DVB card
Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Tony -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: DVB card
--- On Wed, 14/7/10, Tony Addis tonyad...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tony Addis tonyad...@gmail.com Subject: DVB card To: Ubuntu forum ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 14 July, 2010, 4:49 PM Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Run meTV Tony -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: DVB card
On 14/07/2010, at 4:19 PM, Tony Addis wrote: Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Hi Tony, It's highly unlikely you have a DVB card in your machine by default. I'll bet that if you're not sure then the answer is no. Regards, -- Sam Jackson -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Peculiar effect with keyboard -again
Hello All Thanks to all who have replied but so far no joy. I tried 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' from the root terminal (thanks Morgan), - the command ran but did not cure the effect. The effect is: after the Xserver has started, pressing any key only causes an 'alert' sound to be issued. Before the Xserver start (when in maintenance terminal mode) the keyboard behaves normally. I am using Lucid Lynx. I am sending this from my Wife's computer because of the effect explained below: On start up, I reach the normal login screen and can log in normally - from the keyboard. When the full normal window manager display comes up, the keyboard ceases to function - pressing any key issues the 'alert' sound. The mouse is OK. I then restarted and selected repair broken packages, then normal start - the same effect was present. Restarted again but entered terminal mode - the keyboard behaved perfectly. Exchanged the keyboard with one that is OK (the one I am sending this message on) - same result as before. It would seem that when the X-server/window manager starts, the keyboard becomes disabled pressing any key causes an 'alert' sound Has anyone any ideas what would cause this and how I can fix it ?? Many thanks in anticipation David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: DVB card
On 14/07/10 16:49, Tony Addis wrote: Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Tony sudo lshw and look for an entry for a DVB card. But if you don't know whether you have one then probably you don't. One other way is to run kaffeine, configure it, and see if it will pickup TV channels. If you do need a DVB card then ask again and I will tell you where to get one (from a supplier in Canberra). BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
In the very early hours of this morning (Wednesday) we had here in Canberra one hell of a wind 'storm' with the result that one of our neighbour' trees was bought down and short-circuited 2 phases of the power lines. The power surge took out my modem's power unit. Today, as replacement, I bought the Netcomm NB9WMAXX (ADSL2+VoIP) modem/router and now have it working for both ADSL and VoIP. However, for the first time in ~7 years I now FAIL the ShieldsUp!, TruStealth, test on grc.com: all ports are in Stealth mode but the FAILure occurs because the Netcomm accepts and replies to ICMP pings. This didn't occur on the Netgear and the Zyxel modems I had before. The question now is: does anyone know which parameter in this Netcomm I need to play with - and what are the settings - to stop these responses to pings, please? As additional info, I am running Ubuntu Lucid (is there something in Lucid which could be set? - although I have never had to fiddle with any settings in Ubuntu before so I believe that this is modem firewall hassle, but then I am not a network geek :-) ). Any advise would be greatly appreciated. BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
Hiya Basil, On 14/07/2010, at 10:05 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: The question now is: does anyone know which parameter in this Netcomm I need to play with - and what are the settings - to stop these responses to pings, please? I'm not familiar with that router firmware but there should be an option in the firewall settings to block ICMP requests. I'm pretty sure my last Netcomm ADSL/Router had that option. As additional info, I am running Ubuntu Lucid (is there something in Lucid which could be set? - although I have never had to fiddle with any settings in Ubuntu before so I believe that this is modem firewall hassle, but then I am not a network geek :-) ). You could block ICMP via UFW but, that will not stop your router responding to the requests, only the Lucid system. And unless you're running a DMZ directly to said box for some reason, that won't achieve what you want. As a side note, you may want to see if there is a firmware update available. Regards, -- Sam Jackson-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
On 14/07/10 22:35, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Today, as replacement, I bought the Netcomm NB9WMAXX (ADSL2+VoIP) modem/router and now have it working for both ADSL and VoIP. However, for the first time in ~7 years I now FAIL the ShieldsUp!, TruStealth, test on grc.com: all ports are in Stealth mode but the FAILure occurs because the Netcomm accepts and replies to ICMP pings. This didn't occur on the Netgear and the Zyxel modems I had before. ... Any advise would be greatly appreciated. As far as i can tell from the documentation at http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/voip/nb9wmaxx, there is no way to disable pings for the WAN interface. My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) Paul attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no need to go blocking pings. I work for an ISP (Adam in Adelaide) and get this question a lot from customers, and also talk to a lot of customers that have gone and blocked pings. Here's a couple of items for consideration : - people generally want to block pings to be protected against ping floods - blocking pings only stops your router from replying to pings, it doesn't stop someone sending you pings. so a ping flood can still happen. - these days, if someone wants to discover you on the Internet, they're probably going to port-scan you, not ping you. Once they port scan you, maybe they'll find a (web, mail, ssh etc) server. Then they'll try to exploit that server. If you're not running any servers, no problem. If you are running servers, then blocking pings won't offer any benefit. - if you're having issues with your Internet connection and you call your ISP, they're probably going to try a ping to see if your connection is online. Blocking pings makes technical support difficult! The above just represents my thoughts, but if anyone reckons I'm wrong about something please do speak up! Cheers Callan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
