Re: [Dorset] Printer prints blocked descenders
On 22/03/17 09:26, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > I have a Brother 1212W Laser printer. recently it has started > printing blocked descenders. > > I am using Kubuntu 16.04, The brother driver is the recommended > 'Brother HL-1230 Foomatic/hl1250' > > > > Any thoughts on how to resolve this are appreciated. Brother are not too bad at supporting printers, have you tried the .deb packaged drivers from the Brother site? Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Accessing Google Drive from Kubuntu Dolphin
On 09/01/17 12:54, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > > I have seen grive also, but not been too impressed by the comments on it. > I've just built the later fork (grive2) and it seems to be doing what it should - you need to run manual sync though. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-02-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] VMware on Kubuntu
On 03/05/16 09:39, Terry Coles wrote: > I'd be interested to learn if it is possible to import my Windows XP > VMware image into Qemu/KVM and if it is likely to support USB access > as well as VMWare. Certainly supports USB as I use it to read a secure USB stick which only has windows software, a plantations USB headset and a USB scope. KWM does support VMware disk image formats but also allows for conversion to more efficient storage, example: kvm-img convert -O /qcow2/ /myWinXp.vmdk/ /myWinXp.qcow2 CHeers Si / -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] VMware on Kubuntu
On 02/05/16 21:03, Peter Merchant wrote: > I have tried to reinstall VMware 12 back on to my rebuild Kubuntu > 16.04. It fails with an error message about USB Arbitration service. > Just as an aside, why use VMWare rather than Qemu/KVM? I moved off VMWare some time ago and not looked back - even converting some of the old images. Cheers Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Using USB HID Device that isn't accessible
On 04/02/16 11:26, Terry Coles wrote: > Hi, > > The good news is that my cheapo USB scope > (http://www.picaxe.com/Hardware/Add-on-Modules/PCB-scope/) has arrived and > seems to work. > > The bad news is that I have only been able to use it on Windows! I have a similar issue with the Hantech cheapo USB scope. There is a community, however, who are writing linux firmware extraction and driver code for them and I started looking at that but found it easier (limited time) to run a windows guest on qemu/kvm Links incase your model is a similar type. http://openhantek.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/hantekdso/ Cheers Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] {Spam?} Using a Raspberry Pi 'Headless' and Unattended
On 11/01/16 12:19, Terry Coles wrote: > We have a physical solution and the code is fairly trivial, but my main > concern is the fact that once > implemented, the Pi would have to run unattended for most of the time and > also withstand having the > power removed without a formal shutdown every evening (or if there is a power > cut). Clearly, this would > put the integrity of the data on the SD Card at risk. > > > Can anyone see any problems with this approach or suggest a better way? > Terry, to be honest the description of the requirement suggests the Pi is overkill (IMHO), in my "intelligent" pump controller project I completed when my house was being assailed by flood wher I started with this approach but ended up with a v.cheap arduino board. The code being in on-board flash. Opps that takes me off-topic for a Linux group :-) Best regards, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-02-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] 'Cloning' a Disk when the Partitions are not identical
On 12/08/15 13:57, Andrew wrote: > . > > So I would do it in two stages, first clone, then resize/move the > partitions. > > Clonezilla won't work where the target drive is smaller than the > source, which is a problem I've had with SSDs. > > http://www.clonezilla.org/ > http://gparted.org/ The all-in-one swiss army knife which has gparted etc. is System REscueCD which easily installs onto a small pen-drive. http://www.sysresccd.org Consider also using fsarchiver (also on that distro) to copy a partitions content without having to resize the destination ie. you fit the used size not the partition size. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Hello from a new member in Bournemouth
On 21/07/15 18:08, Stephen Bell wrote: Currently running SUSE. We won't hold that against you :-) Welcome. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-08-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Skype
