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Real Player
by Bev Nicolson 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

I use Ubuntu 6.06 in case that helps. Well, I have Real Player working fine for Listen Again and webcams but if I want to play any of the videos on the BBC news web site I can't. Any ideas why? I'm just curious to know what the reason might be. Bev. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze

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apt-get error: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
by sagr 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Our fileserver is running an ancient version of Debian:(Linux zebra 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown). I thought however it would be nice to try and install geneweb on it (if indeed this package is available for this ancient Debian). However when I try to do an apt-get I receive an error message saying that MMap has run out of room. I am a bit confused as there is about 4GB spare in /. What has gone wrong? Sagr. ################### zebra:~# apt-get install geneweb Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing libobjc-lf2-dev (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. zebra:~# df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hdc5 5763616 1428352 4042484 27% / /dev/hdc7 28834716 2093684 25276308 8% /home /dev/hdc8 1921156 1074024 749540 59% /shared/CDROM /dev/hdc10 36131688 20 34296244 1% /backups zebra:~#

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Problem adding HP Deskjet 540 printer to Ubuntu 7.04
by sagr 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Hi Folks, I would like to be able to print from my new Linux PC. I have an HP Deskjet 540c connected (via it's parallel printer port) to my PC running Ubuntu 7.04. On the desktop I click on System -> Administration -> Printing. A box appears with a "New Printer" icon and I click on this. A "gnome-cups-add" box appears with a message "Reading printer database". An "Add Printer Step 1 of 3" box appears. I click on the "Local Printer" option as my printer is not automatically detected and leave the "Use another printer by specifying a port" option selected. I select "HP" from the manufacturer list and "Deskjet 540C" from the "Model" list. It responds by showing "hpijs" as the suggested driver. I am then stuck. It appears I have two options. There is an "Install Driver" button next to the "Suggested Driver" box. If I click on that button a box pops up which seems to be asking me for the location of the driver (which I do not know). Alternatively I can simply click on the "Forward" button to move onto the next screen. If I simply click on "Forward" to move to the next setup screen it asks me to enter a description for the printer. I type in "HP Deskjet 540 on desk" then click on "apply". The box stays on the screen for several seconds while my PC hard disk light flashes like mad and then the box disappears revealing just the "Printers" box (which was behind it) on the desktop. This box however just shows the "New Printer" icon... I was expecting it to also show an icon for my newly installed printer. Also if I actually try to now print something from an app the only option the "Print" menu option gives me is "Print To File". It would seem that my attempt at adding the printer fails even though no error message is shown. What am I doing wrong? Sagr.

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How to garden gnome?
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi Folks, I'm looking for a bit of Gnome expertise ... Suppose I have a Gnome desktop with a number of "workspaces", say 10. What I want to do is "transplant" a window from one workspace to another under software control (e.g. a shell script). Gnome certainly has an internal mechanism for this, since if you click on the little square button at the top left of a window, you get a menu which includes options to "Move to Workspace n". Is there a way to send a code or signal to a window which would cause this to happen? A related question: can one program the opening of a window so that it is initially "planted" in a chosen workspace? With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 21-Jul-07 Time: 20:34:21 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Ubuntu 7.04 apt-get error when installing packages
by sagr 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi Folks, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on a PC a few minutes ago and would like to install the package "gramps" on it. Unfortunately however apt-get keeps crashing out with the following error: ian@flower:~$ sudo apt-get install gramps Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Recommended packages: graphviz python-reportlab The following NEW packages will be installed gramps 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 103 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/13.4MB of archives. After unpacking 27.2MB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gramps_2.2.6-1ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): files list file for package `xcalc' is missing final newline Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/gramps_2.2.6-1ubuntu1_all.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ian@flower:~$ It looks to me like the problem is: "files list file for package `xcalc' is missing final newline" so where do I find the files list file for package `xcalc' so I can add a newline to it? Best wishes, sagr.

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minimal ubuntu based distro
by Peter Alcibiades 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

> I just want a Linux PC onto which I can install the package "gramps" and > I know that gramps is availableas an apt-get package for Ubuntu. Could > anyone perhaps recommend a more lightweight Distro on which I could > easily install gramps if I am unable to get Ubuntu working? Try fluxbuntu. Or failing that, a minimal Debian install, go for neither gnome nor kde, but instead fluxbox or windowmaker. Peter

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Re: [ALUG] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by samwise 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

week <-> month Any ipswich regular will be able to tell you that I have an aversion to saying "month". Ms. T will back up that it's one of my endearing character traits ... :) Peter.

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Facebook account verification
by Greg Thomas 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Who was complaining last night that Facebook wouldn't verify accounts? It just worked fine over the BT Mobile (Vodafone) network for me. Greg

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Re: [ALUG] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by Yvonne Everett 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Next weeks tutorial? Ok, maybe I've not read all the ALUG emails and have missed something, but I also am quite interested in video manipulation etc. through Linux so would be keen to attend if possible.... On 17/07/07, samwise <samwise(a)bagshot-row.org> wrote: > On 17/07/07, Yvonne Everett <ye103910(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > Sorry I couldn't make it last night to the Ipswich meeting, > > unfortunately there was a family emergency yesterday which completely > > made me forget all about the meeting. I'll aim to be there next month > > though! > > > > Von > > Well, last night's Blender tutorial didn't happen, though I did fire > up my new laptop and Matt was able to knock up a monkey ... errr ... > that didn't come out right. :) > > We fell back to a lot of techy talk, esp. about a number of cool open > source devices which seem to be hitting the market at the moment. > > Anyway, I'll write up the notes, (tho maybe not till Weds) so you can > see what you missed. > > Oh, and next week's tutorial is on video editing, dvd production etc. > by Wayne and sounds like a really useful one. I, for one, can't wait > for it! It's been on my to-do list to work out video manipulation > ever since I dropped windows ... > > Peter. > -- Yvonne Everett Email: ye103910(a)googlemail.com

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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by samwise 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The monthly "Third Monday" ALUG Ipswich Social Meeting starts tomorrow (Monday 16th July) at 20:00: The Milestone Beer House 5 Woodbridge Road IPSWICH IP4 2EA Tel: 01473 252425 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP4+2EA The Milestone pub is in the centre of Ipswich, near the now-defunct Odeon cinema and not far from The Regent Theatre. There is more information on the venue, including car parking info, on the ALUG wiki: http://www.alug.org.uk/wiki/moin.cgi/Meetings All are welcome, novices and experienced users. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too hard to find the pack, look for those huddled around a laptop! Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. Tomorrow's meeting should include a round-up of the Blender tutorial Teatime aka Richard gave in Norwich yesterday. I'm struggling to think of new "challenges", following on from last week's Facebook so if anyone has any bright ideas - bring them with you! Hope to see you there, Peter. ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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