Hi Ralph,
thanks for that, convert/composite works fine - but gee! it's
noticeably
slow!
Despite ImageMagick being around for many years, I never thought of it being
much more than display(1) :)
I'll have a look at netpbm/pnmcomp.
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Hi Andy,
> using imagemagick has solved my background problem thanks
I had a quick look at xloadimage's source; I don't think it handles
transparent pixels at all.
There's also netpbm to do the image composition, but I think it would
take more steps. The transparency mask would be extracted t
Hi Simon,
> Sometimes I could weep.
> On the fora, some guy asks why his external screen doesn't work with
> Ubuntu, but works straight away with Windows 7.
> The Ubuntu troll replies"It does work with Ubuntu"
> Bloke-no, it doesn't.
> Ubuntu Troll -"It's not Ubuntu's fault, it's the drivers."
>
hi Andrew,
> using imagemagick has solved my background problem thanks, my bash function is
> now (roughly)
nothing like a bit of magic. :-)
been thinking that this quite a useful bit of code. how about
putting it, documented, onto the Wiki?
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On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 21:48 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> Also - the xorg.conf hack works again and I have an external monitor
> port.
Once again:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "ActiveDevice" "LCD, CRT"
Option "SWCursor" "on"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifie
Terry - my Netbook version specified a network connection in the install
dialogue. It automatically hacked the B43 and I had nothing to do once I
pulled the Ethernet out.
Also - the xorg.conf hack works again and I have an external monitor
port.
The problem with the upgrade install seems to have be
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:21:12 +0100, s...@funkygibbins.me.uk said:
> - run the command 'dpkg –get-selections > ./selectionfile' on the
> machine to be cloned
Or, better still, use the aptitude-create-state-bundle command, which also
preserves the automatic/manual status of each installed package.
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Terry Coles wrote:
> However, my son's laptop is playing up... Stay tuned.
Two out of two now. We think his problem was a ropey CD drive. It installed
and ran second time with no problem.
We had to connect him to the router with string because his Wi-Fi chipset is a
Br
Sometimes I could weep.
On the fora, some guy asks why his external screen doesn't work with
Ubuntu, but works straight away with Windows 7.
The Ubuntu troll replies"It does work with Ubuntu"
Bloke-no, it doesn't.
Ubuntu Troll -"It's not Ubuntu's fault, it's the drivers."
Bloke- why then does it wo
On Saturday 09 October 2010, jr wrote:
> hi Andrew,
>
> > TIA for any assistance/suggestions
>
> don't have 'xloadimage' on my machine, however, if you have the
> ImageMagick(1) software installed, 'composite' will combine images.
Hi jr et al
using imagemagick has solved my background problem th
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Terry Coles wrote:
> I didn't and (so far) I seem to have a pretty good installation.
>
> I did a clean install of Kubuntu, keeping my /home partition. I've still
> got to reinstall all the packages that I need that don't come with the
> live disc, so something might yet br
Luke, welcome to this fully operational death star. Sorry, netbook.
So far, sound works PERFECTLY.
However, opencv has changed to 2.1 and all my vision demos must be
rebuilt.
Simono
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Hi Rob,
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:45:56 +0100, Terry Coles
> wrote:
> > I did try bittorrent, but that only gave me about 1 kb/s.
>
> I find torrents can take a few minutes to get up to full speed. This
> is of course presuming everyone in the seed pool is uploading at a
> decent rate.
That's
Hi Sean,
> On the point of effectively cloning an Ubuntu or Debian instance in
> terms of the installed packages after a clean install, I have used
> this method in the past:
>
> - run the command 'dpkg âget-selections > ./selectionfile' on the
> machine to be cloned
> - when the base install
Hi Simon,
> I've calmed down enough now, Ralph.
:-)
> Please pass this on to the appropriate levels.
> 1)HP 2133 needs additions to the xorg.conf file with 10.04 to make the
> external monitor port work.
> 2)These mods prevent X from loading with 10.10.
> 3)Iff you take the mods out, 10.10 shou
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:45:56 +0100, Terry Coles
wrote:
I did try bittorrent, but that only gave me about 1 kb/s.
I find torrents can take a few minutes to get up to full speed. This is of
course presuming everyone in the seed pool is uploading at a decent rate.
Also note that until ther
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:05:33 +0100, Simon O'Riordan
wrote:
Fuck-ups like this aren't just embarrassing; they are harmful to Linux.
Sadly we still haven't ruled out PEBKAC
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On 10/10/10 17:09, Terry Coles wrote:
> On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>>> Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
>> ...angels fear to tread.
>>
>> Why not wait a week?
> I didn't and (so far) I seem to have a pretty good installation.
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> > Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
>
> ...angels fear to tread.
>
> Why not wait a week?
I didn't and (so far) I seem to have a pretty good installation.
I did a clean install of Kubuntu, keepin
I've calmed down enough now, Ralph.
Please pass this on to the appropriate levels.
1)HP 2133 needs additions to the xorg.conf file with 10.04 to make the
external monitor port work.
2)These mods prevent X from loading with 10.10.
3)Iff you take the mods out, 10.10 should be fine.
Nuff said.
Obviou
Hi,
Dan wrote:
> It's out!
An amusing release announce email from Robbie Williams-
on.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-October/000139.html
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Hi Simon,
> Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
...angels fear to tread.
Why not wait a week?
Cheers,
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How to
The latest - my modified xorg.conf file seemed to be the cause of the
problem.
>From the command line I removed it and I now have the desktop, but get
this - no keyboard or mouse.
Trying USBs.
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 15:33 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> If NBR is NBG, I'll probably dig out my
If NBR is NBG, I'll probably dig out my Fedora 13 disk and go with that.
