[SLUG] [Humour only] How come you can't run Windows?
Does this sound familiar? http://www.penguinpetes.com/Doomed_to_Obscurity/index.php?strip=462.jpg -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] effortlessly scanning multi-page documents to PDF
When my favorite scanner program failed to cooperate I searched for an alternative. Gscan2pdf, just plain to works. http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/ - mark -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] So slow...
I just tried out Internet Explorer on my new Windows 7 netbook and it's slower than trying to make molasses flow up-hill, in the Siberian capital of Novosibirsk, on January first, in the middle of the deepest, darkest, snow storm of the winter. I just can't wait to wipe Windows off this thing and install Linux instead. - m My mobile: 0406 635 312 My email: m487...@rocketmail.com My pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mark487 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] beginners home networking question
Hello everyone, I'm having a problem with the wired Ethernet connection that I've set up between my laptop and my desktop. I like to ssh into my desktop from my old laptop when I need resource heavy program like OpenOffice.org. The problem is, that if I stop working for a few minutes, the ethernet connection times out. It seems that the only way I can get my connection back is to unplug and replug the cross-over cable. Here are some details, I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm using Ubuntu Lucid. My desktop Hostname: Antec NetworkManager: removed Firewall: Firestarter. Allows ssh connections from my laptop. Dhcp server (Because that's the only way I could get NetworkManager on my laptop to accept a connection from it) I've changed these two lines in /etc/dhpc3/dhpcd.conf: My laptop Hostname: Thinkpad NetworkManager: Yes Firewall: Firestarter. Internet connection sharing enabled. Internet connection: Mobile broadband Here is output from /var/log/syslog on my desktop: Aug 20 11:18:27 antec kernel: [183640.534931] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 11:19:32 antec kernel: [183706.130901] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 11:19:35 antec kernel: [183709.018081] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [mark] Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: /home/mark is already mounted Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.845433] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:25): operation=exec pid=18462 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.846489] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:26): operation=exec pid=18463 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.847493] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:27): operation=exec pid=18464 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.522972] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:28): operation=exec pid=18468 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.524540] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:29): operation=exec pid=18469 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.525892] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:30): operation=exec pid=18470 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.527132] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:31): operation=exec pid=18471 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.528364] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:32): operation=exec pid=18472 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.529592] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:33): operation=exec pid=18473 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:17:01 antec CRON[19509]: (root) CMD ( cd / run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 20 12:18:58 antec kernel: [187271.580496] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:21:17 antec kernel: [187410.945074] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:21:19 antec kernel: [187412.99] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:21:23 antec kernel: [187417.158814] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: Wrote 1 leases to leases file. Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.3.2 from 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.3.2 to 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:22:58 antec kernel: [187511.429208] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:23:32 antec kernel: [187546.306589] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:23:34 antec dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.3.2 from 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:23:34 antec dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.3.2 to 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Write failed: Broken pipe Here is output from /var/log/syslog on my laptop: Aug 20 12:05:40 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[1022]: WPS-AP-AVAILABLE Aug 20 12:06:18 thinkpad kernel: [48094.236158] Inbound IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=120.19.7.166 DST=120.22.8.249 LEN=52 TOS=0x18 PREC=0xA0 TTL=60 ID=59698 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=46193 DPT=445 WINDOW=60352
[SLUG] beginners home networking problem
Hello everyone, I'm having a problem with the wired Ethernet connection that I've set up between my laptop and my desktop. I like to ssh into my desktop from my old laptop when I need resource heavy program like OpenOffice.org. The problem is, that if I stop working for a few minutes, the ethernet connection times out. It seems that the only way I can get my connection back is to unplug and replug the cross-over cable. Here are some details, I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm using Ubuntu Lucid. My desktop Hostname: Antec NetworkManager: removed Firewall: Firestarter. Allows ssh connections from my laptop. Dhcp server (Because that's the only way I could get NetworkManager on my laptop to accept a connection from it) I've changed these two lines in /etc/dhpc3/dhpcd.conf: My laptop Hostname: Thinkpad NetworkManager: Yes Firewall: Firestarter. Internet connection sharing enabled. Internet connection: Mobile broadband Here is output from /var/log/syslog on my desktop: Aug 20 11:18:27 antec kernel: [183640.534931] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 11:19:32 antec kernel: [183706.130901] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 