Re: Reapproval time
G'day Melissa and Ubuntu-au e-list,
Actually, I'm replying to Melissa D's post to this e-list. I probably
*should* change the subj of this msg to something like My
reintroduction - I use 2 flavours of Linux: Mandriva 2010.0 Free
Mint 8 'Helena' (2010 Free) (I have not configured this email acct to
let me change the subj of reply msgs... I think it's one of the
hundreds of gmail settings which I have not enabled *SMILE* )
I first subscribed to this e-list a couple of years back when I first
started as a newbie linux Ubuntu user and self-installer and admin of
my home Ubuntu pc.
Now in 2010, I have 2 computers running different flavours of Linux:
(a) a desktop pc with very good specs incl 4 GB RAM and a 1 TB HDD. I
forget what the processors but it's pretty fast. Maybe 2.3 G Hz dual
processor (?). I have an old Dell brand monitor so I'm pretty sure
that it cannot handle 3D desktop effects.
The OS installed is Linux Mandriva 2010.0 Free 32 bit. This was
upgraded from Mandriva 2009 Free via an online upgrade and online
installation. The system is pretty stable but I am having some
problems installing the necessary packages for networking... 'cos I
didn't know what I was doing ... I was trying to config a small
network with my (b) laptop {explained below}... it's not happy. I am
currently getting the torrent download of the dvd iso for the Mandriva
2010.0 Free 32bit bootable dvd, so that I can do a clean install of it
(b) a HP Laptop w/similar specs processor, 4 GB RAM, wide LCD display,
500 GB HDD, wireless internal modem. (It came pre-installed with M$
Windows)... I didn't even bother booting it up or backing it up... I
just did a clean install of Mint 7. That was quite some time ago. A
few weeks back I installed a clean ver of Linux Mint 8 from a bootable
live Mint 8 cd -- downloaded via iso from the Mint download site. It's
what I am using now, to compose the email.
Both (a) and (b) computers share the same Telstra Bigpond ADSL
Broadband connection to my home, here in West Hobart. Bigpond have
been doing a lot of work lately to upgrade the speed of my connection
(for users, generally, not just me). I use an inexpensive USB hub to
share my Bigpond (older) USB ADSL modem and both computers. This works
well for me to use both pc's to connect to the internet at the same
time. Theoretically, it should be straight forward for me to network
the desktop/laptop together -- but I think I need to reinstall
Mandriva 2010.0 Free onto pc (a) for the bootable dvd I'm currently
downloading.
Anyway, I'm no longer *officially* a Ubuntu user. But Linux Mint 8 is
strongly derived from Ubuntu... So, if it's okay by Melissa I'd like
to stay on this list. Also, it [this e-list] seems to be quite
low-volume so it appeals to me. ;-)))
One final note comparing one small difference 'tween the 2 OSes I use.
I like to use Free Pascal-based GUI RAD Compiler called Lazarus... for
occassional proposed open source development... (nothing serious or
yet gone publc by me for Lazarus). It [Lazarus] is basically a free
Delphi clone developer language... written using itself and compiled
requiring also free pascal. The latest ver of Lazarus OO-Pascal
Delphi-like RAD compiler for Mint 8 the latest ver is 0.9.26.4 and for
Mandriva 2010.0 Free it's 0.9.28.2. Note that if you use Subversion
software to download and compile the source you can use different
snapshots of it. I think the latest stable snapshot of the Lazarus
source is 0.9.29.2. And there are also snapshots of later vers made
daily which are alpha may not be stable. ( I have not yet learnt to
use subversion, so I'm stuck with the current ver in the package
manager. Learning Subversion is on my todo list.. and there are
tutorials about it on the Lazarus wiki-website.) Not sure which ver
Ubuntu supports as latest.
Cheers ;-))) Happy Linuxing -- whether you are a developer,
administrator or end-user.
Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
My free websites are:
http://pewtas.googlepages.com (and)
http://pewslinuxvault.googlepages.com
On 6 March 2010 21:23, Melissa Draper meli...@meldraweb.com wrote:
Greetings,
Apparently some time next month (TBA) the team will be going through an
approval process with the LoCo Council.
Since we've not had proper meetings for a while and I've not been the
type to micromanage, you all tend do your thing under the auspices of
the team without any documentation.
So this thread is your invitation to note what you've done as a
participant of this team.
While converted acquaintance/friend/relative to ubuntu are good
things, they're really not useful here. Trade shows, expos, talks,
demos, etc are the kinds of things I'm guessing that the LoCo Council
will be looking for.
--
Melissa Draper
w: http://meldraweb.com http://geekosophical.net
p: +61 4 0472 2736
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Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!
Hello All, My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line 9http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/ ) I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space. Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I will provide more technical details as requested as long as you explain how I'm to obtain this info. I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-( sudo fdisk -l results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/ ls -lah ~/ results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/ df -h results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/ Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Bob Hope - I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.ls -lah ~/ results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/ df -h results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/ Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Bob Hope - I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!
Hi All, Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT the problem. Something else is taking all of the space. Below are the results of 'du -h -x --max-depth=1' command in the home folder. r...@user-desktop:/home/user# du -h -x --max-depth=1 34M./tmp 4.3M./Documents 556K./.compiz 16K./.adobe 604K./.macromedia 884K./.nautilus 96K./.transmission 4.0K./.icons 28K./GNUstep 876K./.buoh 20K./.eric4 600K./.mcop 123M./.mozilla 32K./.sane 8.0K./.mplayer 1.8M./.purple 108K./.scribus 16K./.pulse 171M./cvsroot 20M./New2HelpMultiTabbed 31M./PDF 464K./.clamtk 64K./.winefish 3.7M./xlogo 12K./.xarchive 1.6M./.gconf 12K./.themes 7.0M./.cache 6.1G./Music 40K./.dvdcss 20K./.AbiSuite 12K./.ripoff 71M./Delphi.7.Second.Edition.v7.2 44K./.xine 12K./.openinvaders 12K./MP3_Shoutcast_Playlists 12K./.pdfedit 51M./Lazarus_1.4_alpha 38M./commodore 36M./vice-1.22 102M./.thumbnails 488K./.spumux 316K./.config 20M./.kde.old 32K./csv_comma_seperated_values 12K./.update-manager-core 1.9M./.local 213M./Photos 1.8G./pascal 4.0K./.egoboo 3.7M./.openoffice.org2 113M./OpenOffice stuff 4.0K./.gnome2_private 4.2M./.kompozer 12M./font_zip_files 8.0K./.kpackage 700M./Public 8.0K./.deb-gview du: cannot access `./.gvfs': Permission denied 20K./FrostWire 4.8M./.gnome2 260K./Sitemap_generator 712K./Torrents 208M./Pictures 3.8M./.mozilla-thunderbird 220K./.frostwire4.17 2.5M./txt_files 464K./.gimp-2.4 72M./websites 25M./.streamtuner 11G./DVD_iso_images 92K./.gconfd 364K./.vlc 48K./.inkscape 649M./.wine 131M./.fr-SIsVP8 48K./.screem 16K./.qt 9.4M./.fonts 12K./.dbus 224K./.metacity 132K./.tomboy 98M./Desktop 164K./.bluefish 8.1G./Videos 4.0K./Templates 4.0K./.wapi 1.8G./Archives 8.0K./.update-notifier 127M./Misc stuff 1.5M./.kde4 132K./.fontconfig 380K./.evolution 3.4M./html 395M./OLD HDD 11M./.kde 81M./starlogo-linux-build-i386-nosound. 3.5M./.klamav 1.3M./liogo 132K./kdesvn_repository 4.0K./.ssh 576K./.gstreamer-0.10 8.0K./.cups 4.0K./.bogofilter 12K./.alsaplayer 40K./.subversion 218M./Lazarus_source_code 12K./Logo 208K./.lazarus 12K./.gnupg 7.3M./.java 32G. Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Marlene Dietrich - Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like h... 2009/2/12 Morgan Storey m...@morganstorey.com I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username du -h --max-depth=1 This will tell you what folder is using what. -- Regards Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security. IT Security Specialist. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: Hi, Can you please run df -h (without the quotes) and post the output to the list. Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place, it wastes resources having multiple people answering the same question in multiple places. Dropped yahoo group from CC Cheers Dave On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote: Hello All, My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/) I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space. Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I will provide more technical details as requested as long as you explain how I'm to obtain this info. I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-( sudo fdisk -l results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/ ls -lah ~/ results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/ df -h results below http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/ Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Bob Hope - I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.ls -lah ~/ results below
Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!
