Home server

Any pointers on where to start looking? I'm not after anything super powerful, just something that works. Thanks. Simon Ives -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Upgrade to 12.04

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, mick wrote: > On 23/06/12 13:38, Simon Ives wrote: > > Hi all. > > I upgraded to 12.04 this morning and I've lost the Unity launcher bar on > the left of the screen and the menu along the top. Everything else seems > to work fin

Upgrade to 12.04

rk as expected, just not within my personal account. Any ideas how to get this back? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: website pages wanting to be "saved" by Firefox

I sometimes have this issue with Firefox and the dominos pizza website where it tries to display the .php rather than the rendered page. When this happens I use Chromium to access the site and it works fine. Im not sure if it's an issue with Firefox or the site. I do know, however, that when Firef

Ubuntu Installation Crash

Thanks for the advice Chris. I re-ran the installation this afternoon but turned off the 'download updates from the internet' option and the installation worked fine. Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this em

Ubiquity Crash During Install

** Apologies for dual posting, I forgot to amend the subject field in my initial post ** Hi all. I'm having a little difficulty with a freshish install of Natty. I'm attempting to install a fresh copy over two previous Ubuntu partitions - '/' and '/home'. When the installation progress reaches

Re: NetworkManager Applet 0.8 Icon

Hi all. I'm having a little difficulty with a freshish install of Natty. I'm attempting to install a fresh copy over two previous Ubuntu partitions - '/' and '/home'. When the installation progress reaches the "Removing Packages" stage Ubiquity crashes and throws up a message asking me to file a

HP Pavilion DV7 - Synaptics Touchpad

ely once I get to my Gnome desktop. This is one issue I just can't figure out so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards. -- SIMON IVES -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: using a usb turbo modem

Hi Terry. I recently purchased a Telstra Turbo modem for work (Sierra Wireless USB 301) and it just works with Ubuntu 10.04 (also on 9.10, haven't tested it on any other versions). What is written on the bottom side of the modem and what Ubuntu version are you using? Regards. -- SIMON

Re: Evolution "error while synchronising inbox"

e not had the issue again. Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Mitch Towner wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 1

Standard Document Formats

he documents can be found at the following URL for anyone interested -> http://www.employment.qld.gov.au/providers/toolkit/index.htm Regards. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubun

Medibuntu

Hi all. I'm having difficulty connecting to medibuntu via apt tonight and was wondering if anyone else is having the same issue or whether I should start troubleshooting elsewhere? Regards. Simon Ives. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: question re mobile internet connection

th the previous version of Telstra's USB Next G Broadband Modem so I just bought one of their Home Network Gateways which is just a Next G wireless router/modem so it's OS independent. Regards. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environ

Windows 7 and Ubuntu

current Ubuntu installation?'. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Network Scanning

t-Packard Deskjet_F2200_series all-in-one So, my question is, before I get any further in setting up this device for network scanning how do I set the correct permissions for this device? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environm

Entry Level Network Printer

rrently connect to the network via a wireless connection apart from the server which connects via ethernet. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or

Re: Upgrading from 8.04 to 9.04

de screen isn't then displayed execute: gksu "sh /cdrom0/cdromupgrade" I've never upgraded while skipping a stable release though (e.g. 8.04 -> 9.04) so I've got no advice or experience there. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider t

ebay issues

ernet Explorer. Incredible! -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Mounting Remote Share @ Boot

connected to get the share to mount. Is there an option to get the share to mount after the network's up? The relevant line in my current /etc/fstab files is: 10.0.0.4:/home /media/file_server nfs _netdev,rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr Thanks. -- SIMO

Ubuntu Server Error

torrent files and I get the above error upon execution of the script to start the torrent downloads. The contents of the script are as follows: #!/bin/sh # Start Downloading Torrent Files! # Written by Simon Ives - http://www.simonives.info # echo "Starting the Download Torrents Script"

