Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Web Collabaration
Gents Thanks for the responses. I'll ask Mr Google some questions and see what I find out. Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Jon Spriggs Sent: 15 December 2009 11:09 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Web Collabaration I really like the Horde groupware suite. Check it out over at horde.org Regards, -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified 2009/12/14 Ian Pascoe : > Folks > > Before I ask the question, my hand is firmly in the air admitting to the > fact that apart from some HTML coding, I have no web programming experience. > With that being said, I'm looking for a FOS project, Operating System > independant, that will allow a number of different organisations to > collaborate on a single system. These organisations would be filling in > data against an individual, and the individual would need to be able to see > all the data relevant to them only, from each organisation. The data being > represented would be one of three different types - membership including > personal information, current qualifications and when testing is next > required, and activity scheduling. Individual's privacy and security is > paramount, so the system would need to be protected by a secure login - > OpenID would be a fine option I believe. > > If there were modules that would allow, for instance, mailing of upcoming > activities and training sessions that would certainly be a boost, or even a > module to allow for printing of such items, or getting really carried away, > texting. > > I have a feeling that Droople falls into this category, and certainly seems > to have a multitude of modules, but is rather scary for someone like me > starting out from scratch Are there other alternatives that would offer > such a collabaration? > > I have no objection to learning more about a particular project, but I don't > really want to spend a number of months on one project to find out that it's > limitations or direction don't actually match what I'm looking for. > > So, to add to the wish list, something that does not require an in depth > knowledge of web technologies, but can be merely bolted together, some > configuration and form design done in a nice GUI environment and is happy to > reside on either a VPS or an actual physical box. Lastly, the ability to > link instances of the project across different remote independant servers > would be nice. > > I've used MS's SharePoint system at a previous job, and this appears to have > the basics I'm looking for, but it has it's own set of problems, apart from > the obvious one! > > Thanks > > Ian > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Myth with Cam in
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:58:04PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > I'd assume so if the camera supports Video 4 Linux. I would guess it > would work in a similar way as capturing from an analogue input on a TV > card in MythTV. If not you might want to look at alternatives such as VLC. Bingo, if its a V4L supported device you can use it in Myth, but if your looking just to view and not record it then i'd suggest using VLS and multicasting. -- Andrew Williams w: http://tensixtyone.com/ e: andy (at) tensixtyone.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] VNC to more than 1 viewer
Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hallo all > > I would like to know how (if possible) to setup a VNC server and > Viewer/s to allow more than 1 Viewer to view the desktop of 1 VNC > Server *at the same time*. > I have 1 VNC Server that will do a desktop demo and would like to > display the desktop to 2 or 3 Client viewers, I know 1 to 1 is easy > but 1 to X??? > This will all sit in a local network so no need to wory about > firewalls etc... > Setting up VNC Server is fairly easy, you can enable it by turning on Remote Desktop (it's under System, Preferences, Remote Desktop in Ubuntu, not sure about Kubuntu/Xubuntu). Then simply get each client to collect to the server machine. Works fine for me connecting to my machine from multiple clients (I tried two VNC sessions connecting to localhost on my laptop). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Myth with Cam in
Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hallo all > > I was wondering if Myth / MythBuntu can be setup to grab Vid in from a > Videocam and then send it out over the local network LIVE?? > > Setup I guess will be > - VidCam connected to a PC/Laptop (Myth-server) > - Myth-server connected to Lan (wireless or not) > - Myth-client/s connected to Lan (wireless or not) > > Would Myth also be able to store the incoming stream?? > > It would be my first play with Myth so please be gentle... > I'd assume so if the camera supports Video 4 Linux. I would guess it would work in a similar way as capturing from an analogue input on a TV card in MythTV. If not you might want to look at alternatives such as VLC. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox
2009/12/17 Colin Law : > 2009/12/17 alan c : >> I was using a website, using firefox browser, recently and found that >> the display gave a text overlap of a field I wanted to use, which >> caused difficulty. I informed the site author and the matter is now >> awaiting correction. >> >> However, when I was in discussion with the site author there was the >> suggestion that it was related to point sizes or font sizes or >> similar, and it seems this item is not a problem when firefox was used >> with windows, only with ubuntu. I am not using windows so I cannot >> check this. >> >> When I did look again knowing this, I saw that my Ubuntu 8.04.3 had >> firefox 3.0.15 and my Ubuntu 9.10 had firefox 3.5.5 which was not >> (quite) so bad, but still not displaying correctly. >> >> How is it that different OSs cause say, firefox, to display stuff >> differently? and given that this happens, is it difficult to try to >> use the same parameters in ubuntu as windows, or is there something >> fundamental causing a difficulty? >> >> My particular difficulty was with the newsletter registration fields >> on the right hand side of the page: >> http://www.hattonmarketing.co.uk/ > > In FF (I am using 3.5.5 on ubuntu) In View, Zoom select Zoom Text Only > then zooming in/out with CTRL + and CTRL - will fix/exacerbate the > problem. I think the web designer needs to sort his divs out to > prevent one overlapping the next. In addition if you enter the URI into the W3C validator at http://validator.w3.org/ it finds many errors. HTML errors are often the cause of appearance differences between browsers. It may or may not be an issue in this case. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox
2009/12/17 alan c : > I was using a website, using firefox browser, recently and found that > the display gave a text overlap of a field I wanted to use, which > caused difficulty. I informed the site author and the matter is now > awaiting correction. > > However, when I was in discussion with the site author there was the > suggestion that it was related to point sizes or font sizes or > similar, and it seems this item is not a problem when firefox was used > with windows, only with ubuntu. I am not using windows so I cannot > check this. > > When I did look again knowing this, I saw that my Ubuntu 8.04.3 had > firefox 3.0.15 and my Ubuntu 9.10 had firefox 3.5.5 which was not > (quite) so bad, but still not displaying correctly. > > How is it that different OSs cause say, firefox, to display stuff > differently? and given that this happens, is it difficult to try to > use the same parameters in ubuntu as windows, or is there something > fundamental causing a difficulty? > > My particular difficulty was with the newsletter registration fields > on the right hand side of the page: > http://www.hattonmarketing.co.uk/ In FF (I am using 3.5.5 on ubuntu) In View, Zoom select Zoom Text Only then zooming in/out with CTRL + and CTRL - will fix/exacerbate the problem. I think the web designer needs to sort his divs out to prevent one overlapping the next. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox
darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk wrote: > The only thing I can see wrong is the newsletter box at the side. This > is it on Kubuntu 9.10 Firefox 3.5.5 with MS TT Core Fonts installed: > http://lh6.ggpht.com/_DKika2VA5Ys/Syo5ASKSHMI/I6s/ifW_J7bo6cg/ff > _lin.png Interestingly that displays perfectly OK in Google Chrome... -- Registered Linux User no 240308 gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk to email me remove the obvious! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox
The only thing I can see wrong is the newsletter box at the side. This is it on Kubuntu 9.10 Firefox 3.5.5 with MS TT Core Fonts installed: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_DKika2VA5Ys/Syo5ASKSHMI/I6s/ifW_J7bo6cg/ff _lin.png And on Windows 7 3.5.3: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_DKika2VA5Ys/Syo5AZt3p1I/I6w/1PQxWT0Ltis/ff _win.png It does seem to be the fonts pushing the formatting of the form out. I see this on sites all the time and have just gotten used to it. I find Firefox on Windows is much faster than on Linux and even running Firefox on wine in Linux is faster than the native version. This is why I'm using Google Chrome a lot now. -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of alan c Sent: 17 December 2009 13:43 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox I was using a website, using firefox browser, recently and found that the display gave a text overlap of a field I wanted to use, which caused difficulty. I informed the site author and the matter is now awaiting correction. However, when I was in discussion with the site author there was the suggestion that it was related to point sizes or font sizes or similar, and it seems this item is not a problem when firefox was used with windows, only with ubuntu. I am not using windows so I cannot check this. When I did look again knowing this, I saw that my Ubuntu 8.04.3 had firefox 3.0.15 and my Ubuntu 9.10 had firefox 3.5.5 which was not (quite) so bad, but still not displaying correctly. How is it that different OSs cause say, firefox, to display stuff differently? and given that this happens, is it difficult to try to use the same parameters in ubuntu as windows, or is there something fundamental causing a difficulty? My particular difficulty was with the newsletter registration fields on the right hand side of the page: http://www.hattonmarketing.co.uk/ Comments appreciated -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] website appearance with ubuntu and firefox
I was using a website, using firefox browser, recently and found that the display gave a text overlap of a field I wanted to use, which caused difficulty. I informed the site author and the matter is now awaiting correction. However, when I was in discussion with the site author there was the suggestion that it was related to point sizes or font sizes or similar, and it seems this item is not a problem when firefox was used with windows, only with ubuntu. I am not using windows so I cannot check this. When I did look again knowing this, I saw that my Ubuntu 8.04.3 had firefox 3.0.15 and my Ubuntu 9.10 had firefox 3.5.5 which was not (quite) so bad, but still not displaying correctly. How is it that different OSs cause say, firefox, to display stuff differently? and given that this happens, is it difficult to try to use the same parameters in ubuntu as windows, or is there something fundamental causing a difficulty? My particular difficulty was with the newsletter registration fields on the right hand side of the page: http://www.hattonmarketing.co.uk/ Comments appreciated -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 problem.
