[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 18, Issue 15

Hi Trent, I note that Dean uses gl2 and xv as a back-up. I use xv :))) I'm not quite clear what the problem is you're having with the GUI (?) - though I'm equally not certain as to whether it's relevant to your problem :) Regards, Patrick xv is a good fallback, but i usually use gl2

[SLUG] PC cases (Towers) available - FREE :)

Hi all, I know this is not *specifically* Linux-stuff but... Following some cleaning out, I have about five PC cases - some with p/s - that I'm looking to off-load, urm... I mean, Happy to give to those in need :)) I'm in Belmore, work in Ashfield and have rels in Campbelltown. If you

[SLUG] Scanner works on one machine - only as root on second

Hi all, This is seriously driving me crazy. I have a Diamond View scanner, recognised as lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04a5:2060 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) Prisa 620U+/640U Now this works on my desktop running Dapper 6.06. I've installed 6.06 on my HP lappie and it works - as

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 15, Issue 41

Hi Amos, I haven't tried that function. I'm not quite sure what you mean by what it does do though (??). What does 'split (1) mean? Sorry if I'm being a bit dense. Regards, Patrick On 25/04/07, elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the other cool things this program does

[SLUG] Re: AcetoneISO (apols for not changing the header in the previous post)

Hi Amos, I haven't tried that function. I'm not quite sure what you mean by what it does do though (??). What does 'split (1) mean? Sorry if I'm being a bit dense. Regards, Patrick One of the other cool things this program does is it allows you to quickly mount an ISO made of a movie and

[SLUG] Re: AcetoneISO

One of the other cool things this program does is it allows you to quickly mount an ISO made of a movie and run that in a program like Xine. Regards, Patrick -- Registered Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Re: portable MP3 player recomendations?

(though the mike needs to be close to the subject). Regards, Patrick David P wrote: On 4/20/07, elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sonia, I have a Creative Muvo TX (with FM radio). This works as a flash drive. Very easy to set up. You can put things in folders in any fashion you

[SLUG] Re: portable MP3 player recomendations?

Hi Sonia, I have a Creative Muvo TX (with FM radio). This works as a flash drive. Very easy to set up. You can put things in folders in any fashion you like. Works well and is just 'plug and play' - I run Kubuntu 6.06 and FCore. Regards, Patrick Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri,

[SLUG] AcetoneISO is a disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media.

Hi all, I've just tried this out. It seems quite handy and very easy to use. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/extract-convert-mount-iso-bin-daa-nrg.html Regards, Patrick -- Registered Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

[SLUG] VirtualBox - like VM Workstation

Hi all, I just came across this and thought I'd post the URL: http://www.virtualbox.org/ The other day. It appears they've open sourced themselves in the last few months. I've just been playing with it and assessing it (informally and purely subjectively) against a W2K install on both

Re: [SLUG] Slight flickering on dual monitor set up

Hi Heracles, I've moved them further apart (neck strain???) and it has improved the problem somewhat (should have thought of that :)) As for buying LCD monitors... I'd say that's out of the questions until these die or some kind person upgrades and gives me their now unneeded hardware :))

Re: [SLUG] Slight flickering on dual monitor set up

it is generally the case that the second monitor in such set-ups works less well than the primary??? Regards, Patrick Ben Donohue wrote: Hi, I've had similar to this before... sometimes it power. You might try to plug them into the power in a different way. Ben elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I'm

[SLUG] Slight flickering on dual monitor set up

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or advice? I'm running Kubuntu 6.06 on a Hyperthreaded 3Ghz P4 with 1.5G RAM. I have to 17 Philips monitors (107T5 - primary - and a 107S6 - secondary) running off a 128Mb Nvidia FX5500 dual-head card. At times (e.g.. when I open mail

[SLUG] Open Font site

Hi all, Not sure who's aware of this, but thought I'd post for those who are not. From the site itself: The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect public domain fonts so that they may be used freely. Enjoy. Regards,

[SLUG] Parody of PC V Mac Ads - funny

Okay, I know this should probably be in SLUG-Chat, but I couldn't resist sharing with a larger audience :) They're linked on a blog at Wired http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/03/novell_launches.html The second of the two ads is the best. I'm a bit tired so I'm a bit slow, but it wasn't

