Re: [Dorset] linux mag

2010-08-24 Thread Peter Merchant
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 14:40 +, Nicky Scopes wrote: hi all, whilst on my travels i came across a new linux magazine in whsmith, its called Linux Open Source Genius Guide Volume 1. and its massive with over 200 pages, it has tutorials aswell as the usuall stuff that a computer mag

[Dorset] Introduction

2010-08-24 Thread Tim Waugh
Hi, I came along to the last meeting so it's probably about time I introduced myself on this list. I'm a software engineer working for Red Hat, mainly on areas to do with printing. I will try to come along to the Bournemouth meetings -- I live locally. I don't have a car so I'm unlikely to be

Re: [Dorset] Looking for work with *NIX systems

2010-08-24 Thread jr
hi Robert, A long shot I know ... I am looking for work and know there are many companies out there who could use someone but are not currently advertising. have you thought about advertising yourself on 'gumtree'? http://bournemouth.gumtree.com/ hth -- regards, jr. time flies like an

Re: [Dorset] Looking for work with *NIX systems

2010-08-24 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Try the CWJobs website. You probably won't get local work, but there are requirements for scripting specialists popping up quite frequently. Good luck! Simono On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 11:42 +0100, Robert Bronsdon wrote: Hello, A long shot I know, though as my Granddad says You don't get if you

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

2010-08-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Clive, So it's complaining that /tmp/.X11-unix exists but it isn't a directory that has `drwxrwxrwt' as its permissions. That directory is created by /etc/rcS.d/S70x11-common so for some reason that either isn't working, or it's work is being trampled afterwards. There's been some

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

2010-08-24 Thread C A Wills
On 24/08/10 12:00, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Clive, So it's complaining that /tmp/.X11-unix exists but it isn't a directory that has `drwxrwxrwt' as its permissions. That directory is created by /etc/rcS.d/S70x11-common so for some reason that either isn't working, or it's work is being

[Dorset] ACPI control

2010-08-24 Thread Peter Merchant
I have been wondering why I am having trouble setting up an HP Parallel printer, and every time I try and install anything, like cups, It terminates with an error due to acpi control. My grub file ends with a statement that I added a couple of months ago: # added 22-6-10 to enable temperature

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

2010-08-24 Thread C A Wills
On 24/08/10 19:14, Ralph Corderoy wrote: (date; ls -ld / /tmp /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix)ralph.txt Then, to give us the output, copy and paste from the terminal back to the reply. Include the shell prompt before, where you entered the command, and the blank one after. That way we can

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

2010-08-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Clive, That explained some of it, thanks. Tried the commands again and this is what I got:- Tue Aug 24 16:39:55 BST 2010 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2010-07-25 23:33 / drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4096 2010-08-24 16:38 /tmp Tue Aug 24 22:59:14 BST 2010 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096

Re: [Dorset] linux mag

2010-08-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Nicky, whilst on my travels i came across a new linux magazine in whsmith, its called Linux Open Source Genius Guide Volume 1. I saw it today. It's a spin-off from the _Linux User_ people I think, I suspect a lot of the content is hewn from previous issues of the magazine. and its

Re: [Dorset] Boot up fault Ubuntu 10.04

2010-08-24 Thread C A Wills
On 24/08/10 23:37, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Clive, That explained some of it, thanks. Tried the commands again and this is what I got:- Tue Aug 24 16:39:55 BST 2010 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2010-07-25 23:33 / drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4096 2010-08-24 16:38 /tmp Tue Aug 24 22:59:14 BST

Re: [Dorset] linux mag

2010-08-24 Thread Robert Bronsdon
In my earlier Linux days I used to buy `Linux Format'. I slowly stopped buying it as I discovered most of the content I could find online (in various guises, not just the actual article). If I knew someone new to Linux or someone who wanted to show off what they `could do' with Linux then