### Usage friendly Ubuntu sources.list for BigPond ISP customers
### Last modified 26-Jan-2008
## BigPond unmetered repositories - /etc/apt/sources.list
## Uncomment backports and proposed if you want them
## Uncomment deb-src lines if you want sources
## BigPond also has all of the following for
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 06:57 +1100, Harrison Conlin wrote:
2009/3/30 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au:
### Usage friendly Ubuntu sources.list for BigPond ISP customers
### Last modified 26-Jan-2008
## BigPond unmetered repositories - /etc/apt/sources.list
## Uncomment backports
configuration, try removing/renaming ~/.sane .
Regards,
Hew McLachlan
David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
Hardy 8.04 AMD64
In trying to do the procedure from this link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=804784goto=newpost
I have broken xsane. When I open it, the preview window comes
Hi,
Hardy 8.04 AMD64
In trying to do the procedure from this link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=804784goto=newpost
I have broken xsane. When I open it, the preview window comes up and
immediately closes.
I have tried uninstalling xsane and reinstalling it through synaptic but
Hi,
I have added the following to my repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ubuntu hardy main universe
When I do apt-get update, I get the following error:
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following
signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 12:35 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
I have added the following to my repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ubuntu hardy main universe
When I do apt-get update, I get the following error:
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 17:06 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
David Ryder wrote:
...
The underlying reason is that a softlink is a 'reference in a
directory' to another 'directory entry'. When you delete a file or
directory, the filesystem has no 'local' record of who else may be
pointing
, Paul Schulz wrote:
Hi David,
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM, David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Hi,
I have not been able to find an explanation why:
1. hard links are not allowed for directories, and
At a file system level, a directory contains a list of inodes, which
On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 09:17 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_find_broken_symbolic_links
Thank you Andre.
David
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Hi,
I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want
to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so
some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder
etc.
Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation?
:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100
David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Hi,
I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I
want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04
Goetz wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100
David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Thanks Matt and Karl.
Karl -
Strange place to put it, but you can if you want.
Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home
I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar
Hi Callan,
Thanks - I agree with following convention - thanks.
Many thanks to all for helping.
David
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 15:11 +1030, Callan Davies wrote:
May I ask the advantage of putting it in /mnt or /media over leaving it
in / (in root it doesn't show an icon)?
Is it 'better' in
OK here ..David
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 09:44 +1000, Lisa wrote:
Is anyone else getting dpkg segfaulting on the acpi-support update that
came through this morning? Hardy 32bit
Lisa
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Hi,
Hardy 8.10
Please can anybody in the list help with this? It is driving me nuts.
I hava a physically separate ntfs drive that I use for backups. It makes
no difference if I format it ext3. The drive is not in fstab as I do not
want it mounted automatically nor all the time. Keeping it in
as a regular user or as root?
try running it as root with
gksudo gnome-schedule
setup the task as usual and it should work now
On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 11:43 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
I used Configure Scheduled Tasks (gnome-schedule in synaptic).
Is that what you mean by setting the cron
understand why it won't umount via a root cron job bit will
using the same script with the Run in Terminal option.
David
On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 12:33 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
I've set it up as root - it mounted OK. I am waiting 'til 1p.m. (half an
hour) for the second script to run so I can be sure
.
Andre
2008/12/15 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au
Hi,
Does anybody know, please, of a currently available compatible
low-cost
HP (preferably) bw laser printer that works in Hardy AMD64?
My Canon lbp3000 used to but I lost
Hi,
HARDY LTS - i386 Alternate
After the updates on Monday I have had severe file system corruption
problems: inodes, etc, etc, things that I cannot repair and fsck does
not cure 100%. So ... time to reinstall.
Does anybody know if there is a more recent iso or dvd of Hardy i386
Alternate than
Thanks Andre :-)
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 09:12 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
Bigpond: No - Internode: Yes
http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/
http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/releases/8.04.1/
Andre
2008/12/9 David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
HARDY
David,
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 10:44 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
I just have to ask - as usage is tight at the moment and bigpond is free
- do the powerpc versions cover i386/amd64 as well - just seems odd
bigpond has everything except the 8.04.1 i386 and I was wondering if the
powerpc dvd
Well - that was quick. A phone call - an email - now both files
Ubuntu v8.04.1 i386 Alternate ISO and
Ubuntu v8.04.1 AMD64 Alternate ISO
are in Bigpond's Download Library for those interested.