On 07/08/14 20:55, Peter Merchant wrote: Peter, You need to download the 4.3 .deb from the skype web site. The 4.2 version does not work with the authentication API anymore. It cut me off in the middle of a call! Simon Thanks Simon, That got everything working again. Peter Glad it worked - it also seems to have fixed the pulse audio latency problem. Some of us had to start skype preceded with: Exec=/usr/bin/env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 Seems a few fixes in that release. Simon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-09-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Skype
On 06/08/14 17:23, PeterMerchant wrote: Hi, Be careful of Skype. I have just done some updates on Kubuntu 14.10, which required a reboot, and now I cannot log into skype. It won't recognize my password. Peter, You need to download the 4.3 .deb from the skype web site. The 4.2 version does not work with the authentication API anymore. It cut me off in the middle of a call! Simon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-09-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem
On 20/01/14 20:24, Peter Washington wrote: On 20/01/14 12:56, Graeme Gemmill wrote: At least, I think it's bizarre. Can someone suggest other tests to identify and resolve the problem? TIA Graeme, just a slight aside from me on the powerline devices. I use these to connect several devices to home networks but recently they near drove me mad with similar networking oddities that you seem to be experiencing. Changes to the noise levels on the building wiring can really mess up something that may have been previously working. I have a recent problem where the network between my office (outbuilding) and house (where ADSL terminates) only works if I have two of these devices operating. Previously I also had media player and camera plugged in elsewhere. If I plug in another one locally it seems to desensitize the local ones to the remote device (previously this worked). I even bought more devices to test as recent storms seem to have knocked out my surge protectors. Just a though but these devices sometimes stop working in odd ways. Cheers Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-02-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight
On 26/11/13 16:53, Paul Stenning wrote: I'd like to come along - first time! Does anyone know what the bus options from the triangle or square are? Several go that way - the 3 for example: https://www.bybus.co.uk/routes/timetable/3?day=tuedirection=out Best regards, Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-12-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Free Database software
On 31/10/2013 22:00, David Smith wrote: I am looking for free software to run under Linux to implement a small database. A free version of MS Access would be ideal! Access is part of MS Office professional and allows you to create and run SQL queries by point and click rather than needing to know SQL syntax. My database would live on one pc - no separation of server and client. At the risk of being burnt at the stake :-) Many good suggestions in this thread but let me throw up one more... You said free software. Whilst I use postgres and MySQL extensively some clients are M$ shops and so the database must reside on MSSQL. There is a an SQLExpress version of this which includes the GUI management tools and database back-end which I use for portability testing. It is free as a download from M$. runs and hides Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Rebuild checklist
On 24/10/2013 11:50, Peter Merchant wrote: Does anybody have a checklist for rebuilding their linux installation? It is time to rebuild mine, which is dual boot XP and Kubuntu. Not a check list but I always keep a copy of configuration /etc etc. for reference. I also backup and reinstall my home area (being careful to change the owner if the uid/guid has changed). The home area contains a lot of application data and important stuff like your ssh keys in .ssh I have recently done away with dual boot too going straight into Linux and using a hypervisor to run P2V versions of my windoze systems. Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Rebuild checklist
On 24/10/2013 12:41, Peter Merchant wrote: I would let the rebuild take over the entire disk as part of the job, with a separate partition for /home and /swap You can defer use of the partition by using lvm and adding the XP partition as a new extent when you are done with it :-) BTW for backing up NTFS partitions (other than dd or partimage the whole thing) I find ntfsclone far more reliable than fsarchiver. Cheers Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Good news on Windows 8/UEFI?
