Re: [Dorset] Xsane and Canon Lide 50 USB scanner

2009-12-07 Thread C A Wills
Peter Washington: > Hi Clive, > >> just tried that command but reported: >> scanimage: sane_start:error during device I/O >> >> It does not appear to be powering the scanner, I'm on mains power not >> battery. Xsane can 'see' the scanner as it gives a choice between >> webcam or scanner, but then

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Simon O'Riordan
I'm not running any kind of server anymore. Previously I had a built-in DynDNS account with my Voyager 220 router. This was kindly provided by BT, and I didn't need either a static url or a client as the computer was a server, was never switched off and so DHCP only changed it once in three year

Re: [Dorset] Xsane and Canon Lide 50 USB scanner

2009-12-07 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Clive, > just tried that command but reported: > scanimage: sane_start:error during device I/O > > It does not appear to be powering the scanner, I'm on mains power not > battery.  Xsane can 'see' the scanner as it gives a choice between > webcam or scanner, but then waits, goes grey and report

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Chris Dennis
Tim Allen wrote: > On 07/12/09 15:41, Chris Dennis wrote: >> Simon O'Riordan wrote: >>> Couldn't make it last night; travelling back from Bristol was tiring and >>> dangerous, so I didn't fancy another round. >>> This morning I took delivery of my HomeHub2.0 router, bought for £25 new >>> off e-b

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:32:12 -, Simon O'Riordan wrote: > I have been aware of the client, but for the cost of the electricity a > commercial account is better. I have a sensible domain name as well. From this conversation I am getting the impression you are not running the client on the

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Simon O'Riordan
I have been aware of the client, but for the cost of the electricity a commercial account is better. I have a sensible domain name as well. Simono - Original Message - From: "Chris Dennis" To: "Dorset Linux User Group" Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Recomm

Re: [Dorset] One disk or two?

2009-12-07 Thread Tim Allen
On 05/12/09 13:35, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: > Andrew Drapper wrote: >> Oh and while I am on it does anyone have any suggestions for creating a >> revisions backup of my documents? >> >> > Have a look at rdiff-backup too. Plenty of info on Google. > > Or CVS or Subversion. Tim -- Next me

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Tim Allen
On 07/12/09 15:41, Chris Dennis wrote: > Simon O'Riordan wrote: >> Couldn't make it last night; travelling back from Bristol was tiring and >> dangerous, so I didn't fancy another round. >> This morning I took delivery of my HomeHub2.0 router, bought for £25 new off >> e-bay(rrp£90). >> To my dis

Re: [Dorset] Recommendation.

2009-12-07 Thread Chris Dennis
Simon O'Riordan wrote: > Couldn't make it last night; travelling back from Bristol was tiring and > dangerous, so I didn't fancy another round. > This morning I took delivery of my HomeHub2.0 router, bought for £25 new off > e-bay(rrp£90). > To my dismay, it doesn't support DynDNS services, so my