[SLUG] Re: Sound in Ubuntu 9.04

On Monday 18 May 2009 23:33:32 Heracles wrote: I reinstalled 9.04 from scratch and lost ALL sound. After reading the Skype post from Richard I decided to remove pulseaudio (which took ubuntu-desktop with it) and see what happened. Without further ado I now have sound even in flash! Sounds

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[SLUG] Re: KDE crash and burn

On Wednesday 04 March 2009 11:11:32 elliott-brennan wrote: I'm running KDE 3.5 in Hardy (I'll wait until the next LTS version for 4.0 :)) I have no odd GUI hacks running, so I've no idea what the update did. So, I'm curious. Has anyone else come across this or anything similar in the last

[SLUG] Re: compress videos post Kino?

On Tuesday 03 March 2009 13:48:58 elliott-brennan wrote: Is there are reason you don't export the completed video *from* Kino into a more compressed format? I was going to ask that one but my mail didn't arrive on the list. One option is to export as .flv format which lowers the quality but

[SLUG] Re: compress videos post Kino?

On Sunday 01 March 2009 21:01:35 Sonia Hamilton wrote: What's the canonical way of compressing videos? Any tool people would recommend? This might not be the answer you want but have you thought about using Kino to produce .flv format ? The resulting video using broadband quality isn't all

[SLUG] Re: EeePC and Vodafone Mobile modem

Hi I know it is supposed to just work, but my eeePC just will NOT pick up my Vodafone mobile modem. So, I need to find the manual commands I need to instigate in order to get the pc to recognise the modem. Can you help pls? This might not be completely useful but ... First of all after

Re: [SLUG] URGENT: best printer $100 (Quick - HPDJ710 just died and OW is closing soon)

On Sunday 18 January 2009 04:30:30 Bruce wrote: Sorry for the Sunday urgent, but ye olde trusty HP deskjet just internally haemoraged For future reference and use this is one of the best emergency sources I have found for obtaining working new printers. Also hard drives and other

Re: [SLUG] Re: Netbook experiences?

On Sunday 21 December 2008 10:04:20 Morgan Storey wrote: Well I just finished installing eeebuntu on the Mrs' EEE-PC 901, it works incredibly well; WPA2 worked out of the box, 3g connection through her Nokia 3110, Compiz and its flashyness, and the Kernal was installed correctly. Yes. Seems

[SLUG] Re: Netbook experiences?

Hi So what's people's experiences? The MSI Wind is looking like a front runner from the reviews I've read. What are the real world experiences? The EeePC has become the scourge of the world of netbook hardware whilst other hardware people try to catch up. Also, have a read through

[SLUG] Re: Wi-Fi in Hardy on Compaq C700 Laptop

Hi how do i configure/install wifi in my compaq c700 laptop? i have a atheros Ar242x integrated in the laptop This might help... sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential wget 'http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz' tar zxvf

[SLUG] Re: Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

Hmm DRM ? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management Big Brother - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brotherism DRM ? - https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html Uhhmmm wots this ? ... http://www.zensur.freerk.com/ - well probably not ;) I must get out more and do and

[SLUG] Linux takes a seat on Qantas' new superjumbo jet

Hmmm... adjusts glasses http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9117180source=rss_topic122 Ah ! That's better ! Was hoping something on Qantas was going to improve when I came back to Oz :) So far I've only had the pleasure of this kind of thing

[SLUG] Australian State May Give Students Linux Laptops

Hmmm.. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/14/2125233from=rss found this from the web page that I just created... http://www.sheflug.org.uk/news -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: Australian State May Give Students Linux Laptops

Martin In typical Slashdot fashion the could and considered in the original article become will on Slashdot Yes. Seems like the sort of thing that an American writer would do ;) I've written for three Linux magazines and I always try to make sure that I'm using the right past or future

[SLUG] Re: Just Works flatbed scanner for Hardy (standalone or multifunction)

Hi Emphasis here on the just works. Relatively cheap would be good too :-) This might help http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html the information on this page would seem to be reliable. I've used it a lot. My own scanner is a USB based Mustek BearPaw 2400 CU Plus. Never had a

