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Digital Camera recommendations
by samwise 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Anyone got any recommendations or hints / tips for buying a digital camera. Looking at a budget of £100 - £150, for general all-round use - preferably fairly compact. What should I look for when buying a camera for use with Linux? What are the main open source apps and what do they need the camera to support? Is one that connects as a USB mass storage good enough? or should I expect more integration than that with the right camera? Any recommended manufacturers which work best with open source software? Amazon link recommendations welcome! TIA, Peter. P.S. I'm running Debian Testing, if that makes a difference.

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Re: Are there any Python and/or mail experts, here?
by Matthew 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

MJ Ray said: > Think what you like, but at least Dovecot seems to share the > requirement. As you note, basic maildir seems not to allow folders at > all. The Python class seems to be using Courier maildir. It wouldn't > be the first time mutt coped with stuff that doesn't follow specs. There's a common restriction on IMAP servers that a folder can contain subfolders or messages, but not both. Is that related? Certainly Dovecot doesn't use true subfolders: it fakes them by prefixing the folder name you asked for with its ancestors, dot-separated. Matthew

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RE: [ALUG] Digital Camera recommendations
by Richard Bensley 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

The Casio Exilim is very nice; 7 MP, SD cards, slim, USB etc The Sony Cybershot's always get good reviews too. I also recommend grabbing a copy of What Camera to have a look at their buyers guide, and their roundup reviews. Richard -----Original Message----- From: main-bounces(a)lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of samwise Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:21 PM To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] Digital Camera recommendations Anyone got any recommendations or hints / tips for buying a digital camera. Looking at a budget of £100 - £150, for general all-round use - preferably fairly compact. What should I look for when buying a camera for use with Linux? What are the main open source apps and what do they need the camera to support? Is one that connects as a USB mass storage good enough? or should I expect more integration than that with the right camera? Any recommended manufacturers which work best with open source software? Amazon link recommendations welcome! TIA, Peter. P.S. I'm running Debian Testing, if that makes a difference. _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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sshd messages in log, should I be worried?
by Chris G 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

I have suddenly started getting lots of messages like the following in my /var/log/messages:- Aug 5 06:59:01 home sshd[7886]: Connection from 193.128.168.195 port 63433 Aug 5 07:14:02 home sshd[7890]: Connection from 193.128.168.195 port 63995 Aug 5 07:29:01 home sshd[7893]: Connection from 193.128.168.195 port 64515 Aug 5 07:44:01 home sshd[2451]: Generating new 768 bit RSA key. Aug 5 07:44:01 home sshd[2451]: RSA key generation complete. Aug 5 07:44:02 home sshd[7897]: Connection from 193.128.168.195 port 65110 I can't see any other activity as a result, no attempted logins or odd processes running. Should I be worried? The IP address 193.128.168.195 seems to be unidentified. I get the occasional login attempt from other places but these are fairly obvious and my passwords are close to unguessable so they don't worry me too much. -- Chris Green

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Public WiFi Hotspots
by Matthew Holland 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

This is a little off topic, but since there are plenty of wireless users here and maybe some people with some regulatory/legislative sense, I thought I'd ask. (Out of interest, rather than current necessity, although a decent answer might give me a clue of whose counsel to seek should I ever need to know). What record-keeping responsibilities does a business running a WiFi hotspot for its customers have? They're effectively acting as an ISP, but if they're not keeping proper logs then 'customers' could perpetrate computer crime and be traceable only as far as the business's internet connection (for which they are responsible, of course). Matthew

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USB to serial converter, detected but not there - huh?
by Chris G 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

I am trying to get a USB to Serial converter working with my Slackware system. When I plug the converter into a USB port it works exactly as one would expect and hope, in /var/log/messages I see:- Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for pl2303 Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: pl2303 3-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usb 3-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: usbcore: registered new driver pl2303 Aug 6 15:34:16 home kernel: drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver if I unplug it and plug it back in I see:- Aug 6 15:53:18 home kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2 Aug 6 15:53:18 home kernel: pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 Aug 6 15:53:18 home kernel: pl2303 3-2:1.0: device disconnected Aug 6 15:53:41 home kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Aug 6 15:53:41 home kernel: usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Aug 6 15:53:41 home kernel: pl2303 3-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected Aug 6 15:53:41 home kernel: usb 3-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 The only (?!) problem is that I don't actually get a /dev/ttyUSB0, so what's wrong and/or how can I diagnose it? -- Chris Green