On 11/10/2013 20:44, John Palmer wrote: Simon, could you say whether switching off UEFI is particularly difficult. I haven't yet faced installing Linux on a UEFI'd computer yet but sometime soon may want to. If it's simple, I wonder why David Smith's suppliers were having such trouble. This is on a (very) recent Dell laptop and it is as easy as going into the BIOS on power-up and switching the setting . I will assume in a corporate setting a BIOS password should be applied ;-) Since distros (like Ubuntu x64) are now supporting UEFI it should be easy? Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Web pages hanging up
On 15/10/2013 14:06, Bob Dunlop wrote: I don't know what models TalkTalk are shipping but are you aware that theres a fairly massive security hole in many on the D-link domestic routers. Sigh. Another reason I flash my router/modems with dd-wrt or router tech so I know what is on there. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Good news on Windows 8/UEFI?
On 11/10/2013 15:21, David Smith wrote: what if I had created a virus. What does that say about UEFI and 'trusted' computing? No answer to that - what a surprise! Hi David, The UEFI does not stop you running executable code on the windows operating system, you need something like lumension/sanctury for that sort of control. Where it does sit is between the BIOS and bootloader so that only signed operating systems with matching keys in the UEFI will boot on the machine. This stops, for example, students in the school, booting school PCs with memory stick operating systems. On my personal laptop I have switched off UEFI (most devices allow this) and boot into Linux and then use Windows8 as a KVM guest. Recent Linux distros (Ubuntu 64bit for example) actually detect UEFI on installation. Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT: Networking through VMs
On 02/10/13 16:59, Terry Coles wrote: We could get a similar effect by disabling the network connection temporarily. I was wondering if you have a problem with tuning IP (MTU) and the virtualised network switch. Can you put wireshark on a machine and sniff what it can auctually see? Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Date of Next Meeting; Avoid Guy Fawkes Night?
On 02/10/13 11:17, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Some of us might be busy burning parliament. Shall we slip a week to the 12th? Just as well the American government has stopped working otherwise the NSA would have read this and passed it to GCHQ! :-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Open Source Document Management Tools
On 01/10/13 13:38, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: 1. Feng Office - http://www.fengoffice.com/web/ 2. Alfresco - http://www.alfresco.com/ 3. Opendocman -http://www.opendocman.com/ b Does anyone know anything bad about any of those? As I have said, I use (1) extensively. I have tried Alfresco (and Liferay) but these demand a heavier load on the server as they are java/tomcat based not php like feng office. Opendocman I think I had a quick look at but wanted the other collabortive features of Feng. The only negative user feedback I have had from users is on the workspace/tag concept but this was because the user was not aware that the workspaces and tags were essentially filters and so kept loosing their documents becasue they had a filtered view. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Open Source Document Management Tools
On 30/09/2013 14:41, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: Is this too much to ask for? We have identified a few tools, but a recommendation goes a long way. Terry, I find Feng Office pretty good for the basics; it's solid and reliable but only renders a few file-types to the browser ( mind maps, pdf) the rest you download or checkout which is fine for my purposes. it does much more than documents but it is fine at that. http://www.fengoffice.com/web/ Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Web Kiosk OS
On 26/09/13 21:23, Tim wrote: Can anybody offer any guidance?? There is a well used Linux / Open Source solution: http://webconverger.com/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-10-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight
Might actually make this one myself. Lookout for the ubuntu t-shirt ;-) Rgds Simon On 27/08/2013 16:39, Terry Coles wrote: The next Meeting which is on Tuesday 2013-09-03 at The Broadway, Bournemouth. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. I'll be going; see you there. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] [OT] ADSL Router monitoring
Depending on the firmware you could try the routertech diagnostic software. Worked for me on a modem. Otherwise can you put something like dd-wrt firmware on it and log the bandwidth? Otherwise route through another box to the modem which can log bandwidth? I guess I am asking what router is it? Si On 25/07/2013 12:51, Tim wrote: Has anybody come across any software that will monitor a ADSL router and record the bandwidth and record incoming and out going traffic by device or IP address. The problem is a colleague has an ADSL connection which he swears blind he is not using as much as the bandwidth is suggesting. In an attempt to see what is going on I am looking for some software that will monitor the router so we can see what traffic is going to and from the router and from what device. Any suggestion? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-08-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba and Windows Access to Drives.