Bloody shambles.
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 15:16 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> I am now(at the 3rd attempt because the servers aren't up to it), slowly
> downloading Netbook edition for a clean install.
> Maybe it will wo
I am now(at the 3rd attempt because the servers aren't up to it), slowly
downloading Netbook edition for a clean install.
Maybe it will work. Maybe it won't. This is going to be an all-nighter,
and I may have to revert.
Fortunately I backed up the good stuff already.
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 14
Fuck-ups like this aren't just embarrassing; they are harmful to Linux.
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 14:59 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
> On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 12:49 +, Bryn Jones wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Si
Wunderbar! I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESKTOP WHATSOEVER. 10.10 is a console!
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 12:49 +, Bryn Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Simon O'Riordan
> wrote:
> > My wireless was KO'd at about 45% download.
> > After switching to wire, and recommencing about 5 times as i
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Simon O'Riordan
wrote:
> My wireless was KO'd at about 45% download.
> After switching to wire, and recommencing about 5 times as it kept
> aborting, I have reached the end of download and am now installing.
> Fingers crossed!
> Simono
> On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 13:1
My wireless was KO'd at about 45% download.
After switching to wire, and recommencing about 5 times as it kept
aborting, I have reached the end of download and am now installing.
Fingers crossed!
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 13:12 +0100, Dan Dart wrote:
> Don't forget the ten seconds!
>
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On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Terry Coles wrote:
> On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
>> My upgrade just aborted.
>
> Downloading has stopped too. I've had no data since around midday.
>
> I did try bittorrent, but that only gave me about 1 kb/s.
>
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Hi Simon,
> Must have come out at 11? Is that 10 GMT?
I expect it came out at ten minutes past ten GMT/UTC. So yes, a bit
gone 11 here; it's still summertime.
$ TZ=Europe/London date -d '2010-10-10 10:10 UTC'
2010-10-10 11:10:00 +0100 Sun
$
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On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> My upgrade just aborted.
Downloading has stopped too. I've had no data since around midday.
I did try bittorrent, but that only gave me about 1 kb/s.
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On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:54:12 +0100, Terry Coles
> wrote:
> > BTW, BT give me around 6 MB/s on my connection.
>
> Are you meaning 6Mb/s (would often display as ~600KB/s). 6MB/s would be
> marketed as 60Mb/s.
>
> At 6MB/s you should have a full DVD .
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:54:12 +0100, Terry Coles
wrote:
Unfortunately, I think BT throttle torrents. In theory, a typical ISO
shouldn't take more than a few hours, but I've rarely managed better
than 8-10 hours with a torrent. On several occasions, I've had to run
the torrent for several
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:37:50 +0100, Simon O'Riordan
>
> wrote:
> > Anyway, progress is smooth so far, except that so many files from so
> > many servers inevitably means variable download speed.
> > Probably done by 1330.
>
> That would be the reas
My upgrade just aborted.
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 11:42 +0100, Dan Dart wrote:
> The perfect 10 is out! Just to break your modes of speech.
>
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:37:50 +0100, Simon O'Riordan
wrote:
Anyway, progress is smooth so far, except that so many files from so
many servers inevitably means variable download speed.
Probably done by 1330.
That would be the reason for distributing via. .torrent a much better
protocol for
The perfect 10 is out! Just to break your modes of speech.
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Must have come out at 11? Is that 10 GMT?
Anyway, progress is smooth so far, except that so many files from so
many servers inevitably means variable download speed.
Probably done by 1330.
Gradely, lads!
Simono
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 11:30 +0100, Terry Coles wrote:
> On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Terry Col
On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Terry Coles wrote:
> On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Dan Dart wrote:
> > It's out!
>
> The 32 bit version is. No 64 bit yet ;-(
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On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Dan Dart wrote:
> It's out!
The 32 bit version is. No 64 bit yet ;-(
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On Sunday 10 October 2010 09:37:36 Natalie Hooper wrote:
> I got a Mint live CD from one of those Linux mags a couple of months ago so
> I might give it a try. In fact, I've been collecting live CDs/DVDs for a
> couple of months so I've got about 5 or 6 of them to try out but I can't
> try them out
It's out!
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On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:36:53 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> > Where is 10.10? What the heck are they playing at?
>
> Getting the release right - not just rushing it out?
I hope so. I'm always a bit wary about new releases anyway, but Kubuntu 10.04
hi Tim,
On 10 October 2010 09:43, Peter Merchant wrote:
> This conversation is six months too late. I had lots of the 72 pin
> memory in 16 and 32 MB, and I threw it all out about 6 months ago in my
> spring clearout.
I still have a couple of dozen assorted old DIMMs knocking around.
if you're
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:36:53 +0100, Simon O'Riordan
wrote:
Where is 10.10? What the heck are they playing at?
Getting the release right - not just rushing it out?
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Where is 10.10? What the heck are they playing at?
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On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 09:37 +0100, Natalie Hooper wrote:
> I got a Mint live CD from one of those Linux mags a couple of months ago so
> I might give it a try. In fact, I've been collecting live CDs/DVDs for a
> couple of months so I've got about 5 or 6 of them to try out but I can't try
> them out
On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 16:49 +0100, jr wrote:
> hi Tim,
>
> > It is a P2015, looking at the links on the bottom of the wiki they seem
> > mainly
> > older HP lasers
>
> google reveals:
> http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=1845551&pr
I got a Mint live CD from one of those Linux mags a couple of months ago so
I might give it a try. In fact, I've been collecting live CDs/DVDs for a
couple of months so I've got about 5 or 6 of them to try out but I can't try
them out on my current old desktop because the CD and DVD drives are both
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