Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread cjl
Quoting Mike Burrows : I just did (as root): apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree That did it :) Thanks for all the help Excellent! I love a happy ending. :-) Chris -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hamp

Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread cjl
Quoting c...@spamcop.net: Quoting Mike Burrows : Some stuff here might be useful: https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer Possibly see if you can force a reinstall with the update-flashplugin-nonfree utility? Maybe without the browser running Chris Thanks Chris. Could you please post the comma

Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread cjl
Quoting Mike Burrows : Some stuff here might be useful: https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer Possibly see if you can force a reinstall with the update-flashplugin-nonfree utility? Maybe without the browser running Chris Thanks Chris. Could you please post the command line code for aptitude pl

Re: [Hampshire] printer recommendation

2013-01-04 Thread cjl
Quoting john : Laser printer not inkjet is recommended for occasional hard-copies. Brother laser printers will work on both 32 and 64 bit. Brother also offer telephone support on both windows and linux. Be aware that we had quite a lot of trouble with Brother's Postscript implementation

[Hampshire] Open-WRT (was OT: broadband router with DNS....)

2012-12-02 Thread cjl
Quoting c...@spamcop.net: I've ordered a Netgear WNDR3800. Netgears have always served me well, I wanted a dual band/dual radio unit, with good memory and flash capacities, with support from DD-WRT, and the WNDR3800 seemed to fit the bill. Typically, they tried to deliver it during the half hou

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

2012-11-25 Thread cjl
Quoting Andy Random : On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, c...@spamcop.net wrote: I'd be interested to know what you bought and from where, and whether you are happy with it once it arrives. My Wifi router is old and originally cheap and is becoming increasingly flaky. So I'd like to replace it before i

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

2012-11-22 Thread cjl
Quoting Paul Stimpson : Hi, c...@spamcop.net wrote: Quoting Chris Dennis : But for something as central to the reliability of the network (and a network used by a few very non-technical people), I was hoping to avoid non-standard firmware. My experience has been totally the opposite. Th

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

2012-11-21 Thread cjl
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 think about that (although I couldn't remember the name

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

2012-11-20 Thread cjl
Okay, so given how many routers actually run Linux now, maybe not so OT, but anyway. I'm in the market for a new wireless router for my cable modem broadband. Obviously, every such router does DNS forwarding, but.. I was wondering if anyone knew of a router that had its own DNS se

Re: [Hampshire] An interesting rsync problem

2012-11-17 Thread cjl
Quoting Rob Malpass : Hi all This may or may not be of interest to rsync fans (and by the way many many thanks for all of your help the other week). Here's the situation.. One of the files I want to backup is an rsync container. As it's a container, its' file size is always 100Gb exact

Re: [Hampshire] Linux on a G4 Mac Mini

2012-09-18 Thread cjl
Quoting Sean Gibbins : Hi Chris, That occurred to me so I have tried my Logitect wireless usb keyboard and mouse and a no-name wired effort, all to no avail. I might have a Microsoft USB keyboard lurking in the loft so I'll give that go tomorrow. I have three Mac Minis, a G4, a Core2 and an i

Re: [Hampshire] Linux on a G4 Mac Mini

2012-09-18 Thread cjl
Quoting Sean Gibbins : On 18/09/12 20:46, Jan Henkins wrote: As far as I can tell, there is a G4 PowerPC version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS available. Otherwise you could look at Debian. There's a 12.04 LTS PowerPC version available too Jan. I have both that and the Debian port, but as I say lack

Re: [Hampshire] Linux on a G4 Mac Mini

2012-09-18 Thread cjl
Quoting Sean Gibbins : Hi Folks, I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux - I'm fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini. However, I am struggling to get past the first hurdle, which is to get anything other than Mac OS X booting when I start it up! I've go

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Universal Car Chargers

2012-08-07 Thread cjl
Quoting Sean Gibbins : Cheers Chris, that's very kind, but as you imply the USB charger was a selling point for me, plus we're a fair way from Andover! No worries. I'll give this one a go and let you know how I get on. Good luck with it. Chris -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Universal Car Chargers

2012-08-07 Thread cjl
Quoting Sean Gibbins : On 07/08/12 21:05, c...@spamcop.net wrote: Hi Chris, I actually want it for charging stuff while we are on the move, notably my Toshiba NB200 netbook and my girls' iPods. Is it suitable for this or am I looking at the wrong product? That should be fine. I prefer one o

Re: [Hampshire] Advice on touchscreens - thanks

2012-08-07 Thread cjl
Quoting Kevin Safford : I've learnt a heck of a lot about Linux through doing this, and it's made a big difference to mum. It's really great to hear about this, where computers, and particularly the technology in which we're all so clearly invested, are having a genuine quality of life ben

Re: [Hampshire] VT100 was: Unity on Ubuntu 12.04 v. old Gnome/KDE on 10.04.x

2012-07-01 Thread cjl
A few years ago, I was promised a couple of vt100 compatible terminals (I think they were actually later vtxxx models) from a company that was ditching the last of it's legacy Unix kit. But it turned out company policy meant IT equipment had to be destroyed - even stuff like dumb terminal