[Hampshire] Free to a good home: "Linux Voice" magazines

y it folded. Fairly obviously, I'm not up for posting them - if you want them, come and collect! I live in Newbury. If you're interested, please contact me off list. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i...@chalmers-park.name -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

[Hampshire] "Linux Format" magazines, fee to a good home

ury. If you're interested, please contact me off list. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i...@chalmers-park.name -- -- 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] Printers

with a tablet, and despite nudging from me (I set the printer up so she could print from her tablet) she turned out the printer as well. If you're interested, contact me off list and we'll see if we can arrange a transfer. I live in Newbury. Best wishes Ian -- Ian Park email:

[Hampshire] Slightly OT: Intel SDK-85 board up for grabs

8 static RAM chips and a Hitachi HM62832 32k x 8 static RAM chip (an alternative to the dynamic RAM I tried to put on the board...). If anyone would like it, please contact me off-list to arrange collection. I live in Newbury. Ian -- -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44

Re: [Hampshire] Linux laptop

gain with Windows 10, because the tech support people at Benenden need to be able to use Windows remote desktop . If your budget is a bit more limited than that, you can tailor the spec to bring down the cost - look at http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.

Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

your desire for power vs cost. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 04/11/16 09:18, Stephen Nelson-Smith via Hampshire wrote: On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote: What is the best way to acq

[Hampshire] Nasty email purporting to come from the US

across this method of attack? Ian Park -- 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] Help for Linux Mint please.

inux-uefi/. If you need more step by step guidance, contact me off list and we could arrange a phone call to talk you through it. Given my location (Newbury), I suspect a face to face meeting could be tricky... Best regards Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- --

[Hampshire] System unit for sale

.1. One of the Seagate hard drives is used as the "system" drive, with /, /home and swap; the other 4 are set up in a RAID 5 array to give 960GB of storage with error protection. I'd be happy to take £120 for it. Any offers? Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com --

[Hampshire] System unit for sale

150GB SATA HDD and 5x Seagate 320GB SATA HDD; 2x NEC IDE DVD writers; T-Balancer fan controller; 4x front USB2.0 ports. I was running Linux Mint 17 on it, with the Seagate drives in a RAID 5 array; the HDDs have been wiped with DBAN. I'd be happy to take GBP250 for it - any offers? Ian -- -

Re: [Hampshire] Firewall hardware

. I could even add a wireless NIC for a blue interface if I wanted. OK, it has a fan in it, but it's not noisy. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 11/12/14 10:13, Ally Biggs wrote: Or acquire a older Pentium 3 / 4 computer from somewhere put two network cards in it

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

dirty footprints in your BIOS! Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 10/11/14 19:40, Martin N wrote: OT i know but does this mean when an old windows OS is installed, the same error will occur? ie xp vista What is the earliest version of the windows to support the signed kernel

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

Thanks, Michael; with that hint I tried a google search on "Asus Sabertooth FX" + "secure boot" and found a You-tube video showing me how to do all sorts of tweaking, including disabling secure boot. Tried that, and now I can boot from the rEFInd CD. Cheers Ian -- Ian

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

power supply. Thereafter they kept me updated, though. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- 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] UEFI booting woes

ndows installation which I deleted. Can anyone suggest a way of removing this Windows contamination, please? Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- 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] Strange handling of multiple optical drives in Mint 17

digging, please? I've tried posting on the Linux Mint forums but met with a resounding silence... Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- 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] Over heating CPU

and refit... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 13/04/14 23:49, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: On Sunday 13 Apr 2014, you wrote: My gut feeling is that the CPU cooler paste is probably past it? Yes. I seem to get abo

Re: [Hampshire] NASs

ple of hard drives in), ans much lower power consumption (significant if you're going to keep it running most of the time). Ian -- 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] NASs

http://nas-tweaks.net/371/hdd-installation-of-the-fun_plug-0-7-on-nas-devices/ Ian On 30/01/14 09:33, DAWE C wrote: I would like a NAS at home, on which I can store lots of files and have them accessible from both Limux and Widnows.  

