Re: [Hampshire] bash error

2021-03-20 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 26/02/2021 09:30, Brad Macpherson via Hampshire wrote: G'day Owain, I'm slightly surprised that works at all without a semicolon :-) Don't forget that an ampersand IS a semi-colon, with the added feature that the command that it terminates gets run in the background. Which is very useful

Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet May 16th

2020-05-17 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
Looks like I missed that one. Were any plans made for the next meeting, so that I can add it to my virtual diary? Cheers, Chris On 15/05/2020 17:00, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: Rather late notice, but there will be a virtual meet this Saturday 16th May. The days and weeks seem to blend

Re: [Hampshire] Au revoir mes amis

2018-10-03 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
Dear Adam It's very sad that that it's come to this for people.  How about hosting a special HantsLUG meeting in sunny Brittany sometime? 'Bringing a box' all that way could be tricky though. Best of luck. A bientôt. Chris On 03/10/2018 03:58, A. J. Trickett via Hampshire wrote: Dear LUG,

Re: [Hampshire] Maintenance Downtime

2018-02-23 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 19/02/18 19:43, Andy Ransom via Hampshire wrote: Hi folks, The Hants LUG server and hence the website will be down for maintenance sometime during the window 2018-02-21 03:00 to 04:00, I appreciate this is unlikely to be an issue for anyone but this is just a heads up. This will not affect t

Re: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton

2017-06-30 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 29/06/17 13:29, Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: Hello HantsLuggers I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad experiences of people offering to provide help but only making th

[Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton

2017-06-29 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
Hello HantsLuggers I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things worse. They have one old laptop with important data on it,

Re: [Hampshire] HTTPS Certificate problem

2017-02-13 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 07/02/17 11:20, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: ... I recently added my pop/imap mail server certificates to the process as well (I'd forgotten they were still with StartSSL) and that was much easier than expected - took about 10 minutes including working out how to do it :) Can you point m

Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG

2016-08-18 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
nd, please don't register if you're not planning to come to the meeting -- that would just make it more difficult to reach a quorum of voting members. Cheers, Chris Dennis HantsLUG Webmaster On 15/08/16 19:32, Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: Good evening everybody, I'm ple

Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG

2016-08-13 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 12/08/16 18:43, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: ** Andy via Hampshire [2016-08-11 23:54]: On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote: On Thursday 11 August 2016 21:10:35 Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote: For what it is worth (and assuming that a group of new and enthusiastic i

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

2016-05-05 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 05/05/16 18:03, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: Chris Dennis asks: I've had a look at other local history sites around the country, and most of them are somewhere between awful and broken. I haven't found one yet that makes me think "Yes, we'll do it like that.&qu

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

2016-05-05 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 05/05/16 17:09, Tim via Hampshire wrote: On 05/05/16 16:02, Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: On 05/05/16 07:14, Keith Edmunds via Hampshire wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2016 22:42:26 -0700, hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk said: It’s not much data, and I think you can just let Wordpress find the

Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

2016-05-05 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
On 05/05/16 07:14, Keith Edmunds via Hampshire wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2016 22:42:26 -0700, hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk said: It’s not much data, and I think you can just let Wordpress find the assets on disk I concur. You're trying to fix a problem you don't have (yet), and Wordpress frequently

[Hampshire] Village History Website

2016-05-03 Thread Chris Dennis via Hampshire
Hello HantsLUGgers I'm starting work on a project to create a history website for a local village. We have very limited funding from the AONB development fund and another similar source. The plan is to put a considerable quantity (thousands, adding up to 10 -- 20 GB) of scanned documents, ph

Re: [Hampshire] GMANE integration with HantsLUG

2016-02-25 Thread Chris Dennis
On 10/02/16 20:28, Dom Rodriguez wrote: Hi, N.B: Forgive me if this has been discussed before, I did a quick search on the HantsLUG Lurker archives, and didn't find matching results. I currently use GMANE (https://gmane.org) for my newsgroups at the moment, and found that HantsLUG (or any UK LU

Re: [Hampshire] NTFS and Linux

2015-11-30 Thread Chris Dennis
On 30/11/15 17:45, Peter Alefounder wrote: How compatible is NTFS with Linux? I am considering getting an external hard drive for use as a back-up device, but as far as I can tell, it may well have NTFS and I am not sure how easy it might be to re-format it. I am thinking here of characters that

Re: [Hampshire] Dynamic DNS

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Dennis
On 14/09/15 12:30, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Which is the best dynamic DNS service these days? Free would be nice, but I don't mind paying a small fee. Cheers, Chris Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll go with freedns.afraid.org, not least because th

[Hampshire] Dynamic DNS

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello folks Which is the best dynamic DNS service these days? Free would be nice, but I don't mind paying a small fee. Cheers, Chris -- 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] Website dead, ever coming back?

2015-06-25 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/06/15 09:52, Jay Bennie wrote: On 24 Jun 2015, at 04:14, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 23/06/2015 22:04, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 June 2015 at 21:50, Alan Pope wrote: http://hants.lug.org.uk/ http://www.hantslug.org.uk/ It finally loaded some 44 seconds later. http://imgur.com/vDF

Re: [Hampshire] Something up with the Hantslug mailman server?

2015-05-27 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello Vic (and all) I'll check on the server when I get a moment to make sure that nothing extra spammy is going on. Cheers Chris On 27/05/15 17:09, Vic wrote: FWIW I'm not getting Spam. Anyhow, not labeled as coming from HantsLUG. It's all quite obvious spam, so it's not getting throug

Re: [Hampshire] HantsLUG / Southampton Makerspace

2015-01-19 Thread Chris Dennis
On 18/01/15 14:01, Benjie Gillam wrote: Hello, I realise from the website HantsLUG hasn't met for a fair while - and we've offered before when we were much smaller - but I just wanted to let you know that now So Make It have moved into a larger space (~1200 sqft) you're still welcome to meet

Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?

2014-11-30 Thread Chris Dennis
On 27/11/14 20:37, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area network? Thanks for the replies. In the end I decided that drawing one diagram wasn't worth learning a whole new tool, so I just described the network in words. C

[Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?

2014-11-27 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello folks Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area network? I want to be able to represent cables, sockets, switches, computers etc. That's straightforward in itself, but I also want to show that there are six cables entering the trunking by the switch, 2 cables

Re: [Hampshire] Weird DNS issues

2014-07-24 Thread Chris Dennis
On 23/07/14 12:21, Gordon Scott wrote: This is an aside to Adam's mail, but has proven useful to me. Some time back I had some persistent ADSL troubles, that eventually proved to be an unstable interface card in the BT box down the road. However .. during the troubleshooting phase one suggesti

[Hampshire] HP laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed

2014-05-07 Thread Chris Dennis
Just noticed this on ebuyer.com http://www.ebuyer.com/620311-hp-255-g1-laptop-with-ubuntu-h6q17ea-abu Quote: "Fed up with Windows? Had enough of Apple? Grab yourself a slice of history with this HP laptop. The first manufacturer installed Ubuntu machine available from a UK retailer." cheer

Re: [Hampshire] Dual boot with UEFI

2014-04-09 Thread Chris Dennis
On 08/04/14 21:53, Leo wrote: Has anyone had any luck dual booting Ubuntu and Win7 when both are on GPT partitions and setup for UEFI? I can't get Win7 to boot from grub's menu. Leo I didn't try very hard with Grub, but my laptop is happily booting Linux Mint and Windows 8 courtesy of rEFInd

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] upcoming meetings

2013-12-19 Thread Chris Dennis
On 18/12/13 20:01, Alan Pope wrote: On 18 December 2013 18:54, Chris Dennis wrote: Out of curiosity, does HantsLUG have a Facebook page, a event could be created for it? No, we have a proper website at hantslug.org.uk! Not sure if this is meant in jest? Are you seriously suggesting that

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] upcoming meetings

2013-12-18 Thread Chris Dennis
On 18/12/13 14:21, James Bensley wrote: Hi Tim, I won't be able to make the next meeting, 1st Feb, but the next month in March I can. Going to Bletchly park that month sounds like a great idea to me, I'm game for it! Me too! Out of curiosity, does HantsLUG have a Facebook page, a event coul

[Hampshire] [OT] #epochfail

2013-12-13 Thread Chris Dennis
f anything breaks. And I've found something that does break! If you go to signup.live.com and create a new Microsoft ID account, it tells you that 1/1/1970 is not a valid date! Sloppy coding in there somewhere. And a bit tough on people who were really born on that day. cheers

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

2013-11-27 Thread Chris Dennis
. In my defence, the cable must have been border-line: it was working very recently (i.e. this morning). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

2013-11-27 Thread Chris Dennis
On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote: I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA channel, and that is in use for the optical drive. In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections on the same

Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum

2013-11-27 Thread Chris Dennis
On 27/11/13 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer, previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk. The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk. But every disk I've tried (two new ones, an

[Hampshire] SATA conundrum

2013-11-27 Thread Chris Dennis
e BIOS to tweak, nor jumpers on the drives. Any ideas? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ham

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 7.1 startup problem

2013-11-15 Thread Chris Dennis
erally leave it plugged in to a USB socket, but only to the mains when needed for use. I have now acquired memtest and will try it if there is any more trouble, but so far, there hasn't been any. Maybe some external factor was responsible, such as noise in the mains supply. Peter Alefounder.

Re: [Hampshire] Next meeting

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Dennis
PO12 2AG. Given the nature of the site please let me know if you plan to attend, so I can let our security guards know. Cheers, Tim B. Sent from Samsung Mobile -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hamp

Re: [Hampshire] Quiz software?

2013-10-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 02/10/13 19:17, Keith Edmunds wrote: I just use a Libre Office spreadsheet. Yes, I suppose that would do the job -- with some pretty formatting, and shown full-screen. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

[Hampshire] Quiz software?

2013-09-30 Thread Chris Dennis
g the scores (via a projector), joker rounds etc. It can't be hard to create such a thing, but there's no point in reinventing the wheal. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mai

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone using their Raspberry Pi as a "carputer"?

2013-09-11 Thread Chris Dennis
r exactly that reason. Or perhaps you could use an Android-on-a-stick adapter such as http://cpc.farnell.com/dynamode/dyn-mp802-b/tv-stick-android-mini-pc/dp/CS25712 Not as much fun as playing with a Raspberry Pi, perhaps (not that I've tried either). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

[Hampshire] [OT] SMTP servers

2013-07-23 Thread Chris Dennis
when on the road. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Spamalot

2013-07-08 Thread Chris Dennis
g.uk> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk ---------- -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

2013-06-27 Thread Chris Dennis
lectrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 24 Jun 2013 12:59, "Chris Dennis" mailto:cgden...@btinternet.com>> wrote: On 18/06/13 19:01, Tim wrote: I use this on my WP site, http://picklewagon.com/__wordpress/new-user-approve/ <http://picklewagon.co

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

2013-06-24 Thread Chris Dennis
is requesting a registration you simply approve or ignore, your choice, works for me Tim Thanks for that, Tim. I've added that to the HantsLUG site, so we'll see how it goes. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Ham

[Hampshire] Spamalot

2013-06-18 Thread Chris Dennis
tration for now: people are still invited to email webmas...@hantslug.org.uk if they want to register. I'd be very grateful for any advice about securing the site while still allowing real users to register as painlessly as possible. Any ideas? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] Admin: May Meeting

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 01/05/13 22:26, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: Hi guys! Don't forget that our next meeting is on Saturday, at the University at 1pm. It looks like I'm going to miss the meeting again -- the wife thinks her birthday takes priority for some reason. Have fun! cheers Chris -- Ch

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

2013-04-30 Thread Chris Dennis
On 30/04/13 21:14, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 30 April 2013 20:38, Chris Dennis mailto:cgden...@btinternet.com>> wrote: At some stage I'll try out some of the more advanced ideas -- adding a reverse-proxy, or using mpm-worker instead of mpm-prefork, or replacing Apache

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

2013-04-30 Thread Chris Dennis
On 28/04/13 11:40, Chris Dennis wrote: Thanks for all the replies -- that will keep me busy working through the suggestions. I'll probably seek further advice from Chris M and others at the meeting on Saturday. And extra thanks to Andy for increasing our RAM allocation on the Bitfol

Re: [Hampshire] Apache expertise required

2013-04-28 Thread Chris Dennis
Thanks for all the replies -- that will keep me busy working through the suggestions. I'll probably seek further advice from Chris M and others at the meeting on Saturday. And extra thanks to Andy for increasing our RAM allocation on the Bitfolk VPS. cheers Chris -- Chris D

[Hampshire] Apache expertise required

2013-04-27 Thread Chris Dennis
you can have a look. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Mapping/route planning software

2013-04-26 Thread Chris Dennis
. OpenStreetMap is what you want -- there are various bits of software that do routing here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-25 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/04/13 22:40, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 24 April 2013 19:22:00 Chris Dennis wrote: Done! User name: Password: Did you really mean to publicise those, Chris? Lisi Yes, it's called 'reverse psychology'. The spammers will look at that and think 'That can&#x

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/04/13 20:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 19:38, Chris Dennis wrote: How embarrassing! I was sure I'd sent that just to Alan. I've changed the password, and I'll try to tell Alan the new one a bit more quietly. Thanks for pointing that out, Paul. That made my evening

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/04/13 19:31, Paul Tansom wrote: ** Chris Dennis [2013-04-24 19:23]: On 24/04/13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 15:12, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for p

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/04/13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 15:12, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask. Consider yourself asked. Done! User name: AlanPope Pas

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Dennis
On 24/04/13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote: On 24/04/13 15:12, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask. Consider yourself asked. I'll send you the details as

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Dennis
main page (http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/), or contact Chris Dennis (webmas...@hantslug.org.uk) and he can grant you access. Cheers, Tim B. Yes, the old wiki still requires manual intervention (by me) to create accounts for editing pages. I'm more than happy to do that for people who ask.

Re: [Hampshire] (OT) NAS and USB3 connections

2013-04-22 Thread Chris Dennis
heers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Filing system for USB back disk?

2013-04-03 Thread Chris Dennis
oad. Does that make the loss of his data less of a problem for him? No, but it makes his budget for IT minimal. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://m

Re: [Hampshire] Filing system for USB back disk?

2013-04-02 Thread Chris Dennis
B disk isn't the ultimate in disaster recovery planning, but 'my client' isn't a multinational corporation, he's just the self-employed bloke down the road. I'll make sure it's using the 'sync' option for mounting. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

[Hampshire] Filing system for USB back disk?

2013-03-28 Thread Chris Dennis
ng systems more robust in this situation? I realise that no filing system can be indestructible, but I thought I'd ask in case this turns out to be an 'opportunity' to change the filing system. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.co

[Hampshire] Internet speed limits

2013-03-18 Thread Chris Dennis
This is quite interesting: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/youtube-buffering-or-slow-downloads-blame-the-speed-of-light/ cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] 35mm slide scanning

2013-03-16 Thread Chris Dennis
ishes... cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] [ADMIN] March Meeting

2013-02-24 Thread Chris Dennis
IPv6 talk this month? Unfortunately I can't come to the meeting this month, nor next month. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug

[Hampshire] [OT] 3D scribbling

2013-02-19 Thread Chris Dennis
This looks like much more fun that all that tedious waiting around for a 3D printer: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23183-3dprinting-pen-turns-doodles-into-sculptures.html cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] [Admin] Upcoming meetings

2013-02-13 Thread Chris Dennis
On 11/02/13 18:57, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: In April, we are privileged to be hosted at IBM Hursley. Will the April meeting also be a 1pm start? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] SSD Laptop HDD as drop-in replacement?

2013-02-10 Thread Chris Dennis
alue of 'normal')? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Registering on the WordPress website

2013-02-06 Thread Chris Dennis
27;ll have to check your email to get the initial password. You can also register via your Google, Yahoo, or WordPress.com id. (And hopefully Twitter later if I can get that bit to work.) Have fun! cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbr

[Hampshire] Registering on the WordPress website

2013-02-03 Thread Chris Dennis
names. And the other problem would be to find a way to share passwords between the two systems securely. If anyone thinks that this is a) a good idea, and b) feasible, please let me know. (But I'll be away until Thursday, so don't expect any immediate replies f

Re: [Hampshire] Videoing talks

2013-02-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 02/02/13 23:43, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks I had a go at videoing Rich's talk at the meeting this afternoon, using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 compact camera (not a dedicated video camera). The results were pretty good, and I learned a few things: 1) Make sure the SD card i

[Hampshire] Videoing talks

2013-02-02 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello folks I had a go at videoing Rich's talk at the meeting this afternoon, using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 compact camera (not a dedicated video camera). The results were pretty good, and I learned a few things: 1) Make sure the SD card is not almost completely full of the family Christ

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

2013-02-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 30/01/13 12:26, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:19:22PM +, Chris Dennis wrote: Automatic account creation will not be re-enabled, because we get dozens of spammers/bots logging in and causing havoc. Please contact me at webmas...@hantslug.org.uk if you want an

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

2013-01-29 Thread Chris Dennis
On 29/01/13 14:36, James Bensley wrote: On 29 January 2013 14:17, Chris Dennis wrote: And I've now made the Wordpress site the default one at hantslug.org.uk, with a link near the top of the page to the old wiki. Looks nice Chris! Who is the current (or was, if the case is so) the webm

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

2013-01-29 Thread Chris Dennis
On 29/01/13 12:49, James Bensley wrote: On 29 January 2013 12:19, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes, and on the new Wordpress website there are categories for talks offered/requested. That site is still a work-in-progress though. Hi Chris, Ah! I have just had a look over the new site, looks great

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

2013-01-29 Thread Chris Dennis
. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Promoting LUG meets via social networking

2013-01-27 Thread Chris Dennis
can integrate it into the website etc. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2013-01-23 Thread Chris Dennis
hoc basis as we did in January. There will be a Raspberry PI available to play with, as last month. Hope to see you there, Tim B. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web I

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations - Windows AV

2013-01-21 Thread Chris Dennis
ike the logical approach to me, rather than waiting until the user carelessly double-clicks on the attachment. A belt-and-braces approach perhaps. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshi

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations - Windows AV

2013-01-20 Thread Chris Dennis
g emails! So I think I'm going to switch allegiance to the freen version of Avast. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

2013-01-14 Thread Chris Dennis
Thanks for your reply Peter, On 14/01/13 22:52, Peter Collins wrote: Hi Chris, On 14/01/13 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W word... A client of mine, a small business in Fordingbridge, uses various Sage products on Windows 7 which generate a lot of LAN traffic

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

2013-01-14 Thread Chris Dennis
ows file copies! I've played with copying large files across the network in the past, and couldn't find any problems. Do they have managed switches? Could you get SNMP data off them? No, so no. Chris On 14/01/13 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W wor

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

2013-01-14 Thread Chris Dennis
Thanks for your reply James. Answering your questions helps to focus on what the issues really are. On 14/01/13 22:44, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: On 14 January 2013 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello folks Sorry to mention the W word... A client of mine, a small business in Fordingbridge

[Hampshire] [OT] (Windows) networking bottlenecks

2013-01-14 Thread Chris Dennis
don't want to start just twiddling knobs at random (because you can get arrested for that). cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailm

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

2013-01-10 Thread Chris Dennis
com or webmas...@hantslug.org.uk cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Boot times, fsck and large disks

2012-12-31 Thread Chris Dennis
at a convenient time. The relevant command is 'tune2fs' for ext2/3/4 filing systems; there should be something equivalent for other filing systems. Happy New Year! Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please pos

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

2012-12-27 Thread Chris Dennis
Pi; Especially those that are too fast for a normal volt-meter to capture. If anyone wants to give a talk, let me know. Hopefully we can discuss the new website too -- see http://hants.lug.org.uk/wp for a preview. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.co

[Hampshire] "LUG revellers in hotel shock horror"

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Dennis
a hotel. I've fixed the wiki now, removing such dubious terms as 'furniture', 'coupons', and 'chandelier' from the banned list. Of course, the true story about what really went on in the the hotel that night remains untold... cheers Chris -- C

[Hampshire] Christmas Lecture

2012-12-09 Thread Chris Dennis
od and wine and some quality conversation. Hopefully this was just the first of a new tradition of Christmas Lectures at HantsLUG. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.u

Re: [Hampshire] voip phones

2012-12-04 Thread Chris Dennis
ven without needing a computer to be running. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- 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] Christmas Lecture

2012-12-01 Thread Chris Dennis
meet new people and see what else is happening in our area. Hope to see you there, Tim B. I'll be there. Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interf

[Hampshire] [OT] Equality Act 2010 compliance

2012-11-26 Thread Chris Dennis
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[Hampshire] Museum piece -- Axis NPS 550 parallel port print server

2012-11-24 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello folks Before I chuck it out, does anyone have a use for an Axis NPS 550 parallel port print server? Free to a good home. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] OT: broadband router with DNS....

2012-11-22 Thread Chris Dennis
On 22/11/12 15:33, john lewis wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:05:15 + john lewis wrote: which has now an uptime of 429468127 hour(s) 429496727 minute(s) That is what the 504T says but it must be wrong! Not necessarily -- how old are you again? :) -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] OT: broadband router with DNS....

2012-11-21 Thread Chris Dennis
On 21/11/12 16:24, c...@spamcop.net wrote: Quoting Chris Dennis : On 20/11/12 21:12, c...@spamcop.net wrote: If you're into a bit of hacking, you could use OpenWRT, which allows you to run all sorts of stuff on a compatible router, including a DNS server. See openwrt.org. I did

Re: [Hampshire] OT: broadband router with DNS....

2012-11-21 Thread Chris Dennis
s of stuff on a compatible router, including a DNS server. See openwrt.org. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailma

Re: [Hampshire] Christmas Lecture

2012-11-19 Thread Chris Dennis
could announce to the list too, to provide encouragement to others? Yes, I'll be going to the lecture and the meal afterwards too. And probably dropping in to the RHoK thing as well, just to see what it's all about. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis

Re: [Hampshire] An interesting rsync problem

2012-11-17 Thread Chris Dennis
Cheers > >Rob > > > > > >-- >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 >---

[Hampshire] [Admin] HantsLUG on Twitter

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello folks Does anyone know who owns the @HantsLUG account on Twitter? It has been inactive for over two years. I think we should either resurrect it or delete it. cheers Chris, in my role as hostmas...@hantslug.org.uk -- Chris Dennis cgden

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners

2012-11-09 Thread Chris Dennis
On 09/11/12 21:10, Chris Dennis wrote: Note that BBC HD uses DVB-S2 (rather than DVB-S), which requires different receiving hardware. Clearly I'm talking rubbish here, as you were asking about terrestrial TV (DVB-T), not satellite (DVB-S). Information about HD on DVB-T2 is here:

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners

2012-11-09 Thread Chris Dennis
attached the USB device I suggested and would welcome comments about it and of alternatives. As ever, thanks in advance. I hope that helps. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.or

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2012-11-09 Thread Chris Dennis
On 09/11/12 18:23, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote: So, this is the plan. I've re-enabled new accounts, which means that anyone can create an account. BUT, only users who are members of the 'editors' group can change things. If you want to be an

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki broken?

2012-11-09 Thread Chris Dennis
On 08/11/12 18:31, Chris Dennis wrote: On 05/11/12 21:31, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote: Yes. Adam had to shut down most access to the wiki because of all the spam. And my very brief reading of the MoinMoin documentation suggests that the system wasn't design

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Who knows about MoinMoin wikis?

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Dennis
On 07/11/12 20:42, Chris Dennis wrote: Hello Folks I've just been having another look at the HantsLUG wiki (http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/wiki), having been nagged to do so by the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Thanks for the various replies. Please see my reply in the "Wiki broken?" thr

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