win xp fineprint printer share

2007-12-26 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Anyone know how to share a fineprint printer from a win xp system? For those not familiar with fineprint, it's a driver that allows for such things as printing multiple pages to a single paper page. It's a go between for windows and printer so to speak James -- ubuntu-au mailing list

fake bounce software

2007-12-27 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Some time back I came across windows software to send fake bounce messages back to the originators of certain mails. What I'm wondering is if there is anything similar for ubuntu James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: Dual boot. XP & U7.1

2007-12-30 Thread James Takac
On Monday 31 December 2007 14:30:14 The Wassermans wrote: > I have downloaded Ubuntu 7.1 (Desktop). I burned it to a CD. > > I want to install it on a PC running Win XP. The Xp installation was > partitioned 50/50 > > Problems: > 1. The 7.1 CD does not boot. > 2. I don't know how to install a du

Re: spell check

2007-12-31 Thread James Takac
On Monday 31 December 2007 18:11:41 david wrote: > Thanks all > for your help. I have got the spell check working properly > regards david Hi David Mind telling us what worked for you? I still can't get it going in oo on my systems James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: Re Bigpond Ubuntu Repository: Fwd: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem

2008-01-02 Thread James Takac
Why not forward Williams response back to bigpond and see what they say? ;) On Thursday 03 January 2008 11:10:28 Blindraven wrote: > I was thinking the same. > Their excuse was a big fat cop-out. > > On Jan 3, 2008 11:57 AM, William Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Whyte wrote: > > > FYI

Re: Fw: Dual Booting -Toggle between O/Systems

2008-01-04 Thread James Takac
On Saturday 05 January 2008 06:43:20 Frode Egeland wrote: > > 1. How to create a toggle? > > On the fly? You need to make your Ubuntu a virtual machine that runs > inside Windows. Otherwise, you will need to reboot, which is not 'on > the fly' at all.. > > > 2. Share or access data files se

gutsty and benq 4300u scanner

2008-01-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Anyone had success getting the above mentioned scanner working under gutsy? James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: [Linux-aus] If you could ask Microsoft a question, what would it be?

2008-01-12 Thread James Takac
On Sunday 13 January 2008 10:36:30 Blindraven wrote: > Wow, Allowing M$ business and tech to be at a FLOSS event because you are > trying to be open minded and accepting. > I wonder if thats what Hitlers wife had to do. > > If this is not selling out I don't know what is. > Feel free to flame while

Re: Local support

2008-01-23 Thread James Takac
On Thursday 24 January 2008 09:57:11 Tony Addis wrote: > I am a wannabe new user based on the Gold Coast. I have been using Open > Office, Firefox and Thunderbird on MS for some years and have decided to > migrate to Ubuntu. I have loaded 7.10 (which looks great) on my computer > but need help on

Re: Windows scroll without any user scrolling action!!!

2008-02-02 Thread James Takac
On Saturday 02 February 2008 16:00:04 pew_from_hobart wrote: > Hello Australian UBUNTU ppl, > > Here is a problem which I have not heard of before. > > Whenever I have a window on the screen for example: emails in gmail which > scroll down the screen (eg there are more lines of info than will fit o

Router/hub Q

2008-02-05 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm experiencing some probs with my netgear router. That is I assume the router is the prob. Basically I can access the net from any computer connected to the router but I can no longer get any of my pc's seeing each other. Ubuntu to Ubuntu or WinXp to Ubuntu makes no difference there.

