I have been having some frustrating issues with my desktop freezing up
due to massive disk and CPU io since I upgraded to kubuntu 10.04.
I have had the same issues but only since I changed to LinuxMint.
I will read the article in anticipation.
Thanks.
Rob
If you have an imap server then locally stored mail is useless anyway.
I do not completely agree - I find that have the mail stored locally helps
with speed and traffice issues when email size is considered (attachements
open much faster locally)
Rob
On 06/08/10 10:32, Robert Fisher wrote:
I do not completely agree - I find that have the mail stored locally
helps
with speed and traffice issues when email size is considered
(attachements
open much faster locally)
I think Craig meant if the imap server is local to the same computer
Use USB-Creator in ubuntu which gives you the option to have a data
partition.
Or you could try..
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
which caters for several different distros.
Rob
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On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:23 +1200, Craig Falconer wrote:
Steve Holdoway wrote, On 06/16/2010 09:43 AM:
... cant linux get it's sound sorted out properly?
I see there was an update to pulseaudio on Linuxmint/Ubuntu today so that
will be the end of all of your problems. He he.
Rob
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Okay there have been a few misunderstandings about what I meant in my
original post on this thread. After some thinking I believe that I can
clarify
myself properly
On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:02:30 you wrote:
Are there any desktop centered distros whose primary aim is to have as
few
surprises
)
Orcon have 26Gb for $70 and 51Gb for $90 with no throttling. (And their
help desk is in NZ)
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1. Economy - can be new / 'on special' or ex-lease.
I can get you a Dell Latitude D610 for less than $500
Intel T7200 Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz Processor
2GB DDR2 Ram, 80GB SATA HDD
OnBoard Graphics, DVDRW
Gigabit Ethernet, USB2.0, WiFi, Bluetooth
14 Screen, XP Home (OS Pre-installed)
4. Low data quantity needs mean that any other modern hardware spec will
probably suit ok.
Modem? External modem over a serial port I hope :-) otherwise you may
well end up with a winmodem and have to test carefully for support ...
Modern (not modem)
LOL
On 04/05/10 14:55, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Whilst agreeing that they are a solidly made lappie ( well, since they
got rid of that stupid expanding keyboard! ), linux installs
effortlessly on just about all hardware these days ( well Realtek
RTL8111/8168 ethernet notwithstanding ) so I wouldn't
On 04/05/10 16:29, Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Christopher Sawtellcsawt...@gmail.com wrote:
On 4 May 2010 13:20, Paul Swaffordyom...@chch.planet.co.nz wrote:
I second Chris' sentiment .. Tinkpads just work ..
I wonder where Chris got his from ??
The
On 29/04/10 17:47, Rik Tindall wrote:
Ubuntu is the default distro used, and release 10.04 LTS is just a
number of hours away, so we may get to check this out next Weds:
I've been checking it out (the RC version) first on a VM and now on my
main PC - I like it.
Rob
but then
did not know the admin username. The Xtra helpdesk said to reset it and
use no password.
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( currently running the pre-release Ubuntu 10.10 happily ),
10.04 ?
I looked at netbooks but in the end bought a ex lease Dell D420 from
laptop universe. Reasons:
I have had an ex lease Dell D410 for ages and like it for the same reasons
Nick mentioned.
Rob
(Maybe I should have started a new thread)
My only real whinge, and the one that keeps Win7 as a dual-boot
option, is that UNR doesn't recognise my Garmin GPS over USB. Don't
know if that's a pure Ubuntu problem, or if there's some interaction
between the netbook's hardware and the OS.
I
Roy Britten wrote:
In that case you might care to take you file to one of the sign and
poster printing houses and get it professionally printed on a single
piece of paper / plasstic.
Ah, that was my original plan, right up to the point where I found out
how much they charge...
Cheers,
Roy.
Hi all - with respect to horse, how many of the current users make use
of the webshell running on port 443?
If that makes no sense, https://shell.clug.org.nz/
Not me. In fact I have not used horse for ages.
