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Re: [SLUG] slug Digest, Vol 117, Issue 1

2015-12-09 Thread gonzo01


Mint XFCE 17.2

Sound Settings/ Output Device

should show both sets of speakers if they are attached - just choose the 
external set

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Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-12-05 Thread Maxim Zakharov

Hi,

It seems this motherboard has Realtek ALC887-VD2 audio codec.
Check mb's docs if it's true and then google for drivers/advise for Ubuntu.
Google brings to me this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2209364
You may find some others as well.

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Patrick Elliott-Brennan <
m...@elliott-brennan.id.au> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My new machine has an ASUS motherboard:
>
> H170M-E D3
>
>
> and an AMD Radeon R7 360 video card.
>
>
> I'm running Kubuntu 14.04
>
>
> I am getting no sound through the motherboard's onboard sound card.
>
> I get sound over HDMI and fortunately my monitor has an HDMI port AND
> built in speakers. However these are no-where near as good as my
> desktop speakers.
>
> The only option in the BIOS is HD Audio Controller (enable/disable).
> However nothing I change here has any effect.
>
> In the GUI the onboard sound is greyed out. Alsamixer shows HDMI sound
> only. The desktop GUI shows only HDMI.
>
> aplay -l shows only the HDMI sound.
>
> I have tried a number of things including
> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist I have added
>
> snd_hda_intel
>
> and adding a line in GRUB
> radeon.audio=1 and using 0 as well.
>
> I have found another possible solution here:
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/
>
> Which suggests, under Linux kernel parameters
>
> Option: radeon.audio
> Value:: 0,1
> Default Value: 0
> Explanation: Disable/enable HDMI audio
>
> My question is: what *do* I do with this? I'm assuming I need to
> add/remove something *somwhere* but...where/what?
>
> Any help would be most appreciated. Without the onboard sound card I'm
> stuck with the crappy monitor speakers and cannot use headphones nor
> use a microphone for video conferencing etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick
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Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-12-03 Thread Nick Andrew

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:28:44PM +1100, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote:
> I have found another possible solution here:
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/
> 
> Which suggests, under Linux kernel parameters
> 
> Option: radeon.audio
> Value:: 0,1
> Default Value: 0
> Explanation: Disable/enable HDMI audio
> 
> My question is: what *do* I do with this? I'm assuming I need to
> add/remove something *somwhere* but...where/what?

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/radeon.conf

options radeon audio=1

Note that my "modinfo -p radeon" shows an additional option -1 for audio:

audio:Audio enable (-1 = auto, 0 = disable, 1 = enable) (int)

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Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-12-03 Thread Ben Donohue


As a first step,
Does it work using something like Knoppix?
If so then this will prove not a hardware fault.
Also check its not turned off in the BIOS
Ben


On 15/11/15 22:28, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote:

Hi All,

My new machine has an ASUS motherboard:

H170M-E D3


and an AMD Radeon R7 360 video card.


I'm running Kubuntu 14.04


I am getting no sound through the motherboard's onboard sound card.

I get sound over HDMI and fortunately my monitor has an HDMI port AND
built in speakers. However these are no-where near as good as my
desktop speakers.

The only option in the BIOS is HD Audio Controller (enable/disable).
However nothing I change here has any effect.

In the GUI the onboard sound is greyed out. Alsamixer shows HDMI sound
only. The desktop GUI shows only HDMI.

aplay -l shows only the HDMI sound.

I have tried a number of things including
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist I have added

snd_hda_intel

and adding a line in GRUB
radeon.audio=1 and using 0 as well.

I have found another possible solution here:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/

Which suggests, under Linux kernel parameters

Option: radeon.audio
Value:: 0,1
Default Value: 0
Explanation: Disable/enable HDMI audio

My question is: what *do* I do with this? I'm assuming I need to
add/remove something *somwhere* but...where/what?

Any help would be most appreciated. Without the onboard sound card I'm
stuck with the crappy monitor speakers and cannot use headphones nor
use a microphone for video conferencing etc.

