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2012-09-07 Thread Dave Hall
thought it might be of interest to people on this list. -- Dave Hall Principal Engineer Technocrat -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: GCC _ no command found - Ubuntu 7.10

2012-08-27 Thread Dave Hall
On 27/08/12 21:07, Josh McFarlane wrote: Hi Juan, I would recommend trying an apt-get purge gcc. Given he is running 7.10 which was EOL in more than 3 years ago that will mean that he loses gcc - which I don't think is Juan's aim. I would recommend trying to upgrade to 8.04, 10.04 and

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

2012-06-21 Thread Dave Hall
Try staticice.com.au On 22/06/12 06:03, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Thanks David, sounds like that could be what I'm after. Do you know a good place to get one? :) Thanks, ~Stephen On 22 June 2012 00:31, David Shawcrossdavid...@wcross.info wrote: HP Proliant N40L approx $260 with 4 bays you

Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

2012-06-20 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/06/12 22:20, Tom Sparks wrote: 'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem... Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 question or some wacky replies ... I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with? One

Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-20 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/05/12 15:06, WasserLand wrote: Dave calling Dave, Thanks for that. I don't like Kies or having to fire up Windows just for the sake of it. I tried to transfer some photo's in Ubuntu to the phone, but couldn't. I must be doing it wrong. I use the G+ photo sync feature to sync my

Re: Good IRC client

2012-05-19 Thread Dave Hall
On 20/05/12 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are

Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04)

2012-05-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Dave, On 20/05/12 13:43, WasserLand wrote: Is there a Linux program to to replace the need for Kies for Samsung Galaxy S2 phone? I have an SGS2 and I am yet to need Kies. I upgraded to ICS OTA and I use Rhythmbox to send music to my phone. I have Google Apps integrated with Thunderbird

Re: Doing work experience - suggestions in Brisbane?

2012-02-23 Thread Dave Hall
On 23/02/12 18:25, Boden Matthews wrote: Hey all, I've got work experience at the end of next term and end of term 4, and Mum wants me to find a place to apply for work experience (apparently if I don't do it more than a term in advance, I won't get a place anywhere). Anyway, does anyone have

Re: Thumbnail generator program

2012-02-22 Thread Dave Hall
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 has programs listed (e.g. photon, webmagick) that will generate the

Re: Softphone for 10.04LTS

2012-02-09 Thread Dave Hall
On 10/02/12 11:40, opm595 wrote: Hi Guys, Any Pennytel subscribers out there tell me of the best Softphone, codedecs, and config etc, to install on 10.04LTS. My actual VoIP system is going to be out of order for a few days, while I'm doing some reno's, and thought the soft phone idea might be

Re: Brisbane Install Fest

2011-12-30 Thread Dave Hall
On 31/12/11 11:23, Chris Robinson wrote: *From:* Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com *To:* Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com *Cc:* ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Friday, 30 December 2011 10:36

Re: Brisbane Install Fest

2011-12-30 Thread Dave Hall
On 31/12/11 12:46, Chris Robinson wrote: *From:* Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com *To:* ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:16 AM *Subject:* Re: Brisbane Install Fest With a bit of iptables

Re: Digital Certificates for VPN

2011-10-31 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Tom, On 01/11/11 10:56, Tom Sparks wrote: I am wondering what is the easy way to create some Digital Certificates for VPN setup I am looking at one server, two or more clients If you want a GUI to manage the certs, checkout tinyca - http://packages.ubuntu.com/tinyca As for a VPN

Re: Hello, Im looking for a reliable Linux Hosting Provider

2011-08-06 Thread Dave Hall
On 06/08/11 19:45, Martin wrote: Hello, Im looking for a reliable Linux Hosting Provider, can someone please make a suggestion? You haven't specified if you are after dedicated, vps or shared hosting. Personally I don't bother with shared hosting these days. I have a couple of legacy

