Re: [Linux-users] Meeting 31 August + SFD

2010-08-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:08:28 Rik Tindall wrote: Hi all, monthly notice: Next Tuesday 7.30pm is the monthly meet at the South Learning Centre http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/, (rear door) South

Re: [Linux-users] ADSL modems - almost OT

2010-09-02 Thread Nick Rout
you happen to know where i can get one in chch? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Hadley Rich h...@nice.net.nz wrote: On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 14:08 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: Can anyone recommend an ADSL modem for about $100 that is available retail? I really want one that is NOT also

Re: [Linux-users] Quake

2010-09-05 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 05/09/10 10:43, Tom Smith wrote: On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 10:05 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Anyone need help? All good here. Sorry for the people in the worst effected areas, but my goodness if it had been

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Camera abuse.

2010-09-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 September 2010 10:25, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 09:28 +1300, Brett Davidson wrote: On 27/09/2010 5:27 p.m., C. Falconer wrote: Steve Holdoway wrote, On 09/27/2010

[Linux-users] webcam stuck on 160x120

2010-10-03 Thread Nick Rout
I am setting up zoneminder on ubuntu 10.04. I have a Philips SPC530NC webcam which seems to be capable of 640x480, according to advertising and other info on the web. See by way of example: http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/webcameras/philips-spc530nc-00/ However the camera doesn't seem capable of

Re: [Linux-users] webcam stuck on 160x120

2010-10-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:12 PM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Nick Rout wrote, On 10/04/2010 12:47 PM: I am setting up zoneminder on ubuntu 10.04. I have a Philips SPC530NC webcam However the camera doesn't seem capable of doing more than a miserable 160x120 Any idea where

Re: [Linux-users] webcam stuck on 160x120

2010-10-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:56 PM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Nick Rout wrote, On 10/04/2010 03:08 PM: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:12 PM, C. Falconercfalco...@totalteam.co.nz   wrote: BTW I'd put my vote in for motion instead of zoneminder, but that's a personal preference

[Linux-users] Gaaaaggghhh Meerkat doesn't have aptitude by default

2010-10-09 Thread Nick Rout
A step backwards IMHO. It's only an apt-get install aptitude away, but why leave it out? ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] ubuntu 10.10 - first impressions

2010-10-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Daniel Hill dan...@enemyplanet.geek.nz wrote: I found the fglrx drivers quite good you just have to configure the xorg file your self I think we may be going around in circles. Regardless

Re: [Linux-users] Multi-port network card on Linux

2010-10-19 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Ross Drummond r...@ashburton.co.nz wrote: On Wednesday 20 October 2010, C. Falconer wrote: Why do you want many different NICs?   The modern way to do segmentation is a managed ethernet switch with a fat pipe to servers/firewalls. I was planning to use the

Re: [Linux-users] Fibre Re: Multi-port network card on Linux

2010-10-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:24 PM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Daniel Hill wrote, On 10/27/2010 03:02 PM: Fibre is a lot more than DSL, but it has also come down a lot from the telecom days of four digit prices for 5 Mbit with 25 GB traffic and scandalous overage charges.

Re: [Linux-users] Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Re: Hello I've joined

2010-10-31 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Bevan wrote, On 10/30/2010 10:48 AM: ...I run 4 machines running Ubuntu maverick but may change to Debian before the next one if they bring out unity as default desktop. Interesting - you can now get a Debian-based

Re: [Linux-users] Hello I've joined

2010-11-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:38 AM, chris che...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 18:47 +1300, yuri wrote: On 1 November 2010 14:29, chris wrote: On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 14:54 +1300, yuri wrote: On 31 October 2010 10:16, chris wrote: Been thinking the same. Or pclinux os as a desktop.  

Re: [Linux-users] Hello I've joined

2010-11-02 Thread Nick Rout
are you talking POTS, or Cell? Many laptops have a built in modem. Does yours? Yes, but it is a winmodem.  haven't even bothered.  I use an external 56k Dynalink with a usb to serial connector.  Works a treat with wvdial under Ubuntu. Pc Linux os doesn't detect it. cheers Doesn't

Re: [Linux-users] winmodem give it up

2010-11-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:07 AM, MafiaGeek mafiag...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I think its time to give up on winmodem, the technology is ancient over priced and not linux friendly. if your going to fouces your attention on getting hardware to work maybe people should be putting there efforts into

