Home server
Hi all. I'm looking to replace my home server this year with something a little smaller, quieter and energy efficient. I'm currently using a repurposed HP desktop machine running Ubuntu Server configured simply for file sharing, file streaming (local network) and testing web assets via LAMP. I'm looking to move to a machine to continue the file sharing (ubuntu, Macs, windows xp, 7 8 machines) etc. but to also control the wired and WiFi access throughout the home. I'm also running Twonky at the moment for file streaming and would like to continue with this. Any pointers on where to start looking? I'm not after anything super powerful, just something that works. Thanks. Simon Ives -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Upgrade to 12.04
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, mick skey.m...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/06/12 13:38, Simon Ives wrote: Hi all. I upgraded to 12.04 this morning and I've lost the Unity launcher bar on the left of the screen and the menu along the top. Everything else seems to work fine - windows are displaying correctly etc. When I log in with the guest account the Unity launcher bar and the top menu work as expected, just not within my personal account. Any ideas how to get this back? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. Hi There I don't know this right or not? That I found when I've open up and Unity was not there I used Ctrl Alt T and typed in ccsm and worked my way to the Unity section and click on the Unity button and the buttons came back. As I said it may not be right but it worked for me Cheers Mick Thanks Mick. It turns out that the Ubuntu Unity Plugin was disabled within the CCSM. Enabled the plugin, logged out and back in, and now have everything back. Thanks. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Upgrade to 12.04
Hi all. I upgraded to 12.04 this morning and I've lost the Unity launcher bar on the left of the screen and the menu along the top. Everything else seems to work fine - windows are displaying correctly etc. When I log in with the guest account the Unity launcher bar and the top menu work as expected, just not within my personal account. Any ideas how to get this back? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Ubiquity Crash During Install
** Apologies for dual posting, I forgot to amend the subject field in my initial post ** Hi all. I'm having a little difficulty with a freshish install of Natty. I'm attempting to install a fresh copy over two previous Ubuntu partitions - '/' and '/home'. When the installation progress reaches the Removing Packages stage Ubiquity crashes and throws up a message asking me to file a bug on Launchpad. The live CD seemingly works flawlessly. I've provided my Launchpad bug link below with the two logs requested but would appreciate any additional advice on resolving this issue. Launchpad bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/793766. Regards. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
HP Pavilion DV7 - Synaptics Touchpad
Hi all. I'm hoping that someone can assist with an issue that's developed on my HP Pavilion DV7 notebook since installing 10.10. Since upgrading, my synaptics touchpad has sort of stopped working. I say sort of because it works fine on the login screen, it just stops responding entirely once I get to my Gnome desktop. This is one issue I just can't figure out so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards. -- SIMON IVES -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Evolution error while synchronising inbox
I don't know if it'll be helpful but Evolution did this to me a while ago with my work emails. The problem for me was that work's mail server would 'reset' the conection as Evolution didn't sync often enough. I had IT change the mail server settings and I've not had the issue again. Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Mitch Towner mitch.towner.ubu...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/06/10 16:38, WasserLand wrote: Mitch, I am most grateful for the attention and detail you have provided. While you were doing that I was laboriously emptying, in turn, each Evolution folder that protested with the error while synchronising message. I emptied them to separate temp folders and found that the original folder, now empty, would correct itself. The I moved the files back to their original folders and had to restart Evolution each time. But now it seems to be working correctly. The procedure (below) you have provided will nevertheless be very useful. Thanks again. Dave W On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 15:53 +1000, Mitch Towner wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/06/10 15:14, WasserLand wrote: No Mitch, that didn't help I'm afraid. I have a notion that I might need to re-install Evolution. How would I go about that without losing my mail? David W Hi Dave, The procedure to backup evolution is outlined at http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_completely_backup_evolution.3F Basically it says that if you are using evolution 2.22 (i.e. the version included in Ubuntu from Hardy onwards) then do the following to backup Evolution: 1. Ensure you have the Backup and Restore plugin enabled in Edit - Plugins - Backup and Restore - this should already be enabled by default in Ubuntu. 2. Re-install Evolution. This can be done using Synaptic Package Manager. 2a. In Synaptic, search for evolution 2b. Click on the checkbox to the left of the Package field select Mark for re-installation 2c. Select apply 3. After Evolution has been re-installed, use File-Backup Settings and File-Restore Settings (from within Evolution) to restore the backup you made earlier. I hope this helps Warm Regards, Mitch Towner (kermiac) http://mitchtowner.net/ Hi Dave I am just glad to hear that your problem is now resolved :) I know how much we all rely on email these days when an email client starts playing up it can be very frustrating. Warm Regards, Mitch Towner (kermiac) http://mitchtowner.net/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMFdDfAAoJENegJk0fbKNMHCgH/0iet3aEjG3slaLyc2maJfDY 3JFmB9be4HpjFGaAKkxZ89/pMa6X854QIZ5ma0lTG4wuHrOa+W1HSWslN4Bk8D4l odyKhdkow0U2Pag0FnQDJzhiWMVmu7T8TYwHrdw31rtpBnkE2XVnWughmmS/kr1l OfKZHn4VnJHLDgTgl8UfTOh/S0uteD6PLWRAtawtUBGxutFy4OiI/ZbYChZ4Hi1Q wbHnC/e5hdrY8RxUM0Jx4LW6KAcPjpD8fh7poTfFyIBHlxccrdJjY//Q5xEgV0TC JTewYyzs6M9tdLsr+iAfGamHrN5hrJm45qSZKZrNTxVATvbH6VmUTUhzjHd8IDw= =XVBd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: using a usb turbo modem
