[Dorset] Android file removal problems

2022-11-28 Thread Peter Merchant
the tablet but that hasn't worked. Any thoughts of things to try? Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-12-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
Sorry about the double posting. The first one was sent from an email address that I don't use for the LUG, and I didn't expect it to get through. And T-bird lets you send emails from any of the address accounts that you have. I didn't check before posting. peter M -- Next

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant
On 20/09/2022 17:26, Peter Merchant wrote: A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his request here - Yes he uses Linux. Does anybody know of a good source for him? I've looked at Linux built laptops including Dell and all seem to be overpriced compared to po

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
On 20/09/2022 17:26, Peter Merchant wrote: A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his request here - Yes he uses Linux. Does anybody know of a good source for him? I've looked at Linux built laptops including Dell and all seem to be overpriced compared to po

Re: [Dorset] Dark Side

2022-10-05 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
As New, 1 Year HP Warranty - Only *£199 + Vat* _Full Spec Here <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7b01b055151890f35e5f3a8cb&id=ab55167345&e=f52fa690f6> _  No CD Player, so I am going to make a bootable memory stick of Kubuntu 20.04 Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jit

[Dorset] Dark Side

2022-10-05 Thread Peter Merchant
in 'S' mode, so I am ticked off. Will this new laptop work with Linux. Eventually i'll find out. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-11-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don'

Re: [Dorset] Mailing List Support in Thunderbird

2022-09-21 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
st/Forward/Archive/Junk/Delete/ and More. It is not something new, It has 'always' been there. Peter On 21/09/2022 10:51, Terry Coles wrote: As you may recall, I recently switched from KMail to Thunderbird and so far so good. There is one point that I hadn't realised about it

[Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-20 Thread Peter Merchant
2 SSD 8GB memory i3/5 or AMDr3/5, Al chassis, 14"+/- , fingerprint and backlight UK keyboard. Over to you guys. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-09-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hi

[Dorset] Fibre to the home

2022-09-14 Thread Peter Merchant
place than the current, but that means getting electricity to that point, so is this something the supplier would arrange? And I guess I'll need new more powerful computers to get any benefit? Cheers, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-09-06 20:00 Check to whom yo

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird duplicating messages in sent folder

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant
Have fixed it in T'bird settings. Untick button to save a copy. P. On 07/09/2022 21:40, Peter Merchant wrote: I have three accounts using Thunderbird, and it is only the Hotmail one that has this problem. The yahoo and Netscape  accounts are OK. Peter On 07/09/2022 19:29, Hamish McI

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird duplicating messages in sent folder

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
Have fixed it in T'bird settings. Untick button to save a copy. P. On 07/09/2022 21:40, Peter Merchant wrote: I have three accounts using Thunderbird, and it is only the Hotmail one that has this problem. The yahoo and Netscape  accounts are OK. Peter On 07/09/2022 19:29, Hamish McI

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird duplicating messages in sent folder

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant
I have three accounts using Thunderbird, and it is only the Hotmail one that has this problem. The yahoo and Netscape  accounts are OK. Peter On 07/09/2022 19:29, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: All the sent messages are duplicated in Thunderbird for me too, always have been AFAIR. Let me know

[Dorset] Thunderbird duplicating messages in sent folder

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant
I have just noticed that all the messages in my sent folder are duplicated. I think we discussed this problem some time ago, but cannot find it. As I cleaned out that folder recently I cannot tell when this started occurring. It seems to be just in my Hotmail account. Any idea why? Peter

[Dorset] Migrating from KMail to Thunderbird

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant
Just wondering if you ever overcame the Aliases problem. Peter On 30/07/2022 12:01, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, I've stuck with KMail through thick and thin ever since I first used KDE in the early noughties.  The main reason for this is that I make considerable use of forwarded addresses t

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from KMail to Thunderbird

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
Just wondering if you ever overcame the Aliases problem. Peter On 30/07/2022 12:01, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, I've stuck with KMail through thick and thin ever since I first used KDE in the early noughties.  The main reason for this is that I make considerable use of forwarded addresses t

Re: [Dorset] Is it Discord, or Discourse?