Re: [SLUG] Re: eee pc 900 (20080709)

Hi It's true enough in England. For example in a country where hardly anyone is properly trained on IT Are there any countries that fit the bill of trained in IT? Duuhh... slaps head dunno really ! I've travelled a lot over twenty years. Seen a lot of places that did a lot better than

Re: [SLUG] Re: eee pc 900 (20080709)

Duuhh... slaps head dunno really ! I've travelled a lot over twenty years. Seen a lot of places that did a lot better than England or Oz. Then again if you want to mention anything about attitude towards shareholders and attitude towards finance in general I have a personal belief that

Re: [SLUG] Linux and other software made in India... and lessons we can't understand...

but you gotta give it to them, they have done wonders with software and computers... Okay .. fine :) such a pity our political leaders aren't actually smart enough to figure out how they have done it but they don't mind spending our hard earned money on some wining and dining and

[SLUG] Re: eee pc 900 (20080709)

Hi On Thursday 10 July 2008 14:14:30 David Andresen wrote: From what I have read to date there is quite a bit of demand in Europe for the eeepc. I read that the 901 was release ca. 20 June 2008 according to some reports. It's true enough in England. For example in a country where hardly

[SLUG] Re: James Vasile - Replicating the Success of Free Software

Hello there On Friday 04 July 2008 17:40:52 Richard Ibbotson wrote: Some time ago James Vasile gave a talk at a New York Linux User's Group meeting.  Recently he gave a talk over here in England which was called Replicating the Success of Free Software. http://www.sheflug.org.uk/apr08.html

[SLUG] James Vasile - Replicating the Success of Free Software

Hello there Some time ago James Vasile gave a talk at a New York Linux User's Group meeting.  Recently he gave a talk over here in England which was called Replicating the Success of Free Software. http://www.sheflug.org.uk/apr08.html If you would like to hear this presentation there is an

[SLUG] Re: BBC iPlayer beta

Ah.. well, such is life... so, is this subject to new Oz internet regulations or something else ? No, the BBC actively blocks non UK ip addresses for a lot of stuff. Hmmm... great eh ? :) Sounds like a legal thing. Which is what the BBC claim anyway. However, a lot of us have noticed

[SLUG] BBC iPlayer beta

Hi Some of you might not know about this and so I thought I'd send in some info http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/25/iplayer.shtml http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/25/bbc_iplayer_update/ to try out the new BBC iPlayer go to...

[SLUG] Re: BBC iPlayer beta

I tried last night as I was trying to watch some of the Glastonbury coverage. I didn't expect it to work and what do you know, I was right Ah.. well, such is life... so, is this subject to new Oz internet regulations or something else ? -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] Re:[ot] Need small 'spreadsheet' on webpage

Richard What is are the options: 1. Java Applet 2. DHTML 3. JavaScript 4. Webform 5. Something else?? Google docs ?... -- Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: BBC Embedded Media Player

Hi BBC News articles these days often included embedded video, playable via Flash[0]. When I try to play any of them, all I get is a continuously-rotating spinner. This is the same regardless of Web browser, and I am definitely using the Adobe Flash plug-in (and not an alternative like

[SLUG] Re: BBC Embedded Media Player

Except in my case I'm using a 32-bit system. I should also add that Flash works great for everything else. I get the same results on both Fedora 8 and Ubuntu 8.04. That's not much of a surprise. The BBC ain't wot it woz. -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

[SLUG] Re: Linux-robot clarinet

On Friday 20 June 2008 00:35:53 Peter Chubb wrote: Just letting you know that the robot clarinet we've been working on (with Linux operating on the Gumstix) won first prize at Athens in the Artemis orchestra competition. See

[SLUG] Re: Joomla Opinions requested

Hi I'm looking for a Content Management System written in PHP, Joomla has been recommended. However I'm a little disappointed to find that it is tied to MYSQL and doesn't use a generic dbms interface such as Adodb. The application that I have in mind will probably make use of the postgresql

[SLUG] Re: Back installation problem.

