. -- Philip

Re: [Hampshire] test message

2011-11-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Floppy Disk Drive - Short Notice

2011-10-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
to make a recording of this, and post a link to it here. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 17 October 2011 15:06, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html Well I guess I need to admit that my boss did get one of these fitted. I was asked for my opinion and I may have mentioned that it probably worked

Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
that was there before I formatted it with truecrypt. I guess anything's possible but how decent a solution is this? Recovering data from wiped drives is not going to be easy, if possible at all. Just write zero's or random data to it and be happy. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Smartphones

2011-10-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
a smart phone smart. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 08:44, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? Thanks for all the suggestions

Re: [Hampshire] Video editing recommendation please

2011-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
) into 6 half hour mpgs. If the mpeg is a TS then when you cut it, it will likely screw with the audio sync. If that happens, try using Project-X to do the cutting. http://project-x.sourceforge.net/ -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
alternative pointing device. Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 20:30, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2011 08:44:57 Philip Stubbs wrote: Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( Osteo-arthritis or rheumatoid-arthritis? Lisi When it first happened, I did look

Re: [Hampshire] Badge Generator

2011-08-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Screen

2011-06-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
Talking of screen, there is https://launchpad.net/byobu that I find very good. There is also an alternative to screen http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ I have not looked at that myself, but is supposed to be very good. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

[Hampshire] More Tab Completion fun ....

2011-04-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
get the old behaviour back? -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Gnome 3

2011-04-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
for Ubuntu, I will give Gnome Shell a go as well. Regards, Philip Stubbs -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
you'd need lots of money for a windows version but I have been playing with QCad a little bit and it looks quite good for a 2D cad app. It has autocad file compatibility. It is even in the debian squeeze repository. There is also http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/free-cad-software/ -- Philip

Re: [Hampshire] Cable coverage

2011-01-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
...? Benjie. It sounded like the original poster wanted to provide some sort of service. Therefore I am sure that he would only want to use data that he is allowed to redistribute. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Cable coverage

2011-01-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
with it and see if they will provide the data for you. Although, if they only give you post codes for the locations, you will still be stuck converting that to real locations. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] Mapping software

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
also do fun things like this :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bc50sC8adM -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 software

2011-01-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
questions, then give us a shout. Also, the Mapnik mailing list is very helpful. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 software

2011-01-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Apparently, these people also do maps :-) http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2011/01/changes-to-the-os-opendata-licence/ It may be that their data and license are compatible with your application. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Graphics Card Fan Noise

2010-10-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
a strop with it, and bought a cheap fan-less graphics card. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] [OT] after a cheap screen and power cable

2010-10-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
shed that I would be glad to see the back of. Oh, and welcome to the LUG! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] eReaders

2010-09-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
the Sony, I will wait a bit and see if I can see them side-by-side. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Scanner recommendations

2010-08-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
is to plug the scanner in before launching the application. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Virgin media: good and bad

2010-07-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
always considered email to be as private as a postcard. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] [OT] Conference Audio Recording

2010-07-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] west quay on OSM

2010-06-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
not show up on the map is a problem with the renderer not the data. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Laptop Hardrive

2010-05-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
on my bench in my shed. As long as I don't try and use them, they are still alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

[Hampshire] WePad

2010-04-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
Has anybody seen this? http://wepad.mobi/en Will it live up to the hype? -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Basic drawing programme to design roof extension

2010-04-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
plotter, that was no fun :-( -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Wiki

2010-04-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
are canonicalised to www.hantslug.org.uk. I think this is the best choice; it is the one in the mailing list footers. You are not allowed to view this page. - Not very good. It should not require login to read the site. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki

2010-04-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 11 April 2010 21:47, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: You are not allowed to view this page. - Not very good. It should not require login to read the site. Sorry, that was a bit terse. Good effort on the update. Well done. I was trying to help with ironing out a fairly major wrinkle

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki

2010-04-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 11 April 2010 21:57, Daniel Pope ma...@mauveweb.co.uk wrote: On 11/04/10 21:47, Philip Stubbs wrote: You are not allowed to view this page. - Not very good. It should not require login to read the site. Messed up the ACL on the homepage - copypasted it without thinking it through. Fixed

