[clug-talk] Open Source is Holy!

I knew that open source was good but I didn't know that it's holy! V+http://www.economist.com/node/21527031 Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_

[clug-talk] Dude where's my desktop?

I'm running KDE 4.4.5 on Debian 6.0. Before Christmas I had a lovely desk top: a view of earth from space with only two icons and a task bar showing. Then I clicked on something (a quarter circle in the top right corner of the screen) I shouldn't have and now my lovely desk top has been replace

Re: [clug-talk] Dude where's my desktop?

cking on it. You can remove it by > clicking the little icon in the upper right of the activity. Or you can > edit details about the activity by clicking the wrench in the bottom right. > > HTH. > > Shawn > > > On 12-01-12 10:12 AM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> I

[clug-talk] Cool laptop

This http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A looks very cool! I wonder if you can install linux on it. Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/

Re: [clug-talk] Income tax program for linux?

I have used ufile for several years and I am happy with it. Everything is done on their servers so it doesn't rely on having a particular OS on your own computer. Robin On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 10:44 PM, caziz wrote: > Why not just run your favourite WinDoze flavour under wine? > > > > On 12-04

[clug-talk] Linux article

Hi Folks, This article may be of interest: http://www.economist.com/node/21551409 Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please r

Re: [clug-talk] Online Banking

Joe, I have been using online banking with RBC, TD and BMO for many years without any problems. Robin On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Joe S wrote: > I have been avoiding online banking (have an account at RBC); am > wondering how safe it is to do online banking. I'm assuming the > connection

[clug-talk] SSD Mismatch

Hi Folks, I am planning to add a 128GB SSD to my desktop PC which has a SB700/SB800 SATA controller [AHCI mode]. Then I'll install ubuntu 12.04 on the SSD. The folks at ubuntu said that "any SSD will be fine". But I note that SSDs for sale at Memory Express are designated as "SATA III" so I'm con

Re: [clug-talk] SSD Mismatch

2 is 300 MByte/s and 3 is 600 MByte/s. From what I've >> been able to find out, your controller supports SATA2 so you'll see >> transfers at up to 300 MByte/s. >> >> In general, it will work fine with the controller. >> >> Jamie >> >> >&

[clug-talk] Meeting tonight?

Is there a CLUG meeting tonight? If so, where and when?\ Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when re

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting tonight?

gt; Now the slightly longer version. > I spoke to Kin, who said he was reserving a room. When I did not hear > from Kin, I discovered he is having some email problems (mailbox > overflow). > I left voice mail asking him to call me with the room number. > > Mel > > -Origi

[clug-talk] Long Weekend

Hi Greg & Leslie, The long weekend is coming up. Would you like to come to Cochrane for that weekend? We are going to buy a new bed for your room so you wouldn't have to put up with what's in there now. Love Dad ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk

[clug-talk] Dues!

Will there be some one at the meeting on Wed who can receive dues? Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines

[clug-talk] ubuntu 12.04 won't start

This morning for the first time ubuntu 12.04 LTS wouldn't start. Here are the details. My desktop PC has 2 drives: a 500GB HD and a 256GB SSD. Ubuntu 12.04 is installed on the SSD and Debian 6.0 is installed on the HD. Up until now both worked well: Debian still works well. When I boot to Ub

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 12.04 won't start

is causing the problem. > > -Dafydd > > > On 10/11/2012 12:06 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> This morning for the first time ubuntu 12.04 LTS wouldn't start. Here >> are the details. >> >> My desktop PC has 2 drives: a 500GB HD and a 256GB SSD.

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 12.04 won't start

s with the X-Server config for quite some time, so I'm > not sure what Ubuntu is doing there these days. But, in the past I would do > > sudo dpkg-reconfig gdm > > (or "kdm" for the KDE users) This would often fix the graphical > environment. > > Hope that h

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 12.04 won't start

e gdm to restore > yourself to gnome3 and deal with the drive space issues later. > > At least this sounds like a plan from this end. The important thing is > that you are running again. :) > > Shawn > > > On 12-10-11 08:37 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >>

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu 12.04 won't start

not, then dpkg-reconfigure gdm to restore > yourself to gnome3 and deal with the drive space issues later. > > At least this sounds like a plan from this end. The important thing is > that you are running again. :) > > Shawn > > > On 12-10-11 08:37 PM, Richard Carter w

