Re: Installing distro iso images

Hi folks, I forgot to reply to this on-list. On 17/08/17 17:51, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > > Hello Paul, Your terminal command returned a mass of actions related > to 16.04 upgrade concluding with a statement that clearly indicates > success. I re-started and both the Upgrade and Ubuntu software ap

Re: Installing distro iso images

Rob is correct - recent Ubuntu ISO images should be directly bootable when dded to a USB flash drive. This has been the case since at least 16.04, probably earlier, for at least amd64 images (I'd presume i386 images, too, but amd64 are the only ones I use, so I can't vouch for them personally). G

Re: G+

On 20/05/17 17:20, Paul Gear wrote: > On 20/05/17 17:01, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 19/05/2017, Jason Flindt wrote: >>> This just a shout out to all ubuntu Australia members . >>> I would like you to invite everyone to head over to Ubuntu Australia G+ >>> p

Re: G+

On 20/05/17 17:01, Bret Busby wrote: > On 19/05/2017, Jason Flindt wrote: >> This just a shout out to all ubuntu Australia members . >> I would like you to invite everyone to head over to Ubuntu Australia G+ >> page and become a member and help the community grow . >> > ? https://plus.google.com/

Re: G+

On 20/05/17 17:01, Bret Busby wrote: > On 19/05/2017, Jason Flindt wrote: >> This just a shout out to all ubuntu Australia members . >> I would like you to invite everyone to head over to Ubuntu Australia G+ >> page and become a member and help the community grow . >> > ? https://plus.google.com/

Re: Introductory message

On 21/06/16 14:50, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have just found the existence of this mailing list, in searching for > the web pages of other Ubuntu mailing lists, to which to refer a > person on the PLUG list, who appears to be a new user of Ubuntu Linux. > ... > I am posting this message, to

Re: No Ubuntu Laptops available in AU

On 13/06/16 18:04, Anil Gulati wrote: > I've been looking at getting an Intel Skylake NUC 6i5 because I can > get one with 32 GB RAM and a fast 2,200 MB/s NVMe PCiE M.2 SSD for > under AU$1000. > But then I hesitated because if I get a laptop I can be mobile, I'm > not dependent on having a monitor

Re: Photo application for Ubuntu

On 03/12/14 01:19, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > Unless I have missed something in 14.04 LTS I can't find a Linux > application that will reduce camera photo image size in bulk (or > automatically) rather than individually. I wish a size of 100 to 150kb > for several uses (not only emails). At present

Re: Package libhid-dev

On 26/11/14 14:30, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > I wish to have a tool for communicating with Microchips USB > HID-Bootloader for the purpose of installing new firmware. One such > tool is 'mphidflash' which supports Linux as well as Mac OSs and MS > Windows. > For Linux I am advised that I need the 'li

Re: Software Updater

On 20/07/14 12:15, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > ... > geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a > dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege You need to give that a sudo. <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

Re: Software Updater

On 07/17/2014 09:32 PM, Geoffrey Combes wrote: Sorry Paul. I wrote down exactly as you said and then typed something different and illogical. Here is the latest result from Terminal: geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo -i [sudo] password for geoffrey: ... Preconfiguring packages ... E: Sub-proce

Re: Software Update

On 07/17/2014 05:42 PM, Geoffrey Combes wrote: Following Paul Gear's instructions here is the output from Terminal: geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo -i [sudo] password for geoffrey: root@geoffrey-desktop:~# apt-get update && apt-get update Typo there - the second one should be "apt-get upgrade

Re: Software Updater

On 07/17/2014 08:38 AM, Geoffrey Combes wrote: This replies to Chris Robinson's advice of 16th July. Thanks Chris, here is some more information. Firstly, 1. I realised that, if I uninstalled Software Updater I would not be able to re-install it, and 2. When updating I can see that th

Re: Home server

On 01/15/2013 08:18 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hey Jared, Just so you've got some context, I've got the N40L model, running with 8GB RAM and 4x 2TB drives. 2 of the drives are running btrfs as root (/), and the other two are /backup. Everything else is stock, no custom RAID cards, etc.

