Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton Uni - Register and MAC address reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Jonathan Kay
Hi Damian, Can you register me and a friend for Saturday please. He is Kevin Miller 00:16:6f:97:a9:24 I'm Jonathan Kay, will bring one or other laptop, 00:16:ce:17:d1:be 00:16:6f:cc:ac:be Thanks Jon Damian Brasher wrote: Hi (inc. grammatical improvements:) For those that have not

[Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop

2009-01-16 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all I have an irritating little problem having upgraded (or rather having had upgraded) my work laptop. It's now very difficult to get working with my monitor. What I want is to connect it either directly or via its docking station to my 32 monitor and preferred mouse and keyboard.

Re: [Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop

2009-01-16 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/16 Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk: The new laptop (which fwiw has safeboot but I don't think that's the problem) doesn't work in the same way. Essentially, I have to go through safeboot and our Window$ network login on the laptop screen, kbd and mouse before I get anything out

[Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread piskie
Just joined the mailing list so thought that I should say hi so Hi :) piskie -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/15 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk: For those that have not already sent me details and intend to attend the BaB meeting at Southampton University this Saturday, I need your name for a register of attendees (HLUG members and non-members). I also need your WLAN interface MAC

Re: [Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread Victor Churchill
Hi too ;-) Are you planning to come to the meet-up at So'ton Uni tomorrow? victor -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop

2009-01-16 Thread Jim Nicholson
On 16/01/2009, Rob Malpass l...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote: - Original Message - From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop 2009/1/16

Re: [Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop

2009-01-16 Thread Rob Malpass
- Original Message - From: Paul Stimpson p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk To: Hampshire LUG Mailing List hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Using external kvm with laptop Hi, On my machine the BIOS has settings for which monitor to

Re: [Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread piskie
I hope to be coming yes Victor Churchill wrote: Hi too ;-) Are you planning to come to the meet-up at So'ton Uni tomorrow? victor -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Damian Brasher
Tony Whitmore wrote: Having the times on the wiki (usually the front page) is a good idea too. Then people know when to turn up. I don't have administrator rights to the front page, whoever does can use extracts from my recent reminder email and the times will be 10am - 4.30pm. Damian --

Re: [Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread Paul Tansom
** piskie ubu...@talktalk.net [2009-01-16 13:29]: Just joined the mailing list so thought that I should say hi so Hi :) piskie ** end quote [piskie] Trying to take a few moments away from life in the real world with a scan through my mail, so in a completely off topic comment, would I be

Re: [Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread piskie
in a word - no, but I'm a forestpixie on the buntu forums - so it kind of fits :) Paul Tansom wrote: ** piskie ubu...@talktalk.net [2009-01-16 13:29]: Just joined the mailing list so thought that I should say hi so Hi :) piskie ** end quote [piskie] Trying to take a few moments away

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Damian Brasher
Damian Brasher wrote: Tony Whitmore wrote: Having the times on the wiki (usually the front page) is a good idea too. Then people know when to turn up. I don't have administrator rights to the front page, whoever does can use extracts from my recent reminder email and the times will be 10am

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:39:29 - (UTC), Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk wrote: Tony Whitmore wrote: Having the times on the wiki (usually the front page) is a good idea too. Then people know when to turn up. I don't have administrator rights to the front page, whoever does can use

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Damian Brasher
Tony Whitmore wrote: Thanks Damian, is that 10am start? What time can people get in to set up? Yes it is, I'll be in the building from 9.30am. Adam has my mobile phone number. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --

Re: [Hampshire] Just a hi

2009-01-16 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 15:53:56 +, piskie wrote: in a word - no, but I'm a forestpixie on the buntu forums - so it kind of fits :) This is why it is so much nicer when people use real names or make an introduction that actually introduces themselves. Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System

[Hampshire] Junior Sysadmin Support Wanted

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
Hi, We would like to give a few hours work every so often to a junior sysadmin / aspiring sysadmin. At the moment the work will be patchy, but we're getting more work all the time. The ideal person would be familiar with Redhat / CentOS / Fedora. I won't expect significant experience, and

[Hampshire] [Hardware] Memory compatibility

2009-01-16 Thread Samuel Penn
Hi all, I've just tried adding some extra memory to a server[1] of mine, only to have it completely hang when powered on (no video or sound output of any sort, so this is a hardware(/BIOS?) issue, not OS). A couple of years back, I bought 2x1GB for it (upgrading from 2x512MB), buying PC2700

