Re: USB sticks used with ‘Startup Disk Creator’ not reusable?

to create the installer on that USB stick - I've read about 'Etcher'. I'll let you know when the IT guys at work get to the USB stick again. Cheers David On Mon, Jul 1, 2024, at 12:31 AM, Chris Robinson wrote: > > Actually, I've never had a problem with a thumb drive that couldn't be

USB sticks used with ‘Startup Disk Creator’ not reusable?

for, or have I just had bad luck? Should a USB stick that was used with ‘Startup Disk Creator’ be able to be reformatted for everyday read/write work again? Cheers David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: wireless problem with upgrade to 20.04 LTS / and live DVD installation for 22.04 failing

My guess is your wifi issue (note: guess & I have no idea!) relates to > the 5.15 kernel; and I've seen a few support queries relating to wifi > in recent day(s), but wifi isn't an area that interests me so I tend > to ignore them. My 'guess' is the issue would be the same if you clean

Re: wireless problem with upgrade to 20.04 LTS / and live DVD installation for 22.04 failing

Hi Chris thanks for your time. The laptop on which I have been using Ubuntu, since around 2013 (and the laptop is older than that) is a Lenovo T400. It has working USB ports. The version of Ubuntu that I am trying to install is the version for desktop PCs and laptops. You reckon it could

wireless problem with upgrade to 20.04 LTS / and live DVD installation for 22.04 failing

Hi folks, I’m hoping you could guess at what’s going wrong with my upgrade attempts. I have run Ubuntu on an old laptop with an internal optical drive for years and have in the past installed new LTSs via the ISO burned onto a DVD-R. For LTS 18.04 I used a rewritable DVD, and have never before

Freenode fallout

Hello everyone still here (all 3 of us I assume). Did Ubuntu AU still use Freenode and did we migrate to Libera Chat? Was there any point in using it? Also are any of the other Loco's doing much these days? Looks like they all died a while ago. - David-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au

Re: Anyone on this list in WA

crashes or bugs in a while now. I remember that I felt like the app store was next to take off and I haven't heard much since then. Are there any long term plans anywhere, like does the company have goals for 22.04 or 24.04? - David On 2020-08-12 16:45, Trent Lloyd wrote: Bret, I am

Happy 20.04 release!

not a fan of twitter but there's an active FOSS related community on Fosstodon.org: https://fosstodon.org/public I wouldn't mind seeing a few other Australian linux users there :) - David / ikt-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Re-verification

> There are still lots of things we can do, but we need to encourage more > people to get involved. What sort of things can we do? --- DAVID On 2015-10-29 21:59, Joel Addison wrote: > On 28 Oct 2015, at 4:37 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjja...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: Free Stickers!

I think I know someone: https://plus.google.com/110015085220486680338/posts/DP2vMHLzrnx --- DAVID On 2015-10-22 20:13, Jared Norris wrote: > Good evening all, > > Thanks to System76 [1] we again have free Ubuntu and System76 stickers > available. All you need to do is se

Files in /dev

Hello all I have a simple question - why are there more files in the /dev directory then actual existing devices on a particular machine ? In particular, on start up, why does not the system interrogate the hardware and only create files corresponding to the actual hardware present ? - in

Re: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

see the email below from David. As mentioned there aren't many left so if a few people got in and did some it would be done quickly. Regards, Jared Norris Ubuntu-AU Team Contact https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- Forwarded message -- From: David Planella david.plane

Re: Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

, David. On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Michael D m...@md-5.net wrote: What is entailed in an en_AU translation? Just some regionalisms? Thanks Michael On Jul 18, 2014 8:31 PM, Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com wrote: Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know

Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/teen-reported-security-hole/ That looks like Linux Mint or Gnome 2 in the picture? Anyone know? - David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: ubuntu 13.10 “Saucy Salamander” available via ubuntu.net.au

On 21/10/13 15:42, Jared Norris wrote: On 18 October 2013 14:50, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have made ubuntu

Youtube Audio Files

Hello All Can anybody please tell me how to store the audio on a downloaded youtube video to a file ? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Gnome 2 window manager