[SLUG] Re: Microsoft's tool to assess Linux Persona

What I found interesting, amongst many, were the comments made in the Unix Transitioner part. MS have written, under Drivers and Motivations for Linux Usage * Believe Open Source software is safe to deploy and can reduce costs. * Moving to Linux because of its price rather than

[SLUG] Re: A request for your input

Hi Lara, As you're aware, I posted this on another LUG that I'm a member of and so you would have read it there. I'm posting my comments to SLUG because I think they are pertinent for members here too ('natch) (NB. This is NOT a campaign against you... my stalking days are

[SLUG] Re: Misspelling worse than profanity

I agree, Jeff. This is ridiculous. I can say that where I work we're often *required*, for the sake of accuracy, to put 'profanities' in e-mail and other correspondence. The material is required and is therefore not gratuitous, but it makes me laugh when I think of what happens in other

[SLUG] Re: Linux laptop

Can I just add HP here? I have a Hewlett-Packard lappie with a lovely shiny wide-screen and it works very well with FC (4 at the moment). This includes the wide-screen, blue tooth, scrolling on the touch pad etc. I only have trouble with the multicard reader - doesn't work. Ububeedoo

[SLUG] Re: ATO online

Sorry to jump in to this late in the piece. Is this about downloading the ATO application to complete the Tax Pack online versus having a webpage that one completes? I had read ages ago - just before the current tax year started - that the ATO electronic tax pack application will run under

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

Hi Leslie, If you're still having trouble with this, you can try the following: In T'bird, go to the toolbar and open 'edit'. Then choose 'advanced' and click on the 'general' tab. Then click on the 'Config Editor' button. This will bring up a window. In the 'filter' line at the top of

[SLUG] Re: howto extract Chapters from movies?

Hi Sonia, I'm not sure how 'automatic' you want the process to be. If you're willing to do the thing manually, you can edit with Avidemux http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ or GopChop http://gopchop.sourceforge.net/ If you were 'extracting' the movie from a DVD, there are many

Re: [SLUG] Re: Installing Nvidia card

when you start up. regards Steven On 1/29/07, elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi James, Thanks for that. I was under the impression that I'd have to disable the on-board vid first. I was contemplating having the new card not work and then finding out that I had NO video at all %) I'm

[SLUG] Re: Installing Nvidia card

Hi James, Thanks for that. I was under the impression that I'd have to disable the on-board vid first. I was contemplating having the new card not work and then finding out that I had NO video at all %) I'm assuming I will then see two cards in the system settings (Kubuntu 6.06) and can

[SLUG] 8. Re: Video editing software recommendations pse

Hi Howard, I agree with Andreas, Kino is quite good. I use Kino with some FFMPEG bits and pieces, as well as ZS4 (free, not open) and some other jiggery pokery :) There are some cute bits you can do with Kino - you just have to think laterally sometimes :) I've looked at Cinelerra... it's

[SLUG] Installing Nvidia card

Hi all, Well, it looks like I may be able to get myself a new video card for my desktop. I'm going to get an Nvidia card. I have on-board video and haven't previously installed a vid card into a machine that already had an on-board vid card so am seeking some advice. Do I have to disable

Re: [SLUG] GUI batch renaming and renumbering tool

Hey Ken, Thanks for that. I had absolutely no idea. Never heard of it! I've just installed it to check it out. Again, thanks. Regards, Patrick Ken Wilson wrote: there is also prefixsuffix and thunar bulk rename in the ubuntu repositories Ken elliott-brennan wrote: ...in Digikam

[SLUG] Re: (OT) camcorders linux - MiniDV vs Hard Disk?