Dear Ubuntu Folk, Problem SOLVED. I did a total re-install of my OS... wiping out the old OS. I'm now using Mint Ubuntu (Elyssa)... and it is the only OS on this pc. It was quite straight-forward to install (over-writing the old system). Best Regards, PEW ;-))) Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Doug Larson - Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. 2009/2/12 David Gillies da...@dorja.com David Gillies wrote: Peter Williams wrote: Hi All, Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT the problem. Something else is taking all of the space. snip! 32G. So looking at your computer, I see that you've allocated a total of 43G for your Ubuntu install: r...@user-desktop:/home/user# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 43G 38G 3.7G 92% / And your home directory is using 32Gb, which leaves another 6Gb outside of your directory, which is probably the Ubuntu install itself and other miscellania. Your problem seems to be more that you haven't allocated/partitioned any of the rest of your drives. I had a look at your fdisk -l output (sorry, I didn't before) and I saw that /dev/sda1 is almost all of the disk, definitely a lot more than the 43G that df is reporting. That's quite bizarre. -- 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: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???
Hello All Fellow Ubuntu and Kubuntu people. and to the Ubuntu-Australian list Hello All, And hello to all of the nice and friendly ppl I met at the Linux.conf.auOpen Day yesterday @ the Hobart Wrest Point - Tasman Rooms. I was really pleased to finally met so very many friendly faces... everyone was very nice!!! (of course!) My system now seems to be quite stable. This website help me a lot: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnomehardy I ended up using the *Remove Kubuntu* Pasting the command (in the black box) into the terminal shell (which is an extremely long command!!!) Fingers-crossed it seems to have worked. I now have a Gnome DE with Ubuntu 8.04 - the Hardy Heron - released in April 2008 (according to the help page). I'm now happily using AMAROK fantastic music playing program and listening to some of my ripped music -- The Beatles! I'm still gradually tweaking my system -- but it seems to be working fine!!! ;-) Yours Faithfully, Optimistically and With Much Love, PEW aka PeteThePoet from Hobart, Australia Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) Robert Benchley - Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. 2009/1/25 Matthew Flaschen matthew.flasc...@gatech.edu Peter Williams wrote: I urgently need help to fix my computer. I have previously had Kubuntu 8.04 installed and it seemed to be working okay. Then I decided that I did not want to use KDE 4 Can you explain further? Kubuntu 8.04 (which I'm using) comes with KDE 3.5. Did you install the kde4 package? and only use the Gnome Desktop Manager with KDE 3.5. Why not just use KDE 3.5? I used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove much of the KDE 4 with the intention of keeping KDE 3.5 and using the Gnome Desktop Manager. You probably removed KDE 3.5. If I boot my computer WITHOUT the Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot disk -- then I get dumped at the terminal login screen for Kubuntu 8.04 (I think). The terminal login screen confuses me no-end As Eberhard said, you should be able to just enter the same user name and password you used for the graphical login. If you can successfully login, do: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop --reinstall That should install Kubuntu again. It may take a long time. When it completes, do sudo reboot Your computer will restart, and KDE (3.5) should be up and running again. If you can't login, post the actual prompt you're looking at. quote: --- System Settings / Advanced / Autostart -- click Add Program. Type in nm-applet which is the Gnome one. From then on it should start with the KDE Session. end quote. That's information about NetworkManager. It won't help you get your GUI back. And the newer KDE 4 programs were conflicting with the older KDE 3.5 programs. Yes, a beginner really shouldn't be using kde4 on 8.04. Matt Flaschen -- 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???
G'day Matthew and All (K)ubuntu folk, And also to the Ubuntu-au list and the ubuntuli...@yahoogroup.com G'day All (my comments are below) Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) George Burns - You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. 2009/1/25 Matthew Flaschen matthew.flasc...@gatech.edu Peter Williams wrote: This website help me a lot: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnomehardy I ended up using the *Remove Kubuntu* Pasting the command (in the black box) into the terminal shell (which is an extremely long command!!!) The remove Kubuntu part obviously didn't give you a GUI (it just removes various KDE packages, and a lot of packages that aren't KDE-related at all), but it also has sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop at the end, which installs GNOME. I'm happily using a very complicated GNOME system WITH KDE also. I *seems* to be extremely stable and I'm very happy with it. I'm now happily using AMAROK fantastic music playing program and listening to some of my ripped music -- The Beatles! You realize Amarok is a KDE application, right? Yes I know that. I don't really know what point you're trying to make. I have GNOME DE happily co-existing with KDE (not sure what version). AMAROK is working flawlessly!!! I'm very happy with my desktop pc (I'm using now) Yours Faithfully, Optimistically and With Much Love, PEW aka PeterThePoet Matt Flaschen -- kubuntu-users mailing list kubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: c-nile virus
Hello Andrew and Everyone (who likes to use Ubuntu Operating System), cc: to *Ern Williams* (my Dad in Victor Harbor, South Australia ) and cc to: *Ms Tracey Onyett* who works for an Organization called 'Wise Employment Australia' and who has been trying to help me look for a job to do part-time or on a casual basis. and cc: *Alvaro GP* who an amazingly clever computer person good friend, living in Malaga, Spain, in Europe. Hello All, My apologies for typing such a long message. I think I should try to explain why I sent the email (yesterday) about this virus called c-nile. Please pass the word around that in particular to Micro$oft Windows users whom I suggest need to check for this very bad email virus ;-( My Dear Dad who is in his 80s (I get confused about his exact age), he was born in 1926... So you can work out exactly how old he is. Anyway, Dad and Mum live together is a lovely place house in Victor Harbor, South Australia. They have been married for 51 years and are still very much in Love #GREAT BIG SMILE# Dad has an extremely modern computer with Micro$oft Windowz Vista Pro with all the latest Service Packs and virus checkers, and spam checkers, and trojan horse checkers etc etc etc. My Dad (Ern Williams) loves to use his computer for all types of things. For example: playing Mahjongg Tile matching games, web games (of many different types), playing find-a-word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, viewing funny jokes and seeing beautiful multi-media (of all kinds) of artwork of things like: beautiful artworks (of all kind) and pretty graphics of flowers, landscapes, animals, children etc etc etc. Anyway, I digress (I apologize) - My father (Ern Williams) send me an email warning me that his computer had been affected by this e-mail virus called ' *c-nile*'. It sounds horrible -- it still disgusts and appalls me at the horrible e-mail viruses which these stupid and cruel people create and infect people with !!! Apparently my Dad has now removed the c-nile virus, however he was telling me about it in his email to me... so, as I want to warn other people to remove it. I think that a good anti-virus checker program *SHOULD* be able to remove it!!! I hope it does! I fully admit that I can tend to be *quite naive*!!! :-) I am an amiable person and actually I like it try to encourage people to learn to use their computers and not be worried about their computers playing up. E.g. I like to help people to use their computer in a productive and fun ways!!! *Checking for horrible viruses etc is far from fun!!! but it seems, unfortunately, a necessity of life.* Actually, when I lived in Canberra, ACT, I worked for the Royal Australian Navy, in the Australian Federal Government Dept of Defence (eg the Public Service). I worked there for 23 years and even tho' I became quite sick with Schizophrenia, I still remained employed as a Draftsman (drawing with pen and ink) and also with a wide range of CAD software. I also became a Technical Officer and designed many many Databases and used most of the so-called Micro$oft Office applications. And I designed Websites for the RAN !!! I was also the computer help person for the Directorate of the RAN in which I worked!!! So, I helped people to fix their computers when they didn't like to use them or were having difficulties with them!!! I generally found this to be both difficult and also extremely rewarding to help people understand how to get the most from their computers and not be afraid of using it!!! SMILE In other words, I really enjoyed this because I found it to be greatly rewarding and, although not easy, it was a Good Thing to do ;-))) *Now please don't misunderstand me* *SMILE* Although I have used computers for many years and I have become very productive at using them... I still get very confused at learning Linux and How to do things like dual-boot between different OSes. I'm getting off topic... sorry about that. I am now using *Mint Linux v5.1*with the Gnome desktop environment (I think that the correct term for it). It is performing absolutely rock-solid !!! eg. I'm using *Firefox* as my web-browser and it has all of the latest updates. *I'm extremely happy with it* !!! My pc still has some teething problems... but that's life I guess *SMILE*. My view of life is that the proverbial glass is half-full, not half-empty. Now if only I could figure out how to get my repositories working correctly, then that would be a big help! :-) For some reason my Synaptic Package Manager (that's what its called) was NOT happy... I think that I had typed in the wrong repository server addresses!?!?! ( I'm trying to use the correct terminology... but I'm not too sure of the correct buzz-words and jargon to use -- I still regard myself to be a beginner at Mint Linux ;-) Yours Faithfully and With Much Love, (wishing that your computer works well and doesn't give you head-aches!!!) Pete the Poet from Oz, Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew')
Re: [Lazarus] My ADVICE!!!: Are you having problems installing Qdebian(Linux) packages.
