Re: [Hampshire] Network laser printer recommendations

On 9 February 2012 23:13, Chris Dennis wrote: > > I've seen a couple of Samsung ML printers recently that have just given up > (whirring away with the red light on, no obvious way of fixing them). On > the other hand my wife's one has been fine for a couple of years. > > And I've supplied a coup

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Anyone got a PCI sound card they don't need?

All sorted now thanks to Ian :) On 15 Nov 2011 15:58, "Ian Park" wrote: On 15/11/11 14:37, Stephen Rowles wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently had to change my Linux PC into... > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman

[Hampshire] [OT] Anyone got a PCI sound card they don't need?

Hi all, I've recently had to change my Linux PC into a Windows PC (well dual boot) :(. However I cannot make my on board sound card work with Windows XP (spent 2 hrs installing, un-installing, trying different driver versions etc.). An nice win for Linux as it worked perfectly out of the box with

Re: [Hampshire] Mobile Technology

On 03/04/2011 03:59 PM, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: On 04/03/2011 10:03, Mike Austin wrote: In the mornings I am able to watch the BBC News and UK TV on my mobile, from a Slingbox in my UK home. I can also use the SKY1 app to view Sky TV schedules and send a signal to my Sky receiver to record pr

Re: [Hampshire] Connection refused even though Sendmail is running

On 19/01/2011 11:27, Victor Churchill wrote: victor@ss07:~$ telnet phoenix 25 Trying 192.168.11.199... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused I haven't done anything explicit to do with firewalling on the phoenix server. I can see other services the server is running such

Re: [Hampshire] [sort-of-OT] Advice for (geeky) broadband provider

On 13/01/2011 12:08, Peter Collins wrote: I wonder if people realise what advertised Fibre really is a lot of the time. correct me if I'm wrong but as I understand it, a good percentage of the time the Fibre is only from the cabinet in the street: Virgin's service is fibre based to cabinets, a

Re: [Hampshire] Free (old) hardware.. must go this week

On 01/10/2011 08:44 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to move house.. eek! This means years of collected junk must go or nobody will ever want to buy this place! Most of this stuff has been stored for a while so I can't be sure it works, but it is free (well other than

[Hampshire] Free (old) hardware.. must go this week

Hi all, I'm trying to move house.. eek! This means years of collected junk must go or nobody will ever want to buy this place! Most of this stuff has been stored for a while so I can't be sure it works, but it is free (well other than the costs you incur to pick it up). Some stuff has alread

Re: [Hampshire] Idiots Guide to Andriod Development?

On 08/10/2010 07:51 PM, Andy Random wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a good place to start to learn about developing apps for Android. I have more years than I'm willing to admit to of software development (Assembler/C/Perl) experience but have never done anything with Java and have fairly limi

Re: [Hampshire] ALSA multiple digital outputs?

On 06/14/2010 07:40 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: > does anyone know if it's possible to specify 2 > outputs so I can have spdif and HDMI output at the same time? I've tried > googling but I've not found anything other than one horribly complicated > example of mixing analog

[Hampshire] ALSA multiple digital outputs?

Hi All, Any ALSA experts out there? I've got my home media centre set up, I use mplayer which outputs using the following alsa device: -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 This outputs digital sound data over my HDMI connection to the TV. However I would like to also output the data over the SPDIF optical

Re: [Hampshire] Looking for Linux Set top box

On 14/06/2010 11:03, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a STB that I can install Linux onto. > I need: > 1) Net boot. > 2) Wake on USB (for the remote control. I want the STB to be in a > cupboard, with just the remote control eye outside, so a USB attached > remote sensor.) >

Re: [Hampshire] get i player gone!