Re: Home server

On 01/13/2013 01:42 PM, Tom Sparks wrote: ... based on an old thread I asked, Paul replied with: "i can vouch for the QNAP TS-219P and the HP ProLiant Microserver as good options. The former is a very small, quiet 2-bay NAS - on mine i wiped the factory firmware on and installed Debian squeeze.

Re: UPS (Uninterruptible power supply)

On 01/03/2013 10:16 AM, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi Meryl, Do you know if it works with Ubuntu Server? I'm also looking for a UPS which I want to use for my Ubuntu server, so it can cleanly shutdown when I lose power (we have dodgy wiring/fuses in our house). Eaton, APC, and many other UPS

Re: simple RAID setup

On 12/29/2012 03:45 PM, Jackson Doak wrote: for simplicity, try to use hardware raid, e.g. created in bios. use either RAID 0 (striping, more speed but lose on drive, loose them all) or RAID 1 (mirroring, gives redundancy) Most hardware RAID created in BIOS is actually software RAID (sometimes

Re: simple RAID setup

On 12/29/2012 12:36 PM, Tom Sparks wrote: I am looking at setup a RAID what is the simplest setup? RAID 1 is recommended for boot disks. My preferred setup is to set up all boot disks (usually 2, but i've been known to go as high as 4) as follows: 1. primary partition, 1 GB or so, Linux R

Re: Media Ejecting after Install

On 10/18/2012 01:50 PM, Matthew Mace wrote: Hi All, First time poster, been watching for who knows how ever long.. Just curious if there is any known command or switch or modification that can be done to prevent the CD from being ejected after completion of the OS installation. I work with

Re: 12.04 problem

On 10/25/2012 06:48 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: What kind of graphics card do you have? You may be better off installing the proprietary drivers if you havent already. +1 - or turn them off if you've already installed them. This really smacks of a driver problem. Also looking at backports for

Re: Wireless printer with Linux compatibility

On 10/16/2012 05:41 AM, Jim Tippett wrote: I intend to purchase a wireless printer for our home network. We use Ubuntu 12.04, Peppermint 3 and Windows 7. Was thinking about the HP Officejet Pro 8600 and wonder if anyone has some experience they can share. Thanks, Jim Tippett I haven't us

Re: Evince not opening PDF

On 19/07/12 14:48, OPM595 wrote: > ... > > Anyway, I'll no doubt keep toying around with this and test other PDF > viewers available. I'll let the list know if I have any major success with > this, along with submitting a bug report on Lauchpad as suggested. I use evince as my primary PDF reader,

Re: ninemsn catchup

On 27/06/12 09:09, Tom Sparks wrote: > --- On *Wed, 27/6/12, David Fawcett //* wrote: > > ... > > Hehe.. nice one Dave. > > Tom I think I see your problem and to fix it you should uninstall > silverlight and re-enable your firewall. > > I decide to bittrorrent the show and forget ab

Re: Recommendations for a home (vm) server

On 22/06/12 08:54, Dave Hall wrote: > 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 Shawcross wrote: >>> HP Pr

ICS for SGS2 (was Re: Kies for Linux (was Printer HP P1005 Problem in 12.04))

On 20/05/12 13:56, Dave Hall wrote: > ... > 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

Re: Good IRC client

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 neit

Re: help needed with printers

On 07/05/12 00:08, Peter Goggin wrote: > On 06/05/12 21:55, Jared Norris wrote: >>> ... >>> >> Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a >> clue as to what is the actual issue. >> > The message is: There was an error during the CUPS operation: > 'server-error-internal-err

Re: Downloading problem

On 06/05/12 01:19, Peter Goggin wrote: > I am unable to download files either form the update manager or the > ubuntu software centre. It claims my internet connection is not > working. Error message is > Failed to fetch > http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/upstart/upstart_1.5-0ubuntu

Re: network diagram software

On 26/04/12 11:58, Josh McFarlane wrote: > > I would recommend Dia. From my experience it does everything that you > would want for a basic network diagram. > +1 from me. I've used it quite a lot. <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/u

Re: Netcomm NB6Plus4WN - Wifi-connected devices can't see Ethernet-connected devices