Re: Router/hub Q

2008-02-06 Thread James Takac
Hi Junin On Wednesday 06 February 2008 11:28:59 Junin Toiro wrote: > >On Feb 6, 2008 10:23 AM, James Takac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm experiencing some probs with my netgear router. That is I assume the > > router is th

printer software

2008-02-12 Thread James Takac
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 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Flying gParted

2008-02-14 Thread James Takac
On Thursday 14 February 2008 10:06:54 The Wassermans wrote: > Trying to fly gParted without success. > > Please: > 1.Interpret the partition information in the attached file. > > 2.Do I already have a free partition that I can adapt to pool data > files created and accessible to Ubuntu and

[no subject]

2008-02-23 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys am trying to go wireless for the first time my end and am having a few probs. Wireless router is a Linksys wrt54g and the modem in use is a netgear nb1300 plus4. Both were originally set to 192.168.1.1 for the web interface/gateway or whatever it's termed so I gather one had to be chang

lynksys and netgear (was no subject)

2008-02-23 Thread James Takac
Hi Callan On Saturday 23 February 2008 22:47:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The netgear is also a router but not wireless. Anyone got ideas as > > to what I might try? > > Hi James, > > You should break the job into a few smaller jobs. First, turn off the > Netcomm router. Then, get wireless work

cryptkeeper q

2008-03-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Just wondering if there's a way to set the same encryption key on a number of computers for cryptkeeper. I ask this cuz I am trying to write a book as it were and keeping it encrypted on a flash drive and it would be great to be able to move from computer to computer to work on it as I

Re: cryptkeeper q

2008-03-15 Thread James Takac
world. Mahatma Gandh On Saturday 15 March 2008 20:30:36 Daniel Mons wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > Just wondering if there's a way to set the same encryption key on a > > number of computers for cryptkeeper. I ask this cuz I am trying to write > >

kmail Q

2008-03-19 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Seems this laptop has become a cat ass trophy again. Since my cat sat on the keyboard (sorry, not the mat) mt view when I reply or create a new mail has changed. Earlier the icons re reply, attach, cut, copy, etc were across the top. Now they're to the left. Anyone know how I can return

streamlining for eee pc

2008-04-01 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Got my eee pc 4g yesterday and have installed gutsy Gibbon without a hitch and been thru all the things in the tutorials to minimize disk writes, etc. Just wondering if anyoneone else knows what I might ditch program ways to free up some more space. Also since I hope to do some c++ prog

linksys help needed

2008-04-01 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm trying to set up my wireless router without any luck to speak of as yet. The router is a linksys WRT54G and the modem a netgear DM111P. From what I gather on the lights on the linksys it sees the net thru the modem as the internet light is on when I connect the hardware, but I still

Re: linksys help needed

2008-04-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul Linksys router is at 192.168.1.1 netgear is at192.168.0.1 To me that seems quite different or is there another way I should check? James On Wednesday 02 April 2008 18:12:32 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm trying to

Re: linksys help needed

2008-04-05 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Wednesday 02 April 2008 18:12:32 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm trying to set up my wireless router without any luck to speak of as > > yet. The router is a linksys WRT54G and the modem a netgear DM111P. > > Double-c

powertop sd card q

2008-04-06 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys On the eee pc I used powertop to try and save a little power. I noticed the various things I was doing via powertop only seemed to last the current session so thought nothing of disabling the reading of the sd card. Now it wont read the sd card at all. Anyone know how I might reenable

Re: linksys help needed

2008-04-07 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Monday 07 April 2008 12:32:29 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Paul > > > > Linksys router is at 192.168.1.1 > > netgear is at192.168.0.1 > > > > To me that seems quite different > > > > or is there another wa

hardy and synaptic prob

2008-05-10 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I just did a distribution upgrade on one of my pc's from gutsy to hardy and all seemed to be fine until I tried to start synaptic package manager. I can't seem to get it going at all either from the menu or via terminal typing gksu synaptic if I type synaptic on its own it runs but I c

re: hardy and synaptic prob

2008-05-10 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys A slight update on this as well. Also tried using apt-get, e.g. sudo apt-get install webhttrack and got the following error sudo: unable to resolve host p3nn-desktop James -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: hardy and synaptic prob Date: Sunday 11 May 2008 From: James