2022-09-07 Thread Peter Merchant
Thanks or that Hugh. No wonder I am confused. Gramps genealogical program is moving over to Discourse from the email system, which is the one that I mentioned last night having problems getting on to. Peter M. On 06/09/2022 23:31, Hugh Frater wrote: We were referring to discord, the irc like

[Dorset] Is it Discord, or Discourse?

2022-09-06 Thread Peter Merchant
The two words have different meanings! One of the reasons for using discourse that was touted to me was the ability to have attachments in communications. But I do like filtering my LUG emails off to a DLUG folder, and then having the 'laddered' responses. Cheers, PM. -- Next meeting: On

Re: [Dorset] OT: Keeping costs down

2022-08-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
r keeps on firing up when it kicks in, even though I have used solar to heat my tank. It has been suggested that the solar heats the top part of the tank via the immersion heater, and the gas heats the bottom part of the tank via the heating coil. Peter. On 29/08/2022 13:24, Ian Morris via do

Re: [Dorset] OT: Keeping costs down

2022-08-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
My 1965 'Basic Tables in Electrical Engineering' gives the Heat of Vaporization of Water as 972 Btu/Lb   so there is quite a bit of conversion required! P. On 29/08/2022 12:28, Peter Merchant via dorset wrote: I had considered that, but it's so long ago in my ancient past

Re: [Dorset] OT: Keeping costs down

2022-08-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
I had considered that, but it's so long ago in my ancient past that I studied thermodynamics, I didn't look into calculating it. My concern about it is the cost of raising the temperature to 100 deg, then the latent heat of vaporisation to actually boil it. Peter M.   [ Applies to a

Re: [Dorset] OT: Keeping costs down

2022-08-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
ettle/ microwave. Thanks John for that link. Peter On 29/08/2022 09:51, Terry Coles wrote: On 29/08/2022 09:33, Peter Merchant wrote: I was curious, so I took the water from the kettle and put it in a pot on the stove. It was very close to 500ml. Watching the gas meter while it boiled it used 0.

[Dorset] OT: Keeping costs down

2022-08-29 Thread Peter Merchant
I can't see my electricity meter easily to see what it costs me to boil that amount in the kettle or by Microwave. Does anybody have that facility?  And also there is always other electricity being used. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-09-06 20:00 Check to

[Dorset] Cleaning system

2022-08-16 Thread Peter Merchant
er. Thanks for any help. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-09-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm

2022-08-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
Yup, forgot to mention that the Model Town was on South Today news last night celebrating 70 years. And they had a scale model of the model town there too, 3D printed. P. On 02/08/2022 12:52, Terry Coles wrote: All, The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 pm using Jitsi. Simply click on the

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm

2022-08-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
heers, peter On 02/08/2022 12:52, Terry Coles wrote: All, The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 pm using Jitsi. Simply click on the following link and you will be taken to the Meeting using your default browser: https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug Chrome or Chromium are probably better than Firefo

Re: [Dorset] Electricity power usage

2022-07-09 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
One device not on standby is my router (TalkTalk) which consumes 6 watts, so costs about $15/yr in electricity P. On 09/07/2022 09:53, Peter Merchant wrote: I borrowed an electricity power meter  for a few days and went around the house measuring everything. A couple of interesting

[Dorset] Electricity power usage

2022-07-09 Thread Peter Merchant
yr.  My current rate is 28.445p/KWh, so it costs me  £1.25 a year  just leaving it plugged in and not using it. So just my thoughts on saving some money. A rough calculation gives a cost of £62.5  per year keeping the house on standby. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-08-02

[Dorset] Too Many browsers

2022-06-27 Thread Peter Merchant
downsides/upsides to doing this.  Firefox is currently my default browser on the system. Cheers all, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't h

[Dorset] Interesting Solar feature

2022-06-12 Thread Peter Merchant
, has been sent back to California for investigation. I assume that there is a small linux processor inside which is why I posted here! https://enphase.com/en-gb/installers/microinverters Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are rep

