Re: [clug-talk] Adding a printer in Unbuntu 11.04

2011-12-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On December 4, 2011 04:19:10 PM TekBudda wrote: > Hi All, > > Having a challenge & hope someone can find the solution for me, because > like a pine tree in last Sunday's wind storm...I am stumped at this point. > > I recently connected an old HP LaserJet 6L to an external JetDirect box > & added

Re: [clug-talk] Adding a printer in Unbuntu 11.04 - SOLVED

2011-12-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On December 4, 2011 09:48:20 PM TekBudda wrote: > Woo hoo! > > Thanks to Alastair I took one final kick at the printer & was able to > get it working. > > I am sure I tried entering the port number before, but this time when I > connected it there was a connection area. I browsed through the opt

Re: [clug-talk] Missing GCC in Kubuntu

2012-05-02 Thread Alastair Preston
On May 2, 2012 04:52:24 AM t...@terralogic.net wrote: > I was shocked that GCC seems to be missing in Kubuntu! > > Chris says that the advantage of Ubuntu is the regular update cycles. While > this is not likely all that important to me it is good to know that if I do > need to update a package t

Re: [clug-talk] Hardware: Canon Multfunction

2012-05-26 Thread Alastair Preston
On May 25, 2012 12:19:29 PM TekBudda wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been searching around for a half decent colour multifunction to > replace the variety of printers, scanners & stuff around the home > office. > > I came across a deal at Best Buy for something that looks like it > would meet my need

Re: [clug-talk] older laptops available

2012-07-05 Thread Alastair Preston
On July 5, 2012 12:19:51 PM Geekus Villagius wrote: > My current employer has dozens of HP laptops to dispose of. Some will > probably going to a charity, but others are for sale. > The newer machines may come with a basic installation of XP. > > HP Compaq NX9010 > P4 systems (oldest) > > Mid-ran

Re: [clug-talk] Distro?

2013-08-23 Thread Alastair Preston
On August 22, 2013 10:28:27 PM Shawn wrote: > I know we've all heard the question many times, but it has been a while > since I have changed distros and am looking for opinions on what > distro's are working well for people. > > I'm about to rebuild my laptop with a new (larger) SSD. The laptop i

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Power cords

2004-07-07 Thread Alastair Preston
On July 7, 2004 04:25 pm, Chris Berry wrote: > Hi folks, > > When I was back in the UK, I managed to amass quite a collection of PC > power cords. Now I'm over here I'm stuck for them and local stores want > to charge me ~$16 apiece. > > Does anyone have any going spare? I'd gladly take them off yo

Re: [clug-talk] DVD-ROM Combo on Debian 3.0 (Woody)

2004-08-09 Thread Alastair Preston
3.12 > If you're using lilo, try adding the line " append="hdc=ide-scsi" " to lilo.conf. Scsi emulation is required for CD writing in pre 2.6 kernels. Alastair Preston ___ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] Don't use Telus they block your ports

2004-08-27 Thread Alastair Preston
On August 27, 2004 05:32 pm, timmy wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:28:09 -0600, Mike Roest wrote: > >Ok I don't like/use telus but I have to interject here. Telus doesn't > >use PPoE, they force you to register your MAC address to get an IP > >through DHCP. But it isn't PPPoe. > > Doesn't DSL tec

Re: [clug-talk] Don't use Telus they block your ports

2004-08-28 Thread Alastair Preston
On August 27, 2004 05:19 pm, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Telus' DSL (or rather PPPoE) has colored me against DSL generally, ??? Telus doesn't use PPPoE. ___ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting Notice Wed, Sept. 1, 2004

2004-08-30 Thread Alastair Preston
On August 30, 2004 11:14 am, Shawn Grover wrote: > Is it just my box (likely), or is anyone else having problems getting the > PDF file? > No problem opening it with Acrobat Reader 5 on Mandrake 9.2 Alastair ___ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [clug-talk] digital cameras on Linux

2004-09-08 Thread Alastair Preston
On September 8, 2004 02:34 am, Nick W wrote: > Hi gang, > > I'm looking to get some Christmas shopping done early but have 0 clue about > digital cameras. I'm not big on getting ripped off, so I figured I'd ask > here. My first question is about the 42 million different types of flash > cards out t

Re: [clug-talk] digital cameras on Linux

2004-09-08 Thread Alastair Preston
On September 8, 2004 02:58 am, Nick W wrote: > The Memory Stick is a proprietary memory device, currently only used in > devices made by SONY. Not so. Some other brands can use MS; for example, several of the recent Konica-Minolta models. (Not that I recommend using MS, mind you) Al ___

Re: [clug-talk] can not send email using kmail

2005-05-02 Thread Alastair Preston
Precommand: (blank) "Server requires authentication" is deselected. "send custom hostname to server" is deselected Hope this helps. Alastair Preston > > I am sending you this message

Re: [clug-talk] [poll] Which BitTorrent app do you use?