Re: [clug-talk] Problems viewing sites with Iceweasel

I have found that Firefox works poorly with Debian 6.0. I use Chromium. Robin On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Joe S wrote: > Using Debian Squeeze > I can't view some sites using Iceweasel 3.5.16. I can view it > with Opera, so I know the site works: > http://straightrazorplace.com/content/ >

Re: [clug-talk] Problems viewing sites with Iceweasel

I've just upgraded to ubuntu 12.10 and Firefox works really well. Robin On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Joe S wrote: > I installed flashplayer-mozilla and remove flashplugin-nonfree. > Didn't resolve the problem. I don't know what would be > interfering with Iceweasel. I also tried it with fi

Re: [clug-talk] meeting

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 least the second person to show interest, so I plan on being > there. If I remember correctly a reoccurring theme is > configuration/housekeeping of programs after the install

Re: [clug-talk] meeting

Re: [clug-talk] meeting > > ** ** > > 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

[clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7

I'm considering buying an Acer V7-581-6489 laptop which has 2 drives; a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD. I want to get rid of Windows 8 and install Debian and/or Ubunu. Has anyone had any experience doing an install on a computer of this kind? What I would really like to do is replace the 24GB SSD wit

Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7

os limitation. In > terms of replacing the drive in some cases the caching ssd drives have > different mounting holes than standard msata drives. That is the issue I've > got with me Asus laptop. > > Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) > > > &g

Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7

t; Looking forward to reading about your efforts in getting around the > locked-in boot partition of any Win8 machine! > > Hendrik > > > > On 13-08-05 03:37 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> Thanks for your comments gents. I had a rush of blood to the brain and >>

Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7

or the Ubuntu forums to get hold of real-world > answers. > > Wishing you a successful install, take care, > > Hendrik > > > > On 13-08-08 08:22 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> Hi Hendrick, >> >> Thanks for your reply. I was hoping you would tell me h

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting?

If there are no other topics for discussion maybe we could hold a mini install fest to help replace windows 8 on my acer laptop with ubuntu 13.04. Robin On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Mel Walters wrote: > First Wed of the month: Sept 4, 2013 CLUG General Meeting? > > So, are we on for a meet

Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7

at 9:00 AM, Hendrik Schaink wrote: > Looking forward to reading about your efforts in getting around the > locked-in boot partition of any Win8 machine! > > Hendrik > > > > On 13-08-05 03:37 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> Thanks for your comments gents.

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting 4 Sept CLUG on Wed in room 318

Perhaps your phrase "help with some sort of installs" refers to my earlier post about help with installing ubuntu on a laptop running Windows 8. I no longer need that help as I returned the laptop for a refund. Robin On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > The upcoming meeting is

Re: [clug-talk] Problems with scanning

I have had excellent results with vuescan (http://www.hamrick.com/) under both debian and ubuntu. Robin On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Joe S wrote: > Does anyone have experience with scanning. I can't seem to find a > program to work with scanning a document. I've tried gscan2pdf > which wou

[clug-talk] Rational

Hi Folks, I have been out in Ontario for the last few months so I haven't attended any meeting recently. But I have been reading the posts about, in part, what the role of CLUG should be. As a relative newbie I have found the most important functions of CLUG are related to help with difficulties

Re: [clug-talk] Backup

I've had good success with Back In Time. Robin On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 19:35 -0600, Joe S wrote: > > I am looking for advice on what is a good method/program to > > backup. I am using this for a home computer. Will backup to a > > separate h

Re: [clug-talk] is anybody planning on showing up? or is it going to be alone?

