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Ipswich ALUG meets: change of venue
by samwise 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Guys, For those who have been to the Ipswich meets recently (or have read the wiki meeting notes), you'll be well aware that we've been being squeezed out by the new poker league that's been set up on a Monday night, so I think it's time we did something about it. Changing the night wouldn't really help - it may inconvenience regulars who are happy with Monday, but also the only other mid-week night at The Milestone which didn't have live music on was definitely inconvenient to a few regulars. So, that leaves us with changing the venue. I propose we try out The Punch & Judy in Cardinal Park because it satisfies the main criteria we used when selecting The Milestone originally: - Adequate Car Parking nearby (preferably free) - Free Wi-Fi (preferably not web-authentication) - Cheap (but edible) food for anyone wanting to grab a bite - Reasonable beer - Enough space and quiet to grab a table or two where we won't be overly disturbed Full disclosure: the Punch & Judy is a family-type pub (potentially noisy) and there are a few poor reviews of the food service online. However, kids have to be out by 21:00 and the kids play area closes at 20:00, plus it's a Monday night and the pub is also fairly large so I'm hoping that shouldn't be an issue. Finally, the food may not great but at that time on that day, it should be fairly quiet and it's fairly cheap if two eat, plus there's certainly a bigger selection than there was at The Milestone. There we have it - I think we should try out this new venue on Monday the 21 July 2008. If anyone has any alternative venues they think would be a better choice (taking into account the criteria above), suggest them at the meet and if ppl think it would be an improvement, we can potentially try out further venues over the next few meets until we're happy with one. That is all, Peter.

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dual head monitor setup not working
by Jenny Hopkins 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hullo there, I've bought a PNY geforce 7600GS graphics card, with VGA and dual link DVI. I then bought a second monitor - an HP w1907v widescreen with recommended res of 1440x900@60. The first monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 913N. I've had a setup similar working on another computer, also running debian, with a dual head matrox card and two identical monitors. I copied the config over and after much sweat and tears, altered and tweaked according to my Xorg logs warnings and hints. Both monitors refuse to work at the same time though. The only way I can get the widescreen to behave sensibly is using some bizarre xorg.conf. Here is the dual head one which won't drive both monitors, followed by the odd little conf that made the widescreen work, then the conf that works for the other setup, and finally the log file. http://debian.pastebin.com/m53fa4692 The log file is full of warnings about range - it looks as though it is ignoring my conf saying to only use the 1440x900. I'm comnpletely boggled and confused by now though. Any hints welcome, Thanks! Jenny

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Full X from a remote client
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi Folks, Not sure whether I'm asking the impossible here. CONTEXT: I'm sitting at machine A -- say 192.168.1.1 and I'm logged in to machine B -- say 192.168.1.2 AT A, I'm using X (with gnome and all that). AT this stage, B is not running X yet. I'm seeing B on an Xterm. WHAT I WANT: To start X (XFree86) on machine B, and have its full X, including the window-manager that would come up if U were sitting at B, come up on A. This would seem to imply that I need to use startx on B (via the login on A's Xterm), since the same startup scripts would need to be run on B so as to ensure that my "B experience" on A was the same as on B. It's OK for B's X root window to be encapsulated in a window on A. What I'm really after is the full X functionality, including the task-bar, the panel, and the various buttons I would normally see on B, so that I don't have to work out what commands to type! Am I bonkers? Or is there a way? (I've done this sort of thing in the past using xmx, which basically multiplexes a single X session across several other machines; but xmx is very sticky about the X resources being identical on all machines, which would not be the case here). Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 23-Jun-08 Time: 21:03:07 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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What do I need to play .MOV (Quicktime) movies?
by Chris G 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Subject says it all really, what's the simplest basic Quicktime player available for Linux (if there is one). All I want to do really is check if some .MOV files are working/OK. -- Chris Green

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FAO those at the last Ipswich meet:
by Adam Reid 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

No, I wasn't completely off my rocker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(1976_film) The film does indeed feature a large quantity of cats at one point. :)

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upgrading from 6.06 LTS to 8.04 LTS
by Bev Nicolson 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