Regards,

Patrick


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Re: [SLUG] Quick one on a Toshiba laptop.

2015-11-24 Thread Marghanita da Cruz


One of these images should help:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Toshiba+Satellite+A660+keyboard=isch

m
On 29/09/15 17:23, William Bennett wrote:

Toshiba Satellite A660



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Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-11-22 Thread Patrick Elliott-Brennan

Hi all again.

First, thanks Josh for your suggestion.

Sridhar suggested checking dmesg, which I found:

[4.054115] snd_hda_intel :01:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
[4.054117] snd_hda_intel :01:00.1: Force to non-snoop mode

Then looking in syslog I found:

Nov 16 20:41:04 patrick-desktop kernel: [4.109628] snd_hda_intel
:00:1f.3: failed to add i915_bpo component master (-19)

So, doing a Google

I found:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2293912


Which lead to:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS

Which suggested:

sudo apt-get install dkms

followed by a visit to:

https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/ubuntu/alsa-daily/+packages


Which is by the Ubuntu Audio Development Team

Packages in “ALSA daily build snapshots”

Downloading
oem-audio-hda-daily-lts-vivid-dkms - 0.201509251531~ubuntu14.04.1.deb

I then installed the .deb and rebooted

Et voilà!

Sound out of the onboard audio.

Nice.

Had to fiddle around with the PulseAudio settings and master controls
to make everything use the onboard audio but there we are.

Thought I'd post this in case anyone else experienced the same problem :)

Regards,

Patrick
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-11-18 Thread Tom Worthington


On 21/09/15 12:00, James Gray wrote:


... give ye olde web page a shot in the arm? ...


Here is my attempt to remove the bits from the Slug website which don't 
work and put in simple links to the bits which do work. The result is 
not pretty, but at least it should work:


---




  Sydney Linux User Group


 
  
   Sydney Linux User Group
  
  
   The Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG) is a community of passionate
   freedom and technology lovers in Sydney, Australia. Join the
   http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Linux-User-Group/;>Slug
   Meetup for details of the next event, to be a sponsor, or
   offer a short lightning talk, or a longer presentation.
  
  
   Slug meets at 6pm on the last Friday, most months, at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qhl=enq=+48+Pirrama+Road%2C+Pyrmont%2C+au;>
   Google Sydney.
  
  
   We are one of the largest and most active of http://linux.org.au/usergroups;>Australia's users groups for
   the Linux free and open-source computer operating system, with a
   diverse membership of users, developers, sysadmins, and advocates.
  
  
   Also:
  
  
   
https://www.youtube.com/user/sydneylinuxusergroup;>Videos of
Slug Events
   
   
https://twitter.com/slugupdates;>@slugupdates and
https://twitter.com/hashtag/sydlug?src=hash;>#sydlug
on Twitter
   
   
mailto:slug-requ...@slug.org.au?subject=subscribe;>Join
to Slug Email List
   
  
 


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Re: [SLUG] slug Digest, Vol 115, Issue 3

2015-11-18 Thread Patrick Elliott-Brennan

+1

From: Marghanita da Cruz <marghan...@ramin.com.au>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:16:31 +1000
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Website
> Hi All,
>
> How about a hackfest of the website at the SLUG meeting on Friday evening.
>
> Who has the passwords? Do we have to recover them?
>
> Marghanita
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

2015-11-18 Thread Amos Shapira

I think there is an "edit source" option somewhere there, if you insist on
text syntax. Personally I find its WYSIWYG interface pretty convenient,
compared to the rare times that I find myself correct entries on Wikipedia.
On 3 Oct 2015 6:09 pm, "James Gray"  wrote:

