Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification
Hey Michael, Is it a local printer, or is it done across the network with CUPS? Daniel On 30 November 2011 00:08, Michael Daniels wrote: > I now get a request to enter authentication for each print job, 10.04, have > never previously needed a password to print something, have looked > everywhere for help, nothing found. Any ideas, please ? > > -- > 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] Printer Authentification
I now get a request to enter authentication for each print job, 10.04, have never previously needed a password to print something, have looked everywhere for help, nothing found. Any ideas, please ?-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting
On 29 November 2011 10:13, James Tait wrote: > On 28/11/11 10:07, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 28 November 2011 09:44, Jon Reynolds >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, November 24, 2011 19:36, Liam Proven wrote: >>> Would you say your signature should be at the complete bottom, including >>> all quoted text, or just after your immediate reply? >> >> >> I would say that if your signature is, almost literally, a signature >> (so your name and maybe one or two additional lines) then put it >> inline, as I do. Any more than this then put your name after your >> last line of posting, in order to terminate the posting and put the >> rest of the rubbish at the bottom so that nobody has to look at it >> (they never read it anyway so even better not to include it at all). > > > I agree with the last part of what you said - if it's not relevant, get rid > of it. Logically, then, your signature will be the last thing in your > e-mail - so both "at the complete bottom" and "just after your immediate > reply" are true. That is only true if the last part of your reply is at the bottom. See my previous posting where I signed it, but left some of the previous post after my reply as it was still relevant to the message. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting
On 28/11/11 10:07, Colin Law wrote: On 28 November 2011 09:44, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Thu, November 24, 2011 19:36, Liam Proven wrote: Would you say your signature should be at the complete bottom, including all quoted text, or just after your immediate reply? I would say that if your signature is, almost literally, a signature (so your name and maybe one or two additional lines) then put it inline, as I do. Any more than this then put your name after your last line of posting, in order to terminate the posting and put the rest of the rubbish at the bottom so that nobody has to look at it (they never read it anyway so even better not to include it at all). I agree with the last part of what you said - if it's not relevant, get rid of it. Logically, then, your signature will be the last thing in your e-mail - so both "at the complete bottom" and "just after your immediate reply" are true. JT -- ---+ James Tait, BSc|xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org Programmer and Free Software advocate |Tel: +44 (0)870 490 2407 ---+ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
On 29 November 2011 11:18, Jon Reynolds wrote: > On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption, >> especially >> the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme >> called ntfsfix which is essentially fdsk for Windows disks which should at >> least report errors. You could also use smartctl to look at the disk at >> the hardware level. > > Is there any risk involved in running these? Risk as in loosing all data? If the disk is suspect then the very first thing is to try and get the data off first, before doing anything else. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/11/11 10:00, Steve Fisher wrote: > Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. > http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download > > Steve > > Trinity rescue kit and hirens boot cd my friend. If you get the iso burn it boot from it and run the command in the instructions you get an updated version with all the different Antiviruses on. TRK is a linux distro designed to run from cd and resolve Windows issues and should be part of any Sys admins tool box if they have to deal with Windows. There are infact dd tools, ntfs clone tools etc to salvage what you can on there too if it needs blowing away. My suggestion is to run the basic av tools at least 3 of them from trk. Then try the drive again finally running the diag tools after. The diag tools can take a life time to run but you'll find them on the hirens boot cd. - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7UwZ8ACgkQT5xqyT+h3OgdPgCfdRS0qpBV+1e1Pd1FwlWqqVHR 5bgAn1wjP3jtBZcfU/d+vSdzUY/ILJKI =3dak -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: > I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption, > especially > the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme > called ntfsfix which is essentially fdsk for Windows disks which should at > least report errors. You could also use smartctl to look at the disk at > the hardware level. Is there any risk involved in running these? Risk as in loosing all data? I should back up the disk, but if it is a software problem, I am not sure what to back up. Personal files I guess. I know he has some big packages on there like World of Warcraft amongst other things. Think I was reckoning on if it was a faulty disk being able to clone it onto a new disk. But this is pointless if it is software problem. I also imagine, this will be tricky to diagnose, seeing as I only have the disk? On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:55, Steve Fisher wrote: >If your netbook has a CD drive try this: >http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ > >Can put it on a flash drive, but you will need an external CD drive or >access to a laptop/desktop. > >Sounds to me like it is more likely to be virus related (windows opening by >themselves...) > >Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. >http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download As above, without the actual computer this HDD was in, will I be able to run any of these on the drive to test for viruses? And if I do find a virus, can I fix it with just the HDD and my Linux computer (I do have a Win7 partition)? Thanks for the answers! -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
If your netbook has a CD drive try this: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Can put it on a flash drive, but you will need an external CD drive or access to a laptop/desktop. Sounds to me like it is more likely to be virus related (windows opening by themselves...) Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
On 29 November 2011 08:58, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I > couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that > when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts > caps lock on (?) and when he was logged in, there were many many graphical > artifacts everywhere, windows opening randomly and generally unusable. > > The faulty HDD came from someone performing a scan on the drive and > reporting that it was 'full or errors'. > > Before we go any further, I have the HDD, out of the machine. (I got him > to bring it with him). This was when I thought it was just faulty, before > he told me that it did actually log on but behaved badly (I immediately > thought corrupt or infected software). > > But seeing as I now have the drive in my possession, I need to ask advise > on diagnosing whether the drive is indeed faulty or not. I don't (easily) > have access to any PCs to put the drive in, so I am hoping I might be able > to diagnose by putting the drive into an external USB enclosure that I > have, plugging it into my netbook and going from there... > > Can anyone please advise best steps to take (using Ubuntu obviously)? > > Much appreciated. > > I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption, especially the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme called ntfsfix which is essentially fdsk for Windows disks which should at least report errors. You could also use smartctl to look at the disk at the hardware level. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "post-apocalyptic allen keys" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD
Hi Folks, My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts caps lock on (?) and when he was logged in, there were many many graphical artifacts everywhere, windows opening randomly and generally unusable. The faulty HDD came from someone performing a scan on the drive and reporting that it was 'full or errors'. Before we go any further, I have the HDD, out of the machine. (I got him to bring it with him). This was when I thought it was just faulty, before he told me that it did actually log on but behaved badly (I immediately thought corrupt or infected software). But seeing as I now have the drive in my possession, I need to ask advise on diagnosing whether the drive is indeed faulty or not. I don't (easily) have access to any PCs to put the drive in, so I am hoping I might be able to diagnose by putting the drive into an external USB enclosure that I have, plugging it into my netbook and going from there... Can anyone please advise best steps to take (using Ubuntu obviously)? Much appreciated. -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
