Re: Just an idea...
On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 20:18 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:40:08 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > Indeed it does, but would it not be a better idea to create a program > > which helped people improve their language and reeading skills, > > instead of creating a program which only made the unix command line > > environment available to the linguistically challenged. > > > > A much better use of the letters I and E - Illiteracy Exterminator > > than the more usual one. > > > ... Where did that come from? I'm not talking about people who are lazy > in their spelling, I'm talking about those who think in heavily visual terms. > > Trust me on this point, I know a couple who are very technically minded > but can not cope with a system that is built around language. > > > i.e. A visual shell? > > > I'm pretty sure that I've seen that term used in a broader sense. > Actually, I have that problem with my wife. She is almost entirely visual and to teach her anything with a computer is completely frustrating. A visual shell would be a godsend. Cheers Chris T
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 12:21 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 11:57 +1200, chris wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 11:45 +1200, Craig Falconer wrote: > > > chris wrote, On 06/23/2010 07:52 PM: > > > A final solution is to just use remote X and a headless box. I know that > 10.04 seems to have destroyed that option for some reason... > I had no problems with this set up until 10.4, which is why it bit me. > X :1 -query > > then Ctrl-Alt-F8 and ..F7 to swap displays was so simple in a pure *nix > environment. > Uhm that would be nice, but I do need to dual boot one of the machines into another operating system. (Being discreet here) > vnc is also another alternative. I do have a KVM switch lying around, > but it's analog... > is that an advantage or a disadvantage, would be willing to try it Cheers Chris > Cheers, > > > Steve > >
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 11:45 +1200, Craig Falconer wrote: > chris wrote, On 06/23/2010 07:52 PM: > >As I needed to keep SWMBO happy I uncoupled the box from my KVM switch > > and set it up with the Viewsonic as a standalone system. > ... > > Bingo, it picked up the monitor and the edid information and immediately > switch. Novaview and Rextron ones work well. > > A four port PS2 switch with OSD is about $200+ > A four port USB switch with OSD is about $220+ > 2 port ones are available, but they don't do OSD or chaining. > completely - probably quite similar costs. > > Hi Craig, what I actually did, was follow an x-org template sent by Aaron (I think) and add the preferred mode into that, so it is now working fine through the switch. Just for your info, there were two issues. One was a flaky hard drive which I have consigned >null The other the Kvm switch. Also on the ubuntu forum =technical support, a number of heads have popped up with the same kvm issue, or looking for solutions. I need to read man xorg and work out how to include a driver section to finish the whole thing off. However for now working and nearly completely resolved. And SWMBO is happy. On a personal note, how is the land rover? We are still wandering around the landscape Cheers Chris Thomas
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 00:48 +1200, aaron wrote: > i think something like this: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "DVI-0" # or whatever yours is > Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" > EndSection Many thanks, I shall try that today. get back to you regards Chris T
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 17:38 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 17:15 +1200, chris wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 20:06 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM, chris wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 19:29 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > On 18 June 2010 19:17, Nick Rout wrote: > > > >> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, chris wrote: > > > > > >> >> most of the X ugliness is revealed in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > > >> >> > > > >> > > > > >> > http://amlc.berlios.de/ > > > >> > > > > >> > It just works. > > > >> > > > >> IME not always. In fact there must be a change in X if it is not > > > >> working now and did in a previous edition. > > > >> > > > >> Look for the wrong/non existent edid in the log file. > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data > > > > After following the suggestions offered, I downloaded -compiled the > > script, which worked and gave me new modes etc. > > > > However, there is no edid information in the xorg.log files. > > Also in the >preferences>monitor gui, it only offers Default monitor, > > and all other options greyed out. > > > > I have after some work obtained the edid information for this monitor, a > > Viewsonic wms wide 22". I used the viewsonic edid.exe program on the XP > > partition of this box to obtain the edid information. (As an aside, this > > programme will not run under Vista);but I am stuck at this point as to > > how to get it into the system. > > > > Also, just to check there is not a hardware issue, I installed Linux > > mint 10, into am Asus p4, that I have hanging around. Same result, and > > the same limited resolutions. > > > > Further suggestions more than gratefully appreciated, as my 70 year old > > brain is nearly at its limit. > > > > (Moans, Oh why could I not have stayed with CPM?) > > regards Chris T > > > > > > > > > I haven't got anything at all in my xorg config ( 10.04 ). I used to, > when 1400x1050 was a weird size, but that was years ago. Do you have a > VX2233wm? If so, that's a native 1920x1080 resolution. As long as you're > talking to it digitally it should just work. > > Are you using the proprietary drivers? I must admit to doing so, but I > stick with nVidia these days... > > http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Lucid_Installation_Guide > provides a fair overview of all the available options. It contains the > line > > "By default there is no configuration file (xorg.conf) for X anymore, so > X will try to do the right thing." > > so it must be offering a simpler solution! > > I'd go the propietary fglrx driver route, hopefully just selecting the > ATI accelerated graphics driver via the Restricted Driver Manager. > > Good luck (: > > Steve > Hi Steve, Further update. The monitor is a 2235wm, and for some reason I am under the impression that the native mode is 1680x 1050. However,because of a couple of other matters that weren't right I pulled the hard drive, which was suspect and getting very hot:-(, and did a complete reinstall of 10.04 using a new 160gb drive. As I needed to keep SWMBO happy I uncoupled the box from my KVM switch and set it up with the Viewsonic as a standalone system. (Boy am I learning things the hard way)! Bingo, it picked up the monitor and the edid information and immediately settled onto the 1680x1050 resolution. Also in the gui, it shows the full range of resolutions, and the monitor name etc. So the problem apparently is the KVM switch. (which has not been an issue up until this release). Question now is How can I set this as the default resolution so it will choose it when I boot up using the KVM? The only thing I can think of is to set up and xorg.conf> Any ideas? I will however download the fglrx driver and install that. An overnight job by modem. Also the hardware drivers gui, does not show any drivers when you activate it. It just says " no propriety drivers on this system". Idea's? cheers chris t
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 20:06 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM, chris wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 19:29 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell > >> wrote: > >> > On 18 June 2010 19:17, Nick Rout wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, chris wrote: > >> >> most of the X ugliness is revealed in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> >> > >> > > >> > http://amlc.berlios.de/ > >> > > >> > It just works. > >> > >> IME not always. In fact there must be a change in X if it is not > >> working now and did in a previous edition. > >> > >> Look for the wrong/non existent edid in the log file. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data After following the suggestions offered, I downloaded -compiled the script, which worked and gave me new modes etc. However, there is no edid information in the xorg.log files. Also in the >preferences>monitor gui, it only offers Default monitor, and all other options greyed out. I have after some work obtained the edid information for this monitor, a Viewsonic wms wide 22". I used the viewsonic edid.exe program on the XP partition of this box to obtain the edid information. (As an aside, this programme will not run under Vista);but I am stuck at this point as to how to get it into the system. Also, just to check there is not a hardware issue, I installed Linux mint 10, into am Asus p4, that I have hanging around. Same result, and the same limited resolutions. Further suggestions more than gratefully appreciated, as my 70 year old brain is nearly at its limit. (Moans, Oh why could I not have stayed with CPM?) regards Chris T
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 20:06 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM, chris wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 19:29 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell > >> wrote: > >> > On 18 June 2010 19:17, Nick Rout wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, chris wrote: > >> >>> Greetings Clugers, > > > >> >> > >> >> most of the X ugliness is revealed in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> >> > >> > > >> > http://amlc.berlios.de/ > >> > > >> > It just works. > >> > >> IME not always. In fact there must be a change in X if it is not > >> working now and did in a previous edition. > >> > >> Look for the wrong/non existent edid in the log file. > > > > edid? excuse my ignorance > > can you elaborate please > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data Thank you Nick I will look it up immediately regards Chris T
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 19:23 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On 18 June 2010 19:17, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, chris wrote: > >> Greetings Clugers, ,snip> > > http://amlc.berlios.de/ > > It just works. > Thanks will let you know how I get on regards Chris T
Re: resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 19:29 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell > wrote: > > On 18 June 2010 19:17, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, chris wrote: > >>> Greetings Clugers, > >> > >> most of the X ugliness is revealed in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> > > > > http://amlc.berlios.de/ > > > > It just works. > > IME not always. In fact there must be a change in X if it is not > working now and did in a previous edition. > > Look for the wrong/non existent edid in the log file. edid? excuse my ignorance can you elaborate please
resolution Problem Ubuntu 10.4
Greetings Clugers, I am hopeful someone on the list can assist me with this issue. Hardware HP Workstation P4 Video Card Sapphire Radeon x300se Viewsonic led Monitor native resolution 1600x1200 Under Ubuntu 8.04 I had no graphics issues at all, running the ati radeon opensource driver resolution 1600x1200. Since I Upgraded to 10.4 I can only get 1200x1048 on the Viewsonic monitor. However If I plug in my old Sony I can choose 1600x1200. I spent hours reconfiguring xorg reading the man pages for xorg, and xrandr, all to no avail. Also googled extensively with out any workable answers Any help greatly appreciated Regards Chris T
Re: Kiwi Online
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 14:33 +0300, max podolian wrote: > Thanks everyone for answers. > > > I gave up on winmodems years ago, and use an old dynalink 56k > external, > > with a usb to serial connector set up as /dev/ttyUSB0 > > Did you have any problems with establishing connection using that > modem? Any extra drivers? Because I'm thinking of buying usb-modem, if > nothing will help. I have never had a problem with this set up. However, it is not a usb modem. It is a serial dynalink 56k connected through a usb 2 serial cable. This set up has worked with a several 56k modems, including Diamond Dynalink, usrobetics, and so on. The drivers are included in the kernel, however not all usb2serial connectors seem to work. The last one I purchased from Dick Smith was not compatible with Ubuntu. Trick is to take the laptop and modem with you and test it before you buy. Gnome ppp can detect the modem as /dev/ttyUSB0 if the cable is compatible. Cheers Chris T
Re: Kiwi Online
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 01:31 +1200, MafiaGeek wrote: > Get a adsl connection with a switch/router. you will find Linux so much > easier. as we all know win modems are pain to get working. > > On 14/06/2010 11:53 p.m., max podolian wrote: > > Hello, everyone. > > I have problem with establishing dial-up connection on Ubuntu 10.04. > > My ISP is Kiwi Online. > > I use SLMODEMD_gcc4.4_alsa1.0.20 as driver and wvdial to dial. Here is > > wvdial.conf: > > > > [Dialer Defaults] > > Init1 = ATZ > > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0&C1&D2 +FCLASS=0 +MS=34 > > Modem Type = Analog Modem > > Baud = 460800 > > New PPPD = yes > > Modem = /dev/ttySL0 If you are using the internal winmodem with that driver, it is normally /dev/modem or on one machine I used it was /dev/ttyS0 Hope this helps I gave up on winmodems years ago, and use an old dynalink 56k external, with a usb to serial connector set up as /dev/ttyUSB0 cheers Chris T
Re: Is there such a distro?