To Alex and all the ppl who use Lazarus Language,
Hi Alex and All,
Thanks for your reply. I think I'll stick with Mint Linux Gnome for a bit
longer. I think the main problem I'm having is that although it work fine
after I've booted-up with the Gnome FailSafe Mode, when my computer does a
Hibernate or Suspend... then it gets problems. ;-(
I still regard myself as only a Linux newbie beginner ;-)))
I believe you when you tell me that Xubuntu is a good OS. *SMILE* It's just
than I get tired when ppl advice me to install ANOTHER Linux Operating
System. I already have different versions of Kubuntu installed But I
don't use then.
I think I'll need to use the Synaptic Package Manager to somehow re-install
my Mint Linux ver 5.1 (?) Gnome OS... I think the problem is the I have too
many KDE programs install and that's upsetting my poor Gnome Operating
System -- which I reallly really like, even tho' I've only been using my
Mint Linux Gnome OS for about one week or so.
Can some kind person please help me to re-install my Mint Linux Gnome OS???
I think that I *SHOULD* bootup the Linux command line system... but to be
honest -- the Linux Command Line system (? if that's the correct name for
it) -- well sometimes it scares the bejesuses out of me!!! (SMILE) I'm an
old Micro$oft Windowz user from many years ago.. while I did use Windowz
(many many different versions) and other OSes... I still have trouble
remembering Linux commands!!!
I figure that I should be using the Synaptic Package Manager or the Mint
Installer -- correct?!?! But I've forgotten how to use them (since I was
away on XMAS Holidays for about a fortnight!). Please don't laugh at me!!!
:-)
I'd really appreciate some help fixing my broken Mint Linux Gnome OS. It's
not happy with some of the KDE programs...
Yours Sincerely and With Much Love,
{ happily using Mint Linux Gnome OS }
PEW ### GRIN and SMILE ###
-
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
Joan Crawford - I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I
earn, I spend.
2009/1/9 Alex Kovacic a.kova...@unsw.edu.au
-
BEING AN OZZIE
YOU SHOULD TRY OZOS.
http://cafelinux.org/OzOs/
(DEBIAN-Xubuntu http://cafelinux.org/OzOs/%28DEBIAN-Xubuntu)
At 10:06 PM 8/01/2009 +1100, you wrote:
To ppl who use Linux and are having problems installing Qdebian (Linux)
packages.
HI There *SMILE*
I am extremely happy because my desktop pc (which is very faster!!) is now
working extremely well !!! I#39;m still learning how to use it. ## GREAT
BIG HAPPY GRIN ##
Also, I still only rate myself as a Linux Newbie (beginner!)
I use Mint Linux Ubuntu version 5 a Gnome Desktop.
As I said... It#39;s FANTASTIC to use and extremely powerful.
7!! Enterprise edition. I have been developing software since I was a
young boy and a teenager!!! I#39;m now 47 years old. I have used many
types of computer systems and I think that#39;s where I have benefited in
so good (proficient) at what I do.
Although, lots of things about the internet and www and document formats
etc etc confuse me.
My experience has taught me that there key to learning to use computers...
it to do everything possible to help learn it. Book, Magazines, dvds, cds,
video files, friends, enemies (SMILE) and prehaps the MOST IMPORTANT thing
is to keep a sence of Humour and collect Jokes cartoons and artworks by
lots of ppl. Collect powerpoint (or impress) slide-shows etc. Experience,
test, guess and most importantly, I collect freeware and shareware source
code... and studied it to see how it worked or didn#39;t.
When I used my Delphi (and later, Lazarus) RAD compilers... I was very
careful to try to get hide of (or try to) ride my software projects of
compiler Errors, Warnings, Hints etc (I#39;m forgeting one of them -- it
4
different things). Also, I have joined Delphi newsgroups, email list,
discussion groups etc etc. Make friends with a programmer... and listen to
his advice (one of my good friends is a Professional programmer who has
also been doing it for all his life)
Also, try to enjoy non-computing things. I love to write and self-publish
my Poetry and Games I#39;ve programmed. They#39;re only fairly simple!
Okay... some are quite complicated... BUT on my Delphi Programming Souce
Code Page, you can download either the source code (in Delphi) or the
Windows executable, or both!!!
my totally free website is here: http://pewtas.googlepages.com/home --
It#39;s a GooglePages free website with a TON of storage space (well,
metaphorically!) *GRIN*
To install a Linux Debian file, use GDebi Package Manager application
(it#39;s a graphical app e.g. it has a GUI instead of not.).
A very good friend and fellow Linux Ubuntu Mint user told me about it.
My ADVICE!!!: Are you having problems installing Qdebian (Linux) packages.
To ppl who use Linux and are having problems installing Qdebian (Linux) packages. HI There *SMILE* I am extremely happy because my desktop pc (which is very faster!!) is now working extremely well !!! I'm still learning how to use it. ## GREAT BIG HAPPY GRIN ## Also, I still only rate myself as a *Linux Newbie (beginner!)* I use *Mint Linux Ubuntu version 5* (I think) - a Gnome Desktop. As I said... It's FANTASTIC to use and extremely powerful. Also, I develop sofware with Lazarus (a Pascal RAD). I develop software (free open source) with Borland Delphi vers 3,5 7!! Enterprise edition. I have been developing software since I was a young boy and a teenager!!! I'm now 47 years old. I have used many types of computer systems and I think that's where I have benefited in so good (proficient) at what I do. Although, lots of things about the internet and www and document formats etc etc confuse me. My experience has taught me that there key to learning to use computers... it to do everything possible to help learn it. Book, Magazines, dvds, cds, video files, friends, enemies (SMILE) and prehaps the MOST IMPORTANT thing is to keep a sence of Humour and collect Jokes cartoons and artworks by lots of ppl. Collect powerpoint (or impress) slide-shows etc. Experience, test, guess and most importantly, I collect freeware and shareware source code... and studied it to see how it worked or didn't. When I used my Delphi (and later, Lazarus) RAD compilers... I was very careful to try to get hide of (or try to) ride my software projects of compiler Errors, Warnings, Hints etc (I'm forgeting one of them -- it 4 different things). Also, I have joined Delphi newsgroups, email list, discussion groups etc etc. Make friends with a programmer... and listen to his advice (one of my good friends is a Professional programmer who has also been doing it for all his life) Also, try to enjoy non-computing things. I love to write and self-publish my Poetry and Games I've programmed. They're only fairly simple! Okay... some are quite complicated... BUT on my Delphi Programming Souce Code Page, you can download either the source code (in Delphi) or the Windows executable, or both!!! my totally free website is here: http://pewtas.googlepages.com/home -- It's a GooglePages free website with a TON of storage space (well, metaphorically!) *GRIN* To install a Linux Debian file, use GDebi Package Manager application (it's a graphical app e.g. it has a GUI instead of not.). A very good friend and fellow Linux Ubuntu Mint user told me about it. Actually, he is to thank for teaching me more about Linux. His name is Terry Martin and he lives in the Tasmanian Country (I get confused about exactly where)... He is a very kind person and is teaching me more about Linux Ubuntu Mint and Linux commands (which I still have problems with). I guess that's about what having a true friend is all about. Application name: GDebi Package Manager gdebi-gtk 0.3.8 Install and view software packages (c) 2005-2006 Canonical www.ubuntu.com Written by Michael Vogt and Sebastian Heinlein Translated by Launchpad Contributions: Chris Goerner https://launchpad.net/~cgoernerhttps://launchpad.net/%7Ecgoerner ZhongHan Cai https://launchpad.net/~caizhonghanhttps://launchpad.net/%7Ecaizhonghan License: GPL, see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL --- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about DCOP communications
Hi Dave and Everyone,
2009/1/7 Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com
Hi,
I am not sure if you are aware that linux.conf.au will be in Hobart
later this month. This is one of the best Linux conferences around -
although it is quite technical.