On 20/06/2013 15:01, Tim Allen wrote: You need enough RAM to run both OS'es together, and enough CPU power. Given that most recent machines come with both that shouldn't be an issue. I'm using it on a 12 yr old machine Terry kindly gave me (4GB, couple of vintage Xeons). Hardware (eg USB peripherals) are passed through to the guest OS via Virtualbox drivers. I've had no problems with this with things like USB memory sticks, but with more obscure stuff (like microprocessor programming pods) have run into problems. Booting the guest OS can be quite slow - I've found this more noticeable with Linux guests than Windows guests. Just as an aside (alternative to Virtualbox), if you have the virtualisation extensions on your hardware then you could use the xen/qemu visualization. Personally my laptop books into Ubuntu and then starts up a Windows 7 virtual running in an lvm partition under the xen hypervisor. This means it gets access to the tin (graphics card, usb bus etc.) and runs significantly faster than virtualbox. Regards, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba and Windows Access to Drives.
On 20/06/2013 16:08, Simon P Smith wrote: Personally my laptop books into Ubuntu and then starts up a Windows 7 virtual running in an lvm partition under the xen hypervisor. This means it gets access to the tin (graphics card, usb bus etc.) and runs significantly faster than virtualbox. Email in haste - repent at leisure. I actually meany KVM not XEN ;-) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird
On 2013-02-14 2:00, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:34:29 +, graeme@gemmill.namesaid: it's not easy to have one address-book/mail lists shared between two (or more) machines. Does anyone have a suggestion/solution? Implement an LDAP address book. Not trivial, but it will do precisely what you want. I concur - a great way to get to know OpenLdap on your Linux machine ;-) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-03-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? Part of the discussion is below. Well the Consultation worked! The new Government Policy on Open Standards has been published and FSFE is *very* impressed! See: http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20121101-02.en.html Excellent - thanks for the update Terry.Had a quick scan through and the principles seem sound although somewhat pre-emptive defensive to a cynic like me ;-) regards, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-11-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] connecting to SMB server
Hi Nick, On 2012-10-07 18:23, Nick Kirby wrote: When I try connecting using the same command on ubuntu2 or ubuntu3 I get error: mount: cannot mount block device //192.168.0.78/Fileserv read-only Lets assume first that you have the samba client (cifs fs) on the other machines and that the samba share is setup to allow more than one user. Lets also assume that the share really is Fileserv not fileserv (beware caps between Win and *nix) Have you tried mapping this onto a local user group and passing the remote username, password. mount -t cifs //192.168.0.78/Fileserv /media/Fileserv -o username=samba user,password=samba password,uid=local user,gid=local group Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: ???, ???day, 2012-11-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Apache 2.4.2
On 24/09/2012 17:34, Graeme Gemmill wrote: Is there any experience of Apache 2.4 in this area? As part of an upgrade and installation on a new PC, I installed Apache 2.4, but cannot get it to display .cgi files produced by my APC UPS that is managed by apcupsd version 3.14.8. On an earlier PC, I had Apache 2.2, which displayed the data from the .cgi files, but 2.4 has a very different httpd.conf file, and no matter what permissions I relax, I still get the message Not Found The requested URL /var/www/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi was not found on this server. That should pretty much work out of the box? There is plenty of advice if it is not working here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/cgi.html If the configuration has the standard script alias then that should work *unless* the permissions on the cgi file do not include execute access for www-data ? Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-10-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
On 24/09/2012 10:42, gladelands wrote: Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? I use these cards effectively on Ubuntu (now 12.04.1 ) - the *easiest* way on this distro is to use the built in additional drivers function to suggest the best and then install them with the utility. I have two screens one 1920x1024 the other 1680x1050 and it works a treat. Graphics card is GeForce 210. I have in the past messed things up by loading the wrong module or incompatible resolutions in xorg.conf - now i leave it to the OS and nvidias control panel. regards, Simon -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird
On 28/06/2012 18:00, Tim wrote: Thanks Guys, but JohnCC answer was what was needed. I had already checked the contents and of the account and there was nothing worth keeping (mainly used as a forum and mailing list e-mail address) You may want to check that it removes the actual files, AFAIK deleting the account leaves an orphan file set on the disk - hence the use of thunderplunger to remove orphans? Cheers Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network error on boot
On 28/06/2012 17:48, p.lane wrote: Do any of you guys use this Linux utility to boot from if you get problems - systemrescuecd-x86-2.8.0.iso If you can't find it on the web, It's a 400MB file so can't attach it here. My favourite tool ;-) It has grown lately from 120Mb to the current bloat but as USB memory sticks have got bigger it is not so much a problem. I use it pretty much extensively for archiving file systems / partitions / bootblocks as it contains partimage, parted, sfdisk, dd fsarchiver and seems to boot on virtually anything. Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird
On 28/06/2012 17:41, p.lane wrote: On 23/06/2012 20:51, Tim wrote: I have an old e-mail account that I wish to delete which is setup in Thunderbird (13.0.1). The account has been pretty dormant for over a years so I am not interested in keeping the e-mail. Trouble is I can't find anyway of deleting the account. If anybody has done this could you please let me know how. Have you tried mozbackup - Tim you may want to look at the thunder plunger plugin. This can be set to look for and delete obsolete accounts ( it also reports the size of large mailboxes). rgds, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] laptop won't boot from USB stick...
On 26/06/2012 14:30, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: I think the Startup Disk Creator programs may do more than this for you, so probably best off sticking to their output. Cheers, Ralph. Agreed. I think some ISOs can be dd's directly to a memory stick, but I've never really investigate the why and how of it. When I need this, I always use unetbootin. On the usb stick you need an MBR in the first 464 bytes followed by a partition table (up to 512). Better off using a tool to do this. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Background Colour Problems - Kubuntu 12.04 Evolution
On 03/05/12 20:53, Simon P Smith wrote: Will have another look - you reminded me that I saw it - I sort of discounted it when I got a wm/desktop configuration I could tolerate. Seems peculiar to KDE plasma-desktop; affects Thunderbird but all is good on lubuntu or unity. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-TBD 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] veteran unic admins
On 02/05/12 20:51, Peter Merchant wrote: http://www.infoworld.com/t/unix/nine-traits-the-veteran-unix-admin-276?source=fssr Excellent - I sort of was halfway on points one since I do sudo bash ;-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-TBD 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Background Colour Problems - Kubuntu 12.04 Evolution
On 02/05/2012 21:03, Peter Merchant wrote: At the moment the highlighted email is black, with black print, the surround for the email is black, and the surround for the list of mail folders is black. Yes, this rings a bell. I upgraded to 12.04 and experienced a bit of this on one or two applications - can't remember exactly which on which desktop as I have been switching between KDE / Unity and Lubuntu to see which configuration I prefer, Will have another look - you reminded me that I saw it - I sort of discounted it when I got a wm/desktop configuration I could tolerate. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-TBD 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?
On 13.04.2012 00:42, CPK Smithies wrote: Regarding Ubuntu Unity, I've been keeping an open mind - and getting used to it - and I think it may end up having a lot to offer if one isn't too set in one's ways. For a long time, navigating menu hierarchies has been the way to find things on computer systems and packages, and perhaps there is a better way. (On several occasions, when using an application I'm not 100% familiar with, I have gone burrowing down the wrong hierarchy tree looking for an application feature which was under Options rather than File or whatever.) I tried not be be set in my ways and gave unity a good go but had to give up. Several reasons come to mind: - it could not handle well my two monitors (1920 + 1680) allowing me to launch on each (the way I normally work - 4 desktops across two screens). - certainly was too much for my little netbook (resources) - certain applications I use regularly were befuddled with the maximise and menu discombobulation - something which should improve as app devs get to grok unity. - I find it easier to navigate menus to find what I am looking for although most popular items are either desktop links or launched from file explorer. I could not get on with having to type app names/search since it is hit and miss since I am dielectric(sic). Horses for courses (topical) but I am happier as I was. I will, however, track its development and may try again later. I guess it is fortunate that GNU/Linux splits o/s / X11 / window decorator-manager and so we can all setup how we best like ;-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?