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty & the Netbook Launcher

r. The CPU and RAM stats under sys monitor are all pretty low, actually lower than they were under Hardy. I can't figure out why the UNL is running so poorly. Any ideas? Any one else had similar problems? Thanks. -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please cons

Re: Acroread Update Error

Thanks! I removed acroread and setup mozplugger...works a treat. Now why isn't this the default option for Firefox in Ubuntu? -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Fri, Apr 17,

Re: Acroread Update Error

t know how anyway). The only way I've been able to open such documents is with the acroread browser plugin. If anyone knows a way around this I'd be glad to hear it. SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this emai

Acroread Update Error

think is weird as there is no file to overwrite. I'm using intrepid on an Asus Eee PC 701SD and attempting to upgrade through the package manager's GUI. Any ideas? -- SIMON IVES www.simonives.info - Please consider the environment before printing this

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

| grep WM_CLASS and clicked the VLC window and it seems VLC is one of those apps that doesn't set this property as the result was: WM_CLASS(STRING) = "", "" It's not such a big deal, at least I now know how to adjust the settings for other apps. Thanks a

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

Followed your advice and added the appropriate entry for VLC (which is "VLC media player") but the app is still starting up maximised with Maximus. Any other advice? -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy & innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. ---

Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

tries into a central database would be much easier than adjusting the application's window every time it's loaded. Thanks. -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy & innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the env

Re: Telstra Next-G Wireless Broadband

ld be greatly appreciated > > Regards, > > Dan > What modem/router are you trying to configure? -- SIMON IVES Consulting, advocacy & innovation for non-profit and non-government organisations. - Please consider the environment befo

Re: Telstra Next-G Wireless Broadband

the pack, its made > by a company called ZTE. > Hope this helps > > cheers! > > -----Original Message- > From: Simon Ives > To: LinuxDan > Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Telstra Next-G Wireless Broadband > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:47:50 +1000 &g

Re: Telstra Next-G Wireless Broadband

> Ubuntu and he went out and bought one of these packs and I've got no idea how > to get it running. > > Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated > > Regards, > > Dan The device is a ZTE MF626. If you've got access to a Windows box then this

Re: Telstra's Ubuntu Repos

tu intrepid main glenn murray wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 12:45 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: >> I've recently setup Telstra's Next G Wireless Broadband with my Asus Eee >> PC 701SD and it's working a treat (This is my travel setup). I'm having >> trouble g

Telstra's Ubuntu Repos

Hi All. I've recently setup Telstra's Next G Wireless Broadband with my Asus Eee PC 701SD and it's working a treat (This is my travel setup). I'm having trouble getting Telstra's Ubuntu Repos setup correctly in my sources.list file though. Would someone using Telstra's Ubuntu Repos be able t

Lightweight Email Client

Hi All. Can anyone recommend a lightweight email client that I can use with my EEE PC running Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu NBR? Evolution is too bulky and Thunderbird doesn't play well with the NBR interface. I'm after something with a really simple user interface. Thanks. Simon. -- ubuntu-au m

Re: Netbook

here I can pick up a well priced netbook in Brisbane at a location that's on a public transport route? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@l

Re: Netbooks

een the 900 and 1000 models. Hard drive size is not an issue as we've all got over a terabyte each on the home file server, but the screen and keyboard size could be an issue. Thanks again. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before p

Netbooks

e. My questions to the group are: What netbooks are best for use with UNR? What extra configuration steps were required to get UNR up and running on your netbook? How has Ubuntu performed on your netbook? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environm

Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

If you can reach a terminal then enter: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop This will install the Gnome desktop environment for you. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing

ACPI: Critical trip point

mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 10.1.1.3. Jan 14 16:45:32 compaq-v3118au exiting on signal 15 -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@li

Re: AUS LoCo status?