11:19:35 antec kernel: [183709.018081] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [mark] Aug 20 11:45:57 antec sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: /home/mark is already mounted Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.845433] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:25): operation=exec pid=18462 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.846489] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:26): operation=exec pid=18463 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:26 antec kernel: [186219.847493] type=1503 audit(1282269686.525:27): operation=exec pid=18464 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.522972] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:28): operation=exec pid=18468 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.524540] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:29): operation=exec pid=18469 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.525892] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:30): operation=exec pid=18470 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.527132] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:31): operation=exec pid=18471 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.528364] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:32): operation=exec pid=18472 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:01:27 antec kernel: [186220.529592] type=1503 audit(1282269687.205:33): operation=exec pid=18473 parent=18461 profile=/usr/bin/evince requested_mask=::x denied_mask=::x fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Aug 20 12:17:01 antec CRON[19509]: (root) CMD ( cd / run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 20 12:18:58 antec kernel: [187271.580496] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:21:17 antec kernel: [187410.945074] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:21:19 antec kernel: [187412.99] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:21:23 antec kernel: [187417.158814] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: Wrote 1 leases to leases file. Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.3.2 from 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:21:25 antec dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.3.2 to 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:22:58 antec kernel: [187511.429208] sky2 eth0: Link is down. Aug 20 12:23:32 antec kernel: [187546.306589] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both Aug 20 12:23:34 antec dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.3.2 from 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Aug 20 12:23:34 antec dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.3.2 to 00:0d:60:8a:f0:09 (thinkpad) via eth0 Write failed: Broken pipe Here is output from /var/log/syslog on my laptop: Aug 20 12:05:40 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[1022]: WPS-AP-AVAILABLE Aug 20 12:06:18 thinkpad kernel: [48094.236158] Inbound IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=120.19.7.166 DST=120.22.8.249 LEN=52 TOS=0x18 PREC=0xA0 TTL=60 ID=59698 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=46193 DPT=445 WINDOW=60352
[SLUG] Ben NanoNote
Hello Everyone, I'm writing to tell you about the Ben NanoNote open-source hackable hand held computer. http://sharism.cc/specs/ I've had one for a week now and even though I haven't been able to get it to do much yet, it's great fun! It runs the OpenWrt version of embedded Linux, it uses Busybox for it's basic console utilities, it comes with Vi, Ash, Lua, and packages for Guile have been ported. I think it has packages for Qt and Gtk as well, but I have no what to do with those. It's dead easy to connect to your computer via ethernet over usb, and even __I__ managed to reflash it to a new version of it's software. It's under heavy development, with lot's of enthusiastic discussion. Here's the Wiki: http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_NanoNote I got mine from Sharism.cc in Hong Kong for about a hundred dollars, and they FedEx-ed it to me right away. Like I said, it's under heavy development and I haven't been able to actually do much with it except get it to show date, time and a calendar, but I bet you techy SLUG people who know how to cross-compile programs will be able to port lots of useful stuff to it. - mark -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] R.I.P. Grant Parnell
Good bye, Mr. Grant. I remember reading your posts to SLUG. You are well remembered, I am sure. - mark - Original Message From: Erik de Castro Lopo mle+s...@mega-nerd.com To: slug@slug.org.au Sent: Fri, 1 January, 2010 7:17:02 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] R.I.P. Grant Parnell DaZZa wrote: Sadly, after a short fight, I am sad to inform that Grant Parnell passed away at 08:30 this morning, 1/1/10 with friends and loved ones by his side. Wow, terribly sorry to here this. Grant was a long term contributor to SLUG was always friendly and level headed. What happened? Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html __ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?
--- On Sat, 21/11/09, Dean Hamstead d...@fragfest.com.au wrote: This seems rather pointless when you can install a chroot 32bit system and run 32bits apps in it, or set up the ia32-libs see http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id292205 http://ornellas.apanela.com/dokuwiki/pub:multiarch im sure ubuntu process would be similar if not identical Dean Thanks, Dean! Those look like great links. I got my program to run with ia32-libs under Intrepid, but I never got it to work under Intrepid. I'll have another try when I upgrade to Karmic. I've never tried a chroot. - mark __ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?
--- On Sat, 21/11/09, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: Out of curiosity, what convinces you to keep using Vuescan rather than getting SANE to talk to your scanner, providing an open source derived set of drivers? (...or is it a lack of open drivers for the hardware?) Daniel Hi Daniel, You guessed right, the real problem is that I need a closed source driver from Epson to make my scanner work, with Vuescan or without. Aside from that, I find Vuescan better for scanning negatives than Xsane, so I prefer it even though it's closed source. - mark __ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?
