Re: [clug-talk] VoIP & Related to an install fest

2011-08-25 Thread Neil B
t. Cheers! ~Neil B On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > I have a Wind device, it works great for me inside the city (tested in > Hidden Valley, Kincora, beltline, downtown, various parts of the NE > like Penbrook).  YMMV.  The nice thing about Wind is that it is mon

Re: [clug-talk] can't get rid of windows 7

2012-04-21 Thread Neil B
where I could select an external device to boot from. Cheers! Neil B. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, sean halter wrote: > Hi > > I recently purchased an ASUS U31s with an intel core 13-2330 m. > > It has windows 7 and two partitions. I would like to remove Windows and > install

Re: [clug-talk] can't get rid of windows 7

2012-04-21 Thread Neil B
Other partitions? What are you using to view the partitions? Did you perform an installation or are you using the live CD? On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 9:03 PM, sean halter wrote: > Hey > > I finally figured out how to get into the bios and expunged that evil > windows 7 however,   when I click on the

Re: [clug-talk] can't get rid of windows 7

2012-04-21 Thread Neil B
mounted to run the OS /home - should be mounted. Check the size value for /home from the 'df -h' command and it should be roughly the same size as the partition you had set up for it. Swap isn't visible to the user. Do a 'free' from the command line and you should see a list

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 10.10 repositories

2012-06-03 Thread Neil B
The Ubuntu 10.10 is a non LTS version and they only provide support for 18 months. Is there a particular reason for stay with this release? ~Neil B. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:59 PM, caziz wrote: > I have a machine  running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. > Support stopped at the end of April. &

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 10.10 repositories

2012-06-03 Thread Neil B
11.10 release. The video card is getting long in the tooth and nvidia had not caught up with the change in X. I do believe this is the link I followed. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto Hope this helps. ~Neil B. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 2:46 PM, caziz wrote: > > > On 12-

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG list back up

2013-01-04 Thread Neil B
Hmmm...when I go to clug.ca, I get the "technical difficulties at the moment" page. Should I be seeing something different? ~Neil On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Dafydd Crosby wrote: > Sorry for the inconvenience - new site is up, though! > > -Dafydd > ___

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG list back up

2013-01-05 Thread Neil B
Checked today and I can hit the new site. It looks really good. The Mailing List Guidelines URL in the footer needs to be updated. It currently gives you a 404. Cheers! ~Neil B On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Mel Walters wrote: > Strange, it worked for me? > > Mel > > > On

Re: [clug-talk] meeting

2013-07-02 Thread Neil B
Hey Robin, I do believe the meeting is tomorrow night. Go to club.ca for the rest of the info. Cheers! ~Neil On Jul 2, 2013 2:21 PM, "Richard Carter" wrote: > What are the time and place for tonight's meeting? > > Robin > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > >> Your at le

Re: [clug-talk] laptop advice

2014-01-04 Thread Neil B
If you were happy with your ThinkPad, here's an option. I have a lenovo E530 laptop that I bought a year and a half ago from Memory Express. It is similar to this one: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX46916 I run kubuntu 12.04 LTS on it and haven't had any problems. I only run linux on

Re: [clug-talk] Full Disk Encryption

2010-12-06 Thread Neil B
eed that direct connection. Cheers! ~Neil B. On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:59 PM, shawn wrote: > I tried the encrypted home directory and ran into problems with SSH to that > box via ssh keys. Which makes sense - the keys are encrypted and can't be > read until you login. But you can'

Re: [clug-talk] Full Disk Encryption

2010-12-21 Thread Neil B
Hey John, Just curious. Were you logged on to the box while also connecting to it remotely? Cheers! ~Neil B. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:09 PM, John Jardine wrote: > Hi, > > I lost a drive today and that prompted a new install. I chose Ubuntu > 10.10 x64 Desktop to check i

Re: [clug-talk] Full Disk Encryption

2010-12-22 Thread Neil B
Hmmm...pardon the 20 questions...just trying to decipher why there would be different outcomes to apparently the same setup. :) John, how are you logging in remotely? SSH keys or password? I had mine set up to disable passwords on SSH and had restricted it to just using keys. ~Neil B. On Tue

Re: [clug-talk] Full Disk Encryption

2010-12-22 Thread Neil B
o the machine. Cheers! ~Neil B. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Shawn wrote: > The last time I tried this was with 9.04 (I think, maybe it was 8.10). It > sounds like there are some differences now. > > I had reason to do a full reinstall recently as well. I went with Kubuntu >

Re: [clug-talk] Full Disk Encryption

2010-12-23 Thread Neil B
econd account that was not set up with an encrypted directory. Once I was connected to the machine, my normal authentication allows me to su and "unlock" the encrypted account. Cheers! ~Neil B. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, John Jardine wrote: > Hi Neil, > > I was u

Re: [clug-talk] buy Linux netbook in Calgary???

2011-05-08 Thread Neil B
Check and see if Asus is actually still producing them with Linux. Cheers! ~Neil On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > There is no real Windows tax on the netbooks. Microsoft gives > marketing kickbacks to the manufacturers so the total cost ends up > being zero. It is why

Re: [clug-talk] Burning DVD+R DL

2011-06-02 Thread Neil B
Have you tried burning at a lower rate? I found that the default speed or highest speed does not always work. For example, when I burn ISOs on to CDs I use a maximum speed of 24. ~Neil On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Greg King wrote: > Has anyone had success burning DVD+R DL media with Linux.

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-02 Thread Neil B
Is your requirements for an actual phone/PDA (access to mail and calendar but not primary interface) or do you want a "modem" that you can use a netbook (for example) to use as the interface? I have an HTC Hero from Telus that runs Android. I have not rooted it because I have not had the need to d

Re: [clug-talk] June Meeting?

2011-06-02 Thread Neil B
Has the meeting already taken place on the 1st? I'm baffled on the meeting on the 14th. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:14 PM, wrote: > I'm guessing that meeting is still going ahead tomorrow (Wed 14th June). > > My offer of a quick talk on Git/Linux kernel stands if you're interested. > Title woul

[clug-talk] Firewall

2011-06-20 Thread Neil B
e end. I'm looking for success stories and/or failures as far as what worked and what didn't. Any information/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! ~Neil B. ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailma

Re: [clug-talk] Firewall

2011-06-22 Thread Neil B
Thanks for the responses received so far everyone. This will get me started. Unfortunately I will not be able to make the next meeting. ~Neil B. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > I have a number of the Alix boards (3 personally at the moment) and I > am real f