Hello All Can anybody please tell me how difficult it is to replace the window manager(s) in the latest Ubuntu with Gnome2 from Ubuntu 10.04 ? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Gnome 2 window manager

Is this what you were looking for? http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-classic-gnome-desktop-in-ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail.html On 4 September 2013 17:38, David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net wrote: Hello All Can anybody please tell me how difficult it is to replace the window manager(s

Ubuntu 12.10, separate drive to Win - manual partitioning, feedback please

Hi, I've googled and read, and again, and as a newbie to partitioning am going to take the plunge and install Ubuntu 12.10 by partitioning manually during install. Please let me know what you think of the following: I have Windows already on sdc, plus a free 500Gb hdd (sdb) for extra storage,

Fwd: Re: Ubuntu 12.10, separate drive to Win - manual partitioning, feedback please

Thanks Bevin. There's the 2TB drive listed as dev/sdc, then dev/sdc1 listed as 'Windows boot loader', and then dev/sdc2. The 2TB Windows drive was put in the computer first and the 1.5 TB drive for Ubuntu was added later. In Windows disk management the 2TB drive is listed as disk0, then the 500Gb

printer applet

Dear All I may just be stupid but I am having trouble in getting the printer applet together with it's icon ( as in 10.04) installed in 12.04. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

12.10 - any bootloader problem?

Hi, I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than 12.04] on one drive of a computer in which a second drive has Windows (for the rare occasions when I use Windows) on it. I am a bit apprehensive after reading this review:

Re: ninemsn catchup

I'd be surprised if you didn't have trouble tbh. This is as far as I went with ninemsn: http://ikt.id.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lolsilverlight.png :) - David On 26/06/12 16:06, Tom Sparks wrote: I am having trouble with ninemsn catchup, I cant watch a show I have installed

Re: ninemsn catchup

Hehe.. nice one Dave. Tom I think I see your problem and to fix it you should uninstall silverlight and re-enable your firewall. On Jun 27, 2012 1:09 AM, David James da...@kvr.com.au wrote: I'd be surprised if you didn't have trouble tbh. This is as far as I went with ninemsn: http

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

-- David Drury Senior Systems Engineer Logic Plus He's mostly dead, Jim. Get Miracle Max. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Mid-Cycle Events

so about that open day... - David On 2012-05-25 07:33, Andre Mangan wrote: Apology accepted.  Now let's close that book. Andre On 24 May 2012 20:50, George Patterson george.patter...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have signed the CoC but will point out that the comment wasn't intended

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

I've been using rhymthbox for ages and I think it almost hits all those requirements On 25/03/12 21:33, Paul Gear wrote: My essential features: * No-brainer Google-style filtering of playlist/collection. Amarok 2 lost me here: you have to write expressions instead of just typing

Re: BASH Scripting

Thanks Paul - very simple when one knows how. Cheers David On 28/02/12 22:03, Paul Gear wrote: -t Window Title -e command to run -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

BASH Scripting

Hello All Could someone kindly please tell me how to write a BASH script, which opens up a terminal (easy) and, in that opened terminal, runs a pre-existing program. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Thumbnail generator program

On 23 February 2012 09:41, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: On 23/02/12 00:44, Geoffrey wrote: I have written a website in html and css which requires the presentation and selection of a gallery of images as thumbnails that can be enlarged individually to view. Synaptic Package Manager

website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

Hi folks, LTS 10.04: I checked for updates, which included Firefox updates. I have never had problems with a bank's website before. Last night all websites I visited (including other banks' homepages) displayed fine, but now when trying to visit www.bankmecu.com.au I am getting a dialogue box

Re: website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

(Grizzly) Smit griz...@smit.id.au wrote: On 02/02/12 08:31, David wrote: Hi folks, LTS 10.04: I checked for updates, which included Firefox updates. I have never had problems with a bank's website before. Last night all websites I visited (including other banks' homepages) displayed fine