On 15/07/10 10:13, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no need to go blocking pings. I work for an ISP (Adam in Adelaide) and get this question a lot from customers, and also talk to a lot of customers that have gone and blocked pings. Here's a couple of items for consideration : - people generally want to block pings to be protected against ping floods - blocking pings only stops your router from replying to pings, it doesn't stop someone sending you pings. so a ping flood can still happen. - these days, if someone wants to discover you on the Internet, they're probably going to port-scan you, not ping you. Once they port scan you, maybe they'll find a (web, mail, ssh etc) server. Then they'll try to exploit that server. If you're not running any servers, no problem. If you are running servers, then blocking pings won't offer any benefit. - if you're having issues with your Internet connection and you call your ISP, they're probably going to try a ping to see if your connection is online. Blocking pings makes technical support difficult! The above just represents my thoughts, but if anyone reckons I'm wrong about something please do speak up! Cheers Callan Thank you everybody for the responses. I have been assured. I shall now ignore grc.com :-) . BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
On 15 July 2010 10:40, Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au wrote: On 15/07/10 10:13, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no need to go blocking pings. I work for an ISP (Adam in Adelaide) and get this question a lot from customers, and also talk to a lot of customers that have gone and blocked pings. Here's a couple of items for consideration : - people generally want to block pings to be protected against ping floods - blocking pings only stops your router from replying to pings, it doesn't stop someone sending you pings. so a ping flood can still happen. - these days, if someone wants to discover you on the Internet, they're probably going to port-scan you, not ping you. Once they port scan you, maybe they'll find a (web, mail, ssh etc) server. Then they'll try to exploit that server. If you're not running any servers, no problem. If you are running servers, then blocking pings won't offer any benefit. - if you're having issues with your Internet connection and you call your ISP, they're probably going to try a ping to see if your connection is online. Blocking pings makes technical support difficult! The above just represents my thoughts, but if anyone reckons I'm wrong about something please do speak up! Cheers Callan Thank you everybody for the responses. I have been assured. I shall now ignore grc.com :-) . Basil, I would not go to the point of ignoring grc.com, just use it as a guide/reference. If you a really worried get a friend to nmap you for example: # nmap -sS -sU -O -p 1-65535 -v -P0 IP_ADDRESS Note that nmap command can take a long time Regards Dale -- [WWW] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/ The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
On 15/07/10 11:25, Dale wrote: ... Basil, I would not go to the point of ignoring grc.com, just use it as a guide/reference. If you a really worried get a friend to nmap you for example: # nmap -sS -sU -O -p 1-65535 -v -P0IP_ADDRESS Note that nmap command can take a long time You can make it go a bit faster by specifying -T Aggressive. attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Peculiar effect with keyboard -solved
Hello All Thanks to all who have replied on this curious problem, for which I have found the cure on the internet. The effect was that I could login on the GDM screen but when Xwindows started, pressing any key would only produce an alert sound. This effect suddenly appeared one day. Postings on the Ubuntu Forum (from where I got the cure) showed a few people have experienced this before. The cure was; within Xwindows press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (worked within X despite the 'alert'). Now in command line mode, run 'sudo aptitude install sandwich'. I would appreciate if anyone could explain to me as to what 'sandwich' is and how it works? Many thanks David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
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If I cant remember what email address I subscribed with - how do I unsubscribe to this list ? -Original Message- From: ubuntu-au-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-au-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 15 July 2010 13:46 To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 53, Issue 11 Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com You can reach the person managing the list at ubuntu-au-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest... Today's Topics: 1. HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Basil Chupin) 2. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Sam Jackson) 3. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Paul Gear) 4. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Callan Jefferson Davies) 5. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Basil Chupin) 6. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Dale) 7. Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall (Paul Gear) 8. Peculiar effect with keyboard -solved (David Bowskill) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:35:33 +1000 From: Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au Subject: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall To: Ubuntu forum ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 4c3daf15.7010...