If you can't afford the time (or ticket price) you should try to make
it along to the openday - see
http://linux.conf.au/programme/about_programme#OpenDay
I went to the above mentioned link and found this webpage:
http://keysigning.org/event/lca2009
quote from the website
---
This keysigning will use the
'Sassaman-Projectedhttp://keysigning.org/methods/sassaman-projected'
method, which is well suited to large groups.
*Getting Ready*
To participate in the LCA 2009 keysigning you will need to submit your
public key prior to *2009-01-16 16:00:00*. NB: that's according to the
system time of this server, which is currently 2009-01-07 01:20:30. It's *
not* relative to your local time.
The simplest way to do this is to export your public key in ascii-armored
format and email it to 'lca2009-k...@keysigning.org'. On a typical Linux
system you can do this by typing:
gpg --export-options export-minimal --export -a *KeyID* | mail -s
keysigning lca2009-k...@keysigning.org
where *KeyID* is actually your unique key ID, something like '64011A8B'.
After your key has been processed and added to the event keyring you will
receive an email confirmation.
Further instructions will be posted here closer to the event.
*Keys accepted into the event keyring:* check this
listhttp://keysigning.org/keylist/lca2009.txtto see if your key has
been added. The list is updated in real time.
---
Now please bear in mind that I'm still a Mint Ubuntu newbie... I'm using
Gnome Desktop 2.22.3.
I eventually worked out that I needed to do was select the menu:
Applications / System Tools / Terminal Program - Super
I am not sure about the Mint crew, but there will be people from
Australian Ubuntu community. There will also be other projects and
distros represented at the open day. It might be a good chance for you
to meet some more local Linux geeks.
Cheers
Dave
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:43 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*
thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*
2009/1/4 Paul Shirren shi...@shirro.com
Hi Peter,
Peter Williams wrote:
To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my
Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost
perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE HAPPY
GRIN**!!!
Well done.
Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint
and Ubuntu are two separate projects with their own
developers, forums and mailing lists.
Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its
correct name; Mint Linux.
I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the
Mint Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems
to be quite a lot of jargon buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not
that I'm objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of
information and facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing
the Mint Linux project -- well, it's information overload!! Too much
for me to know where to begin looking. *SIGH*
Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many
different computer systems over my life... since I was a young
teenager (or even younger!). Our family's first computer was a
Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM
expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually, it was a pretty good machine -- it
had a 6502 processor and it communicated with peripherals with a
IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user port' !!! It was
amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was Commodore PET
BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of BASIC
programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!! [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! -
e.g. circa the 1970's ]
We are all in the same big happy open source family but there
are issues
of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by
Canonical
and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure
the Mint
people are proud of their work and feel the same.
Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS -
although it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people
at Canonical are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ###
HAPPY GRIN ###
Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint
(Elyssa) ones.
I don't know
Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about DCOP communications
Hi Everyone, Firstly, I'll like to wish everybody here a sincerely Happy New Year for 2009 and all Yuletide Seasons Greetings *BIG HAPPY SMILE!!!* Okay.. here's my problem. I'm using Linux Mint Operating System I think that its great!!! I also use Amarok music player and I have a lot of music files which I've 'ripped' from my music cds which I own. I returned home yesterday afternoon (3rd January 2009) from having a great holiday with my mum dad in Victor Harbour, South Australia. My dad has a new computer system and he uses M$ Windowz XP Professional OS. He's having quite a few problems with it -- but I've tried to help him. *SMILE* Anyway... last night I switched on my computer and started Amarok (latest version, I think). And I had my computer play music thru' my Dell brand 2 x speakers and harmon/kardon sub-woofer (which I have from my old Dell computer I purchased many years ago). I was succesfully able to play music thru my speakers and subwoofer... while I was in bed sleeping. It was very pleasant!!! :-))) However, Amarok had some message about not being about to do something because dcopserver was not there!?!?!? Question: What Do I need to do on my computer to make Amarok work again? This morning (Sunday, 4th Jan 2009) I rebooted my pc a few times... then I rebooted into the recovery mode. And fixed some things. It seemed to improve some things. I then used the menu on the screen System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager and I think I found the correct files to install the dcopserver and also some files for Amarok's libvisual thing! I then let Synaptic Package Manager do it's thing... And it downloaded and installed something! (I don't really understand what!) Anyway I've switched off my pc and rebooted it etc. Now when I try to start Amarok it does not start and I get a window with the following error message: Amarok Error Message DCOP communications error (Amarok) There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was: Could not open network socket Please check that the dcopsever program is running! [OK] button nb - I will happily provide extra 'system specs' or details if requested... but I'll admit that I don't really understand what type of computer it is. I know that it is quite new and I really like my pc... but I don't really understand what processor speed or whatever it has!!! :-) It's rate myself as still a beginner at learning and using Linux Ubuntu Mint OS -- even thro' I've been using Linux Mint since sometime last year. also... I don't like using the 'terminal' console command ... because it's new and I don't really understand how it works. *SMILE* I'll use the terminal command line when I need to... but I don't really like it :-) *Yours PEW -- a little bit baffled as to why my favourite music player, Amarok, is not working!!! *SMILE* * *from North Hobart, Tasmania. * -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about DCOP communications
To Mr Terry Mrs Kath Martin (in Tasmania)
and the Ubuntu Linux Yahoo Group.
Hello Ubuntu people :-)))
I'm forwarding (below) a message I sent to the Australian Ubuntu e-mail list
and friends of mine, Terry Kath. Maybe someone else is having this problem
(I have seen some messages on the Linux Mint forum about people having the
same problem -- however I could not make any sense of the reply messages!!!
;-)
If someone knows how I could fix this problem; would you please be kind
enough to *provide step-by-step instructions*... as, although I do know a
lot about computers, I still regard myself as a Ubuntu Mint beginner -- and
I am a little concerned about stuffing up my computer and not making it work
properly... which has happening to me in the past.
Fond Regards and I Wish EveryOne and All a Sincerely Happy and prosperous
New Year for 2009 !!! *BIG SMILE*
With Love,
PEW { poet, creative computer user, self-publisher and Christian !!! }
***SMILE***
{ I believe that the 'proverbial glass' is half-full, not half-empty!!! }
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Peter Williams pew...@gmail.com
Date: 2009/1/4
Subject: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about DCOP communications
To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Hi Everyone,
Firstly, I'll like to wish everybody here a sincerely Happy New Year for
2009 and all Yuletide Seasons Greetings *BIG HAPPY SMILE!!!*
Okay.. here's my problem. I'm using Linux Mint Operating System I think
that its great!!! I also use Amarok music player and I have a lot of music
files which I've 'ripped' from my music cds which I own. I returned home
yesterday afternoon (3rd January 2009) from having a great holiday with my
mum dad in Victor Harbour, South Australia.