[Dorset] Microsoft Access in linux

2022-05-10 Thread Peter Merchant
there would have been a learning curve for that. At the end of the night I think she was working with Office365. Any thoughts appreciated, and don't get me on to the tied in schools to Microsoft. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-06-07 20:00 Check to whom you ar

Re: [Dorset] Wimborne Model Town Routing Problem

2022-04-16 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
d by DHCP? But if you go by VPN link into another device which is on the 'public' side this device does know the Webserver (fixed) address. Peter On 16/04/2022 13:09, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Sorry to raise this again but *some* progress has been made with the access issues that I&

[Dorset] small generator.

2022-04-05 Thread Peter Merchant
speed as a DC value. The other alternative is to use my defunct bicycle odometer reed switch and magnet. Thanks, Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-05-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't h

Re: [Dorset] Brother Laser Printers on (K)Ubuntu

2022-04-05 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
that I need. However, I've never owned a Brother printer. This arrived this morning and i can confirm that it appears to work well on Linux, Android and iPadOS. I haven't got a Windows PC (although my son has), but he hasn't installed the driver yet. Good. Enjoy. Peter -

Re: [Dorset] Debugging dnsmasq and dhcpd

2022-03-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
On 29/03/2022 15:14, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, The system that I've been talking about for a few days seems to have a problem with WiFi. It generally works OK the first time a user connects, but after that the message 'Obtaining IP Address' is displayed for ever. What I can't work out is how to d

Re: [Dorset] Brother Laser Printers on (K)Ubuntu

2022-03-29 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
quirements and also works well on Linux? I have a Brother HL 1212W wireless laser printer and have never had any trouble with it. It is only black and single sided. I seem to remember having to download the drivers from the brother support site but I have had it for a few years now. Peter M.

Re: [Dorset] MultiWii controllers

2020-02-23 Thread Peter Merchant
ight-version-4axis-flight-control-p-551.html > https://www.readytoflyquads.com/multiwii-pro-flight-controller > These devices look like they are attached  to the flying device, not the operators console. If I read Hamish's original post, I thought he was looking for the ope

Re: [Dorset] OT - PM's comments: Low-emission Diodes from Dorset

2020-01-21 Thread peter Merchant via dorset
ou get down to the nitty-gritty they use Philips Luxeon LED’s or Sanan dies (DLC). [imported?] Peter -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-02-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Moving POP3 Suppliers with Thunderbird.

2020-01-19 Thread peter Merchant via dorset
If you never hear from him again, it didn't work.  If successful, he could move the emails back from the holding folder to the inbox (Copy, not move!) Copy or move? Is there some reason he'd prefer those few emails to reside on the new server rather than sit on his own Localhost machine with t

Re: [Dorset] Visual basic on Linux

2018-09-12 Thread Peter Washington
icker each time until the next BIG update comes along. Cheers Peter, (aka Pugwash, not Merchant). On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 00:11, Patrick Wigmore wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > ...my son has been told he needs to download Visual Studio 2017 onto > > a Windows PC... > > >

Re: [Dorset] Eric Raymond Rails Against Uninterruptible Power Supplies.

2018-02-11 Thread Peter Washington
king this further, reply to DLUG and we'll see what happens. Cheers Peter. On 10 February 2018 at 15:26, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > I was going to relay this on the #dorset IRC channel come Monday, but I > think there's some on the list that would be interested too.