Hi Sonia, I recently bought a Panasonic NV-GS180. Brilliant camera - it has 3 CCDs which give it very impressive poor light performance (I was just demonstrating it to a friend who has a fandoogly Sony and the 'sonic definitely won hands down). I use it with Kino, GIMP, some FFMPEG codes

[SLUG] GUI batch renaming and renumbering tool

Hi all, Okay, I know some posted a command-line 'how to batch rename/number' some time ago, but I thought I'd post something I just found in Digikam. If you select the photos you wish to rename and/or renumber, you can choose: 'tools Batch processes Rename Images' and this allows you

[SLUG] OLPC to consider trialling laptops in Australia

The SMH had some very exciting news today. http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/australia-trials-low-cost-laptop/2007/01/12/1168105153500.html The OLPC are looking at trialling the laptops in remote indigenous communities. Whooo h! My .2c worth. Regards, Patrick --

Re: [SLUG] OLPC to consider trialling laptops in Australia

H... Howard, I'm not quite sure what to make of your comment. Regards, Patrick Howard Lowndes wrote: elliott-brennan wrote: The SMH had some very exciting news today. http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/australia-trials-low-cost-laptop/2007/01/12/1168105153500.html

Re: [SLUG] OLPC to consider trialling laptops in Australia

these things works exists. I hope the people involved are committed to ensuring it does. Regards, Patrick Glen Turner wrote: elliott-brennan wrote: The SMH had some very exciting news today. http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/australia-trials-low-cost-laptop/2007/01/12/1168105153500.html

[SLUG] Re: Wireless Mouse keyboard Combo's and Webcam's

Hi Pendo, Sorry for the delay in responding. I have a similar modem (D-Link 502T) which incorporates NAT. For most of my Vid Conf'ing I use a non-open application from Marratech: http://www.marratech.com/ The rels are on Macs. Marratech support Linux, Mac and Windows. Qnext:

[SLUG] Re: Wireless Mouse keyboard Combo's and Webcam's

Hi Alex, I use a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 (thanks to a swap with Lindsay, our esteemed leader :)) Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08b2 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000 I'm using (K)Ubuntu 6.06 and the repo drivers are great. It works perfectly. I've used it under Ekiga, Qnext, Marratech

[SLUG] Recommendations for music download sites

Hi all, Okay, I admit it, I had NEVER downloaded music... there... I'm glad I got that off my chest. I have a Creative Muvo on which we've copied MP3s from CD we've bought. Easy as pie. Now, my five-year-old daughter has started to listen to the radio in the car. She likes some songs...

Re: [SLUG] Recommendations for music download sites

] wrote: elliott-brennan == elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: elliott-brennan Hi all, elliott-brennan So, I'm interested as to whether there are sites that elliott-brennan legitimately allow me to pay for and download elliott-brennan contemporary music that I can just burn and play

Re: [SLUG] Recommendations for music download sites

Hi Gavin, Yeah, I came across that site a few weeks ago. I agree, very good values and a good idea. I'm going to feedback to SLUG any good sites I come across - probably in SLUG chat. Regards, Patrick From: Gavin

Re: [SLUG] Recommendations for music download sites]

Hey, come one! Only on the way to pre-school when she's not too tired. What do you think I am? An idiot??? ;) Sam Lawrance wrote: On 22/12/2006, at 12:00 AM, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, Okay, I admit it, I had NEVER downloaded music... there... I'm glad I got that off my chest. I

[SLUG] Re: ethical question - teach beginner doze or linux? (tuxta2)

Hi Sonia, A very good question. The answers you've received area also, from my reading, quite reasonable and considered (come on you lot, where's the ranting and flaming??? Sheesh, what's happened to you? Ya wimps!! :)) For my twopennethworth, my s/father has difficulty coming to grips

[SLUG] Re: Laptop sound playing out onboard speaker headphones

Hi Sonia, This may not help at all, but (in KDE) if you open the mixer and select the switches option, have you got the 'headphone jack sensor' switched on or selected? Regards, Patrick Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:38:35 +1100 slug@slug.org.au I have a problem

Re: [SLUG] Strange Xorg log information exceeds DDC maximum

Hi Dave, Thanks for that. Hmm, I wasn't ever certain I could trust a monitor, and now I know why I've been suspicious all this time! Regards, Patrick Dave Airlie wrote: The message is: (1920x1440,PHILIPS 107T) mode clock 339.068MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz I'm using a 17 Philips

[SLUG] Strange Xorg log information exceeds DDC maximum

Hi all, I was just checking out some log info (out of curiosity) and came across the message in: /var/log/xorg.0.log The message is: (1920x1440,PHILIPS 107T) mode clock 339.068MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz I'm using a 17 Philips 107T5 monitor set to 1024x768, attached to an Kubuntu