> Do you use Arch yourself? > And if so, for how long? Long time listener, etc... I've used it for at least a year on my eee 701. I run minimal install with no window manager. Openbox with manual 'startx', and all programs on keybinds, with feh to set background, conky and htop/ntop for stats. Uptime shows ~18s with everything going, and boots into ~45meg of ram. It takes a good day to install if you haven't used /etc/rc.* files before, and weeks of occasional tinkering, but the customise is worth the effort. Arch makes no assumptions. It forces you to custom build for your environment, and it pays off. My 900mhz (underclocked to 630mhz by factory default), boots fast, performs fast (considered package selection helps also (ie. abiword/gnumeric over openoffice, or kazehakase/midori/some chromium variant over firefox). It does whatever you build it to do, and gives incredible satisfaction from that. Pacman (package management) is a tar.gz package manager written in C. It's fast, and a very shallow learning curve away from apt-get for the average ubuntu user. The rolling release model is a trade-off for stability (I use debian lenny on my server), but not installing fresh or having to deal with an apt-get dist-upgrade is nice (perhaps it has improved since I've used it, but a system upgrade will always be messy). It's made command line fun for me. And being able to use vi, at least a little bit, definitely helps on a foreign system, or when you don't have a display or a mouse... -- Chris Darby
Re: Is there such a distro?
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 17:19 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Christopher Sawtell > wrote: > > On 29 May 2010 16:41, Nick Rout wrote: > > Only in the context of LinHES, but I have been following the forums > and so forth and thinking about giving it a go on my laptop. If you do, would appreciate an email on how it works, issues etc. Pretty near had Ubuntu Cheers Chris T
Re: Is there such a distro?
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 14:38 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:44:11 you wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 13:02 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > > I just want a very generic distro. > > > > Whay do you mean? I'd've called most of those you mentioned 'generic', > > as opposed to - say - myth, voyage, etc. > > > A distro aiming at as few surprises as possible. > Most of what I have mentioned are relatively generic but all > have some surprises. Fedora has become particularly annoying > to upgrade and Ubuntu tries to prevent serious tinkering etc, etc. Amen cheers Chris T
Re: Is there such a distro?
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 13:02 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > Are there any desktop centered distros whose primary aim is to have as few > surprises as possible for people who are already accustomed to Linux? > > So far all of the distros I have seen (old Knoppix, Red Hat, Linspire, > Ubuntu, > Fedora, Kubuntu, Slackware, Mandriva, Open Suse, Gentoo, Debian and a few > others that I have tried for an afternoon or so) have had some other primary > goal. > > I just want a very generic distro. > > > P.S: If anyone with the resources wants to start up such a distro I'm willing > to help. Debian stable, or PC linux os, or "run a google for roll your own Linux. Sorry can not remember the url Cheeers the kiwi
Re: laptop recommendations pls
n Tue, 2010-05-04 at 11:34 +1200, Rik Tindall wrote: > Hi all, > > A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux > compatibility the prime requisite (0): > > 1. Economy - can be new / 'on special' or ex-lease. > > 2. Wireless that goes (bluetooth too? - have yet to cross that bridge). > > 3. Infrared - because that's how I connect my cellphone, having not got > bluetooth functioning yet (on my preferred Ubuntu desktop - whereas I > did have bluetooth going on Kubuntu or Mepis once four years or so ago). > > 4. Low data quantity needs mean that any other modern hardware spec will > probably suit ok. > > All advice welcome. > > Kia ora, good to be back > > ~/rik I have had good results with the hp range. At the moment amusing an hp8730w which has worked very well. Did need to replace the power block, under warranty Bluetooth/wirless etc work well. Also running an external modem via a usb/serial connector no issues. This has worked on Ubuntu 8.04 through to 9.04. Have problems using dial-up with 9.10 and 10.04 Regards Chris T Cheers Chris T
Re: Workshop Weds 7.30pm
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 10:40 +1200, Rik Tindall wrote: > On 01/05/10 10:09, chris wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:21 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > >> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM, chris wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:43 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote: > >>> > > Am busy googling "Ubuntu dial-up ppp" to find it for you, but better if > I duck back to my 8.04 bookmarks for it and repost. ... > > Good luck, Rik Thank you for the reply, I have at the moment reverted back to 8,04, in which I have dial-up working. With 10.04 I have done everything that I used in 8.04, but have not been able to get dial-up working. I borrowed a friends broadband, and downloaded and installed wvdial/gnome ppp etc made sure the groups dip: dialout were present, and that my username was a member. Edit ppp/options adding replace default route. This all worked in 8.04, but I cannot get it to work in 10.04 Have googled just about everything on the net, but most of it is out of date, or offer solutions that don't work. Any ideas? regards Chris T
Re: Workshop Weds 7.30pm
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:21 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM, chris wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:43 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote: > >> On Sat, 01 May 2010 05:33:45 chris wrote: > >> > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:57 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > >> > > On 29/04/10 17:47, Rik Tindall wrote: > >> > > > Ubuntu is the default distro used, and release 10.04 LTS is just a > >> > > > number of hours away, so we may get to check this out next Weds: > >> > > > >> > > I've been "checking it out" (the RC version) first on a VM and now on > >> > > my > >> > > main PC - I like it. > >> > > > >> > > Rob > >> > > >> > So do I, but I have not found anyway of getting dialup to work on it. > >> > > >> > Any ideas greatly received > >> > regards Chris T > >> > >> Use KDE and KPPP. > >> > > Tried that, but no luck. Also I have been using the gnome desktop. > > The problem seems to in the be configuration somewhere. > > I actually can dial out using ppp, and connect to my isp, but get no > > further. > > At that point my knowledge is insufficient. > > Works very well on wireless using the local libarary's Aotea network > > All help gratefully received > > regards Chris T > > usual networking diagnostics before and after it connects. ping, > route, traceroute, resolv.conf etc. Thanks will try those and see how far I get regards Chris T
Re: Workshop Weds 7.30pm
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:43 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote: > On Sat, 01 May 2010 05:33:45 chris wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:57 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > > > On 29/04/10 17:47, Rik Tindall wrote: > > > > Ubuntu is the default distro used, and release 10.04 LTS is just a > > > > number of hours away, so we may get to check this out next Weds: > > > > > > I've been "checking it out" (the RC version) first on a VM and now on my > > > main PC - I like it. > > > > > > Rob > > > > So do I, but I have not found anyway of getting dialup to work on it. > > > > Any ideas greatly received > > regards Chris T > > Use KDE and KPPP. > Tried that, but no luck. Also I have been using the gnome desktop. The problem seems to in the be configuration somewhere. I actually can dial out using ppp, and connect to my isp, but get no further. At that point my knowledge is insufficient. Works very well on wireless using the local libarary's Aotea network All help gratefully received regards Chris T
Re: Workshop Weds 7.30pm
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:57 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > On 29/04/10 17:47, Rik Tindall wrote: > > Ubuntu is the default distro used, and release 10.04 LTS is just a > > number of hours away, so we may get to check this out next Weds: > I've been "checking it out" (the RC version) first on a VM and now on my > main PC - I like it. > > Rob So do I, but I have not found anyway of getting dialup to work on it. Any ideas greatly received regards Chris T
Re: serious X problem
On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 14:54 +1200, yuri wrote: > Currently downloading PClinuxOS 2010. > The best Mandrivative around. > > Barry, would you like to try it? It has all the Mandriva goodness and > none of the toxins :-) > > Yuri Is that the version that has all the codecs include from the start? regards Chris T
Ditto: OT: Free external 56k modem
I too have a modem free to a good home. It's a Dynalink e-modem (1456VQE-C). Complete, in original box. Please contact me off-list if you want it. Cheers, Chris
Re: OT: Telecom Proxy servers?
On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 00:51 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > a different one of Telstra's proxies handled the traffic. Haven't seen > that one in years though - either websites have changed, or Telstra got > their act together and don't rotate the server-side IP of their > proxy(ies) so often. It's more likely that they changed to a transproxy that represents the users IP.
Re: Recommendations for Linux hosting companies
My picks: Rackspace.com - If you're serious. I've got a number of 'cloud' virtual Linux machines with them for my own projects, and a 30U of colo kit for my real job. I've always had excellent service from them, including during some DR situations, and they have yet to disappoint me on any count. Bluehost.com - cpanel based bulk shared hosting. Cheap, no data caps, pretty good service, although I have had some unexplained outages in the last 6 months, they come online again quickly. I have 25 domains with them, customers and my own, under four accounts. Support is good, but I think they might be spread a little thin out of US 9-5 hours. kiwiwebhost.co.nz - budget shared hosting that's local. Cpanel based on Linux. I was with them until I shifted to Bluehost because I started hosting a photo archive and needed more space and bandwidth than I could get locally at a reasonable cost. Cheers, Me. On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 21:04 +1300, Solor Vox wrote: > Hi guys, > > My apologizes if this has been asked before. I'm in search of > recommendations for a Linux hosting company where I can park/buy a > domain. I plan on using the domain mostly for email and maybe a wee > personal web site. Virtual private servers are great, UML/xen/etc, > but often a bit expensive. Shared hosting would be second choice, and > last choice would be "managed services." > > Of course google returns heaps of them, what I'm looking for is input > from those of you who have good or bad experiences and which ones to > avoid. > > Cheers, > sV
Re: Completely Offtopic: Any recommendations for computer technicians in Rangiora?
On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 14:03 +1300, steve wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 13:45 +1300, Kerry Mayes wrote: > > My brother in law has recently used two locals out there and I > > wouldn't recommend either of them. Both were quite pricey for > > incredibly simple things. ($200+ to remove Norton anti virus and > > install a replacement.) Sorry, don't know either's name. > > > > Kerry. > ... I'll drive out from Diamond Harbour for that! > > Steve I live in Nth Canterbury, and I would have to endorse Steve's remarks. cheers Chris T
Re: Netbook recommendations?