Re: [Linux-users] ssh connection timed out

2010-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Roger Searle roger.sea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to ssh to a Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS virtual machine - temporary host is an XP box running VMWare Server 2.02.  Previously when hosted on an ubuntu box I could ssh to it, whether this move has something to do

Re: [Linux-users] Dependency probs on OpenProj

2010-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: On 17/11/10 15:49, Carl Turney wrote: Lee Begg wrote: Try installing openjdk-6-jre (or searching for java 6 in apt or aptitude). Try apt-get install, and following the installation of openjdk-6-jre pay attention

Re: [Linux-users] imap setup

2010-11-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 16:08 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: Hi, [snip] from the ubuntu howto: https://help.ubuntu.com

Re: [Linux-users] imap setup

2010-11-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 16:08 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote

Re: [Linux-users] New pkgs hiding from menus

2010-11-25 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Carl Turney c.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi, In addition to the other topics I've started on the List recently... Have a new Ubuntu Lucid I'm building up.  Used Synaptic Package Manager to search, mark, and install gxine gxine plugin -- and all their

Re: [Linux-users] Just Installed Linux Mint on my Mothers computer (Bevan Thomas)

2010-12-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:19 PM, bevan bev...@gmail.com wrote: I think will are all guilty of not backing up documents. Even the most seasoned linux user would admit to that please don't top post. please trim your replies. ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: [Linux-users] Archive counts

2011-01-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Daniel Hill dan...@enemyplanet.geek.nz wrote: 19031   83M     Archive 2006 6124    57M     Archive 2007 I'm curious what's happened here? Linux got easier to use, therefore less questions? ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Local Microsoft/Windows wizards?

2011-01-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi All, My apologies for broaching this subject, but I don't know where else to turn for local relevant help. Tried the following in Google, and got no matches, otherwise I'd contact them.  Maybe PCUGs are just a

Re: [Linux-users] Partition seen twice on Gnome 2.30.2

2011-01-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi All, Got 4 partitions on my LINUX system (Ubuntu 10.4.1 with Gnome 2.30.2) Partition #4 (FAT32) is mounted in to /home/user/Desktop/dos in my  /etc/fstab  file, because I'd like to have it conveniently

Re: [Linux-users] Open-source OS meet this Wed. eve?

2011-01-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:43 PM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Carl Turney wrote, On 01/31/2011 03:26 PM: Is anyone coming who has basic video editing experience with Pitivi, OpenShot, and/or AvideMUX?  (Would greatly appreciate a few minutes of side-by-side with some or all of

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird time zone issue

2011-01-31 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: On 01/02/11 08:57, Rik Tindall wrote: Could the problem be with the sender's clock settings/or O/S - which is it? (tip: from email header, mail client) His clock is correct for his time and place.  He's using a Mac

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird time zone issue

2011-02-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: On 01/02/11 09:10, Nick Rout wrote: What is the output of the date command on your machine, as your user? It says... Wed Feb  2 08:49:22 NZDT 2011 ... which is what the time here now is. What does the Date: header

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird time zone issue

2011-02-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: On 02/02/11 09:13, Nick Rout wrote:   read my question again, I asked for the Date: header, not the   Delivery-date: header. Ah.  Sorry

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird time zone issue

2011-02-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 12:17 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: On 02/02/11

Re: [Linux-users] LCA2011 videos ...

2011-02-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Seriously Ubuntu seriouslyubu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: Why the Twisted Hop where the piss is warm and bloody expensive?

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Other video swaps too

2011-02-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi All, Speaking of sharing the LCA2011 videos... I've got virtually every episode of Red vs Blue, what license is that? (and for that matter, what is red vs blue?) and a bunch of other public domain stuff (old

Re: [Linux-users] How to revert to old version of Kompozer

2011-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nzwrote: Hi All, Just spent ~6 hours on this problem, and no closer to a solution... Until about 2-3 months ago, I was using Kompozer to edit websites. It was perfect, for me. Then, apparently after some recent update,

Re: [Linux-users] How to revert to old version of Kompozer

2011-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nzwrote: On 17/02/11 13:47, Nick Rout wrote: Google for pinning versions ubuntu should answer the question. The above will find you the answer, but the process you want is actually called holding IIRC. OK. I can see

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Any CLUGgers need RW help after Quake 2.0?