Can anybody help in sparing ubuntu9.10 disk pl.
I am in Parklands and can burn one for you. (or anybody)
Steve Holdoway wrote:
yup, getting a response now (:
Steve
If you're going to leave port 22 open, then I'd install something like
denyhosts, and disable root login over ssh. If you're taking a lappie
with you then installing certificates would allow you to disable
passowrd logins completely.
I am going on holiday soon and want to have ssh access to my desktop PC
at home.
I have tested from another PC at home and it works fine...
rob...@dell-d410:~$ ssh 192.168.10.13
rob...@192.168.10.13's password:
rob...@beast:~$ logout
Connection to 192.168.10.13 closed.
On my IPCop box I have
Steve Holdoway wrote:
Getting no response from that ssh on port 22 on that ip address from
Diamond Harbour... ):
Steve
Could you try again please Steve - PC was off for a little while.
Rob
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote:
Success on the first cable at last [1]. I am not sure which of the
following changes produced a result:
I think that you should still send someone under the house for a while -
just to get them out of you way.
Rob
Cable is actually pretty tough stuff. I once helped someone lower a
hefty old wooden desk out a second-story balony and all we had was a 20
metre length of coax cable with RCA connectors.
Did you use NetBui?
I know I should be terminating with a socket and then running a short
cable to the equipment at each end, but I wanted a quick and dirty
until I have time to do it right. It has worked that way before.
This could (maybe) be your problem.
The cable used for permanent wiring is single core as
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
And, heres the hit, can someone in ChCh lend me one?
Yes, both tester and multimeter.
In my experience it is usually not the cables / wires which give
problems but bad or incorrect terminations.
I can lend you a good terminating tool if you like (not the cheap
Well for god's sake can someone nominate a time??
I am going to start now but I am currently in Hamilton.
Rob
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:57:01 Tom Smith wrote:
What's the difference between kde and gnome? is it purely cosmetic? Eye
candy works better in kde? Is one less resource hungry?
KDE aims to give as many configuration options as possible while
the GNOME team are terrified of including anything
Why not simply:
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop
and you can log into whichever you want.
I did not realise that it could be that simple.
Rob
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz
wrote:
Why not simply:
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop
and you can log into whichever you want.
I did not realise that it could be that simple.
Rob
sure is, there is also xubuntu-desktop and mythbuntu-desktop
Have you tried openshot? Its a new kid on the block, looks promising.
On karmic 9.10 it didn't install any alternative versions of ffmpeg or
libavformat so hopefully everything will work fine.
How did you get on with OpenShot Nick?
Rob
I am think of changing my main PC to Gnome but thought first I might
canvas the list for reasons why I should (or should not) change.
I do not want personal preferences (for example I currently prefer KDE
probably because I am more used to it).
How about posting short pros and cons to start a
Spoiling for a fight on Monday morning Rob?
Seemed like a good idea this morning.
I still use k3b for writing disks, theres no real need to exclude
programs from either camp, unless you are trying to keep your system
libraries as small as possible.
Interesting you mention that. One of the
Have you tried openshot? Its a new kid on the block, looks promising.
No I have not tried it but I did see a harsh review of it.
Have you tried it?
Rob
Nick Rout wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote:
Have you tried openshot? Its a new kid on the block, looks promising.
No I have not tried it but I did see a harsh review of it.
sorry for double post, where was the harsh review
Adrian Mageanu wrote, On 13/01/10 14:11:
On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 13:45 +1300, Kerry Mayes wrote:
My brother in law has recently used two locals out there and I
wouldn't recommend either of them. Both were quite pricey for
incredibly simple things. ($200+ to remove Norton anti virus and
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
That's not to say Shuttleworth isn't appreciated, but it puts his
millions a bit into perspective.
Volker
Volker, you will be pleased to know that as I type I am burning an
OpenSuse 11.2 DVD.
I have been running Kubuntu satisfactorily for quite a while but
recently
steve wrote:
Personally, I'd try Fedora 12 first, but then I'm not into KDE at all,
which may affect my perception.