I've got 2.67, which is a bit better than 2.42. I'd also like to get hold of 2.72 if anyone has it. If not I'd be happy to supply 2.67 Simon Reap wrote: > The author of get underscore i player (at linux centre dot net) has > retired his program which is a shame. > > The latest one I have is 2.42

Re: [Hampshire] Basic drawing programme to design roof extension

On 15/04/2010 13:29, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > I think the payback period for PVs in the UK is something like 30 > years due to the lack of sunlight in the UK. > I think, due to wear and tear, the PV would have to be replaced before > 30 years, so using PVs in the UK does not give you any TCO

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

On 17/03/2010 12:42, Andy Random wrote: > Looking at the current phone market my next phone will probably be > Android, though at the moment I'm on the fence about when I'll upgrade. > > So a quick question about gmail integration with Android... How well does > it deal with multiple gmail accounts

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

On 17/03/2010 11:33, Bob Dunlop wrote: >> To answer Bob Dunlop's question: when I'm away from home I like to use >> my Aspire One to keep up with email and possibly a bit of web browsing, >> so I want to be able to use a mobile phone as a 3G/GPRS modem (as I do >> > If that's all why carry th

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

On 03/16/2010 04:27 PM, Ian Park wrote: > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's > also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop& > netbook (both of which run Ubuntu). There's no co

Re: [Hampshire] Playing music in my living room

On 03/11/2010 01:51 PM, Andy Random wrote: > Budget is no more than 400 UKP (less would be good:) for a fully working > system, though I have a serviceable pair of stereo speaks so if the > solution will connect to standard hifi speakers that price doesn't have to > include speakers. > > Any sugges

Re: [Hampshire] Whatever happened to programming?

On 03/07/2010 08:25 AM, Stephen Davies wrote: > There is an interesting discussion on /. with the above topic. > > http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1573922 > > as someone who started out using Punched Cards& Paper Tape (but I bow > down in age to John Lewis) > and who has programmed

Re: [Hampshire] unable to connect from one system to another using ssh

On 02/17/2010 11:19 AM, Lisi wrote: > The IPs of the two active computers are 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3. The > router is 192.168.0.1. > > I then tried the following (from 192.168.0.2): > > Tux:/home/lisi# netstat -atn > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

On 02/17/2010 09:49 AM, Steve wrote: > Hi List, > > Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me > to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then > measure the angles between them? > > I've set the subject as basic CAD software as that was my fir

Re: [Hampshire] unable to connect from one system to another using ssh

john lewis wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:46:27 - > "Martin A. Brooks" wrote: > > >> On Tue, February 16, 2010 12:05 pm, john lewis wrote: >> >>> Which suggests the problem is only with ssh into benden, but am at a >>> loss as to what the problem actually is. >>> >> Local firew

Re: [Hampshire] unable to connect from one system to another using ssh

On 02/16/2010 12:05 PM, john lewis wrote: > I know want to run unison on landing to synchronise the geneweb > directory on landing with a geneweb directory on benden and for this I > need to be able to setup ssh on landing to allow "ssh benden" > > But I get an error message > ssh: connect to host

Re: [Hampshire] Useful utility - regionset

Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:34:16 +, step...@rowles.org.uk said: > > >> vendor resets available: 4 >> user controlled changes resets available: 4 >> > > Be aware of what this means: you can only change the region five times in > total, then that's it, it will stay in t

[Hampshire] Useful utility - regionset

Hi all, I have a new media centre PC. A nice little ASRock ION-330. I tried to play my first region locked DVD last night, and all I got was a random CSS error. After much searching I found the answer on google, so I thought I would share with everyone just in case you have the same issues! It

Re: [Hampshire] stuart biggs added you as a business connection on Plaxo

On 02/01/2010 02:51 AM, LinuxLearner wrote: >>> consent to give Facebook my email). This infuriates me, no end: it's >>> >> You misunderstand, possibly; >> >> Somebody, somewhere (doesn't matter who, or how they got the address), >> has your email addy stored at (say) GMail. That person

Re: [Hampshire] Free hardware - Basingstoke/Farnborough

All now reserved. I will post back if any becomes available. Stephen Rowles wrote: > All, > > I've finally got round clearing out my old machine. I'm not sure what > state this stuff is in it is in because the power supply blew up, > nothing is visibly damaged. I thou

Re: [Hampshire] Free hardware - Basingstoke/Farnborough

Stephen Rowles wrote: > Micro-ATX case, removable double 3.5" hdd tray. 2 fixed 3.5" inch bays. > two 5 1/4 inch drive bays. 4 expansion slots. Spare for 120mm fan on > rear. No PSU. > > Asus A8N-SLI with AMD 64-3200XP (think, and I don't want to take the >