Re: [Hampshire] Basic drawing programme to design roof extension

2010-04-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
://wiki.winehq.org/GoogleSketchup -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Unpicking gps data

2010-03-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
an ideal problem for the http://openstreetmap.org data. With a bit of work, a map could be created with the roads you want highlighted. There are even sites that let you play with the map style on-line, but you will have to search for them, as I don't have a reference to hand. -- Philip Stubbs

[Hampshire] Off-site backup with Amazon S3

2010-03-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
that both Dropbox and Ubuntu One use Amazon S3 for storage. This lead me to thinking that I could use this service directly. Has anybody else tried this? what has been the results? Are there any simple and competitive alternatives? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Playing music in my living room

2010-03-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
the rest on a really good pair of headphones. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Whatever happened to programming?

2010-03-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
the challenge more than the result. If I was getting paid to do this, then productivity would be a higher priority. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Latex running in Virtual on cifs mounted directory

2010-02-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
the file using the gnome file browser GUI thing, and that puts the mount point under ~/.gvfs/etc... but it puts a space in the mount path that causes ghostscript to barf. Any suggestions as to how I can improve this? -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Latex running in Virtual on cifs mounted directory

2010-02-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
. For the time being, I have a simple bash script that will copy the LaTeX file to a /tmp directory, run LaTeX, dvips and ps2pdf, and then copy the result back. Long winded but works for now, with simple documents without any includes. Would rather get the file mounting working properly though. -- Philip

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu Changing default Search Enging to Yahoo

2010-01-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Ubuntu 9.10, dvb and dual boot

2010-01-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
? -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] NAS devices and MTU

2009-12-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
! It is not Kieth who seems to of disappeared... -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] SQL SELECT query.

2009-12-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
IS NOT NULL OR ref IS NOT NULL) ORDER BY name,road_len DESC The problem I have now is that it is searching the entire database for unique names, not just the area I am interested in. That is a PostGIS issue I will save for another day. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to pronounce the letter H as Haitch. All Set. The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' instead of 'zed' while we're at it! And they still claim to speak English! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] BBC iPlayer Broken With Karmic

2009-10-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
rather not need to use flash at all, but if we do need it, then please let us have a flash player that works as well in Linux as it does in Windows. My hope is that Google will provide the incentive that Adobe needs to pull its finger out on this one. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Elections

2009-10-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/21 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk: Rob Smith wrote: On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 22:02 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: [snip]   The incumbents of these posts, for information, are: Chairman:       Adam Trickett Treasurer:      Ian Brazier Hostmaster:     Alan Pope GOs:    Adrian

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Elections

2009-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
to second Damian Brasher as a General Officer. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] [OT] Webcams

2009-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/19 Leo li...@fractal.me.uk: Philip Stubbs wrote: Why not? I have had Ethernet running down my garden to my shed for years. Works fine. I suppose I was thinking that it would get in the way of the lawn mower and things, although I guess it could be buried. Leo When I was running

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

2009-10-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
don't think will work well. Why not? I have had Ethernet running down my garden to my shed for years. Works fine. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] LaTeX on a samba share

2009-10-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
to the VirtualBox, then LaTeX will run just fine. Has anybody else seen this? This problem has only occurred since upgrading to Karmic. My Google foo is weak today. Even suggestions of where to look for answers would be appreciated. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] LaTeX on a samba share

2009-10-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/16 Jacqui Caren jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com: Philip Stubbs wrote: Has anybody else seen this? This problem has only occurred since upgrading to Karmic. My Google foo is weak today. Even suggestions of where to look for answers would be appreciated. Sorry, brain is still asleep from

[Hampshire] Mysql not starting at boot with Ubuntu Karmic

2009-10-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
. I even used the update-rc.d script to remove and re-instate the links. Does anybody know why this may be happening? Any pointers to finding the cause? Regards, -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Mysql not starting at boot with Ubuntu Karmic

2009-10-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/15 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk: Philip Stubbs wrote: Hi all, I have updated one of my machines to ubuntu karmic. Now when it boots, mysql is not started. Once it is up and running, I can run sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start and it starts fine. I have tried purging mysql and re