Re: Hello, Im looking for a reliable Linux Hosting Provider

2011-08-06 Thread Dave Hall
On 06/08/11 20:06, Boden Matthews wrote: I am getting a VPS with www.jumba.com.au http://www.jumba.com.au, they've got pretty damn good value, but it's like having a server in your own house - you set up the webserver or whatever you want in it. I'm going to use mine for a Minecraft server :D

Nicaraguan LoCo

2010-10-20 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I thought people might be interested in this. Looks like they are doing some great stuff in Nicaragua. More info at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NicaraguanTeam/ReApproval2010 Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Keyboard issues

2010-08-07 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 14:58 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote: On 07/08/10 13:47, Martin Visser wrote: Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the

stickers update

2010-07-30 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I am planning on mailing out all the stickers on monday. I still have a few sets left if you're interested. The delay in posting them is some people have had issues with PP so it is taking some time for the payments to come and I'd like to do this all in 1 hit. The previous email is

ubuntu stickers looking for homes

2010-07-26 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I recently ordered some sheets of mixed ubuntu stickers from the Canonical store. The stickers are the sheet of different shaped ones shown at http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=125 The way the shipping works meant I could order 13 sheets instead of 1 for a similar

Re: How many linux users?

2010-07-25 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 05:01 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: if there are 12 million ubuntu users How many linux users are there? How many people have a computer which connects to the internet? Somewhere along the way they will use Linux. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list

Re: CalDAV/WebCal Server

2010-07-16 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Boden, On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 17:06 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote: Just a quick question. Do you guys think we should setup a CalDAV or WebCal server with dates of our IRC meetings? It means anyone can find out when our meetings are and what time they are at. I know Evolution has support for

Re: wifi for ubuntu

2010-07-10 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 06:14 -0700, wahin wrote: Hello there, Bandwidth/Download limit isa big problem for me in melbourne. So i was wondering if there are any free wifi hotspots availble for my linux netbook to download updates and ofcourse recently installed miro tv, so i would like to

planet listing on planet ubuntu users and ubuntu universe

2010-07-02 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, Tiago Faria has added the Planet Ubuntu Australia to the planetarium listings on Planet Ubuntu Users ( http://ubuntuweblogs.org/ ) and Ubuntu Universe ( http://ubuntuweblogs.org/universe/ ). This may attract some additional readers to the planet. My blog has been added to both the

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-19 Thread Dave Hall
to Newstead, give me some notice and we can meet up if I am around and not too busy. Cheers Dave On 18/06/2010 13:45, Dave Hall wrote: Hi Tom, On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 18:47 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: I am the only one who is want a ubnutu system at the internet cafe, and the only way

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 21:27 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small town in country Victoria. They are currently running Hardy on 3 P4s. snip I am only there two day a week, and currently

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Tom, On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 18:47 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: I am the only one who is want a ubnutu system at the internet cafe, and the only way is to demo it in the wild, but I don't want to keep repeating the same steps (download this, download that) so what about a custom liveCD

TL-WN422G USB WiFi dongle (was TL-WN422G Modem USB)

2010-06-16 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:30 -0700, Billsh wrote: Hi... just installed Ubuntu and Im wondering how to get my TP-LINK TL- WN422G usb modem to work. Do I need Linux drivershope not as they apparently they don't exist. I have no experience with that usb wifi device. There is a thread on the

Re: Ubuntu-AU wiki page

2010-06-05 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Jared, On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 21:13 +1000, Jared Norris wrote: Good morning/afternoon/evening Ubuntu-AU'ers As I have been going through and cleaning up a lot of the wiki lately (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam) I have had quite a few people coming to me suggesting that the front

Re: setting up a user group

2010-05-26 Thread Dave Hall
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 23:41 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Wed, 26/5/10, Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com Subject: Re: setting up a user group To: ubuntu-au lists ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 3:19 PM

LUGs

2010-05-17 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, For those of you proposing face to face meetings, I would suggest that you check out your local Linux User Group (LUG) first. These groups offer a diverse mix of users. Linux Users Victoria (LUV) run monthly (?) beginners workshops and monthly meetings with talks too. To find your