I just detest YaST(2) ):
Hope you haven't got a Gigabyte mobo
Steve
Well yes I have. Why do you ask?
Rob
for a friend.
Happy New Year.
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fixups will help.
I am having a good experience with Kubuntu 9.10.
Skype version 2.1.0.47 seems fine although my mic (part of the webcam) volume
went full and distorted by itself once.
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Christopher Sawtell wrote:
iirc My webcam is a Logitech 3500. ( usb id number:- 046d:09a4 )
Same as mine.
More help solicited.
Well this is weird. I just checked mine and got the same result (single
click on test and nothing happens, double click and full screen goes grey)
As I suggested
Also... are you using 2.0.2 vmware server? Came out last month I think.
Yes. My procedure was as follows:-
Tried to install the version I had but was told it was not suitable for
64bit.
Downloaded the latest (64bit) version
Attempted to install but failed when trying to build modules.
Followed
Roger Searle wrote:
Can report a successful installation via the method outlined earlier
in the thread - essentially latest vmware-server release from last
week, then via the following link, result includes a correctly
operating mouse:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:12:32 Roger Searle wrote:
I must have crossed the right fingers, and can report successfully
getting vmware-server to install, mouse included, via the following.
So did you upgrade the VMWare Tools to get your mouse working correctly or was
there another hoop to jump
Roger Searle wrote:
Hi, following an upgrade to Karmic last night, .
Last time I did the upgrade I had some problems too.
I cannot remember what they were but a clean install fixed them.
This time I went for a clean install and my only problems so far are
because I went with 64bit.
Roger Searle wrote:
i'd be interested in hearing how your vmware install goes, i upgraded to karmic
on a 64bit install yesterday and running vmware-config.pl failed when building
modules. not sure what point version that is though.
another query - in your fresh install can you view news video
I have the same problem as Roger trying to install VMWare Server onto
64bit Karmic Koala (Kubuntu)
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many
arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: ***
Robert Fisher wrote:
I have the same problem as Roger trying to install VMWare Server onto
64bit Karmic Koala (Kubuntu)
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many
arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
Craig Falconer wrote:
From my point of view, VMware has really lost the plot in keeping up
with new kernels etc.
I think you are right. I got it installed but could not get the mouse
working correctly even after updating VMWare Tools.
I have just finished installing WinXP into Virtualbox
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:47:08 Steve Holdoway wrote:
I've just received, in one lump, the last few days posts to the list...
23 emails. Does the list owner read the list, and can he tell me what's
happening?
Cheers, Steve
I do not recall you getting an answer to this Steve so I thought that
Steve Brorens wrote, On 29/09/09 13:59:
Yeah I had one like that... my watt-meter measured a solid 1.5 Amps of
power when it was running, and 0.5 Amps even when it was totally off.
Actually a watt-meter measures power and is not very common.
An ammeter measures current (amps).
Regards
A
Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote:
Steve Brorens wrote, On 29/09/09 13:59:
Yeah I had one like that... my watt-meter measured a solid 1.5 Amps of
power when it was running, and 0.5 Amps even when it was totally off
to determine if it's 2+ ready.
Thanks
Dan
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Jim Cheetham wrote, On 09/09/09 17:04:
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Robert Fisherrob...@fisher.net.nz
wrote:
So how should it be pronounced?
soo-doo or soo-dough
S U do
I concur with Jim - Ess You Doo
Mind you - we normally type these commands, or read them. Very rarely
do we say
Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo
super user do
So how should it be pronounced?
soo-doo or soo-dough
steve wrote:
The latter...
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote:
Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo
super user do
So how should it be pronounced?
soo-doo or soo-dough
Is that your answer, your guess or your preference?
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:03:16 Barry Marchant wrote:
Hi all,
Just upgraded?? kopete to 4.2. There does not seem to be provision now
to connect to msn. Does anyone have an answer to this omission?
Yes it has changed its name to WLM - Windows Live Messenger plugin
Rob
Kent Fredric wrote:
I was just hit by a 20 minute outage from 9:10 to 9:30.