Hi Terry. I recently purchased a Telstra Turbo modem for work (Sierra Wireless USB 301) and it just works with Ubuntu 10.04 (also on 9.10, haven't tested it on any other versions). What is written on the bottom side of the modem and what Ubuntu version are you using? Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Barry Williams bazzaw...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:24 PM, terry brot...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me how I can use my usb turbo modem from telstra with ubuntu without having to download extra programmes.. It works fine with microsoft.. The idea IS to dump microsoft as soon as possible Ta Terry -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au While it should just work and many do if it does not can you please provide some information Telstra helpfully lables all their modems Telstra something or other however they are actually rebranded from a variety of different manufacturers. Often the device will have some more information on it such as the manufacturer and a model number. Otherwise if you can give a description of the device and how and when you got it and what service you are on (Telstra mobile plan, Telstra prepaid, or Bigpond) I should be able to figure it out. I used to work for Telstra and in my spare time would play with the new usb modems. Barry -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Standard Document Formats
Hi all. I've been engaged in writing a number of funding submissions for Skilling Queenslanders for Work and Productivity Places Program funding over the past month or so and have been in discussion with Queensland's Department of Employment, Economic Development Innovation about their Funding Toolkits. These consist of MS Office documents in .doc and .xls formats that are heavily customised. None of the documents that I have had the oppurtunity to use have functioned correctly in Open Office and the saved documents from Open Office don't display correctly in MS Office meaning that having an MS Office licence and proprietry operating system are the only way to effectively complete the funding applications. I would like to know if anyone on this list is aware of any, however obscure, QLD State government policy that deals with electronic document formats. The documents can be found at the following URL for anyone interested - http://www.employment.qld.gov.au/providers/toolkit/index.htm Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: question re mobile internet connection
Hi Richard. I've got a new Telstra Turbo Wireless Next G Broadband USB modem that I use for work and it 'just works' on my Ubuntu 10.04 installation. The details on the back of the device read - Sierra Wireless USB, Qualcomm 3G, NI246. Last year I was having a similar issue with the previous version of Telstra's USB Next G Broadband Modem so I just bought one of their Home Network Gateways which is just a Next G wireless router/modem so it's OS independent. Regards. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:36 PM, richardmal...@riseup.net wrote: Hey folks, warm hello, Just wondering if anyone has experience connecting to a mobile Telstra broadband account - with a plug-in USB chip. Ubuntu is recognizing the chip but doesn't connect, anyone have any ideas? I am in VIC. Thank you. Richard -- Best regards, Richard Malter -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Windows 7 and Ubuntu
Hi. My work notebook is a HP Pavilion dv7 that came with MS Windows Vista. The first thing I did when I got it home, of course, was to set-up Ubuntu to dual boot (there are a number of applications we use that require MS Windows to function - DEEWR's UES Smart Client for example - so I couldn't go for a straight Ubuntu install). Work have since received a heap of MS Windows 7 upgrade disks and all of our new notebooks, mine included, need to be upgraded. My question, therefore, is 'how do I upgrade to MS Windows 7 and then restore Grub so that I can continue to use my current Ubuntu installation?'. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Network Scanning
Hi all. I've got a smallish issue that I hope someone here can help me sort out regarding scanning over the local network. I have a HP Deskjet F2280 All in One device attached via USB to my home server. I can print to this device without a hitch from both Linux and Windows machines on the LAN and other locations (I've tried printing via the 'net through a VPN). I can scan using this device if it's connected to an Ubuntu (or Windows) desktop, but I can't seem to get my server to access and share it properly. I've got all the correct Sane backends running on the server - when I run: # sane-find-scanner, the result is: # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2404) at libusb:001:006 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary. as it does when the device is connected to a machine running Ubuntu Desktop. However, when I run: # scanimage -L the result is: No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). When I run: # sudo scanimage -L the result is: device `hpaio:/usb/Deskjet_F2200_series?serial=CN94F4T28V0534' is a Hewlett-Packard Deskjet_F2200_series all-in-one So, my question is, before I get any further in setting up this device for network scanning how do I set the correct permissions for this device? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Entry Level Network Printer
Hi all. I'm looking for an entry level network printer that I can use on my home network. I don't need anything flash at all, just something that will be accessible over the network *and* be compatible with Ubuntu. My previous printer was misplaced during a recent move and I need something fairly soon. My current home network is comprised of two Ubuntu desktops, one Ubuntu notebook, one Ubuntu netbook, one Vista notebook (for work), and one Ubuntu server (headless). I'll be adding a new media centre based on Ubuntu/Mythbuntu in the next few months too. All computers currently connect to the network via a wireless connection apart from the server which connects via ethernet. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
ebay issues
I've been having an issue setting up ebay IM notification over the last few days so I contacted ebay support to get some help with the issue. I told them about the problems I was having, including the browser and the operating system that I use . Their response - delete Firefox and use Internet Explorer. Incredible! -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Upgrading from 8.04 to 9.04
I agree, updating works wonderfully with Ubuntu. One of my notebooks has been running Ubuntu since 6.x, has been upgraded with every release, and now runs 9.04 fine. I've got a 2gb USB thumb drive that I use for updating. I have the latest stable image that I can boot from to test how things work 'out of the box' and subsequently scour the forums etc. for any fixes that I may need. On the same USB thumb drive I keep the latest alternate image to upgrade from. The USB thumb drive is good for fixing/upgrading unresponsive systems too. If you don't want to upgrade via the net (bandwidth or account metering concerns etc.) then download the alternate image. You then mount the image and follow the on-screen upgrade instructions. To mount the image execute (with the correct path): sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-9.04-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0 if the upgrade screen isn't then displayed execute: gksu sh /cdrom0/cdromupgrade I've never upgraded while skipping a stable release though (e.g. 8.04 - 9.04) so I've got no advice or experience there. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty the Netbook Launcher