A Transition Plan

2010-05-16 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I know some people on the list would like to see drastic actions being taken to change/fix/revive/whatever the LoCo. I think now is the time for cool heads and respectful discussion. I would propose that for the time being Melissa remain as team contact. I would also propose that Peter

Re: Results of IRC Meeting Poll

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 22:46 +1000, Scott Evans wrote: Hi... OK the result of the poll held for what night/time would suite most has now ended, the results is... We only had 30hrs starting at COB Friday to respond? I think 2 clear business days would be far more appropriate. Peter's

Re: Results of IRC Meeting Poll

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Scott, On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 00:15 +1000, Scott Evans wrote: On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 00:04 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: I would suggest that we stick to the regular meeting cycle as proposed by Peter and in the intervening 3 weeks or so we try to develop some consensus around the issues

Re: Getting reapproved

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 22:55 +1000, Tony H.G Candito wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: This same small group of people then flooded the mailing list with email after email essentially just rehashing the same thing over and over again. Lot's of

Re: Do you want to see an official Australian Ubuntu LoCo?

2010-05-14 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 14:24 +0930, Robert Farrar wrote: Do you want to see an official Australian Ubuntu LoCo? yes or no? (yes from me) Probably. I think a lot of the work can be done without an official loco. At the same time the official status is important for some things. Yes

[Bug 563251] Re: Gwibber replies to private messages publically

2010-05-02 Thread Dave Hall
Seeing this in 2.30.0.1 This is a big problem, it could cause a user to get into real trouble if they didn't realise that their reply was public. Here is an example: DM from colleague in meeting: The boss is a such a Public reply: @colleague boss is always a Public reply from boss:

Re: Standard Document Formats

2010-04-19 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 22:25 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: I would like to know if anyone on this list is aware of any, however obscure, QLD State government policy that deals with electronic document formats. I had a good poke around http://www.qgcio.qld.gov.au/ and couldn't find anything.

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 09:30 +1000, Tony H.G Candito wrote: I've spoken to a a bunch of people through email last week this week, including a few people who contacted me off-list regarding a response I made RE: ACC. Most of them are so tired of banging their heads again the wall thy can't

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 11:48 +1000, Andre Mangan wrote: Watch the door on the way out. You call that respectful, Dave? Seems like arrogance and insulting to me. Definitely not in keeping with the CoC. Where are the moderators? I thought it was quite appropriate in the circumstances.

Re: less talk more action

2010-04-13 Thread Dave Hall
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 20:20 +1000, Tony H.G Candito wrote: Why is this a separate email? Why didn't you just hit reply under the relevant message? It wasn't a reply to any particular message in that thread it was a general comment on the discussion. A: Because it messes up the order in

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 laptop

2010-03-28 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Chris, On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 22:11 +, Chris Taylor wrote: Hi I'm off on a holiday soon overseas and I don't know the first thing about setting up a Dialup internet can some kind person help me out The modem in your laptop is most likely a winmodem, and either need nonfree software or

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 laptop

2010-03-28 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 03:32 +, Chris Taylor wrote: I'm off to the Philippines to visit my wife's family. they only have a dialup prepaid service in the house Ah ok, that makes sense then. Unless you want to hack ppp scripts yourself and start it from the command line, gnome-ppp is

Re: help loading Ubuntu

2010-03-24 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 01:11 +1100, David Fawcett wrote: I just responded to David off list I did too. but out of curiosity for the future is it OK for IT companies to reply on this list with their rates and services? I have no issue with people doing it, so long as it is in directly

[Bug 518029] Re: FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Hall
** Summary changed: - glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU + FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2 -- FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518029 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 518029] Re: FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Hall
I have just realised that this isn't even on the Release Team's radar for a FFE. GlusterFS 2.0.x has some serious issues such as maxing out CPU in certain (random yet reproducible) circumstances. The upgrade path from 2.0.x to 3.0.0 was a bit rough but it seems that most of the 3.0 issues were

[Bug 518029] Re: FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Hall
Sorry for the noise. I didn't realise that there was a separate bug report in for FFE. See bug #531545 for more info. ** Changed in: glusterfs (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Committed ** Summary changed: - FFE Please update glusterfs to 3.0.2 + glusterfs 2.0.x maxs out CPU -- glusterfs

RE: elections

2010-03-21 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 16:18 +0800, Rand Al Thor 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 persons dislike for a particular term.

