My previous questions on this thread are hereby retracted. I will buy a
new, latest model PC and start from scratch.
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Your advice would be appreciated. Please don't send me to a forum site;
they can be useful but I find them mostly chit-chat columns.
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other WiFi-enabled devices (laptops,
mobile phone, etc) are connected with the Internet via the Telstra WiFi
modem. All is well.
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cable which the network manager labels
'Auto Ethernet'. It connects instantly.
Thanks for your advice. I believe that I will find a way to wire-connect
eventually, meanwhile I will try the WiFi USB adaptor.
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This responds to Lindsay about USB connection with my new modem. I've
tried it many times with no result. Also the bash command which
lists all USB ports and what they connect shows nothing.
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connections via WiFi only, which should be OK.
That is the state of play. Thank you Daniel and others. No more
questions from me.
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connection - WiFi. My
desktop PC is not WiFi-enabled, however I have a 802.11n USB (WiFi)
adaptor. I'm told that they work with Linux OSs but no luck so far with
it on my PC.
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'Mobile Broadband' editing window and I
presume that I should continue to do so. As there is no connection I do
not have cannot read the connection information of course.
Your assistance in solving this problem is requested. Thank you,
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packages, quickly as usual.
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Any other suggestions, please.
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fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is
there a choice?
Please tell me what is going on.
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Subject:Re: Serial terminal to read GPS data for Linux
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:09:01 +1100
From: Daniel Jitnah
To: Geoffrey Combes
Try putty.
(apt-get install putty in Ubuntu)
On 29/10/17 13:49, Geoffrey Combes wrote:
I have
anyone from the Ubuntu AU community know of such a serial
terminal for Linux and perhaps have used it to read GPS data.
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itioning. I may try
installing one of the Linux OSs from an image iso - again! As I have
said, previous attempts have not been successful because they would not
boot, this despite the fact that they appear OK. I'll get there eventually.
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ault - both the Updating and Ubuntu
Software apps have stopped working (a first time event for me). This
leaves me in a 'Catch 22' situation. As the 17.04 iso image won't boot I
have ordered a 32-bit disk from Peter Baker using the on-line source
ubuntu.net.au.
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Calc files must use direct cell references it would seem. By
direct I mean A1 for example. This closes this issue.
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e $ symbol
in the cell name is part of the problem.
Your advice would be appreciated. Believe me, correcting this
misbehaviour is extremely tedious.
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file size must be kept down. Hence the need to reduce a
1Mb camera photo to, say 100kb. The facility to modify the image file
name as well was useful.
I have noted Phatch too for future reference.
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Any suggestions please.
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in 14.04 LTS that I am using, although a search on the Internet states
that it was in Lucid 10.04. There are other such tools, one of which I
have for Windows. However I would like one for Linux. Does 14.10 have
something else that will do the job?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Geoffrey
Hello Paul, One more thing. When installing the latest updates and just
before failure it was "running post-installation trigger dpkg-exec".
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Hello Paul, Here are the results of commands requested., the last not
looking useful but perhaps it tells you something,
geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo df
[sudo] password for geoffrey:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 957432452 78607048 830167536 9
Sorry Paul. I wrote down exactly as you said and then typed something
different and illogical.
Here is the latest result from Terminal:
geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for geoffrey:
root@geoffrey-desktop:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency
Following Paul Gear's instructions here is the output from Terminal:
geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for geoffrey:
root@geoffrey-desktop:~# apt-get update && apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com tru
tails concluding with 'Error in function'.
That is all the error information that I can glean.
14.04 has been operating perfectly many weeks since the PC's processor
heat sink and fan were replaced (it was blocked with fibre causing
frequent stoppage through high temperature)
aking his action I would appreciate any advice on how to correct
this fault.
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, not with much
responding interest I have to say.
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disk or upgrade sequentially to 14.04 as I did to get 12.04 (or doesn't
it matter which way)? Or, can I do something from Byobu Terminal.