Re: [SLUG] Setting the date format in Thunderbird

Hi Dave, Here's mine: ** $ locale LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8

[SLUG] Re: Flash9 Beta for Linux - only for those who want it :)

Hi P, Nah. I'm waiting until Mozilla make FF2 an auto-upgrade from 1.5 - I'm not in a great hurry :) Regards, P Penedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:11:07 +1100 Yes but did you try this with Firefox 2? When I tried it back when it was released (about a week ago) it bombed FF and I

[SLUG] Flash9 Beta for Linux - only for those who want it :)

Apologies for the typing (baby in one hand - penguin in the other) I've just tried out Flash9 beta - install is s easy :) http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/ http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerhelp. Installation

[SLUG] Re: Matrox dual monitor cards query

Hey James, Thanks for that...it was going to be one of my next question recommended cards =) You beat me to it. Much appreciated mind you! My Current on-board 64Mb Intel card is pretty okay, but it's been suggested to me that if I want a twin monitor set-up, the on-board card may not be

[SLUG] Matrox dual monitor cards query

Hi all, This is just a quick 'check in and see' if anyone has any experience with what I'm thinking of doing, before I do any more reading/research :) (and especially before I ask the wife for an advance on my pocket money :)) I'm thinking of getting one of the Matrox dual head Vid cards.

Re: [SLUG] scanner problem with dapper

Hi Craig, (Who says you can't type and rock an almost sleeping baby!) I had to upload my firmware (different scanner) and place it where: /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf was looking for it, e,g. # Change to the fully qualified filename of your firmware file, if # firmware upload is needed by

[SLUG] Looking for old laptop RAM (36 pin)

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has or knows anyone who sells old laptop RAM? I've inherited a NEC 2560 2650CD and am looking for some more RAM for it. I've looked on eBay but such stuff doesn't appear to come up much. I've installed DSL (Damn Small Linux :)) on it and it runs really

[SLUG] Re: Java and Firefox on eBay

Hi Oscar and Martin, Now how's this for an interesting turn-up? I checked in Konqueror and Java wasn't working. So I changed the plug-in settings to search the folder with my Firefox plug-ins. Java worked right-away in Konqueror on the eBay site! Still wasn't working in Firefox! (I tried

[SLUG] Java and Firefox on eBay

Hi all, I was trying to list a couple of things on eBay today (10Mbs 12-port-hub and two wardrobes) and haven't done this before. I tried for ages to work out how to upload photos until I realised that the site believes that I don't have Java installed. It appears you need Java to allow

Re: [SLUG] Java and Firefox on eBay

Hi Oscar, I'm unsure as to why I need to install Java again when I've already got it installed... is JRE different to the Java package I already have installed (which seem to work with everything else)? Regards, Patrick O Plameras wrote: elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I was trying

[SLUG] Re: Superkaramba

Hi John, Open a terminal and type in: superkaramba and see what happens You could also try: superkaramba %U if the first suggestion doesn't work. I use KDE so if you want to put it into your menu, I can help with that. If you use Gnome, someone else will be able to explain it more

[SLUG] Re: 5.25 Floppy Drive

Hi Oscar, I have one. I can't say with certainty that it works - I rescued it from a working machine but haven't tested it yet. In the spirit of Software Freedom Day it's now yours for free :) Regards, Patrick O Plameras [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:25:28 +1000 /Hi, I'm

[SLUG] Re: 5.25 Floppy Drive

No probs. I'll e-mail you off-post with contact details. Regards, Patrick O Plameras wrote: elliott-brennan wrote: Hi Oscar, I have one. I can't say with certainty that it works - I rescued it from a working machine but haven't tested it yet. In the spirit of Software Freedom Day it's

Re: [SLUG] Query regarding 'Bounce' message from Slug Chat

to spam. Sorry about that. :( On Saturday 19 August 2006 22:09, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi All, This likely has a simple answer, but it's not one that readily appears to me. Almost, if not every time, I post to slug-chat, I get a message back saying: Your message to slug-chat awaits moderator

[SLUG] Query regarding 'Bounce' message from Slug Chat

Hi All, This likely has a simple answer, but it's not one that readily appears to me. Almost, if not every time, I post to slug-chat, I get a message back saying: Your message to slug-chat awaits moderator approval and Your mail to 'slug-chat' with the subject Query regarding FOSS