My dad has a new computer system and he uses M$ Windowz XP Professional OS.
He's having quite a few problems with it -- but I've tried to help him.
*SMILE*
Anyway... last night I switched on my computer and started Amarok (latest
version, I think). And I had my computer play music thru' my Dell brand 2 x
speakers and harmon/kardon sub-woofer (which I have from my old Dell
computer I purchased many years ago).
I was succesfully able to play music thru my speakers and subwoofer... while
I was in bed sleeping. It was very pleasant!!! :-)))
However, Amarok had some message about not being about to do something
because dcopserver was not there!?!?!?
Question: What Do I need to do on my computer to make Amarok work again?
This morning (Sunday, 4th Jan 2009) I rebooted my pc a few times... then I
rebooted into the recovery mode. And fixed some things. It seemed to improve
some things.
I then used the menu on the screen System / Administration / Synaptic
Package Manager and I think I found the correct files to install the
dcopserver and also some files for Amarok's libvisual thing! I then let
Synaptic Package Manager do it's thing... And it downloaded and installed
something! (I don't really understand what!)
Anyway I've switched off my pc and rebooted it etc.
Now when I try to start Amarok it does not start and I get a window with the
following error message:
Amarok Error Message
DCOP communications error (Amarok)
There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The
message returned by the system was:
Could not open network socket
Please check that the dcopsever program is running!
[OK] button
nb - I will happily provide extra 'system specs' or details if requested...
but I'll admit that I don't really understand what type of computer it is. I
know that it is quite new and I really like my pc... but I don't really
understand what processor speed or whatever it has!!! :-)
It's rate myself as still a beginner at learning and using Linux Ubuntu Mint
OS -- even thro' I've been using Linux Mint since sometime last year.
also... I don't like using the 'terminal' console command ... because it's
new and I don't really understand how it works. *SMILE* I'll use the
terminal command line when I need to... but I don't really like it :-)
*Yours PEW -- a little bit baffled as to why my favourite music player,
Amarok, is not working!!! *SMILE*
*
*from North Hobart, Tasmania.
*
--
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
--
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
--
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SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about DCOP communications
Hi Fellow Ubuntu Folk :-))) Just a quickie to say... I've fixed my problems with Amarok music player also some other problems too. ### Problem SOLVED !!! ### I ended up doing lots of things... I'm not exactly sure which thing I did actually worked !!! *SMILE* One thing I did was to reboot to a Gnome terminal shell (not sure if that's exactly the correct term). And I used the command (which I found one a Ubuntu help website) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restartsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones. I used the Package Manager to change them to Mint one's. Actually I managed get them all wrong! E.g I had Mint 8 Repositories in the Package Manager... but they were not correct. SO ... I reboots and chose the Mint Recovery mode. And I then chose all 3 options for fixing problems!!! One of the boot up recovery options was to fix the broken repositories... and I did that. To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE HAPPY GRIN**!!! So now Ubuntu Amarok seems to work fine! Yours with Love, PEW signing off from North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 2009/1/4 Peter Williams pew...@gmail.com Hi Everyone, Firstly, I'll like to wish everybody here a sincerely Happy New Year for 2009 and all Yuletide Seasons Greetings *BIG HAPPY SMILE!!!* Okay.. here's my problem. I'm using Linux Mint Operating System I think that its great!!! I also use Amarok music player and I have a lot of music files which I've 'ripped' from my music cds which I own. I returned home yesterday afternoon (3rd January 2009) from having a great holiday with my mum dad in Victor Harbour, South Australia. My dad has a new computer system and he uses M$ Windowz XP Professional OS. He's having quite a few problems with it -- but I've tried to help him. *SMILE* Anyway... last night I switched on my computer and started Amarok (latest version, I think). And I had my computer play music thru' my Dell brand 2 x speakers and harmon/kardon sub-woofer (which I have from my old Dell computer I purchased many years ago). I was succesfully able to play music thru my speakers and subwoofer... while I was in bed sleeping. It was very pleasant!!! :-))) However, Amarok had some message about not being about to do something because dcopserver was not there!?!?!? Question: What Do I need to do on my computer to make Amarok work again? This morning (Sunday, 4th Jan 2009) I rebooted my pc a few times... then I rebooted into the recovery mode. And fixed some things. It seemed to improve some things. I then used the menu on the screen System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager and I think I found the correct files to install the dcopserver and also some files for Amarok's libvisual thing! I then let Synaptic Package Manager do it's thing... And it downloaded and installed something! (I don't really understand what!) Anyway I've switched off my pc and rebooted it etc. Now when I try to start Amarok it does not start and I get a window with the following error message: Amarok Error Message DCOP communications error (Amarok) There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was: Could not open network socket Please check that the dcopsever program is running! [OK] button nb - I will happily provide extra 'system specs' or details if requested... but I'll admit that I don't really understand what type of computer it is. I know that it is quite new and I really like my pc... but I don't really understand what processor speed or whatever it has!!! :-) It's rate myself as still a beginner at learning and using Linux Ubuntu Mint OS -- even thro' I've been using Linux Mint since sometime last year. also... I don't like using the 'terminal' console command ... because it's new and I don't really understand how it works. *SMILE* I'll use the terminal command line when I need to... but I don't really like it :-) *Yours PEW -- a little bit baffled as to why my favourite music player, Amarok, is not working!!! *SMILE* * *from North Hobart, Tasmania. * -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
OpenOffice.org 2.4 (main program) crashes to show Document Recovery window.
Hi All,
I'm using OpenOffice.org 2.4 and if I use the (Gnome menu) Applications /
Office / OpenOffice.org (menu item) to launch OO then the OO main program
will open to allow me to pick which part of it I want to use e.g. Database,
Presentation, Spreadsheet or Word Processor etc ... it then crashes with a
Document Recovery window, as follows:
OpenOffice 2.4 (window title)
OpenOffice.org Document Recovery
Due to an unexpected error, OpenOffice.org crashed. All the files you were
working on will now be saved. The next time OpenOffice.org is launched, your
files will be recovered automatically.
The following files will be recovered:
{no files listed}
[ OK ] button.
OO (the main program) seem to crash like this regardless of what task I
pick. Note also that chosing the individual programs in the OO suite does
not result in a crash e.g. I can individually pick Database, Impress,
Spreadsheet or Word Processor from the Applications / Office Menu and they
work fine.
I have tried reinstalling OO but the crashes of OO main program still occur.
I'm using Ubuntu Linux Mint version. I can provide other specs of my
system as requested.
I'd appreciate suggestions of help.
--
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
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What is the command(s) to uncompress tar archive?!?
Hi All, I have a tar archive user_backup_20080918.tgz -- which is 19.4 GB of data which was previously my home folder, with many sub-folders, for my (old) user name 'user'. I have since reinstalled Linux... actually a new installation of Linux Ubuntu Mint. Now I want to uncompress the archive to my new home folder with my new user name of 'peter' what are the commands I need to do to achieve this?!? note that the archive contains: user_backup_20080918.tgz (19.4 GB filesize) + user (folder) + many folder and sub-folders here, as well as hidden files with leading dots in their filenames. eg. would need to uncompress folders inside 'user' folder (old user name) to current 'peter' user (home) folder. I'm guessing that I'd need to use the chown (change owner) command -- but I don't know how it works... I think I'd need to run it recursively on sub-folders... correct?!? How do I do this? Regards, PEW ;-))) -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
How to load korganizer at boot up?!?