[Hampshire] Free hardware - Basingstoke/Farnborough

All, I've finally got round clearing out my old machine. I'm not sure what state this stuff is in it is in because the power supply blew up, nothing is visibly damaged. I thought I would offer in case anyone is interested rather than just taking it straight down the tip. I need to get rid of t

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu 9.10, dvb and dual boot

On 01/18/2010 08:27 AM, Philip Stubbs wrote: > 2010/1/17 Leo: > >> Is anyone out there using a digital TV card on Ubuntu 9.10 and also dual >> booting with windows? If so do you find that after switching back from >> Windows to Ubuntu the TV card doesn't work, and you have to reboot again >> in

Re: [Hampshire] Shuttle and other small box systems

Adam John Trickett wrote: > Hi, > > I may have convinced a family member of the merits of a small box home > computer system. I'm no particular axe to grind regarding Shuttle boxes but > the requirement is a small, quiet box for a home office setting. Its be > running > a full weight Linux dist

Re: [Hampshire] Krfb (VNC) remote connect nightmare with screensaver *solved*

On 11/27/2009 09:08 AM, Antony wrote: > Stephen Rowles wrote: > >>> I'm running Fedora 11 and trying to allow remote access to my machine >>> via Krfb - I need to get this working so I can work from home tomorrow! >>> If I'd know it was going t

Re: [Hampshire] Krfb (VNC) remote connect nightmare with screensaver *solved*

On 11/25/2009 12:26 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running Fedora 11 and trying to allow remote access to my machine > via Krfb - I need to get this working so I can work from home tomorrow! > If I'd know it was going to be difficult I would have start

[Hampshire] Krfb (VNC) remote connect nightmare with screensaver login

Hi all, I'm running Fedora 11 and trying to allow remote access to my machine via Krfb - I need to get this working so I can work from home tomorrow! If I'd know it was going to be difficult I would have started earlier :(. I rather foolishly assumed that because Krfb came pre-installed it wou

Re: [Hampshire] Select from main menu in Dragon Player

On 11/24/2009 09:23 PM, Lisi wrote: > Dragon Player 2.0, KDE 4.3.2, Kubuntu Karmic. > > I have got a DVD there waiting to be played and it starts off marvellously. > Then we get to the bit that shows a relevant (if you are lucky, silent) > picture and: > > PLAY FILM > SCENE SELECTION > STORYBOARD T

Re: [Hampshire] This weeks microMart

On 10/29/2009 07:49 PM, Dee Earley wrote: > On 29/10/2009 12:57, Stephen Davies wrote: > >> Has an interesting article asking the question >> >> Should the UK have its own Linux Distro. >> > Why? > > Apart from the fact that being something to do with IT our government would screw it

[Hampshire] OT: Geocities shutting down today.

From the telegraph: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/iandouglas/14057/geocities-closes-today/ XKCD have an incredible re-work as a tribute: http://www.xkcd.com/ :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

On 10/06/2009 12:56 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/6 Dr A. J. Trickett: > >> We should should have table on our Wiki with the equivalents, >> written by people who use system X rather than by people who don't >> use X. >> >> > http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CommandLineEquivalents

[Hampshire] Dependency hell (Was: Re: Xorg is hungry today...)

On 10/05/2009 04:30 PM, john lewis wrote: > On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:11:09 +0100 > Philip Stubbs wrote: > > >> 2009/10/5 Stephen Davies: >> >>> .deb Hell ??? wtf? >>> >>> We all know that it is only rpm's that give you hell! >>> (Now where's the 'only pulling your leg emocion?') >>> >>>

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

On 09/25/2009 10:00 AM, Bob Dunlop wrote: > > You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also comming in October. > Several suppliers are touting it with Vodafone/O2 contracts etc and theres > a rumour that Vodafone may be supplying it direct. > > I'm very keen on the N900, if I had more sp

[Hampshire] [OT] Anyone used EclipseComputers or LambdaTek?

I'm interested in buying an ASRock ION-330 to replace my current media centre and take advantage of HDMI output to my LCD and to have something small and quiet rather than a tower case in the lounge ;) EclipseComputers have it for a reasonable price. However according to companies house they ar

Re: [Hampshire] Sheeva PlugComputer anyone?

