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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : McGintys, Northgate Street
by samwise 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

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 is back this Monday, 20th February, at 20:00: P J McGinty & Sons 15 Northgate Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3BY Tel: 01473 251 515 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP1+3BY WWW: http://www.pjmcgintys.co.uk/ McGintys pub is in the centre of Ipswich. It's directly opposite the town's central library and has a reputation for good Irish beer. We're usually to be found in the lowest section of the bar, near the library entrance to the pub. All are welcome, novices and experienced users. Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. ** I'm not going to be able to attend this month, as I'm going to be in London attending a gaming industry panel event [https://baftagamesqt1.eventbrite.com/] on Monday evening, so please shout up on the mailing list if you're attending so other attendees know who to look out for. ** 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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Strange lack of PHP error reporting
by Chris Green 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

I'm having a real hard time at the moment because for some reason PHP errors (in web pages) don't seem to get reported anywhere. I've narrowed the problem down a bit, if I put a PHP file in my root web directory then any errors *are* reported. However if I put an error into some of the code in my wiki nothing happens except that I get a completely blank page. I've looked at the .htaccess file, no joy there, doesn't set anything relevant. There's nothing appearing in the apache log file either, total silence. Any ideas? -- Chris Green

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How to set permissions on an ethernet port?
by Chris Green 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

How can I set the permissions on eth0 to allow me (as opposed to root) to modify it? I want to use macchanger from a script and I don't want to have to enter my password every time I run the script. I assume it's the same sort of permission that one would need to be able to use ifconfig to change things on a network interface. -- Chris Green

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GIMP
by Bev Nicolson 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

I may have a book on it, I may have the online manual but can I get GIMP to heal a smudge on a photo? Not so far. Anyone got any tips? Many thanks. Bev.

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Re: [ALUG] Another thing...
by Wayne Stallwood 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

On 07/02/12 12:28, Anthony Anson wrote: > > Why do I need Nero? Several times I've burnt a CD or DVD using the > offerings with Squeeze, and sometimes, all that was laid down was a > batch of empty directories. Hmm I have had that a few times with the built in Gnome burning....k3b however has been good to me over the years even if it does need a million KDE libraries installed.

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Regular expression question
by Chris Green 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

I want a regular expression to select text between /x and /, e.g. I'm wanting to look at something like:- /x This is a load of multi-line text and some more and more / ... and get the three lines of text (with/without the end bits). However I want it to be non-greedy so that:- /x Here is some text / and some more / ... will return only the "Here is some text" bit. So, a simple regular expression like '^/x[^/]*/' gets me what I want. However, I'm trying to make this a bit cleverer so that embedded / characters don't break it. So the next try is '^/x.*/\n', this works to an extent but it's 'greedy' so giving it the second example means that it returns both "Here is some text" and "and some more". Is there a way of saying "not /\n", or any other way of saying 'non-greedy'? This is using PHP regular expression searches. -- Chris Green

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Distro for ARM
by Dan 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Dear All, I currently have a fairly minimal Gentoo install in a chroot, on my ARM-based Android 'phone. The reason it's fairly minimal is that compiling additional packages is very slow. Hence, I've decided to replace the Gentoo install with a binary distro. I've got debootstrap installed under Gentoo, and am ready to go - but I'm a little confused as to what architecture I need to tell debootstrap to install for, since as I understand it, not all ARM binaries will run on all variants of ARM processor. Can anyone advise, please? The specific processor is a Qualcomm MSM7200A, and the compiler options I use in Gentoo are: CFLAGS="-march=armv6 -mtune=arm1136j-s -mfloat-abi=soft -O0" (the -O0 was a vain attempt to reduce compilation times to a manageable level.) -- Thanks, Dan

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[ALUG Announce] ALUG Norwich Pub Meet Thursday 9th February
by Viperfang 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hello Norwich Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 9th February at The Coach and Horses (82 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1BA). The meeting officially starts at 8pm, although some people may arrive earlier. More information on those people can be found on the list and the IRC channel. If you are unsure if you will recognise us then make yourself and your intent to attend known by either posting on list or visiting us on IRC so we can look out for you rather than hiding in the corner. Optionally you could ask at the bar if they know where the geeky computer weirdos are and they'll point you in the right direction (seriously!). Another possibility is look for heaps of electronics on a table that may possibly look like movie props that would used for detonating explosives. Feel free to bring electronics/laptops/gadgets to the meet, you will by no means be alone. Ben Bewick aka Viperfang NB: This mail is automated, please refer to the usual sources for more information. ALUG Contact Details: Website : http://www.alug.org.uk/ IRC : #alug on irc.alug.org.uk List : http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo Twitter : http://twitter.com/anglianlug Identica: TBA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2381613902 ----- 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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Re: [ALUG] Another thing..
by Phil Ashby 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

On 04/02/12 12:00, Anthony Anson wrote: > I have a (legal) XP Pro CD, SP 3, and WGA Crack. > > What is the concensus of the cognoiscenti - should I install a severely > truncated XP to USB memory, or run a similarly curtailed XP in Virtual Box? I would recommend the virtualization route every time - migrating XP between hardware platforms is nigh on impossible. > Oh, I want XP (well, anything which will run Paintsho Pro, Photoshop and > Irfanview) for some programs which IMO Linux-based programs can't match. Wine seems to get on ok with Photoshop and Irfanview: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=163 not so happy with PSP.. P

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Another thing...
by Anthony Anson 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

The copy of XP home which was on the Asus laptop when I bought it remains, surrounded by Squeeze and all its works. Squeeze and all its works work better, andbut... The XP volume was not installed properly, and some things do not work - for example, some software installations will not proceed beyond a certain - or rather, an uncertain - point. In any case, even for Billyware, XP runs at a snail's pace. It takes several minutes to unmount a USB memory stick. "Oh, reinstall it!" is the usual Billyware user's remedy. As Penguinistas will well know, this will result in XP marking all the territory round it like an incontinent dog - so - here is the question: I have a (legal) XP Pro CD, SP 3, and WGA Crack. What is the concensus of the cognoiscenti - should I install a severely truncated XP to USB memory, or run a similarly curtailed XP in Virtual Box? I tend towards the former solution as the XP can then run any of my machines (any which will boot from USB, that is...), and running a virtual XP will surely take up nearly as much HDD space as keeping it in its own partition? And, can I install it on a memory stick on the Acer without XP scribbling all over Squeeze? Oh, I want XP (well, anything which will run Paintsho Pro, Photoshop and Irfanview) for some programs which IMO Linux-based programs can't match. Please don't suggest The Gimp... I *do* use The Gimp, but only when I CBA to reboot into that very sub-standard XP installation. -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/

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