Re: Ubuntu-AU Digest

2010-03-21 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 01:47 -0700, Michael wrote: I am subscribed to the digest, I thought it was part and parcel of joining the mailing list via the Ubuntu site, so I read it when I get the digest email if I don;t gt into th mailing list. However, sometimes I'm also getting subsequent emails

Re: Ubuntu-AU Digest

2010-03-21 Thread Dave Hall
Oops sorry, forgot to double check it before sending it to you and the list :( On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 23:22 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 02:41 -0700, Michael wrote: Then may I humbly request people only reply via the list and not to my personal email. My email is visible, I

Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Paul, On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Melissa Draper wrote: Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main)

2010-03-18 Thread Dave Hall
@ttx I have never run solr with tomcat, but I'll try to find some time over the weekend to give it a go with drupal and make it works as expected. -- Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321889 You received this bug

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-03-10 Thread Dave Hall
Looks good here. I did my testing on a couple 256 slices from slicehost. glusterfs hit about 15% of CPU and glusterfsd never seemed to pass 35% with both nodes being hammered by bonnie++ at the same time. Anything else I can do to help the process along? -- glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main)

2010-03-10 Thread Dave Hall
I tested these debs and it worked fine after I installed java6-sdk and restarted jetty. I hope the dependency issue doesn't become a blocker -- Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321889 You received this bug notification

Re: Governance New Thread!

2010-03-09 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Melissa, On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 11:02 +1100, Melissa Draper wrote: On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 08:51 +1000, Andrew Gaydon wrote: I agree that going down an incorporated association is a hard path and should be avoided. (however it does preclude us from carrying out certain activities, like

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main)

2010-03-09 Thread Dave Hall
@Thierry I tried emailing an update to launchpad earlier today, but it failed. Anyway, here it is. On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 16:52 +, Thierry Carrez wrote: I can try building it with libgnumail-java in a PPA, but I don't know enough of Solr to correctly exercise it: would you be available to

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-03-09 Thread Dave Hall
I will try to spin up a couple of VMs tomorrow and run it with bonnie++ and some other stuff to stress it and make sure it doesn't max cpu. I'll post a follow up here when done. -- glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518029 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 105768] Re: help needs to be updated

2010-03-09 Thread Dave Hall
I think this can be closed WONTFIX given that last supported release hwdb-client was shipped in was dapper and hwdb-client-gnome is only in hardy. -- help needs to be updated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105768 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

me and the loco

2010-03-08 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, Rather than try to find the right place in the thread/s to put this post I thought it easiest to start a new thread. As a bit of background, I started using ubuntu back in the days of warty - when you wouldn't tell your Debian purist friends that had even tried it. I have been hanging

Re: Funding question

2010-03-08 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Benjamin On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 00:58 -0800, benchen70 wrote: snip / Hang on, I forgot to ask one question: are we allowed to fundraise on behalf of the community, or are there specified people for this kind of job? Or do we not funsraise at all? I mean, do we fundraise for the social

Re: Packaging for Debian Ubuntu

2010-03-08 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Paul, On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 20:44 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Hi folks, I thought i'd ask a technical question here to give us a bit of relief from the leadership structure and all that. :-) I have previously maintained my own software repository for my Debian systems, but it fell into

Re: Packaging for Debian Ubuntu

2010-03-08 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 22:49 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Karl Bowden wrote: On 8 March 2010 22:00, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: I can't help with the build side of things, all my package building isn't automated. What do you use for your package building

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-03-07 Thread Dave Hall
Any update on this Andres? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help things along. -- glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518029 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.3.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