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Re: /etc/default files
by Matthew Holland 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Sagr (>>) and Brett (>) said: >> ?????? Errrr... Does this mean that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who wants to use >> Apache will encounter the same problem as me???? > > No, just debian and ubuntu users. It's all a bit hit and miss. When I first started with Debian it tended to turn things on by default, and even now a lot of packages still seem to. While I can understand (and agree with) the logic of not dumping daemons onto a server and running them without configuring them, it's annoying how many packages seem to come without any configuration help. Even telling me which documentation to read first is better than nothing, but some don't even manage that. I should stop moaning and starting learning to maintain packages ;-) Matthew

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Re: Problem getting Apache/Firefox to display PHP webpages
by Matthew 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Simon wrote: > It may be because you appear to be trying to run the script from your > server's document root directory. If it works, then probably it's as well to carry on the way it is now, but if memory serves the normal PHP handler shouldn't need any of that. CGI scripts need execute permission to invoke their interpreters, but the PHP interpreter is invoked by Apache so PHP scripts need only be readable. Although there are security advantages to segregating them like CGI scripts, PHP files were intended to live in the document space with the static content. That said, I really don't know what was causing your problem before. As for getting it to start automatically, are you sure it isn't already? Try `netstat -at` after a fresh boot to see if something is listening on 'www'. If not, look for directories called /etc/rc{n}.d, for various {n} being the runlevels your system will do. These contain symlinks to the scripts in /etc/init.d and determine which services are started/killed when entering/leaving different runlevels. Either the installer didn't put the links in, or it made them for the wrong runlevel. You can probably use `who -r` to check your current runlevel (or `runlevel` as root). Use update-rc.d to make the links in the proper formats: check its man-page for options you might want. Hope that helps, Matthew

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[ALUG Announce] 2nd Thursday Norwich Meet : Reindeer, Dereham Road
by Jonathan McDowell 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '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 "Second Thursday" ALUG Norwich Pub Meet is this Thursday, 9th August. It's at the Reindeer pub on the Dereham Road, just opposite the City Gate. People will be there from 8pm-ish, though there may be a few people there earlier. Topics for discussion will no doubt be as varied as ever. The Reindeer has a reasonable selection of beer as well as decent coffee (with biscuits, if you're lucky). Directions to the Reindeer can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/reindeer.html Pictures of some of the regulars, and irregulars, and, well, just some pictures of people that might or might not turn up are available from: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2007-05-ALUG/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2006-02-ALUG/ http://the.earth.li/~noodles/stilvoid-alug/mp20050811/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2005-01-ALUG-Xmas/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ Which should hopefully aid those of you wondering who to look out for - the most recent images are from the meet a few months back. We now have an area reserved for us, so should be easier to find. As you enter through the main door you'll see a small set of steps ahead of you - the area just up those steps and to the left is where we'll be. J. -- It's deja-vu all over again. ----- 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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Weirdo gnome thing
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hi Folks, I just had a weird experience with Gnome. Context: I have 10 "workspaces" with, at present, respectively 3, 1, 0, 0, 5, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1 windows on them for various tasks. One of the 5 windows on workspace 5 is my mailer program, and the window on workspace 10 is my browser (firefox). In workspace 5, in the mailer, I middle-clicked on one of the mail messages in the list. The normal effect of this is to pop up a new window with the message in it. This it duly did -- but I was switched into workspace 10 with the message window on top of the browser window. After I'd dealt with that, I then found that every single window in every workspace had been shifted down by the same amount (about 15 pixels) and right by the same amount (about 2 pixels). This is weird! Anyone ever seen the like? Thanks, and best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 04-Aug-07 Time: 13:18:49 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Video Turtorial at next Ipswich meet
by Wayne Stallwood 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Monday the 20th of August at The Milestone Beer House 8PM http://www.alug.org.uk/wiki/moin.cgi/Meetings As promised I will be hosting a beginners guide/introduction to video editing and production on Linux at the next Ipswich Meeting. The general lesson plan is to go through all the steps necessary to produce a DVD (with front menus) from some raw DV footage taken from a standard digital video camera. Most of the steps will also be relevant to creating video content for online services such as youtube. During the production of this DVD (using very short clips so that the lesson does not mostly comprise of watching progress bars) we will cover clipping and editing of footage, modification and dubbing of soundtracks, applying post-production effects, building DVD menus and producing the DVD itself. In addition to the film clip we will also be producing a slideshow from some digital photos. With additions to the DVD menu to allow the end user to select this from the front screen. If we get time I will also demonstrate a quicker way of making a DVD with just the slideshow, which is a useful way of distributing pictures to friends and family who do not have a computer but may have a DVD player. This as I said will be a beginners introduction, anybody that has spent any time with these tools will probably be at least as well informed as the instructor :) Hope to see some of you there Wayne