Hi all. Last week when 9.04 was released I updated my Asus Eee PC 701sd with an image from Telstra's site. The update went fine and everything functions as it should, except the Ubuntu Netbook Launcher. I've had to revert to the standard Ubuntu desktop and give up on the UNL as it was running exceptionally slow. For example, my mouse movements would be extremely jerky: running the mouse from the top to bottom of the menu item list on the left would take around three seconds. Everything else seems fine. My netbook's got a gig of RAM and a non-overclocked 900Mhz processor. The CPU and RAM stats under sys monitor are all pretty low, actually lower than they were under Hardy. I can't figure out why the UNL is running so poorly. Any ideas? Any one else had similar problems? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:49:06 +1000 David Whyte david.wh...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/2 ch...@adebenham.com: Actually - just realised that maximus my be checking the 'WM_CLASS' setting. You can find that by running xprop | grep WM_CLASS but not all applications set that xproperty These are the instructions that I got from the developer when Eclipse was doing the same thing (on its splash screen): Hmm, it seems it doesn't set the correct window_type hint hence maximus doens't know that it's a splashscreen. Can you please run $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS in a terminal,click on the splashscreen and then paste the output here please. It is a bit tricky to do this due to the distinct lack of space on the screen, so I normally: - Set the terminal window to be Above all windows - Run the command in the terminal - Alt+F2 and type in prgram name - click on the splashscreen Thanks. Just do the same, but for VLC I guess. Cheers, Whytey Thanks for the suggestions. There is one other application, added by default, under exclude_class in gconf-editor /apps/maximus which is Totem media player - listed as Totem. I added VLC to exclude_class and it still starts up maximised with Maximus. I ran: $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS and clicked the VLC window and it seems VLC is one of those apps that doesn't set this property as the result was: WM_CLASS(STRING) = , It's not such a big deal, at least I now know how to adjust the settings for other apps. Thanks again. -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Telstra Next-G Wireless Broadband
On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:08:27 +1030 LinuxDan linux...@adam.com.au wrote: Hi all, Have been receiving the mail on this list for a while now but have yet to send one out...so first off, thanks for all of the indirect help you've given me through this list. I'm writing to ask for some instructions on how I can set up Telstra's Next G Wireless Broadband with Ubuntu 8.10. I've recently put a workmate onto Ubuntu and he went out and bought one of these packs and I've got no idea how to get it running. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated Regards, Dan What modem/router are you trying to configure? -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus
Hi all. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a settings file (for e.g.) that will tell Maximus (part of the Ubuntu Netbook remix package) not to maximise certain applications? Some applications, such as VLC, don't play too well with Maximus and altering a particular setting or adding entries into a central database would be much easier than adjusting the application's window every time it's loaded. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:18:47 +1100 Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com wrote: It's not easy, but you can set this up in gconf-editor. Run 'gconf-editor /apps/maximus' and change the value of 'exclude_class' to include the window class of whatever you want to ignore. To find out the class run 'xwininfo' and then click on the window in question - it will return with a line (among others) such as: xwininfo: Window id: 0x445 VLC media player In this case 'VLC media player' is probably the class you want Followed your advice and added the appropriate entry for VLC (which is VLC media player) but the app is still starting up maximised with Maximus. Any other advice? -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Telstra's Ubuntu Repos
Hi All. I've recently setup Telstra's Next G Wireless Broadband with my Asus Eee PC 701SD and it's working a treat (This is my travel setup). I'm having trouble getting Telstra's Ubuntu Repos setup correctly in my sources.list file though. Would someone using Telstra's Ubuntu Repos be able to post their /etc/apt/sources.list file so I can see where I'm going wrong? Thanks. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Lightweight Email Client
Hi All. Can anyone recommend a lightweight email client that I can use with my EEE PC running Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu NBR? Evolution is too bulky and Thunderbird doesn't play well with the NBR interface. I'm after something with a really simple user interface. Thanks. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Netbook
Thanks to all who replied to my questions regarding netbooks. I'm going to be in Brisbane for a day before I head overseas and am thinking of picking up a netbook while I'm there (the options and service out here in Mt. Isa are terrible!) . Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can pick up a well priced netbook in Brisbane at a location that's on a public transport route? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Netbooks
I listened (read) with rapt attention to the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) QA session of Ubuntu Developers' Week on freenode this last week and I'm now considering purchasing a netbook for my wife and one for my daughter. I've glanced over the UNR website and like what I see. My questions to the group are: What netbooks are best for use with UNR? What extra configuration steps were required to get UNR up and running on your netbook? How has Ubuntu performed on your netbook? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Netbooks
Thanks for all the replies. The local Harvey Norman has advertised some eeepc's on sale for the next week. I think I'll create a live USB image of Ubuntu (can I create a live UNR?) and see if they'll allow me to boot into it. I'll probably take my wife down to pick between the 900 and 1000 models. Hard drive size is not an issue as we've all got over a terabyte each on the home file server, but the screen and keyboard size could be an issue. Thanks again. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. I've got an Acer Aspire One, I love it. 1.6Ghz Intel Atom, 512Mb RAM, 8GB SSD, similar specs to the eee I think. I don't run Ubuntu on it though, but I did use an Intrepid Live USB as a host to install Gentoo. Everything I tested worked out of the box with Ubuntu though, SDCard/wireless/sound3D, didn't try the webcam as I never use it anyway. Of course it's performance is even better under Gentoo (16 seconds from power on to desktop, and about 100 fps in 3d games - tremulous assault cube - at their highest graphics quality). Other than boot speed, I don't imagine Ubuntu would be too much different though. Maybe you could make a live USB, go to a place that sells the various netbooks and try them out? Lisa -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???