2011-02-27 Thread Nick Rout
There is a cordon 90 m round the Grand chancellor. You won't be getting that car out any time soon. On 28/02/2011 2:57 AM, Roger Searle roger.sea...@gmail.com wrote: On 27/02/11 19:04, Adrian Mageanu wrote: Hey, that was my line! All well and good here, inside the cordon. Movement

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Any CLUGgers need RW help after Quake 2.0?

2011-02-27 Thread Nick Rout
Thanks Adrian. On 27/02/2011 11:15 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 22:14 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 18:46 +1300, steve wrote: On Sun, 27 Feb

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Any CLUGgers need RW help after Quake 2.0?

2011-02-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 19:20 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: All well and good here, inside the cordon. Movement restrictions pretty heavy in the area, but if anyone think I can help in any way from where

Re: [Linux-users] 17th of the month meetings

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nzwrote: Hi, Anyone know of any good pubs in Upper Riccarton? I will keep an eye out whenever I pass thru there to see what's what. Aim to confirm venue by Monday before. St Paddy's is on the Thursday. I'd avoid an

Re: [Linux-users] Replicate a Debian server

2011-04-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Glenn Cogle gco...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2011 20:37, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 12/04/11 20:26, Glenn Cogle wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to replicate a Debian server, so I 1.  did a minimal Debian install on the new server, using a

Re: [Linux-users] Google Apps

2011-04-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hadley Rich h...@nice.net.nz wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 10:57 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Do any of you have opinions on Google Apps? They work well, I use the Calendar and Contacts myself as they sync easily with my phone. I don't use them for email.

Re: [Linux-users] Replicate a Debian server

2011-04-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Glenn Cogle gco...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 April 2011 10:56, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Glenn Cogle gco...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2011 20:37, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 12/04/11 20:26

Re: [Linux-users] paradise passwords

2011-04-17 Thread Nick Rout
Exactly what url are you logging into? On 17/04/2011 9:52 PM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Ross Drummond wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Barry wrote: Robert Fisher wrote: On 17/04/11 15:10, Barry wrote: Hi all, I have a website at 'homepages.paradise.net.nz/barry-m' which I wish to

Re: [Linux-users] Shy memory stick

2011-04-19 Thread Nick Rout
what do dmesg and other appropriate logs tell you? On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Michael Gauland mikely...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: Over the years, I've accumulated a number of USB memory sticks. When I want to use one, I plug it in, wait a few seconds, and it appears in /media--except

[Linux-users] Out on a limb - does anyone local have a globalscale jtag connector?

2011-04-21 Thread Nick Rout
I have a guruplug and have forgotten the root password. Damn. Looks like I need the jtag connector to sort it out. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-28-guruplug-jtag.aspx If anyone round here happens to have one of these, I'd be grateful of a loan of it. Cheers, Nick.

Re: [Linux-users] PC engine motherboards?

2011-04-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:27 AM, dave dave.lil...@clear.net.nz wrote: On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:02:15 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Tue 26 Apr 2011 18:30:39 NZST +1200, dave wrote: okay then I'd like to put my program on a usb stick and see how it runs. that is if the PC can be made available.

Re: [Linux-users] Anyone got a (preferably nvidia) PCI graphics card lying around???

2011-04-29 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Rik Tindall a...@infohelp.co.nz wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:28:40 +1200, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 10:23 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sat 30 Apr 2011 09:18:36 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Adrian Mageanu

Re: [Linux-users] Weird browser problem

2011-05-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Mon 02 May 2011 06:56:55 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: I cannot seem to open the TV guide at skytv.co.nz

Re: [Linux-users] unity/latest ubuntu - first impressions

2011-05-02 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:28 PM, David Lowe da...@thistledown.co.nz wrote: On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: 4. This 'rebranding' of Ubuntu with Unity, does it follow a trend? And that has seen the removal of the very useful GIMP as default, in favour

Re: [Linux-users] Switching runlevel

2011-05-09 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Bryce Stenberg br...@hrnz.co.nz wrote: Possibly yet another alternative backup scheme that doesn't require a change of run level (which I use on our one ubuntu server) is to use LVM partitions, but keep lvm space free to snapshot backups. Then use lvcreate to

Re: [Linux-users] ssh for android tablet

2011-05-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM, David Merriman david.merrim...@gmail.com wrote: The 1-Day website has these netbooks for sale: http://www.1-day.co.nz/products/AAIDDA1AN Features: All Android Programs and Utilities Including: Web browser Email YouTube Microsoft MSN Messenger Skype