[Dorset] Mr. Levett's legacy to DLUG members

2017-10-22 Thread Peter Washington
h the full catalogue as soon as possible. -- Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-11-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR

[Dorset] Old Electronic bits and pieces

2017-10-10 Thread Peter Washington
that I may want ☺, we can then discuss these) and then I'll probably arrange to bring them all the next DLUG meeting. Ralph could you be free to join me next Tuesday at 14:00 ? I could pick you up, the car's almost empty now ☺. -- Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday,

Re: [Dorset] Weymouth - computing stuff available to a good home

2017-10-10 Thread Peter Washington
, Peter Washington. On 8 October 2017 at 14:26, PeterMerchant via dorset < dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > > > Forwarded Message > Subject:Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu Knotes replacement > Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 11:26:25 +0100 > From:

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-06-05 Thread Peter
On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc

Re: [Dorset] Help on home play project

2017-05-27 Thread Peter Washington
2017 at 16:03, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, May 27 at 02:45, Peter Washington wrote: > ... > > I'd use an "Opto Interrupter", or "Beam Breaker" rather than an > > Opto-Coupler, this would apply to both projects. > > > > In the ca

Re: [Dorset] Help on home play project

2017-05-27 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Peter and Terry, On 27 May 2017 at 14:00, Terry Coles wrote: > On Saturday, 27 May 2017 12:11:10 BST PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > > Does anybody know anything about disc drives? The other suggestion I > > have seen is to use a bike speedometer hall effect sensor to capt

[Dorset] Fwd: My Python Script Only Idles in IDLE

2017-03-27 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Folks, sorry I hit reply, (to Patrick, not DLUG), with my last email, so I'm forwarding to to the DLUG mailing list this time. Doh !! :-( -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Washington Date: 27 March 2017 at 12:00 Subject: Re: [Dorset] My Python Script Only Idles in ID

[Dorset] Fwd: Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice

2017-03-19 Thread Peter Washington
-- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Washington Date: 17 March 2017 at 09:32 Subject: Re: [Dorset] Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice To: Dorset Linux User Group Hi Terry, On 16 March 2017 at 15:33, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:20:15 GMT

Re: [Dorset] Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice

2017-03-19 Thread Peter Washington
ogies-tt-electronics/d83c/ > diode-network-is > > olated/dp/SC14192>, I haven't checked what the differences between them > are. > > Thanks. having re-considered your RC timing calculations, I wouldn't bother with the Diode Packs, I just wanted you to know that they *cou

[Dorset] Fwd: Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice

2017-03-19 Thread Peter Washington
the Ganssle page that we have been discussing, the second is the datasheet for the 74HC14. The editing of the page *only* takes out the advertising and most of the Web page formatting, the text is entirely intact, so comment about plagiarising should be seen as a touch of humour :-0 Peter,

Re: [Dorset] Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice

2017-03-16 Thread Peter Washington
ou suggest. > I have a couple of Arduino boards that I can lend you if that helps, but since we're ignoring the Software Solution for now that probably isn't relevant. However other people on the list as well as yourself might find the suggestion useful at some weird time in the future.

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-03-13 Thread Peter
On 12/03/17 17:32, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any sugges

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-03-08 Thread Peter
On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-03-07 Thread Peter
On 05/03/17 20:09, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 You may find section 1 of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration useful, even though it's Arch Linux rather than Ubuntu. It gives some commands to

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-03-06 Thread Peter
t use the terminal very much and I'm obviously doing something wrong. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting b

[Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

2017-03-05 Thread Peter
I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 and I loaded Ubuntu 16.04 as dual boot with Windows. Windows could see the wifi connection but Ubuntu could not. I tried a number of fixes found on Ask Ubuntu and other sites, none of which worked and eventually I locked up the machine an

[Dorset] Elderly HP 32bit machine with 4Gig Ram CD and 2 disks

2016-11-11 Thread Peter
to collect, from Wareham cheers Peter Linehan -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / T

[Dorset] Problems with Security certificate

2016-10-04 Thread Peter Linehan
Fiurefix 49,0 on Kbuntus 16.04 Using Dratel Modem/router I get as far as 'waiting for share gemmil.name' cheers pwl On 03/10/16 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Send dorset mailing list submissions to dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World W

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2016-09-27 Thread Peter Merchant
another meeting, so we won't be there. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Gkrellm and VMware

2016-09-12 Thread Peter Merchant
On 12/09/16 16:45, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, My computer has two CPUs and they are both shown, but on each there are two traces, one in Blue and one in Orange. CPU1 says right now 1%. I haven't used it, but have looked at the left image at http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/ and it says