Selecting Window Managers

Hello All Is it possible on boot-up (11.10) to select from a choice of window managers - such as lxde, xfce etc ? Thanks David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Window Managers for Kubuntu and Ubuntu

anyone else out there feel this ? Hope that this does not put too many noses out of joint. Cheers David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

LibreOffice Tab Stops

Hello All Can anyone tell me how to fix (lock) the tab stops in LibreOffice such that they override the tab stop settings in an imported document. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

LibreOffice Tab Stops

Hello All Can anyone tell me how to fix the tab stops in LibreOffice such that they ignore the tab stop settings in an imported document. I wish to force my fixed tab stop settings on to a document which has tab stops already in it - that is override the existing tab stop info. Thanks David

Re: Finally! A cloud storage server that is multi platform and free

Looks interesting but what's the difference between it and dropbox/ubuntu one? - ikt - Original Message - From: Anthony i.lurve.li...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 10 November, 2011 12:18:04 PM Subject: Finally! A cloud storage server that is multi platform

Re: eReaders hardware / paper waste reduction

What are they using the paper for? On 8 November 2011 17:11, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I am current work at the food bank on Thursdays (9:30 - 12:30) I am noticing we are using lots of paper (90+ pages per day) I am wondering if these ebook readers are can help us reduce

Re: eReaders hardware / paper waste reduction

connection to the internet. On 8 November 2011 17:57, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 5

Re: eReaders hardware / paper waste reduction

On 8 November 2011 18:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 6:02 PM Subject: Re

Re: Meeting time poll - please vote =)

Hi again, Thanks to all who voted! The vote ended up being a 3 way tie, with 3 time slots: Sat 8pm, Sat 9pm, and Sun 9pm all being 7 votes each. The final results are here: http://doodle.com/bpz47isrg9q7xz23 - David/ikt -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: Consulting Work

how it goes. What sort of training were you after? - David - Original Message - From: Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Lyndon Vincent lyndon.vinc...@easynetworks.com.au Sent: Friday, 28 October, 2011 10:19:45 PM Subject: Fwd: Consulting Work Good

Re: Ubuntu 11.10 CDs

Heya! What versions do you have? I'm sort of collecting 1 of each version (if I have spares available), I'm missing some of the earliest versions like 5.05, 5.10, 6.06. - David - Original Message - From: Paul Schulz p...@mawsonlakes.org To: jrnor...@gmail.com Cc: Ubuntu-AU ubuntu-au

Re: Ubuntu 11.10 CDs

Heya! I'm interested in 5 CD's for a trial run of a small single a4 page poster at a local library, would that be ok? - David - Original Message - From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 21 October, 2011 4:50:02 PM Subject: Ubuntu 11.10 CDs

Re: Merging 3 kernels using 1 as base

I had no idea you could merge multiple kernels into one. - Original Message - From: boden matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sunday, 16 October, 2011 7:11:29 PM Subject: Merging 3 kernels using 1 as base Hey all, I'm working on a port of Ubuntu ARM

Meeting time poll - please vote =)

Hello fellow Ubuntu users! Hope everyone is enjoying 11.10! The ubuntu au team are still looking to have the monthly meeting at the best time we can, so as many people can attend as possible. With daylight savings coming into play we're looking to possibly change the time to allow more people

Re: ubuntu 11.10 now available through ubuntu.net.au

nice :D - Original Message - From: peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 14 October, 2011 9:12:45 AM Subject: ubuntu 11.10 now available through ubuntu.net.au hey guys just to let you know I have downloaded ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot It is now

Firefox updating via Update Manager - things not retrieved?