Re: [Hampshire] Suggested Distro for an original Acer Aspire one?

ictionary using Wine. [1] http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_debian.php Ian -- 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] Switch boxes free to a good home

ators or distributors. If you're interested, please contact me off list. I live in Newbury. Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] SMTP servers

ted to see how things go when I'm away on holiday next week... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- 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] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

On 26/04/13 19:53, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 26 April 2013 10:30, Ian Park mailto:i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Thanks both for the reassurance - it looks as though I should be reasonably safe to go with that MB. But before I do, I'm waiting to hear from my son

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

. On 25 Apr 2013 21:46, "Ian Park" mailto:i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Hi all I thought I'd try picking brains about the compatibility of a motherboard I'm thinking of using with Linux Mint. The MB is the Asus Rampage IV Extreme [1], which brags about

[Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

ther one? [1] http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/ Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- 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] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine, with DVDs

earer to Newbury than Southampton, so I could arrange to meet and transfer them for onward carriage to Southampton? Failing that, I guess I could try putting them on Freecycle... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine with DVDs

cold!) to host any of your meetings just yet, but perhaps we can help you out in other ways? Cheers, Benjie. On 15 Apr 2013, at 09:40, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: On 15/04/13 09:35, Ian Park wrote: I've been instructed by Her Who Must Be Obeyed to turn out some of my accumulated compu

[Hampshire] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine with DVDs

21 - 110, and I can probably roust out those for the later issues). Clearly, posting the magazines won't make sense, but anyone who'd like them is welcome to contact me off-list to arrange collection. To save you asking where I live, the postcode is RG14 7JJ... Ian -- Ian

Re: [Hampshire] Drobo

Well, this is a simple issue. When you check 3D support in Vbox, with the VirtualGuestTools that need to be compiled inside the guest, should simply be recompiled when 3D is checked. DO NOT check 2D as that seems a windows only thing. Another cause is how much RAM you allocate to your video hardw

Re: [Hampshire] Hostnames

erface with access to the outside world but not to the home network. That's very useful for giving internet access to visitors. Ian -- 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] Vodafone USB dongle and wvdial

plugged in the appropriate user name (web) and password (web) and access point name. HTH Ian -- 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] Chairman's intro and November meeting

slides if poss. Cheers Ian -- 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] Crash course mobile broadband

n it, and I still have over £10 left, without topping up. If you look out for a dongle to use with Vodafone you'll probably be OK - I don't know about any other network operators [1] http://developer.vodafone.com/labs/ Ian Park -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web I

Re: [Hampshire] re skype

I never explicitly use it but thought i would try it out. Im running debian x64 w/ 3.x kernel and it bails out during most calls. Maybe an x64 issue / compat libs? Will try it out on my gentoo when i get home. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Bryn Jones wr

Re: [Hampshire] Flash Player on Linux

Id agree. Silverlight was short lived. HTML5 appears to support mpeg4 movie / m4a audio on fly, but im no expert, but have been using html5 features rather than embedding flash. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Philip Stubbs wrote: On 2 July 2012 21:03, C

Re: [Hampshire] My 2p on the GUI 'Wars'

Xdm, gdm, kdm or just chucking an su -m user startx at boot with a nice .xinitrc to say which wm to use. So many ways for auto login. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 July 2012 18:14:08 Imran Chaudhry wrote: >

Re: [Hampshire] My 2p on the GUI 'Wars'

Windowmaker. Has stayed the same for many blue moons. No frills, faffing or fiddling. I do miss the old risc oS ui, as well as the ui in OS/2 warp. The guis these days are going the way of windows and has put me off using them. I still use KDE 2.5.x (kwin on wmaker) as its clean, simple and to

Re: [Hampshire] Pogoplug

discs as Samba shares on the local LAN >> unless you hack it and that you can't see who is downloading stuff. >> >> If you want mine, you will have to pry it from my cold, dead fingers :-) >> >> Cheers, Paul. >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my Andr

Re: [Hampshire] Pogoplug

I use one for a couple reasons. One as an ssh tunnel, l2tp lac and webcam/motion system. There is a hack to change the bootloader and run an armel archlinux from a pendrive. Pink thing i got is a v.2 i think, pink n grey. 1.2ghz cpu and only 256mb ram. Handy low power gizmo.to have about the pla