On 09/04/2009 02:44 PM, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Not a Shiva but should be interesting to some people looking for a small > workhorse in the nslug vein. > > Mini2440 or FriendlyARM. $110 for a 405MHz ARM9 processor, 64M RAM, 128M > Flash, Ethernet, USB host, USB slave, SD card slot, 3 serial ports, I2C

Re: [Hampshire] Partitions

On 08/13/2009 01:16 PM, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > > As gparted seems not to want to allow me to shrink/move anything, do I > have any option but to back everything up and start again? > > Chris. > gparted won't let you adjust or move any partition that is currently mounted. Seeing as you want

Re: [Hampshire] Software bugs & impending liability

Stephen Davies wrote: > I'm wondering how other LUG Members would tackle the release of software > with known bugs and would it stop you from developing software in the > future if you had the spectre of being sued for bugss in your software. > Remember that the Microsoft EULA makes them NOT Liab

Re: [Hampshire] Reset root password

On 08/07/2009 08:39 AM, Tim wrote: > I set my son up a laptop with xubuntu on it and the password I choose for root > was not the normal one I use (because he knows that one). Now the problem is I > can't rememebr what it was either. I want to add a couple of program and > update > etc. and I can'

[Hampshire] Friday comic...

Given the recent discussion of media centres on Linux I was amused to read xkcd this morning and see this comic from Wednesday: http://www.xkcd.com/619/ :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.h

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

Keith Edmunds wrote: > > The MythTV mailing list and website are very helpful in this respect. > I don't run myth so didn't think of posting there, the linux-dvb mailing list wasn't very helpful. > >> For me I own: >> >> http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?page=Product&fm=nul

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/8/6 pavithran : > >> Uncertainty : yeah I am afraid if my tv tuner or graphic card gets >> detected in linux >> >> > > There is this thing called Google. It has a list of supported devices. > > When it comes to TV tuners that still assumes: 1) You can find somew

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/05/2009 11:58 AM, Adam Sweet wrote: Brief summaries: John Wesley, Hardware + Mythbuntu: £425 processor: Via C7 memory: 1 Gb Hard Drive: 1.5 Tb Optical drive: None Graphics: VIA UniChromeTM Pro II 3D/2D AGP *snip* Without some research

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/04/2009 03:52 PM, David Webb wrote: Stephen Rowles wrote: You've missed my suggestions My mistake - sorry about that. No worries. What is the position re Linux drivers? Are they the same NVidia ones as the Acer Aspire? David The drivers are exactly the same a

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/04/2009 03:35 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: > ASRock Ion-330 (No OS) £249.99 (svp.co.uk) > Processor: Intel Atom (330 dual core) > Memory: 2 Gb (800 mhz) > Hard Drive: 320 Gb (2.5inch) > Optical drive: DVD re-writer (slimline / laptop)

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/04/2009 02:42 PM, David Webb wrote: > Anyway I wonder if we could start with these - as three levels which might > attract interest - and then have suggestions about how they could be improved > and what software would work together. Maybe a winter meeting devoted > to 'around the house' med

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/03/2009 01:23 PM, Vic wrote: We have DKMS in Ubuntu ...and everywhere else as well. DKMS isn't quite as clean as it might be - but it does give the lie to all those waily "you've got to recompile the kernel just to use Linux" FUDs... Vic. Ok, I don't fully understand DKMS, b

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/03/2009 12:30 PM, Stephen Davies wrote: > I am puzzled by one of the responses to this thread. > > If you have to build some kernel modules and it is a real PITA when the > kernel is upgraded to get it all working again > then as this is a Media Centre and therefore a pretty statically > de

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/03/2009 10:47 AM, Stephen Rowles wrote: > Or if you don't want to build it yourself: > > http://www.svp.co.uk/systems-pcs/value/pc-asrock-ion-330-pc-system-no-os-black_mte-01011.html > > Dual core ion system, tiny case, from all reports it is silent in > opera

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/03/2009 10:31 AM, John Wesley wrote: 2009/8/2 Stuart Matheson > Hi Everyone, I did a quick search of the HantsLUG list and couldn't find anything appropriate so please let me know if I've missed something. My girlfriend is moving out of

Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On 08/03/2009 09:41 AM, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Pavithran, 2009/8/2 pavithran: Yes I am suggesting someone to use a proprietary software in a linux list but I am afraid that there is no *viable* FOSS alternative :( Untrue. MythTV, Boxee and XBMC are all (for the most part) FOSS alternatives t

Re: [Hampshire] Hantslug gallery update

On 07/31/2009 10:57 AM, Lisi wrote: On Friday 31 July 2009 03:15:12 pavithran wrote: Aren't we as linux users on Cutting edge ? No Lisi I'd agree with that, it is sometimes referred to as the "Bleeding Edge" for a reason! I like to live by the "if it ain't broke, don't fix i

[Hampshire] Stopping gnome applets / monitors running?

Hi all, I'm running Fedora 10, and I installed the KDE packages after installing from a live CD which ran gnome. The upshot of this is that I have 2 of almost everything all trying to be helpful at once, and in the case of power / suspend monitors it is really unhelpful! In particular I seem t

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] MTBF

James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > None of the above smart parameters give any indication from the > accelerometers. > So, one has no way of telling if shock was a contributing factor to > the HD failure. > It would be nice to see smart stats saying, we got this much shock > before we managed to park

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] MTBF

Hugo Mills wrote: > > [snip] > >> You can see all sorts of interesting things here which can easily be >> used to warn on pending failure of a drive. >> > >It's not actually a very good guide to failure. The figures I've > seen quoted from NetApp are that SMART data will only give yo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] MTBF

James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > I think people don't seem to realize that HDs have very low resistance > to shock while switched on, and this is the main cause of HD failures. > On the HDs that failed on you, were you able to determine the max G > force that it received during its powered on life?

Re: [Hampshire] Firefox ongoing bother: is it me?

Victor Churchill wrote: > Desktop machine: Ubuntu 8.10, Firefox 3.0.11. Firefox regularly grows > to >1GB in virtual memory size and close to 1GB physical memory at > which point my (1GB) system starts thrashing and I usually need to > kill it and restart. FF version from Synaptic is > '3.0.11+buil

Re: [Hampshire] PC powers itself off after grub.. any ideas?

> Right... > > Well it wasn't the power supply. Nice shiney new PSU with more power than > the old one, and it is still behaving the same. Just to update, must have been a memory / cpu / motherboard issue of some description. I decided the simplest plan was to replace those parts (went Intel rathe

Re: [Hampshire] Konsole

> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:06:55 +0100 (BST) > "Stephen Rowles" wrote: > >> > right.. having installed midnight commander (never used it before) >> > the following command should work: >> > >> > /bin/bash -c "su - -c mc" > > ah!

Re: [Hampshire] Konsole

>> I have got a root tab working thanks to Stephen but still can't work out >> the 'spell' to get a root mc tab based on the command: >> >> /bin/bash -c "su -" >> >> that he suggested. I really struggle with simple things like this as I >> know practically zilch about programming of any sort, I'd p

Re: [Hampshire] Konsole

> I have got a root tab working thanks to Stephen but still can't work out > the 'spell' to get a root mc tab based on the command: > > /bin/bash -c "su -" > > that he suggested. I really struggle with simple things like this as I > know practically zilch about programming of any sort, I'd probably

Re: [Hampshire] Konsole

> Until a short time ago Konsole had options in the File menu for a "Root > tab" and a "Root MC tab" in addition to New tab and New Window. A > recent update removed the two 'Root' options, I suspect a bit of > ubuntization at work. > > I have got used to using Konsole and would like to have those

Re: [Hampshire] PC powers itself off after grub.. any ideas?

Right... Well it wasn't the power supply. Nice shiney new PSU with more power than the old one, and it is still behaving the same. Booting gets further depending on how many peripherals are connected, without anything other than display and keyboard it will boot, but even just connecting the ethe

Re: [Hampshire] PC powers itself off after grub.. any ideas?

> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 17:34 +0100, Stephen Rowles wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Slightly OT, except for the fact that the machine is running Fedora 10. >> >> My machine powers on and boots into grub just fine, however as soon as I >> select the kernel to boot the

Re: [Hampshire] PC powers itself off after grub.. any ideas?

