Upgrade to 12.04

2012-06-22 Thread Simon Ives
Hi all. I upgraded to 12.04 this morning and I've lost the Unity launcher bar on the left of the screen and the menu along the top. Everything else seems to work fine - windows are displaying correctly etc. When I log in with the guest account the Unity launcher bar and the top menu work as

bandwidth/usage management program

2012-06-22 Thread Tom Sparks
I am looking for a bandwidth/usage management program I have two differenet requerments: 1: for use with a pre-paid 3g internet (I want to limited Mb usage per day) 2: to limited the seedbox (bittorrent/usenet) internet usage without having to ajust each program, while allow internal speeds to

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Jones
Yeah these sort of phone calls can be a worry for elderly people. My Mother keeps getting them and depsite how many many times I've told her just to hang up the phone, she seems to think it's actually Microsoft calling them. But yeah, demand to talk to their supervisor, ask them what country

Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hi all, My work has just given me $1,000 to spend on a new home server machine which I intend to run as a virtual machine host, either as 12.04 Virtualbox headless or ESXi. But the only hardware I've bought in the last 4 years has been two Lenovo laptops and a cheap Toshiba for my wife, so I'm a

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-21 Thread Ishwor Gurung
Hi there, On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: 'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem... Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 question or some wacky replies [...] Check this out:

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Thanks David, sounds like that could be what I'm after. Do you know a good place to get one? :) Thanks, ~Stephen On 22 June 2012 00:31, David Shawcross david...@wcross.info wrote: HP Proliant N40L approx $260 with 4 bays you can fill with four 2-3GB drives. Max out the memory and runs Ubuntu

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Debenham
On 21 June 2012 13:08, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com To: Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:02 AM Subject: Re: virus phone call scam:

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Dave Hall
Try staticice.com.au On 22/06/12 06:03, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Thanks David, sounds like that could be what I'm after. Do you know a good place to get one? :) Thanks, ~Stephen On 22 June 2012 00:31, David Shawcrossdavid...@wcross.info wrote: HP Proliant N40L approx $260 with 4 bays you

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Paul Gear
On 22/06/12 08:54, Dave Hall wrote: Try staticice.com.au On 22/06/12 06:03, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Thanks David, sounds like that could be what I'm after. Do you know a good place to get one? :) Thanks, ~Stephen On 22 June 2012 00:31, David Shawcrossdavid...@wcross.info wrote: HP

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Thanks guys, unless I can find something better at my local computer store I'll get the HP. I'd love to be able to get more than 8G RAM in it though... Thanks, ~Stephen On 22 June 2012 09:26, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: On 22/06/12 08:54, Dave Hall wrote: Try staticice.com.au On

virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Tom Sparks
'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem... Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 question or some wacky replies 1 What Operating System I am I using? 2 What's my local/network IP address? 3 What's my router's IP address? 4 What's my

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Boden Matthews
Last time they called I told them I had a Mac (They claimed to be from Microsoft). I don't actually have a Mac, but it makes them hang up :D Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: 'We have been getting phone

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/06/12 22:20, Tom Sparks wrote: 'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem... Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 question or some wacky replies ... I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with? One

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread David Drury
I really want to string them along some time, but they always call during dinner time. Usually then I don't have a computer. On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:46:56 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: On 20/06/12 22:20, Tom Sparks wrote: 'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem... Most time

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Boden Matthews
On notes to the VM, I have a Vista VM setup that I made to look like an actual PC - wallpaper, desktop covered in crap, shittons of bloatware and no antivirus. Whenever they call next, I'm going to have some fun with them :) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 20 June 2012

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Wed, 20/6/12, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com Subject: Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies To: Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 20 June, 2012, 11:24 PM On notes

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Chris Debenham
We generally tell them we are running linux (or solaris). I was quite surprised one time when one of them even knew what linux was!! (most just don't understand at all) For a period of time we were getting on average 5 calls a week - we still get the occasional but only 1 a week or so. Depending

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Chris Debenham
On 21 June 2012 13:08, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com To: Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:02 AM Subject: Re: virus phone call scam:

Closes this week: PyCon Australia 2012 and Google Australia announce gender diversity grants

2012-06-19 Thread Chris Neugebauer
Hello there! Just a friendly reminder to all of you that applications for our Gender Diversity Grants close on Friday this week. Google Australia are funding several AU$500 grants for deserving women living outside of the Souther Tasmania Region to attend PyCon Australia 2012, which us happening

PyCon Australia 2012 Conference Programme Revealed!