Location in the merivale/cc/st-albans area.
Me too - in Parklands
Daniel Hill wrote:
I'm about to acquire a old computer from my friend (AMD 1.6GHz 80GB HDD)
and want to eventually set it up as a webserver, game server, wireless
router and any other servers that I mite want to play with
I also want to learn linux properly (currently running ubuntu on my
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:05:25 Ross Drummond wrote:
An approach was made to Discount Domains asking them if they were prepared
to sponsor this registration. I am pleased to inform you that they have
generously agreed to this sponsorship.
Well done.
Any opinions about KDE 4.3?
I am loving it?
Rob
Any opinions about KDE 4.3?
- many
of
the things that were breaking under 4.2 are now working.
It looks promising so far.
Actually I found 4.2.4 really stable for me but 4.3 has some improvements.
Rob
Nick Rout wrote:
I have a VIA EPIA M9000 motherboard that I am trying to run diskless.
I believe that unetbootin does not allow creation of persistent usb boot
devices.
I like the ones provided by pendrivelinux.com.
I can take mine with me and keep it up to date and keep all of my personal
On Sunday 14 June 2009 09:57:41 Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
I'd like to know
if anyone has had this problem recently (withen the last week) and
knows what it is.
Not in the last week but recently I had the same problem.
Rob
On Wednesday 10 June 2009 21:00:42 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
I have been doing Kubuntu upgrades, via the update button in Adept, since
Lord only knows when, but the picture viewer and the dictionary GUI applets
will not install since KDE-4 emerged. They do work ok from the live CD.
Anybody
yuri wrote:
So that everybody knows: All the She who must be obeyeds would be
very welcome too.
There are two Shes who must be obeyed in my household.
The younger makes her wishes known be various chortles, grunts and
sometimes (not often, surprisingly for her age) crying.
Is the Twisted
Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
but are there any things about the people here I should now?
This will probably help quite a bit.
Most people on this list are only too keen to help but this medium does
not put faces in front of faces so sometimes answers and comments can
create offense when it is not
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 14:54:30 Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Julian Warwick Bethell
jwbeth...@paradise.net.nz wrote:
Do have a video setting up DMZ
Try speaking English please.
Trim your reples please
Don't top post please.
You have been referred to the ipcop
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 15:13:01 Leif Keane wrote:
What I'm doing now is
looking at how feasible it is to use the small laptops in a classroom as
well as using EdUbuntu rather than windows.
On another tangent..
Do they have to be laptops?
Can they be connected to wired network?
For far
-Original Message-
From: Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz
Yes. For starters, the power cables are legally required to be in
conduit of their own, and with good reason.
Not quite correct.
Separation is mandatory and protection is recommended.
Protection can be as simple as
-Original Message-
From: Leif Keane l...@stmargarets.school.nz
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Sent: 18/05/09 12:09 p.m.
Subject: USB to VGA
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Use another computer for the display and connect to the laptop using VNC?
Derek Smithies wrote:
Hi,
So what do you do with the old computers that one tends to acquire?
When we had borders I found that they (the old computers) were godd to
use as thin clients with LTSP.
Little cost and next to no extra admin.
Rob
Derek Smithies wrote:
Hi,
So what do you do with the old computers that one tends to acquire?
Which also reminds me that I have an old PII which has 2 NIC's and a
CDRom drive - it has IPCop installed - free to a good home.
Hadley Rich wrote:
Everything seems to be working fine here, very well actually.
Yes I too am impressed. We have Kubuntu 9.04 on 3 machines here.
Rob
On Thursday 30 April 2009 21:43:57 Roger Searle wrote:
Maybe there is another way, I've not found anything in System Settings -
personally I always want the numlock keys on. This is about as easy as
it gets:
ro...@gemini:~$ sudo apt-get install numlockx
ro...@gemini:~$ numlockx on
Cheers,
On Thursday 30 April 2009 22:06:56 Roger Searle wrote:
Robert Fisher wrote:
On Thursday 30 April 2009 21:43:57 Roger Searle wrote:
Maybe there is another way, I've not found anything in System Settings
- personally I always want the numlock keys on. This is about as easy
as it gets
On Monday 27 April 2009 09:41:48 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Can I take it that you have both the dictionary and picture viewing
widgets working?