I'm going to get a new desktop at work and was wondering whether it's worth moving to 64-bit. I confess that I still dual boot 32-bit for one legacy application: Vuescan. But with enough tinkering with ia32-lib or VirtualBox, I bet I could get it to work. It used to work on 64-bit Intrepid. Other than that, I've been running a 64-bit desktop happily for years. - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ __ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Power Point Document
--- On Sun, 18/10/09, Malcolm Johnston dr...@internode.on.net wrote: Is there any previewer under KDE for Microsoft Power Point documents? If you have a netbook and you don't want to install the full OpenOffice.org, there's an Ubuntu package with just openoffice.org-impress. Before I found that, I used to upload them to Google Docs and use their viewer and converter. - mark --- Power tends to corrupt. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. that I can reboot and run Windows, but would prefer not to. Cheers, Malcolm Johnston -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html __ Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900
I run Xubuntu on an Eee PC 900, with WindowMaker as my desktop, and with the www.array.org/ubuntu/ customized kernal. It works just fine and boots in about 10 seconds. I didn't bother to keep windows on it, but I bet it's not difficult to dual boot. - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ --- On Sat, 12/9/09, lesl...@ozemail.com.au lesl...@ozemail.com.au wrote: From: lesl...@ozemail.com.au lesl...@ozemail.com.au Subject: [SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900 To: slug@slug.org.au Received: Saturday, 12 September, 2009, 2:59 PM A friend who had one of the above, but thought it unsuitable, gave it to me. I find it very suitable for certain things and want to continue using it. However, it came with Windows XP and I'd prefer to run Linux on it. At the same time, I don't want to wipe XP and then find the computer doesn't work properly with Linux. I solved that problem on a laptop I use by using Wubi to install Ubuntu. I looked for a way to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Eee by using Wubi, but there doesn't seem to be one. Are people running versions of Linux on this or similar computers that they've been able to install easily while keeping Windows? Thank for reading this, Leslie. -- To see papers written by me on, among other things, literary allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see photos taken by me of, among other things, Sydney now (as well as comparative photos taken by others of Sydney then), start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html __ Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] A problem with Evince
It could be that Evince doesn't like your PostScript file for some reason. You could try opening it with another PS viewer, like GV or GSview. Or you could try converting your file to .pdf and see if Evince will open that. Use the ps2pdf command line program to convert your file. - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. --- On Tue, 14/4/09, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au Can anyone tell me why the command evince filename.ps simply gets the cursor to go to the next line and stay still? I've tried re-installing it, to no avail. Any help ... Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Yahoo!7 recommends that you update your browser to the new Internet Explorer 8.Get it now. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Defining Mainsteam
I've been running Linux as a hobbyist for more than five years now. I don't have a technical background. I've always used Debian because I like Apt-get, and because I like the non-commercial philosophy. I really enjoy learning about new software and how Linux works. It's a great hobby. The reason that I run Ubuntu (actually Xubuntu) now is that it has a quick release cycle and it sets everything up for me. I can still modify the system to work just how I like it, but with Ubuntu I solve problems when I want to, usually not because I have to because something doesn't work. And when I do hit a problem, documentation is really easy to find on the net. - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ -Inline Attachment Follows- Regarding Martin Visser's comments in the final Sound Problem posting. I don't want to incite a Holdens versus Faclcons type debate here, but how would one briefly characterize mainstream Linux these days? I've been using generic Unix systems (including Bell Unix, Whitesmith's Idris, AIX, Solaris and Linux) since the mid-1980s. Slackware Linux is rather in the old, tool-box type mould, I guess, and although it can be a bit fiddly to set up and can produce problems like the one I just had, I can't honestly say I find it all that strange or alien. I've had a couple of bouts with Red Hat (the last one was the somewhat quirky RH8) and found that unsatisfactory because (apart from problems with the implementation) I found I was out of sync with many of its defaults. All this may be just me. I haven't had a decent look at distros like Ubuntu, and this is why I ask my question. What, in a nutshell, is their appeal? One one level it's all Unix, of course, but, given that, what are the appealing differences? Cheers, Malcolm Johnston -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Enjoy a better web experience. Upgrade to the new Internet Explorer 8 optimised for Yahoo!7. Get it now. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Sharpening an image.