[Dorset] Gkrellm and VMware

2016-09-11 Thread Peter Merchant
good explanation that I haven't been able to find so far. Thanks, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting b

Re: [Dorset] G parted

2016-09-09 Thread Peter Merchant
: install the ordinary Grub with the Ubuntu or Mint DVD. from: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/bugs#TOC-Computer-won-t-boot-after-installation-of-Ubuntu-or-Mint Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn

Re: [Dorset] G parted

2016-09-09 Thread Peter Merchant
On 09/09/16 16:37, Peter Merchant wrote: On 07/09/16 15:50, Ferret Beevor wrote: Manual installed Ubuntu mate as instructed at last nights meeting. Created 3 partitions Beginning of the space The install also mentioned secure boot must be disabled during startup in order for third

Re: [Dorset] G parted

2016-09-09 Thread Peter Merchant
that gives easy steps to accomplish things that you may need to do. I haven't delved into it to see if it has anything about UEFI. Sent both to LUG and to Ferret as I think there are still problems with AOL and the LUG Mail. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-10-04

Re: [Dorset] G parted

2016-09-08 Thread Peter Merchant
On 07/09/16 19:09, Terry Coles wrote: On Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:50:47 BST Ferret Beevor wrote: Manual installed Ubuntu mate as instructed at last nights meeting. Created 3 partitions Have I done it correctly. It seems not. Can anyone else help? Sorry, I can't remember wh

Re: [Dorset] Open for Business at Wuthering Bytes

2016-08-27 Thread Peter Merchant
This is a test from my AOL account. Please ignore Peter Merchant On 27/08/16 12:37, Andres Baravalle wrote: Open for Business is an annual one day conference hosted by the BCS Open Source Specialist Group and Open Source Consortium, that aims to explore key themes in open source software as

[Dorset] Bounces?

2016-08-22 Thread Peter Merchant
What are these 'bounces'? Forwarded Message Subject:confirm 6c6a3965db1c478cab15a98e5bcecf82c68f0bea Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:14:26 + From: dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk To: madsmad...@netscape.net Your membership in the mailing list dorset has been

Re: [Dorset] Another question about using apscheduler in Python?

2016-08-21 Thread Peter Merchant
http://www.diveintopython.net/ Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR

Re: [Dorset] Thurs AM: Google Drive not accessible?

2016-08-11 Thread Peter Merchant
On 11/08/16 11:47, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday, 11 August 2016 09:12:20 BST Adrian Warman wrote: Seems to be working fine for me... Adrian W. On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 at 10:06 Peter Merchant wrote: Anyone else having this problem? It works for me on my Android phone and Chromium on Kubuntu

[Dorset] Thurs AM: Google Drive not accessible?

2016-08-11 Thread Peter Merchant
Anyone else having this problem? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / T

Re: [Dorset] Laptop

2016-08-11 Thread Peter Merchant
of media is your Ubuntu distro on? Or would you need your helper to download and extract it? D) if you can wait, why not bring it along to the next meet in September? Cheers, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http

Re: [Dorset] Arduino Program Assistance

2016-07-25 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Folks, Yes I forgot to add Paul's name to the recipients, I have forwarded the email that I sent to the list to him 🙁 On 25 July 2016 at 16:08, Peter Washington wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I forgot to add our name to the Recipients list > > > -- Forwarded message -

Re: [Dorset] Arduino Program Assistance

2016-07-25 Thread Peter Washington
nk :- https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SimpleAudioPlayer By using the output pin and amplifier that is used on the this link with information from the previous link you should be able the scare the children fairly well ! I live in Weymouth but work during the week in Devizes in Wiltshire, but I&#

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu forum hack heads up

2016-07-16 Thread Peter Merchant
evening - about the time it was hacked because all of a sudden it became unavailable. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-08-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU&#x

Re: [Dorset] Kaffeine problems. - Fixed

2016-07-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On 07/07/16 22:11, Peter Merchant wrote: On 07/07/16 14:15, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday, 7 July 2016 14:06:45 BST Peter Merchant wrote: I have had a couple of sessions of upgrades to keep my system 'up-to-date' since I last ran Kaffeine. I glanced at the list and I believe saw

Re: [Dorset] OT: No Signal from Graphics Card on Newly Built PC

2016-07-14 Thread Peter Merchant
rin on it. Do you want it back for experimenting? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-08-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR

Re: [Dorset] Kaffeine problems.