, and Community Development. If any of these skills are needed in getting a LoCo (or a few) off the ground then just shoot me a message. One question to anyone who might know: "how, if at all, is Ubuntu registered in Australia?" -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Plea

Re: Rockbox, iPod nano, and Ubuntu 8.10

I re-formatted the iPod today, removing the Apple firmware, and installed the latest build of Rockbox. It's working fine again now. Thanks to those who helped out. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email o

New partition

e new partition on Boot? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Open assets etc. in new 'Desk'

n option in the context menu that will allow me to select which 'desk' I open each asset on? I currently open each asset on 'desk' one and then move it to the appropriate 'desk' but this can get a little tedious when working with lots of assets. Thanks. -- Simon

Re: Rockbox, iPod nano, and Ubuntu 8.10

u will mount the iPod as 'read only'. I've deleted all of the audio on the iPod and I'm still having the same issue so I'm assuming that one (or more) of the Rockbox files is corrupt. I'll have a go at removing and reinstalling Rockbox next weekend and see if that helps

Rockbox, iPod nano, and Ubuntu 8.10

however, from the terminal emulator and if I navigate to another directory (not one on the iPod) and then back again the iPod's file system becomes 'read only' again. Even after remounting the iPod is always 'read only' in Nautilus. I'm stumped! -- Simon Ives si..

Re: Recording radio stream from sound card -how?

media3.abc.net.au/rn/mod/itm_01112008_56S.asf (or) mms://media4.abc.net.au/rn/mod/itm_01112008_56S.asf -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. > -- > > Message: 4 >

Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

want. If the program is regular and doesn't have a podcast/listen option then you may want to schedule the stream save with bash and cron. You can use this method to discover the mms/http URL of streams so that you can listen to them in your favourite me

Re: Gnome Popup Messages

xecuting with: sudo popup 'lorem ipsum' and receiving the following error: export: 6: simon/.Xauthority: bad variable name do I need to somehow configure settings to do with Xauthority? Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment bef

Re: Gnome Popup Messages

#x27; So I am getting a popup message but it's not displaying the text I'm inputing. I don't want to move on to the next step (the centralised script) until I've sorted this out. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Pleas

Gnome Popup Messages

clients at any given time (all running Ubuntu 8.10). Ideally I'd like to send both network wide messages and messages to individual computers. The reason I'm after Gnome messages is because all of the clients use Gnome and very rarely, if at all, have a terminal session open. Thanks

Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12

x27;fix', but it'll get you burning while you figure out what's up with your drive using native Linux apps. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. > -- >

Re: Remove Windows Thumbs.db Files

files with great success and all in about 3 seconds! -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:47:08 +1000 > From: Lisa Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Remove Windows Thumbs.db Files

ve to enter each directory and remove them individually. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Audio Error

rtainly working in some applications. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: FSTAB Auto Mount

r is returned for the nfs share: "mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified" Is this an nfs specific error and how should I address it? The relevant nfs line in /etc/fstab now reads: # -- Entry for File Server : # 10.1.1.4:/home /media/file_server nfs _netenv,rw,rsize=8192,wsize

Re: FSTAB Auto Mount

gt; With the new network manager they have changed how the network starts > slightly to allow you to connect to wireless without being logged in > to a gui etc so it has changed some of these things. > Thanks, I'll give this a shot later in the day when I can reboot. I thought it may

Re: FSTAB Auto Mount

Hi Hamish > Hi Simon > > Can you check three things: > 1. that the /etc/smbcredentials file exists post-upgrade File's there. > 2. the permissions on that file The permissions for the above file are listed as: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root35 2008-05-27 16:17 smbcredentials > 3. that the

FSTAB Auto Mount

70,rw 0 0 Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Intrepid Upgrade Issues

attempting to isolate and reinstall. Thanks again. Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Intrepid Upgrade Issues

ore gnome-system-monitor gnome-utils gucharmap nautilus-cd-burner zenity gnome-desktop-environment gnome gnome-accessibility gnome-office gramps gthumb jockey-gtk language-selector nautilus-image-converter nautilus-share planner software-properties-gtk ubufox update-manager update