Hi Bill, If you can extract the series of frames that interest you as a group of individual image files (sorry, don't know which program to use), then you could sharpen them as a batch using Imagemagick. Imagemagick: http://www.imagemagick.org/ Tutorial: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ Background on sharpening: http://ronbigelow.com/articles/sharpen1/sharpen1.htm - mark --- On Thu, 8/1/09, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au rawbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: From: wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au Subject: [SLUG] Sharpening an image. To: slug@slug.org.au Received: Thursday, 8 January, 2009, 4:21 PM I've a file taken with a mobile phone. The detail is execrable. It's important to identify a couple of faces in the file. I've asked around. The best I have is to go through the file, select a critical frame, download it and use The Gimp to sharpen a given face. First off, can this be done? Secondly, can it be done in one sweep for critical frame +/- 10 frames? (the reason: should the sharpening not be good enough, I might be able to recognise a face by the way it looks---like the slightly blurred Mona Lisa of some psychological tests). Any help etc. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: setting up to install eeebuntu via thumbdrive
Hi Kevin, As I recall, the first thing I did was use my desktop machine to download a copy of the Xubuntu live CD. I then booted that on my desktop machine and clicked the desktop link to make a bootable USB drive of Xubuntu. Either that, or I downloaded and installed UNbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) to make a bootable USB drive. When I booted the Eepc, I had to press F2 to get it to boot from the USB drive. Once I had Xubuntu booted, instalation to the Epc went like clockwork. Then I downloaded the customized Epc kernel from Array.org and installed that (http://www.array.org/ubuntu/) and since then, everything just works and I take my Epc everywhere with a big penguin on top for everyone to see. Hope that helps, - mark --- On Wed, 7/1/09, elliott-brennan elliottbren...@gmail.com wrote: From: elliott-brennan elliottbren...@gmail.com Subject: [SLUG] Re: setting up to install eeebuntu via thumbdrive To: slug@slug.org.au, Kevin Shackleton kev...@bbsat.com.au Received: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009, 2:41 AM Hi Kevin, That is how I completed my buntu install. If you're in the local area I can give you a hand...otherwise I can find my notes (I made a few) and send them to you (just have to find them :)) Regards, Patrick [SLUG] setting up to install eeebuntu via thumbdrive Kevin Shackleton kev...@bbsat.com.au Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:13 +0900 SLUGgers, I have fallen into a black hole regarding setting up a thumbdrive so that I can install eeebuntu on my eee 701. I've found some very expert advice if I were running Ubuntu or even Windows on my desktop, but Debian Etch doesn't seem to rate a mention (unetbootin might work if I could install it but it says that the i386 version is 64 bit). Can someone please point me to a URL that might let me achieve Nirvana? Thanks, Kevin. btw - the reason I'd be interested is that Xandros has clagged out my network connections and I can't see why - probably parallel configurations with the less useful winning. Anyway - it's sexy to keep changing (?) -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Vodafone Internet Stick just works.
I just plugged a Vodafone USB wireless internet stick into my Eeepc running Network Manager on Xubuntu... and it just works. Honestly, running Linux is getting just too easy! :-) - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=otherp2=aup3=tagline -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Beginner firewall question
I'm running Xubuntu on an Eeepc. I don't run a web server or an ssh server or telnet or ftp or rsync or anything like that. Am I correct in assuming that I don't need a firewall, or should I install Firestarter just in case? Thanks, - mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=otherp2=aup3=tagline -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Beginner firewall question
--- On Thu, 18/12/08, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: From: Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net Subject: Re: [SLUG] Beginner firewall question To: slug@slug.org.au Received: Thursday, 18 December, 2008, 11:41 AM mark adrian bell m487...@rocketmail.com writes: I'm running Xubuntu on an Eeepc. I don't run a web server or an ssh server or telnet or ftp or rsync or anything like that. Am I correct in assuming that I don't need a firewall, or should I install Firestarter just in case? One of the design features of Ubuntu, initially, was that it should have no need of a firewall out of the box — nothing listening on the network at all. Assuming that you don't run any network services you absolutely do not need a firewall ... but. The but, in this case, is that a firewall you don't need now might save you one day when, for example, you install a package that pulls in a network service — and the cost of the redundant firewall is pretty small. Regards, Daniel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=otherp2=aup3=tagline -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Beginner firewall question
--- On Thu, 18/12/08, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: From: Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net Subject: Re: [SLUG] Beginner firewall question To: slug@slug.org.au Received: Thursday, 18 December, 2008, 11:41 AM mark adrian bell m487...@rocketmail.com writes: I'm running Xubuntu on an Eeepc. I don't run a web server or an ssh server or telnet or ftp or rsync or anything like that. Am I correct in assuming that I don't need a firewall, or should I install Firestarter just in case? One of the design features of Ubuntu, initially, was that it should have no need of a firewall out of the box — nothing listening on the network at all. Assuming that you don't run any network services you absolutely do not need a firewall ... but. The but, in this case, is that a firewall you don't need now might save you one day when, for example, you install a package that pulls in a network service — and the cost of the redundant firewall is pretty small. Regards, Daniel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Thanks, Daniel. That's good advice. - mark Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=otherp2=aup3=tagline -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