Roy Britten wrote: So, I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket and I'm quite keen on getting a netbook / small formfactor notebook. The big box retailers seem to have Acer Aspire Ones and some HP thing on the shelves. I've heard less than complimentary things said about HP's laptops and I'd prefer to stay away from them. Would you care to recommend anywhere I should consider buying from and any hardware I should consider? My preferences are for something that works with Linux out of the box, reasonable RAM and excellent battery life. I'll most likely be removing any OS provided and replacing with some flavour of Linux. An OS-free netbook seems to be hard to find but would be preferred. Commercial touting happily accepted, but might be better offlist. Cheers, Roy. I've just taken delivery of a Dell 11z and have to report that I am very happy with, small enough, light, good looking ,sharp sceen, full size keypad, good battery life (>3Hrs 3cell, > 6Hrs 6cell) and I cant find any of the hardware that isn't working out of the box with Kubuntu 9.10. Goes faster than I a would expect given the specs and all up will be the best laptop I have owned at any size and any price! With Koala installed it makes a very slick little system ! Chris
power board issue
Recently installed a version of Ubuntu as a dual boot system. The mobo is an FC, with a 145 watt power supply. Phillips 25 inch monitor. Problem is this. The computer and monitor work correctly when plugged directly into the wall socket. However, if plugged into a power board, they will not boot. If a dlink 56k modem using a 12 volt power pack is plugged into the power board, again it wont power up. The same power board will run a 2000 watt heater with no issues. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Regards and a good festive season to you all Chris T
Re: Wireless car in Christchurch?
Hot spotting for leaky wireless networks? Some councils have been doing that up north Cheers Chris T On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 12:14 +1300, Craig Falconer wrote: > Does anyone know anything about a blue Nissan TIIDA with the licence > plate ETS847 ? > > I've seen it twice now, driving around Christchurch. > > The odd thing is, its got about five wireless ethernet aerials on the > roof, and its been going up and down random side streets. > > Its not a google car - there's no pole mounted camera or anything, and I > didn't get close enough to see the driver or any gear inside. > > I'm curious enough to order the carjam report and see who owns it. > Anyone know any more than that? > >
Re: virtualbox - virtual screen size adjustment?
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 02:52 +, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Chevhq Car wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > the only way i have found to dothis under vb. is to reduce the resolution > > "reduce the resolution" - in what? > If the guest iso is installed, then VB will allow me to choose a screen resolution that fits the monitor size. ie right click, choose properties settings etc seems to work under both windows and Linux for me cheers Chris T
Re: New CPU and M/Board
Hadley Rich wrote: > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > IMHO if you want an intel processor go for an intel chipset, they are > > > very well supported. Couple that with a nVidia grahics card and you > > > get the advantages of accelerated hardware for video playback. > > I'd have to agree with Nick on the Intel CPU and chipset, and either > Intel or NVidia graphics. > > > Vik Olliver wrote: > > I'd say go for an Intel rather than an Nvidia. No end of grief with > > Nvidia drivers under Ubuntu. > > I've not had problems with the Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu myself. > > hads I had thought my FX5600 card just wasn't up to extra effects but in the process of trouble-shooting kernal panics I installed Ubuntu on a spare drive and after answering a couple of questions I had wobbly windows. I had gone around in circles trying to get effects on Mepis. Chris
Re: New CPU and M/Board
>Depends rather that you're looking to do. I think the core duo's are a >better vfm at the moment, but haven't looked for 6 months or so. >That's what I got... a low powered quad core to run plenty of VM's upon. >Cheers, Steve Nothing too taxing; a bit of video editing off the camcorder and audio conversion would be the worst. The machine is the main household one. It's a bit like buying tyres. You pay no attention to what's around until you fail a WOF. Then there's way too much choice. Cheers, Chris
New CPU and M/Board
Hi, Is there any combination I should steer clear off regarding Linux compatibility? My current Athlon/ASUS combination has played well for seven years but five leaking capacitors has finally done it in. I am leaning towards a dual-core Phenom II and sticking with a MB with Nvidia chipset. Should I be leaning some other way. Cheers, Chris
Re: Where does this functionality come from?
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 15:21 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > In ubuntu if i type an uninstalled command that the system 'knows' > about, I get told what package to install, eg > > n...@media:~$ sensors > The program 'sensors' is currently not installed. You can install it by > typing: > sudo apt-get install lm-sensors > bash: sensors: command not found > n...@media:~$ rubbish > bash: rubbish: command not found > > Where is this coming from? A bash extension? A re-written bash? Good point. Have you checked the Ubuntu website? The new release 9.10 I understand will be available Friday our time regards Chris T
Re: SMTP Problem - Resolved
It appears I partly fixed this issue during last nights discussions without realising it. Checking the Opera log this afternoon showed the error message had changed to: 503 5.5.1 Error: authentication not enabled Last night I replaced the /etc/hosts file with 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 veyron.local veyron so that fixed the initial problem but introduced another. So I retraced everything I had changed or turned on/off. Turns out I had forgotten to turn off SMTP authentication; my ISP does not require it. Normal transmission has been resumed. I checked Steve's link to FQDN and could find no trace of any entry in any .ini file. Turns out on more recent versions, if there is no entry Opera automatically detects it. I am not sure however how/why the hosts file got mangled. Thanks for your help guys. Cheers, Chris
Re: SMTP Problem
was rumoured to say: >As I can't even talk to smtp.wxnz.net, it's looking only to a restricted >IP list, which includes yours. However, it seems to think that you're not >authorised to send mail... do you need to provide any extra authentication, >like logging in??? I am required to login to receive but not send (I have tried but it made no difference). Cheers, Chris
Re: SMTP Problem
was rumoured to say: >Can you try to set up a mail to yourself the hard way using telnet... >telnet ananke.wxnz.net 25 >ehlo localhost >mail from: 9...@xnet.co.nz >rcpt to: 9...@xnet.co.nz >quit >Can you post the responses to the above commands?? ~$ telnet ananke.wxnz.net 25 Trying 58.28.4.122... Connected to ananke.wxnz.net. Escape character is '^]'. 220 ananke.wxnz.net ESMTP Postfix ehlo localhost 250-ananke.wxnz.net 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 14619200 250-ETRN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN mail from: 9...@xnet.co.nz 250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to: 9...@xnet.co.nz 554 5.7.1 : Helo command rejected: You are not me quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.
Re: SMTP Problem
was rumoured to say: >What do you have in /etc/hosts for localhost and ananke.wxnz.net? /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 veyron 127.0.0.1 veyron.local # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts Cheers, Chris
SMTP Problem
Out of the blue my mail client (Opera) has stopped sending messages. I did a clean install of Mepis 8.0.1 and Opera 10 and sending just stopped. Receiving messages is fine and sending via another client (KMail) is fine so it is not the ports or firewall stopping things. My ISP say they do not require authentication to send messages. A log of an outgoing connection reveals: 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : Connecting... 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : 220 ananke.wxnz.net ESMTP Postfix 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : EHLO localhost 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : 250-ananke.wxnz.net 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 14619200 250-ETRN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : MAIL FROM:<9...@xnet.co.nz> 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : 250 2.1.0 Ok 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : RCPT TO: 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : 554 5.7.1 : Helo command rejected: You are not me 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : RSET 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : 250 2.0.0 Ok 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : QUIT 18/09/2009 13:30:07 SMTP IN : 221 2.0.0 Bye 18/09/2009 13:30:07 SMTP IN : Disconnected Everything appears in order except the obvious: "554 5.7.1 : Helo command rejected: You are not me" Who do I need to be and where might I put it?? Everything in my Opera account, prefs and .ini files appear to be in order (compared to a backup). Cheers, Chris
Re: PHP documentation
If you're a debian/ubuntu user manually install the phpdoc package from sarge ? Roy Britten wrote: I'm working on a PHP app running on a server running an older version of PHP (4.1.something IIRC). My google foo has failed me and I can't locate PHP documentation for anything but the latest release. Does the list's collective wisdom know where copies of the PHP documentation for older versions can be found? Manually filtering out everything "since 5.x" is a trial. Thanks, Roy.
OT (ish): Crash test dummies...
Hurro folks, I'm looking for some crash-test dummies to test a website of sorts. It's a link-shrinker/bookmarking service. There is no point, it's a 'because I can' project that I started ages ago and got keep about recently. Ideally testers would be people who are into twitter, facebook etc, but anyone who's curious will do.. Drop me an email off list and I'll create a login for you, first in, first served, I'm looking for about 20 testers... (it's lngz.org for anyone who just wants to look, it's no secret...) Oh, and the website is all FOSS based, so it almost fits the clug mandate. :-) Cheers, Me.
Re: Maybe OT - printing aerial photos
I like that one! Can I use it too? cheers Chris > Link to linux? Lets put it this way, I don't want an IE solution :) > > Nick.
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
Do you have another disk with system files on it that you can use as a boot disk? On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 02:51 -0400, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > On 22/08/2009, Col wrote: > > Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > >> For the last couple of months I have had both a SATA disk and an IDE disk > >> working. > >> The two things that I did last night that were a little unusual are > >> downloading a more recent kernel and using ktorrent. > >> Aside from my boot partition on the SATA disk I'm using ext4. > >> > > > > A while back my system stopped booting after a kernel upgrade ( at > > around 2.6.25ish ). I was also using a mixture of sata & pata drives. It > > turned out that the new kernel would detect the drives in the opposite > > order ( ie: sda was now sdb ) while grub detected then as it always had. > > > > I did a work around by editing grub.conf and fstab to match. > > Now I only have sata drives. > > The problem is that it isn't getting as far as the boot loader. > I have tried the suggested edit but it hasn't done anything.
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
Only too true!!! Chris On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 15:32 +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM, chris wrote: > <> > however it doesn't rule out things like a flaky northbridge > etc. > swap things around and see > > > It also doesn't rule out "You got a power spike that cooked your > hard-drives" > > May not seem likely that 2 hard drives would go out, but humans are > bad at accounting for uncertanty > > -- > Kent > > perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA nocomil.i...@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, > 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" > > http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
sorry! replied to the wrong person Cheers Chris T On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 13:53 +1200, Col wrote: > Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > For the last couple of months I have had both a SATA disk and an IDE disk > > working. > > The two things that I did last night that were a little unusual are > > downloading a more recent kernel and using ktorrent. > > Aside from my boot partition on the SATA disk I'm using ext4. > > > > A while back my system stopped booting after a kernel upgrade ( at > around 2.6.25ish ). I was also using a mixture of sata & pata drives. It > turned out that the new kernel would detect the drives in the opposite > order ( ie: sda was now sdb ) while grub detected then as it always had. > > I did a work around by editing grub.conf and fstab to match. > Now I only have sata drives. > > > > Col.
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
What version of nix are you using? You must have an ide header for your cd to work. I could be wrong but most mobos are still using ide for cd/dvd. Can you boot into a previous kernel? Can you boot from your cd using a nix distribution disk, then check to see if grub is not corrupted etc? Also check that menu.lst is configured correctly for the new kernel Cheers Chris On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 13:53 +1200, Col wrote: > Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > For the last couple of months I have had both a SATA disk and an IDE disk > > working. > > The two things that I did last night that were a little unusual are > > downloading a more recent kernel and using ktorrent. > > Aside from my boot partition on the SATA disk I'm using ext4. > > > > A while back my system stopped booting after a kernel upgrade ( at > around 2.6.25ish ). I was also using a mixture of sata & pata drives. It > turned out that the new kernel would detect the drives in the opposite > order ( ie: sda was now sdb ) while grub detected then as it always had. > > I did a work around by editing grub.conf and fstab to match. > Now I only have sata drives. > > > > Col.