On 10/04/2012 11:32, Tim Waugh wrote: On Sat, 2012-04-07 at 10:56 +0100, Simon P Smith wrote: I was a die-hard Fedora fan and then converted to Ubuntu. Curious: what prompted you to change your allegiance? Very simple Tim - struggled to get Fedora running on a Dell Server about 6 years ago (drivers for the SCSI controller I think) and after wasting a couple of hours bunged in an Ubuntu server CD and it just worked! Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?
I was a die-hard Fedora fan and then converted to Ubuntu. Use LTS releases for server (apart from the odd Enterprise SUSE machine). On the desktop I got frustrated with Unity so it is Lubuntu for me. Si On 06.04.2012 21:06, Glenn Korbey wrote: Hi all, I am sure this has been asked before, and I am only asking out of idle curiosity.. What is your preferred distribution of Linux? It seems most of the list is based on Ubuntu or some derivative (or even Debian) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Programming languages
Embarrassed to say 13/20 - eeek. A bit of guessing in places (by elimination) Si On 07.04.2012 10:18, Peter Merchant wrote: While you are relaxing: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/hello-world-programming-languages-quiz-188874 I got 10 right, but should have got 12, as I got two wrong on languages that I used to use. (I'm not telling you which or how long I used those languages as I'm too embarrassed). -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
On 01/01/2012 14:14, Mark Elkins wrote: o. Sounds good. I'll send you details across next week once I'm back in contact with HMG about this. Appreciate that Mark. I am back in office today and looked at that good practise guide (OSS) - published in June 2011 which is why I may have missed it. Thanks for that and the other references. Best regards Happy New Year to all on the list... Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
Mark, On 28/12/11 13:31, Mark Elkins wrote: Are you willing to supply some more info about this because as far as I know HMG still want to use Open Source? For example I am organizing a series of internal HM Government events for Senior Civil servants on Open Source as Chair of the BCS Open Source SG (OSSG). The first of which will take place in February 2012. Therefore your experience sounds like it would be of interest to the HMG staff I am dealing with setting up these events. In other words they want to know examples about barriers to adoption of Open Source by HMG. One of the main issues in this department is the insistence on security accreditation and the push to use CESG approved products. The problem with OS is that you need time and money to submit the product for evaluation and gain some meaningful EAL certification; individual projects cannot afford this. SUSE enterprise and RedHat Enterprise are listed there albeit older versions as those organisations can see some benefit of funding this. I wanted to pilot a system on Ubunutu LTS with SE and use MySQL (or Postgres) instead of MSSQ; you end up spending a great deal of time showing how it can be (1) secure (2) supportable. We are in a laughable position where people will, when faced with a need for a routing MTA in a DMZ, select exchange and have to put in 2 ADs and and exchange box just to provide the MTA; just because you never get sacked for usign M$. I am interested in your BCS events and if you send me the programme I will forward it to the Enterprise Architect civil servants for info. Just for the record I've looked at this recent statement about Open Standards and feel its more about getting the statement bullet proof as opposed to actually dropping intention to make greater use of (Free and) Open Source. Or also allowing the vested interests to lobby it more to water it down - perhaps I am cynical. Cheers, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Byobu
On 03.12.2011 14:07, CPK Smithies wrote: One word of caution about byobu: I once used it on a cloud-based server I maintain and left it running for 24 hours. It used a surprising amount of CPU and bandwidth. Seems to grab a shedload of key accelerators too which came as a bit of a shock when using htop ;-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Libreoffice
On 09/05/2011 13:22, Peter Merchant wrote: Came across this review of Libreoffice today. A bit of a review light, no real mention of where liber office came from or the range of applications it packs. The one thing which stops some organisations switching wholesale is the lack of an Outlook'ish mail/PIM client. I have tried to get people using Thunderbird with Lightning CalDav but it just ain't Outlook - sigh Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files
