Re: Topic Change: Does everyone like the Koala

On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 18:35 -0800, bwright wrote: > In light of recent events, I thought I would take the liberty of > changing the topic! How is everyone finding the Koala? Soft and cuddly > or does it have claws and red eyes? I am quite pleased with the new > boot screen and theme makes it more

Re: Internet Setup Problem

On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 18:13 +1000, Lisa Milne wrote: > You shouldn't need any of their setup files, just plug it in and it should > work. > > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:13:10 -0700 (PDT) > ozdroid wrote: > > > I have just installed Ubuntu on my second computer and cannot install > > the Optus DSL Br

Re: Simply Backup help

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 11:10 +1030, Callan Davies wrote: > > Simply Backup all goes well to the point of pressing the "backup now" > > button and the "A backup run is initiated. The process id is " > > message is displayed. After that, there is no sign of activity - that I > > can see. I presu

Re: live vs alt install cd

On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 14:04 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > Just wondering if there's a simple way to tell what systems might need the > > alternate cd to install as opposed to the live cd. I'm trying to install on > > a > > friends (hardy) which has a celeron an

Re: Laptops

On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 07:19 +1100, David Ryder wrote: > Hi, > > I'm after a notebooks which I will only put Ubuntu (8+) on. I want the > internet camera and mic built in (Ekiga, Skype). > > I went to JB Hi-Fi and Powerhouse yesterday. To my amazement, I was told > that all notebooks will take lin

Re: beta-live CD vs daily live CD

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Re: beta-live CD vs daily live CD

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 18:14 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 14:46 +1100, Sebastian wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I thought about this a bit and while I wanted to give my mum the > > latest bling of jaunty I honestly don't think she will care t

beta-live CD vs daily live CD

Hi all, I'm looking into installing a new xubuntu box for my mum next week. I want to give the latest 9.04 xubuntu a spin on her 'new/refurbished' hardware. As I will be away from next week I can't install her the final release so it will be either the latest alpha or a daily live build. What w

add buttons in Evolution

Hi all, is there a way to add additional buttons to the Evolution toolbar? I have a 16:9 screen and lots of space where I would like to put some additional buttons. Or is there a keyboard-shortcut command list? Cheers, Sebastian signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

move to Evolution

Hi all, I recently decided to move from Thunderbird to Evolution. The two main reasons where better integration into GNOME (I run Intrepid) and address book supporting birthdays. While I was searching on how to do the move as painless as possible I found many who wanted to move from Evolution t

Re: AUS LoCo status?

Not sure if you heard or read about it, and yes I know it's not Ubuntu only but the SLUG team have monthly meetings which are open to everyone to join in. I agree with Paul that AU is a huge, vast country and it might be just difficult to meet in large groups more often. (Maybe not in Sydney tho

'Create a USB startup disk' killed my memory stick

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I'm a bit confused but I think my memory stick got killed while creating a USB startup disk with the new Ubuntu tool. I started the usb creator and wanted to create a xubuntu USB dongle, for this I purchased a 4 GB stick. As I wanted it for

Re: How to save a webpage as PDF? (where is it?) - Thanks Callan, found it!

James Takac wrote: > Hi > > On Saturday 20 December 2008 18:54:37 Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> David wrote: >>> And I will check out adding that PDF printer (at the moment I don't see >>> any field where I can specify filename and destination). >>> &

Re: How to save a webpage as PDF? (where is it?) - Thanks Callan, found it!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David wrote: > And I will check out adding that PDF printer (at the moment I don't see > any field where I can specify filename and destination). > > Dave > There is no option for the name. The PDF will be names as the site is names in the title ba

Re: How to save a webpage as PDF? (where is it?)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: >> (I have no printer.) The Print dialogue box shows 'Print to file', and I >> select the only option that's there, PDF, and click on "Print". >> I can't work out where the PDF file is (what folder) - gives no >> indicati

WLAN killswitch off-event isn't recognized

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I've been running Intrepid for a month now. Before on hardy this was not an issue. Most of the time I run the notebook with the kill switch off = WLAN on. So when I boot up and log in WLAN work. Every now and then to save some battery I use

Re: Stickers and case badges?