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
the mobo header is the point where the cable to the drives plugs into the mobo. If you have a spare drive with a boot partition on it, then you can plug it into the appropriate header and see if the system boots from the drive. You said earlier that it was booting from a cd, so that would indicate that the mobo is ok, however I would still test the stat headers with another drive. If the system boots, then it is an indication it could be a software software issue. however it doesn't rule out things like a flaky northbridge etc. swap things around and see Cheers Chris T On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 01:35 +, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > > 2009/8/23 chris > Can you test either header using another boot disk? > that way you can eliminate mobo, and start looking into > software > > Once I find out what you mean by header, yes. > Hardware has never been my strong point. > >
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
Can you test either header using another boot disk? that way you can eliminate mobo, and start looking into software Cheers Chris T On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 19:57 -0400, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > For the last couple of months I have had both a SATA disk and an IDE disk > working. > The two things that I did last night that were a little unusual are > downloading a more recent kernel and using ktorrent. > Aside from my boot partition on the SATA disk I'm using ext4. > > On 22/08/2009, chris wrote: > > Yes. > > The dvd/cd are on a separate ide motherboard header from the hard > > drives. > > This would suggest that there is a problem with the hard drives and or > > hard drive header which on modern boards is Sata not ide > > Cheers Chris T > > On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 18:33 -0400, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > >> Since this morning I have been unable to boot from either of my hard > >> disks. > >> When I attempt to the BIOS seems to crash. > >> > >> Has anyone seen this before? > > > >
Re: Motherboard will only boot from CD/DVD drive
Yes. The dvd/cd are on a separate ide motherboard header from the hard drives. This would suggest that there is a problem with the hard drives and or hard drive header which on modern boards is Sata not ide Cheers Chris T On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 18:33 -0400, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > Since this morning I have been unable to boot from either of my hard disks. > When I attempt to the BIOS seems to crash. > > Has anyone seen this before?
Re: Keyboard no longer working after login
System>preferences > keyboard. Cheers Chris T On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 11:17 +1200, ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: > Hi All, > > I think one of my kids has played with some settings somewhere, after I > login on my kubuntu 9.04 machine I can no longer use my keyboard. This > only affects my login and is still usable to login so it's def. not a > borked keyboard. > > Any ideas on what they might have done? > > Kerry >
Re: Success with Bluetooth
Glad it is working for you.
I have found it pays to be a little cautious with some of the advice
from the Ubuntu forums.
I have no proof of this, but rumours abound of trolls posting misleading
information at the behest of some other operating systems.
Craig, thanks for your comments. I'll have a little poke around there
and see what I can learn
regards
Chris T
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 21:39 +1200, Dave G wrote:
> Many thanks
>
> I had another go at after removing all the extra stuff I had added at
> the bottom /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf and I'm pleased to say it
> worked fine
>
> (that turned out to be bogus for Jaunty)
>
> many thanks
>
> dave
>
> 2009/7/27 Craig Falconer
> It's entirely commented out by the # at the start of the line.
> You need to look elsewhere, or its all dynamically handled by
> udev or hotswap or some other daemon.
>
>
> chris wrote, On 27/07/09 16:10:
>
>
> Hi,
> here is the etc file
> #
> # RFCOMM configuration file.
> #
>
> #rfcomm0 {
> # # Automatically bind the device at startup
> # bind no;
> #
> # # Bluetooth address of the device
> # device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> #
> # # RFCOMM channel for the connection
> # channel 1;
> #
> # # Description of the connection
> # comment "Example Bluetooth device";
> #}
>
>
>
> No, I just plugged it in and it went.
> Didn't follow any guides at all.
>
> A friend from Dunedin was visiting with an early HP
> laptop, and I
> bluetoothed files over to his beast (running 8.04 I
> think) no problems.
> Haven't tried it from windows however.
> I notice our rf files are identical.
> Could there be an issue with your usb port?
>
> Hope the file helps
> Cheers Chris
> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 12:58 +1200, Dave G wrote:
> Chris
>
> did you use any particular guide to set it up?
>
> I've tried varios goodled options including:
>
>
> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/742/howto-bluetooth/ &
>
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368069&page=1 &
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=712968&highlight=gps
> +bluetooth
>
> and also could you post
> your /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf file?
>
> mine looks like this (and works well on
> Interpid)
> #
> # RFCOMM configuration file.
> #
>
> #rfcomm0 {
> ## Automatically bind the device at
> startup
> #bind no;
> #
> ## Bluetooth address of the device
> #device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> #
> ## RFCOMM channel for the connection
> #channel1;
> #
> ## Description of the connection
> #comment "Example Bluetooth device";
> #}
> rfcomm4 {
> bind yes;
> device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> channel 1;
> #comment "Holux M-241";
> }
>
> cheersdave
>
>
>
> 2009/7/27 chris
> Hi,
>I have it working in Intrepid
Re: Success with Bluetooth
Hi,
here is the etc file
#
# RFCOMM configuration file.
#
#rfcomm0 {
# # Automatically bind the device at startup
# bind no;
#
# # Bluetooth address of the device
# device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
#
# # RFCOMM channel for the connection
# channel 1;
#
# # Description of the connection
# comment "Example Bluetooth device";
#}
No, I just plugged it in and it went.
Didn't follow any guides at all.
A friend from Dunedin was visiting with an early HP laptop, and I
bluetoothed files over to his beast (running 8.04 I think) no problems.
Haven't tried it from windows however.
I notice our rf files are identical.
Could there be an issue with your usb port?
Hope the file helps
Cheers Chris
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 12:58 +1200, Dave G wrote:
> Chris
>
> did you use any particular guide to set it up?
>
> I've tried varios goodled options including:
>
> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/742/howto-bluetooth/ &
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368069&page=1 &
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=712968&highlight=gps
> +bluetooth
>
> and also could you post your /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf file?
>
> mine looks like this (and works well on Interpid)
> #
> # RFCOMM configuration file.
> #
>
> #rfcomm0 {
> ## Automatically bind the device at startup
> #bind no;
> #
> ## Bluetooth address of the device
> #device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> #
> ## RFCOMM channel for the connection
> #channel1;
> #
> ## Description of the connection
> #comment "Example Bluetooth device";
> #}
> rfcomm4 {
> bind yes;
> device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> channel 1;
> #comment "Holux M-241";
> }
>
> cheersdave
>
>
>
> 2009/7/27 chris
> Hi,
> I have it working in Intrepid 9.04 no problems, and have used
> it to
> exchange files with 8.04, and my laptop which is intrepid.
> All the hardware is HP if that helps
> regards Chris Thimas
>
> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 11:50 +1200, Dave G wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I bought one of the bluetooth dongles that Stephen referred
> to and
> > after a bit more experimenting I can confirm that it appears
> to
> > behave
> > the same ( and has the same chipset as the dearer Jaycar
> model)
> >
> > The bad news is that despite quite a bit of experimentation
> I can not
> > get it to
> > transfer any data despite Jaunty recognising (and pairing?)
> to it
> >
> > It works fine in Intrepid and Crunchbang 8.10 however
> >
> > Has anyone else had more luck?
> >
> > cheersdave
> >
> > 2009/6/20 Dave G <9gerk...@gmail.com>
> > Hi Stephen
> >
> > I have the same what appears to be the same dongle
> that I
> > bought from JayCar (part: "Tiny Bluetooth Adaptor
> CAT. NO.
> > XC4892")
> > which incidently was a lot dearer than your TradeMe
> deal
> >
> > My "lspci" is: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001
> Cambridge
> > Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
> >
> > I use it to download a Holux M-241 GPS datalogger on
> my EeePC
> > 900 netbook and on Crunchbang and Ubuntu Intrepid it
> works
> > perfectly. (I use gpsbabel)
> >
> > It pairs perfectly etc. as you describe on Jaunty
> but refuses
> > to work and will not download any data
> >
> > It appears to be a bug in the later versions of
> bluetooth and
> > there are bugs logged against that
> > I'm not that tech but some of the googling referred
> with
> > problems in the updated bluetooth stack in Jaunty
> >
> > I have spent ages googling and checking forums and
> as yet have
> > not found a fix as yet
> > but it is recognised etc. and pairs etc. as you have
> described
> >
> > In the meantime I am not updating to Jaunty on my
> netbook the
> > netbook because of
Re: Success with Bluetooth
Hi, I have it working in Intrepid 9.04 no problems, and have used it to exchange files with 8.04, and my laptop which is intrepid. All the hardware is HP if that helps regards Chris Thimas On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 11:50 +1200, Dave G wrote: > Hi all > > I bought one of the bluetooth dongles that Stephen referred to and > after a bit more experimenting I can confirm that it appears to > behave > the same ( and has the same chipset as the dearer Jaycar model) > > The bad news is that despite quite a bit of experimentation I can not > get it to > transfer any data despite Jaunty recognising (and pairing?) to it > > It works fine in Intrepid and Crunchbang 8.10 however > > Has anyone else had more luck? > > cheersdave > > 2009/6/20 Dave G <9gerk...@gmail.com> > Hi Stephen > > I have the same what appears to be the same dongle that I > bought from JayCar (part: "Tiny Bluetooth Adaptor CAT. NO. > XC4892") > which incidently was a lot dearer than your TradeMe deal > > My "lspci" is: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge > Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) > > I use it to download a Holux M-241 GPS datalogger on my EeePC > 900 netbook and on Crunchbang and Ubuntu Intrepid it works > perfectly. (I use gpsbabel) > > It pairs perfectly etc. as you describe on Jaunty but refuses > to work and will not download any data > > It appears to be a bug in the later versions of bluetooth and > there are bugs logged against that > I'm not that tech but some of the googling referred with > problems in the updated bluetooth stack in Jaunty > > I have spent ages googling and checking forums and as yet have > not found a fix as yet > but it is recognised etc. and pairs etc. as you have described > > In the meantime I am not updating to Jaunty on my netbook the > netbook because of this problem and > would suggest you try Interpid and see how you go > > cheersdave > > > 2009/6/18 chris > > > hi Stephen, > i notice that bug was for the alpha6 ver of jaunty. > i am to assume form your post that it is still present > in jaunty then? > > Cheers chris > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 13:06 +1200, Stephen Irons > wrote: > > > > chris wrote: > > >> > > >> Perhaps I was not quite clear: I can browse files > on the phone from the > > >> PC, and, as you say, it looks just like another > directory. > > >> > > >> The thing that does not work is to use the phone > to initiate the > > >> transfer of a file to the PC. By default, Ubuntu > does not install a > > >> Bluetooth receiving daemon. This comes as part of > the package > > >> 'gnome-user-share', which also installs > capabilities that I do not want. > > >> > > >> Stephen Irons > > >> > > >> > > > I have Bluetooth on my laptop, and under Ubuntu > 9.04 have no issues. > > > Could it be a version problem? > > > > > > Cheers Chris T > > > > > > > > > > I also use 9.04. I based my observation on four > things: > > > > * I could not send a file from the phone to the > PC > > * My phone reports the PC's bluetooth services > as 'network'. > > Bluetooth devices that I can send files to > include the service > > name 'transfer'. I have tried deleting the PC > device from the > > phone and making it rediscover. > > * Bug report > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/349330 >
Re: Linux and RAM size
My first "real" computer was a national Panasonic running cpm. A magnificent 4K! Up until then I was bringing stuff in from radioshack with 1k. Couldn't aford the ram upgrades. :-) Cheer Chris T On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 10:25 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote: > Hi, > Ok, let me put the actual number:: > > when I started with the zx81, I had 1K. > > This was "ok" for a bit, but soon ran out of space. > > The shop wanted $200 for 16k ram packs. >I happily forked over the money, and regarded it as "cheap".. > > At $200 per 16k, 4gb would cost you $52,428,800 > > Derek. > === > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, chris wrote: > > > When I started in the early 70s we had 4k! > > regards Chris T > > > Derek Smithies Ph.D. > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. > ph +64 3 365 6485 > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ > > "The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox"
Re: Linux and RAM size
When I started in the early 70s we had 4k! regards Chris T > In the early 80's I had 16kb of ram on the zx81. > Now I have 4gb on my desktop at work. > > 20 years, growth of 5 zeros, > - hmm, getting close to pettabyte material there..[1] > > > Derek. > > [1] http://gupeng.blogspot.com/2005/04/kb-mb-gb-tb-pb-eb-zb-yb.html >
Re: Epson1600 Scanner
> It's not broke is it? > Working perfectly under XP. Had to resort to that to scan some rather important historical photos for the Hocken, so is important I get it running again. Regards Chris Thomas
Re: Epson1600 Scanner
>
> Try running xsane with strace.