[Hampshire] IT. Need blue load lever from HP DesignJet 800

advance, Ian -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.-- 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] Quiet and cool PC running?

probably be overkill. i find AMD cpus harder to cool, but bios/emi on modern chips have the "Cool 'n' Quiet" feature which usually just throttles the CPU to prevent heating + fans sponning harder. ian Sean Gibbins wrote: >On 01/05/12 22:43, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: >&g

Re: [Hampshire] Zentyal? Others?

Vyatta may be a solution as well as zeroshell Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: >Hi, > >We're going to be deploying a couple of firewalls for a client - >pretty busy php and java platform, about 20 servers in total. Not a >very complex ruleset. > >I would normally just use pf and carp on a pair of Op

Re: [Hampshire] Zentyal? Others?

pfsense is what ive used in many a complex situation. It is extremely powerful and simple to use. It offers a wealth of additional software and a very intuitive webui Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: >Hi, > >We're going to be deploying a couple of firewalls for a client - >pretty busy php and java

Re: [Hampshire] Zentyal? Others?

pfsense Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: >Hi, > >We're going to be deploying a couple of firewalls for a client - >pretty busy php and java platform, about 20 servers in total. Not a >very complex ruleset. > >I would normally just use pf and carp on a pair of OpenBSD boxes, but >this project is run

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

ffmpeg or mencoder. convert to anything and works many a DVD. Just need to clue up on its syntax Rob Malpass wrote: >Hi all > > > >I think I asked something similar a few months back but please bear with me >- as ever this is driving me mad... > > > >I want a simple program to turn a DVD into

Re: [Hampshire] Gigabit Server NIC

realtek nics are generally best to avoid due to bugs in the oss drivers and realteks reluctance of being open makes them a "Cheapo" solution. Try sticking to intel pro nics, esp. if using them for VM. Another good thing to look at is the option flags the nics support.. VLAN MTU/HW(de)Tagging, TS

Re: [Hampshire] Netbooks

Lenova S205. I paid 250gbp. Dual core AMD 1.6GHz..nippy 1.6.. 4GB RAM 500GB HDD. Plays fair with Debian, Gentoo, PCBSD9 & that lovely OS from that microsoft company. Nice keyboard, effiecient Fn keys, screen is good in bright light and stock battery gives upto 5/6 hours. ATI GPU which seems

Re: [Hampshire] USB, PS/2 and 5 pin DIN keyboards

ed with it - decided to buy it when my old IBM Series M developed a reluctance to work for the "1" key on the numeric keypad. A friend whose PC I set up (with Ubuntu) also decided to go for the same model. Cost was about £50 IIRC. Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Power alternatives to 2 x AAA?

larger battery unit (from maplin) and wire and plug onto it. Ian Imran Chaudhry wrote: >Thought I'd ask here since there are some electrical/electronic modders >among us! > >I have one of these but missing the charger: > >The unit works really well in converting surround s

Re: [Hampshire] USB, PS/2 and 5 pin DIN keyboards

could try either programming a teensy board or the like. Challanging but doable Rob Malpass wrote: >Hi all > > > >Does anyone know how to prolong the life of a 5pin din keyboard with ps2 on >the way out? > > > >I have a lovely keyboard which I'm really really keen on keeping but I have >a nast

Re: [Hampshire] Shutting down a server cleanly

simply change the power button function to be programmed to recieve two or more successive presses to "shutdown -r now" - i have done this on gentoo systems in similar environments. ian Chris Dennis wrote: >Hello folks > >I've got a Debian server sitting in an

Re: [Hampshire] Wanted: Rack server cases

I will have a 2U rack server up for sale soon. It wont be overly cheap, or expensive. 2U Trenton chassis 2xAMD Opteron 8Core @ 2.6GHz Tyan Thunder K8SE mobo 16GB DDR3 5x1Tbyte 3.5" sata300's (RAIDable) nVidia Tesla c2060 gpu/co processor. Well used and faultless. Selling as its been replaced by