I'll be there. Robin On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Bogi wrote: > Yep, the interesting question. > > Cheers > Sam > > > ___ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (

Re: [clug-talk] Monthly Meeting

What "long weekend"? April 8 is a Wednesday! Robin On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > Would it be worth while to move the meeting from April 1 to April 8 ? > Some people could be out of town the long weekend. > > Any thoughts? > > > _

Re: [clug-talk] Wednesday 2015 July 8

You might have a little trouble going somewhere in June 1: that was some weeks ago! Robin On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > I will show up June 1 st for some who may not have got the message, yet > there could be a bigger factor involved: > I was not able to contact Kin and

Re: [clug-talk] option :/en Internet safety

n/nmqqmqmqmqmqmmtmnmmm /:/mnm. no optional ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

[clug-talk] Trouble with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Hi Folks, I'm having a lot of trouble with ubuntu 16.04 on my Intel NUC. It started with the number 5 being inserted an indefinite number of times in the place where a password should go in an application. I was able to stop this infinite loop by restarting. A few days later booting would procee

Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

ctronics maintenance and repair > > On 17/06/16 01:17 AM, Zander Robertson wrote: > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/196740/how-to-fix-an-ubuntu-system-when-it-wont-boot/ > > I hope this may help. There's a few things to try for sure. > > Alex > On 15 Jun 2016 2:10 am,

Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

: > > http://www.howtogeek.com/196740/how-to-fix-an-ubuntu-system-when-it-wont-boot/ > > I hope this may help. There's a few things to try for sure. > > Alex > On 15 Jun 2016 2:10 am, "Richard Carter" wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm havin

Re: [clug-talk] telus webmail

It worked fine with my chromebook. Robin On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Michael John Walters < walte...@telusplanet.net> wrote: > Hello All, > > When I tried to go to the site: https://webmail.telus.net I got the > message: Firefox blocked the redirecting to another web page. > > Can anybody

Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Hi Folks. My problem has been solved. The tech at Memory Express said that the hardware is all good but I was trying to boot to the wrong drive (I have 2). Thanks to all for your help. Robin On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Richard Carter wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for the tip:

Re: [clug-talk] Regarding Beginner Classes

I think it's a great idea. Robin On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Liam Gordon wrote: > I think it would be interesting and also productive to introduce > individuals from the beginner stages of Linux usage. > > An example of some topics that might be interest would be Linux Boot > Process,File

Re: [clug-talk] Linux Sucks

The problem with that presentation was he never used 10 words when 100 would do. Robin On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 5:55 PM John Marshall wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I also appreciated the Linux Sucks talk given at Linuxfest Northwest > recently. I share concerns about Linux becoming more "Microsof

Re: [clug-talk] Aaron on YouTube

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 gstreamer and swf-player are installed. Robin Carter On 5/23/07, bogi <[EM

Re: [clug-talk] Installfest on Sunday

I wish I could be there to install GNU/Debian on my wife's Gateway laptop. Unfortunately, I'll still be in Ontario so I'll have to ask lots of question on clug-talk when I try it on my own. Robin On 6/8/07, Tom Weniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/7/07, Kin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [clug-talk] I starting to understand Plasma

Shawn I tried to access the link you gave but youtube tells me I'm using an old version of flashplayer. I have downloaded adobe-release_1.0-0.noarch.rpm, converted it to adobe-release_1.0-1_all.deb and installed it but I still get the same response. Do you have any suggestions? Robin On 6/22/

Re: [clug-talk] I starting to understand Plasma

nux is what you're looking for. I think this is the page you'd like: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html Jon Richard Carter wrote: > Shawn > > I tried to access the link you gave but youtube tells me I'm using an > old version of flashplayer. I have downl

Re: [clug-talk] I starting to understand Plasma

h-9-on-64bit-linux-in-2-commands/ I've also read that Gnash works well on 64 bit and PPC platforms, but again I have zero actual experience there. Jon Richard Carter wrote: > Jon, > > Thanks for the tip. However, I have an AMD64 processor so that rpm file > wouldn't con

Re: [clug-talk] I starting to understand Plasma

Nick, Thanks for the tip. I like the idea of giving Adobe an ear full! Robin On 6/22/07, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 22 June 2007 14:28, Richard Carter wrote: > Jon, > > Thanks for the tip. However, I have an AMD64 processor so that rpm file > wou

[clug-talk] Hard drive dying?