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

2008-05-10 Thread James Takac
On Sunday 11 May 2008 06:48:30 Daniel Mons wrote: > ==Sebastian Spiess wrote: > > I did a clean install and everything went smooth but when I started > > installing all the stuff missing I had problems with the AU mirror as > > well. I ended up switching quite often, but this could hav

Eee PC keyboard

2008-06-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I seem to have 2 dead keys on my keyboard on the Eee PC. They are the tilde key next to the esc key and the key with the pipe character above the enter key. I'm gathering this is likely a prob with the keyboard layout. The device manager on gutsy lists the keyboard as an IBM Enhanced (1

Eee PC os install advice

2008-06-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig flash drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and installing something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the moment. I'm guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my part s

Re: Eee PC os install advice

2008-06-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Derek On Wednesday 04 June 2008 21:59:50 Derek Broughton wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig > > flash drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and > > installing something else as I

ubuntu and d-link dsl-g604t speed probs

2008-06-17 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Just trying to cover all my bases on this one. Currently the modem is up and running but am experiencing speed probs, i.e. dialup speed on a broadband connection. Dowload speed is supposed to be 1.5 mips but obviously am not getting that for any more than a few min once the modem is har

Re: ubuntu and d-link dsl-g604t speed probs

2008-06-17 Thread James Takac
Hi Junin On Tuesday 17 June 2008 23:39:52 Junin Toiro wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM, James Takac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Guys > >> > >> Just trying to cover all my bases on this one. Currently the modem is up > >> and &

Re: ubuntu and d-link dsl-g604t speed probs

2008-06-17 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Wednesday 18 June 2008 07:21:43 Paul Gear wrote: > Junin Toiro wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM, James Takac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Hi Guys > >>> > >>> Just trying to cover all my bases on this one. Cu

eee pc wireless died after latest update

2008-06-20 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Just did the latest upgrade on my epc and lost wireless capability. Worked fine in gutsy before the update though. I was using the ndiswrapper. Just checked to see if a new kernel has been installed and it has, i.e. 2.6.22.15. Works fine when booting into previous kernel so my Q is does

Re: HELP

2008-06-24 Thread James Takac
Hi Charmaine On Tuesday 24 June 2008 20:56:22 Mark & Charmaine wrote: > hello there i have one of those computers and have no idea how to use it > could you please email me the info to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > which company does support the computer as we tried to get the internet on > it and they

network shares stopped working

2008-06-24 Thread James Takac
Hi guys My network (smb) shares have stopped working after the last updates. No computer can see the others via the network it seems. Main comp is 8.04 and others still 7.10. One of the 7.10 pc's cann at least see the network name from my router and displays an error akin to folder contents can

workspace behaviour

2008-07-01 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Been noticing something interesting on one of my ubuntu pc's. It's the only one on 24/7. Basically if left alone for some time it switches workspaces by itself. It did it this morning as I watched. No intervention from me. Is this meant to be a feature or some oddity on my end? James

ubuntu laptops

2008-07-18 Thread James Takac
Hey guys I have a friend looking for a new laptop and they may be interested in one that is bundled with ubuntu, any suggestions would be appreciated James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: ubuntu laptops

2008-07-19 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Saturday 19 July 2008 17:06:54 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hey guys > > > > I have a friend looking for a new laptop and they may be interested in > > one that is bundled with ubuntu, any suggestions would be appreciated > > It doesn&#

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

2008-07-20 Thread James Takac
Hi Peter On Monday 21 July 2008 09:06:34 peter baker wrote: > Hey James > > there is a whole section on the australian teams wiki about Ubuntu friendly > notebooks > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyNotebooks > > there is even links to pioneer notebooks, they ship s

grub on usb?

2008-08-06 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I find myself in an interesting spot at the moment. I have an eee pc which I was dual booting 2 ubuntu's. one on the default drive and one on a 16 gig usb drive. I reinstalled the default Xandros on the original drive and it seems there's no grub on the usb drive so I'm looking for eith

Re: grub on usb?

