Re: whats with this your not a member and wait for a moderator yet it appears I *am * member

2009-11-11 Thread Daniel Sobey
We get 10-30 messages a day to this list, most is spam. On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 06:37 +1100, Harrison Conlin wrote: > > It's an anti-spam measure and quite a good one. I'm a moderator for a > number of other mailing lists and the number of times I've seen useful > posts from non-members is signifi

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 18:38 +1100, Chris Debenham wrote: > Yes - you would see a reference to nvidia if you had a nvidia graphics card. > The output shows that you have an onboard intel grapihcs card. > The G31 should be good enough for web/work/video stuff - but may be a > bit low-power for 3d gam

Ekiga and Skype

2009-11-11 Thread Geoffrey
Although I was aware of Skype and even installed it on MS Windows I did not sign up. I felt no pressing need to do so. That means I know nothing about telephoning via the Internet apart from using a similar thing called Echolink designed for radio amateurs (like me) who communicate around the world

Re: Ekiga and Skype

2009-11-11 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 21:27 +1000, Geoffrey wrote: > Evidently (?) Skype is different and doesn't communicate with > Ekiga. I've learnt too that there is Skype for Linux. > This is a bit of a disappointment. What happened to standard protocols? > Incidently I have not yet upgraded to 9.10. I think

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread OPM595
Oh, Ok. So, according to the last few responses, I maybe able to resolve the problem with what I currently have? Games? No. Unless, there's a 3D shoot 'em version of Sudoku. I have my doubts. :) So, where to from here? Make changes to my Xorg or something along those lines? Download additional dri

Re: Dual Boot SATA and PATA?

2009-11-11 Thread Paul Gear
The Wassermans wrote: > ... >> You definitely should be able to do what you're after. What order is >> your BIOS set to boot in? SATA first? >> > > I have been changing the order manually during boot-up, depending on > whether I want Ubuntu or Windows. But I would prefer to have it run > sel

RE: Paint Shop Pro3

2009-11-11 Thread Chris Jones
>>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:50:57 +1000 >>From: Paul Gear >>Subject: Paint Shop Pro3 >>Just out of curiosity, what does Paint Shop Pro do that Linux-based >>graphics packages don't? (I'm speaking here as a graphic design >>ignoramus.) >>Paul * 32bit color depth, time

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread Chris Debenham
No extra drivers/changes to xorg should be needed - intel graphics should work 'out-of-the-box'. In fact you can probably just remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have created one. Since you are asking this I'm guessing that Xorg did not load up properly - what did come up when you booted? Were there

Re: Ekiga and Skype

2009-11-11 Thread Andre Mangan
If you want VoIP telephony only, you can make a contract with any number of service providers - just look at the ads on the right side of your Google mail screen. Having Internode as my ISP I also have Nodephone, a VoIP service. Apart from being able to make phonecalls at minimal cost, I apprecia

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread OPM595
Thanks Chris, Just checking, and no, I do not have an xorg.conf file at all. Could this possibly be my problem? I don't see any errors when the machine boots-up. Loads grub, then the splash screen, login and so forth, but no errors that I can see. Should I create an xorg.conf file, or could this ma

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread Chris Debenham
So what is not working then? 2009/11/12 OPM595 : > Thanks Chris, > Just checking, and no, I do not have an xorg.conf file at all. Could this > possibly be my problem? > I don't see any errors when the machine boots-up. Loads grub, then the > splash screen, login and so forth, but no errors that I

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread OPM595
My problem precisely is that I can not get a screen resolution other then 800 x 600. On a 19" monitor, this is a real headache. In Preferences > Display there is nothing detected and the only display size listed to choose from is 800 x 600. Anyway, I think this thing has caused enough stress. And

Re: Ekiga and Skype

2009-11-11 Thread Phil in the scrub
On 11 Nov, 19:27, Geoffrey wrote: > Although I was aware of Skype and even installed it on MS Windows I did > not sign up. I felt no pressing need to do so. That means I know nothing > about telephoning via the Internet apart from using a similar thing > called Echolink designed for radio amateu

Re: Ekiga and Skype

2009-11-11 Thread Barry Williams
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Aryan Ameri wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 21:27 +1000, Geoffrey wrote: >> Evidently (?) Skype is different and doesn't communicate with >> Ekiga. I've learnt too that there is Skype for Linux. >> This is a bit of a disappointment. What happened to standard protoco

Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

2009-11-11 Thread Phil in the scrub
On 12 Nov, 07:23, "OPM595" wrote: > My problem precisely is that I can not get a screen resolution other then > 800 x 600. On a 19" monitor, this is a real headache. > In Preferences > Display there is nothing detected and the only display > size listed to choose from is 800 x 600. Hi Rob , Wha

Re: Dual Boot SATA and PATA?

2009-11-11 Thread The Wassermans
On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 06:34 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > The Wassermans wrote: > > ... > > > You definitely should be able to do what you're after. What order is > > > your BIOS set to boot in? SATA first? > > > > > > > I have been changing the order manually during boot-up, depending on > >

MS Access from Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread David Bowskill
Hello All I wish to run MS Access 2003 from within Ubuntu. I own registered copies of the full MS Office 2003 suite and also XP Pro. What is the best and easiest way to achieve this ? Advice and experience greatly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list

Re: MS Access from Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread George Patterson
2009/11/12 David Bowskill : > Hello All > > I wish to run MS Access 2003 from within Ubuntu. > I own registered copies of the full MS Office 2003 suite and also XP Pro. > What is the best and easiest way to achieve this  ? > Advice and experience greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in anticipation > >

Re: MS Access from Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread glenn
Hi I used to use virtual box to do this, which is ubuntus feeds (run aptitude or synaptic and search for virtualbox). Although now if I was to do this, i'd just use the kvm virtualisation thats 'built' into linux by default. vmware is also a viable option I used to use in the past, and still do o

Re: MS Access from Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread db
virtualbox is easy. KVM is built in BUT will only work if cpu has Virtualization support. ( Intel VT and AMD-V). So i would recommend virtualbox. 2009/11/12 glenn : > Hi > I used to use virtual box to do this, which is ubuntus feeds (run > aptitude or synaptic and search for virtualbox).  Al

Re: Dual Boot SATA and PATA?

2009-11-11 Thread Paul Gear
The Wassermans wrote: > ... >>> ... >>> >>> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST >>> ... >>> >>> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux >>> OS >>> # on /dev/sda1 >>> title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition >>> root (hd0,0) >>> savedefault >>> makeactive >>> chainl