Hi Folks, I have an 80GB external HD which I use for backups. Recently I left it running all night while rm -rf was cleaning up a lot of junk. In the morning the power light had gone out, although the switch was still in the "on" position, and it wouldn't mount. Also the case was quite hot. Af

[clug-talk] iso files

Hi Folks, Part of my preparation for the install fest on Sun has been to download debian-40r1-amd64-netinst.iso and debian-20r1-i386-amd64-powerpc-source-DVD-1.iso. I then used K3b to burn them to a CD and a DVD, respectively, as iso images. When I try to check the CD and DVD to see that the bur

Re: [clug-talk] iso files

you the contents of the filesystem in read-only mode. > > dm > > On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 16:47 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > Part of my preparation for the install fest on Sun has been to > > download debian-40r1-amd64-netinst.iso and debian-20

Re: [clug-talk] iso files

9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/tmp > > >ls /mnt/tmp > > > > should show you the contents of the filesystem in read-only mode. > > > > dm > > > > On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 16:47 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > Part of

[clug-talk] Install Fest

Hi Folks, Is the Install Fest on Sun 9 Sep taking place at DeVry? The notice on the web site say that location is "tentative". Robin Carter ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Gui

Re: [clug-talk] Install Fest

in On 9/7/07, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the installfest has been postponed for a later date, not on Sun > Sep.9 > But if you need something done, you may still contact me off the list. > Cheers > Szemir > > On September 7, 2007 16:24, Richard Ca

Re: [clug-talk] Install Fest

f you have > a > dvd on her laptop, why not download a Knoppix , it is Debian based, but > does > not need to be installed, she can try all she wants from there until we > get > around to install the Debian . > Cheers > Szemir > > On September 7, 2007 19:59, Richard Ca

[clug-talk] Replacement Hard Drive

Hi Folks, It looks like the Sampsung 80GB HD I was using in my Vantec Nexstar 3 USB enclosure is dead. Can anyone suggest a good replacement? Or, just as useful, do you know of any brands to avoid? Robin Carter ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clu

Re: [clug-talk] Replacement Hard Drive

Mark, Thanks for the tip. Maybe it is the enclosure. Robin On 9/24/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/24/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > It looks like the Sampsung 80GB HD I was using in my Vantec Nexstar

Re: [clug-talk] Replacement Hard Drive

was fine. It > continues to purr along in a different (replacement arrived after I left) > enclosure. > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 18:06 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > It looks like the Sampsung 80GB HD I was using in my Vantec Nexsta

[clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

When I cut the power to fix the light in the front room I didn't realize that I had also cut the power to the room where my PC was running Debian 4.0. Now when I boot I get as far as the usual (grub?) screen with: the debian logo and the date & time in the bottom right corner; the "Session Type" an

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Richard Carter wrote: > > When I cut the power to fix the light in the front room I didn't > > realize that I had also cut the power to the room where my PC was > > running Debi

Re: [clug-talk] Statistics for dumbies

You could try gretl Robin On 10/1/07, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking into doing some research on the level of discussion on a web > forum such as slashdot. My analysis would keep track of variables such > as User ID (is the discussion dominated by a few users), moderation

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

inus /var/cache, var/spool, /var/tmp) created just before the problem arose. But the tar ball of robin was created after the problem began when I found I could log in and use gnome. I would appreciate any help. Robin On 10/1/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/30/07,

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

that don't seem to be of much interest. Then the last 2 lines indicated that the kernel had disabled IRQ #201 and that "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc refcount is 2, should be 1' fixing'. Does this help? Robin On 10/2/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

Tom, Thanks for your email. I just tried what you suggest and as far as I can tell it didn't make any difference: i.e. running startx as root starts gnome but as robin is just gives a message about which log and conf files were used and that irq 201 was disabled. Robin On 10/2/07, Tom Weniger <

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

Mark, Thanks for your email and all your help. Unfortunately, I can't attend the meeting tomorrow. But I will try to see if anyone at the debian site can help. Robin On 10/2/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/2/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/2/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark, > > > > Thanks for your email. I just logged in as user and ran startx. There > was > > a very brief flash of blue then the screen returned to black with a > messag

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

e > when the kernel is upgraded. > > Of course, this is all assuming it's a video driver error. But this > normally results in errors in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file which you're > not seeing. > > Maybe if you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log we can take a look? > > HTH

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

Jesse, I ran aptitude reinstall kdm but it didn't seem to make any difference. No the display manager will not let me log in as root. Robin On 10/2/07, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-10 at 18:41 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > Tom, > >