Hi Nick
output form strace
regards Chris Thomas
select(6, [5], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [5])
read(5, "\1\1\375\274\0\0\0\0i\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\363\0\203\0\263"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 706222}, NULL) = 0
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 706370}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN,
revents=POLLIN}], 2, 500) = 1
read(5, "\6\1\375\274(\273\6\0i\0\0\0\332\0\300\3\0\0\0\0\377\1"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 716861}, NULL) = 0
select(6, [5], [5], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [5])
writev(5, [{"&\7\2\0\332\0\300\3", 8}], 1) = 8
select(6, [5], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [5])
read(5, "\1\1\376\274\0\0\0\0i\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\377\1\362\0\202\0\262"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 717501}, NULL) = 0
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 717636}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN,
revents=POLLIN}], 2, 500) = 1
read(5, "\6\1\376\2743\273\6\0i\0\0\0\332\0\300\3\0\0\0\0\377\1"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 728912}, NULL) = 0
select(6, [5], [5], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [5])
writev(5, [{"&\7\2\0\332\0\300\3", 8}], 1) = 8
select(6, [5], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [5])
read(5, "\1\1\377\274\0\0\0\0i\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\377\1\361\0\202\0\261"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 736251}, NULL) = 0
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 736363}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN,
revents=POLLIN}], 2, 500) = 1
read(5, "\6\1\377\274?\273\6\0i\0\0\0\332\0\300\3\0\0\0\0\376\1"...,
4096) = 32
read(5, 0x80fddb4, 4096)= -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1247623782, 739857}, NULL) = 0
select(6, [5], [5], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [5])
writev(5, [{"&\7\2\0\332\0\300\3", 8}], 1) = 8
select(6, [5], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [5])
Re: Epson1600 Scanner
> > Try running xsane with strace. Tried that thank you Nick. Returned result resource temporarily unavailable. The scanner works perfectly under XP on the same machine by the way. Thanks for suggestions. Any ideas/suggestion etc gratefully received Chris Thomas
Re: Epson1600 Scanner
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 11:30 +1200, Andrew Packer wrote: > > sudo modprobe -r ehci_hcd Hi Andrew, Did as you suggested, with the same result. Xane is finding the scanner, but failing to access it for scanning. Am about to try Nick's suggestion
Epson1600 Scanner
Hi Clugers, I wonder if anyone can give me some pointers here. Using Ubuntu 9.04. Xsane has worked perfectly until today when I went to scan some photos. version 0.995 Error message Failed to start scanner Invalid argument lsusb shows ch...@helen:~$ sudo lsusb [sudo] password for chris: Bus 005 Device 001: ID : Bus 004 Device 001: ID : Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04b8:0107 Seiko Epson Corp. Expression 1600U Bus 001 Device 001: ID : ch...@helen:~$ sudo lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID : Bus 004 Device 001: ID : Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04b8:0107 Seiko Epson Corp. Expression 1600U Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 001: ID : The second lsub was the result of me shifting the scanner to another usb port in case there was a port issue. Then tried the following, which worked the scanner. ch...@helen:~$ sudo strace -o strace.out -f scanimage -T scanimage: scanning image of size 424x585 pixels at 1 bits/pixel scanimage: acquiring gray frame, 1 bits/sample scanimage: reading one scanline, 53 bytes...PASS scanimage: reading one byte... PASS scanimage: stepped read, 2 bytes... PASS scanimage: stepped read, 4 bytes... PASS scanimage: stepped read, 8 bytes... PASS scanimage: stepped read, 16 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 32 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 64 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 63 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 31 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 15 bytes...PASS scanimage: stepped read, 7 bytes... PASS scanimage: stepped read, 3 bytes... PASS running xSane as root produces the same error message
Re: Linux and ModBus
http://www.ohmark.co.nz/news090113.html ie: yes.. The pic software implements a most of the modbus RTU spec, which memory space for 16 analog I/O and 256 digital I/O depending on the PIC you use and adding some extra hardware. Relays are trivial... The end-game for this project will be a full AJAX based HMI, classic-ladder PLC and modular RTU's. The screen-shot on that page shows 'buttons' which reflect the state of outputs and were clickable to turn on/off the NPN outputs on the RTU. The project stalled earlier in the year as I changed jobs, but I'll be back into it in a few weeks as I have some projects coming up that will need a decent PLC. The only progress I've made since the last post on the site was some debugging in classicladder, and building a thermocouple amplifier for the RTU. Classic ladder and an HMI are probably not what you want to get into, although if you're really bored I could go on for hours about process control, I used to do some work with industrial automation and embedded control systems. Cheers, Me. On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 18:07 +1200, yuri wrote: > 2009/7/11 Chris Hellyar wrote: > > Hi... > > > > http://www.ohmark.co.nz/news090120.html > > > > etc... > > > > :-) > > > > Using libmodbus from launchpad (There's two libmodbus's around, one is crap, > > the other is the one I've contributed some bug fixes to. :-) ). > > > > If you're pic-aware You're welcome to have some of my test code, I've not > > done any work on this for a while, but I have a fully functional modbus RTU > > (rs485) setup, and sample code for GCC on linux, and VB/windows that has > > survived a fair bit of testing. > > Very good. Your project seems to be a temperature logging thing. > Could it be *easily* modified to relay control? > > No, I'm not pic-literate. > > Thanks > Yuri >
Re: Linux and ModBus
Hi... http://www.ohmark.co.nz/news090120.html etc... :-) Using libmodbus from launchpad (There's two libmodbus's around, one is crap, the other is the one I've contributed some bug fixes to. :-) ). If you're pic-aware You're welcome to have some of my test code, I've not done any work on this for a while, but I have a fully functional modbus RTU (rs485) setup, and sample code for GCC on linux, and VB/windows that has survived a fair bit of testing. Cheers, Me. On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 20:58 +1200, yuri wrote: > Does anyone on this list know anything about controlling ModBus relay > boards from a linux box? >
Re: Success with Bluetooth
hi Stephen, i notice that bug was for the alpha6 ver of jaunty. i am to assume form your post that it is still present in jaunty then? Cheers chris On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 13:06 +1200, Stephen Irons wrote: > chris wrote: > >> > >> Perhaps I was not quite clear: I can browse files on the phone from the > >> PC, and, as you say, it looks just like another directory. > >> > >> The thing that does not work is to use the phone to initiate the > >> transfer of a file to the PC. By default, Ubuntu does not install a > >> Bluetooth receiving daemon. This comes as part of the package > >> 'gnome-user-share', which also installs capabilities that I do not want. > >> > >> Stephen Irons > >> > >> > > I have Bluetooth on my laptop, and under Ubuntu 9.04 have no issues. > > Could it be a version problem? > > > > Cheers Chris T > > > > > > I also use 9.04. I based my observation on four things: > > * I could not send a file from the phone to the PC > * My phone reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network'. > Bluetooth devices that I can send files to include the service > name 'transfer'. I have tried deleting the PC device from the > phone and making it rediscover. > * Bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/349330 describes > my problem, and says that the solution is to install > 'gnome-user-share' > * I do not have 'gnome-user-share installed' > > I have installed 'gnome-user-share'. A new configuration menu item > appears: System > Preferences > Personal File Sharing. After enabling > 'Receive Files over Bluetooth', it works as expected. My phone now > reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network; capture; transfer'. I > think 'capture' means that the phone thinks that the PC can act as a > camera or scanner, but my bluetooth knowledge is a bit rusty. > > I then uninstalled 'gnome-user-share', purely because it offends my > sensibilities to have to install a web server for my computer to receive > files over Bluetooth. > > Perhaps you already have 'gnome-user-share' installed? Or perhaps KDE > does something different? > > Also there used to be a package called something like > 'gnome-obex-server' that provided a Bluetooth file receiving daemon, but > it has disappear. I think that it was not part of Bluez, so it has been > removed in a general Bluetooth brushing. > > Stephen Irons > > > === > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > === >
Re: Success with Bluetooth
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 13:06 +1200, Stephen Irons wrote: > chris wrote: > >> > >> Perhaps I was not quite clear: I can browse files on the phone from the > >> PC, and, as you say, it looks just like another directory. > >> > >> The thing that does not work is to use the phone to initiate the > >> transfer of a file to the PC. By default, Ubuntu does not install a > >> Bluetooth receiving daemon. This comes as part of the package > >> 'gnome-user-share', which also installs capabilities that I do not want. > >> > >> Stephen Irons > >> > >> > > I have Bluetooth on my laptop, and under Ubuntu 9.04 have no issues. > > Could it be a version problem? > > > > Cheers Chris T > > > > > > I also use 9.04. I based my observation on four things: > > * I could not send a file from the phone to the PC > * My phone reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network'. > Bluetooth devices that I can send files to include the service > name 'transfer'. I have tried deleting the PC device from the > phone and making it rediscover. > * Bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/349330 describes > my problem, and says that the solution is to install > 'gnome-user-share' > * I do not have 'gnome-user-share installed' > > I have installed 'gnome-user-share'. A new configuration menu item > appears: System > Preferences > Personal File Sharing. After enabling > 'Receive Files over Bluetooth', it works as expected. My phone now > reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network; capture; transfer'. I > think 'capture' means that the phone thinks that the PC can act as a > camera or scanner, but my bluetooth knowledge is a bit rusty. > > I then uninstalled 'gnome-user-share', purely because it offends my > sensibilities to have to install a web server for my computer to receive > files over Bluetooth. > > Perhaps you already have 'gnome-user-share' installed? Or perhaps KDE > does something different? > > Also there used to be a package called something like > 'gnome-obex-server' that provided a Bluetooth file receiving daemon, but > it has disappear. I think that it was not part of Bluez, so it has been > removed in a general Bluetooth brushing. > > Stephen Irons > === > Hi Stephen, ok I need to do some more looking, and see what I can find out here. i don't have a Bluetooth phone, but do have a Bluetooth printer. I have ordered one of these dongles from trademe this am, and will try it on my other machine and see what happens. i will get back to you when that operation has been carried out Cheers Chris T
Re: server wanted for a good cause