2012-06-17 Thread Chris Neugebauer
(Hobart Tasmania, 15 June 2012) With both of our keynotes announced, PyCon Australia is very proud to be able to reveal the programme for the 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania. Following an impressive response to our Call for Proposals the

looking for a low-polygon modeller

2012-06-16 Thread Tom Sparks
I am looking for a low-polygon modeller that can do models/images like snes star fox? Wings3D may be able to do the modelling, but without communtiy forums, I cant ask :( --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML -

Team Meeting tomorrow night

2012-06-09 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, Just a quick reminder, tomorrow night is the scheduled June meeting. The agenda and details are available at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/391/detail/ if you don't use IRC much you might prefer to join in via your web browser at

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-06-06 Thread Jared Norris
On 30 May 2012 04:44, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: It only gives us about three and a half weeks to organise posters and spread the word.  I'm game if everyone else is, but we'd have to go pretty hard at this if it's to be a success.  We'd need to start spreading the word this

/etc/apt/sources.list.d issue

2012-06-05 Thread john_cul...@purencool.com
Hi all, I have some ppa that are getting a 404 failed to get. I don't need them at all but when I update the are starting to annoy me. I have found them in the file path below sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d but I cant remove them from the file. It asks me to do the following

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list.d issue

2012-06-05 Thread Josh McFarlane
Hi John, A ppa can be removed simply through the Ubuntu Software Centre. Once you have the *Software Center* open *Software Sources* from the *edit* menu. Click on the edit tab. Now you can click on a software source and remove it by clicking *Remove* or simply *uncheck* it if you want to just

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list.d issue

2012-06-05 Thread Brad Marshall
Hi all, On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM, john_cul...@purencool.com john_cul...@purencool.com wrote: I have some ppa that are getting a 404 failed to get. I don't need them at all but when I update the are starting to annoy me.  I have found them in the file path below sudo vim 

Re: 12.04 Canon printer (Geoffrey)

2012-06-03 Thread Peter Kukums
Hi Geoffrey, I have a Canon MX350 printer which I managed to get working by downloading drivers for Linux from the Canon web site. I checked the web site and there are drivers for your printer, but I notice that they only have rpms. There is a program called alien that converts rpms to deb

Re: 12.04 Canon printer

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Robinson
I believe the drivers now get installed with cups, so you should delete your existing printer and re-install it.  If the drivers have not been included then you should look at Michael Gruz PPA on launchpad to see if the driver is there: https://launchpad.net/~michael-gruz/+archive/canon though

Re: 12.04 Canon printer (Geoffrey)

2012-06-03 Thread Peter Kukums
Hi all, I take everything back. I haven't printed to my Canon for quite a while and when I just tried it in Ubuntu 12.04 the computer acts like it is printing - i.e. no error messages but nothing is actually printed - same problem as Geoff. Scanning function still works though. Cheers, Peter

12.04 Canon printer

2012-06-02 Thread Geoffrey
I have upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 stepwise through intermediate upgrades. Now I find that my Canon iP4200 printer will not respond to data sent by Ubuntu. The iP4200 has always responded previously (since 9.04) although never properly in colour (I must switch to MS XP). The next printer that I

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-29 Thread Jared Norris
Sounds like Ubuntu AU Open Day with some good supporting tag lines in the advertising might be the best approach. So that's the name part down, now for the next point: * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to participate So anyone wanting to volunteer to

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-29 Thread Chris Robinson
It only gives us about three and a half weeks to organise posters and spread the word.  I'm game if everyone else is, but we'd have to go pretty hard at this if it's to be a success.  We'd need to start spreading the word this weekend, so I'll start some posters tonight.  We'd need to book the

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive

2012-05-28 Thread Jared Norris
On 18 May 2012 23:04, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to