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

; > Cheers! > > Neil B > > On Sunday 30 September 2007 11:19, Richard Carter wrote: > > When I cut the power to fix the light in the front room I didn't realize > > that I had also cut the power to the room where my PC was running Debian > 4.0. > > Now when I

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

s, and the names will be different. > > Cheers > Szemir > > On October 2, 2007 16:41, Richard Carter wrote: > > Tom, > > > > Thanks for your email. I just tried what you suggest and as far as I > can > > tell it didn't make any difference: i.e. running

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

Jesse, No I didin't try that. I don't know how! Robin On 10/3/07, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-10 at 22:48 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > Jesse, > > > > I ran aptitude reinstall kdm but it didn't seem to make any >

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

ain. > > Cheers > Szemir > > > On October 3, 2007 07:37, Richard Carter wrote: > > Jesse, > > > > No I didin't try that. I don't know how! > > > > Robin > > > > On 10/3/07, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

oes not choke the > > > whole box. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Neil B. > > > > > > On Thursday 04 October 2007 16:10, Richard Carter wrote: > > > > Thanks to everyone who helped me with this problem, > espcially Gus

Re: [clug-talk] Can't boot to kde or gnome

click on the trash icon and > click empty trash. I personally hate this feature (I add delete to the > context menu as well). > > Mark Carlson wrote: > > On 10/5/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The next point of interest is why did /home fill up and how

Re: [clug-talk] Volunteers for COSSFest

I'll be out of town on 27 Oct but I can come to help out late in the afternoon of 25 Oct. As some of you know, my linux skill are very mediocre but I can run errands, set up tables, fetch chairs, etc. I have a mid-sized SUV so I could pick up stuff if that is useful. Robin On 10/19/07, sgrover

Re: [clug-talk] Good place to buy a Linux compatible laptop?

Maybe you can find a place which sells "bare metal" laptops (i.e. without an OS) so you avoid paying the "Microsoft tax". Then it would be pretty straight forward to install linux. Maybe HP would sell a laptop with linux is since it claims to "suppot linux". I bought my wife a "refurbished" Gat

[clug-talk] Interesting link

Here is a link to a site about linux applied to mobile devices: https://www.limofoundation.org/ Robin ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.ph

Re: [clug-talk] Volunteers for COSSFest

Unfortunately, I won't be able to volunteer this evening. A prospective tenant is coming to see our house at 7:00pm so I'll have to stay here. Hope everything goes well. Robin On 10/23/07, Kin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > forwarded to Mark > > bogi wrote: > > That's great Mitchell, I am

[clug-talk] Slide Scanner

Hi Folks, I want to scan about 4000 35mm slides onto my HD. The photography folks seem to favour Nikon scanners: e.g. Nikon CoolScan V ED. However, SANE reports that this scanner has minimal Linux support so I'm hesitant about spending $600, or so, on it. Has anyone any suggestions about scann

Re: [clug-talk] Slide Scanner

essional scanner software: > http://www.silverfast.com/show/version6-5/en.html > This software is really good, designed with the full specs for any of > their supported scanners. > > Good luck, > > Hendrik Schaink > > > > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, >

Re: [clug-talk] Messages at boot tiime

Rick & Szemir Thanks for the tips. Robin On 11/2/07, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yup, > dmesg | less > As root ... > Cheers > Szemir > > On November 2, 2007 08:59, Richard Carter wrote: > > When my Debian 4.0 PC boots many lines of messages

[clug-talk] Messages at boot tiime

When my Debian 4.0 PC boots many lines of messages go by too quickly to read: some may contain useful info. Is there a way to temporarily slow this stream down so I can read the messages? Is the stream written somewhere after boot? Robin ___ clug-talk

Re: [clug-talk] Messages at boot tiime

wrote: > > Yup, > > dmesg | less > > As root ... > > Cheers > > Szemir > > > > On November 2, 2007 08:59, Richard Carter wrote: > >> When my Debian 4.0 PC boots many lines of messages go by too quickly to > >> read: some may contain usefu

Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu Update Question (Long Post)