Would a p3 do? Chris T On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:19 +1200, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > Hi, > > > I have seen some offers on this list in the past and I thought to fire a > question/request here. It is Linux related, you'll see from the rest of > the message. > > Through a set of circumstances I got involved in helping a volunteer > organisation that does a lot of good work in the community in > the difficult area of child abuse prevention. > > They are growing and need a bit of help with that, hence my message. > > What they need is a PC or a server, given to them as a donation, to be > used as a development environment in a transitional phase. > > The machine will run a LAMP + Reporting configuration, with the Linux > being Ubuntu, and the reporting system most likely to be Jasper. > > The size of the database to be supported I estimate it at between 10GB > and 50GB. > There will be one developer at a time on the system, probably 2 power > users (running analytical reports), and up to 10 regular/light users, > not all of them using the system concurrently. The load shouldn't be too > heavy. > Video/Graphic is not an issue so (evidently) the better the processor, > the bigger the HDD and the RAM the better. > A network card is a must though. > > I believe a system made of the cannibalisation of other two or more will > do, as long as it will still run Ubuntu > > The organisation I'm talking about is Family Help Trust (FHT). > > To show their appreciation to the potential donor(s) they are offering > the following: > > First, FHT will give you a Letter of Acknowledgement for the donation > received. > > Second, they can offer exposure for the donor's logo (with a link to the > donor's website) for a year on their website > http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz > There is good company to be in on that page, with the likes of Duncan > Cotterill, Contact Energy, Radio Network and others - see their web site > for more info. > Their statistics count over 4000 individual visitors every month - quite > impressive for a non-profit of their size. > > Third, the donor's logo will also be printed on the brochures they hand > over to countless of individuals and organisations every week. > To see samples and how your logo will look on paper, click on any of the > brochures (pdf format) listed here: > http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz/resourses-referral.html > The logo will be visible on the reverse of the brochure, no un-folding > necessary to be seen. > > > The machine(s) can be donated directly to FHT or I can facilitate some > (or all) of the details, including pick-up and transport. > > > Many thanks in advance for all potential offers. > > Cheers, > > Adrian > > > >
Re: Success with Bluetooth
> > Perhaps I was not quite clear: I can browse files on the phone from the > PC, and, as you say, it looks just like another directory. > > The thing that does not work is to use the phone to initiate the > transfer of a file to the PC. By default, Ubuntu does not install a > Bluetooth receiving daemon. This comes as part of the package > 'gnome-user-share', which also installs capabilities that I do not want. > > Stephen Irons > I have Bluetooth on my laptop, and under Ubuntu 9.04 have no issues. Could it be a version problem? Cheers Chris T
Re: Internet shortages
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 00:07 +1200, Wesley Parish wrote: > I discovered that problem some time in April when a friend called me up to go > around to her house to fix her Internet router. > > It pinged slashdot, microsoft, google, and even xtra okay, it just wouldn't > let http traffic through. I gave up in the end, as there was nothing I could > see to do without having the router password, and she didn't know it. > > A real bummer, that! isn't the password normally admin or administrator? cheers Chris T
Re: Desktop suddenly insists on showing all contents of $HOME
i solved that one by using gksudo nautilus which logs you in as root, then moving the folder back to the filesysten where it belongs. Cheers chris T On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 17:28 +1200, Andrew Packer wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:56 +1200, chris wrote: > > I have had this happen > > You have to add that line SHMConfig to the options section of xorg.conf > > then reboot. > > > > I am asuming that the mouse pad works perfectly for other users? > > I confess I didn't think of trying the touchpad while logged in as > another user. No one else uses the touchpad. (I use it only rarely - > ordinarily have a trackball plugged in.) > > I've added the line Option "SHMConfig" "true" to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and > the touchpad config program now works. At least, it runs. > > I've still got my entire home folder on my desktop, which is the main > problem. > > =Andrew > > >
Re: Desktop suddenly insists on showing all contents of $HOME
I have had this happen You have to add that line SHMConfig to the options section of xorg.conf then reboot. I am asuming that the mouse pad works perfectly for other users? Cheers Chris T On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:16 +1200, Andrew Packer wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy on a Dell D520 laptop and have come up > with a baffling problem. Sorry for a bit of an essay here. > > Last night, after a bit of misbehaviour of my touchpad (it suddenly > started selecting items even though the tapping function, I thought, had > been disabled), I exited X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. > > Since then my desktop shows everything in my home folder > (/home/[my-user-id]). > > /home/[my-user-id]/Desktop contains the same files it did before the > incident. > > Googling hasn't been much help. Whatever I found suggested one should > edit /home/[my-user-id]/.config/user-dirs.dirs so that the line > > XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" > > would read just like that and not, for example, > > XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME" > > I found that line correct in the first instance, but tried, as root, > switching it back and forth (restarting Nautilus each time). That > changed nothing. > > I also ran gconf-editor as root and made sure that > in /apps/nautilus/preferences, the desktop_is_home_dir box was unticked. > It was; I tried ticking it and restarting Nautilus, but that didn't > help, nor did unticking it again and restarting Nautilus. > > When I login to this machine as my wife, her desktop looks as it should, > displaying only the files in /home/[her-user-id]/Desktop. > > It seems to me that a configuration file must have got corrupted > somewhere, but where? > > I don't know whether it's related, but when I try to view the touchpad's > settings via System > Preferences > Touchpad, I get an error message as > follows: > > GSynaptics couldn't initialize. > You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use > GSynaptics > > But I can't find any "SHMConfig" in xorg.conf at all. > > I've run memtest86+ overnight and revealed no errors (I'm paranoid about > RAM problems as I've had them with many other machines, but not this > one, yet). > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? My desktop is unusable when > everything from /home/[my-user-id] is on it. Thank you in advance. > > =Andrew > > >
Re: a do nothing shell ?
chris bayley wrote: Hi bods, I wish to create a guest account on a machine where that account exists purely for the ability to connect via SSH and create tunnels. There is no requirement for an interactive shell on the host machine. What then I can I specify as the guest accounts shell ??? I have noted various 'restricted shells' such as rbash and rssh but they still do more than I need. Really all I want is MOTD and logout. What do you suggest ? Cheers, Chris Looks as though I have found what I am looking for. The description is perfect - we await the testing... ; ) http://www.mariovaldez.net/software/sleepshell/ Chris
Re: a do nothing shell ?
Craig Falconer wrote: chsh username /bin/false Will that allow ssh tunnels still ? chris bayley wrote, On 22/05/09 11:58: I wish to create a guest account on a machine where that account exists purely for the ability to connect via SSH and create tunnels. There is no requirement for an interactive shell on the host machine. What then I can I specify as the guest accounts shell ??? I have noted various 'restricted shells' such as rbash and rssh but they still do more than I need. Really all I want is MOTD and logout. What do you suggest ? No it doesn't ! I was more optimistic about /bin/true but that didn't work either :(
a do nothing shell ?
Hi bods, I wish to create a guest account on a machine where that account exists purely for the ability to connect via SSH and create tunnels. There is no requirement for an interactive shell on the host machine. What then I can I specify as the guest accounts shell ??? I have noted various 'restricted shells' such as rbash and rssh but they still do more than I need. Really all I want is MOTD and logout. What do you suggest ? Cheers, Chris
Re: Help
I also would like to endorse these remarks. many thanks as I too appreciate the experience and answers given. Chris Thomas On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 16:56 +1200, David Lowe wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Phill Coxon > wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 16:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > > > All of the above. > > + showing a little appreciation for help already received > would go a > long way. > > > I just wanted to say that the value of these threads far outweighs any > response to the OP. I follow them all closely and learn a lot. I even > save some of them for future reference (like for the day I decide to > tackle web servers). So, even if the OP cannot express his gratitude, > let me say a hearty thanks to you all. I especially enjoyed the recent > thread about underground wiring, having just done some (and managed > not to bugger up too much). I has a cheezburger for you all next time > we meet in the real world > > - David
Re: OT: Cabling to a shed
Robert Fisher wrote: -Original Message- From: "Volker Kuhlmann" Yes. For starters, the power cables are legally required to be in conduit of their own, and with good reason. Not quite correct. Separation is mandatory and protection is recommended. "Protection" can be as simple as tanalised timber above the cable. Of course conduit is highly recommended though for lots of good reasons. Rob When I 'undergrounded' my street feed I was advised to bury the cable directly in the ground for the cooling effect of the earth. If I had used a conduit then I would have had to use the next larger wire size. The price difference was significant to me at least. I imagine for 3-phase the difference will be even greater.
Re: Linux on USB stick recommendations
Does that include the "named" variety at 45 p extra? Cheers Chris t On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 16:21 +1200, John Carter wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, David Lowe wrote: > > > Xubuntu on a stick is highly recommended. > > Sounds like something out of a PTerry Pratchett novel > > Wot's yer name then? "Cut'me'own'throat'" Dibbler? > > Wanna Xubuntu onna stick? Or Kubuntu inna bun? > > Just don't ask whats in'em! > > http://everything2.com/title/Dibbler > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : john.car...@tait.co.nz > New Zealand >
Re: Home Automation Dealers in Chch?
Hi Yuri, You missed another important advantage of having the automation gear in a separate switchboard.. When you come to sell the house, if you do, you can rip it all out and get a sparky to put standard bus-bars into the automation cabinet to take it back to a normal house. Home automation systems are not attractive to home buyers unless they are geeks, and lets face it, we're a minority. Even having comprehensive structured cabling in a house can be seen as a negative by realestate agents and a fair percentage of 'Average' buyers. Cheers, Me. On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 17:30 +1200, yuri wrote: > Also, you can rip out whatever is in the control switchboard and > replace it with something else.