[SLUG] Re: linux assignment

Matt, A stroke of genius! :) My (Red) hat goes off you you. Regards, Patrick From: Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:30:22 +1000 On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 09:58:07AM +1000, David Herd wrote: I'm a computing student who is having troubles with part of my assignment. Can

[SLUG] Census Online (Was e-tax in wine)

Hi all, Some good news :) I've just received a post from a friend who wrote to the ABS and received the following back Thank you for your inquiry regarding our web site and the e-Census form. The eCensus testing program has included compatibility testing with a range of operating systems

[SLUG] Re: e-tax in wine (Was Census Online)

Can't disagree with that, Dean :) I didn't try eTax in wine (put on the dusty Winders partition) but will remember this for next year. Regards, Patrick Dean Hamstead wrote: sure, native is good, but running properly in wine is still extremely helpful. Dean -- Registered Linux User

[SLUG] Re: Recent Webcam Purchases that work on Linux

Hi Byron, I have a Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 (thank you Lindsay). You can still buy them. It works very well under FC4 http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ and Kubuntu 5.10 - just search Synaptic for 'logitech' :) The D-Link DSB-C310 is also supposed to work well. Regards, Patrick

[SLUG] Looking for some Raw DV footage to practice on

Hi all, I realise this is an odd request. I'm looking for some raw dv footage so that I can practice editing etc in Kino. Something like a conference or other innocuous event/footage - natch :) I'd like to get some practice with editing, exporting etc before we get our new vid cam, which

[SLUG] Re: Looking for some Raw DV footage to practice on

Hi Matt, Now THAT would be brilliant! I've not had the chance to do much in the way of contributing back to the LUG and that would be a great opportunity. Regards, Patrick Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

[SLUG] Re: Looking for some Raw DV footage to practice on

Hi Malcolm, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try that out. I'm going to have a more in-depth look at Cinelerra too; my limited experience with it has brought me to the conclusion that I really need to RTM more so than with Kino :) Regards, Patrick Malcolm V [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 7

[SLUG] Seeking recommendations for a video camera

Hi all, Well, our trusty Sony analogue video camera has just bit the dust :( I'm looking for a recommendation for a new one. Our budget is limited to under $1000. I have no firewire adapter on the desktop machine (on which I'd be doing home vid editing). The desktop runs (K)Ubuntu 5.10.

[SLUG] Re: Google Earth available for Linux

I'm with Howard (below), Right and top sides of screen messy (holds image previously looked at, image doesn't resolve, image in that part of screen only resolves - sometimes - when I'm zooming out :)) All that said, for beta it's pretty good and the final version should be brilliant :) (I

[SLUG] Re: Google Earth available for Linux (update)

Well, it should have been obvious to me earlier :) In the winders version the window automatically arranges itself according to the setting you choose in: tools options view detail area By manually adjusting the window size, I get rid of the broken image on the top and right hand side.

[SLUG] Re: ubuntu gop tools

Hi James, Thanks for the info. Very interesting. I'm going to have a look at this myself (just getting into vid editing at the moment). Regards, Patrick James wrote: Hi on my ubuntu test machine I want to use the gop tools (gopchop, gopedit, gopdit). I *think* that I have universe,

[SLUG] Advice regarding dial-up modems

Hi all, I'm configuring a machine for a friend who has dial-up. I've had broadband for donkeys and have never used dial-up on a Linux machine. I've installed Ubuntu 5.10 with KDE and my reading indicates that KPPP is the easy way to set-up dial-up modems. I'm looking for advice regarding

[SLUG] Re: Security with win firewall

Hi WJ, If your friend insists on using Windows as her gateway, I'd suggest she add another firewall; something like ZoneAlarm's free firewall should do: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp It'll certainly enhance her protection. From what I've read it has quite a good

[SLUG] Occassional freeze-up in Ubuntu 5.10

Hi all, I have a P4 3GHz 1G RAM Until recently I was running FC4 on the same machine. I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (with KDE) approx three weeks ago. Over the last three days, the machine has started to freeze. Running at the time is usually Konqueror (one instance), gkrellm (one instance),