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Elections

2009-10-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/15 Andy Ransom a...@hantslug.org.uk: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Ian Brazier wrote: I'm willing to stand again if elected.. I nominate Ian Brazier as Treasurer. Seconded! -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Elections

2009-10-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
of my moat I'm in.  If not I'll still stand :-) I nominate Adrian Bridgett for the position of General Officer. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Elections

2009-10-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
their willingness or otherwise to stand for re-election. If any of the incumbents do wish to stand again to continue their highly valued work, then I would be willing to nominate them. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Elections

2009-10-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/10 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: I am happy to stand again as host master. I nominate Alan Pope for the position of Host Master. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

2009-10-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/6 Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com: 2009/10/5 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk: On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 04:30:22PM +0100, John Lewis wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:11:09 +0100 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Nor have I. Then it was about three years ago that I started

Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

2009-10-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/6 James Ashburner hants...@servertude.co.uk: Philip Stubbs wrote: I would say that it is ignorant to not accept that rpm based distroes have had to catch up with Debian based ones with regards to package management. If they did not have to catch up, why did they introduce yum? Maybe

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-10-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
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Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

2009-10-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Then it was about three years ago that I started using Debian :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] xorg defaults on MPC-L

2009-10-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
an option to your config file for x that uses this information. It was some time ago that I was playing with this, but I know EDID is one option open to you. Regards, -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] OT: pop3 and domain hosting

2009-09-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
can setup a Google apps for your domain, and have more than just email for nothing but the original cost of the domain. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Friday humour - a bit early

2009-09-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Compare that to organizing an Ubuntu release party: Meet at pub X at time Y. And you get to do that every six months, not every seven years :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

[Hampshire] Quick switch sound device

2009-09-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
both the internal sound device and the USB one at the same time. I can then switch sources on the amp to be able to compare one against the other. Any suggestions welcome. [1]http://www.diyforums.org/BantamDAC/BantamDACoverview.php -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Recommendations for email hosting?

2009-08-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
apps for my domain. I can have up to 100 users and about 7Gb per user. More than enough. It works well and is free! -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Reset root password

2009-08-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
for instruction that other have used without a problem. http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+password+recovery What you mean is :- http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ubuntu+password+recovery :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Training

2009-08-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Also, you will probably be able to see what others are doing. I remember learning about tab completion by looking over the shoulder of someone at a meeting. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Armoured network cable supplier?

2009-08-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
a conservetory over one end of the pipe :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

2009-08-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
the channels on that was a breeze. If MythTV could setup its channels as easily, I would be a happy man! :-) This may not be such an issue if the channels did not frequently swap around in the run-up to 2012. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Hantslug gallery update

2009-07-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
really feel it is a good idea, don't be put off by the negative sounding comments in this thread. If you trial something, and it is good, you will get support. However, if it turns out to be rubbish, just don that fire proof jacket :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] MTBF

2009-07-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
bares little to the actual real world performance. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] [OT] MTBF

2009-07-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/7/19 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com: 2009/7/19 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk: 2009/7/19 James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com: To get a MTBF figure: Approx MTBF = ( Number of Devices tested * Test time ) / Number of failures. As ever, that is not always

[Hampshire] setting up software raid and LVM

2009-07-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
, boot with a rescue CD, and mount it as is so I can copy the data across. Then I create the single partition, and add it to the array. If I have gone way off track here, please let me know :-) Thanks. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] setting up software raid and LVM

2009-07-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
with the proper disk later this weekend, if I get the chance. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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] Google Chrome OS..?

2009-07-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
will be that they say it will be Open Source. Google may also end up being too successful for their own good, like Microsoft. But if their OS is Open Source in the full sense of the term, then at least they won't be able to hold us all to ransom. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Jamies (was: Re: [ADMIN] July Meeting)

2009-07-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- I think that is a good idea. As do I. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] OT:What? 6 years to analogue radio off

2009-06-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
radios.  And that is another new arial needed.   And expensive DAB radios must be bought. :-(  Parliament has no idea how the rest of us live. Lisi, I am sure you would make a great MP. So, get elected, buy a new radio and bung it on your expenses. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] OOo 3.1 supports anti-aliasing

2009-06-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
|C|whatever]. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 --

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