If you can reach a terminal then enter: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop This will install the Gnome desktop environment for you. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
ACPI: Critical trip point
Today I was using videotrans to convert an *.avi to *.m2v *.ac3 using the following: si...@compaq-v3118au:~$ movie-to-dvd -m pal my-movie.avi As expected, this increased the system load and the cpu fan could be heard spinning up. What I didn't expect was the CPU to overheat though. I ran through this process three times and each time the CPU overheated and the computer was shut down. What can I do to fix this? Shouldn't the system recognise the temperature increase and slow the processor down? Below is the relevant output from /var/log/syslog: Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au kernel: [ 2910.318044] ACPI: Critical trip point Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au kernel: [ 2910.318067] Critical temperature reached (99 C), shutting down. Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty4 main process (4527) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty5 main process (4528) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty2 main process (4531) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty3 main process (4532) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty6 main process (4533) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:24 compaq-v3118au init: tty1 main process (5760) killed by TERM signal Jan 14 16:45:25 compaq-v3118au bonobo-activation-server (simon-7173): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-69oxUXy497: Connection refused Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au kernel: [ 2913.299413] apm: BIOS not found. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au chipcardd[5160]: chipcardd.c: 492: Watcher got a termination signal, will terminate child. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au chipcardd[5160]: chipcardd.c: 830: Terminating daemon. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au chipcardd[5161]: chipcardd.c: 488: Daemon got a termination signal Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au chipcardd[5160]: chipcardd.c: 857: Daemon terminated, exiting. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au libvirtd: Shutting down on signal 15 Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au dnsmasq[5291]: reading /etc/resolv.conf Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au dnsmasq[5291]: using nameserver 10.1.1.1#53 Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au dnsmasq[5291]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Interface vnet0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface vnet0.IPv4 with address 192.168.122.1. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::a041:8eff:fe15:b036 on vnet0. Jan 14 16:45:27 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.122.1 on vnet0. Jan 14 16:45:29 compaq-v3118au kernel: [ 2915.488875] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Jan 14 16:45:30 compaq-v3118au bonobo-activation-server (simon-7377): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-69oxUXy497: Connection refused Jan 14 16:45:31 compaq-v3118au bluetoothd[5485]: bridge pan0 removed Jan 14 16:45:31 compaq-v3118au bluetoothd[5485]: Stopping SDP server Jan 14 16:45:31 compaq-v3118au bluetoothd[5485]: Exit Jan 14 16:45:31 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Jan 14 16:45:31 compaq-v3118au avahi-daemon[4938]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 10.1.1.3. Jan 14 16:45:32 compaq-v3118au exiting on signal 15 -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: AUS LoCo status?
Getting some LoCo groups up and running, and regularly, would be great. Given that Australia is a large, vast, and at times lonely place, would it be possible to pool some talent and get some online meetings running too? When I lived in South East QLD the Local LUG was great, and the LUG in Brisbane (University of QLD) was exceptional. Now that I live in a remote location (Mount Isa) it would seem that to participate in any Linux/Ubuntu community the only option is online. I haven't got any specific programming skills to offer, my areas of speciality are Logic, Ethics, and Community Development. If any of these skills are needed in getting a LoCo (or a few) off the ground then just shoot me a message. One question to anyone who might know: how, if at all, is Ubuntu registered in Australia? -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Open assets etc. in new 'Desk'
My primary computer is a notebook with a relatively small screen. Consequently, I utilise four virtual 'desks' (in Gnome) when working with various assets. I usually have open on 'desk' one the root directory containing the assets (and their sub-assets), and I open each asset type on a new 'desk'. For example, I may have open Nautilus on 'desk' one, Open Office on 'desk' two, Gimp on 'desk' three and the Gnome terminal emulator on 'desk' four. My question is, is there a way that I can set up Nautilus to have an option in the context menu that will allow me to select which 'desk' I open each asset on? I currently open each asset on 'desk' one and then move it to the appropriate 'desk' but this can get a little tedious when working with lots of assets. Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19
I use mplayer to save streamed content, including that from ABC Radio National, to my PC. To get mplayer enter the following in the terminal: sudo aptitude install mplayer To save the audio file from RN you need to discover the URL for it. This is not the main URL from the website, that URL is simply a playlist. To get the file's URL you need to: 1. Click the 'listen' link for the program you wish to save. 2. Click on 'Window's Media'. 3. Right click the 'now playing' window and select 'view source'. 4. Scroll down until you find the section that begins with the line 'object id=Media Player'. In this section you'll find the link to the playlist. The link for the RN live stream reads 'http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/RN.asx'. 5. a/ In Gedit select 'Open Location' and enter the playlist URL. For example - 'http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/RN.asx'. b/ You may also enter 'wget http://www.abc.net.au/YOUR_URL' into the terminal and open the downloaded file in a text editor. 6. There will usually be two entries, one prefixed with 'http' and one prefixed with 'mms', select the one prefixed with 'mms'. 7. enter the following in the terminal - mplayer mms://SUBSTITUE-YOUR-URL-HERE -dumpstream -PATH-TO-SAVE-TO YOUR-FILENAME. (note: there are important spaces here). This will stream the file via mplayer and save it where you want. If the program is regular and doesn't have a podcast/listen option then you may want to schedule the stream save with bash and cron. You can use this method to discover the mms/http URL of streams so that you can listen to them in your favourite media players too. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:28:27 +1100 From: Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Recording radio stream from sound card - how? P.S. page link To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 David, Firstly, you should consider the license for the media you want to record - it may or may not be legal to save the audio, depending on ABC's TOS. That said, if you want to go ahead here is my advice. I think you're looking into it in the wrong way. From a quick look on the web site, the flash applet downloads an mp3 file which it then plays. The most simple way would be to grab the mp3 file yourself How do you get it? Have a look at the HTTP headers. There's a firefox add-in called Live HTTP headers that will give you the location of all HTTP content transferred through the browser session (including the mp3 file that the flash applet pulls), so you can grab it yourself. Have a play around with the add in - or if you're feeling game any other method of inspecting HTTP headers, a packet sniffer like wireshark will also do the same thing but it's not nearly as friendly IMHO. Worst case if they're actively blocking HTTP requests you may need to fake the referrer - which is probably the job for wget. Regards, Ross 2008/11/25 David [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, sorry, it would've been helpful if I'd posted the link. The page is: http://www.abc.net.au/wideopenroad/ You then click on Destinations then on Road, then on Road Radio at the bottom. I'm assuming there's a flash player playing a sound file, but in the source code I can see a 'site_loader.swf' but not a path to the sound file. I get no result from Hardy's inbuilt Sound Recorder. Grateful for any suggestions! Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Recording radio stream from sound card -how?
