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26 Apr '07

Went into terminal and tried suggestion and as many options I could figure - nothing, just got messages like 'invalid device requested' 'selected disk doesn't exist' 'error while parsing number' Does Terminal = Bash shell? or do I have to be somewhere else for the grub console - if so where please. Eric > tried this and got "bash: syntax error near unexpected token 'hd0,6' " > > > > Did I do something wrong? > > > > > You need to be at the grub console not the bash shell > > Type grub and press return to get to the grub console and then follow > Paul's instructions

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dual booting probs
by elc 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

I havn't been able to access this. It was suggested that I get access to the rescue mode from the Ubuntu media, and by typing 'linux rescue'. Trouble is I don't know where this Ubuntu media is. If I run the live cd while in windows I just get options to evaluate various applications, and if I boot up with the live cd it goes straight to install - no prompts to type at. Further help most appreciated. Eric > I must be doing something wrong. > > I booted from the live cd and worked thru "install" to "partition", > > checked "manual" partition, got to desktop, opened terminal, entered > > "grub-install /dev/hda" and got "cannot create directory /boot/grub > > :permission denied". > > > > Do you have any further thoughts/advice please. > > > > > > I think both Paul's suggestion and my one need to be done from the > recovery mode not the installer. How did you get on with the "linux > recovery" thing at the Installation/Live Cd's boot prompt ? > > Regards > Wayne

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Re: [ALUG] Laptop/UPS
by J.R. Seago 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

On Wednesday 25 April 2007 16:58, Wayne Stallwood <ALUGlist(a)digimatic.co.uk> wrote: > Plugging a monitor in will just reduce runtime on the UPS (and therefore > it's usefulness) and a UPS that doesn't tell a PC to shut down when the > battery is getting too low is only slightly better than no UPS at all > (IMO) It does all sorts of things including ring me up to tell me that its on stand by, ring an alarm, send me an e-mail, I keep on finding new things it does when I should be doing other stuff, i.e. packing, its just that I need to find time to get round to setting up all the other things while I'm preparing to move, I may just wait until I've got there. -- 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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Software to add information to a map
by Chris G 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

I've only just thought of this idea but being able to do such a thing on a computer would be really, really useful (to me anyway!). What sort of software would be good at drawing routes and adding location information to a scanned map? I guess the gimp could do it but are there any applications more specifically for this sort of thing? Ideally the additions would be in their own layers so one could look at only the 'nice bridleways' or the 'good horse accomodation' additions. It would also be nice to be able to add notes to marked locations. -- Chris Green

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Wiki: NextMeeting macro
by Richard Lewis 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Hello ALUG, I'm having a bit of a Poor Work Day today so I've written a macro for the ALUG Wiki which inserts the date of the next social meeting. Use it like this: [[NextMeeting(location[,show_venue])]] where location is either "norwich" or "ipswich" and show_venue is either "yes" or "no" (defaults to "no"). The parameters can be expressed in the keyword style: [[NextMeeting(ipswich,show_venue=yes)]] Right, I really should do some proper work. Cheers, Richard -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Richard Lewis http://www.richard-lewis.me.uk/ JID: ironchicken(a)jabber.earth.li -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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dual booting probs
by elc 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

I must be doing something wrong. I booted from the live cd and worked thru "install" to "partition", checked "manual" partition, got to desktop, opened terminal, entered "grub-install /dev/hda" and got "cannot create directory /boot/grub :permission denied". Do you have any further thoughts/advice please. Eric > Anyway in addition to Paul's suggestion I think the reason the original > grub-install plan didn't work is that if you are running grub-install > from a drive other than the intended boot drive (i.e. you have booted > from a live cd and are running grub-install from there) then I think you > have to give the intended boot drive as an argument. > > So in your case > > grub-install /dev/hda > > There is no need to specify the partition number here, as grub should > then scan the whole drive for bootable partitions and rebuild/reinstall > grub for you. This is still assuming that you only have one physical > hard drive in your machine.

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dual booting probs
by elc 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

tried this and got "bash: syntax error near unexpected token 'hd0,6' " Did I do something wrong? Eric > Assuming root is on hda7, the grub command should have been `root (hd0,6)` > followed by `setup (hd0)`. > > Grub uses a numbering system starting at zero for it's drive designations > which isn't quite the same as Linux ;(. > >

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Laptop/UPS
by J.R. Seago 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Thanks to all who gave an opinion or advice on the above matter. I now have an UPS sitting between the mains and my computer. At £110·00, an awful lot cheaper than a laptop, and now I've found the right wires to go in the right sockets, its siting there with its green light on, no installation problems, hardware not liking software, or any other problems that setting up a new computer would have. -- 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
by David Reynolds 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hi, I just looked at the wiki and noticed that it hadn't been updated for a while and thought I'd ask how everyone was finding it? Are people finding it useful? Are people finding it easy to use / easy to add things to it, etc? Cheers, Dave -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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Help! X connections being refused
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hi Folks (and sorry for anu cross postings) Following a mysterious mishap when something on a website crashed my Firefox. the machine I was using is now not accepting X connections from either of my other two machines. I can't get to the bottom of it, and would welcome any suggestions. The basic symptom is: >From machine A (compo, the screwed-up one) I log in to either of my other two (say brandy) from an xterm in Gnome. On the remote login, I then issue the command 'xterm' and hope to see an xterm open on compo (as normally happens). Instead, I get the following message from the remote (brandy): ted@brandy:~ > xterm Xlib: connection to "compo.fort.knox.uk:0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified xterm Xt error: Can't open display: compo.fort.knox.uk:0.0 (Exactly the same message from the other remote machine) This situation arose immediately following the Firefox crash (Firefox running on compo, machine A). Connections which were already open continued to work. By now, though, I've tried (amongst other things) rebooting. and now there's no joy on any front. It makes no difference whether I'm root or an ordinary user eiher locally or remotely, nor whether I 'startx' as root or ordinary user/ (BTW, I can give some details of the remote web site which crashed Firefox if people think it may help, since I suspect it of monkey business. but will hold fire for the moment since it may not be relevant). With thanks (and I'm pretty pressed to get this working again!) Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 22-Apr-07 Time: 18:03:23 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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