On 28/03/12 17:26, Boden Matthews wrote: > It's not the firewall on my PCs, it happens even with firewalls > manually disabled. I checked my router's settings, and it has an > option for "Virtual LAN on Ethernet", but that's disabled by default. > It also groups connections, but by default, the Eth

Re: Netcomm NB6Plus4WN - Wifi-connected devices can't see Ethernet-connected devices

On 28/03/12 11:52, Boden Matthews wrote: > Hey all, > I have an issue with my router. If I have 2 computers, one connected > by ethernet, the other by WiFi, and I start a local game server (for > example) on one, the other PC can't see it. The same issue happens > with my printer, it's connected by

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

On 25/03/12 12:58, Jared Norris wrote: > On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering >> which media player everyone here prefers, and why? >> >> I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really like the autom

Re: internet filtering options

On 10/03/12 19:40, Dave Hall wrote: > Dear Senator Conroy, > > On 10/03/12 20:22, Tom Sparks wrote: >> I looking at internet filtering options for work, we have 10 computer >> running windows XP/vista, the filter well need to be >> transparent/forced because we have public laptops that connect to t

Re: Apache issues

On 10/03/12 05:59, Chris Robinson wrote: > "... file does not exist" when it obviously does sounds like a > permissions problem. I haven't done it so haven't got the magic > bullet for you, but review how permissions and groups need to be set > up for php. I seem to recall (from my reading) that

Re: BASH Scripting

On 28/02/12 17:38, David Bowskill wrote: > Hello All > > Could someone kindly please tell me how to write a BASH script, which > opens up a terminal (easy) and, in that opened terminal, runs a > pre-existing program. > Thanks > > David Here's a start: #!/bin/sh # Assumes you use gnome2 - might be

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

On 06/02/12 08:11, Andre Mangan wrote: > The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a > year and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died. > > Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725. Epson support Linux via its Avahy > site and take pride in doing so. Thoroughly recommen

Re: Ubuntu

On 12/02/12 13:32, Boden Matthews wrote: > The majority of PC parts are compatible with Ubuntu - such is the > benefit of a monolithic kernel. What will the PC be used for? (gaming, > internet browsing, email, image editing, etc.) > ... Strictly speaking, that's not the benefit of a monolithic ker

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

On 09/02/12 12:55, Ian Fleming wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:37:25PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: >> ... and have patience for your package manager breaking every time you >> update. >> ... > No fun. I do not recommend the testing repo and one just has to go to >

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

On 09/02/12 11:54, Ian Fleming wrote: > ... > I would say Arch Linux. Having said that you will need to be familiar with > a couple of configuration files and/or have good google foo ;) ... and have patience for your package manager breaking every time you update. Why bother when Debian is so sim

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

On 09/02/12 09:17, Scott Boyle wrote: > Hi all, > Very new to the list so I am sorry if this is a repeat topic (if it > is could you point me to an archive). I have been dreaming of a linux > disto that is bare bones (but not so much to make it difficult to use > as I am new to linux) one that do

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

On 09/02/12 09:17, Scott Boyle wrote: > Hi all, > Very new to the list so I am sorry if this is a repeat topic (if it > is could you point me to an archive). I have been dreaming of a linux > disto that is bare bones (but not so much to make it difficult to use > as I am new to linux) one that do

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

On 03/02/12 11:34, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Sorry, let me explain my "over the top of" :) > > My HDD is partitioned into three: a root (/) partition, a /home > partition and swap. > So what I am doing is telling the installer to format my root > partition and leave the /home unfo

Colour MFD recommendations?