Just had a look at the RN page to see if it's possible Dave and you'll have no problems using the method I described. The URL for 'Wide Open Road' on RN is: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/ And, as a example, the URL for the episode broadcast on November 1 is: mms://media3.abc.net.au/rn/mod/itm_01112008_56S.asf (or) mms://media4.abc.net.au/rn/mod/itm_01112008_56S.asf -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:28:27 +1100 From: Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Recording radio stream from sound card - how? P.S. page link To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 David, Firstly, you should consider the license for the media you want to record - it may or may not be legal to save the audio, depending on ABC's TOS. That said, if you want to go ahead here is my advice. I think you're looking into it in the wrong way. From a quick look on the web site, the flash applet downloads an mp3 file which it then plays. The most simple way would be to grab the mp3 file yourself How do you get it? Have a look at the HTTP headers. There's a firefox add-in called Live HTTP headers that will give you the location of all HTTP content transferred through the browser session (including the mp3 file that the flash applet pulls), so you can grab it yourself. Have a play around with the add in - or if you're feeling game any other method of inspecting HTTP headers, a packet sniffer like wireshark will also do the same thing but it's not nearly as friendly IMHO. Worst case if they're actively blocking HTTP requests you may need to fake the referrer - which is probably the job for wget. Regards, Ross 2008/11/25 David [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, sorry, it would've been helpful if I'd posted the link. The page is: http://www.abc.net.au/wideopenroad/ You then click on Destinations then on Road, then on Road Radio at the bottom. I'm assuming there's a flash player playing a sound file, but in the source code I can see a 'site_loader.swf' but not a path to the sound file. I get no result from Hardy's inbuilt Sound Recorder. Grateful for any suggestions! Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Gnome Popup Messages
Thanks for the response Dave. I'm having a problem where the popup message always displays: All updates are complete The window title is: Information I'll document the steps I took below: Logged in to client machine via ssh. sudo nano /usr/local/bin/popup #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info text=$1 sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/popup sudo popup 'Lorem Ipsum' So I am getting a popup message but it's not displaying the text I'm inputing. I don't want to move on to the next step (the centralised script) until I've sorted this out. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Gnome Popup Messages
Changed the line so the file now reads: #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info --title=Broadcast message --text=$1 Executing with: sudo popup 'lorem ipsum' and receiving the following error: export: 6: simon/.Xauthority: bad variable name do I need to somehow configure settings to do with Xauthority? Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 21:48 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 19:56 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: Thanks for the response Dave. I'm having a problem where the popup message always displays: All updates are complete The window title is: Information That is a weird default - keep reading for the (tested) solution :) I'll document the steps I took below: Logged in to client machine via ssh. sudo nano /usr/local/bin/popup #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info text=$1 My bad - change this line to zenity --info --title=Broadcast message --text=$1 That way you get your message, and a nicer title. It should work better now :) Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12
David, can you create an image with K3b and burn from that with the software that does work for you? Open K3b, select 'New Audio CD Project' and drag your files into the burn window. Select 'burn' and in the next window, in the 'writing' tab, select 'Only create image'. There are other options in the other tabs, such as where you want the image to be created, that you can fiddle with. K3b will create an image of an audio CD for you that you should be able to burn onto a CD with whatever software works for you. I know this is only a temporary 'fix', but it'll get you burning while you figure out what's up with your drive using native Linux apps. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:41:29 +1100 From: David Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11 To: Ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain Thanks - I assumed cd players could read the wav format because they still appear as wav files when listed on the cd - but I accept what you say. On the other issue, I can not burn in Linux using any program to date - Rhythmbox, Serpentine, Banshee or k3b. Perhaps more correctly, and this has only just come to my memory by reading my notes from Edgy days to date, I can sometimes burn one on one machine but then all fail - unless I reboot. But in wine, using Imgburn, I have yet to have a failure, whether DVD or CD. I would rather do it without wine, however good imgburn is. I have two dedicated ubuntu machines and one with dual boot. The drives are BENQ, MSI and LG. David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Remove Windows Thumbs.db Files
Thanks for the replies. I ssh'd into the file server and ran: find /path/to/directory -name Thumbs.db -delete along with: find /path/to/directory -name desktop.ini -delete and find /path/to/directory -name AlbumArt* -delete to remove the Windows files with great success and all in about 3 seconds! -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. Message: 2 Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:47:08 +1000 From: Lisa Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Remove Windows Thumbs.db Files To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain try this: find /path/to/directory -name Thumbs.db -delete or this: find /path/to/directory -name Thumbs.db -print | xargs rm Lisa -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Remove Windows Thumbs.db Files
I've just copied a directory from my wife's Windows XP box to my Hardy file server in preparation to reformat her PC to run Ubuntu solely. As I copied the entire directory (her Windows XP user directory) along came some annoying and unnecessary Windows files, specifically a whole heap of files called Thumbs.db. I'm looking for a way to delete ALL of the Thumbs.db files from ALL of the sub-directories in as few commands as possible. There are about 700 directories in the My Music directory alone, most containing Thumbs.db files. I don't really want to have to enter each directory and remove them individually. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Audio Error
Hi All. Today I discovered a little audio error that I hadn't noticed before. Perhaps this has only just occured as I'm using 8.10 so there are daily (or almost) updates. Some applications simply do not play any audio. I've just tried an mp3 in audacious, nothing. I tried hovering the mouse over the file in Nautilus, nothing. But the same file plays fine in vlc. AVI files play fine in xine but not the default mplayer. When I go to System - Preferences - Sound and select test under Music and Movies: Sound Playback I receive the following error: audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=music: Failed to connect: Connection refused That's using Pulse Audio. If I select OSS I receive: audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=music: Could not open audio device for playback. Device is being used by another application. If I select ALSA I receive: audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=music: Could not open audio device for playback I'm not quite sure what's going on here as sound is certainly working in some applications. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: FSTAB Auto Mount