Jason Allen wrote: > Hi All, > > I've managed to miss the availability of Ubuntu stickers and case badges > over the last couple of years and after seeing a sticker on laptop in an > office today, it's reminded me that I really want some and feel 'naked' > without any. > > Are they available from

Re: xubuntu upgrade/install

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Mons wrote: > Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> I hope you can help me in some way... >> >> Yesterday I spend some time on IRC >> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/11/02/%23xubuntu.html time startin

Re: xubuntu upgrade/install

Daniel Mons wrote: > Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> I had the same thought that the alternate intaller would be better. >> >> Well, the installation went without problems - some things took a while but >> still. >> After the installatio

Re: xubuntu upgrade/install

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Mons wrote: > Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> So donwloaded live CD and booted from it and it always gets stuck whith >> 'starting GNOME desktop manager' > > I've had a few people tell me the same, and

xubuntu upgrade/install

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi all, yes it is upgrade time again. I want to do a fresh install on a old dell laptop. until now it ran xubuntu gusty. the notebook has ~380 RAM So donwloaded live CD and booted from it and it always gets stuck whith 'starting GNOME desktop manag

9.04 will be Jaunty Jackalope

Hi all, I am sure most of you have read the news about the name for 9.04. Mark Shuttleworth announced [1] the name for the +2 release being Jaunty Jackalope. Just a few days ago I read though https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames and was thinking of nice names for the future versions.

Re: Mount CDROM to /mnt/cdrom ??

Senectus . wrote: > how can I force the cdrom to mount to /media/cdrom ?? > It keeps naming the mount point whatever the CD is named... and the app > I'm using doesn't like that... > > -- > Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 > The ancients who wished to demonstrate illustrious virtue throughout the > empire f

Re: GLSlideshow preferences under 8.04

Paul Gear wrote: > Junin Toiro wrote: >> 2008/8/21 Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Can anyone explain to me how set preferences for GLSlideshow under >>> gnome-screensaver? Since i upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04, GLSlideshow's >>> defaults have changed and i no longer see more tha

Re: DVD - CD BURNING

David Ryder wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 21:11 +1000, Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> David Ryder wrote: >>> Hi everybody, >>> HARDY >>> >>> I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs installed are >>> Audio CD Exctractor, Brase

Re: IE in wine

Chris Jones wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Sebastian Spiess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:00 PM > To: Chris Jones > Cc: Ubuntu Australia Mailing List > Subject: Re: IE in wine > > Chris Jones wrote: >> Apparently ATO s

Re: cut and edit JVC Everio HDD cam videos

Matthew Rossi wrote: > I wouldn't know as i've never used one of those cameras. I don't really > like the JVC camcorders because it uses a strange video codec for it's > recordings. Good luck. > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Sebastian Spiess > <[

cut and edit JVC Everio HDD cam videos

Hi all, the last couple of weeks a fried was with us. She brought a JVC Everio GZ-MG67E. She did some serious filing over the weeks and before she left I connected the camcorder to my ubuntu hardy. It was soon mounted as a storage device and I could browse the folders on the cam. I found the v

Re: NAS - recommendations please

Sebastian wrote: > Hi all, > > for a while now I've been looking into buying a NAS for the growing > amount of data. > > I was thinking of something like QNAP TS-209 Pro > [http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30181/75/] > but as funds are short and the need for storage is pressing I was >

Re: How to load korganizer at boot up?!?

