[Dorset] Xsane and Canon Lide 50 USB scanner

2009-11-26 Thread Clive Wills
Hi all Ubuntu 9.10 installed on new PC and Laptop up-dated, majority is fine but problem with Xsane and my scanner. It worked OK under 9.04 but not on 9.10, any ideas please? Details are: Xsane 0.996 sees scanner as Lide 50 with genesys:libusb:002:003 Gnome 2.28.1 Kernal 2.6.31-15-generic sele

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu updates crash Wubi

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Andrew Drapper wrote: > Call be a coward, but I have been treading gently into the world of Linux > by using Ubuntu through Wubi sami-duel-boot. Ubuntu 9.10 is fantastic! It > works with all my hardware Toshiba P300. It is fast attractive etc, but > when I install the up

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-26 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Thanks Archie. I'm hoping to take delivery tomorrow, Saturday at the latest. Don't know whether I'll replace SuSE yet, see if I can put KDevelop on it. I have an interview on Tuesday and want to put on an imaging application on for a demo. Also, I tried to buy a BT Home Hub. They wanted £44, the

[Dorset] Ubuntu updates crash Wubi

2009-11-26 Thread Andrew Drapper
Hi all, Call be a coward, but I have been treading gently into the world of Linux by using Ubuntu through Wubi sami-duel-boot. Ubuntu 9.10 is fantastic! It works with all my hardware Toshiba P300. It is fast attractive etc, but when I install the updates Wubi's boot controller can not boot into Ub

Re: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest

2009-11-26 Thread Archie Ferrier
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:40:09 - > From: "Simon O'Riordan" > Subject: [Dorset] Goodies for Reasons Harvest. > To: "Dorset Linux User Group" > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi guys. > This Friday is a new North American celebration callled 'Reasons H

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Dominic Lonsdale wrote: > I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, running 9.10 NBR, > created an account and made a test call. > Downloaded from www.skype.com/download > Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. I assume that you used the

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Dominic Lonsdale
I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, running 9.10 NBR, created an account and made a test call. Downloaded from www.skype.com/download Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. It works. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG:

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Dominic Lonsdale
I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, created an account and made a test call. Downloaded from www.skype.com/download Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 14:25 +, Terry Coles wrote: > Anyone installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 ye

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with > > pulse audio too. > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. I've just realised; Skype is i

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > Backup, upgrade, test, if it fails, revert back, if it works, winner! Oh. I don't mind re-installing everything from scratch and she doesn't have much on her home directory (which is on a different partition anyway). I'm just reluctant to do the work

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread David Crawford
.if I could put in my ha'porth ~ I installed 'Mint' 8, 'Helena' on a P4 homebuild. I've been running 'Elyssa', so can't compare with pervious iterations. However, have had a few niggles; hplip is only 'basic' ~ (the 'sourceforge' won't install); my MX Revolution rodent behaves oddly; micro

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/26 Terry Coles : > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: >> Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with >> pulse audio too. > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. > Backup, upgrade, test, if it fails, revert back, i

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > >> Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with >> pulse audio too. >> > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. > > I'm using Skype Beta on Ubuntu 9.10 (s

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with > pulse audio too. I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current installation. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Martin Settle wrote: > I've installed 9.10 but haven't yet tried putting Skype on (I'm mostly > using SIP now). > > Unfortunately, my eee was stolen a few weeks ago. I've replaced it > with an earlier model Aspire One. That said, assuming all the > hardware works on both

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/26 Terry Coles : > So anyone got this combo working?  I've seen some stuff on the Internet about > this, but nothing much that gives me confidence that it isn't going to be a > real pain. > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with pulse audio too. Cheers, Al. --

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Martin Settle
Hi Terry I've installed 9.10 but haven't yet tried putting Skype on (I'm mostly using SIP now). Unfortunately, my eee was stolen a few weeks ago. I've replaced it with an earlier model Aspire One. That said, assuming all the hardware works on both, there shouldn't be much difference in the Skyp

[Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
Anyone installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 yet? I've just run it from a USB stick to show my wife the differences between 9.04 and 9.10. It seems a step forward and if the boot speed on an installed system is enhanced as much as full blown Kubuntu was, then it's worth it for that alone. The p

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2009-11-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:08 -, Terry Coles > wrote: > > I just remembered. Won't we going to try somewhere different? Did > > we get a consensus? > > I don't think one was ever reached. No. As someone else predicted I think. :-) It isn't usually unless