> 2009/6/30 Steve Kemp : >> On Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 17:34:48 +0100, Stephen Rowles wrote: >> >>> I'm wondering if it might be a faulty PSU? >> >>  I think its a tie between PSU and overheating. >> >>> It behaves the same regardless of which k

[Hampshire] PC powers itself off after grub.. any ideas?

Hi all, Slightly OT, except for the fact that the machine is running Fedora 10. My machine powers on and boots into grub just fine, however as soon as I select the kernel to boot the machine continues to a blinking cursor before the whole machine simple shuts down. I'm wondering if it might be a

Re: [Hampshire] Code style

Hugo Mills wrote: >Yet one more reason to avoid ternary operators... (If you haven't > guessed yet, I'm not a fan of the whole concept. I've rarely met a use > of the ternary operator, in any language, that made code easier to > read.) > >Hugo. > I use the following fairly regularly when

Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?

> I have some material downloaded by BitTorrent of a TV series currently > being broadcast. (I believe this is OK from a TV license viewpoint and > trust it is from the copyright viewpoint as well.) > > The download files are .avi format, and while I can view them on my > desktop my OH would like t

Re: [Hampshire] Ergonomic mouse ?

> Roger Munford wrote: >> I haven't a problem at the moment but it could happen anytime and >> prevention is always better. >> > > Good point Roger, but like backups prevention is often something that > people look back on an wish they had done after the event! > I'd also echo this. My physiothera

Re: [Hampshire] Ergonomic mouse ?

> I'm beginning to get pain in my shoulder through over use of the mouse. >I have seen other alternatives like a mouse pen or a track ball mouse > and wonder if anyone has experience of these things and recommend their > use. > > It would have to work under Fedora 10 or Ubuntu of course :-) I

Re: [Hampshire] JOB: Senior Security Engineer | LOCATION: London, England, UK

> The posts are no more than 1-2 per month and are formatted in such a way > that people can ether hit delete or open as soon as they see it. > Alternatively perhaps you can just create a filter just as easily? > > On some of the other groups I subscribe to I do make non-Job posts...and > in fact a

Re: [Hampshire] Remote copy of Firefox?

> Does anyone know if there are there any GPL equivalents to this > commercial product? > > http://www.thinstuff.com/products/lx-server/ > > ( a multi-user X server combined with an RDP (remote desktop) server ) > > I want to give (Windows) desktop users access to a remote copy of the > Firefox web

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

> Actually, it's good advice. > > To add to it I would say that if you're neck's on the block and this is > effectively a production machine, then only something that is more > urgent than your current project should take precedence over it. If it's > not more important then I'd stall it until afte

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

> > I had to go through various Windows "installation repairs" after that, > but I did end up with a virtual Windows machine that was, essentially, a > clone of my real Windows installed - and I never booted that workstation > into Windows again. > Which is exactly what I'm trying to achieve.. tha

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:22:22 +0100 (BST), step...@rowles.org.uk said: > >> Just trying to get across the point that I cannot >> afford any downtime right now > > My point entirely. > Not wanting to flog a dead horse here... but I still don't get your point. All you have said is: "- what do you

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:25:35 +0100 (BST), step...@rowles.org.uk said: > >> I >> cannot afford to have any downtime at the moment or my project manager >> will shoot me! tbh he'd probably shoot me if he knew I was even looking >> at this > > Let's hope he's not a closet HantsLug reader. There's no

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

Stephen Rowles wrote: > *snip* > I wonder if it is > possible to create a virtual drive some how that I could copy the data onto? > > To reply to myself, having had the idea I managed to find this thanks to friendly google: http://www.walkernews.net/2007/07/01/create-linu

Re: [Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

john wrote: > Hi all > > For what he wants to do I would use acronis. There are free copies of this > superb program around. > > 1)In windows defrag the hard disk. > 2)Install acronis > 3)create iso of acronis > 4)back up hard disk Use the acronis program to check that the partiti

[Hampshire] Creating a minimal sized disk image (VirtualBox)

Hi all, I'm trying out virtual box in an attempt to avoid having to reboot my dual boot machine again :). I've removed all the junk from my Windows partition and it now only uses up 13 gigs. What I would like to do is to create a VirtualBox image that I can then use inside virtual box. I don't w

Re: [Hampshire] [OT]ServerHouse and NewNet

> Hi, > > I am looking for a co-location provider and have come acrosthese two > names, > both on the same estate location in Fareham. DOes anyone know whether > there > is a relationship between them, or is it just coincidence? Never heard of either of them before. ServerHouse would appear to be

[Hampshire] [OT] Friday humor...