Peter Williams wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've been running Linux Ubuntu all years, and then some. However, I've > only been running Kubuntu for a few months. Basically, the more I use > it, the more I like it. ;-)) > > My question is this: > > How do I make korganizer load each time I boot up my

Re: DVD - CD BURNING

David Ryder wrote: > Hi everybody, > HARDY > > I have 100% failure on burning DVDs and CDs. The programs installed are > Audio CD Exctractor, Brasero & Rhythmbox. > > However, if I install Wine and use Imgburn http://www.imgburn.com/ then > I get 100% success - which I was used to in Windows. >

Re: zombie after startup

Peter Garrett wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:03:52 +1000 > Sebastian Spiess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> for quite a while now I've been having one or sometimes 2 zombie processes >> showing in my system monitor >> >>

zombie after startup

hi all, for quite a while now I've been having one or sometimes 2 zombie processes showing in my system monitor I tried to kill them using the system monitor. I tried killall and PID but everything I tried did not work. After reboot the zombie is back. PID is always >6000 if that matters. How

Re: IE in wine

Chris Jones wrote: > Apparently ATO software developers are working on a linux version of > etax for future. > > > > Fingers crossed for next year! > > > Regards > > Chris Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yea while they work on a linux version they worsened the li

Re: DVD does not burn any more.

Michael Ritter wrote: > To all, > > Having problem burning DVD's in Ubuntu. Growisofs keeps crashing with an > error listed below. > > :-[ READ TRACK INFORMATION failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]: > Input/output error > > I have found people speaking about it in forums, but no solutions. My

Clock goes zombie when clicked

hi all, since a week or so I have problems with the clock in my top panel. All works fine except for the clock... I can click stuff, use the applications menu etc BUT when I click onto the clock nothing happens. In the background a 'sh' process becomes a zombie and the panel in frozen (menu, c

Re: evolution, address book and calendar missing

Dave Hall wrote: > On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 15:04 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Sebastian, it looks like you used the first copy of the HowTo I sent >> to you. >> >> That copy was flawed because Open Office had enabled by default a >> "feature" that shifted any text to the left if followed by a s

evolution, address book and calendar missing

hi all, before I updated to hardy (clean install) I made a backup of my hole home drive using sbackup. now I want to get my settings back into evolution. I use evolution mainly as a address book and a calendar. by now I did the following 1 started evolution and went through the first setup as

Re: Errors trying to upgrade from GG to HH Ubuntu.

Peter Williams wrote: > Hi Paul & All, > > 2008/5/7 Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > > Peter Williams wrote: > > ... > > > Failed to fetch > > > > > > > http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/neon26/libneon26_0.26.4-

hardy heron and truecrypt 5.1a

hi all, still reinstating after clean install I came across this IMPORTANT message while installing truecrypt. Has anyone had problems with the hardy kernel? $ sudo dpkg -i truecrypt-5.1a/truecrypt_5.1a-0_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package truecrypt. (Reading database ... 106555 fi

Re: Hardy Issues

Simon wrote: > Thanks for the help. I've assigned a static i.p. address for the > Windows box, re-formated my fstab with the i.p. address rather than the > host-name, and altered the terms fmask and dmask in fstab to file_mode > and dir_mode. Works a treat now. > > Thunderbird seems to have s

many questions prior hardy upgrade (clean install)

hi there, I want to do some changes to partition sizes and a clean install with hardy on my notebook which runs feisty by now. Before I start my upgrade to hardy I have some questions and I am hoping for answers :-) - By now my root dir is 5.2 GB big and now after a year filled to 3.6GB. I

Re: AAPT linux mirror?

Karl Bowden wrote: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the >> iinet one? >> >>> >> >> If AAPT is part of PIPE networks, any of the PIPE mirrors will do. eg: >> >> 3FL: >> http://www

AAPT linux mirror?

does anyone know about a AAPT mirror for linux distros similar to the iinet one? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: watermark images

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed Apr 23 21:26 , Sebastian Spiess sent: > >> hi all, >> >> for a while now I thought about this, did one of you ever put a watermark on >> a picture? Say when you send your picture to a >> competition or so to prove you

watermark images

hi all, for a while now I thought about this, did one of you ever put a watermark on a picture? Say when you send your picture to a competition or so to prove you are the owner etc... I am sure there are some linux tools to do that... but is it worth doing it? what about the picture quality...