Church of Linux

2012-05-26 Thread Tom Sparks
I am looking for more information about the Church of Linux Is there a webstie to sign-up to? --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page

Re: Church of Linux

2012-05-26 Thread Chris Robinson
As far as I can tell, it's a tongue-in-cheek linux spoof that only exists on some blog sites. The humour revolves around drawing similarities with religious institutions. (Having a bible, a prophet, and a non-profit status for example) Chris From: Tom

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-25 Thread Jared Norris
On 25 May 2012 12:22, da...@kvr.com.au wrote: so about that open day... - David Sounds like Ubuntu AU Open Day with some good supporting tag lines in the advertising might be the best approach. So that's the name part down, now for the next point: * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-24 Thread George Patterson
Yes, I have signed the CoC but will point out that the comment wasn't intended as an attack. If interpreted as a negative, I apologise. Regards George On 24 May 2012 18:44, Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com wrote: i think it a sad state of affairs that a contributor's chosen vocabulary

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-24 Thread Andre Mangan
Apology accepted. Now let's close that book. Andre On 24 May 2012 20:50, George Patterson george.patter...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have signed the CoC but will point out that the comment wasn't intended as an attack. If interpreted as a negative, I apologise. Regards George On 24

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-24 Thread david
so about that open day... - David On 2012-05-25 07:33, Andre Mangan wrote: Apology accepted.  Now let's close that book. Andre On 24 May 2012 20:50, George Patterson george.patter...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have signed the CoC but will point out that the comment wasn't intended as an

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-23 Thread Andre Mangan
Workshop sounds onerous. Open Day sounds open and inviting. If I lived in Brisbane and wanted to know more about Ubuntu, I would read Open Day as an event that was open to all and inviting my attendance to receive enlightenment whereas Workshop has connotations of bring your wellies and shovel

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-23 Thread Boden Matthews
Gotta agree with Andre on this. Open Day sounds friendly, Workshop sounds like hard work. Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 24 May 2012 10:07, Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com wrote: Workshop sounds onerous. Open Day sounds open and inviting. If I lived in Brisbane

Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-22 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, In January the Brisbane members got together for an InstallFest during the middle of the cycle for the 11.10 release cycle. We discussed that we would probably like to make this a regular occasion as an addition to the release parties. We also decided that the name InstallFest

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Robinson
Agreed on all counts Jared. I think I prefer Workshop over Open Day because it suggests that actual work will be done, rather than just a banner waving informational type day.  Either would seem to be better than InstallFest.  I think the difference might be cultural - perhaps InstallFest

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-20 Thread Paul Gear
On 20/05/12 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither

ICS for SGS2 (was Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04))

2012-05-20 Thread Paul Gear
On 20/05/12 13:56, Dave Hall wrote: ... On 20/05/12 13:43, WasserLand wrote: Is there a Linux program to to replace the need for Kies for Samsung Galaxy S2 phone? I have an SGS2 and I am yet to need Kies. I upgraded to ICS OTA and I use Rhythmbox to send music to my phone. I have Google

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-20 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/05/12 15:06, WasserLand wrote: Dave calling Dave, Thanks for that. I don't like Kies or having to fire up Windows just for the sake of it. I tried to transfer some photo's in Ubuntu to the phone, but couldn't. I must be doing it wrong. I use the G+ photo sync feature to sync my

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-20 Thread WasserLand
Thank you Dave, I appreciate your tips and will implement them On 20/05/12 18:28, Dave Hall wrote: On 20/05/12 15:06, WasserLand wrote: Dave calling Dave, Thanks for that. I don't like Kies or having to fire up Windows just for the sake of it. I tried to transfer some photo's in Ubuntu

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-20 Thread Jason Cox
Dont forget that the S2 also has kies via wifi on the handset. It starts a web page that all of this can be managed via. Jason -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Ishwor Gurung ishwor.gur...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 May 2012 10:30, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel? I assume you don't mean you run your own IRC server? No. It runs the irc client

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-20 Thread Ishwor Gurung
On 21 May 2012 08:36, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Ishwor Gurung ishwor.gur...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 May 2012 10:30, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel? I

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive

2012-05-19 Thread Jared Norris
On 18 May 2012 23:04, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to

Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are perfect in their own ways. So, any suggestions?