A friend of mine on Facebook linked to this - very funny (and scarily accurate) :) http://www.dinosaursandrobots.com/2009/04/tools-explained-by-do-it-yourselfer.html -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: ht

Re: [Hampshire] Choice of home wireless network set-up

> I have used these homeplug[1] type ethernet adaptors in the past where a > wireless unit would not work due to old house, thick walls and distance. > > As for Zyxel, here the one I recommend [2], they normally come with a > wireless > usb dongle although you can get a router and home plug kit > >

Re: [Hampshire] Digital video archiving

> Hi all > > I'd probably settle for a system that transfers from PVR to DVD by copying > a file rather than making a DVD recording of a PVR broadcast so to speak > but is there a simpler way? I don't have a nice enough looking case so > I've not tried a media centre PC, MythUbuntu or some such s

Re: [Hampshire] What is a Shuttle PC?

Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > I've done a bit of googling but (apart from the obvious shape of the > case) what's so special about a shuttle PC? > > I'm looking to put together a new machine with quite a bit of grunt > (6Gb RAM+ and as fast a CPU as I can afford). The only other real > s

Re: [Hampshire] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)

> I have a tv set which is connected to a satellite dish and tuner and is > capable of receiving only German tv. How does that fit into all this? > > Chris. > I *think* that this still requires a license. In the UK you need a license to watch live TV, regardless of the source. I guess this would b

Re: [Hampshire] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)

> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 13:45:52 Stephen Rowles wrote: >> As I posted before, but I will post again just to add some balance. My >> previous experience is that if you open the and read the letters, >> contact >> the TV licensing people and explain that you either

Re: [Hampshire] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)

> Hello folks > > I know this was discussed last year, but a non-TV-owning client has just > asked me whether he needs a BBC licence to use iPlayer, and I was > surprised to find this page at > http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/channels/television/iplayer.shtml which > implies that he does. It says "The T

Re: [Hampshire] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)

> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:31:39 + > Jacqui Caren wrote: > >> I am one of the hold-outs. Our TV died over a year ago and we decided >> not to renew the licence. TV licencing send automated nastygrams >> threating imminent court action but some nice web sites break these >> letters down and expla

Re: [Hampshire] [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund - Information Sought

> Sean Gibbins wrote: > > Actually, it is reasonably straight forward. > > The summary of this is that I need to ship the laptop to Acer within 28 > days of purchase in order that they can remove the OS and ship it back > with a bare hard drive, again at my expense, within 3 days, along with > my r

Re: [Hampshire] RSS reader app - what a good idea!

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 02:22:32PM -0000, Stephen Rowles wrote: >> >I use Brief, which is a Firefox plugin that gets its RSS feeds from >> > a collection of Live Bookmarks, but gives you the management features >> > that you mention above. It has the adva

Re: [Hampshire] RSS reader app - what a good idea!

>I use Brief, which is a Firefox plugin that gets its RSS feeds from > a collection of Live Bookmarks, but gives you the management features > that you mention above. It has the advantage of living within Firefox, > so you can add RSS feeds without having to pass them to an external > applicati

[Hampshire] RSS reader app - what a good idea!

Yes, welcome to 2002! I've used live bookmarks in firefox before and quite frankly wondered what the point was I kept having to click on the bookmark to see what had changed, it didn't seem to achieve anything useful. However I have just discovered and installed Liferea which is brilliant and I w

Re: [Hampshire] Installation Packages

> I have got practically all my Linux experience from Ubuntu/Debian. A > few months ago I looked at OpenErp and simply installed it on Ubuntu in > a few minutes with Synaptic so my memories of installation were "dead > easy". I tried to install it on OpenSuse 11.0, (my first encounter) and > thou

Re: [Hampshire] Cheap and Easy NAS

> I know that many are amazed at how slack some peoples backups are, and > I know that my current situation is among them. However, in my > defence, my computer is more a toy than a business tool. My life would > not grind to a halt should all my computers go up in a puff of smoke. > > That said, I

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