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If the Asus eee pc 900 is going to be priced at $900 the only thing that > makes it different from other laptops is that it is smaller than a > conventional laptop. > > In my view, the 701 model will be remembered in the history books > because it was inexpensive, per

Re: strange network problems

Cary Bielenberg wrote: > I have seen Ubuntu not add the default gateway in DHCP on some DSL > routers, does it show from ifconfig? > > > Cary > > Sebastian wrote: >> On 22/04/2008, Cary Bielenberg<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like either wrong/no default gateway or incorrect subn

hardy release party

hi all, anyone for a hardy release gathering? When I am correct release is on the 25th. I liked how it went last time when mark took the lead to organise but it seems like no one in the Sydney are is interested :-( Cheers Sebastian -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https:/

Re: script on unmount

you could use the start-stop-daemon program. > Type "man start-stop-daemon" in the terminal to find out more. > > - Jackson > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Sebastian Spiess > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi all, >> I want to sync so

Re: script on unmount

Jackson Cooper wrote: > True.. > > So then perhaps you could do something if umount's exit status isn't > 0... It'll still fail when the device is busy, but won't be stuck in > an infinite loop. > > eg. > > > while true; do > if [[ -d /media/nameofdongle ]]; then > rsync -switches /

script on unmount

hi all, I want to sync some of my USB dongle folders when I plug it in. I think I worked that out: create a rule /etc/udev/rules.d/85-usbstick.rules and call the script to sync. But how about when I want to unplug the thing? Then there is no usb/hotplug event. Would the simplest thing be a scri

sbackup to DVD

hi all, a while ago I installed sbackup and set it up. I think this link was the inspiration for this http://maketecheasier.com/backing-up-data-in-ubuntu-using-sbackup/2007/12/08 By now sbackup did perform his task very well. As my free disk is getting less and less I was wondering how I can bu

Re: Promoting FOSS and Ubuntu

Paul Garrett wrote: > Happy Easter all. > > I have been scouring the web for active community projects in Australia > - and in Canberra specifically - with a view to getting involved or > contributing in some way. I'm not a techie but probably have some > skills/time/money to donate. I was at

check internet connectivity

hi all, during the last week I experience more and more of the following: while browsing with Firefox after a click on a link I often get on of those pages with a retry button. Normally I have to press more than once till I can see the page properly. I am running feisty and I use a Netgear DG8

Re: Hardy release party

Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, "Harrison Conlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 3/2/08, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Considering that Hardy is an LTS release, all the more reason for a >>> release party. Of course, we don't know the release date yet, but it >

Re: another Lenovo 3000 N200 problem

Gordon Loughnan wrote: > I have the same model that installed without a problem except that both > Windows Vista and Ubuntu no longer recognise my DVD-rom. > Lenovo suggested taking it back to the factory default settings which > gave me back my dvd-rom but again on installing Ubuntu it is lost. >

f-spot and the tags, will it get messy

Hi all, lately I was playing with fspot and a couple of pictures from two or tree events. I started tagging the pictures. People > Family > Brother People > Family > Sister People > Friends ... Places > AUstralia > ...Uluru Places > Germany > ... Events > holiday 1 Events > holiday 2 other > ug

Re: automate echo command on usb event

Peter Schwenke wrote: > Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> hi all, >> >> I have a FreeAgendGo external 2.5" hdd. the hdd is running fine exept that >> before I can use it without problems I always >> have to do the following >> >> dmesg|tail >&

Re: script in ~/bin

Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 22:21 +1100, Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> Karl Goetz wrote: >>> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 20:49 +1100, Sebastian Spiess wrote: >>>> is is correct that I have to replace >>>> >>>>#!/bin/sh >> the s