Hi All, I've been running Linux Ubuntu all years, and then some. However, I've only been running Kubuntu for a few months. Basically, the more I use it, the more I like it. ;-)) My question is this: How do I make korganizer load each time I boot up my Kubuntu system?!? I did it once, but now it doesn't load automatically - and thats what I want it do. Sorry to ask such a newbie question, but I search some discussion forums and could not find out how to do this. I think that part of the problem (for me anyway), is that there is too much info to look thru'. Information overload!!! Best Regards, PEW -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
KControl crashes when screen saver option is selected.
Hi Kubuntu Users, I have a bug which is simple to reproduce (for me). If I press Alt+F2 then enter 'kcontrol' and press enter, kcontrol opens. Then if I click on the screen saver section it crashes. See attached file ( .kcrash file). I have tried re-installing kconsole and also the screen savers. I get the same error. Earlier today my pc lost power and when the power came back on I noticed that there are some icons on the desktop which I deleted -- but when I click on them (to open) the Linux complains that the files don't exist !?! Could this error be related to my kcontrol crash?!? I'm still just a newbie and I'd really appreciate any help!!! -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675 My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) kcontrol_screen_saver.kcrash Description: Binary data -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget)
Hi Linux Ubuntu folk, I had been active on the ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com email list -- however, I'm not getting an answer to this issue on there... so I decided to ask on the Ubuntulinux Yahoo! Group. 2008/8/8 ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1) Go to console (ALT+F2 and type xterm) 2) Type kmenuedit and press enter. Okay... that works, and I can edit my submenus and menu items. But only one at a time. And I don't see how to sort them (e.g. it would be nice to have my submenus and menu items appear alphabetically). Quoted from my message (below): I now have 2 questions: 1) How can I make all of my menus and submenus and menu items be SORTED -- instead of not sorted (which is what they currently are). 2) When I edited the submenus and menu items, I selected each item one at a time. Is there a way that I can select multiple menu items (e.g. like holding the control key or using the shift key -- to select more than just one menu item) Fond Regards and Best Wishes, PEW from Hobart, Tassie, 'Down Under' -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/8/8 Subject: Re: I need a Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget) To: ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Hi Ishwor, 2008/8/8 ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Peter, On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:00:31 pm Peter Williams wrote: Does not appear to have a Menu Editor option. Does anyone else have any suggestions of where I can find a Menu Editor for it. 1) Go to console (ALT+F2 and type xterm) 2) Type kmenuedit and press enter. Thanks for all the help!!! I have followed your instructions (above) and successfully edited my Menu Launcher(s). I now have 2 questions: 1) How can I make all of my menus and submenus and menu items be SORTED -- instead of not sorted (which is what they currently are). 2) When I edited the submenus and menu items, I selected each item one at a time. Is there a way that I can select multiple menu items (e.g. like holding the control key or using the shift key -- to select more than just one menu item) Thank you very much!!! *SMILE* -- Cheers, 631D 88CF 58B1 44C7 BB8D 7183 0790 5FB8 B48D 7241 Ishwor GurungThis is a cryptographically signed message. If you Adelaide, Australia would like to send me an encrypted email, my public m:(+61)0401466237key is available at the following key servers - sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pgp.mit.edu, hkp://subkeys.pgp.net, skype:guffarihkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com or hkp://pgp.mit.edu Best Wishes, PEW -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Is there a Kubuntu equivalent for Corel Draw 7 Select Edition?
Hi All, I have a copy of a fairly old Corel Draw 7 Select Edition and I installed it today. Unfortunately, even tho' it does run with WINE -- it is not a very happy program. I think that its probably TOO OLD!!! E.g. It locks up several times. As the subject of this email suggests, I'm looking for a Linux Kubuntu equivalent of it. In particular, I really used to love the Corel Trace program [ it converts raster images into vector drawings... very clever!!! ] I'd really appreciate any suggestions on Kubuntu software I should try. *SMILE* -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: I need a Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget)
Hi Ishwor, 2008/8/8 ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Peter, On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:00:31 pm Peter Williams wrote: Does not appear to have a Menu Editor option. Does anyone else have any suggestions of where I can find a Menu Editor for it. 1) Go to console (ALT+F2 and type xterm) 2) Type kmenuedit and press enter. Thanks for all the help!!! I have followed your instructions (above) and successfully edited my Menu Launcher(s). I now have 2 questions: 1) How can I make all of my menus and submenus and menu items be SORTED -- instead of not sorted (which is what they currently are). 2) When I edited the submenus and menu items, I selected each item one at a time. Is there a way that I can select multiple menu items (e.g. like holding the control key or using the shift key -- to select more than just one menu item) Thank you very much!!! *SMILE* -- Cheers, 631D 88CF 58B1 44C7 BB8D 7183 0790 5FB8 B48D 7241 Ishwor GurungThis is a cryptographically signed message. If you Adelaide, Australia would like to send me an encrypted email, my public m:(+61)0401466237key is available at the following key servers - sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pgp.mit.edu, hkp://subkeys.pgp.net, skype:guffarihkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com or hkp://pgp.mit.edu Best Wishes, PEW -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
I need a Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget)
Hi All, I posted a message about this before but I think it got lost / overlooked. I use Linux Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4.0. On my desktop I have added a 'widget' called Application Launcher Menu (Traditional menu based application launcher). What I now need to do is edit and re-arrange the menu folders and menu items. So, I figure I need a Menu Editor for the ALM. When I used Gnome I used the Ala Carte Menu Editor and found it to be quite good. Is there something similar for KDE 4.0 and the ALM ?!? Best Wishes, PEW from Hobart, 'Down Under' *SMILE* -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Wrong folder when trying to Rebuild Index of KDE Help Center
Hi All, When I use the KDE Help Center I have discovered that I need to Rebuild the Index of it. The problem is that the folder it is showing me is an old folder for KTurtle (Educational Language) -- which doesn't even exist anymore. I need to know exactly what is the correct folder for the KDE Help Center to rebuild the index in. (refer to attached .png screen capture) Also, I don't know how to search the HDD for files/folders. The Search option seems to search the Internet instead of searching my computer. -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) attachment: build_search_index_kde_help_center.png-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Wrong folder when trying to Rebuild Index of KDE Help Center
Hi All, I tried to find more info about this bug I found the following BUG REPORT. http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101876 BUG 101876: KDE Help Center's Build Search Index window display empty scope list Now all I need to do is work out how I can fix it *SMILE* Regards, Peter E Williams (aka 'pew') from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/7/29 Subject: Wrong folder when trying to Rebuild Index of KDE Help Center To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Hi All, When I use the KDE Help Center I have discovered that I need to Rebuild the Index of it. The problem is that the folder it is showing me is an old folder for KTurtle (Educational Language) -- which doesn't even exist anymore. I need to know exactly what is the correct folder for the KDE Help Center to rebuild the index in. (refer to attached .png screen capture) Also, I don't know how to search the HDD for files/folders. The Search option seems to search the Internet instead of searching my computer. -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) attachment: build_search_index_kde_help_center.png-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Questions about Fonts (in particular: can I use M$ Windows True Type Fonts) with Linux Kubuntu?
Hi Paul All, Thanks for the advice on installing M$ Windows true type fonts. I did as you explained and now I have my TT fonts installed. Thanks again. 2008/7/28 Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Peter, To make a new TrueType font available in Ubuntu, just copy the ttf file into a '.fonts' directory in your home directory. It them becomes available to you in Inkscape, OpenOffice and (I assume) other Gnome applications. Cheers, Paul On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: Ubuntu-au discussion e-list and the ubuntulinux yahoo! group Hi All, I have been looking at the About.com website and found lots and lots of info about Linux, and in particular: [big snip] -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Need to edit the Application Menu Launcher's menus -- how do I do it.