Hi folks, Update Manager prompts me to download packages that update Firefox, but during the download I get the message that not all packages could be retrieved, and do I want to continue anyway - each time I have answered No for the time being. This has stayed the case over a few days now

Installing Open Office 3.3.0 in Ubuntu 10.04

for the number 9472 which occurs in point 4 below - where did this number come from ??? Thanks David ** This tutorial will explain how to install latest version of openoffice in ubuntu You can check what is new

Missing Ethernet Port

). The Friends laptop connects to the Internet OK on Windows 7 but because of the absence of 'eth0' fails to connect with Ubuntu. Can anybody tell me how to fix this ? Thanks in advance David B -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Missing Ethernet Port

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: tell us a little the make and model of your friends computer What dose lspci and lsusb report on his computer? send us the dmesg file from his coomputer? All of this will help to determine whether the hardware has

Flash player installation via Synaptic

Hi, I would like to install Flash player (YouTube tells me to install the player) but am not sure which package to grab. Synaptic shows flashplugin-nonfree - Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional package) and flashplugin-installer - Adobe Flash Player plugin installer Which should I

Re: NetworkManager Applet 0.8 Icon

to connect/disconnect etc but is not present on the desktop. It is this icon that I wish to regain. Thanks David On 01/06/11 22:42, OPM595 wrote: Is Network Manager checked in: System Startup Applications Network Manager (ticked etc)? Sorry, not sure what you mean about up/down arrows though

NetworkManager Applet 0.8 Icon

G'day All I am running Ubuntu 10.04 I seem to have lost my tool bar icon for the NetworkManager Applet 0.8 (up/down arrows) which makes it difficult to see what is going on. Can anyone tell me how I can recover this icon ?? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

10.04 LTS kernel security problem?

Hi folks, I clean-installed 10.04 LTS two days ago. In a computer mag I read something about Ubuntu (or Linux kernel) vulnerabilities for 10.04 being discovered recently. I may be remembering it wrong, but I thought the mag said that if you had kernel 2.6.35.25 then you are in the clear. When my

Critical warning messages

Hello All Could some kind soul(s) please tell what the following (below) mean and what I can do about them. These came up when I asked for help in the Archive Manager. Thanks David Bowskill *** (file-roller:3227): atk-bridge-WARNING

10.04 and USB 3.0

Hi folks and thanks for the responses to my earlier questions about PDFs. Now that I assume updates will soon no longer be given for 8.04, I am planning to install 10.04 LTS, and to get a card installed in my existing computer so that it's USB 3.0 compatible, and to get a USB 3.0 external HDD.

Re: 10.04 and USB 3.0

? === Benjamin Donald-Wilson (Age 12) == On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 19:20, David ag...@justemail.net wrote: Hi folks and thanks for the responses to my earlier questions about PDFs. Now that I assume updates will soon no longer be given for 8.04, I

Warning Messages when installing updates

*** Can anyone tell me what these warnings mean and are they serious ? Thanks David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: natty release party melbourne

On 13 April 2011 12:23, George Patterson george.patter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:22 AM, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys here is my suggestion for a natty release party here in melbourne (sorry if someone has already suggested a time/place)

Re: natty release party melbourne

=zosplit=1radius=1.83hq=Coffee+Shopshnear=ll=-37.820701,144.964256spn=0.024103,0.055747z=15 On 13 April 2011 13:20, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: david do you have an alternative suggestion? I like that gloria jeans because its usually pretty quiet on weekends, and although they may

Re: Bug 1

G'day All I completely support the view point of Colin McDermott and Alan Kerns that We have missed our target audience. We are aiming for tech savvy Mac users when we need to pitch at Granny's using rusty PC's David Bowskill On 10/04/11 04:11, Alan Kerns wrote: On 09/04/11 22:14, colin

basic PDF editor for Ubuntu - tips?

Hi, could someone please tell me what they recommend as a basic PDF editor with GUI for Ubuntu? Basically I would like to A) be able to edit the meta information in an existing PDF (saving a webpage to PDF via print in Ubuntu 8.04 does a great job, but the title of the webpage isn't carried over

filenames (of folder contents) to text

Hi folks, I’d be grateful to know how I can get the filenames of files (or selected files) within a folder [but not subfolders] into a text file, whether via the clipboard and Paste, or whatever. Ages ago in Windows I had a little program that added an option of this kind to the right-click

google earth

for a location Ubuntu 10.4 on acer aspire 5536G Thank you David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Mounting Floppies