Re: "Super L" vs "windows key"

d > /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 = nautilus --no-desktop > > And that emulates the windows behavior fine for me. > > - Karl > > On Feb 20, 2008 8:38 PM, Sebastian Spiess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi all, >> >> for a while i've been usi

automate echo command on usb event

hi all, I have a FreeAgendGo external 2.5" hdd. the hdd is running fine exept that before I can use it without problems I always have to do the following dmesg|tail which gives me something like [ 1280.152000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [ 1280.152000] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 [ 1

Re: script in ~/bin

Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 20:49 +1100, Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> is is correct that I have to replace >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> with >> >> #!/bin/dash >> >> in scripts so that they work? > > no. not if the scrip

"Super L" vs "windows key"

hi all, for a while i've been using the keyboard shortcut +e to replace the windows behaviour +e to start nautilus in my home dir (similar to windows behaviour). I would like to switch the shortcut to +e but as soon as I try to instate the shortcut I can't add the to the combination. Once I pr

script in ~/bin

is is correct that I have to replace #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/dash in scripts so that they work? I am running feisty. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: printer software

James Takac wrote: > Hi Guys > > Am wondering if there's some software equivalent of fineprint for ubuntu. > Basically it allows one to print so you can fit up to 8 pages per side of > paper, as booklets, etc > > James > out of Evince my laser printer (HP) does support to print several pages

Re: Exporting Quicken to Gnu Cash

The Wassermans wrote: > I am trying to import Quicken data into GnuCash. > > Quicken ver 2008 doesn't offer to create QIF files in it's export > function. (They obviously want to prevent any desertion!) > > Anyone have some experience on how best to transfer data between the two. > > If all e

Re: Wireless network card won't connect to router

David Whyte wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Gutsy on my brothers laptop tonight and everything went > OK, except the wireless network card doesn't seem to work too well. > It can detect my network and when I select my router using Network > Manager it pops up the encryption key dialog. I enter the k

Re: Thunderbird address book/email recovery

The Wassermans wrote: > I am attempting to recover a Thunderbird (Windows version) address book > and emails from a HDD which has been installed as a slave. The HDD > comes from a system where XP crashed. I can access all of the files on > the HDD but can't, for the life of me, find where the

build f-spot 0.4.1 with feisty

Hi all, I want to start sorting my pictures with f-spot. the thing is I am still running feisty and want to use the latest f-spot version 0.4.1. I downloaded the source from http://f-spot.org -> f-spot-0.4.1.tar.bz2 now comes the config, make, make install... am I right. But my real question i

Re: Firefox crash when accessing ANZ internet banking

David Whyte wrote: > Hi All, > > I have found that when I try and access the internet banking site on > either of my Gutsy machines it causes firefox to crash. The ANZ home > page is fine, the internet banking login popup is fine, but when I > enter my credentials and hit the login button, firefo

Re: Problem downloading/upgrading Ubuntu 7.1

Wornham, John (GE Money) wrote: > Hello, > > I have very recently had Edubuntu installed on my PC laptop. > We tried to install Ubuntu 7.1 via a CD at first (downloaded via the > net), but my PC just seemed to freeze? > We then decided to load (via CD) an older version of Edubuntu. That has > lo

Re: Ekiga, Skype, Messenger video calling

has sorted that issue out. Worth > a try again. > > Chris > > > > Sebastian Spiess wrote: >> This might come a bit late but still... >> >> I had a good experience with Skype Linux to windows video calls. >> >> both parties had a simple logite

Re: Ekiga, Skype, Messenger video calling

This might come a bit late but still... I had a good experience with Skype Linux to windows video calls. both parties had a simple logitec web-cam and I am running the latest Skype beta. the other party runs WinXP, which skype version I don't know. We had no problems with establishing the conne