Re: [Hampshire] Dependency hell (Was: Re: Xorg is hungry today...)

2009-10-05 Thread Vic
to preference. Vic. -- 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] Dependency hell (Was: Re: Xorg is hungry today...)

2009-10-05 Thread Vic
a rare occurence; new config usually gets generated with a .rpmnew extension, and the existing config stays in place. The only time I can remember being bitten by config wierdness across updates was - you guessed it, the Kubuntu upgrade I did at the weekend. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Dependency hell (Was: Re: Xorg is hungry today...)

2009-10-05 Thread Vic
taken to the knacker's yard now, so we shouldn't have to worry about it any more. Vic. -- 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 is hungry today...

2009-10-05 Thread Vic
is proving somewhat tricky... Transparency is turned on, wobbly windows etc. is turned off. The general appearance is pretty much identical to what worked well in Kubuntu 8.10. Note that I can't see any difference in loading whether I'm doing anything or not... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire

[Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

2009-10-04 Thread Vic
, but that amount of grunt when the system is completely idle is a bit much... Does anyone know how to start tracking the problem down? This machine is going to end up being another Fedora beast if I can't get to the bottom of it :-( Thanks! Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

2009-09-29 Thread Vic
-r vfx Disconnect with ctrl-a d. This is handy when talking to a target where you don't have any spare display capability; this works from any terminal you can attach (e.g. an SSH session). Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Next meetings

2009-09-22 Thread Vic
I don't know about cats though... What's to know? Sainsbury's are doing curry sauce for 4p a jar. That about covers the topic, I reckon... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] iPod + Linux

2009-09-14 Thread Vic
in at the block level? Linux has supported the HFS+ filesystem for many years... Vic. -- 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] pcworld southampton linux

2009-08-11 Thread Vic
of its forms. Being a fairly close replica, it does indeed compare with OSX - and favourably at that. No-one said anything about beating it :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Vic
(*) - one of which went Which I means I have to make some modifications in the makefile. can u please guide me for this or can we have a concall setup at your preferrable time. Send him a pro-forma invoice. He'll go away real quick :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] pcworld southampton linux

2009-08-09 Thread Vic
installation. What did I do to get them to work? Nothing at all. I just don't mess with things that don't need messing with. Vic. -- 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] pcworld southampton linux

2009-08-05 Thread Vic
his elbow Nah, that wouldn't happen is a DSG shop, would it? Vic. -- 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] Running Logitech Squuzecenter software on NAS

2009-08-03 Thread Vic
and a C compiler to do this sort of thing - so doing it on the NAS box might not be the best place for it. Is the hardware similar to your workstation machine? That would make life a lot simpler... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

2009-08-03 Thread Vic
- are you a professional troll? Vic. -- 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 Vic
We have DKMS in Ubuntu ...and everywhere else as well. DKMS isn't quite as clean as it might be - but it does give the lie to all those waily you've got to recompile the kernel just to use Linux FUDs... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

2009-08-03 Thread Vic
a DKMS configuration file. This describes what code is to be built, and how. At boot time, the DKMS manager inspects the list of known things against the kernel just booted. Any that aren't available are built then and there, and added to the available modules. It's really pretty simple... Vic

Re: [Hampshire] Softphone

2009-07-29 Thread Vic
Just read back my earlier reply... That's not to say that you haven't got MGCP to the phones - but a cursory search didn't turn up any phones that do that... s/any phones/any soft phones/ Sorry about that. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Debugging the boot process...

2009-07-26 Thread Vic
...). And yes - I have tried sda1 instead of hda1 :-) Thanks! Vic. -- 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] Centos 5 / yum not expanding $releasever

2009-07-24 Thread Vic
-release packages... As John said, check distroverpkg in /etc/yum.conf, and see what foo-release files you can find in /etc. Vic. -- 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] Solaris Virtualization

2009-07-05 Thread Vic
In fact come to think of it whenever I've run things inside virtual machines - it always seems a bit slow and clunky. Does your CPU support virtualisation, or are you doing everything in software? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

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

2009-07-01 Thread Vic
acts in my book. There's always Freecycle - although most of the kit on there is simply unusably old. Perhaps we should have a kit up for grabs page on the Wiki? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL

Re: [Hampshire] Sparc10 disk drive required

2009-06-25 Thread Vic
Hi Jacqui, So anyone have sparc drive lying around they can spare :-) I have some oddments of Sparc on the shelf - what exactly are you looking for? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] OT:Fwd: Mark Thompson on Media Show on R4 about FM switch off

2009-06-24 Thread Vic
For some people, rightly or wrongly, content is more important than presentation. Isn't that another reason to avoid DAB? :-) Vic. -- 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] debian lenny and an ubuntu question.