On 17/01/2011 12:30, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: I just spotted this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_%28Unix%29#Binary_use. Is this working because the .gz file is treated as a binary? Cat cares not one jot the file format, it just sticks the bits together AFAIK. As I said earlier, gzip files can be concatenated as they are a sequential list of members. If you stitch two together, when being processed, gzip just happily finds the next member header after the end of the original file and continues processing. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] cd question
On 22/11/2010 18:16, StarLion wrote: m...@computer:~#/folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5 mv blah blah. Now I want to go back to work in folder2, what the easy command to get me back there?? Assuming you're working in folder5 in your example, running 'cd ..' will go back to folder4. To go down two levels, you want 'cd ../..' and for three, just add another '/..' _ If you are using these regularly then you can also use aliases to create shortcuts to the directories (i.e. gowww is alised on my system to /home2/var/www/site1/ Alternatively you can use symlinks to create pointers to those directories, i.e. my /backup is a link to /media/nfs/buffnas1/backups/serverwww1 Si -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Remote connections to Linux systems (and LUG)
On 05/11/2010 13:54, Brian R Masterman wrote: Saw the bit about using xrdp. I used to administer UNIX systems (Solaris and DEC Alphas) always used to use Xnest for remote connections to Linux (and other UNIX) systems. Hi Brian, I never looked beyond using VNC for remote GUI access to *nix. Runs nicely over ssh and (with Vino) can be used on the console or otherwise with a Xvnc server as a separate desktop. Si -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Hi all from Weymouth
On 05/11/2010 21:53, StarLion wrote: I'm guessing by the looks of the members list, I'm the only one living down this way. You have electricity down there now? I'm not entirely new to Linux, having first found it when I tried Fedora 10 just after its release and then got lost in the live environment. The then-current Ubuntu saved me from just giving up as so many have done before. Sounds common, I stuck with RH/Fedora through 2,3,4,5,6 and then gave up when Ubuntu installed better on my servers. I've broken systems more than once with my incessant experimenting (like it's a rather bad idea to remove bash...), but on the other hand through experimenting I've learned more than I ever have by just reading the (don't)readmes, man pages and so on. I reckon that will strike a cord with many on this list ;-) I don't like Mono, but tolerate it on my system Yeah, I prefer stereo myself :-) About the only other real preferance on my systems is in desktops. I mix and match as there is always something on one that does it better. For servers I keep it lightweight with xfce if a GUI at all. Well, I reckon I've probably rambled on long enough. Nice to meet you all, hope I can contribute something in the future! Welcome dude and thanks for the distraction from writing this damn report tonight. Si -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] 10 Things I'd change in linux
On 03/11/2010 12:41, jr wrote: I'd suggest that one area where we would benefit from improvements is better integration with Windoze, particularly the MS Exchange/Outlook combo (as mentioned earlier, though that's obviously not Linux kernel territory). I wondered about this for a while and then discovered the lightening plugin for thundebird. Now I have multiple networked calendars (including some google ones) integrated and shared with free/busy time (caldav). This includes task management and now I prefer this setup to Outlook. Si -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Anyone in or near Melksham?
Although living in Christchurch I work in Corsham a lot and so drive through Melksham on the way home - convenient to drop into a group depending what time. Regards, Si On 09/10/2010 22:40, Philip Vossler wrote: Are there any Dorset members at all close to Melksham? -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Which language is most popular.