David
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 11:28 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
You could call the BigPond helldesk
is the default now for Ubuntu installations.
Hopefully that won't have the same strange port issues.
Regards,
Hew McLachlan
David Ryder wrote:
Thanks Hew,
Wouldn't it be better if they reverted to being closed - if so, how can
one do that apart from complicated rules for mail, firefox
verified this with my use of programs
such as Transmission that can test open ports. If you use ufw or some
other firewall, ports will of course be closed with default rules (which
I also verified).
Regards,
Hew McLachlan
David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
Hardy
I have seen conflicting posts
Hi,
Hardy
I have seen conflicting posts on the Ubuntu forums.
Could anybody please tell me if ports are closed by default or, as some
state, are now open by default?
Many thanks,
David
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Hi everybody,
I would like to say thanks for all those who posted to the list and
directly to me concerning my cd/dvd burning issues on all my linux
boxes.
I have solved the problem (phew!, at last) with the help of the many
suggestions which helped me look into possible causes.
I discovered
at 22:58 +1100, Ross wrote:
2008/11/12 Christopher Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:00 +, David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
I need the wav format to play in some of my cd players that do not
accept mp3.
Audio CDs use CDA format, not WAVE. Remember that audio CDs were
it will be
helpful in solving your problem, which is getting MP3s onto audio CD.
I need these files in wav format so I can play the cds in non-mp3 players.
Many thanks,
David
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:55 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
From the bug reports on k3b there seems
dedicated ubuntu machines and one with dual boot. The drives
are BENQ, MSI and LG.
David
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 11:14 +0900, Christopher Lees wrote:
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:00 +, David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
I need the wav format to play in some of my cd players that do not
accept mp3
Hello,
I have just completed some tests with soundconverter. I am a bit
confused:
1. In Windows, using any of the plethora of software available, I
converted 18 mp3 files totalling 124.9MB to wav files, resampled at
44100. The resultant size was 580MB approx.
2. In Hardy, using soundconverter
Sorry - my first email had an error: the second test reslt was 183GB not
1.83GB.
Sorry folks.
David
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 07:11 +1100, David Ryder wrote:
Hello,
I have just completed some tests with soundconverter. I am a bit
confused:
1. In Windows, using any of the plethora of software
Hello list,
I am very embarrassed about this - please ignore my 2 emails sent at
7.11 and 7.23 this morning.
I am re-writing it as soon as I am uninterrupted.
My sincere apologies for this waste of your valuable email reading.
David
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Hi,
First, I sincerely apologise for mucking people up this morning with two
emails I should have written when not being interrupted.
OK. Hardy 32 bit, Intel Core 2 CPU @ 2.13GHz
I am trying to convert 124.9MB of 18 mp3 files to wav format. (Actually,
a lot of mp3's but this is my 'test' case in
of drives or the
ability to lock the drive. If there are settings for k3b
I did mean that I want to use a gui ...
But be that as it may, with respect, the issue of the file sizes was
avoided in your reply :-) grin
David
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:05 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
David Ryder wrote
change this.
so what is the end purpose of this? You should go back to the original if you
are going to do any audio changes.
--- On Tue, 11/11/08, David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: My _intended_ emal re: soundconverter anomolies
To: Ubuntu
/The Ultimate Collection/01 You're The First The Last
My Everything Barry White.mp3
...
Hence soundconverter ...
David
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:05 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
David Ryder wrote:
...
First, I sincerely apologise for mucking people up this morning with two
emails I should have written
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 07:58 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
Hello David,
Here is the good oil on how I printed an envelope (I repeated it this
morning):
In Writer go to Format and then Page. Under Paper format,
Format, select DL and for Orientation, select Landscape.