Speaking for myself, there were a few things about gutsy that drove me bananas, but I found some workarounds and everything is peachy now. A pirate walks into a bar, with a steering wheel attached to the front of his pants. The barman says, Excuse me sir, do you realise you have a

Re: [SLUG] ClamAV user interface on Ubuntu 7.10 - how to access GUI?

Hi Now he says, In my previous computer I was able to check that the security was up to date by going into Applications Clamav but I do not see any means to do that on this computer. Don't know which desktop you are using but

[SLUG] Re: Firefox woes

You don't need to dual boot to get Flash! 64-bit can use flash if you install nspluginwrapper. You'll even see my name on the project page because I contributed a patch to the project :-) I think nspluginwrapper has made it into Ubuntu repos by now...

[SLUG] Re: our Jeff featuring in online ads?

http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/cid52467/media103572.gif Is that our own Jeff Waugh boosting Dada Mobile? At last, a well rounded open source advocate who can really pull the mustard ;) -- Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

[SLUG] Re: australian map sheets mashup

Hi Don't know if this helps but you might want to have a look http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Sydney http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page We are part way through mapping our own city.. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Sheffield Cheers -- Richard

[SLUG] Open Flight Linux - Professor Patrick Stakem

Hi I'm aware that there are people out there who would like to know about this and so I thought I should circulate some information... Back in 2003 at Sheffield Hallam University with Professor Patrick Stakem. The purpose of this was to raise awareness of the Flight Linux project and to help

[SLUG] BBC Open Source Report

Hi I thought that someone out there might like to listen to a BBC radio program that went out tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/z9ksy/ -- Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: Something happened at about 4:30 this morning...

Hi I read a story about an attack on several root DNS servers recently -- maybe the same botnet was pushing a lot of spam, and got taken offline for one reason or another? For a full discussion have a look at http://lists.gllug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2007-February/subject.html so after

[SLUG] Re: Vista preview on Seven Sunrise

Hmmm http://nylug.org/pipermail/nylug-talk/2007-January/032461.html I'm going to a NYLUG meeting later this year. Should be interesting :) -- Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Linux User Developer Magazine issue 63

Hi It's arrived. Download from http://www.sheflug.co.uk/docs.html -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Linux User Developer Magazine Issue 62 - One Laptop per Child

Hi Sadly LUD Magazine have stopped providing a PDF version of their magazine until a month after the magazine has been published.  So, I can't point you at a free version of the magazine. http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/ However, I have made up a PDF version of issue 62 which contains some

Re: [SLUG] Fwd: Club history

Hi Besides myself :-), and a few you already have above, I remember Nick Andrew (of zeta.org.au) and Jeremy Fitzhardinge (goop.org) were there at the very first SLUG meeting, held at Softway offices. Can't remember the date! (Given enough time I could trawl through my stuff and find out

[SLUG] Linux User Developer Issue 61 - Fosdem Edition

Hi Just to explain that issue 61 of LUD magazine is now available for download... http://www.sheflug.co.uk/docs.html Regards -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Linux User Developer Magazine

Hi Just to let you know that issue 60 is now available for download.. http://www.sheflug.co.uk/docs.html my own effort is the bit about Alan Cox and the Manlug write up towards the back of the magazine. Looks like the strange M$ advert is still there as is a feature from an M$ UK employee.

[SLUG] Re: Linux in the Film Industry

Howard It's a shame that the inside front cover advertisement of the magazine is for M$ Visual Studio... Yes. I was trying to work out what was superior about VS. Sounds a bit like a sexual disease. I didn't really like the other adverts either. I thought most of the written stuff about

[SLUG] Re: Linux in the Film Industry

Howard Oh... forgot to add... this may be of some use when reading the feature in the magazine... http://www.sheflug.co.uk/linuxmovies.html it was cut from the magazine because we thought it didn't really belong in there. -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] Linux in the Film Industry

Hi Might be some of you out there who have an interest in the film industry.  If so you might want to have a look at one of my latest writings for a Linux magazine.  Download from... http://www.sheflug.co.uk/docs.html -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