2010-03-07 Thread Dave Hall
Solr 1.4 (1.4.0+ds1-1) is in debian unstable and testing.Ubuntu has been shipping 1.2 since hardy. It would be nice to get a fresher version of solr into Lucid. In addition to me not having to keep a copy from debian squeeze in my private repo for the next 2 years, there are some nice

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.3.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

2010-03-07 Thread Dave Hall
Quick follow up, it looks like tomcat5.5 has been dropped from lucid, so users currently running solr with tomcat won't have any upgrade path. solr-tomcat in Debian testing/unstable depends on tomcat6. ** Summary changed: - Please merge solr 1.3.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) +

[Bug 321889] Re: Please merge solr 1.4.0+ds1-1 (universe) from Debian testing/unstable (main)

2010-03-07 Thread Dave Hall
More comments. Just looking at the ubuntu packaging, it looks like the 2 ubuntu specific patches can be dropped. * The debian/{control,rules} changes to reenable building solr-jetty aren't needed as Debian is now shipping a jetty version of solr - see

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-03-03 Thread Dave Hall
I have since upgraded to 3.0.2 debs based on the Debian packaging. They are working fine on my 9.10 AMD64 boxes. If the Lucid debs built by Andres are backwards compatible with 9.10, I can give them a try in our staging environment in the coming days. Thanks Andres for taking care f this one.

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-03-03 Thread Dave Hall
Someone emailed me and asked where I got my 9.10 debs for gluster from. I used the debian unstable (or was it testing?) source and compiled it locally. Info on the testing source is available at http://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/glusterfs It _should_ be possible to grab the binary

Re: digital HDTV tuner card's

2010-02-26 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 13:05 +1100, Giles Richardson wrote: was looking at getting a tv but have nowhere to put it and cant rely afford one as have just bought a new computer so i was wondering if anyone can recommend a HDTV card that works straight out of the box with MithTV under karmic. If

[OT] emails from Peter Williams

2010-02-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I am not sure how many of you have received emails from Peter Williams (aka pew) in the last couple of days, but I have received 2, 1 via facebook and the other from Picasa. I really don't appreciate list users using my email address for mass invites for online services. Not only do I

[Bug 518029] Re: glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-02-13 Thread Dave Hall
3.0.2 was released recently which seemed to fix some major issues some people have been experiencing. The relnotes are available at http://ftp.gluster.com/pub/gluster/glusterfs/3.0/LATEST/GlusterFS_3.0.2_Release_Notes.pdf More details on the issues closed in 3.0.2 can be found at

[Bug 487540] Re: please package glusterfs v2.0.8

2010-02-07 Thread Dave Hall
2.0.9 has already been imported from Debian sid for Lucid. I think this bug should be closed. -- please package glusterfs v2.0.8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487540 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 518029] [NEW] glusterfs 2.0.x max's out CPU

2010-02-06 Thread Dave Hall
Public bug reported: I tried using the official glusterfs 2.0.2 debs on karmic and I even packaged my own debs of 2.0.9 and found both versions max'd out CPU on my machines - sometimes even with no load. Upstream suggested using 3.0.0, which I did and now gluster hums along, rarely hitting

Re: TV Tuners

2010-02-01 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Peter, Given that the analogue tv network starts being switched off this year, I would recommend you invest your money in a digital tuner. The mythtv tested list is pretty extensive. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Tuner_Card#Cards_tested_with_MythTV Cheers Dave On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 22:07

Re: linux.conf.au open day

2009-12-10 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 21:47 +1030, Daniel Sobey wrote: I'll be going to linux.conf.au See you there. and on the saturday there is an open day. I would like to organise a booth there. I will need people to help man the booth and have things like burnt cd's. It would be good if we could

Re: Solving a Klog program error

2009-12-10 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Geoffrey, On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 08:15 +1000, Geoffrey wrote: I use Klog, an amateur radio logging program which I installed initially under 9.08. When I upgraded to Karma 9.10 this program was updated evidently because it added a ? button after the call sign entry field. Clicking ? while

Re: Distro?