> I wouldn't describe Confluence as a true wiki any more. They ripped out the
> Wiki syntax for editing  while ago.  The wiki syntax is still supported for
> creating documents via API.  Confluence is probably best described as an
> "Documentation Collaboration" product now. Don't get me wrong; it's still
> bloody good at what it does but it isn't a wiki in the strictest sense. If
> having the ability to edit plain text offline and be able to dump it into
> Confluence and have it formatted nicely, then Confluence isn't the best
> option (things may have changed and happy to be corrected here!).
>
> I've always just ended up with MediaWIKI (
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) but there are simpler options
> obviously.
>
> Good luck with your hunt :)
>
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>
> On 14 September 2015 at 18:22, Jonathan Molyneux <
> jonat...@infinitedepth.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Confluence is a good start for a wiki:
> >
> >
> https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing?_mid=206e3e3a242fb80ba4d7ba972f52c657=CIbO5Y-M9scCFYkrvQodRNoAOw#server
> >
> > Doesn't cost heaps and it's a solid wiki.
> >
> >
> > On 11/09/2015 11:21 AM, DaZZa wrote:
> >
> >> Learned ones,.
> >>
> >> I'm looking for a Wiki to setup for the company to make available to
> >> contractors semi-private documents
> >>
> >> I don't mind if I have to pay a little for it, but open source would
> >> be most excellent.
> >>
> >> So, I'm looking for suggestions for some form of Wiki.
> >>
> >> I'd like
> >>
> >> 1) Secure - two levels of access (view/edit)
> >> 2) Lightweight
> >> 3) Linux (obviously, 'cause f**k paying Microsoft tax where I don't have
> >> to)
> >>
> >> It'd be nice if I could integrate it with AD (or at least LDAP query
> >> for usernames/passwords), but that's not critical.
> >>
> >> It'd also be nice if I could put some kind of skin or theme on it
> >> customised by the marketing nazi's to make it look all company-ie.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> DaZZa
> >>
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-11-18 Thread Darin McLean

I would be happy to put something simple and functional together.

Who is the contact looking after the website and the hosting currently?

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM, James Gray  wrote:

> Is "deterioration" a kinder way of saying "neglect"? ;)
>
> Well, we *can *moan and criticise, but can anyone step up and give ye olde
> web page a shot in the arm? I'll bow up now as I am NOT a UI person. Hell,
> anything much beyond to command line is far to fancy for my taste! Just
> interested what the SLUG process is for getting the community engaged -
> this is obviously something we've noticed, and don't like, so how can we
> change it?
>
> --
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>
> On 14 September 2015 at 06:31, Amos Shapira 
> wrote:
>
> > I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a
> web
> > server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.
> >
> > There is a link to "See the code" which points to
> > https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where
> the
> > last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
> > just a case of deterioration more than active change.
> >
> > --Amos
> >
> > On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:
> >
> > > I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
> > > into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
> > > with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
> > > I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past
> the
> > > front page - which is worse than useless!
> > >
> > > Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] slug Digest, Vol 115, Issue 1

2015-11-18 Thread Patrick Elliott-Brennan

I'd say it needs a new sponsor/organiser.

I was not able to make the last meeting so wasn't able to raise the
issue at the meeting.

1. Did anyone raise the issue?
2. If so, was there a resolution to the issue?

Any information appreciated :)

Patrick

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> From: David <da...@kenpro.com.au>
> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:36:20 +1000
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Website
> Not a great advertisement for Linux in Sydney :(
>
> Whoever is looking after the website, isn't. Does SLUG need a new website 
> sponsor? or is the organisation passed it's use by date? T'would be a pity 
> indeed.
>
> David
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-11-18 Thread James Linder


> On 3 Oct 2015, at 10:00 am, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
> 
> 
> Not a great advertisement for Linux in Sydney :(
> 
> Whoever is looking after the website, isn't. Does SLUG need a new website 
> sponsor? or is the organisation passed it's use by date? T'would be a pity 
> indeed.
> 
> David
> 
> On 13/09/15 17:18, Rick Phillips wrote:
>> I agree with you Heracles.  In fact not one of the menu items (on the top of 
>> the page) works.
>> 
>> Most pages simple tell the world that nginx is being used as the web server.
>> 
>> A bit sad really.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:
>>> I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site into 
>>> a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8 with 
>>> enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
>>> I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the 
>>> front page - which is worse than useless!
>>> 
>>> Heracles

No opinion about any local hosters but I’ve been using bluehost 
(http://bluehost.com) for a couple of years. At US$4/month I find their 
offering superb. On request (once) they provide ssh access which CLI junkies 
like moi find invaluable. They run CentOS 
James
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Re: [SLUG] Locale settings in Debian

2015-10-03 Thread James Gray

You haven't set up your keyboard with a European mapping by any chance? If
so, this might solve the problem for you:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Also, you might want to try launching from the command line and for a
specific locale and see if it fixes anything:

LANG=en_AU.utf8 google-chrome

If that fixes it, then also check your locale settings in your environment
(window manager et al).