I've done what the Ubuntu website says and gone to system > admin > update manager and installed the last batch of updates but it doesn't mention anything about the new version when I click on 'upgrade' again. Am I a) being a bit impatient or b) is there another (simple!) way round this? Oh yes, and is there anything important I need to do, that I have forgotten, before upgrading? Thanks. 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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Anyone using Firefox 3.0 yet?
by Chris G 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

Has anyone here moved from Firefox 2.0.x to Firefox 3.0 yet? If so are there any big (or small) issues? My main problem is that my favourite add-on (Mozex) isn't available for Firefox 3.0 and looks like it may never be. There is an alternative (ItsAllText) but it's not so flexible and doesn't allow one Mozex facility that I do use (the ability to launch a local program from an arbitrary URL). One simple question occurs to me, can Firefox 3.0 be configured to call a text mode program (e.g. mutt in my case) on mailto: links? -- Chris Green

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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by samwise 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

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 returns next week (Monday 19th May) 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. 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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Gnome - Icons and file extensions
by Martin Collins 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

Hi, sorry about this folks but having a bit of a head scratching time with Gnome. A word processor and spreadsheet package I've used for years is softmaker office. It's a remnant from my Windows days and people have tried to convert me over to Abiword and Gnumeric but they keep failing, due to file compatibility issues mainly. However with this latest headache they might just win. Softmaker Office files and templates have *.tmd, *.tmv, *.pmv and *.pmd extensions. I always found this easy under KDE Kontrol Centre but as a fairly recent Gnome convert I was trying to change two things, and I'm struggling; 1. Set the correct application to open files with the extensions above. This I have now done. I was searching through the Gnome menus, synaptic and Googling for ages and in the end it was as simple as right clicking the file in nautilus and selecting properties, open with, add -> /home/martin/bin/office/textmaker etc. This sets the correct application for all files ending in *.tmd, etc 2. Change the icon for all files ending in *.tmd etc. This I cannot do. I can do it for individual files by right clicking in nautilus and selecting properties, clicking on the icon and browsing for different one, but it only does it for that one file say something called report.tmd, not all files ending in *.tmd. Is this correct behaviour or a bug? I know Gnome tries to be more transparent than KDEs change everything ideals, but I thought this might be a relatively easy thing to do for a window manager. I must be missing something easy like my booboo in item 1, but what? It's driving me mad. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks & regards, Martin

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Fax modem
by James Freer 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

using ubuntu 7.10 fax modem chipset HSFi CX11252-41 I bought this modem from ebuyer a few months ago as someone had found drivers for it on opensuse ver 9... so i thought there was a good chance it would work in ubuntu. So far i have tried: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupAndFax installed following sl-modem-daemon gtk-efax gfax (as alternative) gnome-ppp https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto installed the scanmodem tool james@james-desktop:~$ sudo wvdialconf [sudo] password for james: Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'. Scanning your serial ports for a modem. ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. Modem Port Scan<*1>: S2 S3 ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- 56000 ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK Modem Port Scan<*1>: SHSF2 SHSF3 SHSF4 SHSF5 SHSF6 SHSF7 Found a modem on /dev/ttySHSF0. Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf. ttySHSF0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" james@james-desktop:~$ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Conexant http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/gutsy/modem-drivers/hsf/ installed the .deb file - all seemed ok and entered in synaptic. The fax program is trying to use /dev/ttyS1 which is most likely a default when my modem is on /dev/ttySHSF0. Thus necessary to edit wvdial.conf [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Baud = 460800 New PPPD = yes Modem = /dev/ttySHSF0 && before ttyS1 ISDN = 0 Phone = <Target Phone Number> ;08456091350 && this is a telephone number for an isp dial-up - also failed ; Password = <Your Password> ; Username = <Your Login Name> Tried to send a fax and have pasted the window (above "SEND FAX" button) info in gtk-efax Socket running on port 9900 efax-0.9a: 11:48:00 opened /dev/ttySHSF0 efax-0.9a: 11:48:02 Error: can't determine fax modem class support efax-0.9a: 11:48:02 failed page /home/james/Desktop/JF-CV.pdf.001 efax-0.9a: 11:48:02 finished - invalid modem response It would seem the modem can't select its class... recommends AUTO [from the choice of class 1, class2, class3]. Tried all three CAN'T BE FAR OUT!.... Also tried gFax and that didn't work either or should i use hylafax? Be grateful if someone could put me right. thanks james

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