April 2007 - main

How to
by J.R. Seago 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

I currently have a router supplying Pipex broadband (always on) to my computer. This was set up for me. when I move I am going to have to set it up again, on my own, on a different 'phone number, with a different ISP, at the moment I am using the gateway address XXX.XX.X.XX, (is it wise to publish one's gateway address?) My question is is there a 'how-to' for the slow and technically incompetent, that I can use? -- J.R. Seago GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Re: [ALUG] How to
by J.R. Seago 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

On Monday 30 April 2007 12:00, "Tim Green" <timothy.j.green(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Your router won't care about the phone number either. The two > important pieces of information are your ADSL username (looks like an > email address) and password. Things like IP address, gateway and DNS > servers are easiest left on automatic. Most routers are setup through > a webpage like http://192.168.0.1/ - get hold of the manual before you > lose connectivity so you can setup your new ISP details. Wow! I've got all the right bits of paper the username and the password and could get in to the set-up page. So it should'n't take me more than a couple of weeks to get it right, it only took me 2·75 hours to get my printer to re-start when I tested the UPS, loose USB connection round the back in the dust and wires, probably caused by me unplugging everything that would go into the UPS, I should have started there first place! The one annoying part of that is that while my monitor's transformer disconnected and plugged into the UPS when I tried it, the router's transformer, (standard three pin on its front), is one piece with lead to the router, so Ted's solution for that looks problem looks the best way round. -- J.R. Seago GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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RE: [ALUG] How to
by J.R. Seago 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Thank you both Tim and Ted. It appears that I have all I need on my machine. -- J.R. Seago GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Unwanted control characters in terminal
by Chris Lamb 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Alug, When I press Ctrl-Left/Right, Shift-Left/Right, or Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn, etc. on the console I get curious control codes like ";5D". Any pointers on how to get sane functionality back? /Lamby -- Chris Lamb, Leamington Spa, UK GPG: 0x634F9A20

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Fw: [wuglug] Upcoming UK events
by Chris Lamb 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:48:03 +0100 From: Chris Lamb <chris(a)chris-lamb.co.uk> To: WUGLUG - Warwick University GNU/Linux User Group <wuglug(a)lists.wuglug.org.uk> Subject: [wuglug] Upcoming UK events [0] Debconf 17-23 June Edinburgh [1] aKademy 2007 30-7 July Glasgow [2] LugRadio Live 2007 7-8 July Wolverhapton [3] Guadec 15-21 July Birmingham [4] LinuxConf Europe 2-4 September Cambridge [5] PyCon UK 8-9 September Birmingham [6] LinuxWorld 2007 23-24 October London [0] http://www.debconf.org/ [1] http://akademy.kde.org/ [2] http://www.lugradio.org/live/ [3] http://www.guadec.org/ [4] http://www.linuxconf.eu/2007/index.shtml [5] http://www.pyconuk.org/ [6] http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/ /Lamby -- Chris Lamb, Leamington Spa, UK GPG: 0x634F9A20 _______________________________________________ WUGLUG mailing list WUGLUG(a)lists.wuglug.org.uk https://www.warwickcompsoc.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/wuglug

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Re: [ALUG] Linux
by Wayne Stallwood 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 23:18 +0100, Mark and Jenny Myatt wrote: > Hi Wayne -thanks > (and also to Nick Daniels) > > I could not get into the Bios settings at all. Not by f2,f8;f10. After much trial and error I discovered the problem was caused by my Labtec keyboard, even though the bios had legacy enabled. So I changed it for an old spare one. This enabled me to get into my bios and change the sequence so that I can now boot up from a DVD/CD as necessary. I am now trying out a number of live distros but quit a few stall after being partly loaded but I have tried ones that do work. SimplyMepis and Knoppix. Try playing with some of the boot time options with the others, sometimes it is possible to bring up a help screen on the boot prompt that will guide you with these. Look in particular at options to disable acpi and apic. > Just a thought. I run windows 2000 Prof and the NFTS system. I need to have a dual booting system. Reports in the press seem to indicate this can cause a problem with linux software. Is this correct and if so is it possible for the NFTS to be converted back to fat32? > Writing to NTFS is not considered a stable feature in the kernel, not because it doesn't work but because it was a product of reverse engineering the NTFS filesystem. The latest version of Ubuntu (and I think knoppix) both support writing to NTFS volumes..some other distributions will support read only. Conversion back to fat32 is possible with 3rd party tools but not recommended, mainly because it is possible to have conditions in an NTFS filesystem that are not valid in fat32 (files over fat's file size limit, maximum path length etc etc) With either the conversion or writing to NTFS from Ubuntu I would recommend you take a backup of any important data first.

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Linux
by Mark and Jenny Myatt 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

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[Fwd: [IET Anglian Coastal Network] - 3rd May Talk on Linux in Classrooms in Developing Countries]
by Ian bell 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

I thought this might be of interest to ALUGers. Ian

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Re: [ALUG] Laptop/UPS
by J.R. Seago 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

On Wednesday 25 April 2007 10:49, "Tim Green" <timothy.j.green(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Have you simulated a power cut yet? Indeed I have, and I've found the snag, my monitor runs from a transformer, that has a standard three pin plug, and even though the computer doesn't go down I cant see what's happening enough to shut it off, (I work with/through the GUI). I'll have to find a way round that, but at the moment I'm happy that it will run the computer long enough that the power will come back before it gets shut down involuntarily. -- J.R. Seago GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Wiki: IRCUsers & Who's Where? pages
by samwise 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Hi, Two wiki pages listing ALUG members have evolved - one is a general list of people, whilst the latter is a small list of IRC nicknames -> real names. I think it makes more sense to just add the latter as a column to the former ... anyone any objections? Relatedly, there's a big dump of people at the bottom of the Who's Where? page which has been cut and pasted from the old site. Do we want to keep this or would it be better to expect active users to re-add themselves? I could re-format the entries to the new table, but some seem pretty old ... Anyone want to put their 2p's worth in? Peter.

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