[Hampshire] [OT] Laptops for Sale

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Might be selling some PCs:
See these Details:

* Latitude C400 - Working - StartBid: £40 - Collection.
* Latitude C610 - Working - StartBid: £40 - Collection.
* Toshiba Satellite - Spares/Working - StartBid: £35 - Collection.
* Old PC (GORDONXP) - Spares - StartBid: £20 - Collection.
* Selection of PC Componments (SDRAM, Modem, Sound, Graphics, SCSI,
SCSI Cable) - Spares - StartBid: £20
* Thomson 585v7 Router - Working - StartBid: £30

Unless otherwise specified, NO OS is supplied!
I recommend Debian or Ubuntu for these.

Collection from Basingstoke. - RG24 7BQ
On Ebay soon. will edit post!

Anyone interested?
Sorry for the cross post.

Dominic Z. Rodriguez

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Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Aldershot Hackspace?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

I prefer Andy's idea - Yeah I understand of the costs but even so I think
we should be able to pay what we want to a minimum.


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On 11 May 2012 16:28, Andy Smith  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:13:48PM +0100, Jan Henkins wrote:
> > On 11/05/12 14:40, Freaky Clown wrote:
> > >Anyway a few of us folks are looking at a possibility of a Hackspace
> > >based in aldershot - working on the basis that membership would be
> > >about £20/month to start with how many people would be genuinely up for
> joining?
>
> I am nowhere near Aldershot but once you've got a location, if you
> need a web presence then BitFolk will be happy to provide you with a
> VPS for free, as we already do for:
>
> - London Hackspace
> - HAC:Manchester
> - fizzPOP (Birmingham)
> - Reading Hackspace
> - One more that's still setting up and doesn't want to be named yet
>
> > Just in case people balk at the £20 per month idea, that is what the
> > London Hackspace needs in order to exist.
>
> Rent in London is probably a lot higher than rent in Aldershot
> though. London Hackspace's expenses are hinted at here:
>
> http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Budget
>
> I am not sure that a large industrial unit¹ in Aldershot is going to
> cost anywhere near £3,750/month.
>
> But like London Hackspace, I recommend saying "the hackspace needs
> an average of £x per member to survive. We ask that you pay what you
> think the space is worth to you, to a minimum of £5/month". That way
> you get free money from all the people who like the idea but
> couldn't justify £20/month or whatever.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> ¹ LH has two units next to each other.
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Re: [Hampshire] Aldershot Hackspace?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Well, I'd like to come but the idea of a price scares me away... I mean
freedom guys!

And any age limits?

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On 11 May 2012 14:40, Freaky Clown  wrote:

> Sorry for the cross post but im lazy... (talk to my lawyer if you have
> a problem!)
>
> Anyway a few of us folks are looking at a possibility of a Hackspace
> based in aldershot - working on the basis that membership would be
> about £20/month to start with
> how many people would be genuinely up for joining?
>
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Re: [Hampshire] Netbooks

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Thanks guys for all your help - I'm still trying to make a decision 
about it.


My possible canidates are:

* Acer Aspire One

* Toshiba NB200

Tough Decision but there can only be one!

Thanks again for your response and help and the best to all of you.

Cheers,
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Re: [Hampshire] Anyone want a Poweredge 1800 server?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Hey Edward,

Has this been taken yet?

BTW, does the server support IDE?

Cheers,
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[Hampshire] Netbooks

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Hey chaps!

Would any of you happen to know about cheap netbooks?

What I'm looking for is:
* Under £230 if possible
* Medium-High Battery Life
* Average HDD Size - Not a big matter
* RAM not a big issue
* Screen size also not a issue.

Alternatively , If any of you have a netbook around and don't want it, 
please contact me at: domi at shymega dot org dot uk


Cheers!
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Re: [Hampshire] NetBook repairs - workshop for BaB 5th May?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

On 12/04/12 19:27, Damian L Brasher wrote:

Hi List

I am trying to repair my Acer One Aspire - ZG5. I think is is worth
repairing; the screen is nice and with an extra long life battery it
provides up to 8 hours wireless browsing.

The Intel PATA SSD 8GB hard drive stopped working, the memory would no
longer hold data reliably. I did some research and found that it might
be possible to replace the drive with a compact flash to 1.8" ZIF
adapter. I took a risk and purchased one from LinITX.
https://linitx.com/product/11676 I also purchased a piece of Kingston
16GB 266X compact flash. Total cost of £34.85. These are reusable if the
fix does not work.