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Geoffrey, It is a shortened version of distribution. As Linux is just a kernel, a distro is when someone assembles the kernel with a collection of applications and tools, such a the GNU utilities which are commonly used by all distros, X for the GUI, GNOME for a desktop environment, firefox

[Bug 474660] Re: drbd8-utils not dependent on drbd8-source

2009-12-07 Thread Dave Hall
Given the karmic kernel ships with DRBD support, the dependency is wrong - regardless of the plan. DKMS is great for the desktop, but I really don't like having build- essential installed on production net facing servers, and where possible any productions servers. I am guessing a fix for karmic

[Bug 474660] Re: drbd8-utils not dependent on drbd8-source

2009-12-07 Thread Dave Hall
Given the karmic kernel ships with DRBD support, the dependency is wrong - regardless of the plan. DKMS is great for the desktop, but I really don't like having build- essential installed on production net facing servers, and where possible any productions servers. I am guessing a fix for karmic

Re: [OT] Google Wave

2009-11-27 Thread Dave Hall
Hi people, Can we now please end the Google Wave thread? There are many other avenues for people to obtain/offload GWave invite/s if they wan to. I would hate to see this list descend into a offer/request list for things only vaguely linked to ubuntu. Cheers Dave On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:40

Re: Topic Change: Does everyone like the Koala

2009-11-16 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 22:05 +1100, Norm wrote: You know, This may sound a little like heresy, but is a new release every 6 months sustainable? Or even necessary? Is it just me or is each new release becoming just a little more buggy? It just seems like they're coming out of a sausage

Re: phpMyAdmin and MySql Query Browser Passwords

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Hall
Hi David, On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:38 +1100, David Bowskill wrote: Hello All I have the need to construct a database for a voluntary association and wish to use MySQL Query Browser and/or phpMyAdmin. Depending on their requirements it might be easier to find an existing webapp which does

Re: Creating A Linux Disro - Need Programmers, Disginers etc!

2009-11-14 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 03:28 -0800, Julius Papz wrote: Hey all, We need people who can create us a linux distro were planning to bring to the market! we need anyone who wants to help out we attached a document regarding our project! And we will have a website about this

Re: Creating A Linux Disro - Need Programmers, Disginers etc!

2009-11-14 Thread Dave Hall
not agreeing with the opening poster or his methods, but lets break down some people here: Dave Hall - A person who clearly never ever considered ever helping out on this project went on to criticize it. Why? God knows. He found points he didn't like and made them out to be critical flaws

Re: Creating A Linux Disro - Need Programmers, Disginers etc!

2009-11-14 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Scott, Whoops, I should have read this before sending my last message to the list. At the same time I stand by both of my previous posts in this thread and firmly believe that they comply with the CoC. I also believe the personal attacks contained in Skythra's email are far worse than

[Bug 446146] Re: Several Huawei USB dongle don't work with kernel 2.6.31-12.40 (2.6.31.1 update related)

2009-11-08 Thread Dave Hall
Tested apw5 on a dell d830 using amd64 with e160, e169g and e220 all seem fine. I haven't noticed any other regressions caused by the fix in the last 24hrs. -- Several Huawei USB dongle don't work with kernel 2.6.31-12.40 (2.6.31.1 update related) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446146 You

Re: Need Programmers - Creating a Linux Distro

2009-11-06 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 00:30 -0800, Julius Papz wrote: Hello, All Just to Let you all know, i need Programmers which could assist me and the new team im creating to create a New Linux distro which will be Unix-Like. Aren't they all? if you guys are interested please reply

Re: Starting MySQL

2009-11-03 Thread Dave Hall
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 16:29 +1100, David Bowskill wrote: Thanks every one for the fantastic help. No worries. The ubuntu-au-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com really works very well. I think you mean ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com The address you posted is for unsubscribing user cos their mail bounces