Re: [Linux-users] Skype

2011-05-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:16 PM, dave dave.lil...@clear.net.nz wrote: On Thu, 12 May 2011 20:27:21 Adrian Mageanu wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 16:26 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 16:11 +1200, Don Robertson wrote: Argh - cannot get the microphone or webcam to work on

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Wanted 2nd hand 80GB PATA drives

2011-05-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi, On 12/05/11 21:31, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: ... False economy. ... Just buy the smallest cheapest new disk you can find. Good points.  Reckon you're right.  Will keep my eye on the $ per GB ratio. Cheers,

Re: [Linux-users] OT: Wanted 2nd hand 80GB PATA drives

2011-05-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 11:04 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi, On 12/05/11 21:31, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: ... False economy

Re: [Linux-users] Brute forcing an ssh server

2011-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
Reset requires the jtag. there is no way to plug into another linux box. It has ethernet, usb host, esata, and jtag. On 15/05/2011 2:00 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 11:56 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: I am a bit reluctant to ask this, but I see no other way

Re: [Linux-users] Brute forcing an ssh server

2011-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1810.0 any use?? Certainly worth bookmarking for the future, but you can't get the serial console without the proprietary jtag connector. However I wonder if I can jimmy

Re: [Linux-users] Brute forcing an ssh server

2011-05-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Andrew Errington a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2011 14:20:16 Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1810.0 any use?? Certainly worth

Re: [Linux-users] Vid files to DVD - Which app?

2011-05-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: On 17/05/11 15:36, Steve Holdoway wrote: +1 for DeVeDe. For me it just works. Take care it cleans up after itself if still using the 80GB HDDs though, and if any format change ( avi -mpeg, etc ), then you may wish to

Re: [Linux-users] IPCop problem

2011-05-19 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: I have been frustrated for a while that I could not play iSky telecasts on my computers so I honed Sky today and they said my subscriptions should allow it. Great - but it did not work for me. So I gave a friend my

Re: [Linux-users] Brute forcing an ssh server

2011-05-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Sun 15 May 2011 19:11:47 NZST +1200, Col wrote: The adapter kit is US$39.  It's hardly expensive. Plus $38.05US shipping via fedex Yeah that kills it. How *@#*$ annoying. They won't ship it USPS?

Re: [Linux-users] time stamp in bash script

2011-05-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:56 PM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Ross Drummond wrote, On 05/24/2011 11:18 AM: On Tue, 24 May 2011, Jim Cheetham and others wrote: Discussion about time taken for a process. You guys are reinventing the wheel. Go to;

Re: [Linux-users] time stamp in bash script

2011-05-23 Thread Nick Rout
Back to the original question, s3cmd does provide some stats, like: Done. Uploaded 1383064 bytes in 41.2 seconds, 32.79 kB/s ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Linux Mint transition

2011-05-26 Thread Nick Rout
But surely one reason to go with mint is to get off the God awful ubuntu update cycle, which would mean going with the debian version (wouldn't it?) On 27/05/2011 1:40 PM, yuri yur...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 May 2011 08:49, Mayes, Kerry wrote: Hi All I have made the transition to Linux Mint

Re: [Linux-users] Two projects.

2011-05-29 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: I've just joined their list to ask them about it. Do you think it might be bit of a trip for them though? depends where they live and how keen they are. ___ Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Direct links to Seamonkey Composer

2011-06-01 Thread Nick Rout
You are a little arrogant. we are not all sitting here waiting for your emails. How about working out what the name of the binary is that runs the editor. Then create a shortcut to start the command. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Carl Turney carl.tur...@orcon.net.nz wrote: Hi, No responses

Re: [Linux-users] Rhythmbox and cameras...

2011-06-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: The problem is that F-Spot starts fine unless rhythmbox is running, in which case it claims it instead. does the camera's memory card have music on it? ___ Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Ubuntu 10.04 + hdmi audio output

2011-06-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:40 AM, chris che...@gmail.com wrote: Has any one been able to get hdmi audio working on Ubuntu 10.04? If so, can they explain what they did. I7 processor Laptop Asus g73s 8gig DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m Graphics card with the nvidia binary driver installed. Alsa drive

Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: On 12/06/11 16:58, yuri wrote: Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more

Re: [Linux-users] Linux sound frustrations

2011-06-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Derek Smithies derek.smith...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/06/11 19:41, Robert Fisher wrote: When will Linux and sound finally work reliably? I was happily using a mic plugged into my mobo with kernel 2.6.32 When the kernel was upgraded to 2.6.38 the mic stopped

