[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meting and AGM today
Hello, Last minute reminder it's our AGM today at midday at the bring a box meeting in Soton today (10:00-16:30). -- Adam Trickett Chairman, Hampshire Linux Users Group http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Samba tutorial
>Samba3 by example is a good book >You can get the PDF free online. >Uses real world examples and >Starts with the basics and takes you >Through the more complicated setups. Thanks Ally. There was a perfect example in there and it worked a treat. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Build woes
Hi all Question first - details later: If you have a PC with a graphics card working fine, then remove the graphics card and connect your monitor to the onboard VGA - shouldn't this work straightaway? I've heard of needing to disable onboard vga when fitting a new card but not having to re-enable onboard when removing a graphics card. Any ideas? I have a PC I'm trying to upgrade. For 4 years it's been running Hardy reasonably soundly but the graphics card configuration was a real pig (NVidia GeForce 8400GS made by Zotac). During upgrade, the new installer (latest Ubuntu) failed to detect the card and no matter how much faffing (yes I did backup xorg.conf) did the trick. Several other distros also failed to boot into a GUI and even when they booted from liveCD, the install process failed on 1st boot from hdd. So, as I'm now utterly fed up with this graphics card and I don't need any demanding graphics from this box, I've removed the card and connected to the onboard VGA. Result: No video output at all despite everything else looking ok - it makes a noise, I see hdd activity etc. Have I forgotten anything ? It's been a while since I've done any "surgery" on a PC. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Build woes
Hi Rob, I've had several BIOSes fail to pick up removal of a PCIe card (or it assumes you know best), and therefore doesn't both flipping the setting back. It may be worth reinstalling the card, flipping the setting, verifying you have onboard output, and then removing the card. Regards, Chris On 06/10/12 17:20, Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all Question first -- details later: If you have a PC with a graphics card working fine, then remove the graphics card and connect your monitor to the onboard VGA -- shouldn't this work straightaway? I've heard of needing to disable onboard vga when fitting a new card but not having to re-enable onboard when removing a graphics card. Any ideas? I have a PC I'm trying to upgrade. For 4 years it's been running Hardy reasonably soundly but the graphics card configuration was a real pig (NVidia GeForce 8400GS made by Zotac). During upgrade, the new installer (latest Ubuntu) failed to detect the card and no matter how much faffing (yes I did backup xorg.conf) did the trick. Several other distros also failed to boot into a GUI and even when they booted from liveCD, the install process failed on 1^st boot from hdd. So, as I'm now utterly fed up with this graphics card and I don't need any demanding graphics from this box, I've removed the card and connected to the onboard VGA. Result: No video output at all despite everything else looking ok -- it makes a noise, I see hdd activity etc. Have I forgotten anything ? It's been a while since I've done any "surgery" on a PC. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [ADMIN] AGM
Hello, Today we had our AGM and the new committe was voted in. I acted as returning officer as I didn't vote, nominate, second or was standing myself. All candidates were returned with a unanimous result. PostCandidate Result ChairmanTim BrocklehurstELECTED Treasurer Ed Beckmann ELECTED Chris DennisWITHDREW Hostmaster Vic WITHDREW Chris DennisELECTED General Vic ELECTED Andy Ransom ELECTED Victor ChurchillELECTED Imran Chaudhry ELECTED Chris and Vic both stated they only stood for a post in case no one else did and withdrew in favour of someone else. I would like to thank the my fellow ex-committe members and wish the new committe all the best going forward. I look forward to our next meeting. -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK I don't think it would be useful for customers to put a section on our website to explain how the fare system works. -- Richard Gibson, Head of Communications, CrossCountry Trains -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Build woes
On Sat, 2012-10-06 at 17:20 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > Hi Rob, > > Question first – details later: If you have a PC with a graphics card > working fine, then remove the graphics card and connect your monitor > to the onboard VGA – shouldn’t this work straightaway? I’ve heard of > needing to disable onboard vga when fitting a new card but not having > to re-enable onboard when removing a graphics card. Any ideas? > > Sometimes, a mobo BIOS has a setting called something like 'primary display adapter', or similar. In most cases is has 2 options, they could be any two of onboard/pci/agp/pcix/pcie. Most mainboards should auto detect, some don't and this setting needs to be set manually. hope that helps, Isaac -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [ADMIN] AGM supplementary
Hello Again. It was raised at the AGM if the AGM was itself quorate. Alas the definition of what the quorate number actually is is imprecise, as technically anyone can vote who is a member of the mailing list and turns up with a piece of paper. Therefore to expedite the transfer of responsibility it was decided to vote anyway and anyone who doesn't like the new committe is perfectly entitled to object on the list. If you want to be on the next committee you are more than welcome to stand. -- Adam Trickett Returning Officer, Hampshire Linux Users Group http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] AGM supplementary
> anyone who doesn't like the new committe is perfectly entitled > to object on the list. As was mentioned in Adam's other mail, I stood in case there weren'y enough candidates - and it seems I got elected. Should anyone wish to challenge my position and ask me to step aside, that wouldn't worry me. And if you don't, you're stuck with me :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Build woes
You've probably sorted this by now, but I normally just reset the CMOS when this happens - saves inserting gfx, booting, ejecting gfx, booting, swearing at it still not working. -- Sent from my mobile, so please forgive spelling/brevity. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
On 06/10/12 21:35, Dave Walker via LinkedIn wrote: LinkedIn HAHAHAHAHAH! You embarrassing plum! :D -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
On 6 October 2012 22:47, Alan Pope wrote: > On 06/10/12 21:35, Dave Walker via LinkedIn wrote: >> >> LinkedIn >> >> > > HAHAHAHAHAH! You embarrassing plum! :D > I am truly mortified. I have brought dishonour to the brotherhood of geeks. In an effort to retrieve some honour, i have fallen on my sword^D shaver, and removed my beard. I hope that this goes some way to allow my kin to one day regain the right to sport a beard. Genuinely, sorry for the noise.. Nothing to see here, please move on. :) (The sad thing is, i'm not quite sure how this happened!) -- Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