2009-06-20 Thread Vic
Erm... And we all speak European, I take it? Whats European ? Never heard of that language. ITYF that was the point... Vic. -- 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] debian lenny and an ubuntu question.

2009-06-20 Thread Vic
ITYF that was the point... Noo ... Look up. See that thing, way up there? Directly over your head? That was Lisi's comment... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

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

2009-06-19 Thread Vic
lines were publicly owned, I wouldn't worry. Vic. -- 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: TRIAC circuit question

2009-06-18 Thread Vic
iron... A circular saw is just a motor; pretty much any motor controller circuit or even a lighting dimmer circuit could be adapted for the job. Just remember you're switching a *huge* inductive load - so spec all your components appropriately, and don't forget those reverse-EMF diodes... Vic

Re: [Hampshire] OOo 3.1 supports anti-aliasing

2009-06-14 Thread Vic
is the staple of my Windows work. Sod it, I need a coffee and a smoke, as Im getting outta my tree here. :-)) I've been known to have a rant whilst out of my tree - but it's a bit early on a Sunday, even for me. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] OOo 3.1 supports anti-aliasing

2009-06-14 Thread Vic
* to be charitable... My definition of crap: Software that costs me a lot of money because it is slow and it crashes. And you use Windows? Vic. -- 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] Code style

2009-06-08 Thread Vic
... Vic. -- 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] Code style

2009-06-08 Thread Vic
are easily abused. The solution, IMHO, is to educate your programmers. Sadly, most people seem to want to alter languages instead :-( Vic. -- 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] Computer monitor strange behaviour

2009-06-08 Thread Vic
I have an old style computer monitor - probably 6 or 7 years old - which has recently begun behaving oddly. It suddenly goes a deep purple colour. It's probably the monitor dying - but before you bin it, *check* it's not something silly like the cable starting to fall out... Vic

Re: [Hampshire] Code style

2009-06-07 Thread Vic
{ result = slow_path(); } return (result); It might be dull to read, but it's clear, it's accurate, and it will compile down to one branch taken - which is optimal for the general case - unless the particular architecture can do non-branching conditionals. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Vic
that the ISP in question is sufficiently gung-ho about throttling heavy users. It would be a better assumption to assume that almost all ISPs are simply trying to get their costs as low as possible. If that means the mean data rate falling during periods of heavy usage, most of them just don't care. Vic

Re: [Hampshire] RAID and LVM boot disks

2009-06-03 Thread Vic
(with sufficient privilege) could overcome that protection... Vic. -- 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] RAID and LVM boot disks

2009-06-02 Thread Vic
What I'm looking for a is a boot CD that has RAID and LVM support built in. Fedora... Vic. -- 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 a server from within a LAN using the external address does not work - why?

2009-05-20 Thread Vic
takes you... Vic. -- 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] [JOB][ADVERT][SPAMSPAMSPAM] Program Python for actual money! amidoinitrite?

2009-05-07 Thread Vic
recritter. Vic. -- 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] Nazis: was Re: JOB: Senior Security Engineer | LOCATION: London, England, UK

2009-04-29 Thread Vic
on the way. Oh - and she had two siblings in tow as well. Sadly, she passed away a couple of years ago. Right to the end, though, she still swore blind she was in her sixties... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Vinyl Ripping Issue

2009-03-30 Thread Vic
fidelity than a moderate sound card? Minidisc does many things well, but high fidelity is not amongst them[1]. Vic. [1] Although it is very much better now than when I was working for a certain Japanese consumer electronics company. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

[Hampshire] Couple of questions about Lenny...