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Defrag
by Barrys linux mail 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hi. Just a quick thank you for your help on the defrag question Barry

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Problem getting Apache/Firefox to display PHP webpages
by sagr 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Following the advice of some ALUGers in a previous thread I am in the process of upgrading our fileserver to Ubuntu 7.04. I have successfully installed Ubutu on it and then apt-get installed the modules "apache" and "php5-mysql". I have created a simple three line "hello world" PHP prog and saved it in /var/www as hello.php : root@wildebeest:/var/www# cat hello.php <?php echo "Hello World"; ?> If I type the URL http://localhost/ into firefox I see the default apache index.html holding page as expected (so I know apache is running). If however I type the URL http://localhost/hello.php a box pops up in Firefox saying: "You have chosen to open: hello.php Which is a: PHP script From: http://localhost What should Firefox do with this file? 1. Open with gedit (default) 2. Save to disc." Why doesn't Firefox simply display hello.php as a webpage? What am I doing wrong? Do I need to configure something in apache and/or Firefox to display php files as webpages? Any help welcome! Sagr.

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Evolution downloads duplicate emails each time it connects to POP server
by sagr 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Hi Folks, I have recently installed Ubuntu 7.04 and am using the Evolution mail client version 2.10.1 to access my POP server hosted by 1&1. I access my emails via two PC's (one running Windows, the other Linux) so have set Evolution (on my Linux PC) to "Leave Message On Server" so they are available to download on my Windows PC (I currently use Windows as my main PC but just want occasional access to email on my Linux PC). The problem is that when I tell Evolution to "Send & Receive" it downloads all the emails on the POP server even though it has already downloaded them earlier. I am therefore downloading a complete duplicate set of emails each time I do a "Send & Receive" filling my Evolution inbox with multiple copies of the same emails. Is this a problem with Evolution, Linux, my ISP's POP server, or just because I have incorrectly configured something? Any suggestions welcome! Sagr.

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Facebook Group Unavailable
by samwise 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Group Unavailable We're sorry, this group isn't available right now. Please try again later. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2352779871 Hmmm ... so what's happened to the ALUG Facebook group, I wonder?! Peter.

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Defragmenting Hard drive
by Barrys linux mail 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Hi, Do you have to defragment and clean up a hard drive in Ubuntu Linux like you do with Windoze? As i can't find anything that looks like it at present. Barry

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Re: [ALUG] Real Player
by Bev Nicolson 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

I think I get it now (mostly) but do I save it on the desktop or open another tab in Firefox? And what does the realplayer command in terminal do? It didn't seem to recognise it... [puzzled look goes here] Bev. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brett Parker" <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] Real Player > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:44:27 +0100 > "Brett Parker" <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:38:22AM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote: > > On Thursday 26 July 2007 23:18:46 Ted Harding wrote: > > <snippity class="boringDistinctionBetweenXTermAndTerminalEmulators"/> > > > > > > > As to "middle click" etc. Again, I'm not sure about how things > > > are arranged in Ubuntu, but in standard X-windows usage you > > > can use your three mouse-buttons[**] as follows: > > > > And, unless I'm missing something really clever, this seems like > > a very protracted discussion of copy-and-paste? Surely when you > > select "Copy link location" in Firefox it just puts the link into > > your desktop environment's clipboard? And then you can just paste > > it into your terminal emulator? Or does xterm not play nicely > > with DE clipboards? > > I was, a standard X11 version of copy and paste (the X11 clipboard only > handles text - err, by default ;) - Copy link location puts the text in > to the X11 clipboard *as well as* the desktop environment clipboard. > > With Gnome terminal you can right click and use "paste" to get stuff out > of the clipboard. Alternatively, Shift-Insert will also paste the > content of the X11 clipboard... > > For those without 3 button mice (no scroll wheel?! the wheel is a > button...) then (usually) 3 button emulation is turned on and so > clicking both the left and right buttons at the same time will do the > job. > > Hope that clears a few things up, > -- > Brett Parker > > _______________________________________________ > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! > -- _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [ALUG] Real Player
by Bev Nicolson 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