Re: [SLUG] Occassional freeze-up in Ubuntu 5.10

Lowndes wrote: Are you able to run top to see what is hogging the cpu? elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I have a P4 3GHz 1G RAM Until recently I was running FC4 on the same machine. I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (with KDE) approx three weeks ago. Over the last three days, the machine has started to freeze

[SLUG] Re: Solved: Re: sane - failed to start scanner - invalid argument

this hub works fine on a Mac with the same scanner. For the record, it's a standard Ubuntu Breezy set up, and this model SnapScan 1212u didn't require any firmware (I commented out that line in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf) thanks, David. On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 20:30 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote

[SLUG] Re: Installing a dictionary in Thunderbird

Hi Howard, If you're using 1.5 you have to find: en-AU.dic and en-AU.aff and make sure they're in myspell which in my case is: /opt/thunderbird/components/myspell It should work from there. When I downloaded them, I found that they were installed here: /usr/share/myspell/dicts/ in

[SLUG] Re: Modems

Hi Del, I've sent you a couple of e-mails regarding your modem offer. I appears they've not got through to you. Could you. Would you be so kind as to give me a number I can call you on or write back to me at this e-mail address? Regards, Patrick -- Registered Linux User 368634 -- SLUG

[SLUG] Re: sane - failed to start scanner - invalid argument

or www.drivers.com - this can be a very useful site at times. Let me know. If I can't help you with this, someone far more knowledgeable in the group will be able to. Regards, Patrick david wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 15:50 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi David, Do you need the firmware

[SLUG] Re: sane - failed to start scanner - invalid argument

Hi David, Do you need the firmware in a directory with the snapscan.conf file showing directions to it? I have a clone of an Agfa and had to put the firmware file in a directory: /usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/firmware.bin Then modified the snapscan.conf file to show where it was, then

[SLUG] Re: Install probs with Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on FC4 with SMP kernel

Thanks Charles. Let me know how you go. I'm not in a position to buy another and this bugger works with my damn (ham and spam) laptop. I had trouble getting it going (eventually NOT) with FC3 - again I think it's a problem with the SMP bit. I'm curious about the 'hyperthreading'. Does

[SLUG] Re: Install probs with Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on FC4 with SMP kernel

Terry wrote. elliott-brennan wrote: In the struggle to get the webcam working on my FC4 I'm wondering about what problems may be created if I were to boot using an earlier, non-smp kernel (as it's likely that the driver install may then work)? Are there any issues in doing

[SLUG] Re: Install probs with Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on FC4 with SMP kernel

in YUM :( Oh well, will keep trying with hacking away at the make file to see if I can make it make something... Regards, Patrick Terry wrote. elliott-brennan wrote: In the struggle to get the webcam working on my FC4 I'm wondering about what problems may be created if I were to boot using

[SLUG] Re: Install probs with Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on FC4 with SMP kernel

Hi all, In the struggle to get the webcam working on my FC4 I'm wondering about what problems may be created if I were to boot using an earlier, non-smp kernel (as it's likely that the driver install may then work)? The idea I have is to install the drivers using the older kernel, then boot

[SLUG] Re: Firefox 1.5 (FC5) and Plugins

Hi all, (In the event this info is useful to someone else) Regarding Howard's probs with FC5 plug-ins, I forwarded him the URL for Stanton Finley's site: http://stanton-finley.net/ He has install guides for FC3-5 which have worked well for me. Regards, Patrick -- Registered Linux User

[SLUG] Install probs with Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on FC4 with SMP kernel

Hi all, Sorry for the long post but I'm trying to include as much relevant information as I can identify. I've installed FC4 on a: P4 3GHz 1G RAM machine. A few months ago I installed FC4 on my laptop and then installed the module to run a Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 - all went well.

[SLUG] Re: baby duck syndrome

Not to take this too-far off topic :) Though the post referred to does call it 'baby duck syndrome', if I recall correctly the notion of imprinting is considered to be the outcome of Konrad Lorenz's Nobel-Prize winning work with geese - though ducklings do imprint too: Matt wrote:

Re: [SLUG] Virtual machine recommendations?