Hi All, I am now using Kubuntu and I'm generally very happy with it. Previously I used Gnome. With gnome I use the Ala Carte Menu Editor... But what is the Application Menu Launcher's menu editor. The reason that I need to know is that there are a lot of menu item under Lost and Found menu and I want to move them to a more logical menu. Also, I recently installed Windows Applications - WINE Emulator (I think thats what it's called) -- but I don't see a menu item anywhere for it. How do I install a Application Menu Launcher menu for it? e.g I would like to make a menu folder for WINE. With Best Wishes and Fond Regards, PEW -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
I'm trying to run a Python script to generate a Sitemap for my Googlepages website.
Hi All, I'm trying to run a Python script to generate a Sitemap for my Googlepages website. I'm attempting to follow the instruction on this html page: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/sitemap-generator.html#execute but I don't really know what I'm doing! I have opened a Root Terminal and do a cd into the folder containing the Python script generating code. I have also edited the xml file and saved it as pewtas_googlepages.xml. Can someone please be kind enough to help me run the python command which will (I think) generate a Sitemap for my googlepages website. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34654topic=13452#rss https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/sitemap-generator.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user# ls delphi_sourceOLD HDD Desktop OpenOffice stuff DocumentsPDF DVD_iso_images Photos Examples Pictures FrostWirePublic html Sitemap_generator Lazarus_source_code starlogo-linux-build-i386-nosound. liogoTemplates Logo Torrents Misc stuff Videos MP3_Shoutcast_Playlists websites Musicxlogo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user# cd Sitemap_generator [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/Sitemap_generator# python sitemap_gen.py --config=pewtas.googlepages.xml Reading configuration file: pewtas.googlepages.xml [ERROR] Cannot read configuration file: pewtas.googlepages.xml Configuration file errors -- exiting. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/Sitemap_generator# -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: I'm trying to run a Python script to generate a Sitemap for my Googlepages website.
Hi Ubuntu Australian ppl, 2008/7/27 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, I'm trying to run a Python script to generate a Sitemap for my Googlepages website. I'm attempting to follow the instruction on this html page: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/sitemap-generator.html#execute but I don't really know what I'm doing! I have opened a Root Terminal and do a cd into the folder containing the Python script generating code. I have also edited the xml file and saved it as pewtas_googlepages.xml. Can someone please be kind enough to help me run the python command which will (I think) generate a Sitemap for my googlepages website. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34654topic=13452#rss https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/sitemap-generator.html [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user# cd Sitemap_generator [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/Sitemap_generator# python sitemap_gen.py --config=http://pewtas.googlepages.xml Reading configuration file: http://pewtas.googlepages.xml [ERROR] Cannot read configuration file: http://pewtas.googlepages.xml Configuration file errors -- exiting. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/Sitemap_generator# python sitemap_gen.py --config=http://pewtas.googlepages.com/pewtas.googlepages.xml Reading configuration file: http://pewtas.googlepages.com/pewtas.googlepages.xml [ERROR] Unrecognized tag in the configuration: html [ERROR] Unrecognized tag in the configuration: head [ERROR] Unrecognized tag in the configuration: meta [ERROR] Unrecognized tag in the configuration: style [ERROR] Unrecognized tag in the configuration: title [ERROR] XML error in the config file (line 11, column 48): mismatched tag Configuration file errors -- exiting. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user/Sitemap_generator# Can someone please help me, as I really want to generate a Sitemap for my website, however, I don't know how to program in Python... so I'm getting lost ;-( -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Bug in Firefox 3.0 -- Set image as desktop background does NOT WORK.
Hi All, I have found a bug in Firefox version 3.0. [From the Help / About Mozilla Firefox menu] Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0 When view a webpage which contains an image -- right click on an image... in menu select Set As Desktop Background... click on button Set Desktop Background -- this does not work!!! E.g. fails to change the desktop background image. note: I'm using Linux Kubuntu 8.04 'Hardy Heron' with all the latest updates. I thought that I had used this menu option (e.g. an option for images) before... however, it definitely does not work now! -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
SOLVED - Re: KDE Help Center does not open -- gives error
Hello Peter and All,
Following your suggestion I used 'Synaptic Package Manager' and I installed
'kubuntu-kde-desktop'... It installed 107 files took approx 10-11 minutes
(using my Bigpond ADSL Broadband connection). To cut a long story short...
the apps which gave the error msg are now working fine and don't give errors
(the one I reported, that is).
Thanks for the advice and quick help !!! ;-)))
Fond Regards,
PEW
2008/7/23 noiesmo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
peter
khelpcenter has dependencies and I think they are not being met
automatically when you install
on the command line you can do apt-cache show khelpcenter and you will get
info on the package and dependencies etc.
you may have to install kde desktop to be able to use it
noiesmo
Peter Williams wrote:
Hi Fellow Ubuntu ppl, *SMILE*
I have noticed that 2 different applications which use the KDE Help
Center when I attempt to open the Help Handbook (e.g. open the Help /
Handbook pull-down menu) I get a error message in a window with an OK button
{which closes the message window}
I have used the Synaptic Package Manager and re-installed the KDE Help
Center -- but the error still occurs.
Error message window:
Could not launch the KDE Help Center:
Could not find service 'khelpcenter'
[OK] {button}
What is the best way for me to go about getting the KDE Help Center to
work again. Note that in the past it HAS worked, but something has broken it
:-(((
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from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
--
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KDE Help Center does not open -- gives error
Hi Fellow Ubuntu ppl, *SMILE*
I have noticed that 2 different applications which use the KDE Help Center
when I attempt to open the Help Handbook (e.g. open the Help / Handbook
pull-down menu) I get a error message in a window with an OK button {which
closes the message window}
I have used the Synaptic Package Manager and re-installed the KDE Help
Center -- but the error still occurs.
Error message window:
Could not launch the KDE Help Center:
Could not find service 'khelpcenter'
[OK] {button}
What is the best way for me to go about getting the KDE Help Center to work
again. Note that in the past it HAS worked, but something has broken it
:-(((
--
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
My free website is:
http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
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Re: How can I edit the text of a PDF file without having the source file of it?
Hello Sridhar and All Australian Ubuntu Users,
I visited the [2] site you mention below, eg:
[2] Open source, java: http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=10
And it _sounds_like_ a good idea. However, when I went to download the
executable version, I could only see a M$ Windows installable version and I
think also there was a Macintosh version there too. I downloaded the M$
Windows version and it appears to have run and installed correctly using
WINE. However, when I use the WINE menu to run the program nothing seems to
happen.
I also downloaded the java source code for the above program. Unfortunately,
even though the source file *appear* to be included, I don't know how to
compile it, and there seems to be no instructions included with the source
files.
This is rapidly seeming to be one job that will go into my too hard
basket. *SMILE*
Someone mentioned that OpenOffice.org 3.0 *should* be able to edit PDF
files. I'm thinking that maybe my best option will be for me to wait for OO
3 to be released and try it.
Thank you for the info and efforts you have made to try to help me with this
problem. *SMILE*
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') Williams
from North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2008/6/23 Hamish Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 at 15:40, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Ubuntu-Australia ppl,
{ I apologize for waffling on (below) however I figured that I was best
for
me to supply too much info rather than not enough. }
I have a PDF file (eg an Adobe Portable Document Format) file which I
authored quite a long time ago... back when I was using M$ Windows XP
Home
Edition as my Operating System. I now wish to edit the PDF file, however
I
don't know where the source document is, or whether I even HAVE the
source
file. From memory, the file was written using Micro$oft Word, and
probably
printed with PDF995 (M$ Windows print driver which creates PDF
documents).
[ eg PDF995 is available from the website www.pdf995.com ]
PDF is primarily an export format - it was never designed to be edited.
However, there are some tools out there which can do it - pdfedit and the
soon-to-be-released OpenOffice.org 3.0 spring to mind.
It is possible to treat a PDF like a canvas and draw a white box with new
text over the old text. This is usually done programmatically and can take a
lot of fiddling.
It would also be possible to splice the original PDF with a new page
replacing the one with the old url. This is probably the easiest approach.
PDF::Reuse [1] will do this for you in perl but its API is reasonably
complicated, there may also be GUI tools for this including PDF Split and
Merge [2]. Extract pages 1 to 4 and 6 to 16. Create a new page 5, merge back
together.