On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 20:25 -0700, daniel sobey wrote: You are mounting the file system before the network is up, use _netenv to mount when the network status changes instead of auto. ie //10.1.1.2/E /media/windows_e cifs _netenv,credentials=/etc/smbcredentials,uid=1000,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770,rw 0 0 With the new network manager they have changed how the network starts slightly to allow you to connect to wireless without being logged in to a gui etc so it has changed some of these things. I entered the _netenv option in the place the auto option, saved the file and when I booted up this morning no shares auto mounted. I can't comment on whether or not the cifs shares would have auto mounted as the Windows box wasn't switched on. The file server, however, is always on so should have mounted. Later when the Windows box was on I executed sudo mount -a which mounted the cifs shares fine (so I'm assuming they will be mounted at boot if the machine is on for the moment) but it seems that the _netenv option doesn't work with nfs shares. The following error is returned for the nfs share: mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified Is this an nfs specific error and how should I address it? The relevant nfs line in /etc/fstab now reads: # -- Entry for File Server : # 10.1.1.4:/home /media/file_server nfs _netenv,rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: FSTAB Auto Mount
Hi Hamish Hi Simon Can you check three things: 1. that the /etc/smbcredentials file exists post-upgrade File's there. 2. the permissions on that file The permissions for the above file are listed as: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root35 2008-05-27 16:17 smbcredentials 3. that the file contents are correct The file contents are the same as pre-upgrade. I am not 100% sure but checking System-Administration-System Log might some light too. Look in syslog and filter for cifs. There is nothing in syslog of any note. There is a single cifs error from yesterday when I executed sudo mount -a and the Windows box was powered down. I don't think this is a cifs issue (alone) as the NFS share doesn't mount at start-up either. I thought that it was either a permission/group issue or the machine was attempting to mount the shares before it had finished connecting to the network. HTH, Hamish Thanks. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: FSTAB Auto Mount
You are mounting the file system before the network is up, use _netenv to mount when the network status changes instead of auto. ie //10.1.1.2/E /media/windows_e cifs _netenv,credentials=/etc/smbcredentials,uid=1000,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770,rw 0 0 With the new network manager they have changed how the network starts slightly to allow you to connect to wireless without being logged in to a gui etc so it has changed some of these things. Thanks, I'll give this a shot later in the day when I can reboot. I thought it may have been a network issue. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Intrepid Upgrade Issues
Thanks to those who responded to my post upgrade issues with Intrepid. I finally got Gnome back but I had to remove the package rarian-compat to get apt-get working. This removed a whole heap of other applications, including synaptic which I had to install from a .deb, that I am now attempting to isolate and reinstall. Thanks again. Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Change Partition Name
Hello All. I've got two partitions on my notebook, one that houses Ubuntu and another that I use for storage, backups and temporary files. Both partitions are in ext3 format. To have the second partition mount at boot I've added the following line to fstab: /dev/sda2 /media/local_b ext3 defaults 0 0 This mounts the partition fine but I have two newb questions. 1. How do I grant read/write/execute permissions to myself for this partition? 2. How do I rename the partition? It's current name is 22.8 GB Media Thanks in advance. Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Mythbuntu 8.01 DVB Hardware Issue
Hi All, I'm having a minor hardware issue that I hope someone can help me with. Yesterday I decided to make my wife's Windows XP based desktop dual boot Mythbuntu 8.01 so that I'd have access to the media on my file server via a media centre interface in the bedroom. I've got Mythbuntu 8.01 running fine in the living room, but with a different dvb card. Mythbuntu installed fine except two things. The first is that I'm as yet unable to configure widescreen support for the ATI card, but I can get this fixed on my own. What's got me stumped is the DVB card. The card is a DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite, a bit old but is supposed to work with stock kernels since 2.6.9. Mythbuntu, however, doesn't seem able to see the card. The relevant section of lsmod reads: Module | Size | Used by dvb_bt8xx | 17796 | 1 dvb_core | 81404 | 1 dvb_bt8xx and bttv | 175860 | dvb_bt8xx bt878 So the modules seem to be there. If I cd into /dev/dvb/ a single adapter is listed as adapter0 However, upon dmesg | grep dvb I get: [ 41.072890] bttv0: add subdevice dvb0 Any suggestions and/or help would be much appreciated. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server
Thank you for the considered reply Daniel. I'm currently in the process of reinstalling Windows XP on the few workstations at home that still use it (after a few too many bad experienced with Vista) and I'll definitely set up the new user accounts to match on the new Windows installs and the file server. Simon Ives. Message: 2 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:51:29 +1000 From: Daniel Mons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Ives wrote: | I'm running Ubuntu Server 8.04 and I need to change the permissions for | a large quantity of files and directories. | | I've got a directory named 'music' that I share with the home network. | This includes other Linux boxes that access this directory via nfs and | some Windows XP boxes accessing it via samba. I've just transferred | around 80gb of music files and directories from a Windows drive and I | need a command to alter the permissions of all the files as read/write | for everyone. The best way is to properly integrate your authentication systems, or at the very least ensure that user accounts that exist on the Windows machines also exist on the Linux machines and within Samba with the same passwords. i.e.: your windows username/password is also added to Linux via the useradd and passwd commands, and to Samba via the smbpasswd - -a command. Failing that, go to the directory in question, and type: chmod -R a+rwX /directoryname I should note that this is highly frowned upon by Linux sysadmins (which I am one). Opening up world access to your file system is a poor substitute for properly configuring your services and authentication. What the above command does is recursively add read and write permissions for all (User, Group and Other). Additionally, the upper case