Hi folks, Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish, reliable colour MFD which works with Ubuntu? We've been using an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300 and have had quite a few reliability problems on the printing side, and it's more than the cost of new printer to fix them. Essential functions: * Reliability

Re: looking a NAS device

On 18/01/12 08:07, Tom Sparks wrote: > I am looking for a NAS device to remove some software of my currently taxed > netbook computer (witch also runs XBMC, proxy-server) > > I would like to use bittorrent, SABnzbd, sickbeard,couchpotato on a NAS device Of the software on your list, i've only use

Re: [H-GEN] [OFF-TOPIC] Hardware giveaway

On 03/12/11 19:18, Paul Gear wrote: > ... > Apologies for the cross-posted spam. I've got a bunch of items of > varying levels of usefulness, and i wanted to get it out to the widest > possible audience to avoid chucking it in the bin. > > Check out the list of items at

[OFF-TOPIC] Hardware giveaway

Hi folks, Apologies for the cross-posted spam. I've got a bunch of items of varying levels of usefulness, and i wanted to get it out to the widest possible audience to avoid chucking it in the bin. Check out the list of items at http://yoink.com/users/paulgear Regards, Paul <>-- ubuntu-au mail

Re: Digital Certificates for VPN

On 01/11/11 10:03, Dave Hall wrote: > 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:

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

On 07/09/11 07:07, Jared Norris wrote: > ... > We didn't even go close from memory so I'm quite open to going back to > licensed venues if it will improve attendance. I was basically > thinking anywhere like a pub, cafe, library or even holding a geeknic. > > Another thing to think about is would w

Re: [done & thanks] Flash player installation via Synaptic

On 04/07/11 18:12, David wrote: > Thank you folks for your suggestions. I read about flash-aid with > interest, but have successfully installed the official version through > Synaptic for now (interesting that it doesn't get updated...), It does get updated periodically. It just seems that it's n

Re: Flash player installation via Synaptic

On 03/07/11 00:53, Chris Robinson wrote: > ... > Highly recommended. It might not install an OSE version of flash, but it's > the > easiest fix to recommend. And there's the rub, when you install an officially-supported edition of Flash, there's a much higher chance that other people will be expe

Re: Flash player installation via Synaptic

On 02/07/11 21:54, Chris Robinson wrote: > If it's Firefox, get the flash-aid plugin: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-aid/ > and let it run. It's sorts out flash problems for most people. If there's already a version of flash installed through the package manager, you don'

Re: Ubuntu-AU Social Media

On 01/06/11 11:10, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: >> On identi.ca, hash tags seem to work just as well as groups. > I'm no expert on identi.ca, but I thought you could subscribe to a > group and get all the dents posted to that group in your feed > automatically, without needing to look for them. > Whi

Re: Ubuntu-AU Social Media

On 01/06/11 10:37, Jared Norris wrote: > ... > Totally agree with this statement. Sorry if the original email wasn't > clear, we're trying to work out the how part. Should we be using a > single account for each service or try to set up a group on each > service for everyone to join? I'm told there

Re: Ubuntu-AU Social Media

On 31/05/11 21:03, Joel Addison wrote: ... I have added an item to the agenda for the next meeting on June 10 for us to discuss social media use. For those who cannot attend the meeting, please send through your thoughts to the list so they can be raised at the meeting.

Re: 10.04 LTS kernel security problem?

On 13/05/11 12:08, ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com wrote:   ... so in summary, if my 10.04 is up-to-date according to the Update Manager, then I can do online-banking

Re: 10.04 LTS kernel security problem?

On 12/05/11 14:07, Ian Fleming wrote: ... For Ubuntu linux-image-2.6.35-25-generic + covers what is mentioned in the article. Local exploit - meaning the attacker would need physical access to the machine. And there is not much to stop that... Encryption maybe?

Re: WiFi broadband access security?

On 26/04/11 22:32, Michael Chesterton wrote: > ... and > always check for https. Banking should be fine, it's https. Make sure > your email is https/ssl too. > The scary thing is that even this is no longer a guarantee. The recent Comodo certificate authority breach [1] means that some people wer

Re: WiFi broadband access security?

On 24/04/11 22:02, Chris Robinson wrote: > ... > I have just ordered Kogan's Agora 12" laptop preloaded as it will be > with 11.04. It will be going on holiday with me to USA in August. If you don't want the US TSA getting their grubby mitts on your laptop, you will need to have it encrypted and

Re: 11.04

On 08/04/11 12:01, Daniel Jitnah wrote: > ... > I am back to using 11.04 with Gnome and I think it is great. Yes I think > there will be a lot of disatisfied > users. But they will always be able to go back to Gnome. But 11.10 will be > the issue when Gnome will not be > availale. If that is

Re: basic PDF editor for Ubuntu - tips?