On 15/10/2010 09:31, Justin Stringfellow wrote: On 15/10/2010 09:24, Peter Merchant wrote: Been very quiet here for a few days, so I thought I'd put this link up www.langpop.com Does anyone use 'D'? If you're referring to the language known as D used with Solaris' Dtrace debugger, then the answer is yes. Is there another D? Does anyone remember 'B' - showing my age! I cut my teeth on assembly, then Coral66, F77, C and C++ with a brief forced flirtation with ADA and since the web fell in love with Perl and then used Java. Recently been forced to move from Perl to PHP for web and after discovering Zend Framework and JQuery can actually do rapid prototyping web applications ;-) Next I aim to retire :-0 Si -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Everyone knew Vista sucks, but......
On 02/10/2010 18:04, Simon O'Riordan wrote: In the end I unplugged and reconnected the network connector. That restored it. VISTA SUCKS! Resistance is useless, you will be assimilated.. On the other hand even Mickey$oft know that Vista sucks hence its disappearance from the history books once Windows7 was released. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Introduction
On 23/09/2010 15:50, Bryn Jones wrote: I'll try and come down to one of the meetings if I can, spare giro funds permitting!!! (time I have plenty of at the mo'!). Hi Bryn, I have been on this list for some time and have *never* managed to get to a meet ;-) Do be warned I do get vaguely evangelical pie in the sky ideas about random community IT projects :) I get evangelical about open source especially when surrounded by Mickey$oft drones. I must be the only one who wears an Ubuntu lanyard for my security pass in Microsoft House, TVP :-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.
On 12/09/10 09:35, Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:38:16 +0100, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: After reading this, and thinking about the cars speeding up our road, I wondered how hard it would be to write a speed camera program for a webcam. It wouldn't be very hard at all. However, I can't say I like the idea of vigilant policing. http://www.radarlux.co.uk/products.htm The locals here (parish council - move them around ) use this type of thing to make the drivers think - take the switched output and trigger a camera and bob is your proverbail. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] OT: Sign up to oppose the Digital Economy Bill
On 01/04/2010 12:38, Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:09:58 +0100, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: people who illegally download buy more music legally than those whodon't. *clearly* those people would spend even more if they weren't downloading illegally. It is actually not that clear! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Long range wireless network
John, I have found these guys useful too. They also do a range of 5GHz stuff. http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-outdoorantenna-24.htm You can also brew your own ;-) Si On 01/02/2010 14:38, Tim wrote: On Monday 01 February 2010 14:08:54 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: They live about 800m away, within line of sight. Ideally I want to do this with a point-to-point wireless bridge. Have a look at these guys http://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/index.php?target=categoriescategory_id=209 -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 9.10 REview
Terry, The only thing that niggled me about doing an upgrade is that you are still left with ext3 filesystem rather than ext4 whcih is now default. I changed my netbook to ext4 and found this even faster. Or did you convert the filesystem? Si On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:17:34 +, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: I ran the upgrade from Kubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 on this machine yesterday (2 core AMD Althlon with 1 GB RAM). Here is what I've found: -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-11-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Yep, Love it!
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:22 +0100, Peter Merchant mercha...@onetel.com wrote: Microsoft Office 2007 Despite having 10 licenses here, I still use OO or Office03 - could not be arsed to learn where everything has been moved to. .. it has been identified by IT Services that many of the University’s current staff computers are not able to achieve acceptable performance from the product. They have computers on staff? ;-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Google Wave
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:47:22 +0100, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote: I did find myself wondering how well it would hold up in a less favourable network environment: whether the latency might become a problem. This is something that concerned me. There is more and more reliance on the network being always on and reliable. Added to the confidentiality of storing all your conversations on a server outside your control. I lost it (attention) after about 20 minutes so echo the requirement for a shorted punchy video about its features. All of it made sense although it would be nice to see some sort of identification and integrity measures (me being paranoid and all that). Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