[1]
http://search.cpan.org/~nsharrock/PDF-Extract-3.02/lib/PDF/Extract.pmhttp://search.cpan.org/%7Ensharrock/PDF-Extract-3.02/lib/PDF/Extract.pm
[2] Open source, java: http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=10
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Re: How can I edit the text of a PDF file without having the source file of it?
Hi Sridhar and fellow Australian Ubuntu users, Firstly, Sridhar, I'd like to thank you for your supportive and informative emails and giving me good advice on what to try. The Good News is that I *found the source file* -- it was a Micro$oft Word format document which I had authored in Sept 2005 (which I knew from the document's filename), and it was saved on my system without me realizing that it was saved. I examined the properties of the PDF file I had and that told me the title of my M$ Word document. A quick search and it was found... lurking in a sub-directory of my Home directory. The main work remaining for my document was to replace the crappy M$ Windows Fonts with Linux Ubuntu fonts -- which is easy compared to the PDF extracting dramas which I was thinking I'd need to do, if I did not find the original document. Thank you again for all your help! Fond Regards, PEW From Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 2008/6/29 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 at 05:51, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone mentioned that OpenOffice.org 3.0 *should* be able to edit PDF files. I'm thinking that maybe my best option will be for me to wait for OO 3 to be released and try it. You can try it now if you like: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/pdf_import_first_milestone_reached?intcmp=1549 You'll need to get the OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta for that extension to work. Keep in mind that it's all still a work in progress, so it won't be smooth as silk yet. More info at http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html PDF importing is far from easy, since the format was never designed for it. The general way to do things is to use the OpenDocument formats for editing, and PDF for exporting. The approach I'd take is: 1. import your PDF 2. save as an OpenDocument format and edit there 3. when you're done, export to PDF 4. keep the OpenDocument version around for editing in the future -- What is the sound of one hand typing? -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
How can I edit the text of a PDF file without having the source file of it?
Hello Ubuntu-Australia ppl,
{ I apologize for waffling on (below) however I figured that I was best for
me to supply too much info rather than not enough. }
I have a PDF file (eg an Adobe Portable Document Format) file which I
authored quite a long time ago... back when I was using M$ Windows XP Home
Edition as my Operating System. I now wish to edit the PDF file, however I
don't know where the source document is, or whether I even HAVE the source
file. From memory, the file was written using Micro$oft Word, and probably
printed with PDF995 (M$ Windows print driver which creates PDF documents). [
eg PDF995 is available from the website www.pdf995.com ]
The file is called piffle_forever.pdf and is 16 A4 pages in length and
also contains embedded colour images. I want to keep all of the formatting
and images etc. However what I do want to do is change the text of a URL on
page 5 of the book, to reflect that the Piffle Page Url is different to
that currently in the document.
I attempted to open the pdf file with Scribus 1.3.3.11 however I get the
following error message:
FATAL ERROR
The /home/user/Desktop/piffle_forever.pdf is not in an acceptable format.
[OK] { button }
The Fatal Error message appears to be a Scribus error message and not a
Ubuntu error.
If you ( anyone ) would like to try to change this PDF or attempt to edit
it, I will tell you where you can download is from:
Some of the text on page 5 of the document is as follows:
Piffle the Cat first published in Dreaming of Dreaming,
by Peter E. Williams, 1999.
The Piffle webpage is http://members.fortunecity.com/pew/piffle.html
e.g I want the last line (above) to read:
The Piffle webpage is http://pewtas.googlepages.com/thepifflepage
I you go to http://pewtas.googlepages.com/thepifflepage and go to the bottom
of the page, you will see a HTML table with 2 columns. In the left-hand
column is the URL for the document:
piffle_forever.pdf http://pewtas.googlepages.com/piffle_forever.pdf ---
this is the PDF document which I am referring to.
Download the *PIFFLE FOREVER* Book in PDF format (Adobe Portable Document
Format).and in the right-hand column is the File Size: 830 Kilobytes
---
To summarize, can someone please help me to change the text in my PDF
document. Note that I have the PDF file but not the source M$ Word file used
to create it. Also, I no longer use M$ Windows XP Home Editon OS... My
system is purely Hardy Heron OS.
I look forward to replies.
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Errors trying to upgrade from GG to HH Ubuntu.
Hi All, I receive these errors (below) when trying to Upgrade from Gutsy Gibbon to Hardy Heron Ubuntu, using the Update Manager: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnome-btdownload/gnome-btdownload_0.0.30-2_all.deb403 Forbidden Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libg/libgksu1.2/libgksu1.2-1_1.3.8-1ubuntu4_i386.deb403 Forbidden Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/neon26/libneon26_0.26.4-2_i386.deb403 Forbidden Am I doing something wrong or is the http://au.archive.ubuntu.com missing some critical files needed for the upgrade??? -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Good News - HP Printer / Scanner / Copier works perfectly AMAROK works too.
G'day to the Australian UBUNTU e-list, Great news. Yesterday I purchased a new HP Photosmart C4280 Printer, Scanner, Copier for $90.00 from Dick Smith. I am using Linux UBUNTU 'Gutsy Gibbon' -- and when I booted up the computer and switched on the printer, I went to the menu System / Admin / Printing I was surprised to find that Ubuntu had autodetected and installed the correct printer driver for the HP 4200 Series. I printed a test page and it worked perfectly!!! I then tested the scanner with menu Applications / Graphics / Xsane Image Scanner -- and I scanned a postcard sized photo perfectly. Actually the photo was scanned with extra white space around the image... it needs to be cropped (from A4 size to postcard size). Can anyone please point me to an online or downloadable The GIMP tutorial ?!? Please paste URL for a tutorial if you know of one. Also... on a different topic. Some of you may recall that I posted a message that AMAROK was not playing Shoutcast internet radio streams... well when I attempted to play an MP3 file AMAROK produced an error message to the effect MP3 not supported, do you want to install component to play MP3. I clicked okay to install files for MP3 playing -- Synaptic Package Manager opened and prompted me for my password the downloaded and installed something. Now MP3's *do* play in AMAROK and so also does now play Shoutcast internet radio streams. Whatever got install for MP3 was also what was missing for playing Shoutcast streams. I just wanted to share my good news!!! -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer
Dear Andre, Leslie and All, cc: my Dad Mum Thank you, Leslie for recommending the HP All-in-1 printer / scanner. Also, thank you Andre for finding the best price to buy it. I have forwarded this information to the person who manages my financial affairs, eg The Public Trustee of Tasmania. Hopefully I will purchase one of these HP All-in-1's in the near future. *SMILE* Regards, PEW On 04/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/02/2008, Leslie Gossner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Ok short a simple answer. I have a HP Photosmart C3180 all in one Printer/Scanner/Copier. Cost me $79 a while back and works out of the box. Very well too. must say was a major improvement on my old Cannon. Not sure if the still sell them though as its almost a year old now. HP seems to put a lot of effort into Linux printing drivers. Oh and the scanner works great too. Good Luck Leslie The HP Photosmart C3180 model is still available. The best price I could find for you, Peter, is $58.95 plus $18.00 delivery to your door making the total cost $76.95. The item is currently not in stock so it would have to be ordered. Here is the address: http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_2759_HPPHOTOSMART_C3180_ALLIN1_PRINTER Cheers, Andre -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
[Bug 54474] [EDGY]On applying manual partition changes at installation, confirmation dialog appears behind main window.
Public bug reported: To Reproduce Boot knot 1 cd, begin installation proces using icon on desktop. At partitioning stage choose choose to manually partition. Make some chages and apply. Result Confirmation dialog appears behind main window. In this way it appears the partitioning program has locked-up, and the confirmation dialog is only found by moving the main window out of the way. Expected behaviour Confirmation dialog to appear in front of main window. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- [EDGY]On applying manual partition changes at installation, confirmation dialog appears behind main window. https://launchpad.net/bugs/54474 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