Re: [Linux-users] open shot manual

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Peter Robinson peter.p...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings all, I am running Mint 11 Katya. I have been trying to use the video editing program Open Shot, but am not able to open the help file. It keeps on giving me the following message: Unable to open the

Re: [Linux-users] The best mail client

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM, David Lowe da...@thistledown.co.nz wrote: On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Andrew Errington a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Mon, June 27, 2011 06:25, David Lowe wrote: If you ever need to find anything, Gmail's search is terrific, if you are

Re: [Linux-users] The best mail client

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Chris Hellyar ch...@trash.co.nz wrote: Hurro, I'd have to echo this, with my own customers, my 'real' job and my private email. Folks with email hosted with big cloud providers (google, rackspace and Microsoft Azure) all had their email. In-house and

Re: [Linux-users] Bluetooth headphones?

2011-07-12 Thread Nick Rout
I have bought two at various times. One wouldn't charge at all as there was a dodgy connection between the charger and the headphone. The second had a dodgy charging mechanism too. A weird connector needed between the headset and a USB port. So it no longer works although I might be able to fix

Re: [Linux-users] Bluetooth headphones?

2011-07-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 July 2011 18:20, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 July 2011 16:43, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote

Re: [Linux-users] Bluetooth headphones?

2011-07-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 July 2011 10:36, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: It's just that a lot of the phone style headsets like this: https://www.firstin.co.nz/products/aliph-jawbone-icon-bluetooth-headset-5574/ Thanks

Re: [Linux-users] pfsense on Alix board

2011-07-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:16 AM, C. Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Robert Fisher wrote, On 07/22/2011 09:36 AM: Are any of you guys going ahead (or have already) with your pfsense on Alix board projects? I would be interested to know how you get on and where you got your gear from

Re: [Linux-users] Strange GRUB action

2011-07-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi all, I recently installed Maneia 1 on a clean partition, by selecting the kde option, and waited. The installation was trouble free, with GRUB setup finding my old system and creating an appropriate entry. The default

Re: [Linux-users] Bandwidth allocation

2011-07-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Kerry Mayes ke...@mayes.co.nz wrote: Hi all Does anyone have a solution for managing a family's data cap btw family members? The issue is teenagers using the bandwidth cap in the first week of the month - firstly something that can track usage and even

Re: [Linux-users] open shot users manual

2011-08-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Sat 13 Aug 2011 22:08:52 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: What am I doing wrong? For what it is worth I just tried the same thing with the same result (and Google did not find the answer for me either).

Re: [Linux-users] open shot users manual

2011-08-13 Thread Nick Rout
On 14/08/2011 1:03 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 14/08/11 10:47, Nick Rout wrote: Actually openshot has had quite a lot of praise in reviews. Rather sadly it's support is mainly for ubuntu/debian, although that doesn't worry me as much as it will some other people :) I

Re: [Linux-users] open shot users manual

2011-08-15 Thread Nick Rout
openshot-doc - Help manual for OpenShot Video Editor thank you for the tips and pointers, I'll work through them and see what I come up with. Peter On 14 August 2011 13:31, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/08/2011 1:03 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 14/08

Re: [Linux-users] Introduction, and a request for assistance

2011-08-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andrew Errington a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:01:00 ant wrote: I've just subscribed to this list , because although I live near Blenheim, I am sometimes in Christchurch. I have lots of rellies there, so I might manage to get to a

Re: [Linux-users] Introduction, and a request for assistance

2011-08-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM, ant a...@sayne.org wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andrew Errington There are two types of woosh modem - one requires a pppoe connection, the other is integrated into a wireless router. Which type does she have

Re: [Linux-users] mythTV

2011-09-08 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Mallett mall...@actrix.co.nz wrote: Is it posible to get MythTV working in Fedora. yes. please join the mythtvnz mailing list to get more direct help :) http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/mythtvnz ___

Re: [Linux-users] udev nightmare

2011-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Eliot Blennerhassett li...@blennerhassett.gen.nz wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:21 PM,  aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: I have a programmable board connected via USB that is only

Re: [Linux-users] udev nightmare

2011-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Eliot Blennerhassett li...@blennerhassett.gen.nz wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:21 PM,  aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz

Re: [Linux-users] Max file size on FAT32

2011-09-20 Thread Nick Rout
That would explain why makemkv chokes in ripping a bluray at about that point, saving it to an external drive! hmmm, short of disk space. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Chris Hellyar ch...@trash.co.nz wrote: 4Gb less one byte isn't it? On 20/09/11 20:29, Nick Rout wrote: Is it 2G or 4G

Re: [Linux-users] Max file size on FAT32

2011-09-21 Thread Nick Rout
As makemkv gives up writing to a fat drive at about 4G [1], and works fine on an ext3 drive, i have accpeted that 4G-1 is the answer, thanks though for finding the specs :) [1] its hard to give an exact number as the log specfies MB and the file is deleted after the failure. On Thu, Sep 22,

Re: [Linux-users] OT Potentially fraudulent email Fwd: TelstraClear Limited - paradise.net Account wes.parish

2011-09-30 Thread Nick Rout
For god's sake if you are seeking legal advice go to a lawyer, I suggest community law in riccarton rd since 22/2's events. But frankly, sounds like an error rather than fraud. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Wesley Parish wes.par...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi This email appears genuine. As

Re: [Linux-users] Can't get this year's email.

2011-09-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: For complicated reasons I have started downloading all of my email on my gmail account from scratch using POP via KMail. Checked the account

Re: [Linux-users] Dave Merrick invited you to Dropbox

2011-10-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:42 AM, yuri yur...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 October 2011 11:14, Roy Britten wrote: On 25 October 2011 10:59, yuri wrote: I advocate having everything important stored *both* locally *and* on the net. When done appropriately, I agree. Dropbox isn't for anything you

Re: [Linux-users] Piping sound around a network

2011-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Ross Drummond r...@ashburton.co.nz wrote: I have succeeded in sending application windows around my LAN using X windows. It works well but where there is sound associated with this window, kmplayer for example, I have not been able to get the audio to work.

Re: [Linux-users] Pet Peeve

2011-11-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Derek Smithies derek.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The usual media one has to backup is photos - which can easily be 100G (after some years of collection). So a backup solution has to be designed for 100 G. Dvds are too small, and slow to search. network

Re: [Linux-users] internal openvpn through pfsense

2011-12-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Brett Davidson br...@net24.co.nz wrote: I have this working at home on an Alix 2D3. I have pfSense working on an Alix 2D3 too but I no longer need it. Does anyone want to make an

Re: [Linux-users] It's that time of year again.

2011-12-20 Thread Nick Rout
*groan* the true unix way would have been to post a link to last years post, which itself should be a link to the previous year's post... Al I can say is cat /date/year/2011 /dev/null echo Good riddance On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:21 PM, yuri yur...@gmail.com wrote: For a number of years

Re: [Linux-users] laptop ram giveaway

2012-01-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Patelkhana Mohan Rao mrpatelkh...@yahoo.co.nz wrote: Hi Roger, I want it. Please guide me how to collect. Thanking you for your time, With kind regards, Mohan Clearly won't get it as you didn't follow the instructions to reply OFF list :)

Re: [Linux-users] verifying the cause of packet loss

2012-01-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Derek Smithies derek.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,  I have a linux box in a  data centre, somewhere in the US..  This box runs a program which talks voip (lots of udp packets, a few tcp packets) with other boxes. Being performance conscious, things like

Re: [Linux-users] verifying the cause of packet loss

2012-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Derek Smithies derek.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,  it gets even much worse than that...    ping -f  -q -s 198 remotebox.dyndns.org if the size (-s option) is 198 - loss rate of 30% if the size is 197 or 199, loss rate of 2% Repeatable.. Sheesh.. So -

[Linux-users] Is anyone out there?

2012-02-29 Thread Nick Rout
Is this list still around? ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Eee PC video fail

2012-03-02 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: On 03/03/12 16:00, Ross Drummond wrote:  As root use; lspci -k to find if a driver module has been loaded. How do I do this if the video gets screwed up before I can log in? ssh

Re: [Linux-users] Eee PC video fail

2012-03-02 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Kent Fredric kentfred...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 March 2012 19:26, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: That's with the kernel that doesn't work with the video.  With the older kernel, the line Kernel driver in use: radeon is missing.  So... the radeon

Re: [Linux-users] A new acronym to hate: UEFI

2012-03-18 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Ross Drummond r...@ashburton.co.nz wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, John Carter wrote: Not that the old one was lovable BIOS, was a kludgy kludge pasted on top of a badly kludged kludge.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

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