2016-07-07 Thread Peter Merchant
On 07/07/16 14:15, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday, 7 July 2016 14:06:45 BST Peter Merchant wrote: I have had a couple of sessions of upgrades to keep my system 'up-to-date' since I last ran Kaffeine. I glanced at the list and I believe saw something possibly related. Where do I find t

Re: [Dorset] Kaffeine problems.

2016-07-07 Thread Peter Merchant
On 07/07/16 08:06, Terry Coles wrote: On Wednesday, 6 July 2016 21:18:00 BST Peter Merchant wrote: Until a few days ago, Kaffeine worked fine with my Freecom DVB-T USB stick, Now it says 'no device found' but dmesg shows it there, and the firmware is in it's usual place [/lib/

[Dorset] Kaffeine problems.

2016-07-06 Thread Peter Merchant
sion though the Kaffeine pages say 2.04 was released a week or so ago. I am not sure where to try from here, or whether and how to upgrade kaffeine and see if that fixes it. Any help appreciated. I am using Kubuntu 16.04 64bit Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-08

Re: [Dorset] Video doorbell project

2016-06-27 Thread Peter Merchant
On 15/06/16 16:07, Graeme Gemmill wrote: Does anyone have experience of streaming audio/video over LAN? I am contemplating a project for a video intercom system because my office/computer set-up is remote from the house. I'm planning to use a wireless/wired door unit from China and use Firefox

Re: [Dorset] New subscriber using Kubuntu in Poole

2016-06-19 Thread Peter Merchant
e I can assure you. Tim Welcome, from another kubuntu user - now on 16.04 - Skipped 15. And a cyclist. Prefer cycling to motoring. Hope to see you at a meet soon, now that you are home for the summer(?) Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-07-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list,

[Dorset] Talk Talk

2016-06-14 Thread Peter Merchant
FYI, Talktalk is down - the whole site - no mail, nothing. Tues 17:00 Peter M -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-07-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs

Re: [Dorset] IMAP instead of POP3 in KMail

2016-06-13 Thread Peter Merchant
occasionally read emails from these accounts on-line, but they then get picked up by T-bird when I fire it up. If Pop3 is obsolete(?) and IMAP is the current thing, can I reconfigure T-bird to IMAP and still delete emails once read? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-07-05

Re: [Dorset] Ex-Plessey and on Facebook, and watching here?

2016-06-10 Thread Peter Merchant
On 10/06/16 08:42, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi Peter On 09/06/16 15:09, Peter Merchant wrote: Dorsetforyou have posted a picture of Plessey c 1970. I didn't join until 1978, but it looks like the shop floor in C block to me. Any body recognize it? P. Fascinating. No com

Re: [Dorset] Ex-Plessey and on Facebook, and watching here?

2016-06-09 Thread Peter Merchant
On 09/06/16 20:10, Tim wrote: On 09/06/16 17:49, Peter Merchant wrote: On 09/06/16 15:21, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, Dorsetforyou have posted a picture of Plessey c 1970. Link? Cheers, Ralph. It's on Facebook. You can try this: https://www.facebook.com/dorsetforyou/pho

Re: [Dorset] Ex-Plessey and on Facebook, and watching here?

2016-06-09 Thread Peter Merchant
On 09/06/16 15:21, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, Dorsetforyou have posted a picture of Plessey c 1970. Link? Cheers, Ralph. It's on Facebook. You can try this: https://www.facebook.com/dorsetforyou/photos/a.10150107824940519.312530.379655740518/10154092948915519/?type=3&theate

[Dorset] Ex-Plessey and on Facebook, and watching here?