I'd be very grateful if you could check.
Yes they run fine for us on 3 different machines.
Rob
a copy let me know. (Kubuntu 9.04 for i386)
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On Monday 27 April 2009 21:06:44 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Anybody able to help me find the name of the missing package?
dict is available in the standard repos (although I do not have it installed)
don't know about frame though
Rob
On Monday 27 April 2009 23:47:26 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Please.
I have it on my USB pen drive. I might be able to call in today.
I will call you first.
981 5469?
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On Tuesday 28 April 2009 06:18:46 Robert Fisher wrote:
I will call you first.
Oops!
On Sunday 26 April 2009 19:37:11 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
imho Jaunty Jacaloupe is not anywhere ready for Joe SixPack's
desktop.
Mine seems (as he touches wood) to be running very well. I might even consider
myself a convert.
Rob
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Roger Searle wrote:
Hi, having added some widgets to a Jaunty KDE4 desktop, I'm attempting
to move them to a sensible area on the screen - and actually be able
to view them without one covering another. I have selected unlock
widgets and drag one to a new location, however within a few
On Thursday 23 April 2009 15:05:51 Andrew Sands wrote:
With thanks to the other contributors, I;ll suggest the following;
Some good advice has been given in this thread but I will give some opposite
thoughts.
I am a sparky by trade so I know how to run cables and conduits and draw
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 00:24:09 Tim wrote:
Can anyone point me to a webcam, easily available in NZ, that supports
GNU/Linux flawlessly, without the need for proprietary drivers?
Logitech QuickCam E3500
Worked out of the box for me on Mepis and Kubuntu 8.10 and 9,04.
Not the cheapest but it
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 23:47:34 Wesley Parish wrote:
I suspect, based on that minimum sample, that the problem is with the
Telecom copper network.
3400kbps here at the moment - ADSL with Orcon
Rob
On Monday 06 April 2009 20:22:40 Nick Rout wrote:
sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop
Or for an Ubuntu user who wants the latest Openoffice..
update-manager -d
See http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-to-ubuntu-904-
jaunty-jackalope-beta.html
I am currently using
On Thursday 19 March 2009 14:57:19 Jim Cheetham wrote:
He avoids the comparison of Linux with XP/Vista, by implying that it
is only worth considering if you have outdated hardware.
I have just converted another workmate to Linux simply by telling him that I
hardly ever need to use Windows at
On Tuesday 17 March 2009 21:28:57 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Please could someone tell me if when in disconnected imap mode whether
kmail is supposed to download the whole mail-box over and over more or
less each time it connects to the googlemail server? It seems
incorrect behaviour to me.
On Tuesday 17 March 2009 21:48:10 Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Just checking that you are using kmail?
The version here is 4.2.1
My kmail is version 1.11.1
KDE is 4.2.1
On Tuesday 17 March 2009 22:26:51 dave wrote:
I'm using 1.9.10 and kde 3.5.10 (kubuntu 8.04)
when ever i go to forward an email that has an attachment it is lost or
should i say isn't pull across.
Do you forward attachments in-line?
Rob
On Thursday 12 March 2009 19:05:21 Chris Downie wrote:
What have I missed?
I do not know what you have missed but have you tried the Mepislovers forum?
http://www.mepislovers.com/
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I thought that some of you may not know that our much respected CLUG member
Chris Sawtell is going to Scotland for a good reason - he is going to marry
Elizabeth Gault.
I am sure we all wish Chris the very best for the future.
Rob
On Thursday 05 March 2009 13:08:59 Nick Rout wrote:
Perhaps if someone explained in plain language what this business
intelligence software is supposed to acheive, it might appear more
interesting. (Or not LOL)
I wanted to ask that too but did not want to seem too ignorant.
Rob
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