Re: Cannot play Shoutcast stream with AMAROK (gives error)
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:39:15 +1100 pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is that when I try to play one of the "Shoutcast" internet radio > stations, I get an error message: > > Error Loading Media > No Suitable demux plugin. This often means that the file format is not > supported. > http://91.121.1.136:9030 > > Okay... So I understand that it is telling me to install a "demux plugin" > (whatever that is)... but I don't know what to install. > > Note that before I needed to do a complete reinstall of Linux UBUNTU (a > couple of days ago) I had this function of AMAROK working okay. > > So, what I'm saying is that I think that I have a component of AMAROK > missing or misconfigured. Try the information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats If you are using the "Xine" backend for Amarok, you might need "libxine-extracodecs" which is a package in Feisty - but in Gutsy I don't know if this exists as such. There should be an equivalent though. Alternatively, there are quite a few other apps that will play Shoutcast streams. On every nice one is "Streamtuner". You can use this with xmms or audacious or beep-media-player, depending on your Ubuntu version ( audacious is available for Feisty onwards ( 7.04 and up). You can also rip streams using Streamripper, which Streamtuner can use for that purpose with a button click. Peter -- "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html pgpy4JFY1rTCg.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Cannot play Shoutcast stream with AMAROK (gives error)
G'day UBUNTU Australian Folk, Here is a problem which I hope is easy to fix. I'm using the AMAROK Music Player and it works well playing my ripped cd collection (eg Ogg & MP3 files on the HDD) The problem is that when I try to play one of the "Shoutcast" internet radio stations, I get an error message: Error Loading Media No Suitable demux plugin. This often means that the file format is not supported. http://91.121.1.136:9030 Okay... So I understand that it is telling me to install a "demux plugin" (whatever that is)... but I don't know what to install. Note that before I needed to do a complete reinstall of Linux UBUNTU (a couple of days ago) I had this function of AMAROK working okay. So, what I'm saying is that I think that I have a component of AMAROK missing or misconfigured. Please help me... I'll appreciate any help I can get. Yours Sincerely, PEW ;-))) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
Hi Peter, Andre and All, On 02/02/2008, Peter Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:34:12 +1100 > pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did the command you suggested above ( $ cat /etc/papersize ) and the > > reply was: > > > > a4 > > > > Does that mean that I don't need to do any further commands??? > > Did you look at the URLs that Andre supplied in his post? I had missed Andre's post but I went back and found it. This is the URL Andre supplied: http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Dell-Photo_AIO_Printer_922 And in it my printer is described as a "paperweight". Eg it's useless as a printer because the only drivers for it are M$ Windows based drivers ;-( I would have to say that your printer might simply not be compatible with > Linux, assuming that Andre is right... > > Does the printer work at all? No, the printer does not work at all !!! Could be time to get another printer. There are lots of printers that work > fine with Linux - see for example > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters > > Most HP, Epson and Brother printers seem to be well supported, for > example. Thank you for the links (URLs). *** What printers do ppl here recommend for use with Linux UBUNTU ??? I don't want to spend a lot of $$ on a printer, cos money is tight *SMILE*. Can someone please recommend a printer which is well supported and won't cost an arm and a leg. *SMILE* Also, do All-in-one (printer / scanners) work with Linux UBUNTU ??? As I miss having a working scanner. Yours Sincerely, PEW ;-))) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Peter > > > -- > "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net > Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Wireless network card won't connect to router
David Whyte wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Gutsy on my brothers laptop tonight and everything went > OK, except the wireless network card doesn't seem to work too well. > It can detect my network and when I select my router using Network > Manager it pops up the encryption key dialog. I enter the key (i use > 64Bit Hex) and the icon in the status tray shows that it is trying to > connect, however, it always fails. Sometimes, after trying a couple > of times, NM crashes and the laptop starts to behave wierd (i.e. > System tools don't show when started, commands run in the terminal > fail to execute, etc) and I have to reboot. > > I don't think this is a driver issue as I am at least finding the > router and it identifies that it is encrypted, but I have been stumped > all night. I am using the acx driver, since this is a D-Link DWL-650+ > PCMCIA card. > > Does anyone have any ideas? Would it be worth trying the Ndiswrapper > and would that still behave OK with NM? Is Ndis as hard to configure > as all the different How-Tos make out? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Ta, > Whytey > getting wireless to work with WPA2 was a pain in the first place and I have still some strange symptoms. symptom 1 is at my current configuration I am running WPA2 with 64bit key on feisty, when I want to connect with my win XP booted the key doesn't work... it just wont connect. same thin at my dads place, his network is windows only, feisty would not connect with the original WLAN password chosen after a change it worked. I would suggest to try to get it running without any security... then enable MAC filter... then enable encryption the two links below helped me lots http://www.michaellarabel.com/?k=blog&i=129 and http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-wpa-wireless-access-point-in-ubuntu-linux.html but I am unsure which one did the trick... good luck seb -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Thunderbird address book/email recovery
The Wassermans wrote: > I am attempting to recover a Thunderbird (Windows version) address book > and emails from a HDD which has been installed as a slave. The HDD > comes from a system where XP crashed. I can access all of the files on > the HDD but can't, for the life of me, find where the address book and > emails are stored or backed up. > > Any suggestions?? > > Dave W > Hi, my old firefox profile is located in c:\Documents and Settings//Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles from there windows and linux have the same directory structure so a copy n paste to /home//.mozilla/firefox should do. my windows thunderbird profile is at c:\Documents and Settings//Local Settings/Application Data/Thunderbird/Profiles and it needs to go on my feisty machine to /home//.mozilla-thunderbird I found some ff profile data at c:\Documents and Settings//Local Settings/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles though not sure about this one see http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/edit#profile for the official paths, ubuntu varies here! cheers sebastian -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:34:12 +1100 pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did the command you suggested above ( $ cat /etc/papersize ) and the > reply was: > > a4 > > Does that mean that I don't need to do any further commands??? Did you look at the URLs that Andre supplied in his post? I would have to say that your printer might simply not be compatible with Linux, assuming that Andre is right... Does the printer work at all? Could be time to get another printer. There are lots of printers that work fine with Linux - see for example https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters Most HP, Epson and Brother printers seem to be well supported, for example. Peter -- "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html pgpFRSQheqksX.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Wireless network card won't connect to router
On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 00:07 +1000, David Whyte wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Gutsy on my brothers laptop tonight and everything went > OK, except the wireless network card doesn't seem to work too well. > It can detect my network and when I select my router using Network > Manager it pops up the encryption key dialog. I enter the key (i use > 64Bit Hex) and the icon in the status tray shows that it is trying to > connect, however, it always fails. Sometimes, after trying a couple > of times, NM crashes and the laptop starts to behave wierd (i.e. > System tools don't show when started, commands run in the terminal > fail to execute, etc) and I have to reboot. > > I don't think this is a driver issue as I am at least finding the > router and it identifies that it is encrypted, but I have been stumped > all night. I am using the acx driver, since this is a D-Link DWL-650+ > PCMCIA card. > > Does anyone have any ideas? Would it be worth trying the Ndiswrapper > and would that still behave OK with NM? Is Ndis as hard to configure > as all the different How-Tos make out? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Ta, > Whytey I don't know if this is any help, but I had similar troubles on a Windows laptop, finally able to connect once I disabled security on the router, at least it narrowed down the problem for me. I finally restricted the wireless network to allow only specified MAC addresses. Greg. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
Hi Peter & All, On 02/02/2008, Peter Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:02:14 +1100 > pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was using OpenOffice.org 2.3's Writer program and when I select > printer > > properties the only paper size selectable is "Letter". As I said, I need > to > > use the metric size of "A4". > > Check what appears in /etc/papersize . For example here: > > $ cat /etc/papersize > a4 I did the command you suggested above ( $ cat /etc/papersize ) and the reply was: a4 Does that mean that I don't need to do any further commands??? I just checked OpenOffice 2.3 Writer program and when I select Printer properties I only get to option of "Letter" paper size and no others to choose from! If your output from "cat /etc/papersize" in a terminal doesn't look like > that, edit it so that it does :) For example, by running > > gksudo gedit /etc/papersize > > Or the quick way: > > echo "a4" | sudo tee /etc/papersize > > That last command will put the right content in the file, and print "a4" > in > your terminal at the same time for confirmation ... > > See " tee --help " ( and/or "man tee" of course ) > > > Peter > -- > "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net > Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > Yours Sincerely and Confused, PEW ;-))) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:02:14 +1100 pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was using OpenOffice.org 2.3's Writer program and when I select printer > properties the only paper size selectable is "Letter". As I said, I need to > use the metric size of "A4". Check what appears in /etc/papersize . For example here: $ cat /etc/papersize a4 If your output from "cat /etc/papersize" in a terminal doesn't look like that, edit it so that it does :) For example, by running gksudo gedit /etc/papersize Or the quick way: echo "a4" | sudo tee /etc/papersize That last command will put the right content in the file, and print "a4" in your terminal at the same time for confirmation ... See " tee --help " ( and/or "man tee" of course ) Peter -- "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html pgpXmy4fI3qEN.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
Here are two URLs pertaining to the Dell AIO 922 as well as the Lexmark x5250 which are described as identical machines. http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Dell-Photo_AIO_Printer_922 http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-x5250 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
Hi Mark & All, On 02/02/2008, Mark M Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi Pew, I'll try and give you some help with this ... > > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 14:12 +1100, pew_from_hobart wrote: > > > I am using my Dell Dimension 8200 computer system with a Dell AIO 922 > > (Printer / Scanner). > > > *snip* > > > > Also, the only size for printer paper is "Letter" whereas I need to > > use the metric size "A4". How do I install the metric paper sizes?!? > > I'm a bit confused by the above statement. What do you mean by "the only > size for printer paper is Letter"? Are you getting this message from a > program? If so, what program, and how do you get this message? I was using OpenOffice.org 2.3's Writer program and when I select printer properties the only paper size selectable is "Letter". As I said, I need to use the metric size of "A4". I noticed today that when I select printer properties in Firefox, I can select A4 size. I re-checked Writer and still I can only choose "Letter". My attempts to print a page from Firefox result in the printer doing nothing at all. > My main questions are: What are my options for using this printer to > > print stuff? How can I test it? As I said, I recently installed > > re-inked colour and black cartridges in it. Could this be the > > problem?!? (printer has messages warning of low ink levels, but I'm > > told this is normal for re-inked cartridges.) > > It sounds like your main stumbling block is the problem you describe > below ... > > > > The printer LCD window says something about "load paper then press the > > menu key" but when I press the menu key it fails to load the paper. I think the message in the LCD window of the printer referred to the printer trying to do some kind of alignment cleaning. I have not been able to get that message again (printer asking me to load paper again). This sounds like a hardware problem, not a Ubuntu problem as such. Is > the paper inserted into the printer correctly? It should be less than > 100 sheets, firm against the right hand side. Are you using too many > sheets? IS the paper torn, wrinkled or folded? Does the printer LCD > display anything when you press the menu button? I have tried both with about 20 or so sheets and also with a single sheet of A4 paper. The paper is NOT torn, wrinkled or folded. My suggestion is fiddle with the paper and printer until you get rid of > the "Load paper" message then get back to us. If it is a new printer you > can ring the Dell support line and they may help you get this initial > problem sorted. The load paper message is gone. This is not a new printer. Actually it is so old that the model of printer has been superseded and Dell no longer sell cartridges for it... that's why I had to use re-inked cartridges. Note also that I tried to print a web page Firefox and I could not get any response from the printer. It did not even try to load paper. Cheers > Mark > > Yours Faithfully and Frustrated, PEW ;- -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Thunderbird address book/email recovery
Am Samstag, den 02.02.2008, 07:09 +1100 schrieb The Wassermans: > I am attempting to recover a Thunderbird (Windows version) address book > and emails from a HDD which has been installed as a slave. The HDD > comes from a system where XP crashed. I can access all of the files on > the HDD but can't, for the life of me, find where the address book and > emails are stored or backed up. > > Any suggestions?? > > Dave W > Mozilla user data (for Firefox & Thunderbird) on Windows reside in C: \Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla. You may need to adjust your file view settings, though - Control Panel>Folder Options>View and check "Show Hidden Files & Folders". All of this info should be readily available in the Thunderbird help section at the Mozilla website, btw. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: emails open as attachments?