2016-06-09 Thread Peter Merchant
Dorsetforyou have posted a picture of Plessey c 1970. I didn't join until 1978, but it looks like the shop floor in C block to me. Any body recognize it? P. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-07-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread:

Re: [Dorset] VMware on Kubuntu

2016-06-01 Thread Peter Merchant
ze any USB devices. Also VMware keeps on telling me that high resolution graphics are not available. as an aside, are you running VMware Workstation or Player? Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ N

[Dorset] How do I? with Skype, Spotify, and Gkrellm

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On Kubuntu 16.04, before I upgraded, then I hit the X on Skype or Spotify, they would minimize to an icon on the status bar. Gkrellm I have always had showing as an open program on the panel. After my upgrade, only Skype still performs the same. Spotify on the X terminates. It is a new versio

Re: [Dorset] Suspending email accounts in Thunderbird

2016-05-05 Thread Peter Merchant
tifier (if that's a valid descriptor), select server settings, and untick the boxes relating to collecting emails. Then test it!, Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread:

[Dorset] interesting statistics about operating systems

2016-05-05 Thread Peter Merchant
s-7-falls-below-50 It would be interesting to see these statistics around desktops and Servers separately. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk /

Re: [Dorset] VMware on Kubuntu

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Merchant
On 03/05/16 07:32, Terry Coles wrote: On Monday, 2 May 2016 21:03:10 BST Peter Merchant wrote: I have tried to reinstall VMware 12 back on to my rebuild Kubuntu 16.04. It fails with an error message about USB Arbitration service. Any ideas? Did you fetch a new copy of the VMWare Installer

[Dorset] VMware on Kubuntu

2016-05-02 Thread Peter Merchant
I have tried to reinstall VMware 12 back on to my rebuild Kubuntu 16.04. It fails with an error message about USB Arbitration service. 2016-05-02T15:56:04.914+01:00| usbArb| I125: USBArbRuleStore: Loading device rules from '/etc/vmware/usbarb.rules'. 2016-05-02T15:56:04.914+01:00| usbArb| I12

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 16.04 LTE

2016-04-28 Thread Peter Merchant
On 27/04/16 20:38, Peter Merchant wrote: On 27/04/16 07:41, Terry Coles wrote: On Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:40:33 BST Peter Merchant wrote: Later I'll try and update my 14.04 system, so If I disappear for awhile you'll know why (if you even notice). I went through the Kubun

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 16.04 LTE --> XP & DNS

2016-04-27 Thread Peter Merchant
On 27/04/16 21:07, Andrew wrote: On 27/04/16 20:38, Peter Merchant wrote: Now to fix my wife's XP box that has quit browsing. More difficult. P. I believe that can also be fixed by installing Kubuntu 16.04 from the DVD. ;) Very true, but she's a die-hard NO CHANGES person. I c

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 16.04 LTE

2016-04-27 Thread Peter Merchant
On 27/04/16 07:41, Terry Coles wrote: On Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:40:33 BST Peter Merchant wrote: I was going to ask Terry if he ever installed Kubuntu 15, but now I see 16.04 is available. I have installed it on a clean disk and it seems OK, but It didn't want to share the disk with

[Dorset] Kubuntu 16.04 LTE

2016-04-26 Thread Peter Merchant
m, so If I disappear for awhile you'll know why (if you even notice). Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Report

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft: Better Linux support for Skype

2016-04-26 Thread Peter Merchant
On 26/04/16 18:05, StarLion wrote: I've found that Discord is another decent alternative. They don't appear to have a native Linux app just yet, but the web interface works just fine - and better than Skype's own one does. https://discordapp.com/ Although the trouble is convincing others who stil

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft: Better Linux support for Skype

2016-04-26 Thread Peter Merchant
gn the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/microsoft-better-linux-support-for-skype?recruiter=532970063&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive Regards to all, CPKS Ok, I'm number 18. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday,

Re: [Dorset] Vivaldi

2016-04-06 Thread Peter Merchant
Quite easy to import bookmarks from other browsers, and also easy to remove unwanted bookmark. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-05-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU&#x

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