For accounting I use Moneydance which works under Windows and Mac as well as Linux. Robin On Nov 28, 2007 8:12 PM, Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Thunderbird: Tried apt-get but it said it wasn't in the repositories > >> so I downloaded the source and tried some instructions I found o

Re: [clug-talk] Backups using cp

Mark, Thanks for the tip. I looked at dump some time ago and rejected it for reasons I can't remember. I'll look at it again. Robin On Nov 30, 2007 1:49 PM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/30/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi

Re: [clug-talk] Backups using cp

use the --link-dest switch, it's a beautiful thing :) > > On November 30, 2007 11:24:28 am Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > When I installed Debian 4.0 I created a big, non-encrypted partition > for > > everything except /boot using Logical Volu

[clug-talk] Backups using cp

Hi Folks, When I installed Debian 4.0 I created a big, non-encrypted partition for everything except /boot using Logical Volume Management. This seems to have created problems for some backup programs: e.g. sbackup worked for a while and then just quit, mondorescue failed because it couldn't fi

[clug-talk] An even smaller PC!

Hi Folks, A recent thread dealt with a very small PC from ASUS which came with Linux installed. For an even smaller unit go to http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?products_id=381 But it doesn't have a monitor. Robin ___ clug-talk mailing li

Re: [clug-talk] InstallFest - changing the face of CLUG (long post)

Kin, It sounds good to me. I would come to try to get the record as the nube with the best attendence and the dumbest questions. On the logistic side, a provided lunch sounds attractive but might be hard to get permission for and to supply. Maybe free coffee & donuts would be eaaier to do. Ro

[clug-talk] LVM reduction

Hi Folks, My Debian box has a 160GB HD configured as one volume group containing six logical volumes one of which is home of size 138GB. I want to use lvreduce to shrink home so that I have space to increase the size of my other logical volumes: eg. usr and root. The manual page for lvreduce sa

Re: [clug-talk] LVM reduction

William, Thanks for you informative reply. I'll take that into account. Robin On Dec 13, 2007 12:20 AM, William Astle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > My Debian box has a 160GB HD configured as one volume group containin

[clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

Happy New Year Folks, I got an Epson Perfection V500 PHOTO scanner for Xmas. It is not listed on the SANE web site (I've filled out "the form for adding an unsupported device ".) and xsane, under debian 4.0, can't find it. So I thoug

Re: [clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

ompany > Avasys but states that these are not "real" Epson drivers. Your mileage > may vary. > > http://avasys.jp/hp/menu00900/hpg00859.htm > > HTH, Hendrik schaink > > > Richard Carter wrote: > > Happy New Year Folks, > > > > I got an Ep

Re: [clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

ionally, if given the option, I tend to support an > open software solution as opposed to a proprietary one (ie, I will > donate to FLOSS projects before buying a proprietary solution). > > Hope this helps, > > Richard Carter wrote: > | Happy New Year Folks, > | > | I got an Epso

Re: [clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

AIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/4/08, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Happy New Year Folks, > > > > I got an Epson Perfection V500 PHOTO scanner for Xmas. It is not listed > on > > the SANE web site (I've filled out "the form for adding an uns

Re: [clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

r) on a a couple of Ubuntu boxes. > > Cheers, > > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Gustin, > > > > Thanks for the tip. I did copy the vuescan.dat file, I even extracted > > it but without success. > > > > Robin > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 6:44 PM, Gus

Re: [clug-talk] Attachiing a Scanner

our login is a member of group "scanner" > (id 107) and group "plugdev (id 46). Then re-login to refresh your > settings and plug in your scanner. > > HTH, Hendrik Schaink > > Richard Carter wrote: > > I'm using debian 4.0, etch. > > >

[clug-talk] Debian broken

Hi Folks. I think I've broke debian! My mouse is dead and apt-get and aptitude don't seem to work. Rather than bore you with the gory details, I think I'll reinstall. So now the question is what distro do people in CLUG favour? I like debian but ubuntu and kubuntu seem popular. What do you l

Re: [clug-talk] Debian broken

Hi Mark, Thanks for your informative reply. I have tried in the past to have /, /usr, /var, /etc, and /home separate using lvm and I'll continue to do so in the future. All the best. Robin On Jan 7, 2008 6:13 PM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/7/08, Richard

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