2008-08-07 Thread James Takac
Hi Derek On Thursday 07 August 2008 22:16:24 Derek Broughton wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > I find myself in an interesting spot at the moment. I have an eee pc > > which I was dual booting 2 ubuntu's. one on the default drive and one on > > a 16 gig usb drive. I reins

iding usb drive for grub reinstall

2008-08-07 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm trying to use a live cd to reinstall grub on a usb drive on which Ubuntu resides to allow it to boot on eee pc. How do I find the drive assignment as it's recognised by the live cd so I know where to install grub? James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://

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

2008-08-15 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys On Friday 15 August 2008 19:55:30 Sebastian Spiess wrote: > 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

7.10 and recovery from riceeey script (eee pc)

2008-08-19 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Am wondering if it's possible to undo the effects of the riceeey script. Basically it trashed my ability to log onto the network but I can go back to the previous kernel and go from there to go online James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: 7.10 and recovery from riceeey script (eee pc)

2008-08-20 Thread James Takac
Hi Callan On Wednesday 20 August 2008 22:29:19 Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: > > Am wondering if it's possible to undo the effects of the > > riceeey script. > > Basically it trashed my ability to log onto the network but I > > can go back to the previous kernel an

kmail warning

2008-08-29 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys on Ubuntu (7.10) using kmail I have suddenly started getting the following error The IP address of the host pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk does not match the one the certificate was issued to. Anyone know how to get rid of this as I get it every day. Earlier never used to get it and I've not ch

Telstra BigPond (Australia) Users - quota-free apt repo

2008-09-10 Thread James Takac
Gray wrote: > On 09/09/2008, at 12:33 AM, James Takac wrote: > > Hi James > > > > On Sunday 07 September 2008 08:28:30 James Gray wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I recently switched to BigPond (long and sad story) and due to their > >> rather s

Re: Telstra BigPond (Australia) Users - quota-free apt repo

2008-09-10 Thread James Takac
On Thursday 11 September 2008 10:20:08 Null Ack wrote: > How up to date is it though? > > I gave up using any mirrors and am now using main so I dont get left > behind in my Intrepid work Not sure 100%. I've had experience with numerous Aus repos lagging behind the main ones so I tend to use the

Re: cannot install

2008-09-22 Thread James Takac
Hi Neville On Monday 22 September 2008 13:13:32 Nev wrote: > Hello Melissa my name is Neville and I am having a lot of trouble > installing Ubuntu 8.04 on this computer I have it on another one and would > like it on this one I am running Windows xp pro > > I keep getting a message > > > > Busybox

Re: NVidia driver problem

2008-10-25 Thread James Takac
Hi On Wednesday 22 October 2008 10:21:24 Dodge wrote: > G'day All, I recently upgraded to Hardy Heron, and all appeared to go > as expected. > > I uninstalled the video driver (NVIDIA binary X.org) and installed > what seemed to be a more appropriate driver, NVIDIA binary X.org (new > driver). > >

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

2008-12-21 Thread James Takac
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). > > > > Dave > > There is no option for the name. The PDF will be names as the si

Re: c-nile virus

2009-01-16 Thread James Takac
Hi IKT On Friday 16 January 2009 15:48:00 IKT wrote: > fake: > > http://www.google.com.au/search?q=c-nile+virus&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=c >om.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a > > "This hoax notifies its recipients about a new dangerous virus called > C-Nile, that cannot be detected by a

Re: this mornings updates

2009-01-16 Thread James Takac
Hi Lisa On Thursday 15 January 2009 19:50:36 Lisa Milne wrote: > Oh well, I'll just have to see what's up with my system then, at least > it's at work so I get paid to fix it. > > thanks all > > On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 15:58 +1100, David Ryder wrote: > > OK here ..David > > > > On Thu, 2009-01-15 at

dsl-g604t port forwarding (static ip help)