Hi Matt, I run qemu on my FC3 (Win98 still useful for somethings :)) Can you give me a quick direction as to where to go find info on using qemu to make an image for vmplayer? I'd be very interested in giving it a bash. Thanks, Patrick Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27

Re: [SLUG] any one to help with Linux install

Hi Matt, Stanton is a community manager on the Fedora forum (not quite sure what that means to be honest). Regards, Patrick Subject: Re: [SLUG] any one to help with Linux install From: Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:57:43 +1100 To: Andrew Fleisher [EMAIL

[SLUG] Re: any one to help with Linux install (Andrew Fleisher)

Hi Andrew, The best FC4 install notes I've found are here: http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html Stanton is involved with the Fedora project (can't remember how). They're very straight forward and very simple (as they should always be). If you still have problems,

[SLUG] Re: Replacement for Gimp - Labelling folders

Hi Terry, Inkscape (as suggested by Martin) will do the job, but so will Open Office. Regards, Patrick Terry wrote: I am looking for a replacement for Gimp for simple text layout All I want to do is print a strip of text down the middle of an A4 page so I can cut it to size and insert it

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 1, Issue 41

Hi Rajnish, Dunno about ISOs. Have you checked TPGs standard ADSL deals? My current one is $50 per month, 1.5Mb down (I get an average of 1.2) and 20G per month. I'm not sure if they've discontinued the deal to new ADSL members...(?) www.Whirlpool.net.au is a good place to check out what

[SLUG] Problems with the ubuntu site???

Hi all, I was just trying to connect to the Ubuntu forum (English) and all I get is a blank page. Any other site I try is fine. Anyone know if there's a problem with the site? Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

Re: [SLUG] Problems with the ubuntu site???

Hi Roger, I found out that they were playing around with the servers (or some such like highly technically thingummybobby :)) and that's why I had trouble - and lots of others apparently. Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 34, Issue 25

Hi, I realise this may not be exactly what you're looking for; however I hope this is of some help (there is also a very simple FC4 install written by Stanton Finley - one of the simplest install guides I've seen) HP dv4121ap Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz

[SLUG] Re: What colour car?

Sorry for the unchanged header previously :( Hi, I realise this may not be exactly what you're looking for; however I hope this is of some help (there is also a very simple FC4 install written by Stanton Finley - one of the simplest install guides I've seen) HP dv4121ap Intel® Pentium® M

Re: [SLUG] Linux distro for pentium 166 Mhz

Hi Yosep, I had Smoothwall: http://smoothwall.org/ running on a old P166MMX with 128Mb RAM for about a year Ran best with an Ethernet modem - the USB modem seemed to suck a lot of power and caused it to be unhappy at times. If you need any cheap hardware, (eg. RAM, network card, or another

[SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

Hey James, Must be something in the air. I've just downloaded VMW 5 to trial on my LAPTOP! I've had similar problems, but I'm afraid I have no solutions. I've had to 'reboot' :) now when trying to use it, it says it's not configured. So I try to configure it again /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

[SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

Oh, I'm using FC4 and when I run rpm -e it says that the vmware rpm in not installed... BUT I can find all the files... James, have you tried to uninstall it? Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

Well, Still cannot remove the RPM and nothing seems to want to make VMware work rpm -ivh --force VMWare-Workstation-X.X.X.i386.rpm rpm -e VMWare-Workstation VMware-Workstation is not installed ??? The VMware site states: rpm -e VMware

[SLUG] Re: FC4 with GCC3

Hey guys, I was just about to post exactly the same question. Thanks for asking, Simon. Thanks for the response, Oscar. Regards, Patrick Simon Males wrote: Can I install Fedora 3 gcc binaries on Fedora 4 (essentially replace gcc 4 with 3)? Oscar replied Yes, you can by

[SLUG] Re: smh media streaming now windows only

Hey Linley, Very interesting information. GreaseMonkey is a 'Firefox extension? No? Regards, Patrick Hi Linley, There were so few people using real player that we removed it to speed up the loading of the site. I have heard however that you can get an Mplayer plugin for Firefox, which can

[SLUG] GreaseMonkey script (was smh media streaming now windows only)

Hey Linley, They didn't happen to say 'which script'? I've had a quick google around (I'd never heard of GreaseMonkey, so there was a bit catch up on :)) but couldn't find an obvious one. Regards, Patrick Dean Hamstead wrote: doesnt windows 2003 have a media server out of the box?

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   >