On 02/03/11 20:23, David wrote: > Hi, > > could someone please tell me what they recommend as a basic PDF editor > with GUI for Ubuntu? > I asked my wife about her experiences with this, and here's what she said: The one I used ... last year was Xournal (from Synaptic). Its actually a "journal" ap

Re: Stickers sent out

On 08/02/11 15:49, Paul Whipp wrote: > Thanks Paul, > > I wasn't expecting anything but the stickers have already come in > handy badging 3 laptops so far so I've sent you a payment for your > trouble. Hi Paul and everyone, Please note there is no need to send anything more than the amount of pos

Re: AVI video (video/x-msvideo)

On 06/02/11 20:25, terry wrote: > I cannot get the above movie to play on any of my players these > include Movie player VLC media player Relaplayer 11 any ideas on what > I should try would be appreciated I have all the non free codecs.. Try installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly, or gstreamer0.10

Stickers sent out

Hi everyone, I sent out all of the stickers & CDs today for those for whom i have a mailing address (or could easily Google it). There are a few people who need to send me their address still. For most of the mailouts, i decided the CD cover slip was good enough protection for the CD & stickers,

Sticker update

Hi folks, Once again, sorry for the delay on this. First the bad news: Due to mix-ups with the Canonical store, i still haven't received the stickers i ordered. Now the good news: Thanks to the promo pack Jared organised through Canonical (thanks to Hugh Blemings) for the LCA2011 open day, we ha

Re: [Fwd: RE: Reconditioned Computers]

On 18/01/11 06:56, Adrian J de Bruyn wrote: > Although well intentioned our various offers may be, I have found that the > simplest way to proceed is to go and knock on any door e.g. Sumner Park and > tell folk that a computer(s) is waiting for them and leave your phone > number. > > Trying "offici

Re: February Team Meeting

On 17/01/11 16:36, Jared Norris wrote: > Good afternoon Ubuntu-AU'ers, > > Just a quick note to let you know that as discussed at our previous > meeting we wanted to put this information up on both the team website > and the loco.ubuntu.com site. To this end February's meetings details > are now po

Re: Free Software & The Queensland Flood Crisis

On 16/01/11 11:14, IKT wrote: > Might be helpful to work with these guys: > > The Queensland Flood IT relief team is a group of volunteers who are > collecting spare PC's, printers, servers, from companies all across > Australia. We will then service, and rebuild them with an aim to send > them to

Belated sticker order

Hi folks, I'm sorry for the delay over the Christmas/New Year period, but i'm finally getting around to putting in a sticker order. I'm hoping that they will be here in time for LCA2011 (http://conf.linux.org.au/), so those who are attending will not have to pay for postage on the stickers. I'm

Re: transfer/copy movie

On 14/12/10 07:36, terry wrote: > Sorry about the confusion I should have said that I have the dvd but > all I want to do is put a copy on my external hard drive so I can take > it with me and not have to carry all the DVD'S. There was no confusion; that's what i use dvdbackup for. It backs them

Re: transfer/copy movie

On 12/12/10 14:03, terry wrote: > Hi all can anyone suggest a program or way to copy movies from my dvd > drive to my external hard drive, tried a few ways but no success yet.. > > I use the dvdbackup command line utility - it's available in universe. <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@list

Re: mythtv and bigpond router headace

Hi Tom, It's going to take a bit more information to get to the bottom of your problem. On 09/12/10 17:43, Tom Sparks wrote: > I have an issue with my bigpond router Which make & model is it? > the following happens when I lest expected it (it could be days or > weeks after I confirmed it worki

Re: Any interest in a combined sticker order?

On 21/11/10 15:41, Paul Gear wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a laptop that is in need of pimping with Ubuntu stickers, and > Dave Hall tells me that we can get them a lot cheaper by combining orders. > > Cost will be about $3 per sheet, subject to variation based on the > quanti

Any interest in a combined sticker order?