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Jared Norris
On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Jared Quinn
I'm a big fan of irssi... It is text based, but highly customisable and extensible. Jared On May 20, 2012 9:59 AM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/05/12 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel? I assume you don't mean you run your own IRC server? I tried Irssi a while ago, but it doesn't play nice with Byobu so it never worked out for me. Thanks, ~Stephen On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Jared Quinn
The Quassel server is the IRC client but accepts connections from Quassel clients to allow you to use your single IRC connection from multiple locations. It's like running irssi under screen for example. Jared On May 20, 2012 10:31 AM, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: I'm

Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04

2012-05-19 Thread WasserLand
I have a couple of questions for the Brains Trust please: Subsequent to updating to 12.04 1. HP P1005 printer will not work. (whereas it worked perfectly in 11.10) I have tried deleting and reinstalling to no avail. Nothing I have seen or tried from on-line seems to work. 2. Is there a

Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Dave, On 20/05/12 13:43, WasserLand wrote: Is there a Linux program to to replace the need for Kies for Samsung Galaxy S2 phone? I have an SGS2 and I am yet to need Kies. I upgraded to ICS OTA and I use Rhythmbox to send music to my phone. I have Google Apps integrated with Thunderbird

Re: Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04

2012-05-19 Thread Bevin Watson
On 20/05/12 13:43, WasserLand wrote: I have a couple of questions for the Brains Trust please: Subsequent to updating to 12.04 1. HP P1005 printer will not work. (whereas it worked perfectly in 11.10) I have tried deleting and reinstalling to no avail. Nothing I have seen or tried from

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread Vadim Peretokin
I don't think Kies is actually necessary for much. Only thing it might be for is firmware updates, but S2 should come with 2.3 Android which has over-the-air self-update functionality. Otherwise, Ubuntu by default covers all of the needs of media sharing - something Windows doesn't, which is why

Re: Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04

2012-05-19 Thread WasserLand
On 20/05/12 14:07, Bevin Watson wrote: On 20/05/12 13:43, WasserLand wrote: I have a couple of questions for the Brains Trust please: Subsequent to updating to 12.04 1. HP P1005 printer will not work. (whereas it worked perfectly in 11.10) I have tried deleting and reinstalling to no

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread WasserLand
Dave calling Dave, Thanks for that. I don't like Kies or having to fire up Windows just for the sake of it. I tried to transfer some photo's in Ubuntu to the phone, but couldn't. I must be doing it wrong. I will install Google Apps in T/Bird as you do. I have ICS but don't know what OTA

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread WasserLand
Got it Vadim. Thank you too. On 20/05/12 14:25, Vadim Peretokin wrote: I don't think Kies is actually necessary for much. Only thing it might be for is firmware updates, but S2 should come with 2.3 Android which has over-the-air self-update functionality. Otherwise, Ubuntu by default covers

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Dave, OTA is over the air, this is for upgrading the firmware without the use of a PC (read Kies) Cary On 20/05/12 15:06, WasserLand wrote: Dave calling Dave, Thanks for that. I don't like Kies or having to fire up Windows just for the sake of it. I tried to transfer some

Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive

2012-05-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to use the CDs to actively promote Ubuntu in the community please

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive

2012-05-18 Thread Chris Robinson
Hi Jared, I'd like to take 10 please.  I've managed to get people at work and a few others to take Ubuntu seriously.  I'm quite happy to re-imburse the postage costs - I don't think you should be out of pocket for that. I think we should organise a workshop in Brisbane soon, if possible. 

