Re: [SLUG] New Laptop Problems

2011-06-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Bill, have you tried booting with knoppix live cd? (yes I know you've tried others) Also there are winders live cd's like hirens that may boot and help diagnostics. On the touchpad, sometimes there is a small button next to the touchpad that turns it off and on. I know... pretty

Re: [SLUG] imac

2011-06-02 Thread James Gray
On 02/06/2011, at 2:48 PM, Troy Rollo wrote: On Thursday, June 02, 2011 10:00:02 AM slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: Every new Mac comes with a fully licensed copy of OSX. If you can get it to boot on a Commodore 64, you're still complying with the license :) Very unlikely. You would

[SLUG] May 2011 SLUG Meeting

2011-06-02 Thread committee
== May 2011 SLUG Meeting == Summary * Date: Friday, May 27, 2011, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: Lightning Talks * RSVP: http://signup.slug.org.au/event/8001 * Suggest or sign up for a talk by emailing activit...@slug.org.au! Details

[SLUG] SyPy June 2nd: What do you mean it must be Java based! How Jython saved the day - Mark Rees

2011-06-02 Thread Dylan Jay
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup For many companies, enterprise software means it must run in a Java environment, and if you offering is Python based, how do you get past this impediment? This talk will showcase Jython (http://jython.org/) as a way to get your Python app running under the

[SLUG] PyCon Australia 2011: Early Bird Closing Soon

2011-06-02 Thread Ryan Kelly
Hi Everyone, A reminder that Early Bird Registrations for PyCon Australia 2011 will be closing soon. There are only a few days left to get your tickets at the discounted rate. PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be

Re: [SLUG] New Laptop Problems

2011-06-02 Thread Grant Street
Another obvious thing is to ensure you are using the correct audio device/output source. I have fallen fowl of booting with a USB webcam and it using the usb sound device by default and I had to change it. Also the volume in the mixer is is not set high enough or enabled for headphones. I

[SLUG] Re: New Lsptop Problem - partly fixed

2011-06-02 Thread gonzo01
Thanks to Miloska, Ben and Grant for replies. Sound problem has solved itself after yesterday AM installation of latest updates. Problem with Touchpad:- First I edited /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and /10-evdev.conf removing all refs to touchpad. Made no difference.