2009/12/17 Gordon : > > An odd update! > I reverted to 9.04 two weeks ago, since when it's been running with no > problems. > Decided to update to 9.10 via distribution update, which took about 2 hours. > It then decided to fail after the splash screen with a message about > temperature (too fast to see exact wording) and switch off. > Came down this morning fully decided to revert to 9.04 again, decided to > give it one more try, and it booted! Has been running now for 5 hours > with no signs of suddenly switching off! > Very strange indeed. It might be that an update fixed the issue - sounds like a kernel or acpi thing. Though why it would fail first boot and then run - no idea. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 problem.
Gordon wrote: > Barry Titterton wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 13:55 +, Gordon wrote: >>> I have a problem with 9.10 on my Toshiba L40 Satellite 2GB RAM, dual >>> core T2330 1.6GHz processors which i don't /think/ happened with 9.04. >>> Every so often, randomly, there's a loud "click" and the machine >>> instantly switches off. Happens with the kernel that ships with 9.10, >>> and the updated kernel. >>> The same doesn't happen with Windows 7 on the same machine - dual boot. >>> Anyone had this? >>> Any fix for it? >>> >>> >> Gordon, >> >> I had similar problems with an old Toshiba caused by overheating. >> Toshiba laptops have a reputation for over heating. I have also heard >> that Windoze is better at managing power usage on laptops so this may >> explain why Win7 does not have the same problem. Have you tried cleaning >> out the CPU heat exchanger? I'm sure our more knowledgeable members will >> be able to tell me if I've got my information wrong. >> >> Barry >> >> > > Interestingly, I've reverted to 9.04 and it's not doing it! > > An odd update! I reverted to 9.04 two weeks ago, since when it's been running with no problems. Decided to update to 9.10 via distribution update, which took about 2 hours. It then decided to fail after the splash screen with a message about temperature (too fast to see exact wording) and switch off. Came down this morning fully decided to revert to 9.04 again, decided to give it one more try, and it booted! Has been running now for 5 hours with no signs of suddenly switching off! Very strange indeed. -- Registered Linux User no 240308 Say No to OOXML http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8 gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk to email me remove the obvious! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] VNC to more than 1 viewer
Hallo all I would like to know how (if possible) to setup a VNC server and Viewer/s to allow more than 1 Viewer to view the desktop of 1 VNC Server *at the same time*. I have 1 VNC Server that will do a desktop demo and would like to display the desktop to 2 or 3 Client viewers, I know 1 to 1 is easy but 1 to X??? This will all sit in a local network so no need to wory about firewalls etc... thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Myth with Cam in
Hallo all I was wondering if Myth / MythBuntu can be setup to grab Vid in from a Videocam and then send it out over the local network LIVE?? Setup I guess will be - VidCam connected to a PC/Laptop (Myth-server) - Myth-server connected to Lan (wireless or not) - Myth-client/s connected to Lan (wireless or not) Would Myth also be able to store the incoming stream?? It would be my first play with Myth so please be gentle... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