Hi folks, I have a laptop that is in need of pimping with Ubuntu stickers, and Dave Hall tells me that we can get them a lot cheaper by combining orders. Cost will be about $3 per sheet, subject to variation based on the quantity of people ordering and prices being the same as when Dave ordered.

Re: Mounting Floppies

On 04/11/10 09:13, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > If you just want to get some stuff of floppy, just use mtools. > Don't bother mounting This is good advice. Get the stuff off with mtools, then forget about the floppies! :-) <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

Re: bookmarks in firefox

On 02/11/10 22:45, IKT wrote: > > installed called Xmarks http://www.xmarks.com/ > > > > Isn't that getting shut down? > > + doesn't the latest version of firefox have a sync built in? Yes - find it at http://www.firefox.com/sync I've been using it for a few months without issues (only the b

Re: Question for GCC programmers

On 11/10/10 11:16, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > ... > Raw mode has been a problem in Java for about forever (1996) > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4008589 > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4008589 > http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6351276 > > I think Pyth

Re: Question for GCC programmers

On 09/10/10 14:21, David Fawcett wrote: > > > On 9 October 2010 15:13, Lisa Milne > wrote: > > > Please don't recommend mono, it's just a Bad Idea: > http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono > > > So whats the solution? Java works for me. It has interfaces to a

Re: Promoting Ubuntu

On 06/10/10 10:37, Paul Whipp wrote: > To discuss this prior to the meeting: > > My suggestion is this: > > We prepare, advertise and give a 30minute presentation to 12-24 people > at a time. They can bring their own machines. For the remaining time > ?1.5 hours, we help them test and hopefully ins

Re: Suddenly very slow to start

On 06/10/10 14:48, David Bowskill wrote: > Many thanks to the two David's who replied to me. > The command 'lsusb" I was not aware of, and with the '-v' switch, > provides a mass of data (not sure what it all means) about the USB > connected devices. > What was the solution? Removing the card

Re: Tech Support (Anthony Edmistone)

On 14/09/10 02:06, Anthony wrote: > I'm not entirely sure what /Ian Fleming/ is trying to do. However I > do understand the issue with trying to wade through the mailing list > submissions from Ubuntu-au and I'm wondering why this mail list > subscription cannot be switched over to a NNTP or Newsg

Re: Tech support

On 12/09/10 10:16, Ian Fleming wrote: I notice tech support seems to be encouraged in this mailing list. I can appreciate that there will be Australian specific issues from time to time, but seriously there are other channels for this [1] as well a official Ubuntu IRC rooms, Launchpad Questions

Re: printer and internet wired or wireless doesn't work

On 10/09/10 16:23, Ana Maria Arcos Solari wrote: Hi, i think I sent this before but I have been away so i don't know where the answer is, sorry!. Hi Ana, I hope you're enjoying using Kubuntu despite these issues. Let's hope we can help you get them sorted out. 3 problems to solve: 1)

Re: Ubuntu MID (Mobile Internet Device) Remix - Does anyone know what happened?

On 07/09/10 21:20, Boden Matthews wrote: Oh, the HTC Shift isn't a phone. It's a tablet. And it runs Windows Vista Business and WinMo 6.0, and WinMo isn't removable. I was planning on running Android-x86 on it, but I just wanted to check if anyone knew what happened to the MID remix. Didn'

Re: Printing

On 17/08/10 22:54, peter goggin wrote: Thanks for that. It certainly restored my printer. Good to hear! Please keep replies on the mailing list. Do I need to do this every time I reboot my system? I've never found that to be necessary, but perhaps something has changed to prevent st

Re: Printing

On 17/08/10 14:05, peter goggin wrote: I have a printer attached to my windows box. I was able to see and use this printer from my linux box until yesterday. Now I cannot find the printer and using the troubleshooting command it says my cups server is not working. This item is no longer availab

Re: Rob's Project: Getting Ubuntu Doing What He Needs

On 13/08/10 20:43, Rob Farquhar wrote: > ... > - I'm starting to get back into serious writing at the moment, so this > is the main thing I want from my PC. I use OpenOffice under Windows as > well as Linux and I've been using Dropbox to ensure I'm working on the > most current version no matter wh