X adds execute permissions to directories ONLY. In order to actually enter/use a directory, execute permissions must be enabled on it. Whatever you do, DO NOT run chmod -R 777 /dirname. This will also clobber standard files with the execute permission, making any plain file executable. This has potentially dire consequences should someone try to run one of them. | | Further, is there a way that I can set all newly created directories and | files within this particular directory to inherit the file permissions | of the parent directory? In your smb.conf on a per-share basis, set the create mask and directory mask options as needed. In your case, create mask = 0666 and directory mask = 0777 will ensure all files and directories are created with the correct permissions (again, I would hope you investigate matching up your user accounts instead, and set these to 0640 and 0750 respectively). man smb.conf for more help on your Samba configuration, and more detailed explanations on all of the above. - -Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIoNCBeFJDv0P9Qb8RAlI8AJ9t7Kpx6gc37xLZ9AhIoz4TVPdjVACeNH84 Cm1pGjj/3jNmKr9U7TTqdGY= =6Xt2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:16 +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:39 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: I'm running Ubuntu Server 8.04 and I need to change the permissions for a large quantity of files and directories. I've got a directory named 'music' that I share with the home network. This includes other Linux boxes that access this directory via nfs and some Windows XP boxes accessing it via samba. I've just transferred around 80gb of music files and directories from a Windows drive and I need a command to alter the permissions of all the files as read/write for everyone. chmod -R chmod -R does the job, thanks. On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 16:19 +1000, ... wrote: The simplest way is to load up a terminal window and type (where 'music_directory' is replaced with the path where the music is. # cd music_directory # sudo chmod -R a+rw This doesn't quite work as chmod needs a target. From the parent directory of the music directory the following needed to be typed: sudo chmod -R a+rw music Thanks for the assistance. Simon Ives. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Workstation Productivity
This is strange, are you a recent uni graduate yourself? I ask because I am currently studying and my experience has been that reports could be written in anything and had to be submitted basically in a format that the lecturer could read. Most of the letcturers were open to installing standard/free software if need be. To me .doc, .sxw, .ppt etc are formats for authoring, but why would you submit a report in one when the marker has _no_ need to edit your work? PDF is a format that is ideally suited to the job and this is what I submitted in. Formats for assessment are an issue, but more so with Windows than with Linux. I've done a fair bit of external study and submitting your assessment items through web systems such as blackboard (or whatever that weird one is that UniSA use) often requires Microsoft formats. What's good about Open Office (for example) is that you can save in .DOC if you must, but you also have access to quite a range of other formats. If your T.A. wants .DOC then you can do that, if another T.A. wants .PDF then you can do that too. Aside from a list of alternate programs, which is a necessary requirement, I'm also interested specifically in productivity and usability benefits that come with using Ubuntu. For example, can a particular student perform a particular task as easily, or easier, on Ubuntu. Can a particular task be done quicker? What program options are available in Linux that aren't available in Windows? Simple case study. Student A is provided the task of undertaking a research project and needs to submit a literature review. This review should be presented in .PDF format with links between the table of contents and the relevant headings. A title page should be attached. The page numbers should be as follows: Cover Page: No Number Table of Contents: Roman Numerals (IVX etc.) Content: Standard Characters (0-9) Appendix: Roman Numerals (IVX etc.) It should include at least 50 references presented in the text and a list of references at the end in Harvard format. The table of contents should also provide a list of illustrations/images. Now, if the student were to undertake such a project in Ubuntu where would he or she start? What tools are available? How do they compare to any commercially available Windows alternatives? The list of recommended programs so far includes: a) Open Office.org b) Gimp c) Makefile d) Gcc e) Open-jdk f) Mozilla Firefox g) Zim (personal wiki) h) Eclipse i) gedit j) RapidSVN k) Pidgin -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Remote SSH
Can someone please help with the syntax to remotely SSH to my Ubuntu file server. I've opened the server's I.P address and port 22 in the router and verified that this has occurred with Shields Up (it reported the server's host-name and that port 22 is open). I'm just unsure of how to SSH from a remote location. The syntax I've attempted is: ssh 124.171.***.*** (which is my public I.P address provided by my ISP) and ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both return the following error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host I can SSH over the local network with no problems. Thanks. -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Wireless USB Adaptor
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. Thanks -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Myth TV Back-end on my file server
This talk of MythTV has reignited my interest in setting up a MythTV system at home. Before I dive in though I was wondering if anyone has had any experience, or knows if it's possible, to set-up the MythTV back-end on a headless Ubuntu file server? Thanks. -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. begin:vcard fn:Simon Ives n:Ives;Simon email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.simonives.info version:2.1 end:vcard -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Myth TV Back-end on my file server
David Whyte wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This talk of MythTV has reignited my interest in setting up a MythTV system at home. Before I dive in though I was wondering if anyone has had any experience, or knows if it's possible, to set-up the MythTV back-end on a headless Ubuntu file server? Thanks. I think you need an X session or something so that you can run the myth-setup program which is QT. One you have done the initial setup, you can go headless I believe. HTH's Whytey Am I able to connect to myth-setup via ssh -X? -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. begin:vcard fn:Simon Ives n:Ives;Simon email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.simonives.info version:2.1 end:vcard -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Printing from Hardy to Printer on Windows XP
Hi All.
I'm having a small issue printing to my new HP 2180 printer, attached to
a Windows XP box and made available to the outside world via smb. I'm
fairly certain that I've set it up all OK from Administration -
Printing. At least when the Add New Printer setup procedure scans for
the printer it says it's there.
Anyhow, the issue I'm having is that whenever I attempt to print to this
printer from Hardy I'm getting the following error: Can not get the
ticket cache for simon (where 'simon' is my Hardy user-name) in CUPS.
