Re: Rob's Project: Getting Ubuntu Doing What He Needs

2010-08-13 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
it a real test yet. Be interesting to know other folk's experiences 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. On 13/08/2010 20:43, Rob Farquhar wrote: Hi, everybody. Sorry for not posting in a while. A month ago, I blew my stack over some issues I was having with my

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
Dave, Where in country vic... reply offlist if you wish? Can you document what you did? I'm sure there aremore people than me interested. I'm ramping up my own (very) small business at the moment and it sounds like something to run with! 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia

Re: firefox on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-30 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
Cheers Rob, Disabling ipv6 in Firefox did it for me 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. On 30/05/2010 12:26, Rob Dawson wrote: Hi Norm, I had the same issue in an earlier version and my problem was in the ipv6 settings. Here is some info (with links

Wireless 701SD SOLVED

2010-05-21 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
is almost as insecure as no encryption, it's probably not a big problem. However, it did work in 9.04 and now it doesn't, so there has been some sort of regression. Is it worth filing a bug? -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list

Re: 701SD wireless

2010-05-20 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
PCs out but hey, I can blue wire them for the moment. 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. On 20/05/2010 11:51, Scott Evans wrote: The Realtek is the onboard LAN ;-) Scott Evans VK7HSE Phone: +61362291658 Mobile: +61417586157 Skype: vk7hse sc

701SD wireless

2010-05-19 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
demoninator for some OLD hardware). The hardware is realtek RTL 8187SE. Anyone got a clue? -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: 701SD wireless

2010-05-19 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
non-encrypted wireless nets at the TAFE. Connected perfectly??? Next stop McDonalds. Wonder if there's a protocol problem with my gateway? I'll set it up open /no encryption and try later! 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. On 20/05/2010 08:36, Scott Evans

Re: Logs for IRC meeting 17-05-2010

2010-05-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
and Linux? Do you have 10.04 0n your 701SD yet? I never managed to get Wireless networking to work under 9.10. Hopefully 10.04 is better. 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. On 17/05/2010 22:43, Scott Evans wrote: Hello fellow ubuntu-au members... here

Formal v Informal structure

2010-05-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
. Your milage will undoubtably vary! Okay, enough from the Greybeard. There's my hat in the ring, let's see how many bullet holes it gets :) -- Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: Dyslexia IRC

2010-03-20 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
all sentences short with one subject and one predicate (look it up :) ) use lotsa dot points for questions leave plenty of white space to break up the chaos. If yu carnt undastand it, reed it owt lowd. :) 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. Paul Gear wrote: Norm

Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
. PS... Sorry I wasn't at the meeting. I'm dyslexic and found the random postings VERY hard to follow. Ended up printing out the log and going through it with a couple of hi-lighters. No way I could do it in real time! 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. Jared

Ham Radio Stuff

2010-03-10 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
, what are the options? -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Governance New Thread!

2010-03-07 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
funded? ...What are the legal obligations. -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: (Business) Applications software

2010-02-19 Thread Norm
Concur, Gnucash is at best a double entry version of MSMoney, and not as intuitive Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Brett wrote: I need to find business applications that run on Linux. Can someone suggest where I can find suppliers of such apps as: G/L, Inv, POS, Drs

Old stuff. Was-Re: Topic Change: Does everyone like the Koala

2009-11-17 Thread Norm
could only add. Remember 1's complement and add, or was it twos compliment?? Running the CP (Cathode Poison)routine every week to make sure no registers got bit-stuck ALL THOSE PRETTY NEON LIGHTS! Sheesh Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Phil in the scrub wrote: Much

Re: Topic Change: Does everyone like the Koala

2009-11-16 Thread Norm
going back to Hardy for a good experience Perhaps an update pack every six months and stick with the current LTS schedule for mainstream releases? Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Phil in the scrub wrote: Snip It has its good points and its bad points But becaus eof

Re: I'm leaving also...

2009-11-14 Thread Norm
Guys (and Girls) Please don't be so precipitate... I simply added the topic and a couple of the correspondents to my junk filter and quick as a flash, no more problems. Rather than leave the list, why don't you do the same? Perhaps the Mod might think about the same?? Norm McMillan

Gpredict... bad keps

2009-09-23 Thread Norm
This is one for you hams you know who you are :) Just downloaded the latest keps of the internet and I'm getting some crazy Next Pass predictions for ISS. Anyone else??? -- Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Tonites meeting

2009-07-14 Thread Norm
Thought I'd sent this... dunno where it went tho' it didn't appear in my own inbox Subject: Re: ubuntu-au team meeting tues 14th july From: Norm njmcmil...@aanet.com.au Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:13:03 +1000 To: ubuntu-au-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com G'day all, Don't often get the chance to join

Re: Application problem

2009-07-04 Thread Norm
and follow the prompts. Pretty similar to the Windows Create Shortcut dialogue Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Geoffrey wrote: I recently downloaded a Linux (Ubuntu?) program called Xlog (it's a ham radio logging program). This seemed to go well and the program appears

Re: ALT+LEFT_CLICK + Drag doesn't work

2009-04-28 Thread Norm
Thank you Scott, The install isn't quite how I wanted it anyway. I wanted to to put /home and swap on the SD card. I'll do a fresh install, apply the patches and then reboot. Norm McMillan VK3XCI Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Scott Evans wrote: Hi Norm... There are three

ALT+LEFT_CLICK + Drag doesn't work

2009-04-27 Thread Norm
. Now it may be that they are related and I have simply hidden the underlying problem. Alas, I have no clue where to start loking. All help appreciated. PS. Just rebooted the Live version, it works OK so no hardware problem -- Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City -- ubuntu-au

Ham Radio Echolink client

2008-10-17 Thread Norm
Does anyone know of an Echolink client for UBUNTU, or GNU Linux at all for that matter. Seems to be strangely absent -- Regards from Norm Norm McMillan Mildura, Victoria. Australia -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

multi soundcards

2008-05-03 Thread Norm
of the Creative. I'm off to find a Howto right now, but some guidence would be appreciated Norm -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Linux In Federal government

2008-01-22 Thread Norm
office. It would be great if more people put in the two cents worth. Conical should also be encouraged to have a go because it is in there interest as well. Regards Norm -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au