2005-05-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On Tuesday May 3 2005 09:14 pm, Jarrod Major wrote: > I am curious about what apps people are using for BitTorrent. I checked the > archives and there was mention of Azureus but I am not overly fond of > Java... anyone have any better suggestions? Azureus is the only one I've tried so far - and th

Re: [clug-talk] Long Term Goals?

2005-07-21 Thread Alastair Preston
On Thursday July 21 2005 04:25 pm, Shawn wrote: > On Thursday 21 July 2005 15:27, Graham Monk wrote: > > How exactly does this work? We *run* a casino? or simply benefit from the > > proceeds? > > We register, and then "host" a casino. This means that we provide > volunteers to man some positions

Re: [clug-talk] OT Community service announcement - Today is Mother's Day

2007-05-13 Thread Alastair Preston
On 13 May, 2007, Kin Wong wrote: > Remember to give your Mom a call today. Might be rather difficult My Mum died in 1968. ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http

Re: [clug-talk] Replacement Fonts for MS Core Fonts

2007-05-18 Thread Alastair Preston
On 18 May, 2007, sgrover wrote: > Hey ya'll. > > RedHat has released some fonts that can safely replace the MS core fonts > (Arial, Courier, and Times) - these fonts have the same horizontal > space. They call them the Liberation typefaces. > > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/1318240

Re: [clug-talk] Aaron on YouTube

2007-05-23 Thread Alastair Preston
On 23 May, 2007, TekBudda wrote: > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Szemir, > > > > I tried to go to the link you sent regarding Aaron but I got a message > > complaining that my version of flashplayer was out of date --- - heck I'm > > out of date! Can you suggest a fix? I'm running Debian 4.0 and >

Re: [clug-talk] Floppy Disks

2007-09-14 Thread Alastair Preston
On 14 September, 2007, Graham Monk wrote: > I can pass them on to a friend that keeps older equipment as a hobby, > he still has 5.5 inch drives! If someone else needs them, go for it. Hmmm. Has he any use for an 8" floppy drive? Al Preston ___ clug-ta

Re: [clug-talk] Distros om Cossfest

2007-10-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On 4 October, 2007, Greg King wrote: > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:06:28 -0600 > > From: bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [clug-talk] Distros om Cossfest > > To: clug-talk@clug.ca, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu 7.10 ... One Days to go

2007-10-23 Thread Alastair Preston
On 22 October, 2007 22:31:31 David Brewerton wrote: > Actually I finished the upgrade to 7.10 tonight. I had the system (PIII > 733, 512MB RAM) downloading and installing overnight to do the main > download then finished the install tonight. I needed the NVIDIA video > driver that's not technically

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu Frustrations

2008-01-01 Thread Alastair Preston
On 1 January, 2008, Cameron wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been trying to get the last Ubuntu dual-booting with Windows 2000 > on an laptop, but for some reason it seems to get stuck part way through > the process and not want to go forward. > > I have tried using a Live-CD and the alternate iso and i

Re: [clug-talk] Media Center

2008-07-30 Thread Alastair Preston
On 30 July, 2008, Jesse Kline wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on creating a Linux media > center. My main goal is to have a dedicated box hooked up to the TV > that will grab digital video from my desktop computer and play it on > the TV. I've looked at a number of PVR solution

Re: [clug-talk] Aaron Seigo on KDE

2008-11-19 Thread Alastair Preston
On 19 November, 2008, Shawn Grover wrote: > Aaron has begun doing a regular video cast on KDE topics. First video at > > http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aseigo-on-kde > > Shawn Does one have to connect to the site at a specific time? I went to the site but got only a screen with part of the KDE lo

Re: [clug-talk] time.com crashing konqueror?

2009-03-14 Thread Alastair Preston
On 14 March, 2009 7:26:35 pm Graham Monk wrote: > So i followed a link to time.com from reddit, and found that it > consistently crashes konqueror. > the instance of konqueror with the time.com tab in it dissappears > every time after a few seconds, no crash notification, no warnings, > the instanc

Re: [clug-talk] CRTC’s online consultation on Inter net traffic management

2009-03-31 Thread Alastair Preston
On 31 March, 2009 2:39:18 pm Martin Glazer wrote: > The CRTC has setup a web site to consult the public about throttling. > There is even a youtube video from the CRTC... > > http://isppractices.econsultation.ca/ > Martin The directory at that URL does not appear to point to the CRTC site. Alast