Re: [Hampshire] Custom-built PCs

On 02/04/12 10:39, I Close wrote: On 04/02/12 09:34, Ian Park wrote: A few years back, on a recommendation from someone on this list (sorry, can't remember who), I bought a custom-built PC from a company called Vadim. At the time I bought it, it was pretty high spec: 2x 2GHz dual core Op

Re: [Hampshire] Domain type authentication using Linux as "domain" server

t is highly doable and yes, there are lots of documents. But, what happens if it breaks and you are not about..!? As I say, be fun to try as a project Ian On 08/04/2012 17:42, Tony Wood wrote: +1 to Ally's remarks. As a relative newcomer to Linux, I was at first somewhat put off by

Re: [Hampshire] crippled system - is there any hope.

It may also be simply the way you upgraded it. Normally you should 'apt-get dist-upgrade' which will resolve a lot of issues. It may just be you did upgrade and are still missing a lot of the vital components to use the newer version. Ian On 07/04/2012 21:32, Mike Burrows wrote: Hi Fol

Re: [Hampshire] Server log viewer

he httpd. Logcheck in itself is extremely versatile, can be tweaked and modded easily & can report on all kinds of things with your logs (usually picking out the anomolies and providing the exact log entries). Ian On 01/04/2012 17:52, Leo wrote: I currently run a box with Smoothwall on it, but

[Hampshire] Custom-built PCs

ster processors. Unfortunately, Vadim have gone out of business. Does anyone know of a similar company they'd trust to do a decent job of building a similar system but with a more up-to-date (spelled f - a - s - t - e - r!) processor etc? Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- Ian Park

Re: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall

shorewall too. sorry for two replies phone is having a fools day Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: "Chris Dennis" To: Subject: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 7:00 pm Hello folks On another well-known operating system beginning with 'W', there are s

Re: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall

firestarter Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: "Chris Dennis" To: Subject: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 7:00 pm Hello folks On another well-known operating system beginning with 'W', there are security programs such as AVG and Kaspersky that inclu

Re: [Hampshire] PSPP Libraries

sometime make files use preset folders for dearching. if u find where the libs are installed run ./configure --help and look for things like --with-cairo-libs=/place/of/libs ive ran into this a lot git building ffmpeg to support everything. ian Sent from my HTC - Reply message

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone using FlightGear?

stick I've used was the m$ sidewinder from yesteryear. A friend tells me uses his PS3 or Xbox controller on his PC for it & works fine... I have found issues with it though, still to this day if you use the mouse or keyboard as a controller, is that most aircraft jeer off left

Re: [Hampshire] Replacing home server with a Linux NAS device?

e LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- +1 on the QNAP NAS all good so far. Ian -- 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] Embedded Linux box -- web configuration

i use a pogoplug which now runs a native debian. super quiet, pleanty of usb ports. not super powerful but fun Sent from my HTC, worse syntax expected. - Reply message - From: "Chris Dennis" To: Subject: [Hampshire] Embedded Linux box -- web configuration Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 12:14 p

Re: [Hampshire] discussion at the LUG meeting - web-enabled booking system

On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:04:44 +, Edward Beckmann wrote: Vic, Ian, Tim - thanks. Look forward to seeing one or more of you later. Hi ed It seems I've been blessed with a chest infection, so rather than spread it round to you guys, I thought I'd stay at home. Hope you have a

Re: [Hampshire] discussion at the LUG meeting - web-enabled booking system

ideas session for anyone who would like to participate if I may. Happy to take expressions of interest from anyone who cannot make this weekend. Thanks Hi Ed I'll try and see you there during the day. Regards Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

t. This will also future proof you should you ever get native. I've used one on Andrews & Arnold for gone a year and has not once failed me. It's also worked with a number of tunnel providers too. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https:/

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

Routerboards. Linitx.com sell them. Any alixboard running m0n0wall will do it too. Routerboard 750 under 40 quid. Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: "Chris Dennis" To: Subject: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2012 7:37 pm Hello Folks Has anyone