I've tried it again and instead of using Terminal, opened Real Player from the drop down menu and pasted the URL into that while the original BBC window was open and it worked. Bev. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk > To: "Bev Nicolson" <bnicolson(a)operamail.com>, main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] Real Player > Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:57:03 +0100 (BST) > > > On 28-Jul-07 14:47:29, Bev Nicolson wrote: > > I think I get it now (mostly) but do I save it on the desktop > > or open another tab in Firefox? And what does the realplayer > > command in terminal do? It didn't seem to recognise it... > > [puzzled look goes here] > > Bev. > > When you entered the command, did you enter "realplayer" or "realplay"? > > The commmand to start RealPlayer is 'realplay', as in my original > response: > > realplay http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/world/ > video/108000/bb/108931_16x9_bb.ram > > [all one line] where what follows "realplay " is the URL you get > when you save it from "Open in stand alone player". > > So, if you entered 'realplayer' nothing would happen (or. if it > did, it would be the wrong thing). > > On the other hand, if you really did enter 'realplay', then it > is likely that the command 'realplay' is not in your PATH. You > can check this by entering the ocmmand > > which realplay > > in the terminal. You should get a response like > > $ which realplay > /usr/bin/realplay > > (realplay is usually in /usr/bin/). if you get a blank, then > either RealPlayer is not installed, or your PATH when you open > the terminal is not properly set up. In which case, write back > and we'll try to help. > > By the way, thanks to Richard Lewis for pointing out what's > inside a ".ram" file. This has interesting consequences which > can be usefully exploited, and I'll expound that in a reply to > Richard. > > Good luck with all this, Bev! > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 28-Jul-07 Time: 18:56:59 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > -- _______________________________________________ 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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Email server and spam filtering
by mephi 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

I've started setting up an email server, and it's going quite well so far, but I want to add spam filtering. It's not a normal email server, it's more of a central storage for all of my external email accounts, so what I've got so far is: Setup one Linux user account per email account. Getmail receives the mail, and stores it in maildir format if each user's home directory. Dovecot acts as a local IMAP server to allow me to pick up the emails from each user. What I want is a server side spam filter in there, has anyone done anything like this? Matt

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RE: [ALUG] Real Player
by Bev Nicolson 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Yes, that's exactly what happens Ted. But what's an xterm? And what's the alternative to a middle click? It's not an option on my mouse. (I am using Firefox btw.) Bev. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk > To: "Bev Nicolson" <bnicolson(a)operamail.com> > Subject: RE: [ALUG] Real Player > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:42:50 +0100 (BST) > > > On 26-Jul-07 16:05:58, Bev Nicolson wrote: > > 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. > > I often find that when I click on the BBC link for a video clip, > the BBC Player (with embedded Real Player) opens, but nothing > further happens. Is that what's happening for you? > > In that case, usually there is an option below the "screen": > > "Launch in stand alone player" > > If I place my mouse cursor over this, and right-click (Firefox), > I get the option to "Copy link location". I then left-click on > this, to save it into the X buffer. > > Then I go to another xterm, and enter > > realplay > > followed by a space, then middle-click to enter the URL saved > by "Copy link location". Thus I get a line like; > > realplay http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/world/ > video/108000/bb/108931_16x9_bb.ram > > [all one line, no break]. > > This comand then launches Real Player with the video clip > (it may be necessary to first kill the BBC Player since it > sometimes "locks onto" the sound). > > I don't know why this happens, and it's not entirely systematic. > But when it does happen, the above work-round solves it (provided > you get the "Launch in stand alone player2 option). > > Hoping this helps, > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 26-Jul-07 Time: 17:42:32 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > -- _______________________________________________ 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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Browsers segfault on "Lincolnshire"!
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

[Apologies if you get this twice -- initially sent from wrong email address] Hi Folks, I know the weather has been dire, especially for Lincolnshire in our region. But I didn't expect it to overwhelm a browser! When I try http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/ (the "Lincolnshire Echo" website) I get a segfault almost as soon as the page opens. This is with both Firefox 1.04 (2005) on Red Hat 9, and also Mozilla 1.3 (2003) on a SuSE 7.2 installation (so it's not due to anything didgy on a particular machine). Anyone else can confirm/comment on this observation? Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 25-Jun-07 Time: 19:42:31 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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My social isolation problems not _that_ cured yet...
by Ruth Bygrave 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

It appears when I was talking and thinking about depression, there was a major one about to hit WHAMMO! Have been in mental hospital and am nearly up to the end of my Section. I really intend to get myself sorted out, but it seems endless at present. I tell myself people eventually leave the ward and do not return, but it doesn't seem like that now. Ruth

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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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