Re: Ubuntu update has done weird things to my laptop

2006-09-12 Thread yuda
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 21:47 +1200, Paul Swafford wrote: > start with monitor type / refresh rate and screen resolution .. > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto > I suggest you wind the refresh rate back a bit .. see if that sorts it .. > > good luck > Paul Thanks Paul, Odd

Re: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
You could try the Party Warehouse on Blenheim Road who have a "helium balloons" sign out the front... Roger Rik Tindall wrote: > > PS does anyone know how cheap a small supply of helium is? (balloons) >

Re: kopete

2006-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
Alan wrote: > I have downloaded and installed kopete, and have loaded both ICQ and MSN > and they both appear in the same screen one set below the other. > Is there a way I can run them seperately at the same time??? > Also getting the settings for ICQ... I normally run invisible but have > the pre

Re: kopete

2006-09-12 Thread Alan
Robert Fisher wrote: On Wednesday 13 September 2006 4:15 pm, Alan wrote: I normally run invisible but have the preferences set so that the ones I know are interested can see that I am on. I cannot see where I can set these up. What about Settings > Configure > Behaviour

Re: CLUG wiki moving

2006-09-12 Thread Chris Hellyar
I thought phpwiki 1.3 supported php5? Their sorceforge site is a bit broke at the moment, but even the release notes for 1.2 mention php5. > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:01:46PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: >> I've located a suitable server replacement for the CLUG wiki > > The wiki seems to be runni

Re: kopete

2006-09-12 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 4:15 pm, Alan wrote: I normally run invisible but have > the preferences set so that the ones I know are interested can see that > I am on. I cannot see where I can set these up. > What about Settings > Configure > Behaviour > Connect automatically at startup When K

Re: kopete

2006-09-12 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 4:15 pm, Alan wrote: > I have downloaded and installed kopete, and have loaded both ICQ and MSN > and they both appear in the same screen one set below the other. > Is there a way I can run them seperately at the same time??? Why would you want to run them separately

Re: CLUG wiki moving

2006-09-12 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:01:46PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > I've located a suitable server replacement for the CLUG wiki The wiki seems to be running fine in the new location[1], but unfortunately php4 is no longer a preferred solution. If anyone has experience of running phpwiki on php5, or

Re: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Rik Tindall
Robert Fisher wrote: On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:41 pm, Chris Hellyar wrote: And slightly removed from the topic, given I've not been for over 2 years, how many people do you/we/us get to the meetings these days? My guess is that there were about 20 - 25 people there last night.

A Million Martians RE: OT - the noise

2006-09-12 Thread Craig FALCONER
A million to one? So every 11 days 13 hours 46 minutes and 34 seconds there's one second of martian arrivals ? A million isn't really a big number any more... As my disks can attest. -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 10:53 p.m. To

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:36:16 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:24:23 +1200 > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:29:52 +1200 > > Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:41 pm, Chris He

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:24:23 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:29:52 +1200 > Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:41 pm, Chris Hellyar wrote: > > > > > And slightly removed from the topic, given I've not been for ov

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 7:24 am, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Well, I'd be extremely interested in a presentation on asterisk. > **Me too**

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:29:52 +1200 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:41 pm, Chris Hellyar wrote: > > > And slightly removed from the topic, given I've not been for over 2 > > years, how many people do you/we/us get to the meetings these days? > > > My gues

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:41 pm, Chris Hellyar wrote: > And slightly removed from the topic, given I've not been for over 2 > years, how many people do you/we/us get to the meetings these days? > My guess is that there were about 20 - 25 people there last night. I know that Chris is struggl

Re: Proud father reports...

2006-09-12 Thread Wesley Parish
I handed a Ubuntu CD to one of our volunteers at the St Albans Centre. He told me a few weeks later he'd tried it, then wiped his XP installation, and made Ubuntu his sole OS. Now that came as a surprise! I did nothing except give him a CD - he did all the rest himself. Wesley Parish On Sat

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-12 Thread Bill Malthus
yuri wrote: > Bah! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one! > I would have thought the chances would be somewhat less than that - more like one in a million. Bill.

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-12 Thread dave
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 21:48, yuri wrote: > Bah! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one! You stole that line from the war of the worlds! DIDN'T YA!!! snigger snigger :) needed to say that. pull one's head in now. > > On 12/09/06, Nick Rout wrote: > > I liked this one

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Chris Hellyar
Typical I would have been interested in that as well, being one of a small a minority using Linux for commercial photography work. And slightly removed from the topic, given I've not been for over 2 years, how many people do you/we/us get to the meetings these days? Cheers, Me. On Tue, 2006

Re: Asterisk queries

2006-09-12 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 22:29, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Scrap that, I missed out another block of code! I've added in the non-linux > 2.6 stuff as well. > > (dmesg) > [1497569.478047] Boosting fast ringer on slot 1 (89V peak) > [1497569.478170] Module 0: Installed -- AUTO FXS/DPO > [1497569.478

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-12 Thread Chris Hellyar
Oo-ra On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 21:48 +1200, yuri wrote: > Bah! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one! > > On 12/09/06, Nick Rout wrote: > > I liked this one: > > > > "I saw a green like emerge from the back of a huge ball maybe bigger > > than a car, it was going

Re: Asterisk queries

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
Scrap that, I missed out another block of code! I've added in the non-linux 2.6 stuff as well. (dmesg) [1497569.478047] Boosting fast ringer on slot 1 (89V peak) [1497569.478170] Module 0: Installed -- AUTO FXS/DPO [1497569.478318] Module 1: Not installed [1497569.478455] Module 2: Not installed

Re: Asterisk queries

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
I used a diff between the versions off the nicegear website, and applied the same to the current version ( ignoring the 2.4 kernel stuff ). Compiled no problem, but... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modprobe.d# /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wctdm fxotxgain=-33 fxorxgain=40 boostringer=1 fastringer=1

Re: Asterisk queries

2006-09-12 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 21:43, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Does anyone (Hads?) know whether changes still need to be made to wctdm.c > for telepermit purposes if you're building version 1.2.9.1 of zaptel? I've > applied them, but the resetting of fxotxgain to -33 on module load is > throwing out e

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-12 Thread yuri
Bah! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one! On 12/09/06, Nick Rout wrote: I liked this one: "I saw a green like emerge from the back of a huge ball maybe bigger than a car, it was going so fast, then when it hit I got thrown off the ground cause I was quite close, it mad

Re: Ubuntu update has done weird things to my laptop

2006-09-12 Thread Paul Swafford
Kerry wrote: Hi All, First post here... I've been using ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate 2310 latop for around a year now using 6.06 presently. Monday last week I preformed an update and when I went to use my laptop again I found it's shrunken my screen size - I've taken a pic of it: http://i19.ph

Asterisk queries

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
Does anyone (Hads?) know whether changes still need to be made to wctdm.c for telepermit purposes if you're building version 1.2.9.1 of zaptel? I've applied them, but the resetting of fxotxgain to -33 on module load is throwing out errors.

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-12 Thread Rik Tindall
Isaac Devine wrote: >> Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org >> T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. > What does SFD entail? 12-4pm this Sat & Sun, South Learning Centre: http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/ Sweet as. Do you have to

Ubuntu update has done weird things to my laptop

2006-09-12 Thread Kerry
Hi All, First post here... I've been using ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate 2310 latop for around a year now using 6.06 presently. Monday last week I preformed an update and when I went to use my laptop again I found it's shrunken my screen size - I've taken a pic of it: http://i19.photobucket.com/a