Re: [clug-talk] more screen resolution questions

2009-05-08 Thread Alastair Preston
On 7 May, 2009 10:11:59 am Dan Mueller wrote: > More questions. Ive got a ibm 1.8 ghz pc that im running Linux mint on and > cant get the screen resolution to be more than 800x600 ive done all that > I know to do. Any suggestions?? > > Dan Not enough information here to go by.. Which versi

Re: [clug-talk] screen resolution on ibm 1.8 gig

2009-05-10 Thread Alastair Preston
creen resolution questions (Alastair Preston) >6. FOSS Calling home solutions for laptops > (Peter Van den Wildenbergh) >7. Re: FOSS Calling home solutions for laptops (Mark Carlson) > > > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 10:28:05 -0600 > From: Alastair Prest

Re: [clug-talk] Install nvidia driver on Kubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Alastair Preston
On 31 July, 2009 4:11:17 pm Joseph Shuttleworth wrote: > I have the nvidia-glx-71 driver installed from the repository. > I'm having problems configuring it. > When I go to system > hardware drivers > all it tells me is there are no proprietary drivers installed. I can't find > anything else in KDE

Re: [clug-talk] can not get video to play

2010-04-05 Thread Alastair Preston
On April 5, 2010 08:56:58 pm sean halter wrote: > Hi > > I can not get video from CBC to play. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and have > tried in both Firefox and Google chrome. > > http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/ID=1461116898 > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to rectify this? > >From the Help

Re: [clug-talk] Shaw Ubuntu Mirror

2010-05-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On May 4, 2010 05:12:12 pm si...@mungewell.org wrote: > ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/ > > Wow this thing is fast > -- > $ wget > ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-server > -i386.iso --2010-05-04 17:08:53-- > ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/

Re: [clug-talk] Shaw Ubuntu Mirror

2010-05-04 Thread Alastair Preston
On May 4, 2010 10:49:34 pm Gustin Johnson wrote: > On 10-05-04 10:25 PM, Alastair Preston wrote: > > On May 4, 2010 05:12:12 pm si...@mungewell.org wrote: > >> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/ > > >> 9s -- > > > > Wow, what sort of

Re: [clug-talk] CBC video was working, briefly, but is not now

2010-06-10 Thread Alastair Preston
On June 10, 2010 05:12:12 pm Ron Campbell wrote: > I just upgraded to Flash v 10.1 from the adobe website and the cbc videos > are working fine. > > Ron It wouldn't work here - apparently the released version does not work with 64- bit browsers, and there's no 64-bit version available yet. Alasta

Re: [clug-talk] CBC video was working, briefly, but is not now

2010-06-11 Thread Alastair Preston
hnologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html> with > > a new release built on Flash Player 10.1. > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ (under Product Details) > > -Dafydd > > Alastair Preston wrote: > > On June 10, 2010 05:12:12 pm Ron Campbell wrote:

Re: [clug-talk] No Contract Cell phones?

2010-07-01 Thread Alastair Preston
On June 24, 2010 09:53:30 am Dafydd Crosby wrote: > I use a simple Nokia 1208 phone that I got at 7-11 for dirt cheap, and > so far it's worked pretty well. It's not waterproof per se, but it got > left in the rain a few times and still works fine. > > The phones are unlocked, and since the SpeakO

Re: [clug-talk] watchinb CBC

2010-08-10 Thread Alastair Preston
On August 10, 2010 04:19:19 pm Gustin Johnson wrote: > On 10-08-10 09:01 AM, Joe S wrote: > > Using Debian Lenny. > > I want to watch CBC from www.cbc.ca > > I remember someong talking about this. I can't remember where to get the > > flashplayer plugin. > > http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ > >

[clug-talk] usenet provider

2010-10-21 Thread Alastair Preston
As you may or may not know, Telus has dropped their news.telus.com server and will no longer be offering usenet access. Can anyone recommend an alternate provider? Al Preston ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo

Re: [clug-talk] What are your passions in GNU/Linux?

2011-03-17 Thread Alastair Preston
On March 17, 2011 01:05:00 pm Richard Carter wrote: > I had to find something when IBM stopped supporting OS2 Warp. I > hadn't used Windows and I didn't want to start so I first tried > Slackware but couldn't get anywhere with it. Next I tried Mandrake > and stayed with it until it became Mandri

Re: [clug-talk] kweather settings

2003-12-11 Thread Alastair Preston
On December 11, 2003 11:16 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The setting is global for KDE I think ( I'm using SuSE 8.2 ) > It's in Control Centre under Regional & Accesability / Country Region / > Other. Hmmm... Using KDE 3.0.5a, I found a measurement selection for imperial or metric in Control Ce

Re: [clug-talk] Poll: What's your distro?