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

and readily) access your data. Ian On Tuesday 31 January 2012 16:25:31 Vic wrote: > > Another way is to use a livecd to run fsck on the drive. > > Errr - I wouldn't. > > Once a drive has started dropping data like this, it is likely to keep on > doing so. The more opera

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

hen fixing it and imaging back to another drive maybe a quicker option tbh. I've seen these errors before and they can cause massive IO holdups, see what 'smartinfo --all /dev/hdlocation' says regarding errors and health state. Ian On Monday 30 January 2012 18:16:48 Vic wrote:

Re: [Hampshire] IP address translation

another way is to do 1:1 NAT if u have multiple WAN IPs or remove NAT altogether. NAT is not security. Sent from an HTC Mobile. Expect worse typos and grammar Ian Grody wrote: >The feature you are looking for is static port mapping. Ive never used linux >box for natting so anyone who

Re: [Hampshire] IP address translation

The feature you are looking for is static port mapping. Ive never used linux box for natting so anyone who knows iptables will help. Sent from an HTC Mobile. Expect worse typos and grammar James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >Hi, > >I understand how to do network address and port translation in Lin

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

1.pdf Does however have a wealth of benefits over NTP mind, but looks to be more geared toward cluster computing. Ian On Tuesday 24 January 2012 18:53:03 Ian Grody wrote: > On Tuesday 24 January 2012 18:15:06 James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have exper

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

is also rumored to be runnable in unicast mode. If you require high precision time, PTP maybe a better option for you as it has methods to account for network latency in conveying time messages. Give it a poke and see what works best for you :-) Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.

Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.

Quite clearly an idiots mishap of not checking config files that may have been changed from updated packages. Admin error. I even installed these dists in a vbox to try, editing the xorg files manually and non "fell victim" to this "attack". RTFM maybe? Ian On Thursda

Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.

Neither on my Debian, Gentoo or Ubuntu box. However, I use xscreensaver to lock my screen on all of the above. On Thursday 19 January 2012 09:30:44 Freaky Clown wrote: > I dont normally let out stuff like this, but thought you lot should known. > > So far confirmed with: > > Gentoo > Fedora > A

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Gladrags and Handbags

Rgds > RC > > Robin Catling > Full Circle Podcast > > > > -- > 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] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

Now now ladies this is a LUG, not a whores handbag club :-P Sean Gibbins wrote: >On 14/01/12 18:35, Keith Edmunds wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:34:51 +, pet...@gmail.com said: >> >>> It was late. Give me a break! Had enuf that night to sink a boat. >> I enjoy a drink as much as most oth

Re: [Hampshire] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

; Also, the ATI GPU (Toshiba) will most likely steal some of your RAM for > > the > > graphics. nVidia tend to ship theirs with it's own memory. > > > > Both these CPU's are rated 35W - so price-for-price, the i5 is more bang > > for > > your buck. > > &

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

t one point ship some of their systems with a Linux preinstalled? Think this was with net tops. Ian alan c wrote: >On 13/01/12 21:32, Samuel Penn wrote: >> On Friday 13 January 2012 12:50:12 alan c wrote: >>> With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I &g

Re: [Hampshire] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

hreading per-core. Also, the ATI GPU (Toshiba) will most likely steal some of your RAM for the graphics. nVidia tend to ship theirs with it's own memory. Both these CPU's are rated 35W - so price-for-price, the i5 is more bang for your buck. happy hunting, Ian On Wednesday 1

Re: [Hampshire] VDSL equipment

rease for just over a fiver more than I'm currently > paying per month (and Zen have been excellent IMHO) sounds a good deal - > does anyone have any reservations about VDSL? > Only one. My whole city has it, and surrounding streets. Just not mine, so I'm jealous. Enjoy! Now BT

Re: [Hampshire] CS Degree Courses (was Re: Linux Answers)

lished at that time. While I was there, the hot news was that they were getting a DEC PDP-10, with (amongst other things) a massive 64MB (if I remember correctly) head-per track hard disc drive... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@nt