The output from running smbclient -L goodvibes-desk ('goodvibes-desk' is
my Windows XP box name), that clearly lists my printer, is:
Domain=[GOODVIBES-DESK] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Sharename Type Comment
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E$ Disk Default share
IPC$IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
SharedDocs Disk
C Disk
HPDesk Printer HP Deskjet F2100 series
F$ Disk Default share
F Disk
E Disk
Printer2Printer Adobe PDF
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
Domain=[GOODVIBES-DESK] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Server Comment
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WorkgroupMaster
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fn:Simon Ives
n:Ives;Simon
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url:http://www.simonives.info
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Cisco .pcf to VPNC .conf
Wondering if anyone can help with what details I should include from the following Cisco .pcf file for my VPNC .conf file. I've already decoded the password but I'm still having an issue connecting to the vpn. Of course, the Uni help desk is overly Windows centric and is only interested in Cisco support so no help there. Cisco .pcf file: [main] Description=University of Queensland VPN access !Host=vpn1.uq.edu.au AuthType=1 !GroupName=UQ-VPN GroupPwd= !enc_GroupPwd=899E96894B15A224AEC2AA53291C0BDA4E6A1C747476993858A2AC2994689102F7C829BF7391925DCAC9BCEDC5F250CBDAA406F31624D924 EnableISPConnect=0 ISPConnectType=0 ISPConnect= ISPCommand= Username= SaveUserPassword= UserPassword= enc_UserPassword= NTDomain= !EnableBackup=1 !BackupServer=vpn2.uq.edu.au,vpn3.uq.edu.au,vpn4.uq.edu.au EnableMSLogon=1 MSLogonType=0 EnableNat=1 TunnelingMode=0 TcpTunnelingPort=1 CertStore=0 CertName= CertPath= CertSubjectName= CertSerialHash= SendCertChain=0 PeerTimeout=90 EnableLocalLAN=0 Thanks. Simon Ives. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Samsung SGH-A412
Hi all. I've just received a Samsung SGH-A412 mobile phone from Telstra and I'm trying to get it to communicate, without any luck, via USB with Gutsy 64bit. When I plug the phone in to the PCs USB port the phone switches on but that's the extent of it. All I'd like to do is be able to upload/download files, mainly OOG audio tracks, to the phone's memory. I'm not happy being stuck on my Win XP box to interact with this device. Please excuse my NOOB abilities here. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
nVidia Widescreen no longer working fstab question
I commented out all of those sections and Gutsy still booted into a lower resolution. I started up nvidia-settings again (sudo nvidia-settings) to alter the xorg.conf file. There is a section that asks for your default resolution. Mine was set to 'auto' so I changed it to '1280x800, restarted x, and now I'm back into 1280x800 as my default resolution. I have one more question that I hope you all may be able to help with. I'm trying to auto mount a drive located on my wife's Windows box that I've set up as a samba share. I can access the drive via Places - Network but the line I'm entering into fstab isn't working. The line is - //goodvibes-desk/C /mnt/windows_media smbfs fmask=0777,dmask=0777 0 0 The 'C' in the first section works fine, however, that's not the drive I wish to mount. The share name of the drive is '3 (E)'. If I enter 3 (E) then I get an error. If I enter 3%20(E), what Nautilus displays, I also get an error. I know I can connect because when I use 'C' as the share name there are no issues. Any ideas on how this should be represented in fstab? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
nVidia widescreen no longer working.
I hope there is someone here who can help with this annoying issue. For whatever reason, when I booted into Ubuntu Gutsy this morning my graphics driver and sound driver were no longer recognised. I hadn't performed an update, although this is now irrelevant. I was forced to enter into a 'low resolution' mode of 640x800. I updated my kernel headers via synaptic which allowed the audio to function again and the nVidia driver (restricted drivers) to load. However, now I can no longer enable widescreen resolutions. If I enter System - Administration - Screens and Graphics and select the 'Widescreen' option I just receive a message saying 'All Users Must Log Off For The Changes To Take Effect'. If I do log off then I just get a 640x800 resolution again. I'll paste my xorg.conf file below in the hope that someone can recommend some changes. Also, what's with all of the xorg.conf files? I've never had so many before! I've got xorg.conf through to xorg.conf.18 a xorg.conf.backup and a few xorg.conf.failsafe files. Below is just xorg.conf. By the way, my notebook is a Compaq Presario V3118AU. The screen resolution is (should be) 1280x800. The product specs can be seen on HP's website - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?lc=encc=audlc=enproduct=3252144lang=en; # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Wed Sep 12 14:29:17 PDT 2007 # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode. # # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a real xorg.conf # For example: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section ServerLayout IdentifierDefault Layout screen 0 Default Screen 0 0 InputdeviceGeneric Keyboard InputdeviceConfigured Mouse InputdeviceSynaptics Touchpad EndSection Section Files EndSection Section Module Loadglx Loadv4l EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierGeneric Keyboard Driverkbd OptionCoreKeyboard OptionXkbRulesxorg OptionXkbModelpc105 OptionXkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierConfigured Mouse Drivermouse OptionCorePointer OptionDevice/dev/input/mice OptionProtocolImPS/2 OptionZAxisMapping4 5 OptionEmulate3Buttonstrue EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierSynaptics Touchpad Driversynaptics OptionSendCoreEventstrue OptionDevice/dev/psaux OptionProtocolauto-dev OptionHorizScrollDelta0 EndSection Section Monitor IdentifierFailsafe Monitor VendornameGeneric LCD Display ModelnameLCD Panel 1024x768 Horizsync31.5-48.0 Vertrefresh56.0 - 65.0 modeline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync modeline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync modeline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync modeline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync Gamma1.0 EndSection Section Monitor Identifiermonitor1 VendornamePlug 'n' Play ModelnamePlug 'n' Play modeline [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync Gamma1.0 EndSection Section Device IdentifierFailsafe Device Boardnamevesa BusidPCI:0:5:0 Drivernvidia Screen0 EndSection Section Device Identifierdevice1 Boardnamevesa BusidPCI:0:5:0 Drivernvidia Screen1 EndSection Section Screen IdentifierDefault Screen DeviceFailsafe Device MonitorFailsafe Monitor Defaultdepth24 OptionNoLogoTrue SubSection Display Depth24 Virtual1280768 Modes[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] EndSubSection EndSection Section Screen # Identifierscreen1 Devicedevice1 Monitormonitor1 Defaultdepth24 SubSection Display Depth24 Modes[EMAIL PROTECTED] EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: emails open as attachments?
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 toolsoptions 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 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Reminder to reply all.
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 20:04 +1100, Blindraven wrote: I'm ranting, in short. Reply All. Agreed, however, I think the generally accepted mailing list etiquette is to keep all emails sent and received via the list rather than directly to people anyway. My 2c ;-) -- Simon Wong BEng MCompSc MACS Dependable Technologies Pty Ltd [m] +61 (0)438 609 011 [p] +61 (0)7 3369 3627 [f] +61 7 3009 0431[e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [l] http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonwong [w] http://www.dt.net.au * Dependable IT Solutions * signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