I dissembled the netbook with the assistance of a video from YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyKE7NoTiI this took two hours including
research and part acquisition :-/

The adapter fits inside the space where the Intel SSD was, with some
experimentation, not coaxing - there may have be a little tension upon
tightening the MB screw. This would be resolved by shaving some height
from one of the redundant risers with a small file. I re-assembled the
netbook - this took two hours :-/ and there are two screws unaccounted
for. The flash does not work, the green hdd LED is permanently on and
ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso on a USB stick cannot see a new physical
volume. The BIOS does not display a new bootable drive. I have also
either lost the BIOS password or IIRC, one may not have been supplied.

The possible causes for this failed fix are:

  - CF drive is incompatible with the on-board storage controller
  - CF drive is not compatible with the current BIOS
  - ZIF cable is torn
  - ZIF cable is in the wrong way round
  - I've damaged the MB during disassemble
  - screws not inside the box are responsible an electronic connection
  - the on-board storage controller is broken
  - tension on MB due to misplacement of the ZIF adapter upon re-assembly

Philosophically - the netbook is still worth another attempt. If this
fails altogether; the knowledge gained is worth having and sharing. The
ZIF adapter and CF will be used with one of my MiniITX boxes.

Any experience, ideas or suggestions are very welcome.

If other readers and possible meeting attendees, I'm referring to the
BaB on the 5th May, would like to join in - sit in a 'worried netbook
corner' - I'll make every effort be there with the AAO ZG5. All failing,
we could join all the carcasses together and make a Beowulf?

I also found the slot where a memory upgrade could be installed - worth
exploring too.

Best Regards
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Yeah, I'll be interested in this Damian - It'll be an learning 
experience for me and probably quite fun! (Though not quite *as* fun if 
it got broke)


Cheers,
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Re: [Hampshire] HantsLUG Meetings Question

[Dominic Rodriguez]

On 10/04/12 19:43, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:



On 10 April 2012 19:02, Dominic Rodriguez <mailto:shymega2...@gmail.com>> wrote:


Hi Guys,

Is there a minimum age limit for HantsLUG meetings? If so, could
you tell me? I am 13 if that helps.

I sincerely hope not! I'm 70, but I'm delighted to see younger 
enthusiasts at these meetings! The more, the merrier!


Chris.



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Thanks Chris! That just made my day!

I love computers and programming and I don't meet many people who share 
the same interests as me. That's why I'm going :D :D


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[Hampshire] HantsLUG Meetings Question

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Hi Guys,

Is there a minimum age limit for HantsLUG meetings? If so, could you 
tell me? I am 13 if that helps.


Cheers,
Dominic Rodriguez.


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Re: [Hampshire] USB Trackball not detected at power on

[Dominic Rodriguez]

On 05/04/12 12:58, Tony Whitmore wrote:

On 05/04/12 12:50, Dominic Rodriguez wrote:

On 05/04/12 11:59, Tony Whitmore wrote:

I suspected a hardware fault, but have bought a new trackball and it
exhibits the same problem.


Have you tried using the trackball on another system Tony? That way, we
can rule out of it is the trackball or the system.

I have tried the trackball in another system (a laptop running Ubuntu
11.04 kernel 2.6.38-12-generic) and the problem does not occur on the
laptop.

As I mentioned, I also purchased another trackball which also exhibits
the problem on my PC.

Thanks,

Tony

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Hm. It seems to me that the problem is with your PC's USB Ports to me. 
I'm assuming you have tried all available USB Ports on your system, 
please contradict me if I am mistaken. Is it at all possible to attach 
an USB Hub and see if that makes a difference?


Cheers,
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Re: [Hampshire] USB Trackball not detected at power on

[Dominic Rodriguez]

On 05/04/12 11:59, Tony Whitmore wrote:

Hi all,

I'm experiencing some weirdness with my Logitech USB trackball. I've had
it for a few years and it's worked fine. Recently, it's started not
being detected when I power on the machine. This isn't an X problem:
Nothing is shown in lsusb and nothing appears in dmesg.

If I unplug and re-plug the trackball, it works straight away. Both
Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 16 (Live CD) exhibit this behaviour. It is a
recent behaviour, nothing else has changed in the system.

The trackball is connected to the rear USB sockets of my PC. Other
devices plugged in to the rear USB sockets are not affected: USB sound
device, USB hard disks, USB graphics tablet.

I suspected a hardware fault, but have bought a new trackball and it
exhibits the same problem. There are two front USB sockets and they also
seem to exhibit the same behaviour, but less consistently.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tony

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Have you tried using the trackball on another system Tony? That way, we 
can rule out of it is the trackball or the system.


Cheers
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Re: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Chris,

Am I correct in understanding that you want a program like GUFU or
Firestarter but with location ability to change the settings depending
where you are?

