Re: skype
I can't really say what you're problem here might be, but skype doesn't play too well with pulseaudio, especially not on Hardy. On Intrepid I have skype installed through the medibuntu repos and it all works perfectly Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Wireless USB Adaptor
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Matthew Rossi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > If I remember correctly i have a netgear WG111v2 on my old computer > that the family uses (my xp computer that formerly ran ubuntu). > I tried getting the adapter working in feisty and gutsy to no > avail. How did you get your going Matt? > All I had to do was plug it in and recent versions of ubuntu (definitely gutsy and hardy) just pick it up and 20 seconds later I'm connected - that's without changing any of the default config afaik, and without touching anything. Must be one of the good ones :) :S. Below is the output of lsusb -vv : Bus 002 Device 013: ID 0846:4240 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2) Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize064 idVendor 0x0846 NetGear, Inc. idProduct 0x4240 WG111 WiFi (v2) bcdDevice 10.40 iManufacturer 1 iProduct2 iSerial 3 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 53 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 5 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes3 Transfer TypeInterrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 1 Cheers, Matt > >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >> >> > > > -- > Matthew Rossi > > I am for Macs, and the open source scene, are you? > > The Penguin Central Podcast - http://penguincentral.unixpod.com > > Everything you can imagine is real. > Pablo Picasso > Spanish Cubist painter (1881 - 1973) > > http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/certificate.cgi/455532 > > -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Wireless USB Adaptor
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Simon Ives <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently the Broadcom chip-set based wireless card in my notebook > decided to die. One of the circuits actually fried somehow! Anyhow, > has anyone had any success with Wireless USB adaptors under Ubuntu? At > home my wireless router is a D-Link DSL-G604T capable of both 802.11b > and 802.11g. I'm not sure of what wireless technology is in use at Uni > (Uni of QLD and ANU) though. I'd need an adaptor capable of connecting > to both networks. I'm currently using LAN at home but I'll need some > way of accessing the wireless at Uni after the holidays. > > If this helps at all, I have a netgear wg111 ( http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adapters/GWirelessAdapters/WG111.aspx) usb wireless adaptor which works out of the box on my desktop (plug it in and 20 seconds later it's all set up). However, there may be some other versions of this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/NetgearWG111) so that may be something to consider. Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: workspace behaviour
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM, James Takac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > Been noticing something interesting on one of my ubuntu pc's. It's the only > one on 24/7. Basically if left alone for some time it switches workspaces > by > itself. It did it this morning as I watched. No intervention from me. Is > this > meant to be a feature or some oddity on my end? Not sure if this would be even remotely related, but I've seen some strange things happen since I have an IR receiver on my PC, and occasionally other IR equipment (most notably IR controlled micro helipcopters) will be translated as a remote signal which will make things happen (in my case, volume changes, bringing up logout dialog). Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: screen resolution hardy heron
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:20 AM, martin fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I completed a clean install of Ubuntu 8.04. In Screen Resolution settings > there is no option to select the native resolution of 1280x1024 for my 19" > LCD monitor. > > The listed resolutions only go up to 1280x800. My graphics controller is > an Intel 82865G. > > Any help is appreciated! > If you go to the area where you select your screen, there is a checkbox for a widescreen monitor... make sure this is deselected. Cheers, Matt > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: DVD menu support
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Lisa Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think libdvdnav is what you need for menus to work. > > > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 17:25 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Any idea what package i need to enable to get DVD menu support? My > > wife's desktop plays them fine, but my laptop doesn't, and i can't see > > any difference in the dpkg -l list that would be significant. > > > > Paul > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > I've also found that totem-gstreamer (the default in ubuntu) doesn't display menus, but totem-xine does. A "sudo apt-get install totem-xine" should do that. Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Upgrade to AMD 64bit?
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Senectus . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 7.10 installed and it just occurred to me that I could be using > the AMD 64 version :-P > Is that a complete re-install or is there an upgrade path for that? > I'm pretty certain that's a complete reinstall, since every single package on the system must be replaced with a version compiled for amd64. Additionally there are a few things that don't work so well on amd64, eg Adobe Flash (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash). Your /home directory should be fine for use on the amd64 system though, so if you have that on a separate partition you shouldn't need to wipe that. Hope that helps :) Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: emails open as attachments?
Hi Dave On Jan 25, 2008 3:45 PM, The Wassermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems I have offended you Karl - and others . . . ? > > Please forgive me for I obviously do not understand the protocols and > conventions of this learned group. Indeed, I am a new recruit who is > anxious to dispense with MS. I sincerely sought some help and am surprised > at the snide comments from Linux gods > I'm not too sure what happened above. Essentially, it is preferred if you do not send email in HTML form since many people prefer to use email clients that are unable to display it - meaning that one has to wade through the HTML to read your message. In the Windows world, most email clients are Outlook (Express) / Thunderbird and a couple of others that can all read HTML, so this is less of an issue. (Purists will also argue that HTML does not belong in email from a philosophical point of view ;)). Maybe someone just took what you said in the wrong way? The other point raised was that Comic Sans MS is a Microsoft font - hence many people on this list won't be able to see it anyway. Comic Sans MS is available on Ubuntu, but not installed by default. > . > > So I would respectfully request a little education or pointers as to where > I can improve my email manners. Quite clearly I am ignorant of the HTML > repercussions and could do with some help in this regard . . . > > I, personally, think your email manners are fine :). > > Dave W > With regards to your original question, could it be that the people whose email opens as an attachment are those with an attached signature? Usually this is seen as an attachment with the filename signature.asc. It is also possible (but unlikely, I would think) that outlook express doesn't recognise the character encoding of these emails. Were these problems fixed in Thunderbird? For your thunderbird question, did you set the text option via the HTML section of settings in the Composition tab? Not having a windows version handy I can't describe the exact method of getting there, but I think thats where it's set. Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Another call to save the planet.ubuntu.org.au
Hi all, On Jan 23, 2008 3:16 PM, Blindraven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read over the blog. I loved the turtles but was then put off by one > of the rants about people who intentionally misspell M$. yes, I said it, M$. > The point of planet.ubuntu.org.au is to provide a central place where the diverse range of people, backgrounds, and opinions that make up the Ubuntu-Au LoCo team can be represented. If someone on the planet has raised a point that you disagree with, you have every right to post your opinion. However, you cannot deny them the freedom to diplomatically present their opinion on certain matters, no matter how vehemently you may disagree with it. If you think you have informative / interesting material to contribute to planet.ubuntu.org.au, then you are most welcome to do so. - Matt -- Matthew Vermeulen http://www.matthewv.id.au/ MatthewV @ irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