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On 15 September 2015 at 13:53, Heracles  wrote:

> Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT:
> I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on converting
> everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change it to display
> Australian Dollars?
>
> Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-10-03 Thread Marghanita da Cruz


Hi All,

How about a hackfest of the website at the SLUG meeting on Friday evening.

Who has the passwords? Do we have to recover them?

Marghanita
On 14/09/15 06:31, Amos Shapira wrote:

I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a web
server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.

There is a link to "See the code" which points to
https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where the
last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
just a case of deterioration more than active change.

--Amos

On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:


I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
front page - which is worse than useless!

Heracles

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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

2015-10-03 Thread DaZZa

On 21 September 2015 at 13:59, James Gray  wrote:
> I wouldn't describe Confluence as a true wiki any more. They ripped out the
> Wiki syntax for editing  while ago.  The wiki syntax is still supported for
> creating documents via API.  Confluence is probably best described as an
> "Documentation Collaboration" product now. Don't get me wrong; it's still
> bloody good at what it does but it isn't a wiki in the strictest sense. If
> having the ability to edit plain text offline and be able to dump it into
> Confluence and have it formatted nicely, then Confluence isn't the best
> option (things may have changed and happy to be corrected here!).

We've already got a Confluence instance for the "inside" - but I (the
business) don't want to put that on the Internet, as it has a lot of
very proprietary information on it -and we don;t want to pay for
another one - hence the search for free version for the "outside" Wiki
(which will be much less detailed and simpler).

> I've always just ended up with MediaWIKI
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) but there are simpler options
> obviously.

I've actually got an instance of that up and running - but getting it
talking to AD for authentication is proving problematic - and I don't
have the resources to dig into it properly.

I'll keep investigating - maybe I can find one which is point and click. :)

Thanks for your input.

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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-10-03 Thread Marghanita da Cruz

The SLUG AGM must be coming up.
Any nominations for committee - webmaster?

Marghanita

On 15/09/15 08:54, Tom Worthington wrote:

On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:

... SLUG Site, now I cant get past the front page ...

On the Slug home page I see a row of menu items across the top: "Home | Events
| Archives | Mailing
Lists | Get the code!": http://www.slug.org.au/

Here is what happens when I select them:

* Home: takes me to the same page (as expected).
* Events: displays the text "SLUG Events", with a yellow rectangle below
it, but no actual events.
* Archives: displays the text "Welcome to nginx!" but no archives
* Mailing List: displays "Welcome to nginx!" but no mailing lists.
* Get the code!: takes me to GitHub with a repository of Slug stuff, but why?

Below these menu items it says "Sydney Linux User Group" and there is a
paragraph describing the
group (which makes sense).

Then below that it says "#sydlug @slugupdates both Loading tweets..." which
does not make much
sense. I assume these are the hastag, twitter address and a list of recent
Tweets is then supposed
to appear (but thankfully does not: who would want this?).

Next to that is "Previously at SLUG (more on YouTube) Enabled HTML5 Video!"
with a video window
underneath. I have video turned off by default so thankfully nothing plays (why
would I want it to?).

Below that is "Attend the next meeting, Sponsor An event or SLUG as a whole,
Give a talk Educate
your fellows". Here is what I get when selecting each:

* ATTEND: "Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/base/data/home/runtimes/python/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py",
line 715, in __call__
handler.get(*groups)
File
"/base/data/home/apps/s~sydney-linux-user-group-hr/8.353599326443764872/events.py",
line 26,
in get
self.redirect(event_lists.get_next_event().get_url())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_url'"

* SPONSOR: Creates an email with the address
"commit...@slug.org.au=Sponsoring SLUG". I
assume "Sponsoring SLUG" is supposed to be in the subject line, but is not.