2009-03-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm having problems getting the port forwarding to word on said modem. I have the main pc hooked up via the ethernet port directly and my others are wireless. I understand that I need to set up static ip's for port forwarding to work but that's where I'm running into problems. Already b

Re: dsl-g604t port forwarding (static ip help)

2009-03-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Sunday 15 March 2009 10:56:14 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having problems getting the port forwarding to word on said modem. I > > have the main pc hooked up via the ethernet port directly and my others > > are wir

Re: dsl-g604t port forwarding (static ip help)

2009-03-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Sunday 15 March 2009 10:56:14 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having problems getting the port forwarding to word on said modem. I > > have the main pc hooked up via the ethernet port directly and my others > > are wir

Re: dsl-g604t port forwarding (static ip help) [RESOLVED]

2009-03-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Sunday 15 March 2009 10:56:14 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having problems getting the port forwarding to word on said modem. I > > have the main pc hooked up via the ethernet port directly and my others > > are wir

Re: dsl-g604t port forwarding (static ip help)

2009-03-15 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Sunday 15 March 2009 17:52:52 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > Thx for the prompt reply. I understand that much and am in the process of > > going thru that using ifconfig to get the mac address of each of my > > systems. > > i'd a

ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got the system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet connection is now seen as eth1 instead of eth0 and on various reboots ubuntu is not seeing it at all. I suspect it has something to do with the new assigment

Re: ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread James Takac
Hi Junin On Tuesday 17 March 2009 12:53:04 Junin Toiro wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got > > the system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet

live vs alt install cd

2009-03-31 Thread James Takac
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 and both hdd and optical drives are sata. The install cd is fine though it keeps throwing up error

installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-01 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned one of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the integrity check yet both throw up read errors during the install phase. Both HDD and DVD drive are sata and bios shows them both on the same id

Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-02 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Thursday 02 April 2009 14:05:42 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned > > one of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the > >

Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-02 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Friday 03 April 2009 06:57:26 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > > >> Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like > >> it's in ATA emulation mode. > >> > >> Paul > > > > The

wireless problem

2009-05-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I seem to have an interesting wireless problem with one of my laptops. It's an Asus F3SC and until recently the wireless connection was working fine. Right now it shows as connected via wireless going by the network icon. If I use ifconfig it shows I have an IP of 10.1.1.9 for that devi

Re: wireless problem

2009-05-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Monday 04 May 2009 10:45:20 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I seem to have an interesting wireless problem with one of my laptops. > > It's an Asus F3SC and until recently the wireless connection was working > > fin

Re: wireless problem

2009-05-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Monday 04 May 2009 11:57:24 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > ip route ls gives > > > > 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 > > 10.0.0.0/8 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.1.1.4 > > 10.0.0.0/8 dev wlan0

Re: wireless problem

2009-05-03 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Monday 04 May 2009 15:06:06 Paul Gear wrote: > Scott Evans wrote: > > Hi... > > > > Are you getting your routes from DHCP or are they set statically? > > > > Also confirm your settings from one of the other PC's that you have > > working on your network. > > > > Is there a conflict with

Re: wireless problem

2009-05-15 Thread James Takac
On Monday 04 May 2009 15:58:22 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > > >> Those are good suggestions. James, can you post the output of the ip > >> commands you used before from another (working) machine? (Use "ipconfig > >> /all"

PSK recovery?