Team IRC Meeting - Tomorrow Night

2012-05-11 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, It's that time of the month again! The team IRC meeting is due tomorrow night. Sorry all for the short notice, it's crept up on us with the release parties and UDS going on distracting us. As always the details are available on the loco portal at -

Upgrade to 12'04 issues

2012-05-11 Thread Jared Norris
Anyone able to help with an update issue for a fellow ubuntu au member of the northside of Brisbane? Please email me off list if able to help at all so I can give details. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris Apologies for the mis-swypes, this

Ubuntu Manual @ UDS

2012-05-09 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, I'm in a session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit about the Ubuntu Manual http://ubuntu-manual.org/ which you may remember was started some time ago with the goal of producing a high quality pdf (and printed) manual for Ubuntu desktop. They are looking for new blood to help author and edit

Ubuntu Manual - Joel version

2012-05-09 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi, I've just had a session at UDS and we really need to ramp up on the author/editor side of the Ubuntu Manual. I'd like to hold an online session @ 2pm NSW/QLD/VIC/TAS Saturday 19th May to target some of the areas that need work. A significant portion of the Manual can be left as-in and thus

Re: Ubuntu Manual - Joel version

2012-05-09 Thread Benjamin Donald-Wilson
Hi Joel, I *should* be online if I have a early basketball match. Hope youre having fun On Thursday, May 10, 2012, Joel Pickett wrote: Hi, I've just had a session at UDS and we really need to ramp up on the author/editor side of the Ubuntu Manual. I'd like to hold an online session @ 2pm

Re: help needed with printers

2012-05-06 Thread Peter Goggin
On 05/05/12 07:04, Chris Robinson wrote: It sounds like cups is broken in some way. Try stopping the process and starting it again: sudo stop cups sudo start cups Try installing the printer again. If that fails then you could try removing cups completely and installing it again in case

Re: help needed with printers

2012-05-06 Thread Jared Norris
I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera FS1010.  I am using 12.04 ubuntu. By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer the ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.

Re: help needed with printers

2012-05-06 Thread Peter Goggin
On 06/05/12 21:55, Jared Norris wrote: I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera FS1010. I am using 12.04 ubuntu. By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer the

Re: help needed with printers

2012-05-06 Thread Chris Robinson
From: Peter Goggin petergog...@bigpond.com To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2012 9:41 PM Subject: Re: help needed with printers I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung

Re: help needed with printers

2012-05-06 Thread Paul Gear
On 07/05/12 00:08, Peter Goggin wrote: On 06/05/12 21:55, Jared Norris wrote: ... Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a clue as to what is the actual issue. The message is: There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'server-error-internal-error'. What are

Brisbane Release Party TODAY!

2012-05-05 Thread Chris Robinson
The time has absolutely flown by and the Brisbane Release Party is today. The details are here for anyone who didn't vote in the poll or has been too busy to keep track of their emails: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1618/detail/ Newcomers are welcome of course - it's a social

Re: Downloading problem

2012-05-05 Thread Paul Gear
On 06/05/12 01:19, Peter Goggin wrote: I am unable to download files either form the update manager or the ubuntu software centre. It claims my internet connection is not working. Error message is Failed to fetch

Re: Brisbane Release Party TODAY!

2012-05-05 Thread Jared Norris
On 6 May 2012 08:20, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: The time has absolutely flown by and the Brisbane Release Party is today. The details are here for anyone who didn't vote in the poll or has been too busy to keep track of their emails:

help needed with printers

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Goggin
I have a Kyocera FS1010 laser printer. I have tried attaching it to my ubuntu box using the usb port. Ths system finds the printer and tries to load the drivers but then comes up with a CUPS Server internal error. Originally the kyocera was attached to my windows box as a shared printer and I

Re: April 2012 Team Report

2012-05-01 Thread Jared Norris
On 1 May 2012 14:50, Sam coffeetastesawes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, The newly completed Team Report for April 2012 can be accessed at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/TeamReports/12/April. Please make an additions or alternations as you see fit. Regards, - Sam -- ubuntu-au mailing

Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-30 Thread Geoffrey
Jared - thanks. I had concluded that the absence of a message about 12.04LTS indicated that it was not quite ready - just as you say. I will wait; there is no hurry to change. Chris - thanks. Your remarks about upgrading from LiveCD or LiveUSB (which I have read about on the Ubuntu website) are

Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-28 Thread Chris Robinson
From: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com To: Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2012 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04 Because the release upgrade is is automatic, they are mostly done the same way - either through update manager or by apt-get if you prefer

Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-28 Thread Jared Norris
_ From: Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com To: Ubuntu-AU ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 27 April 2012 4:53 PM Subject: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04 I wish to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS so I consult the Ubuntu website for the simple instructions on how to

Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-28 Thread Geoffrey
Thanks James. I looked again at the Ubuntu site and found that I had overlooked the link see also: Upgrading to 12.04 Precise Pangolin. This led me to precise instructions for upgrading 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS. Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ubuntu 12.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2012-04-28 Thread Jared Norris
On 27 April 2012 07:47, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys ubuntu 12.04 is now available via ubuntu.net.au prices are still the same, $3 for a cd.  $10 for a 4bg thumbdrive including postage anywere in australia read more about this milestone release here take a tour here

Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-27 Thread Geoffrey
I wish to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS so I consult the Ubuntu website for the simple instructions on how to do so. The paper-chase begins. I follow the simple guide via the 'upgrade' link to find: 'Upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04LTS I go the the link 'read the upgrade notes' (for versions

Is there any need to optimise an install on SD or USB?

2012-04-27 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, I'm going to be installing 12.04 on either an SD card or USB drive for use with a laptop, it has an inbuilt card reader so the SD card sounds pretty easy to carry around right about now. I have done a bunch of research on seeing if I need to optimise the install in any way, for

Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04

2012-04-27 Thread James Beake
On Apr 27, 2012 5:06 PM, Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: I wish to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS so I consult the Ubuntu website for the simple instructions on how to do so. The paper-chase begins. I follow the simple guide via the 'upgrade' link to find: 'Upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10

ubuntu 12.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2012-04-26 Thread peter baker
hey guys ubuntu 12.04 is now available via ubuntu.net.au prices are still the same, $3 for a cd. $10 for a 4bg thumbdrive including postage anywere in australia read more about this milestone release herehttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/ubuntu-12-04-released/?r44b=no take a tour here

Re: network diagram software

2012-04-25 Thread Paul Gear
On 26/04/12 11:58, Josh McFarlane wrote: I would recommend Dia. From my experience it does everything that you would want for a basic network diagram. +1 from me. I've used it quite a lot. attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Adelaide Release Party

2012-04-25 Thread Daniel Sobey
Hello List, Sorry for not getting organised before now but I would like to suggest we have a release party tonight. There is a monthly tech meet up similar to a lug but not linux specific happening tonight so i have suggested we have a release party after. IF you are in adelaide please come to

Fwd: Ubuntu code of conduct update

2012-04-16 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, The Community Council is looking at drafting a new revision of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. They have put out a draft for people to look at and comment on. Please see the email forwarded below for the details. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. --

April Ubuntu-AU IRC team meeting - this Sunday 8/4/12

2012-04-04 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, Just a quick reminder than the Ubuntu-AU monthly meeting will be held this Sunday at 8pm NSW/QLD/VIC/TAS time in the #ubuntu-au channel irc.freenode.net The agenda and meeting details - http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/374/detail/ Regards, Joel P -- ubuntu-au mailing list

March team report - Ubuntu-AU

2012-04-04 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all (I hope the formatting is OK), There were a few things that were happening in March for Ubuntu-AU: - The March IRC meeting was held on the 11th March and attended by 9 people. - JoelPickett https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoelPickett and JoelAddisonhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoelAddison

Re: mobile usb phones

2012-04-03 Thread Chris Robinson
I have a Huawei dongle I got on a plan, and there's also a Huawei hardwired into my EeePC (different model though).  Neither have given me any problems connecting with the previous LTS right through to the current beta for 12.04.  All you have to do is right click on the network connections

Re: mobile usb phones

2012-04-03 Thread Jared Norris
It's probably a little outdated now but the team did set up a list of hardware that did and didn't work back when it was a bit more difficult to get things going. If anyone has anything to add to it that would help - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/WirelessBroadbandInformation --

Re: mobile usb phones

2012-04-03 Thread Vadim Peretokin
I just got an update for https://launchpad.net/bugs/868034 being fixed - maybe relevant? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

mobile usb phones

2012-04-02 Thread john_cullen
Hi ubuntu people I am running ubuntu 11.10 can anyone tell me if they are using 3g wireless dongles in Australia and how easy is it to install. -- *purencool* t: @purencool w: www.purencool.com b: www.purencool.com/blog -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

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