* GIVE A TALK: Opens a window asking for my Open Id to log into the Slug
website, but why?

I suggest:

1. Replace the video and the twitter feed windows with hypertext links.
2. Delete "Get the code!"
3. Get the other menu options to work.

ps: I am using Firefox 40.0.3 for Linux.

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Re: [SLUG] Locale settings in Debian

2015-10-03 Thread Heracles



On 21/09/15 16:42, James Gray wrote:
You haven't set up your keyboard with a European mapping by any 
chance? If so, this might solve the problem for you:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Also, you might want to try launching from the command line and for a specific 
locale and see if it fixes anything:
LANG=en_AU.utf8 google-chrome
If that fixes it, then also check your locale settings in your 
environment (window manager et al).


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On 15 September 2015 at 13:53, Heracles > wrote:


Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT:
I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on
converting everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change
it to display Australian Dollars?

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Thanks James, but it turned out that Chrome somehow setup a currency 
conversion extension. Once I deactivated and removed it all works as 
expected.

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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-10-03 Thread James Gray

Is "deterioration" a kinder way of saying "neglect"? ;)

Well, we *can *moan and criticise, but can anyone step up and give ye olde
web page a shot in the arm? I'll bow up now as I am NOT a UI person. Hell,
anything much beyond to command line is far to fancy for my taste! Just
interested what the SLUG process is for getting the community engaged -
this is obviously something we've noticed, and don't like, so how can we
change it?

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On 14 September 2015 at 06:31, Amos Shapira  wrote:

> I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a web
> server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.
>
> There is a link to "See the code" which points to
> https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where the
> last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
> just a case of deterioration more than active change.
>
> --Amos
>
> On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:
>
> > I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
> > into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
> > with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
> > I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
> > front page - which is worse than useless!
> >
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

2015-10-03 Thread James Gray

I wouldn't describe Confluence as a true wiki any more. They ripped out the
Wiki syntax for editing  while ago.  The wiki syntax is still supported for
creating documents via API.  Confluence is probably best described as an
"Documentation Collaboration" product now. Don't get me wrong; it's still
bloody good at what it does but it isn't a wiki in the strictest sense. If
having the ability to edit plain text offline and be able to dump it into
Confluence and have it formatted nicely, then Confluence isn't the best
option (things may have changed and happy to be corrected here!).

I've always just ended up with MediaWIKI (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) but there are simpler options
obviously.

Good luck with your hunt :)

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On 14 September 2015 at 18:22, Jonathan Molyneux <
jonat...@infinitedepth.com.au> wrote:

> Confluence is a good start for a wiki:
>
> https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing?_mid=206e3e3a242fb80ba4d7ba972f52c657=CIbO5Y-M9scCFYkrvQodRNoAOw#server
>
> Doesn't cost heaps and it's a solid wiki.
>
>
> On 11/09/2015 11:21 AM, DaZZa wrote:
>
>> Learned ones,.
>>
>> I'm looking for a Wiki to setup for the company to make available to
>> contractors semi-private documents
>>
>> I don't mind if I have to pay a little for it, but open source would
>> be most excellent.
>>
>> So, I'm looking for suggestions for some form of Wiki.
>>
>> I'd like
>>
>> 1) Secure - two levels of access (view/edit)
>> 2) Lightweight
>> 3) Linux (obviously, 'cause f**k paying Microsoft tax where I don't have
>> to)
>>
>> It'd be nice if I could integrate it with AD (or at least LDAP query
>> for usernames/passwords), but that's not critical.
>>
>> It'd also be nice if I could put some kind of skin or theme on it
>> customised by the marketing nazi's to make it look all company-ie.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> DaZZa
>>
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-10-02 Thread David


Not a great advertisement for Linux in Sydney :(

Whoever is looking after the website, isn't. Does SLUG need a new 
website sponsor? or is the organisation passed it's use by date? T'would 
be a pity indeed.