Hello to all who replied to my request on mounting a floppy. I took the advice that I was given and used 'mtools' instead. As pointed out, there is no need to mount the floppy and these tools got the info of the floppy easily. Thanks to all David On 10/11/10 23:03, Basil Chupin wrote: On 03/11

Mounting Floppies

the command umount /etc/fd0 the terminal reports:- umount: /dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab) I cannot read the floppy - it is not mounted although it was reported as being so. Any ideas ?? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: Mounting Floppies

with the answer. Cheers David On 03/11/10 20:32, Basil Chupin wrote: On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: Hello All I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I wished to read. Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on for a short

[Fwd: Re: bookmarks in firefox]

---BeginMessage--- Thank you Rob I cannot tell you what a relief to see them all Back. Many Many Many thanks, Regards david -- David Johnson On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 07:51 +1000, Rob Dawson wrote: Hi David, I can't tell you what caused the issue but I do know that Firefox makes a daily

Suddenly failed to connect

B) TX bytes:804 (804.0 B) da...@djb-p4:~$ ifconfig -a *** I have been struggling with this for some time but no joy. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Suddenly failed to connect

editing screen can be reached by SystemPreferencesNetwork Connections. Thanks very much again, I have learnt something. Cheers David On 20/10/10 15:23, Ryan Macnish wrote: Hi David, Looking at the ifconfig output there, it appears your wife isn't getting an IP address assigned to her computer

Printing queue not visible

Hello Fellow Ubuntu's I have just installed 10.04 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop and all works fine except that the printing jobs do not show on the 'Document Print Status' monitor. The printing itself is perfect. Any ideas? Thanks David BTW for those with an HP1200 laser printer, the 'CUPS

Re: Question for GCC programmers

with MinGW. Regards David Bowskill On 09/10/10 15:25, Lisa Milne wrote: On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:26:31 +1100 David Bowskill david...@tpg.com.au wrote: Thanks Lisa for your reply, my requirement I gather is not that unusual. Since you enlightened me on the concepts of 'raw' or 'cooked

Question for GCC programmers

this? Thanks in anticipation David For some strange reason my Ubuntu 10.04 has suddenly become very slow to boot. I tried to repair the system at boot ( pressing escape) and then selected 'repair broken packages'. I have tried the above several times but still keep getting error messages

Re: Question for GCC programmers

/questions/421860/c-c-capture-characters-from-standard-input-without-waiting-for-enter-to-be-pre. There are others as well. I wish to be able to compile the code to run under MSWindows (ugh!) for friends to use, so the solution must satisfy this. Thanks again for your invaluable help. Regards David

Re: Question for GCC programmers

Hey Dave, I'm no programmer but would this be helpful to you to get your software running cross platform? http://www.mono-project.com/ http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page On 9 October 2010 14:26, David Bowskill david...@tpg.com.au wrote: Thanks Lisa for your reply, my requirement I gather

Re: Question for GCC programmers

On 9 October 2010 15:13, Lisa Milne l...@ltmnet.com wrote: Please don't recommend mono, it's just a Bad Idea: http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono So whats the solution? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Suddenly very slow to start

David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Suddenly very slow to start

Hey Dave, Do you have an external USB hard drive plugged into the machine? If so can you try unplugging it and rebooting to see if it still starts up slowly? If not can you please open the termal and type: lsusb And please copy and paste the results? On 5 October 2010 23:44, David Bowskill

Re: Suddenly very slow to start

help David Bowskill On 06/10/10 00:07, David Fawcett wrote: Hey Dave, Do you have an external USB hard drive plugged into the machine? If so can you try unplugging it and rebooting to see if it still starts up slowly? If not can you please open the termal and type: lsusb And please

Re: Suddenly very slow to start

- more strength to his elbow ! Many thanks again David Bowskill On 06/10/10 15:03, David Whyte wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David Bowskill david...@tpg.com.au wrote: Thanks for reply Dave. There are no devices plugged into any USB port (apart from the mouse) although the effect did

Re: How many linux users?