Re: Chris Thomas - your clock
Thank you, done. Not sure what happened. Upgraded the system three days back, and was ok then. Strange world of computer. :-) On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 23:38 +1200, Tom Carrollton wrote: > Chris, it looks like you clock is a couple of days ahead of us, check it. >
Re: Linux on USB stick recommendations
The Adata 16 gig stick has for me, but slow on writes regards Chris Thomas On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 14:38 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Do all USB memory sticks available now-a-days work properly as bootable > devices? > > What about SD cards? >
Re: Home Automation Dealers in Chch?
Brett Davidson wrote: A long long time ago (in a galaxy near us however) Andrew Errington and John Carter corresponded about Home Automation in Christchurch. Andrew appeared to use dedicated microcontroller chips and John was pondering about X10 at that time (July 2007). I am building a new house at present and am looking at what control systems are out there worth considering implementing as this will help me what and where I should pre-wire and where I can use IR or bluetooth, etc. I want to do it all - switch audio/video along with control of appliances and monitoring of energy usage, etc. There's CBus, Qnet, Emax, and a whole host of others with wildly optimistic promises hence I wondered what (if any) experience people on this list had in the real word. Tie in to Linux - I would prefer that this be Linux (via embedded or not) control as I want as little proprietary content as possible. Cheers, Brett. There is an article on home automation in this month's Linux journal.. : )
Re: skype
My two bits would be that the new version is annoying on windows.. Why bother? :-) It does a couple of annoying things like not scrolling properly if you've got chat history enabled... I'd wait a few weeks and the first lot of patches will be out... Apart from that, it doesn't work in wine on Ubuntu 8.10, I tried and gave up after copying 20+ files off an XP machine chasing errors messages. Cheers, Me. On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 21:12 +1200, Barry Marchant wrote: > Has anyone any experience of running skype for windows in an emulator? > Why do it you ask? > > In order to run the latest version > > tia > > Barry > >
amphora transcoding..
Hurro.. In a slight deviation from the heavy technical stuff... :-) Anyone using amphora (jukebox) and got the transcoding working on etch? (On the fly re-encoding mp3s to a lower bitrate, not format shifting) Cheers, Me
Re: testing...
I can't believe this thread has lasted 5 hours and the OT alarm is silent... Very odd. In a Linux related way, is anyone on the list a *ix geek for hire needing a few more monthly billable hours? I've just recently changed jobs and my previous employer is in need of a part time geek for hire to do Linux / network admin and trouble shooting on an ad hoc basis. Drop me a line off list... nine, ten, here we go again. (pronounced agen.. You get it... Yeah, not funny if I explain it. I'll shut up now) On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 15:09 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > ... it's all been quiet for a while so I thought I'd just check if there's > life out there (: > > Steve
Re: linux in media in a better light
> > Please stop top posting. > Thank you for your comment, I was not aware that I was causing offence. regards Chris Thomas
RE: linux in media in a better light
I have in since Xmas alone, installed 8 linux platforms, using Ubuntu 8.04. All these platforms have formerly been windows users. They have changed because of the constant hassles with XP/virus/disk defragmantation/registry problems. So far no one that has installed linux has asked to go back to windows. This includes installs I have done since Ubuntu 6. The major problem with Ubuntu is with setting up modems (not dsl), as the Ubuntu people keep breaking the Gnome ppp ability to call wvdial. (Don't ask me how or why) The moment that a user has to call wvdial from a terminal, panic sets in. However apart from that everyone is happy. does this not give a "true man on the street " Comparison? Cheers Chris T. On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 17:16 +1300, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > If you mean to suggest an article based on the "true man on the street > comparison of the two operating systems" then I vote yes. > > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 15:11 +1300, Payne, Owen wrote: > > If I was to suggest this to the technology editor on the press do you > > think it would be OK to say that it comes from the LUG as that may carry > > a little more weight. Obviously if anyone disagrees then I won't. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Payne, Owen [mailto:owen.pa...@ccc.govt.nz] > > Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 3:05 pm > > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > > Subject: RE: linux in media in a better light > > > > I think his change in tone was a little forced as he still manages to > > get a bash in at > > > > "The trick is finding a system that doesn't take an army of geeks to > > install and configure and does what you need it to do out of the box" > > > > However he is still grudgingly positive about linux > > > > "Of all the alternative operating systems, one stands out when it comes > > to great performance on lower-spec hardware - Linux. > > > > Those of you shaking your heads and turning the page, hold on. There are > > plenty of other options if you can't stomach Linux, but I can tell you > > right now they won't perform anywhere near as well as a well- tuned > > Linux setup, so bear with me for a moment" > > > > However his tone does seem to suggest that linux is a last resort if > > your machine won't take xp or win98! > > > > I wonder if there would be an appetite in the local press for a true man > > on the street comparison of the two operating systems. From install to > > internet and to document production and email on both windows and linux > > side by side. > > > > It could be a good article in the middle of a recession. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf > > Of Jim Cheetham > > Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 2:57 pm > > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > > Subject: Re: linux in media in a better light > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Adrian Mageanu > > wrote: > > > Example given is this article in The Press > > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/2269025/Renew-your-old-PC > > > > > > that offers Linux as a viable alternative for desktops and home use. > > > > > > I don't personally know the author of the article, but he has my tick > > > of approval for what he wrote there. > > > > > > Noting that he is the same author who wrote the previously discussed > > > articles, I welcome the change of tone and touch of objectivity. > > > > His advice is suspect ... "find an old 98 disk and install" is terrible. > > It's unlikely that the licensing would be valid, and Win98 is totally > > unsupported, and supports only outdated and insecure versions of IE. A > > pretty irresponsible comment. > > > > He avoids the comparison of Linux with XP/Vista, by implying that it is > > only worth considering if you have outdated hardware. A head-to-head > > comparison would be more interesting, from the perspective of improving > > the performance of your existing machine by switching OS. > > > > On the plus side, he has targetted pretty much the correct distributions > > for the hardware in question. So that's good :-) > > > > -jim > > > > ** > > This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended > > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > > addressed. > > > > The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender > > and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City > > Council. > > > > If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the > > sender and delete. > > > > Christchurch City Council > > http://www.ccc.govt.nz > > ** > > > > >
RE: linux in media in a better light
Yes sorry about that. Stuffed up my cut and paste Apolgies Chris T On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 15:55 +1300, Payne, Owen wrote: > I think he is referring to the following > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/linux_adoption_in_recession_idc_ > 09/ > > -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick.r...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 3:51 pm > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: linux in media in a better light > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM, chris wrote: > > The following may help > > may help what? > > ** > This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. > > The views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch > City Council. > > If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the > sender and delete. > > Christchurch City Council > http://www.ccc.govt.nz > ** > >
RE: linux in media in a better light
The following may help nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog Link to nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog Linux Proves - The Best Things In Life Are Free Posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:57 AM PDT They say - there's no such thing as a free lunch. But, Linux and FOSS software can be used to start, run and grow your business for, you guessed it, free. February survey of IT managers by IDC indicated that hard times are accelerating the adoption of Linux. The open source operating system will emerge from the recession in a stronger data center position than before, concluded an IDC white paper. Read more: Linux Proves - The Best Things In Life Are Free Copyright © nixCraft. All Rights Reserved. Support nixCraft when you shop at amazon. Thanks! Cheers Chris T On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 15:05 +1300, Payne, Owen wrote: > I think his change in tone was a little forced as he still manages to > get a bash in at > > "The trick is finding a system that doesn't take an army of geeks to > install and configure and does what you need it to do out of the box" > > However he is still grudgingly positive about linux > > "Of all the alternative operating systems, one stands out when it comes > to great performance on lower-spec hardware - Linux. > > Those of you shaking your heads and turning the page, hold on. There are > plenty of other options if you can't stomach Linux, but I can tell you > right now they won't perform anywhere near as well as a well- tuned > Linux setup, so bear with me for a moment" > > However his tone does seem to suggest that linux is a last resort if > your machine won't take xp or win98! > > I wonder if there would be an appetite in the local press for a true man > on the street comparison of the two operating systems. From install to > internet and to document production and email on both windows and linux > side by side. > > It could be a good article in the middle of a recession. > > -Original Message- > From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf > Of Jim Cheetham > Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 2:57 pm > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: linux in media in a better light > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Adrian Mageanu > wrote: > > Example given is this article in The Press > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/2269025/Renew-your-old-PC > > > > that offers Linux as a viable alternative for desktops and home use. > > > > I don't personally know the author of the article, but he has my tick > > of approval for what he wrote there. > > > > Noting that he is the same author who wrote the previously discussed > > articles, I welcome the change of tone and touch of objectivity. > > His advice is suspect ... "find an old 98 disk and install" is terrible. > It's unlikely that the licensing would be valid, and Win98 is totally > unsupported, and supports only outdated and insecure versions of IE. A > pretty irresponsible comment. > > He avoids the comparison of Linux with XP/Vista, by implying that it is > only worth considering if you have outdated hardware. A head-to-head > comparison would be more interesting, from the perspective of improving > the performance of your existing machine by switching OS. > > On the plus side, he has targetted pretty much the correct distributions > for the hardware in question. So that's good :-) > > -jim > > ** > This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. > > The views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch > City Council. > > If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the > sender and delete. > > Christchurch City Council > http://www.ccc.govt.nz > ** > >
Re: galleries on CD
Ifranview runs under wine on linux very well. it allows making up cd's etc from within the programe cheers Chris Thomas On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 13:16 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Has anyone got any recommendations for software to generate CD's of images > that have a nice browser interface. It would be nice if lightbox > functionality were available, too. > > Unfortunately it'll need to be accessible through the evil empire as well, > which is why I'm looking at browser based solutions. > > Will be built on a linux workstation, of course! > > tia, > > Steve
Re: galleries on CD
Steve Holdoway wrote: Has anyone got any recommendations for software to generate CD's of images that have a nice browser interface. It would be nice if lightbox functionality were available, too. Unfortunately it'll need to be accessible through the evil empire as well, which is why I'm looking at browser based solutions. Will be built on a linux workstation, of course! tia, Steve digikam is a very nice photo databasing/editing app which has several gallery export options including a couple of html galleries and CD. Chris
Mepis 8 / Thinkpad / Video Files
Hi, Installed M8 on my T30 yesterday and I can't get video output on DVD or video files. I have all the usual suspects installed viz: libvcdinfo0 libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdplay0 libdvdread2 libdvdread3 w32codecs but all I get is audio and a blue screen. They played fine on Mepis7. What have I missed? Cheers, Chris
Re: Social Net Work Sites
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jim Cheetham wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Geoff and Jude Marks wrote: can anyone help out in suggesting the best "social networking site" for a community youth group in New Zealand. I don't understand the scope of the question; do you want a site that can be used to create your own network for this new group? If so, I'd recommend http://onlinegroups.net/ -- it's a Christchurch-developed Open Source groupware server, which offers free hosting. Interact via email, web, whatever. It's inherently kid-safe if you want it to be, because once a user has signed in, they only see your content. On the other hand, if you want to use a "bigger" public service, you're looking at facebook, bebo, etc ... but you get less control that way (and fewer ways to interact) And from my limited views of those sites, not necessarily kidsafe! better though than most of the sites the kids go to to download pirate game boy roms !