David

On 13/09/15 17:18, Rick Phillips wrote:
I agree with you Heracles.  In fact not one of the menu items (on the 
top of the page) works.


Most pages simple tell the world that nginx is being used as the web 
server.


A bit sad really.

Regards,

Rick


On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:
I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate 
site into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using 
Debian 8 with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past 
the front page - which is worse than useless!


Heracles





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Re: [SLUG] problem with debian locale?

2015-10-01 Thread Heracles



On 17/09/15 15:54, Lubos Rendek wrote:

Hi Heracles,

Did you check whether your chrome browser does not have any automatic 
currency converters plugins enabled by navigating to your chrome to: 
chrome://plugins/


Lubos

That was, indeed, the problem. I didn't remember loading it but I have 
now removed it completely and all is well again.

Thanks Lubos
Heracles

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Heracles > wrote:


That should be LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf8" which is what exists on
the system. The extra hyphen was a typo!
Sick of seeing everything translated to euros. Any clues on what
to change in my settings to get AU$.

Ashley (Heracles)



On 09/09/15 17:11, Heracles wrote:

Hi guys,
I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux
and let it upgrade and ended up with Debian 8.
The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I
get all currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there
another setting I may have missed?

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Re: [SLUG] problem with debian locale?

2015-10-01 Thread Lubos Rendek

Hi Heracles,

Did you check whether your chrome browser does not have any automatic
currency converters plugins enabled by navigating to your chrome to:
chrome://plugins/

Lubos

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Heracles  wrote:

> That should be LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf8" which is what exists on the
> system. The extra hyphen was a typo!
> Sick of seeing everything translated to euros. Any clues on what to change
> in my settings to get AU$.
>
> Ashley (Heracles)
>
>
>
> On 09/09/15 17:11, Heracles wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>> I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux and let it
>> upgrade and ended up with Debian 8.
>> The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I get all
>> currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there another setting I may have
>> missed?
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>>
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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-09-20 Thread Amos Shapira

I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a web
server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.

There is a link to "See the code" which points to
https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where the
last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
just a case of deterioration more than active change.

--Amos

On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:

> I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
> into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
> with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
> I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
> front page - which is worse than useless!
>
> Heracles
>
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

2015-09-20 Thread simran

You can pay Atlassian instead...

Not free, but very good: https://confluence.atlassian.com/
(go for the server version if you want to install it on one of your own
linux hosts)

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:21 AM, DaZZa  wrote:

> Learned ones,.
>
> I'm looking for a Wiki to setup for the company to make available to
> contractors semi-private documents
>
> I don't mind if I have to pay a little for it, but open source would
> be most excellent.
>
> So, I'm looking for suggestions for some form of Wiki.
>
> I'd like
>
> 1) Secure - two levels of access (view/edit)
> 2) Lightweight
> 3) Linux (obviously, 'cause f**k paying Microsoft tax where I don't have
> to)
>
> It'd be nice if I could integrate it with AD (or at least LDAP query
> for usernames/passwords), but that's not critical.
>
> It'd also be nice if I could put some kind of skin or theme on it
> customised by the marketing nazi's to make it look all company-ie.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

2015-09-20 Thread Jonathan Molyneux


Confluence is a good start for a wiki:
https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing?_mid=206e3e3a242fb80ba4d7ba972f52c657=CIbO5Y-M9scCFYkrvQodRNoAOw#server

Doesn't cost heaps and it's a solid wiki.

On 11/09/2015 11:21 AM, DaZZa wrote:

Learned ones,.

I'm looking for a Wiki to setup for the company to make available to
contractors semi-private documents

I don't mind if I have to pay a little for it, but open source would
be most excellent.

So, I'm looking for suggestions for some form of Wiki.

I'd like

1) Secure - two levels of access (view/edit)
2) Lightweight
3) Linux (obviously, 'cause f**k paying Microsoft tax where I don't have to)

It'd be nice if I could integrate it with AD (or at least LDAP query
for usernames/passwords), but that's not critical.