Re: Mobile broadband connection 9.10 Huawei E1762

2009-11-03 Thread Dave Hall
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 02:09 -0800, Slawek Drabot wrote: That explains annoyance 1. Can you suggest tools to manually check/enable DNS to circumvent annoyance 2? I have seen this happen with both optus and vodafone. Last time I used 3 they didn't seem to have this problem, neither does

Re: Starting MySQL

2009-11-02 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 22:19 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: Another useful package to use when starting out with MySQL is PHPmyadmin, this is a PHP based web interface that you can setup on the PC hosting the MySQL... then if this is on your PC the you access that at http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Re: Mobile broadband connection 9.10 Huawei E1762

2009-11-02 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 22:55 -0800, Slawek Drabot wrote: I have exetel mobile broadband using Huawei E1762 modem on 9.10. A couple of issues: 1. On a clean boot with the modem plugged in, 9.10 does not recognise the modem. It recognises the storage part of the modem, but not the modem

[Bug 446146] Re: Huawei E169 USB dongle not working with kernel 2.6.31-12.40

2009-10-20 Thread Dave Hall
As someone who's only option for affordable broadband access is via HSDPA I would vote for this being including in the official release. At the same time for every ubuntu release since hardy has included a last minute fix which introduced a regression which has bitten me (or a client). If proper

[Bug 446146] Re: Huawei E169 USB dongle not working with kernel 2.6.31-12.40

2009-10-20 Thread Dave Hall
Just a quick followup, I tested the AMD64 kernel post by Andy on 12Oct and it works as advertised. I would also be happy to test a current kernel with the patch too. -- Huawei E169 USB dongle not working with kernel 2.6.31-12.40 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446146 You received this bug

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-19 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 15:09 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: I understand your points, and your right. I'm sorry i didn't meant to argue. Its cool. I am happy for people to disagree with me, but you need to debate the _issue_ with a well reasoned argument. I'v just never had a stable Ubuntu Linux

Re: Ubuntu-Au Forum

2009-10-19 Thread Dave Hall
and anyone else who wants to set this thing up should do it and we can see how it goes. If it doesn't work out, so be it, it isn't like it is days of work involved in setting it up. Cheers Dave On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 17:33 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: 2009/10/19 Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 03:18 -0700, Timmy wrote: You would be better off doing a clean-install of Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala because you need to do a clean install to get the better performance from the enw file system it uses as default. You can upgrade to ext4 in place. See

Re: Ubuntu-Au Forum

2009-10-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 19:29 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: 2009/10/18 Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com: On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 17:35 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: That is why I proposed the compromise plan - use a forum with a mail interface and link it to the relevant lists. It would

[Bug 435329] Re: Empathy is unusable if indicator applet is not on the panel

2009-10-13 Thread Dave Hall
@Michael, I agree the icon isn't clear enough. I would like to be animated when there is something waiting for me, like most of action required icons. At the same time, I am not sure that this belongs in this ticket. -- Empathy is unusable if indicator applet is not on the panel

[Bug 420423] Re: Running karmic as virtual machine with virtio hard disk outputs I/O errors

2009-10-13 Thread Dave Hall
Andy thanks for the quick response on this one. Far better than some of the enterprise distros are at fixing bug. -- Running karmic as virtual machine with virtio hard disk outputs I/O errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: Ubuntu-Au Forum

2009-10-12 Thread Dave Hall
Hi, On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 21:39 +0200, Dave Hall wrote: If you really want to setup a forum, I would suggest using FUDForum and its email sync functionality. This way everything which gets posted on the list ends up in the forum and vis versa. I think anything else will cause things

[Bug 420423] Re: Running karmic as virtual machine with virtio hard disk outputs I/O erros

2009-10-11 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Andy, Thanks for working on this bug. I have tested the AMD64 kernel under KVM and haven't seen the error messages. I am not running any production VMs using karmic at this stage, so simulating real load wasn't possible. I did run dd with it dumping 25G to disk and so saw no errors. Before

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