Leave Paper Tray set to
runs out, consider replacing your printer. Often, the cost of ink or
toner are close to the negotiable replacement cost of the whole
machine.
Cheers,
Andre
2008/10/30 David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 07:58 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
Hello
On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 15:48 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
2008/10/28 David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Does anybody know, if it is possible, how I can set up two
instances of the same printer in Hardy? It is a Canon LBP3000
installed using the technique
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 07:18 +1000, Rob Unsworth wrote:
Printing envelopes is darned awkward with Writer (don't know about other
apps). My printer wants envelopes in Windows (Writer) from the tray
centre face up but there is no way in Ubuntu I can do it other than
reverse 270 landscape
Hi,
Does anybody know, if it is possible, how I can set up two instances of
the same printer in Hardy? It is a Canon LBP3000 installed using the
technique and script here .
I have tried SystemPrintingCopy Printer but the 'new' printer does not
do anything. I want to set it up so that it always
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 13:27 +1000, Peter Garrett wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:16:23 +1000
David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[SOLVED - thanks irc.gimp]
Umm - and the solution was ??
Peter
My apologies - the solution was the scaling factor (GimpFilePrintPage
Setup) - preview
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 06:56 +1000, David Ryder wrote:
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 13:27 +1000, Peter Garrett wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:16:23 +1000
David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[SOLVED - thanks irc.gimp]
Umm - and the solution was ??
Peter
My apologies - the solution
[SOLVED - thanks irc.gimp]
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 07:48 +1000, David Ryder wrote:
Hi,
HARDY
I am not sure if this happened after installing mtink and escputil,
indeed that may not relevant (uninstalled now).
But I can not get anything to print from Gimp 2.4.5. Nothing happens or
just
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 21:11 +1000, Sebastian Spiess wrote:
David Ryder wrote:
Hi everybody,
HARDY
I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs installed are
Audio CD Exctractor, Brasero Rhythmbox.
However, if I install Wine and use Imgburn http://www.imgburn.com
Hi everybody,
HARDY
I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs installed are
Audio CD Exctractor, Brasero Rhythmbox.
However, if I install Wine and use Imgburn http://www.imgburn.com/ then
I get 100% success - which I was used to in Windows.
But I really would prefer not to use
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 11:45 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/7/30 David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everybody,
HARDY
I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs
installed are Audio CD Exctractor, Brasero Rhythmbox
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 12:22 +1000, James Takac wrote:
Hi David
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:27:33 David Ryder wrote:
Hi everybody,
HARDY
I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs installed are
Audio CD Exctractor, Brasero Rhythmbox.
However, if I install Wine
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 13:12 +1000, Null Ack wrote:
Just drop the burn speed down some in Brasero
Personally I wouldnt install Qt lib based apps onto Gnome - guess Im a purist
:)
Its probably due to poor quality media - I use verbatim now and can
burn 16x no problems using Brasero
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 13:48 +1000, Null Ack wrote:
Try flashing the drivers firmware to the latest
Thanks for your reply - 2 are the latest but the other (LG) latest has
known bugs.
David
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On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 12:22 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 at 08:34, The Wassermans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just installed Ubuntu 8.04 having been a longtime Windows addict.
I like it!
...
How can I obtain optimise the my monitor's performance, particularly
Hi,
Just to let you know I am very interested in getting this (commsec pro)
working too .. would appreciate being included in replies not posted on
the list.
Thanks, David
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 10:46 +1000, James Collier wrote:
Hi David,
That's got me stumped I'm afraid.
There's various
Hi,
Please forgive me still asking for help trying to get this to work - I
don't understand why not despite manuals and this list's help. The drive
just does not mount this way. I need to be able to use different mount
points at different non-clashing times.
HARDY
AIM: through cron, use scripts
Thanks everybody for replying. My questions are below:
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:27:12 +1000
From: David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mounting a drive - not using fstab or root
To: Ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text
Hi,
I'm David - been on the list a awhile and read a lot but not answered or
been able to help a lot - yes, still learning ... after some time!
Anyway, I would like to ask, firstly, I have a cron job file that I have
added to /etc/cron.d/
It uses files I have in my home folder, but which are
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