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Friday 16 Jan 2009, Damian Brasher wrote: Tony Whitmore wrote: Having the times on the wiki (usually the front page) is a good idea too. Then people know when to turn up. I don't have administrator rights to the front page, whoever does can use extracts from my recent reminder email and

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

2009-01-16 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, This is your final reminder of this month's meeting. WHEN: 17 January 2009, 10:00am - 4:30pm WHERE: Southampton University Seminar Room 1 TALKS: 12:00 Digital Photography on Linux by Tony Whitmore 13:00 A look ahead to Ubuntu 9.04 by Alan Pope If you plan on attending, ideally

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting 17th Jan - Register and MAC address's

2009-01-16 Thread Cayenne-uk
Hi Damian, Could you please add me to the list of attendees for tomorrow, and for all future meetings at Southampton. My Mac(s) *00:12:F0:9C:05:38 , **00:15:AF:A2:97:AB* Thanks! Kelvin Smith -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] [Hardware] Memory compatibility

2009-01-16 Thread Sean Gibbins
Samuel Penn wrote: Thoughts on this from anyone more knowledgeable than I? Not sure I qualify in that regard Sam! Here's the output from the Crucial site when selecting that particular mobo: *http://tinyurl.com/7a3xxk* It would seem to agree with you in that it /should/ hold 4 x 1GB modules

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] A Long Shot...

2009-01-16 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/1/16 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk: Hi, Just wondering if anyone can assist with this? I have a VHS tape of a concert* that I would like converted to DVD. Has anyone got a VHS - DVD-R machine that they could do the conversion with if I cover off all costs? Failing that, can

Re: [Hampshire] [Hardware] Memory compatibility

2009-01-16 Thread Samuel Penn
On Friday 16 January 2009 18:02:00 Sean Gibbins wrote: Samuel Penn wrote: Thoughts on this from anyone more knowledgeable than I? Not sure I qualify in that regard Sam! Here's the output from the Crucial site when selecting that particular mobo: *http://tinyurl.com/7a3xxk* It would

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Tony Whitmore
Damian Brasher wrote: Tony Whitmore wrote: Thanks Damian, is that 10am start? What time can people get in to set up? Yes it is, I'll be in the building from 9.30am. Adam has my mobile phone number. Thanks. By the way, your mail client is misconfigured, giving the domain for your return

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] A Long Shot...

2009-01-16 Thread Sean Gibbins
Victor Churchill wrote: Hi Sean I retired my old VHS a while ago and got a HDD/DVD recorder. I have done this exercise in the past moving OU Spanish programmes onto a DVD and would be happy to have a go at it for you. Cheers Victor! Besides, I'd love to see the Dead back from '81 B-)

Re: [Hampshire] BaB Meeting 17th Jan Soton - Register and MAC address's reminder

2009-01-16 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/1/16 Tony Whitmore t...@tonywhitmore.co.uk: Thanks. By the way, your mail client is misconfigured, giving the domain for your return address as iunterlinux.co.uk. and there was me thinking that I had mangled the address pasting it into a reply! I am still getting the bounce messages... --

[Hampshire] Saving an old DVD drive

2009-01-16 Thread Roger Munford
Thanks for your suggestions about rescuing the old DVD drive.. I did eventually find a solution. Presumably because of the age of the hardware, Ubuntu was not identifying the drive correctly and although it was working for all applications that I tried, it didn't work with the movie player.

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting 17th Jan - Register and MAC address's

2009-01-16 Thread Graham Bleach
2009/1/16 Cayenne-uk cayenn...@gmail.com: Curses! I just realised what I've done!. My apologies to all on the list! Never mind, enough MACs have been posted to the list that nobody should need to bother Damian for WLAN access again [1] ;-) G [1] Providing their wireless interface supports

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] A Long Shot...

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Davies
Sean, I didn't think you were a 'Dead Head'? I saw them twice. One in '75 just outside New York and then in the 80's in Albany NY. Terrapin Station is my fav album. Stephen D -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

[Hampshire] Free to a good home

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Davies
I'll be bringing some goodies to the DAB meet today. Several 3.5in HDD's. All have been security wiped. C sharp Manual Linux Firewalls Book All available for a donation to Lug Funds Stephen D -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: