John Cooper wrote:
I suggest using a Toppy with MyStuff and you will not think Humax is
that great.
Well, so far so good, the Topfield is performing well - this is a side
project so I'll test a few interface options before deciding on a permanent
solution.
Damian
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We finally decided to take the plunge and between us bought a PVR and went
for a Topfield, I am upgrading the EPG using the TAP, Topfield application
system, using a window box as a quick fix for now. The EPG is hard to read
and there are some much better and less cumbersome EPG's available for
Damian Brasher wrote on: 20-05-2007 14:41
...the brief for DIAP is now at www.diap.org.uk and
includes physical node security strategy and compression.
...but hopefully some of this will be useful to sys
admins in the next few months ish.
...longer than initially hoped but happily some
This is the final reminder,
For security reasons I have maintained a register, since Jan 09, of regular
attendees and new attendees of the BaB meetings held at Southampton
University. All attendees, both HLUG members and non-members, must provide
their name to security upon entry.
Security
This is a reminder,
For security reasons I have maintained a register, since Jan 09, of regular
attendees and new attendees of the BaB meetings held at Southampton
University. All attendees, both HLUG members and non-members, must provide
their name to security upon entry.
Security guards now
Lisi wrote:
This being a very emotive subject, I feel that I had better nail my colours
to
the mast and preface what I am about to say by saying that many of my family
were exterminated in the Holocaust; and that I owe my existence to the fact
that my father managed to escape.
Thanks Lisi,
Vic wrote:
An old dive buddy of mine was born in Germany.
That reminds me, great weather for Kayaing, had a good session down at
Calshot last weekend, hope to get some more in Sun or Mon:)
How's that distro you mentioned you were hand rolling going btw?
Damian
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James wrote:
What if there was a specific Linux-focused jobs board, something that
was marketed a lot more than the one(s) that are out there at the
moment...Could we somehow run a feed to the Hampshire LUG - perhaps all
LUGS? Would we need to, or could the Linux-focused job board be promoted
James wrote:
What if there was a specific Linux-focused jobs board, something that
was marketed a lot more than the one(s) that are out there at the
moment...Could we somehow run a feed to the Hampshire LUG - perhaps all
LUGS?
Anyway, was a nice evening for a walk... may I suggest you pay a
I chose Liferea after all; nice clean GUI, customizable, runs independently
of a web browser so I can resize to fit space as required.
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Damian Brasher wrote:
Later I'll remove all the feeds, remove the Brief plugin and add it again,
restart Firefox and see what happens.
Ah, technically Brief is an extension, I'll only add the BBC feed to start with.
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Hugo Mills wrote:
Then click on a feed, or on unread, and it should show the
articles in the big pane on the right.
Thanks, but I thought that to be the general idea but no joy, nothing in the
pane on the right.
Later I'll remove all the feeds, remove the Brief plugin and add it again,
Hi List
For security reasons I have maintained a register, since Jan 09, of regular
attendees and new attendees of the BaB meetings held at Southampton
University. All attendees, both HLUG members and non-members, must provide
their name to security upon entry.
Security guards now occupy a new
Rik wrote:
On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 21:21 +0100, Brian Chivers wrote:
I'm starting to look at virtualisation but I know very little about it.
Take a look at Sun's VirtualBox. I cannot sing it's praises enough.
I like the VB website and particularly the use of MIT licence for their code
John Lewis wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:57:51 +0100
Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote:
2009/3/31 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk:
 Useful sometimes drivel. Not robot people know lets. Banana
yoghurt?
 Hogu.
This is weird, but interesting!
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a
Damian Brasher wrote:
Hugo Mills wrote:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/patentbgone_inventor_mitc.html
Why do you think this could not work for the likes of say Dyson? I
like/agree with the philosophy behind this though.
Hi Hugo, I'm having a tidy up and remember this straggler
Roger Munford wrote:
Thanks for all your advice. There is a lot to work through but I am
grateful for the practical advice.
One of the joys? of working with computers is getting something working
and seeing a benefit. Sometimes you can achieve something with only a
vague idea of what you are
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Although I did not specify in the email.
The only options available to me are either CD/DVD or Backup tape.
Note, Across the network is not included in that list.
Yes I see that:) I'm trying to offer a simpler alternative - generally you
can transfer 30-40GiB in
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
If I have an installed system that I wish to duplicate and install on
a dozen other machines. What Linux tools are there for this.
The system to be copied is a Suse 9 and Suse 10 install using ext3
partitions.
I would like to do the install from either CD/DVD or
Damian Brasher wrote:
]#nc -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/sd$ (replace /dev/sd$ with the drive on your
machine, i.e. sda)
You may not need to use the -p switch, i.e. ]#nc -l 9000|dd of=img
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Hi List
Unfortunately I'll be unable to facilitate a meeting at Southampton next
month. I have a seriously ill (acute stroke) grandparent, I have also been
extremely busy with some major deadlines. The outlook for the next couple of
weeks or so is too uncertain to enable me to commit to a
Hi again,
I though it worth mentioning; if I am provided with a case to use in response
to this email the HE institution will have a mention on the bid if
successful, the proposal document will be publicly available - if the bid is
not successful the document will be destroyed.
I realise this is
Hi List
Only number 4) left now.
4) Fellows FS5 personal shredder and Panasonic KX-F1810E Fax-not tested - £5
Cheers Damian
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I'm having a home office spring clear-out and have these parts and components
for sale. Email me using (without {}'s) at; dbrasher { @ } interlinux {.} co
{.} uk if you would like to buy anything, I'll try reply within 36 hours or
so.
Quote bundle number(s) if you would like to purchase, first
Actually, the Mini ITX MB is just the original 5000. Works well with DSLinux
and Puppy, Ok with Fedora 7-9 but you need to work at it. Reviewed here:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article17-page1.html
2) Mini ITX VIA EPIA 5000 Eden Mainboard and 500MB Ram - £25
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Saun Gibbins wrote:
Damian Brasher wrote:
Actually, the Mini ITX MB is just the original 5000. Works well with
DSLinux
and Puppy, Ok with Fedora 7-9 but you need to work at it.
I would imagine Puppy or DSL would be a better choice if a quiet desktop
is what you are after; I use mine
NB: Bundle 2) has been taken.
1) Midi tower case, PSU, PC CHIPS K7 MB, 1.4MHz AMD CPU + fan, 500MB Ram,
Philips DVD re/writer - £25
2) Mini ITX VIA EPIA 5000AG Eden Mainboard and 500MB Ram - £25
3) Small (laptop size) aluminum Zippy USB Keyboard, Wireless Networker PDA
Compact Flash 11Mbs
Was forwarded this, can anyone who has recently shopped in ASDA's confirm
this exceptionally good deal?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/318205/acer-aspire-one-aoa150-ab-netbook-w
Damian
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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
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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
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.
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Hi
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 address(s) if you would like to use the wireless
Hi (inc. grammatical improvements:)
For those that have not already sent me details and would like to attend the
BaB meeting at Southampton University this Saturday, please could you send me
your name for a register of attendees (HLUG members and non-members). I also
need your WLAN interface MAC
(apologies, email client wrap and compose needed adjusting)
Daniel Pope wrote:
Damian Brasher wrote:
CREATE DATABASE bab_register;
I always specify character set at this point. Always do
...
mac CHAR(17) NOT NULL;
Dan
Thanks Dan (and the other DB experts that have helped oto create
Finally a couple of custom view like:
SELECT
attendee.name,
macs.mac
FROM
macs
INNER JOIN attendee ON (macs.attendee_id = attendee.id)
That just about wraps it up for now.
Thanks Dan (and the other DB experts that have helped oto create the
industrial strength register DB), this has been
Chris Dennis wrote:
Enough rant -- I'm in that sort of mood having wrestled with my online
tax return all afternoon.
Dull dull dull, Government Gateway is not bad, just finished mine almost.
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Damian Brasher wrote:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS attendee;
CREATE TABLE attendee (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
But this is better...
CREATE DATABASE bab_register;
USE bab_register;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS attendee;
CREATE TABLE attendee (
id INT
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
Victor !Vi wrote:
Vic even:)
Some time back in the '60s, I attended my first Systems Analysis course.
Day 1:
1) Are you going to be able to manage the volumes of data you will be
collecting?
2) Are you sure that you need it?
3) What are you going to do with
Hants LUG Chairman wrote:
The university are giving us the space for free and they don't want
anything
bad
to happen to their shiny new building.
:) Not that LUG members are a know to be rampaging hooligans, vandals or
thief's. Security is new a formality at the Uni which is more so the case
Hi Tim
Damian, not sure about everybody else but could you please confirm you
have
had my e-mail regarding attendance and mac address please.
Yes I have. Thanks.
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Clive Woodward wrote:
If it is easy can this be done for anyone who has emailed you directly
so that we can know we will be admitted?
Yes that's no problem, I'll send out replies next week. I've been
extremely busy this past week, the pressure is off for now, phew. It may
have been simpler to
Clive Woodfine wrote:
If it is easy can this be done for anyone who has emailed you directly
so that we can know we will be admitted?
Also, there is every chance you would be admitted just that the admission
process may be slower that usual and questions of you asked by security,
as I
Vi wrote:
Whether the rush to surveillance is part of some evil Government plot, or
simply a bunch of people with no idea how to solve an essentially
unsolvable problem (but lacking the courage to say so) is unclear.
The vast amount of information collected will be fairly meaningless and
take
Rob Smith wote:
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 11:34 +, Victor Churchill wrote:
Hi Damian, please could you add me to the list of possible attendees
at this and future meetings at Southampton.
If this is going to be an ongoing issue at Soton, why not just give
security a list of LUG members.
Rob Smith wote:
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 11:34 +, Victor Churchill wrote:
Hi Damian, please could you add me to the list of possible attendees
at this and future meetings at Southampton.
If this is going to be an ongoing issue at Soton, why not just give
security a list of LUG members.
I
Alan Pope wrote:
* 7 in the last 12 months have been 1st Saturday, 12 in the last 24
months, 24 in the last 36 months. So it seems we were more 1st
saturday during 2005/2006 but during 2007 and 2008 we tended to the
2nd Saturday.
I checked the meeting records;
Morning
I need to maintain a register of attendees and potential attendees for the
BB meeting on Saturday 17th January at Southampton University.
Can everyone who definitely or may attend send me:
1) Name*
2) MAC address(s) for WLAN (no need to send again if you forwarded your
MAC(s) to me for
Alan Pope wrote:
2009/1/7 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk:
Can everyone who definitely or may attend send me:
1) Name*
*required.
What if they don't?
Members will have to provide a name to security upon entry who now inhabit
a new reception desk at weekends thus slowing down
Hi (I'll send this as a reminder later next week)
I need to maintain a register of attendees and potential attendees (HLUG
members and non-members) for the BB meeting on Saturday 17th January at
Southampton University for security reasons.
Can everyone who definitely or may attend send me:
1)
Victor Churchill wrote:
Does that mean that in another couple of years we will have looped
back round to the 1st Saturday again? ;-)
Rather like some of those strange direct debits, or is that the Gas bill:)
Well Jan is a long month, as stated 17th is OK with me and UNI bookings.
Damian
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Vic wrote:
My experience of USB to serial on Linux has been really boring. You plug
the thing in, and you get a serial port. Not like Windows users, with all
that messing around with driver installation, the lucky gits...
Serial 2 USB is something I've always shyed away from. Windows or Linux
Vic wrote:
My experience of USB to serial on Linux has been really boring. You plug
the thing in, and you get a serial port. Not like Windows users, with
all that messing around with driver installation, the lucky gits...
successful use of these adapters.
Serial 2 USB is something I've always
Paul Stimpson wrote:
SIGKILL - That doesn't sound a very nice way to handle a child process
when its parent gets SIGINTed (Die with no chance of doing a tidy exit.)
Would not a more logical thing be to send be a SIGHUP? (Your logical
control terminal has gone away.)
The application is being
Graeme Hilton wrote:
If I do a Ctrl-C the zacquire_maxlines gets a SIGKILL, rather than a
SIGINT?
Is this a feature of bash, or of the way the ssh command interprets the
SIGINT request?
Could it be that the initial Ctrl-C SIGINT stops the ssh process which in
turn SIGKILL's the remotely
Does anyone know how to add special characters to diagrams created in Dia?
-- Damian
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Andy Smith wrote:
If possible I would be interested in Stephen's Puppet talk;
What is Puppet?
-- Damian
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Hugo Mills wrote:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/patentbgone_inventor_mitc.html
Why do you think this could not work for the likes of say Dyson? I
like/agree with the philosophy behind this though.
-- Damian
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Simon Huggins wrote:
What is Puppet?
I'd guess they mean http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet
Right, worth seeing.
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Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
Thanks for the summary, Damian! This was most helpful and gave me a much
better understanding of the situation than I got from reading my notes.
That's ok, I thought I left Adam with you one that one but he must have
been distracted at some point.
-- Damian
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Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
After following this procedure I have TWO wireless interfaces, wlan0 and
wifi0!
I would simply use wifi0 and not use the instructions you described. Then in:
/etc/network
enter:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
I may be wrong there are plenty of Debian (Etch?
minor error correction;
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
After following this procedure I have TWO wireless interfaces, wlan0 and
wifi0!
I would simply use wifi0 and not use the instructions you described. Then in:
/etc/network
enter:
auto wifi0
iface wifi0 inet dhcp
I may be wrong there are
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
I was a little disappointed that no-one could tell me why I'm having so
much
trouble getting wireless networking going on my machine (ThinkPad X30 with
Etch) but I'm grateful to those who offered help.
If I remember correctly we found out the Orinoco driver for a
Good to catch up with some members yesterday - brilliant Hugin panoramic
pic! Captures the workshop feel of the day I though.
http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?1stNovember2008
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Last call for MAC address's - I'm adding them to the system now, although
I can add some ad-hoc tomorrow :)
Thanks
-- Damian
snip 27th Oct 08
If you want to be able to use the wireless network at the meeting
on Saturday to be held in the
I treated myself to one, such good value and after all a bit of a
historical landmark for desktop consumer Linux. Some more books for Xmas
rather than this:) It's a cool device and the best value for money. In
fact it's better than my VIA EPIA 500 for many tasks and will hook this up
to a monitor
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
So far, I'm very happy with my purchase, so I offer this as a
possible alternative approach.
And why not? IBM TP's are great and have a good track record. With my
sys-admin hat on I wouldn't buy these for all my staff, unless they really
wanted one. These
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