Richard Stallman in Australia

Hi folks, In case you hadn't heard about Richard Stallman's visit: http://www.nicta.com.au/nicta_events/big_picture/qrl_seminars Even if you don't agree with him in everything, RMS is always worth a listen. Regards, Paul <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lis

Re: Re Glabels Business Cards

On 02/08/10 19:42, Anthony J. Brow wrote: Hi Folks, When attempting to make 'bizcards' with 'GLabels', I ran into trouble when printing the cards. I picked a 90mm x 50mm size card in GLabels 2.2.8, run in Lucid Lynx. The result after printing, was a card size of 86mm x 46mm. I tried different ca

Re: Is this mail-list able to be subscribed too via RSS or newsgroups?

On 30/07/10 01:34, Anthony wrote: I don't know how everyone else is doing this, but I have to load up a link to this blog to view what people have said. I remember Newsgroups had a drop down tree structure that I used to subscribe to at uni, it would make it easier to navigate through this type

Re: Why haven't we seen this?

On 23/07/10 14:18, Basil Chupin wrote: FWDed from another Ubuntu mail list: QUOTE So much goodness where has this been hiding? http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/best-advert-for-ubuntu-you-probably.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 U

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 11:25, Dale wrote: ... Basil, I would not go to the point of ignoring grc.com, just use it as a guide/reference. If you a really worried get a friend to nmap you for example: # nmap -sS -sU -O -p 1-65535 -v -P0 Note that nmap command can take a long time You can make it go a b

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 14/07/10 22:35, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Today, as replacement, I bought the Netcomm NB9WMAXX (ADSL2+VoIP) modem/router and now have it working for both ADSL and VoIP. However, for the first time in ~7 years I now FAIL the ShieldsUp!, TruStealth, test on grc.com: all ports are in Stealth mo

Re: wifi for ubuntu

On 10/07/10 18:59, Chris Rosenhain wrote: Hi there, You might like to look towards Internode for free hotspots: https://hotspot.internode.on.net/coverage/index.php Just use the guest login button :) And if you do that, you'll probably get best performance if you switch your mirror to us

Re: Problems with printing

On 09/07/10 10:22, David Bowskill wrote: Dear Paul Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I have changed the printer driver from: Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended by Ubuntu) to: hpijs pcl3, 3.10.2 The printer is now printing without delaying. Is this that Foomatic/pxlmono uses PostScript ? -

Re: Problems with printing

On 07/07/10 17:19, David Bowskill wrote: Hello All I have a problem with printing under /Lucid Lynx. /My printer is an HP1200 with 72Mbytes of RAM ( the maximum). Printing is extremely slow (many minutes a page) and the job often terminates before completion. I always select 'urgent' and the

Re: Finding and installing java

On 28/06/10 20:06, Daniel Sobey wrote: On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 18:34 +1000, Dean wrote: Hi all this is my first request to the oz team, having trouble finding and installing correct java for my system. One from ubun software not configured for my particular system. Is there a team member near

Re: Securing computer (rsync, vnc and web site)

On 26/06/10 21:40, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On *Sat, 26/6/10, Morgan Storey //* wrote: I agree with tunnelling VNC and rsync over SSH. Some other ideas; you could also tunnel the web interface over ssh, but it is not always do-able. You could also look at using https with ssl/tls on

Re: Securing computer (rsync, vnc and web site)

On 25/06/10 15:24, Tom Sparks wrote: I have a computer that I run mythtv on I want to secure the remote access options I have VNC I have a website (mythtv's mythweb), currently I use a username/password I am looking at setting up rsync server What are my options? The most important thing yo

Re: dependency problems

On 21/06/10 05:36, abdul basit wrote: hello group i install ubuntu 10.4 in my laptop i try to update but dependency problems canany body tell me how i salve this problem sorry my english is very week The cause is probably a third-party repository or package. The way i would solve it (a

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 14/06/10 16:31, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Deep Freeze is available for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, so it's likely that it could be hacked (possibly only with Faronics' involvement) to work with Ubuntu: http://www.faronics.com/en/Products/DeepFreeze/DeepFreezeLinux.aspx Paul

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