Just going through my mails . . . . Thank you Pascal for the commentary. I am somewhat wiser after the feedback and help I received. You ask how I like Thunderbird. Now that I've had a good go at it, I have found some aspects I don't like too much. Maybe just because it is different to what I'm used to and the way I like to work. I am going to try Evolution one of these days and see how I feel about that. Regards Dave W Simon Pascal Klein wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 16:13 +1100, The Wassermans wrote: Okay, so now I have downloaded Thunderbird as recommended. I am trying to emulate some preferences I had in Outlook Express. ie, I want to have my outgoing mails in the font you see here - Comic Sans MS but I want to receive incoming mails in the format they were sent. I go into tools>options> etc but the font changes I make effect the display of incoming as well. I've been round and round the mulberry bush but can't seem to configure my preferences suitably. I have returned to OE to send this - to illustrate what I want. This email came up in a discussion I had offline with a few friends and all of us agreed that plain text emails are just the way to go... and if you have to use HTML ideally don't specify the typeface besides serif or sans-serif. Finally, for the love of all that is good and holy, please refrain from using Comic Sans MS for *anything ever*, other than perhaps comics (for which there are better typefaces anyway). ^_^ The main reasons for not using HTML I think were outlined in the earlier emails, but they essentially comes down to two things. Firstly, security: it is possible to create malicious HTML code within emails (this is in fact more an issue for Outlook Express users since the product is quite poor regarding security) and it's larger and unnecessary. I can understand that some organisations desire styled HTML newsletter emails but that's about the extent of it. Besides this font issue (which I hope we've convinced you shouldn't be an issue...) how are you finding Thunderbird by the way? (I've never asked anyone who has just moved from Outlook Express to Thunderbird). Ta and toodles. -Pascal Seems simple but . . . . . . Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Thunderbird address book/email recovery
I am attempting to recover a Thunderbird (Windows version) address book and emails from a HDD which has been installed as a slave. The HDD comes from a system where XP crashed. I can access all of the files on the HDD but can't, for the life of me, find where the address book and emails are stored or backed up. Any suggestions?? Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
hi Pew, I'll try and give you some help with this ... On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 14:12 +1100, pew_from_hobart wrote: > I am using my Dell Dimension 8200 computer system with a Dell AIO 922 > (Printer / Scanner). > *snip* > > Also, the only size for printer paper is "Letter" whereas I need to > use the metric size "A4". How do I install the metric paper sizes?!? I'm a bit confused by the above statement. What do you mean by "the only size for printer paper is Letter"? Are you getting this message from a program? If so, what program, and how do you get this message? > My main questions are: What are my options for using this printer to > print stuff? How can I test it? As I said, I recently installed > re-inked colour and black cartridges in it. Could this be the > problem?!? (printer has messages warning of low ink levels, but I'm > told this is normal for re-inked cartridges.) It sounds like your main stumbling block is the problem you describe below ... > > The printer LCD window says something about "load paper then press the > menu key" but when I press the menu key it fails to load the paper. This sounds like a hardware problem, not a Ubuntu problem as such. Is the paper inserted into the printer correctly? It should be less than 100 sheets, firm against the right hand side. Are you using too many sheets? IS the paper torn, wrinkled or folded? Does the printer LCD display anything when you press the menu button? My suggestion is fiddle with the paper and printer until you get rid of the "Load paper" message then get back to us. If it is a new printer you can ring the Dell support line and they may help you get this initial problem sorted. Cheers Mark -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Wireless network card won't connect to router
Hi, I installed Gutsy on my brothers laptop tonight and everything went OK, except the wireless network card doesn't seem to work too well. It can detect my network and when I select my router using Network Manager it pops up the encryption key dialog. I enter the key (i use 64Bit Hex) and the icon in the status tray shows that it is trying to connect, however, it always fails. Sometimes, after trying a couple of times, NM crashes and the laptop starts to behave wierd (i.e. System tools don't show when started, commands run in the terminal fail to execute, etc) and I have to reboot. I don't think this is a driver issue as I am at least finding the router and it identifies that it is encrypted, but I have been stumped all night. I am using the acx driver, since this is a D-Link DWL-650+ PCMCIA card. Does anyone have any ideas? Would it be worth trying the Ndiswrapper and would that still behave OK with NM? Is Ndis as hard to configure as all the different How-Tos make out? Any help is appreciated. Ta, Whytey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
build f-spot 0.4.1 with feisty
Hi all, I want to start sorting my pictures with f-spot. the thing is I am still running feisty and want to use the latest f-spot version 0.4.1. I downloaded the source from http://f-spot.org -> f-spot-0.4.1.tar.bz2 now comes the config, make, make install... am I right. But my real question is: As I want to upgrade to hardy when ready I thought about using the hardy version. so I went to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/f-spot/0.4.1-4ubuntu3 and there I found some more files whith which I have no idea what to do... f-spot_0.4.1-4ubuntu3.dsc f-spot_0.4.1-4ubuntu3.diff.gz and f-spot_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz I assume the last one carries NO modification for ubuntu and the first two files do. so how do I combine them? where can I read about this _ thing _ I need to do next and what is the process called? Thanks for help sebastian -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Firefox crash when accessing ANZ internet banking
David Whyte wrote: > Hi All, > > I have found that when I try and access the internet banking site on > either of my Gutsy machines it causes firefox to crash. The ANZ home > page is fine, the internet banking login popup is fine, but when I > enter my credentials and hit the login button, firefox locks up. > > Anyone here with ANZ and having the same problem? I am pretty sure > this was working fine on my Gutsy laptop before the weekend! > > Cheers, > Whytey > Hi all, ANZ works for me as always. Ever since I had some problems when downloading account data in (CSV) then the site logged me out. Apart from this, no problems. I excluded www.anz.com from pop up blocker, no script, etc. cheers seb -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