2009-03-25 Thread Vic
). 2. Kernel config Does Lenny leave the .config for the current kernel somewhere handy? Thanks! Vic. -- 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] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)

2009-03-25 Thread Vic
confirmed that we did indeed have a licence... I wonder how many people with a less bellicose attitude than mine get brow-beaten into paying for a licence they don't need? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] DIY RAID - quick answer required

2009-03-20 Thread Vic
not. If you're just worrying about what drives you currently have, why not set up a degraded RAID-1 until you can get the disk you want? Vic. -- 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] Hardware - laptop fails to start

2009-03-16 Thread Vic
That's also indicative of a screen failure. I've found backlights can become intermittent before failure. I've also found many inverter faults are actually cable faults - they can often be repaired... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Drobo

2009-03-08 Thread Vic
build something like this, just to see how easy RAID is under Linux. Just don't go spending serious money on that :-) Vic. -- 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] Switch on after power loss

2009-03-06 Thread Vic
I have reset root passwords from a live cd or DVD, as, I am sure, have most of us. Actually, I'm not sure I ever have. How bizarre. There are quite a number of Windows machines without an Administrator password, mind... :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Vic
GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels Oh no they're not. Vic. -- 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] Gentoo: How does the firewall script work?

2009-02-27 Thread Vic
. Anyone know what's going wrong? Thanks! Vic. -- 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] Gentoo: How does the firewall script work?

2009-02-27 Thread Vic
Is the script in the wrong place in the boot order? Yep. It was in the default runlevel. I added it to boot, and all seems well. Vic. -- 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] Which Perl Modules

2009-02-24 Thread Vic
password set. Your production machine definitely should... Vic. -- 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] Anyone played with Aurora Linux?

2009-02-18 Thread Vic
on this hardware (the docs note that DMA doesn't work very well on the ultra 10). Shame - I wanted this to work... I've got an Ultra 5 to try later... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone played with Aurora Linux?

2009-02-18 Thread Vic
in several places on t'interweb. It servers no purpose to keep repeating the same issue. Vic. -- 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] Fw: Re: [hants] compression

2009-02-18 Thread Vic
to a shorter output stream[1] some input streams will necessarily lead to longer lones :-( A universal compressor fails the Counting Argument. Vic. [1] i.e. I'm ignoring the trivial (and useless) solution of just copying input to output, thereby achieving zero compression and zero expansion on all streams

Re: [Hampshire] [hants] compression

2009-02-18 Thread Vic
Doesn't have to be data storage -- it could be low-bandwidth comms, for example. ...In which case, a good model of the expected data would probably be a more effective solution. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Media players

2009-02-17 Thread Vic
erroneous) press on ZDNet. I was under orders not to reveal that iLink and FireWire were one and the same. Ho hum. Vic. -- 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] Anyone played with Aurora Linux?

2009-02-17 Thread Vic
Hi All. I'm trying to bring some of my old Sparcs into operation. I'm having trouble gett Aurora onto an Ultra 10 - it complains of being unable to find any devices of the type needed from this installation type. Anyone seen this before? Thanks! Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Launching a command from the web

2009-02-12 Thread Vic
with DOS might be difficult (I don't know if Aapche runs atop DOS), but running some command-line stuff is easily achievably by way of CGI. It's as simple as adding the +ExecCGI override in your Apache config... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] DNS cache on Netgear DG834G

2009-02-12 Thread Vic
over[1], you've got no hope... Setting up your own DNS server is *easy*. Really, really easy. And the performance improvement it generates is well worth it, even if you never want to do anything more complex. Vic. [1] I used to be a Force9 customer. Their DNS servers were so flakey, I investigated

Re: [Hampshire] Launching a command from the web

2009-02-12 Thread Vic
Or use Apache with Mono. Or shoot yourself firmly through the head. Mono is a trojan. It will compromise your Freedom at some point in the future. And it is *massive* overkill just to be able to run an external command from Apache... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] DNS cache on Netgear DG834G