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7;A4'.
Problem solved. In hindsight it's obvious isn't it?
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n say that the program has not uploaded because the new
Arduino UNO came with a LED blinking program on it and this continues to
run.
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Your views would be of interest to me.
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of text that was barely readable because it was in pale grey. I used
the 'Threshold' colour tool in GIMP to get a dark black text print.
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can't find any
way of adjusting for the error.
Your help would be appreciated.
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his laptop and, importantly at my request, kept my previous user name
and so preserved my email address. The upside is that the new modem and
its link to Telstra is much faster than my old modem.
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given by Sierra:
1. Open the tar file and extract the three files Makefile, sierra.c and
sierra_net.c to Desktop.
2. Move these three files to the Home folder (directory).
3. Open Terminal and enter the command: cd /home/geoffrey
The prompt is now 'geoffrey'
4. Enter the command:
Thanks to Harry, Colin, Peter and Ian for your advice. I respond to each
in turn.
Harry: I will follow up on the Huawei Wireless USB modem. For the
present I intend to pursue Telstra for an answer, rather than let them
off the hook. I believe that it would be a simple task for them to laod
a PC wit
in the menu.
However no name appears in the menu when the 4G modem is plugged into
the PC's USB socket and the modem signals readiness to relay data.
Why not? (I ask myself). The modem is a standard UMTS, HSPA device and
therefore should be recognised by Ubuntu. Or have I missed something?
Th
the APN via email but have not yet had
a reply. I hope that this will help 12.04 to find the right connecting
file. Eventually I wish to use the 4G modem with a laptop PC in a true
mobile anywhere situation as well as at home.
I would appreciate advice or suggestions from members.
Thank you.
Geoffrey
I have upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 stepwise through intermediate
upgrades. Now I find that my Canon iP4200 printer will not respond to
data sent by Ubuntu. The iP4200 has always responded previously (since
9.04) although never properly in colour (I must switch to MS XP). The
next printer that I bu
both interesting and
pertinent. I have a second (old) PC which I use a little in my study
which has Ubuntu and Windows XP on separate drives. So I will go through
the ISO route for that PC at least. ISO files will be downloaded using
my new PC.
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Thanks James. I looked again at the Ubuntu site and found that I had
overlooked the link "see also: Upgrading to 12.04 Precise Pangolin".
This led me to precise instructions for upgrading 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS.
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reluctant to take a punt and mess things up.
Surely I don't need to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 10.10, then to 11.04 and
then to 11.10 before upgrading to 12.04LTS?
I would be grateful for advice from members.
PS My Update Manager does not advise that 12.04LTS is ready to load.
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all again.
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required. Before I try them out I look for suggestions from Ubuntu
members who have experience with web design. Please note that I can
write markup for html and css but not (yet) javascript.
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Thanks Jared and Joel; I will take your advice. I looked up the
Canonical shop for the first time and saw a couple of things that I'd
like.
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I've been using Ubuntu now for over two years. I think it's about time I
supported Ubuntu with a donation. The question is: Who should receive
it? Canonical would seem to be an obvious choice, or are they adequately
funded?
A few suggestions from members would be gratefully received
Thanks, Peter, for your hard work on my behalf. I will finish building
the hardware device (a micro-computer) today. Sorry about the delay in
responding. My new and fast PC has broken down and the old back-up PC is
working at snail's pace on Ubuntu (something has uspet the OS).
Geoffrey C
driver'.
Could someone tell me where to find this driver, how to install and how
the Terminal may be used to exchange program information.
Note; I have yet to connect the device (it's still being constructed)
and so I have not tried a hardware driver search.
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Thanks too, Ian, for the other choices.
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Further to my initial message I have installed from Ubuntu's software
centre, SPE (Stani's Python Editor). This suggests that Terminal is the
simplest vehicle for the Python tutorial rather than using, or trying to
use, a specific editor.
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Question: Is there a text editor specific to Python? If so, why isn't it
presented when opening Python?
