Re: [SLUG] Baby Ducks and thunderbird mail

2007-08-24 Thread Metrics
Hi... Ken Wilson wrote: jam wrote: Hi < snip ...> I Hit reply and I can delete parts of quoted text. Ditto. There is no notification/biff. I do not want to download plugins and wossname, I just want live (mail open) or toolbar/taskbar notification that there is new mail. Seems to hav

Re: [SLUG] Audio skipping on Ubuntu kernels

2007-08-01 Thread Metrics
James Gregory wrote: Hey guys, I've found that playback of music on my laptop has this horrible, horrible tendency to "skip" (by which I mean that the music stops for some fraction of a second) extremely frequently. This has only been occurring since Ubuntu's -generic kernels came in (I forget w

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

2006-12-03 Thread Metrics
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 09:09:58PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > Here's an ethical question for you. I have a middle aged friend who > wants to "learn computers"; he's never used computers before (he's a > builder). In exchange for some work he's doing for me, I'm going to > install everything, ge

Re: [SLUG] laptop sound playing out onboard speaker & headphones

2006-11-30 Thread Metrics
. > So there is more going on here perhaps. > > I nice side effect of removing this module is that you will also > remove the heart-attack-inducing console beep problem as well. > > Daniel. Sonia, You don't have two volume control settings (in alsamixer for example) by an

Re: [SLUG] Linux UI decision

2006-11-11 Thread Metrics
used by a lot of people, but it is still alpha software and therefore things do break. But most of the issues are nothing that a quick bt to the e-development list won't fix. Patches are also accepted :). Byron Hillis (aka metrics) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Novell and Microsoft

2006-11-06 Thread Metrics
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 10:17:15AM +1100, Martin Visser wrote: > > So my understanding of the agreements is that Microsoft are basically saying > to Novell - "You full well know that some of the code in SuSE Linux > infringes on our IP". (From elsewhere I read that this would possibly in > things

Re: [SLUG] Wireless ISP Recommendation

2006-10-07 Thread Metrics
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 10:57:08AM +1000, Jamshid Karimi wrote: > Hi > > Could someone please suggest an isp which supports > linux for wireless internet? > > Regards > Jamshid > By wireless internet, do you mean roaming wireless. Similar to Unwired? They're modem (well the one I have) just has

Re: [SLUG] Calling All Debian Gurus - Kernel Compile Issues

2006-07-28 Thread Metrics
ideo controller. > Is the lo above just a typo? > > Thanks guys once again for taking the time to read my rantings! > > > Trent > (a.k.a Diazepam) Metrics > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and

Re: [SLUG] Is Linux now Illegal

2006-07-08 Thread Metrics
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 08:51:19PM +1000, Gerald wrote: > Please read the enclosure from Chris at kororaa.org. > Or go to his site at : > www.kororaa.org > and see what you think of the response Chis had to his required > Clarification. > Gerald As far as I can tell, this whole thing stems from

Re: [SLUG] Firewall

2006-07-07 Thread Metrics
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:33:44AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > * On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:19:21PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1) How to setup a firewall in ubuntu? It seems suitable iptables settings > > do > > work but that's awefully primitive. This article did not help > > http://

[SLUG] Recent Webcam Purchases that work on Linux

2006-07-05 Thread Metrics
Hi all, First time poster, hope to get involved in slug a bit more in the future but I'm in a bit of a bind at the moment. Has anybody recently purchased a webcam that works under linux? I've googled and searched, and I have no problems getting one working, but it's just a matter of actually findi