Re: [Hampshire] Random ssl & vnc disconnection

You say developed, was this not an issue before? It would be best to attempt to replicate from another OS. If you are fancy enough to have an Android device, androvnc and connectbot (ssh client) are free to download and test with. Ian On Saturday 10 December 2011 19:06:24 Rob Malpass wrote

Re: [Hampshire] recording a webex seminar

On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:28:41 Edward Beckmann wrote: > Hi > > I want to listen to a webex webinar session and also record it, but am > struggling to find a recent posting on forums about what to record with. > Anyone had success with this please? > > Currently on ubuntu 10.04 netbook, min

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone coming to the AGM?

t to go shopping whilst I cured a massive headache. Really sorry guys :-( How did events go in the end? Did anything good turn about? Ian -- 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] New member... Hoping to come to Saturday LUG Meeting.

D variants everyday. My favourite Linux would have to be Debian, with Gentoo for more customised setups and servers. FreeBSD is my poison in the BSD line. I'm a networking geek more than anything & hope to be able to share ideas and knowledge. Look forward to seeing you, I

Re: [Hampshire] Changing from TalkTalk

me now. 2 years + and never once had a single raise for issue. Odd for me, I like to complain. Ian -- 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] Meeting and AGM

meeting, but have a good time. Ian -- 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] December Meeting and AGM

rtunately none were able > to attend the meeting > > Chris Denis and Damian Brasher volunteered them selves and Ian Brazier > is willing remain Treasurer. I am therefore asking them if they are > willing to remain standing and asking for additional volunteers to > complete the

Re: [Hampshire] test message

Looks good Tim :-) On Tuesday 15 November 2011 20:49:43 Tim wrote: > Testing to see if I can post yet. > > Sorry to bother anybody > > Tim > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.

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

-- Hi Stephen I have a Soundblaster Live! Player 5.1 which I fished out of my old Windows tower system (now working as a file server with a bunch of 160GB HDDs in a RAID 5 array). I've still got the driver CD (though you can download more up-to-date drivers from the web), and I printed ou

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

nopen,bwfc Yahoogroups > > > > -- > 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 > ---------- > No, the great ma

Re: [Hampshire] When things don't go to plan....

Try a freebsd to mount it. Linux hfs+ has always been flakey James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >Hi, > >I was intending to do some file recovery on a friends Mac OS X laptop. >Plan was as follows: >1) take a dd image of the laptop hard disk. (worked fine, remove HD >from laptop, place in usb hd inter

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

#x27;ve just looked, and the only one being sold from the UK has an asking price of £74.95 + £10.00 postage. Lots on offer from the US, but postage on those is astronomical... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Pleas

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

On 12/11/11 13:07, Rob Malpass wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire- >> boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Park >> Sent: 11 November 2011 18:41 >> To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

-- I recently bought a Cherry "clicky" keyboard for a friend from CCL (http://www.cclonline.com) - that comes with USB as the primary connector, and a USB to PS/2 adaptor. Price was quite reasonable too... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +

Re: [Hampshire] Shutdown -h sometimes restarts

Acpi bug probably. Does halt do the same? Leo wrote: >My server (Debian stable) has developed a habit of sometimes restarting >rather than shutting down when I run >shutdown -h now > >Has anyone else seen this, as Googling and looking at logs has got me >nothing so far. > >Thanks, >Leo > >-- >

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop Linux distro recommendations

o encrypt whole drive or specific partitions on install. The only thing this probably wont run, is your webcam, but, some do work on it. With this too, because it's FreeBSD and uses the same ports tree, you control what gets installed. Hope this helps, Ian -- 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] Changing my shell...?

vipw to edit passwd file properly, / etc/shells are the available ones and /etc/skel* are skeleton files for default env for new user shells. When you adduser you get to choose what shell Owain Clarke wrote: >On 29/10/11 14:25, Vic wrote: >> The shell for each user is defined in /etc/passwd -

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Big IMAP accounts

Indeed, best to run your own. If you want it simple to setup, check out SME Server http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page Ian Chris Dennis wrote: >Hello folks > >Can anyone suggest or recommend an outfit that provides an IMAP service >with lots of room? i.e. multiple mailboxes t

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