This does sound like a good project to me and may be useful to new user of
Ubuntu or Linux coming from the-os-that-we-shall-not-speak-of.

I'll take a look and see if this is around or could be made.

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Re: [Hampshire] Server log viewer

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Leo

I use Logwatch which fulfills my needs.

I set it up as a cronjob and read it when I get up at last.

Works a charm.

Cheers
Dominic
On Apr 1, 2012 5:52 PM, "Leo"  wrote:

> I currently run a box with Smoothwall on it, but I'm thinking of switching
> to a debian box and setting it up myself (just as a project). The one thing
> I still have not worked out how to do yet is get easy web access
> to/visualisation of the logs. Can anyone recommend some software to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
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Re: [Hampshire] Anyone using FlightGear?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

>> Excellent - what sort of machine did you use? What sort of graphics 
card?


I used a Asus K50IJ Laptop with an Intel GMA card - Sorry don't know the 
graphic card specficlay. Will get back to you on that.

I am interested in this idea of yours - Please let me know how it goes!

Cheers,
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Re: [Hampshire] Anyone using FlightGear?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Vic

I have used FlightGear successfully before and have experinced no problems.

The joystick was a Cyborg V1 which was working okay.

If you require help, I would be delighted to help you.

Cheers
Dominic
On Mar 29, 2012 2:59 PM, "Vic"  wrote:

>
> Hi All.
>
> I have a project to put together a sit-in flight simulator, and FlightGear
> seems to have the necessary models for my needs.
>
> Does anyone use it? I've tried it out on a couple of laptops, where it was
> completely unusable.
>
> I'm looking for some recommendations of what hardware I should buy...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Vic.
>
>
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Re: [Hampshire] Is my HDD on the way out?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Ally Briggs, bearing in mind that the GRC Spinrite software requires
Windows and the OP seems to be using Linux.
The software is also shareware which may present a problem.

Regards,
Dominic Rodriguez
On Mar 26, 2012 10:42 AM, "Ally Biggs"  wrote:

>  If you can obtain the program  GRC Spinright run that on your Drive that
> will give you a idea of wether or not it's on it's way out or faulty :)
>
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> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Is my HDD on the way out?
>
> Interesting, many thanks. I will try the read test as you suggest.
>
> My current HDD was cloned from the previous similar model which exhibited
> similar systems before refusing to boot. Luckily the problems on the old
> HDD were intermittent. I managed to get both new and old HDD online via
> SystemrescueCD and used dd if= of= -
> Would that somehow "transfer" badblock info? Should I have used Clonezilla
> instead or something? The HDDs are WD Caviar Blue 500G and I have had a
> generally good experience with this brand over the likes of Maxtor, Samsung
> etc.
>
> On 25 March 2012 14:41, Simon Iremonger (lugs)  wrote:
>
> On 2012-03-24 20:53, Imran Chaudhry wrote:
> > Is my HDD on the way out? I recently observed errors such as those in
> > screenshot here, it seems to happen intermittently:
> > http://db.tt/QEQa7Pxj
> > As it is a relatively new HDD, I replaced the SATA cable just to be sure
> > and months passed with no errors until the above which happened about
> week
>
> That message *usually* happens due to read-sector errors
>  -- i.e. sectors on the disk that aren't able to read properly.
>  Of course it *could* be some interface/driver bug but I
>  don't expect so given the error and my experience.
>
> This is actually quite normal -- go read about 'grown defects'.
> I have had many cases of new-ish hard-disks with 'grown defects'
>  as well as old disks that are actually failing, etc.
>
> I used to minimize this problem a lot by doing a full read/write
>  test on new hard disks before using them.  This would have the
>  effect of causing many iffy sectors to be 'mapped out' early
>  on, rather than finding these things out later.
>
>
>
> You can *read test* your disk with a command like
>  'badblocks -vs /dev/sda' ran as root (or with sudo).
> This can be very useful to 'test' if you *currently*
>  have any unreadable sectors.  It simply reads every
>  single sector on  /dev/sda  drive.
>
> WARNING:  Do not use the  -w or -n  options if you
>  don't know what you are doing.  -w  wipes the drive!
>
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Re: [Hampshire] What dynamic DNS ?

[Dominic Rodriguez]

I personally use No-IP for DNS. It works okay and is supported in my 
Netgear DG834N.
It may be a good idea to check your ISP's firewall if they provide one 
for your internet connection. I couldn't access my SSH server until I 
realized it was blocked by PlusNet's firewall.

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Re: [Hampshire] HantsLUG Website

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Thank you for that Andy.

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[Hampshire] HantsLUG Website

[Dominic Rodriguez]

Hi,

I was wondering why I can't access the HantsLUG website. It's been like
this for a couple of days now.

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