http://tinyurl.com/23yg4ow ;) On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: if there are 12 million ubuntu users How many linux users are there? tom_a_sparks Light travels faster then sound, which is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak

Re: How many linux users?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:48 PM, IKT noname...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.auwrote: On 25/07/10 22:01, Tom Sparks wrote: if there are 12 million ubuntu users How many linux users are there? You asking this because you have a

Peculiar effect with keyboard -solved

as to what 'sandwich' is and how it works? Many thanks David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Printing using HP1200

For the HP1200 laserjet printer, the recommended driver 'pxlmono' would appear to be broken. The CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.5 and hpijs pcl3, 3.10.2drivers both seem to work well. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Tips?: hardware... media playback device

labelled for convenience sake as VCR1 and VCR2. Input impedance for CD, video etc is given as 150mV. It has pre-amp output RCA sockets on it too. David Fawcett, I don't know what 24-bit S/PDIF outputs are. Thanks Callan, for all the suggestions - I assume the Squeezebox needs the computer running

Re: Compulsory Computer protection

My opinion is that international lawsuits are extraordinarily impractical and that this will only expose Australian developers to risk. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: Australians could be forced to install anti-virus protection on their computers

Tips?: hardware... media playback device

Hi, I don't know much about hardware. I'd be grateful for some advice on what device to buy with which I can play back digital music files through a conventional hifi amplifier, a device that either has a hard drive or can be connected to an external hard drive. I hope to find a solution that'll

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: sorry, for the late reply the more I think about a custom Distro, may be the best option something based on Zorin OS (http://zorin-os.webs.com/) so how hard is to create a custom Distro? Ohhh dear. Tom, please

Brisbane OpenStreetMap Meetup on Monday Night

out the specific details on the night). If you can come, please let David Dean know by Friday 18th June, so we can have some idea of how many drinks to take on the night. Contact David Dean on 0407 151 912 to RSVP or for more information. -- David Dean Post-Doctoral Fellow, RP-SAIVT, QUT (me

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

Hey Tom, If I was going to run an internet cafe (I'm assuming 15-20 users at once here) and wanted to restrict what my users could do with the PCs then I would consider running a server and thin clients out to each of the desktops. The term is virtualization, or more specifically for your needs:

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: --- On *Tue, 15/6/10, David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com* wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

Have you got anything to back that up B? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't

Screen Saver doesn't work after re-boot

I am using Lucid Lynx on a desktop PC. I have carefully gone through SystemsPreferencesScreensaver and also Power Management to set my PC to scroll through my picture folder after 20 minutes idle time. It works beautifully . . . However, after a new Boot, and after idle time, the screensaver

Re: Ubuntu and e-tax

Hi Geoff, Last year, I got e-Tax working on my netbook using Wine. I certainly had success in doing all the sections but I didn't try two vital things: 1) That pre-roll thing. 2) Submitting the actual claim. I ended up going to an accountant. There was some work I had to do to get Wine working

Re: Low-end iSCSI NAS

I rather enjoyed this guide: http://blogs.sun.com/mebius/entry/diy_home_nas_box_with2 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Morgan Storey m...@morganstorey.com wrote: Have you thought of using http://freenas.org/freenas or http://www.openfiler.com/ both are pretty good, and I have used both in dev

re: help loading Ubuntu

hi Melissa, Is there any1 that can help me load Ubuntu onto my computer in Melbourne ...n not 2 expensive? regards -- David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: help loading Ubuntu

clients like that (and this business is all about repeat business) but it still drives me nuts how many cowboys there are out there. Anyway, good luck to you. Dave. On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 01:11 +1100, David Fawcett wrote

Re: elections

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan srid...@dhanapalan.com wrote: On 7 March 2010 15:53, Melissa Draper meli...@meldraweb.com wrote: On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:36 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: hey guys And gals, please

Re: elections

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Rand Al Thor randalthor_thedragonreb...@hotmail.com wrote: *IMO google guys, informal way of referring to either sex. No offence was intended. If you chose to take offence then that's your prerogative.* *I don't think things need to be changed because of one

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