It'd also be nice if I could put some kind of skin or theme on it
customised by the marketing nazi's to make it look all company-ie.

Any suggestions?


Thanks.

DaZZa


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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-09-20 Thread Tom Worthington

On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:

... SLUG Site, now I cant get past the front page ...

On the Slug home page I see a row of menu items across the top: "Home |
Events | Archives | Mailing Lists | Get the code!": http://www.slug.org.au/

Here is what happens when I select them:

Below these menu items it says "Sydney Linux User Group" and there is a
paragraph describing the group (which makes sense).

Then below that it says "#sydlug @slugupdates both Loading tweets..."
which does not make much sense. I assume these are the hastag, twitter
address and a list of recent Tweets is then supposed to appear (but
thankfully does not: who would want this?).

Next to that is "Previously at SLUG (more on YouTube) Enabled HTML5
Video!" with a video window underneath. I have video turned off by
default so thankfully nothing plays (why would I want it to?).

Below that is "Attend the next meeting, Sponsor An event or SLUG as a
whole, Give a talk Educate your fellows". Here is what I get when
selecting each:

* ATTEND: "Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/base/data/home/runtimes/python/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py",
line 715, in __call__

handler.get(*groups)
File
"/base/data/home/apps/s~sydney-linux-user-group-hr/8.353599326443764872/events.py",
line 26, in get

self.redirect(event_lists.get_next_event().get_url())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_url'"

* SPONSOR: Creates an email with the address
"commit...@slug.org.au=Sponsoring SLUG". I assume "Sponsoring
SLUG" is supposed to be in the subject line, but is not.

* GIVE A TALK: Opens a window asking for my Open Id to log into the Slug
website, but why?

I suggest:

1. Replace the video and the twitter feed windows with hypertext links.
2. Delete "Get the code!"
3. Get the other menu options to work.

ps: I am using Firefox 40.0.3 for Linux.

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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-09-16 Thread Rick Phillips

I agree with you Heracles.  In fact not one of the menu items (on the 
top of the page) works.


Most pages simple tell the world that nginx is being used as the web server.

A bit sad really.

Regards,

Rick


On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:
I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site 
into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 
8 with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past 
the front page - which is worse than useless!


Heracles



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Re: [SLUG] Website

2015-09-16 Thread Mark Walkom

Looks like a generic problem, can't access much of anything.

On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:

> I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
> into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
> with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
> I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
> front page - which is worse than useless!
>
> Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] problem with debian locale?

2015-09-16 Thread Heracles

That should be LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf8" which is what exists on the 
system. The extra hyphen was a typo!
Sick of seeing everything translated to euros. Any clues on what to 
change in my settings to get AU$.


Ashley (Heracles)


On 09/09/15 17:11, Heracles wrote:

Hi guys,
I am having a problem with my system. I installed Makulu Linux and let 
it upgrade and ended up with Debian 8.
The problem is that even though LC_MONETARY="en_AU.utf-8" I get all 
currency in chrome converted to euros. Is there another setting I may 
have missed?


Ashley



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Re: [SLUG] mailing list archives?

2015-06-10 Thread Ben


HI Amos,

try...

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sluggers

Is this what you are looking for?
Ben


On 10/06/15 13:05, Amos Shapira wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to find the SLUG mailing list archive but any link other than
the home page (e.g. http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/) just gives the
default Welcome to nginx! page.

Thanks,

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Re: [SLUG] mailing list archives?

2015-06-10 Thread Marghanita da Cruz


Hi Amos,

You might need to try the way back machine.

I do recall asking trove to archive the slug website - but I can't find it - might not be avail even 
if it is archived (there were some copyright issues surround trove's archive of websites)


Marghanita

On 10/06/15 13:05, Amos Shapira wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to find the SLUG mailing list archive but any link other than
the home page (e.g. http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/) just gives the
default Welcome to nginx! page.

Thanks,

--Amos




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Re: [SLUG] mailing list archives?