[SLUG] Re: Sound Recordings from Previous ShefLUG Meetings

Chris On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 19:55 +, Richard Ibbotson wrote: These are provided by ManLUG - www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk - and the Manchester Computing Centre. If you want to thank anyone for these recordings you should send your thanks to them. To use the archived files above you need

[SLUG] Sound Recordings from Previous ShefLUG Meetings

Hi Some of the previous meetings that were probably the best of the past three years have been made available for download in the form of audio CDs. You can download them from... http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/~john/ShefLUG/ The contents of these downloadable images is as follows... Ted Tso -

[SLUG] Re: linux and mobiles?

Matt Maybe my next one, or maybe if I buy a replacement pda for my aging palm pilot... Hmm.. yeh... been through this one.. http://handhelds.sheflug.co.uk/ there's an extremely long argument about which PDA to use. As in - longer than waiting for Christmas. My own iPAQ works well with

[SLUG] New Year

Hi and ... a Happy New Year to everyone in Sydney and Oz :)) Hope your hangover isn't too bad just now. -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Re: Accounting software

David MEANTIME I wonder if it would be worth somebodies while to write some nice simple accounting software to suit aussies. I for one would pay a reasonable price for it. Don't know if this will suit yours or anyone else's tastes but... http://www.jalia.com/ -- Richard --

[SLUG] Christmas - That Special Time !

Dear SLUGer's This is probably going to be put down as an advert but I'll ask anyway. As it's Christmas and time once more to check out those not too well used barbies and whether the local supermarket has any food left in it I thought I'd ask about the subject of giving Christmas presents

[SLUG] Re: Christmas - That Special Time !

Tony http://everythinglinux.com.au will certainly suit your needs. SuSE has made it out of Europe and can be found down here, but is by no means popular. Ah... thought so :)Well, anything to do with Red Hat or Mandrake is probably just as useful. Bah - you've got me dreaming of

[SLUG] Re: Suse disk thrashing

David I've installed RH7.1 on the same box (ext2) with no problem. Any suggestions? Which version of SuSE have you installed ? There were some issues with either SuSE 7.0 or 7.1 that produced this kind of thing but SuSE 7.2 and 7.3 worked fine on all the machines that I've built and

[SLUG] Re: Suse disk thrashing

David Sorry... SuSE 7.2 No, I've built about thirty machines with this and ten laptops. Didn't see this happen. So, I'm afraid I can't help. Sorry about that :) -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] Re: Check this out

All I wonder if any buildings in Australia or Britain will be targeted? Nothing here just the States. Both towers and one part of the Pentagon. That is extremely serious. Being an ex-serviceman I can say that I don't like any of it. The news reports on the TV go on about being worse

[SLUG] Re: Kylix Comments

Wayne Has anyone had some real development experience with Kylix and if so what are your thoughts. How does it compare in functionality and depth to say Delphi 5. Is it as good as the marketing makes out? How easy is it to port delphi apps...etc Well, I've tested it for real with two full

Re: [SLUG] Hardley Normal

Howard I reckon all of Hardly Normal's software is overpriced. I was doing a price comparison the other day between HN and Myers and generally speaking there was around a 10% diff in favour of Myers. This would seem to be a worldwide problem and in Japan as well. Here in Sheffield we have

Re: [SLUG] Vacancies

Hello Can I post job vacancies? Wishnu Brata www.trabas.com If you want to advertise in the UK you can go to www.sheflug.org.uk and put them there. BTW, do you know Perry Ismangil ? He gave us a lecture last year. Thanks -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List -

[SLUG] Re: CAD GIS on Linux

Terry Wondering if anyone has any recommendation on either CAD or GIS apps under Linux. CAD seems to be a controversial one although there is a beta version at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Can't remember the name of it just now but I can find it if you really want it. The best

[SLUG] Re: CAD GIS on Linux

Terry CAD seems to be a controversial one although there is a beta version at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Can't remember the name of it just now but I can find it if you really want it. http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/andy/ac3d.html thanks -- Richard -- SLUG -

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