2004-01-25 Thread Alastair Preston
On January 25, 2004 10:09 am, Jason Becker wrote: > Just for fun... > > 1. What distro are you currently running? (A) Mandrake 9.0 > > 2. What distro were you running before that? Mandrake 8.0 > > 3. Why did you switch? update from 8.0 > > 4. What DE/Window Manager do you use? KDE Alastair

Re: [clug-talk] (Information) Kmail hint

2004-02-03 Thread Alastair Preston
On February 3, 2004 12:00 pm, Nick W wrote: > > Also, kmail and telus dont seem to get along, has anyone else noticed this? > How so? I'm using kmail with Telus right now - and haven't noticed any problems that could be attributed to the combination (i.e. the occasional problems I've had have be

Re: [clug-talk] Inflammatory anti-Linux article

2004-04-07 Thread Alastair Preston
On April 7, 2004 09:34 am, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Kword still screws up > more word docs than it succeeds with, and if it's a PDF, forget it. xPDF > works fine, but it's ugly compared to Kword. Maybe this is a counter-intuitive idea, but for PDF files, one might consider using Adobe's own fr

[clug-talk] ride from meeting tonight

2005-11-02 Thread Alastair Preston
Is there anyone attending the meeting tonight that could give me a ride home to the Westgate area afterwards? Al Preston ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clu

Re: [clug-talk] LinuxFest CDs - Status Wed 26

2006-04-26 Thread Alastair Preston
On Wednesday April 26 2006 09:04 am, simon wrote: > Hi all, > It's going well, the Sun is shining, the woodland animals are > frisky > > and we've got most of the Distro's pledged. Still a few more volunteers > needed, so if you can help out drop me an email. > > The target distros and amounts

Re: [clug-talk] LinuxFest CDs - Status Thurs 27

2006-04-28 Thread Alastair Preston
On Thursday April 27 2006 09:24 am, simon wrote: > > If you've done some burning let me know and I'll update the status: > pledged -> burnt -> delivered -> labelled -> *DONE* > One question about the CD graphics: The readme.txt says to build a svg icon. How? With what software? So far, I haven't

Re: [clug-talk] LinuxFest CDs - Status

2006-05-01 Thread Alastair Preston
On Thursday April 27 2006 09:24 am, simon wrote: > Hi all, > Mandriva 2006.0 CD (3 Disks) x 5 - pledged Al P. > > If you've done some burning let me know and I'll update the status: > pledged -> burnt -> delivered -> labelled -> *DONE* > Just to let you know, the above are burnt and labelle

Re: [clug-talk] News & Views: Save Vista By Open SOurcing It

2006-05-10 Thread Alastair Preston
On Wednesday May 10 2006 01:21 pm, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > On Wednesday 10 May 2006 1:01 pm, Mitchell Brown wrote: > > I have to agree - this might happen some day. When Hell freezes over!! > > Seriously, Microsoft has no reason to it. The Microsoft fanboys will > > still purchase Windows no matter

Re: [clug-talk] News & Views: Save Vista By Open SOurcing It

2006-05-11 Thread Alastair Preston
On Wednesday May 10 2006 10:27 pm, Tek Budda wrote: > > Funny you should say that...According Linux Format. May 2006, > > page 8 article: "Dell Does Linux" Dell is going to start shipping several > > machines with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation pre-installed (models > > 670n, 470n an

Re: [clug-talk] OT: silent ring tone

2006-06-14 Thread Alastair Preston
On Wednesday June 14 2006 05:50 am, Peter wrote: > On Monday 12 June 2006 07:05 pm, Ian Bruseker wrote: > > I can hear it too. 31, and still got it. > > New definition of adult? I'm 45 and I can hear it just fine... I hear it too, and I'm 58. MInd you, when I was in my 20's I surprised my father

Re: [clug-talk] COsmoPOD-like Recommendations?

2006-06-22 Thread Alastair Preston
On Thursday June 22 2006 06:27 pm, jon wrote: > Shawn wrote: > > I don't know the details of how/why you are using FTP, but SSH has a > > nice feature called SFTP (built in to ssh). Most of today's ftp clients > > Good point. I didn't think of that. Thanks! > > > As for Kmail crashing on you all t

Re: [clug-talk] Spoofing proof of concept

2006-10-26 Thread Alastair Preston
On Thursday 26 October 2006 11:23 am, Tek Budda wrote: > Graham Monk wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Saw this report, > > http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1804&isc=d122f8d0fa8c15f11677c2b9eb > >69b0be and decided to try it in konqueror and firefox (1.5.07). It > > appears to work in both, > > can s