Re: gpg problem with NZ ubuntu repo
Got the same my self 10pm tonight. No idea how to correct it though. it did include an email address sc...@open-vote.org if that is any help Cheers Chris Thomas On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 21:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On an apt-get update or aptitude update I get: > > W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release: > The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu > Archive Automatic Signing Key > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > > anyone else seeing this or able to tell me what to do to correct it?
Re: What is wrong with New Zealand's telecommunications infrastructure?
Should have been done a long time ago. Would need to get a bunch of people together and a decent lawyer who would be prepared to bring a class action. If you can manage that let me know and I add my 10 cents worth! Cheers Chris Thomas On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 00:10 +1300, Wesley Parish wrote: > Seriously, it's getting worse - and I expect the impact of that > guilty-without-proof legislation will be the demolition of the > infrastructure. > > Seriously - I'm now on an Internet connection where the inevitable > disconnection is a matter of when, not if, and considering the various > consumer protection legislation that's out there, I'm wondering if I can't > haul Telecon over the coals for persisting in charging for lines that fall > over whenever there's a bit of moisture in the air, or a bit of wind. > > Judging from all the grief I've had, Telecon has been overpaid 200%, and I > should now have 100% free broadband. > > Wesley Parish
Re: laptops without Winblows
I have been thinking of getting the Asus eeepc for my wife, who's only use for a computer is email from her large number of siblings, and the very occasional photo of assorted siblings offspring. As I am not a geek but an end user the Asus makes sense. Strong simple, they make good motherboards and laptops, reliable, and comes with Linux Cheap. My reasons Cheers Chris Thomas On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 22:22 +1300, Aidan Gauland wrote: > First: thanks for the quick responses. > > I'm begining to think that a netbook would be better than a full blown > laptop (intended usage == intended usage of netbook). I've been reading the > threads on this list about netbooks; I'm uncertain as to whether it really > matters which one, when it's for someone who just wants to use it for very > basic tasks (E-mail, web browsing, word processing, etc.). Can anyone help > me > there, or are the only CLUG people who've bought one the ones who know too > much? ;) > > Being a hard-core computer geek becomes a problem when you need to think > like a typical end-user. :) > > -Aidan > > wgsil...@ihug.co.nz wrote: > > Could anyone here recommend a place in (or around) Christchurch that sells > > laptops WITHOUT Windows (it doesn't matter if it comes with Linux or not). > > I'm asking on behalf of someone who doesn't know what to look for when > > shopping for a computer (I'm helping with that), and doesn't want to pay > > for software that will never be used (i.e. Windows).
Re: laptops without Winblows
I believe Insite technologies in Ch-Ch does Cheers Chris On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 17:27 +1300, John Carter wrote: > Is there monopolies commission with any teeth in this country? > > You've hit on a really sore point. > > Allegedly www.insite.co.nz does, they not exactly, aahh, > shall we say, a "customer facing organization". > > The closest I have found is, would you believe, Timaru! > > http://nicegear.co.nz/about/ > > Otherwise you have to go to the web as far as I can tell. > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, wgsil...@ihug.co.nz wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Could anyone here recommend a place in (or around) Christchurch that sells > > laptops WITHOUT Windows (it doesn't matter if it comes with Linux or not). > > I'm asking on behalf of someone who doesn't know what to look for when > > shopping for a computer (I'm helping with that), and doesn't want to pay > > for software that will never be used (i.e. Windows). > > > > Thanks, > > Aidan > > > > > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : john.car...@tait.co.nz > New Zealand >
Re: Hardy 8.04 modem concerns
Hi Steve, This was the modem supplied by Xtra, arrived by courier yesterday brand new. Seems to work well, out of the box Cheers Chris On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 13:03 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:59:35 +1300 > chris wrote: > > > Installed the supplied dsl modem A Thompson speedtouch 510. Once the > > modem had connected to the adsl and the telltale lights were correct, > > plugged the machine in with no further issues. > Blimey, there's still 2 of us out there. I've got other routers available > here, but still use my 5 year old speedtouch! > > Steve.
Re: Hardy 8.04 modem concerns
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:59:35 +1300 chris wrote: Installed the supplied dsl modem A Thompson speedtouch 510. Once the modem had connected to the adsl and the telltale lights were correct, plugged the machine in with no further issues. Blimey, there's still 2 of us out there. I've got other routers available here, but still use my 5 year old speedtouch! Steve. Mine's a Speedtouch Pro !! (thumbs nose) ;-) Chris
Re: Hardy 8.04 modem concerns
Yes, I did try wvdial in stupid mode, with the same result. No i did not think of sending the log file to the wvdial developers, but can soon arrange that. many thanks for your help. As a sub side to this issue, the person involved decided to move to xtra broadband. Installed the supplied dsl modem A Thompson speedtouch 510. Once the modem had connected to the adsl and the telltale lights were correct, plugged the machine in with no further issues. The operating system is Ububtu hardy 8.04. At present everything is working correctly. Also this dsl modem works with Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10, on my HP Elitebook 8730, despite there being some network issues on this machine. just a matter of general information for anyone who has helped me in this matter. many thanks for all your help regards Chris Thomas On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 08:32 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Sat 28 Feb 2009 09:34:18 NZDT +1300, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote: > > > Xtra's login prompts confuse wvdial and thus gnome-ppp. > > > > In Kppp setup choose Authentication: Script based > > for the script > > > > Expect ogin: > > Send > > Expect word: > > Send > > Expect ser: > > Send ppp > > Did you try wvdialin stupid mode with this? I find it hard to believe > that wvdial doesn't work with something as trivial as this. > > Did you submit a log of the logins session to wvdial development? > > Volker >
Re: Acer Aspire One netbook
Andrew Errington wrote: Hi all, In a previous email I mused at the wondrousness of being able to connect my new slimline DVD writer to my (very) old ThinkPad 600X running 4 year old Mepis. The drive was recognised and K3b worked properly. I burned all my photos to DVD as a backup and I was impressed that it "just worked". Just a word of warning, and I am sure most of know this already: writeable DVDs and CDs make a very poor backup medium for periods exceeding 5Yrs. There are numerous sources of reference for this statement on the net but my personal experience comes from creating 13 CDs of mp3 about 6-8yrs ago now. They are of various brands but every single one has decayed now and contains read errors ! Handy to remember when you are just about to backup your lifetime of family photos ! Chris
Re: Hardy 8.04 modem concerns
Sadly, none of the suggestions offered have worked, and after a day discussing with Xtra, ( who continued with the party line) my client simply changed isp's end of issue. I can't help but wonder how long it will take for xtra to wake up, or how many customers they have to lose before they realise that many people do not need/require or want broadband. just my 70 year olds ramblings. Thanks for all those who offered the knowledge and support regards Chris Thomas On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:06 +1300, Rik Tindall wrote: > > chris wrote: > >> it seems to be something in the exchange of username or password that > >> xtra is not acknowledging under hardy 8.04, but is under xp pro > >> > >> The ppp log reports "looks like a keyword", and then crash. times out or > >> terminates I am no completely sure which. > > > > From memory there is an error like this created by 'root' being owner of: > > > > r...@celeron2195-ubuntu804:~$ ls /etc/ppp/* -l > > -rw--- 1 root root 101 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1754 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-down > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1892 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-up > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-down > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-up > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13486 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/options > > -rw--- 1 root root 1649 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 137 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/pppoe_on_boot > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root48 2008-08-01 12:46 /etc/ppp/resolv.conf > > > > ..which 'user' needs write access to one/some of in order to complete > > the login. > > Compared to old install (see "peers" difference), from which I used to > dialup: > > r...@celeron2195-ubuntu804:/mnt/sda7/etc/ppp$ ls -l > total 72 > -rw--- 1 root root 118 2008-03-30 15:08 chap-secrets > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13523 2008-05-14 08:35 options > -rw--- 1 root root 1666 2008-03-30 15:08 pap-secrets > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 4096 2007-11-26 12:43 peers > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 137 2007-10-05 08:57 pppoe_on_boot > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-22 16:55 resolv > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root48 2008-05-29 17:41 resolv.conf > > r...@celeron2195-ubuntu804:/mnt/sda7/etc/ppp/peers$ ls -l > total 16 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root dip 109 2008-03-30 15:08 ppp0 > -rw-r- 1 root dip 1093 2007-10-16 12:28 provider > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 2007-06-15 01:51 wvdial > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75 2007-06-15 01:51 wvdial-pipe
Re: Hardy 8.04 modem concerns
Hi Dave, thanks for the sugestion. This setting was changed as from Feisty, and noauth became the default. regards Chris On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:42 +1300, dave wrote: > Make sure you have noauth un marked. > > eg > > config file > > blah lines of it > finally > #noauth > ^remove this and put one on the auth line (if memory serves me right auth is > set by default). > > HTH > > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 21:58:59 chris wrote: > > Hi Steve > > Attached is the ppp log output of the last attempt to connect to xtra. > > This was 5 mins after a successful download of mail etc using the same > > modem from the xp partition > > regards Chris > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 16:42 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > That's an external one, isn't it?? So can you talk to it on /dev/ttyS0 or > > > is it on ttyS1? ( try connecting to it with minicom, and typing ATZ - > > > it'll answer OK if it is, then you'll be sure which device it's on ). > > > > > > Other options, like is it waiting for a dialtone ( maybe from the wrong > > > country? ) before dialling, or can you connect to the clear account that > > > you know the modem can connect to on other machines?? Hopefully that'll > > > help to identify which bit is playing up... > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:27:26 +1300 > > > > > > chris wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > Can we start again please? > > > > the modem is a diamond 56e supra express pro. > > > > I use it successfully on my other two machines where it connects > > > > flawlessly to clear. > > > > However on this machine it will not pass on to Xtra and times out after > > > > 24 seconds. > > > > > > > > Attached is the output from lspic > > > > > > > > will be grateful for any help you can give > > > > Regards Chris Thomas > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 15:41 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:33:20 +1300 > > > > > > > > > > chris wrote: > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > I can not connect from my hardy partition to xtra, using either > > > > > > wvdial, or gnome pp. > > > > > > This same machine will connect using the the same modem from the > > > > > > windows partition. > > > > > > Can anyone please offer any sugestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards Chris Thomas > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > > > > > Knowing what the modem was ( sudo lspci should tell you ) will make > > > > > support easier (: > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Steve > >