2009-02-12 Thread Vic
Setting up your own DNS server is *easy*. Do you have a recommended howto Vic? Or is this more a case of JFGI? :) It's more JFDI than JFGI :-) Most modern distros seem to ship a nameserver configured as caching-only, so all you need do is to install it (yum install bind or somesuch), start

Re: [Hampshire] Launching a command from the web

2009-02-12 Thread Vic
I've still yet to here a coherent non-hand-wavy non-tinfoil-hat argument against mono that stands up. It's released under GPL, yet it contains material licenced from Microsoft that you are not permitted to sublicence. I think that's enough of an issue right there... Vic. -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] DNS cache on Netgear DG834G

2009-02-10 Thread Vic
How do I flush the DNS cache on a Netgear DG834G v.4? Does it *have* a DNS cache? Vic. -- 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] Does anyone 'know someone' at Demon?

2009-02-10 Thread Vic
faulting. But getting that report to the people who need to see it is proving very tricky indeed. Vic. -- 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] using wu-ftp

2009-02-09 Thread Vic
is on the server to make sure that port is open on the firewall. Most FTP servers allow you to specify the port range that will be used for the PASV connection, so you can open a range on the firewall use them for FTP. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Does anyone know someone at Demon?

2009-02-09 Thread Vic
not like the customer would mind stumping up the £160-odd fee... Thanks! Vic. -- 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] Does anyone 'know someone' at Demon?

2009-02-09 Thread Vic
with 6dB, and his boss then incorrectly noted it as 60dB and didn't think that at all odd. Ho hum. Looks like Demon will soon be losing another customer. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Does anyone 'know someone' at Demon?

2009-02-09 Thread Vic
Best bet is a strongly worded letter to Demon customer service stating if they don't arrange a BT visit then it is good bye. Demon Customer Service appear to be the same outsourced bunch... :-( Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] A little help with php / mysql

2009-02-05 Thread Vic
of the woodwork, and your name is instantly mud... Sanitising input really isn't onerous - it's less work than writing the email to tell us why you don't think you need to - and it will defend your code against whatever Management might want to do with it in the future... Vic. -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] Purchasing music online

2009-02-01 Thread Vic
. I've not bought a low from them (I already own most of the music I like), but I've found a couple of bands on there that I like. Vic. -- 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] Is Google toast?

2009-01-31 Thread Vic
Hi All. Is Google down, or is my ISP playing up? I get this site may damage your computer on *everything*, and I can't get to the search results unless I manually type in the URL... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Is Google toast?

2009-01-31 Thread Vic
Is Google down, or is my ISP playing up? Seems to be back now. stopbadware.org is not responding, though - looks like Google have chagned their mind about relying on them... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Gadget design.

2009-01-28 Thread Vic
Reckon they did it one take? (after testing all of the individual components) Nope. There's at least one splice in there (probably two). Still pretty impressive though - if ultimately rather pointless... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Steve Gibson (Was: Re: Data Recovery)

2009-01-27 Thread Vic
. We sell many copies of SpinRite every single day to the many people who are having serious trouble with their modern drives. This bit is just fluff - the fact that you can sell snake oil to someone who is desperate enough to try anything means nothing at all. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Steve Gibson (Was: Re: Data Recovery)

2009-01-26 Thread Vic
himself is objectionable. Vic. -- 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] Which filesystem?

2009-01-25 Thread Vic
The data I am backing up is in ext3 format, would I be best of using ext2 or ext3 for the external drive? Or any other file system? Choose ext3 over ext2 for this sort of thing - ext2 is very fragile in respect of power loss, random unplugging, etc. ext3 is very much more reilient. Vic

Re: [Hampshire] Am I correct

2009-01-14 Thread Vic
So I can assume from that then that I don't need to symlink anything to anywhere?? Yes. Vic. -- 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] Am I correct

2009-01-13 Thread Vic
out. Vic. -- 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] banks and home use of card readers

2009-01-10 Thread Vic
That sounds like the Verified By Visa programme, which is pretty much a disaster area. Yep. An iframe on a merchant site that claims to be your bank, but is actually sent from a website that *isn't* your bank. And they wonder why people fall for scams... Vic. -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] Apache performance tuning.