2015-06-10 Thread Amos Shapira

Thanks. Not ideal (I prefer old-fashioned mail archives personally) but
hopefully can serve.

The web site is still broken, isn't it?


On 10 June 2015 at 18:56, Ben donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote:

 HI Amos,

 try...

 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sluggers

 Is this what you are looking for?
 Ben


 On 10/06/15 13:05, Amos Shapira wrote:

 Hi,

 I'm trying to find the SLUG mailing list archive but any link other than
 the home page (e.g. http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/) just gives
 the
 default Welcome to nginx! page.

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Re: [SLUG] the curious case of the inaccessible websites

2015-06-08 Thread Michael McAllister

Glad to hear you got your MTU issue fixed :-)

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On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 10:02 PM -0700, David
da...@kenpro.com.aumailto:da...@kenpro.com.au wrote:

It seems that an upstream supplier has made changes that specifically
require an MTU of 1492. Problem solved.

Only some sites were affected, which made it confusing. I can't imagine
why anyone would do this and not tell anybody. My reseller couldn't tell
me who the upstream supplier is, except that it isn't TPG.

Go figure.

On 08/06/15 18:41, Amos Shapira wrote:
You probably refer to the drop of support for NPAPI (e.g. article in
http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/24/google-chrome-will-block-all-netscape-plugin-api-plugins-in-january-drop-support-completely-in-september/
about Chrome but Firefox is following cloesely behind).

There are temporary work-around provided by Google to keep letting
some plugins to be enabled by some sites, but they are all expected to
be gone by the end of 2015 so should better find alternatives soon.

As for the original question - I doubt that it's a plugin issue. It
sounds more like some of the dependent resources on these pages are
being blocked or otherwise (temporarily?) unavailable. What does the
JavaScript console show? Do you have some corporate proxy which could
be misbehaving?

Just for shits and giggles, I visited
www.trivago.com.auhttp://www.trivago.com.au
http://www.trivago.com.au and had no problem accessing it, even on
my flaky home ADSL2+ line.
--Amos

On 8 June 2015 at 17:13, DaZZa dazzagi...@gmail.com
mailto:dazzagi...@gmail.com wrote:

What browser?

Recently, Chrome (and possibly Firefox) decided that all java
pugins (and
others like Silverlight) were unsecured, and the simply stopped
allowing
the plugins to work.

Broke countless business-related Web sites - I had a storm of
them, all
being blamed on the firewall, or the network.

I can't find the reference articles I dug up at the time as I'm
mobile,
but try a different browser and see if that helps.

DaZZa
On 08/06/2015 3:24 PM, david da...@kenpro.com.au
mailto:da...@kenpro.com.au wrote:

I have a business ethernet internet connection from a TPG
reseller.

Suddenly some external websites or partial websites are
inaccessible from
local clients. I haven't yet figured out a pattern, but it looks
like
javascript or some such is holding up the webpage download. The
browser is
waiting for a script or css or something not immediately
obvious. I get the
same problem with different browsers.

Some sites work perfectly - eg Westpac. The ABC site works, but
after
apparently loading it then constantly waits for something but I
can't tell
what. Some google responses work and some don't.

For example, http://www.trivago.com.au waits indefinitely for
jse.trivago.com http://jse.trivago.com and never loads,
although I can telnet to port 80. BTW,
lynx works fine - which makes me more suspicious that it's CSS
or some such.

I rang the help desk late on Friday. They suggested DNS (??),
but I don't
think that's it because I tried using an external DNS server and
in any
case there doesn't seem to be any resolution problem. On their
suggestion
I've rebooted both the Cisco router and NTU with no change. Does
anybody
have any thoughts?

David
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Re: [SLUG] the curious case of the inaccessible websites

2015-06-08 Thread David

It seems that an upstream supplier has made changes that specifically
require an MTU of 1492. Problem solved.

Go figure.

Just for shits and giggles, I visited www.trivago.com.au
http://www.trivago.com.au and had no problem accessing it, even on
my flaky home ADSL2+ line.

--Amos