Intrepid Upgrade Issues

ems quite nice, I haven't used it since RH7) I would really like Gnome back. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

Change Partition Name

cal_b ext3 defaults 0 0 This mounts the partition fine but I have two newb questions. 1. How do I grant read/write/execute permissions to myself for this partition? 2. How do I rename the partition? It's current name is "22.8 GB Media" Thanks in advance. Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Mythbuntu 8.04.1 DVB Hardware Issue

r had issues is when running memory intensive applications while using the tuner card at the same time. Also, in the original I mentioned Mythbuntu 8.01 but it should actually read 8.04.1. Doubt this oversight would matter much though. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives

Re: Mythbuntu 8.01 DVB Hardware Issue

hat I now have to do is go and get an nVidia graphics card. My wife's older ATI won't function properly with Mythbuntu. Recordings play back fine but live TV, especially HDTV, is so choppy it's ridiculous! Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please cons

Mythbuntu 8.01 DVB Hardware Issue

| 175860 | dvb_bt8xx bt878 So the modules seem to be there. If I cd into /dev/dvb/ a single adapter is listed as adapter0 However, upon dmesg | grep dvb I get: [ 41.072890] bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0" Any suggestions and/or help would be much appreciated. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTE

Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server

d the file server. Simon Ives. > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:51:29 +1000 > From: Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server > To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type:

Re: File Permissions - Ubuntu Server

On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:16 +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:39 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: > > I'm running Ubuntu Server 8.04 and I need to change the permissions > for > > a large quantity of files and directories. > > > > I've got a direc

File Permissions - Ubuntu Server

s particular directory to inherit the file permissions of the parent directory? Thanks. Simon Ives. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Workstation Productivity

grams so far includes: a) Open Office.org b) Gimp c) Makefile d) Gcc e) Open-jdk f) Mozilla Firefox g) Zim (personal wiki) h) Eclipse i) gedit j) RapidSVN k) Pidgin  -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing t

Workstation Productivity

nce. (Disclaimer - this is not an assessment item! I've had issues with discussion lists before where I was criticised for posting such requests. I just want to make sure I've covered the best options) -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.inf

Re: Remote SSH

using its public IP address or name. On your LAN you will need to use its local IP address instead" I'll have to have a try from another location when I get the chance. -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment

Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 29, Issue 12

> ?I access my server remotely with this: > > ssh -p 2232 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Where 2232 is the port number that is then forwarded to 22. > Is this a port number on your router? > My first guess is the 124.171.***.*** IP is assigned to your router, and > your file server has a different (in

Remote SSH

the local network with no problems. Thanks. -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Wireless USB Adaptor

x27;m not sure of what wireless technology is in use at Uni (Uni of QLD and ANU) though. I'd need an adaptor capable of connecting to both networks. I'm currently using LAN at home but I'll need some way of accessing the wireless at Uni after the holidays. Thanks -- Simon Ives E -

Re: Partition Help

lete the unwanted > partition and resize the one you want but to be safe Id backup the > data beforehand :) > > 2008/6/28 Simon Ives <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've got a, hopefully, simple question regarding the partitions on my > > system. > > > > I have

Partition Help

I've got a, hopefully, simple question regarding the partitions on my system. I have two equal size partitions (ext3) with the first containing Gutsy and the second Hardy. I no longer need Gutsy and would like to have just a single partition with Hardy. I don't want to remove the Hardy install t

Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 28, Issue 35

Thanks for that, I set the burning speed down to 1x and it functioned fine. I think the issue was that these 'cheaper' DVDs reported a false max speed. Simon. > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:43:41 +1000 > From: "Null Ack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: DVD Burning Problems > To: ubun

Re: DVD Burning Problems

I too am having difficulty burning DVDs under Hardy (64 bit), something that worked fine under Gutsy (64 bit). I can watch movies and read data DVDs fine but just can't burn them. I can't remember the exact error messages that are displayed (they were all different depending upon which app I use)