2009-01-07 Thread Vic
960264 kB RAM Put some more RAM in. It's cheap, and will give you a better return on your efforts than anything else... Vic. -- 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] Forum software

2009-01-06 Thread Vic
is on Whitebox - but the distro is largely irrelevant. Vic. -- 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] Problems changing boot order in Ubuntu

2009-01-05 Thread Vic
2) Grub2 doesn't use menu.lst but /etc/default/grub instead. Interesting. Does that mean that grub2 will have LVM support + loads of filesystems, or does it mean that /etc/default can't be in such a place? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] SPAM issues

2009-01-02 Thread Vic
fetchmail or the like to grab everything and reprocess locally - but a better solution would be just to turn off the catch-all. Vic. -- 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] SPAM issues

2009-01-02 Thread Vic
The bounces will only end up going to people that didn't send the SPAM, as From: headers are always faked, often with real email addresses. That's why you *never* bounce such mail; always reject it or deal with it. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

2008-12-23 Thread Vic
Anyway, I forgot about it till now, and I'm at work, and I'd like to check progress. You could attach another terminal, then use ps to find the process in question and lsof to find out what it's doing... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Kubuntu multiple sound cards

2008-12-22 Thread Vic
. Setting my external device as the preferred unit makes no difference whatsoever: Amarok still uses the internal device. Any suggestions? Thanks! Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu LVM LUKS

2008-12-22 Thread Vic
... Vic. -- 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] Broadband usage

2008-12-18 Thread Vic
Hmm - having to buy a 50UKP netgear router is enough to put me off them. I was thinking just the same. I already own an identical piece of kit; having to buy one just to sign up means I'm not going to sign up... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Video compression

2008-12-13 Thread Vic
in compressibility without noticeable difference of the image. Vic. -- 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] Fedora 10 upgrade woes

2008-12-06 Thread Vic
between RHEL3 and RHEL4. Terrifying for a couple of minutes (none of my drives could be found), but actually very simple to fix. Vic. -- 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] Cardbus USB 2 cards

2008-12-05 Thread Vic
. It won't blow voltage regulators - the CardBus socket is protected. Vic. -- 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] Belkin shame

2008-12-01 Thread Vic
That router is the last piece of kit they're selling in here. Shame, I used to think they were a decent company. After their traffic hijacking stunt? There's no way I'd buy Belkin now. It might have been 5 years ago, but that sort of thing is plain unforgiveable. Vic. -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] Belkin shame

2008-12-01 Thread Vic
It might have been 5 years ago, but that sort of thing is plain unforgiveable. Whats the traffic hijacking stunt? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/help_my_belkin_router/ Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] Video link solution

2008-11-29 Thread Vic
is the worst bit - and that's more bandwidth-intensive than compute-heavy). Vic. -- 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] Novatech Laptops...

2008-11-28 Thread Vic
in what Amarok puts out. I can hear it through headphones, but not through the onboard speakers... Vic. -- 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] Novatech Laptops...

2008-11-28 Thread Vic
had other problems :-( Vic. -- 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] Novatech Laptops...

2008-11-28 Thread Vic
the output plugin of whichever player you're using have any settings? Loads - but I can't find anything related to headphones or speakers. Nor does anything else generate sound, though - Kubuntu sets up a login/logout noise by default (very annoying), and that doesn't do anything either. Vic

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech Laptops...

2008-11-28 Thread Vic
-the-noise-down/ That's the boy - I now have working sound :-) your option won't be the same as mine After some hours of trial-and-error, the correct option is : lenovo-101e. Just like your WebBooks :-) Ho hum. I feel somewhat deflated now... Anyway - thanks for the prod. Vic. -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] PC turns itself off after a few minutes

2008-11-22 Thread Vic
has dried out. Remove the cooler, clean everything with acetone, re-apply grease. Vic. -- 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] Anyone know the Debian boot sequence?

2008-11-18 Thread Vic
filesystem (which is where it's heading). Any ideas? Thanks! Vic. -- 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] Decisions, decisions... KDE3, KDE4 or Gnome?

2008-11-16 Thread Vic
away from RH-based distros just yet... Vic. -- 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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