@iinet.net.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In the very early hours of this morning (Wednesday) we had here in Canberra one hell of a wind 'storm' with the result that one of our neighbour' trees was bought down and short-circuited 2 phases of the power lines. The power surge took out my modem's power unit. Today, as replacement, I bought the Netcomm NB9WMAXX (ADSL2+VoIP) modem/router and now have it working for both ADSL and VoIP. However, for the first time in ~7 years I now FAIL the ShieldsUp!, TruStealth, test on grc.com: all ports are in Stealth mode but the FAILure occurs because the Netcomm accepts and replies to ICMP pings. This didn't occur on the Netgear and the Zyxel modems I had before. The question now is: does anyone know which parameter in this Netcomm I need to play with - and what are the settings - to stop these responses to pings, please? As additional info, I am running Ubuntu Lucid (is there something in Lucid which could be set? - although I have never had to fiddle with any settings in Ubuntu before so I believe that this is modem firewall hassle, but then I am not a network geek :-) ). Any advise would be greatly appreciated. BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20100714/e28d0961/at tachment-0001.htm -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:38:07 +0930 From: Sam Jackson junin.to...@gmail.com Subject: Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall To: Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au Cc: Ubuntu forum ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: e515ebe8-5af7-4c51-b504-95127ef6f...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hiya Basil, On 14/07/2010, at 10:05 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: The question now is: does anyone know which parameter in this Netcomm I need to play with - and what are the settings - to stop these responses to pings, please? I'm not familiar with that router firmware but there should be an option in the firewall settings to block ICMP requests. I'm pretty sure my last Netcomm ADSL/Router had that option. As additional info, I am running Ubuntu Lucid (is there something in Lucid which could be set? - although I have never had to fiddle with any settings in Ubuntu before so I believe that this is modem firewall hassle, but then I am not a network geek :-) ). You could block ICMP via UFW but, that will not stop your router responding to the requests, only the Lucid system. And unless you're running a DMZ directly to said box for some reason, that won't achieve what you want. As a side note, you may want to see if there is a firmware update available. Regards, -- Sam Jackson -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20100714/7014b624/at tachment-0001.htm -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:28:13 +1000 From: Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au Subject: Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 4c3e39fd.5050...@libertysys.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 14/07/10 22:35, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Today, as replacement
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Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall
On 15/07/10 11:25, Dale wrote: On 15 July 2010 10:40, Basil Chupinblchu...@iinet.net.au wrote: On 15/07/10 10:13, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no need to go blocking pings. I work for an ISP (Adam in Adelaide) and get this question a lot from customers, and also talk to a lot of customers that have gone and blocked pings. Here's a couple of items for consideration :   - people generally want to block pings to be protected against ping floods   - blocking pings only stops your router from replying to pings, it doesn't stop someone sending you pings. so a ping flood can still happen.   - these days, if someone wants to discover you on the Internet, they're probably going to port-scan you, not ping you. Once they port scan you, maybe they'll find a (web, mail, ssh etc) server. Then they'll try to exploit that server. If you're not running any servers, no problem. If you are running servers, then blocking pings won't offer any benefit.   - if you're having issues with your Internet connection and you call your ISP, they're probably going to try a ping to see if your connection is online. Blocking pings makes technical support difficult! The above just represents my thoughts, but if anyone reckons I'm wrong about something please do speak up! Cheers Callan Thank you everybody for the responses. I have been assured. I shall now ignore grc.com :-) . Basil, I would not go to the point of ignoring grc.com, just use it as a guide/reference. If you a really worried get a friend to nmap you for example: # nmap -sS -sU -O -p 1-65535 -v -P0IP_ADDRESS Note that nmap command can take a long time Regards Dale Thanks, Dale, I wasn't really going to ignore grc - even though I've been told years ago that he is a fraud and doesn't know what he is talking about - but simply ignore the bit about the ICMP pings being returned. What I still cannot understand is why they are suddenly being returned just because I have changed modems. Let me explain. Some time ago when I was dual-booting with XP and used XP on the 'net, I had Zone Alarm installed. This had a setting where incoming pings from WAN, but not LAN, were not responded to. I then did away with XP and was using another distro - and I passed the grc test with flying colours. When I changed over to Ubuntu the same thing happened: no FAILed reports. Until I changed to this new Netcomm yesterday. And I am aware of what Callan said, but my ISP had pinged me a few times when I was trying to resolve a little hassle with my connection speed a year or so ago However, as I am totally clueless about firewalls I shall simply ignore grc re this one matter - unless someone can tell me why this is happening since yesterday and who to get it fixed :-) . BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