2009-09-09 Thread James Takac
Hi guys in an attempt to get the wireless going again on one of my laptops I deleted the wireless connection on it and re did it. However I find that I've misplaced my pre shared key for the network and will prob find it eventually and so was wondering if there are any steps for recovering the

Re: Producing Video DVDs

2009-09-10 Thread James Takac
Hi On Friday 11 September 2009 06:48:36 Samuel Jackson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Peter Goggin wrote: > > I have produced a number of video dvds  using PowerProducer or > > BurningStudio8 under Windows XP.  The basic features are that I can add > > video clips which can when adde

wireless woes was ( PSK recovery? )

2009-09-10 Thread James Takac
Hi Dale On Thursday 10 September 2009 13:37:31 Dale wrote: > Hi James, > > Can you log into the wireless router and got to the password page and > the right click and view the source. You should then find the PSK key > in plain text in the source page. > > Regards > Dale &

Re: connecting to the internet

2009-10-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Jessie On Sunday 04 October 2009 19:27:21 dopey dora wrote: > I do recommend that people having problems to ask as no way would I > have been able figure out all that Scott helped me with. Thank you to > all the others who replied too. > > Regards > Jessie > Exactly. There's no shame in asking

netgear max range

2009-11-10 Thread James Takac
HI guys Was just wondering if anyone has any experience re the Netgear Max Range set of wireless adaptors. I have a Netgear DG834PN modem/router up and working under Ubuntu 8.04 am am trying to figure out of the max range set of wireless adapters work under Ubuntu James -- ubuntu-au mailing

Re: Ubuntu-based malware

2009-12-14 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Monday 14 December 2009 07:38:02 Paul Gear wrote: > Just a quick follow-up from our previous discussions about viruses on > Linux. This is why we still need to be careful: > > * > http://digitizor.com/2009/12/10/ubuntu-malware-for-ddos-attack-found-in-scr >eensaver/ * > http://www.

Re: wifi for ubuntu

2010-07-10 Thread James Takac
Hi On Sunday 11 July 2010 08:05:37 Paul Gear wrote: > 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

Re: Keyboard issues

2010-08-08 Thread James Takac
Hi Boden On Sunday 08 August 2010 19:01:26 Boden Matthews wrote: > This laptop is way out if warranty. It's an ex-business laptop, and as a > result as seen quite a few hard years. Parts of every key have gone smooth > from the all the typing. > > Regards, > Boden Matthews > Sent from my iPhone >

ubuntu 10.04 + hp photosmart c4280 all in one

2010-08-15 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I've installed 10.04 on a friends pc and the having probs getting the printer setup. It happens I have the same printer working fine on 8.04 on one of my systems/ I do have 10.04 on other systems and haven't tried them yet. I've installed the latest HPLIP from hp and when I run the hp-s

8.04 to 10.04 dist upgrade

2010-08-28 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys 2 of my systems still have 8.04 on them and I see via the update manager the option of a dist upgrade to 10.04. I'm familiar with the usual incremental upgrade and was wondering if the upgrade straight from 8.04 to 10.04 is viable? I know it won't be without risk even if it is. But if i

Re: Ubuntu - never again - please read.

2010-09-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Basil On Sunday 05 September 2010 00:45:47 Basil Chupin wrote: > On 03/09/2010 23:26, Mark Hill wrote: > > Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Once only have I actually had Ubuntu install cleanly and run (dual > > boot with Win XP). The Ubuntu version was from memory, 8.04 and not a > > serious cont

Re: Ubuntu - never again - please read

2010-09-04 Thread James Takac
Hi Terry On Sunday 05 September 2010 13:48:51 Terry Brock wrote: > I use ubuntu on both of my computers and except for normal hicups I have > found it to work every time I think that whoever started this thread has > not give th OS and the community a fair go > > Terry Likewise I have 6 pc's wit

optus usage details

2010-09-06 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys Just wondering how do I go about reading my wireless internet usage from ubuntu (10.04). I've tried in the past and got some message that it can only be done from the parent page. And that's following the links at optuszoo. So far I have to boot to windows when I want to check the usage

touchpad not working

2010-09-07 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I'm at work at the moment using an Acer Aspire 1410 netbook with Ubuntu 10.04. I just noticed the touchpad not working here but it does under win 7. Currently am using a usb mouse. It used to work fine and I'm not sure when exactly it stopped working as I tend to use the usb mouse for conv