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Thanks Matthew. Such pre-packaged software is indeed of interest, as I
am unlikely to get deeply into programming. The module's reference
manual says "AVR Freaks is an essential site to visit". I haven't
reached the stage of investigating this material. I have, in the last
couple of days, acquainte
,
Python, Utilities, etc.).
I plugged in the module and got all the right responses from the module
using the many commands.
Nevertheless I will persist with finding how to get the Ubuntu terminal
to connect with the module.
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Hi Ryan,
I moved the ousb executable into my home directory as you have corrected
me (thank you). I then tried your instruction "chmod etc" with no
effect.
So I typed simply "./ousb" (as was the designer's instruction) and
bingo! up came the Open USB IO Controller Command Line with usage
instructio
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Thank you all for your advice.
This next question is addressed to AndrewG who mentioned a terminal
command line in association with an iso file:
The CD obtained from Ubuntu-AU includes a folder named isolinux. It
contains 121 files. Can this source be used to upgrade?
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Thank you all for the excellent advice.
Here are a few comments with respect to individual advice:
Mitch: Excellent. I would seem that I can do this:
1. Upgrade my existing PC with 10.04 from CD, create the list of
packages file and save the home directory to the external HDD.
2. Install 10.04 on
ore of the
above ways may have problems.
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Thanks Paul for advising that e-tax works on 10.04 (beta).
I'll get ready to try it out when 10.04 is officially reeleased.
That may well be in time for when I compile e-tax 2010 (about
September).
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Thanks Dave (Wine) and Angus (VirtualBox) for the advice.
I've been told about both but have yet to study them.
It would be nice to be able to run a couple of other Windows programs
that I have on Ubuntu.
Meanwhile I'm hoping that the ATO live up to their promise and write
e-tax for Linux sometime
s roll-over
information from a previous year's e-tax.
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Why is this, please? What is the experience of others?
Of course I could adjust the image colour intensity but that should not
be necessary.
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a 2.5" externala drive. I am already using a Verbatum 2
Gb flash memory which has synchronisation software (MS Windows)
installed for a few XP My Documents files. It is a convenient way of
continually updating backed-up data.
Given my small memory requirement what do members think?
Geoffr
Recently I built and tested a home-made antenna for the wireless
broadband modem given to me by Telstra Bigpond (Maxon BP3-EXT). The
Bigpond software indicates signal level with five vertical bars. Using
the modem antennas (there are two, a primary and a secondary) signal
level was usually 3 bars,s
soon.*
My apologies for being unclear. Never the less your responses are
helpful in explaining Permissions.
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about Permisssions. Please advise.
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t no doubt there is more work to do than changing a line of
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The oft-seen, in this context, word 'distro' is not in my lexicon nor in
my Australian Oxford. What does it mean?
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control. I am not using NoScript with Epiphany.
I think I need some help from members.
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1. Where do I go from the present position cited above?
2. How is the Ubuntu softphone-Skype matter resolved?
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In the list of packages there is a column between the select box and
package name columns. It is either occupied by the Ubuntu logo or is
blank.
What is the significance of the Ubuntu logo?
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email directly, if that's OK.
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Network Connections which is a slow way.
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t works
equally well for paragraphing. Is there a difference between p and para
tags?
My question of members is: Is there a (text) reference for tags that I
could read and be better informed?
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file with the name or part-name Xlog.
I've had difficulty in learning details about the program and therefore
cannot even confirm that it is written for the GNOME desktop.
Q: Would someone please advise how to go about searching for this
program using a command at Terminal?
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I presume that there are commands for compressing (zipping) files
individually.
However is there a Linux software package like Winzip for use with Ubuntu?
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3-EXT modem. I have downloaded a Sierra
driver and ppp file ostensibly for connecting Linux OSs to this Maxon
modem, however I am not sure that this is the correct approach.
As I suspect that someone has done this already in Australia I request
assistance from the Ubuntu-AU community.
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