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System temperature monitor?
by Ted.Harding＠wlandres.net 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi Folks, My laptop (which was quite busy at the time) suddenly switched itselfr off. I checked the power lead etc., and then switched it back on, and since then it's been fine. I don't really know what happened. It may have been a loose connection in the power supply (the battery is shot, so any interruption kills it immediately); I may have accidentally tapped on the power button (I was typing furiously at the time); but more probably I suspect that the machine may have been over-heating and decided to switch itself off. It felt quite warm, but not really hot. This led me to look for any program that monitors things like the state (including temperature) of the system (e.g. CPU temperature or whatever), but I didn't find anything. Any suggestions as to what I should look for? This is a rather old Debian system (2010) on which I'm running "classic Gnome" (thank God), and for various to reasons it has reached the state where Debian-sourced updates or further software can no longer be installed off repositories. So anything new would have to be installed from scratch. An alternative might be the contents of something under /dev which stores ambient system information, which I could then decipher for myself. But I'm also wondering where that might be! With thanks for any suggestions, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)wlandres.net> Date: 27-Apr-2013 Time: 21:56:01 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------

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Looking for simple web photo gallery software with some very specific requirements
by Chris Green 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

I'm after a web application to display pictures, there are zillions of them out there but it's difficult to find one to match my requirements:- Take an existing directory hierarchy of pictures and use it to organise the album/gallery. Don't copy the pictures, use them direct from the existing directory structure. Must not require any write access to the pictures directory. The thumbnails and other information must be stored elsewhere. No need for any picture manipulation at all, just a way to navigate through the hierarchy and view the pictures. Preferably no database and the ability to use EXIF information but these are not absolute requirements. It can use PHP, Python, Perl or anything really, slight preference for Python or PHP as I can modify/maintain it more easily myself then. -- Chris Green

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Accessing IMAP from W*****s
by Ted.Harding＠wlandres.net 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Greetings All! My apologies for even hinting at any abominations, but I would like to know the answer to this problem -- and of all people I think ALUG may be able to help! Situation: I have a remote IMAP account with 1and1.co.uk, which my mailer accesses basically via telnet on port 143 (along with email address thereon as userid and a password, both of which I know, of course). The problem: Suppose I am visiting a friend or family, but without my computer (which has the access built in). They all use W*****s systems. I would like to be able to see my emails on the remote IMAP server, perhaps read some, and delete any I'm not interested in. Maybe even reply (but this is not my priority). So: Is there a procedure with some W*****s softwrare which they would have installed by which I can have such access? Ideally, I'd be delighted if this could be done with a browser (e.g. Ex*****r) so that there's minimal interference with the machine I'm using. And (and here I return to the fold) if that were possible then I could also do it using Linux (which would add to the coterie of friends from whose places I could do this). But my attempts from my home Linux system got nowhere (short of setting up an IMAP account in the mail agent , which of course is already there). The host address for access to IMAP accounts is imap.1and1.co.uk port 143 Much gratitude for any useful advice! Best wishes to all, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)wlandres.net> Date: 23-Apr-2013 Time: 18:02:39 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------

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Accessing IMAP from W*****s
by Ewan Slater 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

<quote> If you have a spare USB stick, you could install Portable Apps http://portableapps.com/ on it and use something like Thunderbird http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable to access the IMAP account. I've only used it with PC's with XP installed but believe it works with most varieties of W*****s. All you do is stick it in a USB socket and the apps automatically fire up. When you remove the USB stick, it doesn't leave anything behind on the host PC. </quote> Portable Apps works on Windows 7 and XP. Don't know about Vista or 8. Another option would be to take a Virtual Box Linux VM with you and use that. My €0.02 Ewan

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old tat going free
by mick 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Or really useful old hardware..... Another clear out means that I have some old tat to get rid of. Someone may find some of it useful. If so, let me know, otherwise it's going to the wee recycling dump. Two EZ PCMCIA 10/100 ethernet adaptors (cards slot into old adaptor slots and provide RJ45 ethernet connectors) One Dell external CD/DVD drive wich uses the Dell connecting cable (with cable) One Dell external CD/DVD drive which uses USB connecting cable (with cable) One 5 1/4" floppy drive (really). I have also found a box of Digital Research 5 1/4 floppies with GEM etc dating from 1987 if anyone is feeling really nostalgic. One "universal modulator" from Maplin (one of these http://www.maplin.co.uk/programmable-universal-modulator-33050) Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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(no subject)
by RICHARD FLETCHER 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

http://www.blochtech.com/components/com_content/serviceg/noise/apologize

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Re: [ALUG] Just signed up
by Ewan Slater 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Hi, Thanks for all the responses. I'll try and get to one of the pub meetings in May or June (work/travel permitting) and will be intermittently lurking on IRC, with the imaginative handle of ewan_s Cheers, Ewan On 22 April 2013 12:00, <main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk> wrote: > Send main mailing list submissions to > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > main-owner(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of main digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Just signed up (mick) > 2. Re: Just signed up (Steve Engledow) > 3. Re: (no subject) (Wayne Stallwood) > 4. (no subject) (RICHARD FLETCHER) > 5. Re: (no subject) ( (Ted Harding)) > 6. Re: (no subject) (mick) > 7. Re: there are two binaries, one works one does not > (Peter Alcibiades) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:32:38 +0100 > From: mick <mbm(a)rlogin.net> > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] Just signed up > Message-ID: <20130421123238.79e6a425(a)gate.rlogin.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:58:09 +0100 > Brett Parker <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> allegedly wrote: > > > On 19 Apr 15:43, Ewan Slater wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just joined the list and I was wondering if and when there are > > > any face - to - face meetings of the group, and/or key - signing > > > sessions? > > > > The usual monthly meetings are as per the website: > > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > > > > Basically, 2nd Thursday in Norwich and 3rd Monday in Ipswich. > > > > If there's any other time/place you want to meet it's worth throwing > > out to the list to see if there's any interest. > > Hi Ewan and welcome. > > As far as key signing goes, you can probably do that at a pub meeting. > > Mick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > blog: baldric.net > gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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there are two binaries, one works one does not
by Peter Alcibiades 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

The binary that works is in the home directory. The one that does not is in usr/local/bin. The Qt5 libs are in /opt. The error message from running sigil is this: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Widgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I am guessing that somehow the path of the sigil command is wrongly set and so it cannot see the file, which is really there? But the other thing I can't understand is why the compile and installer should have apparently installed binaries in /home? Or is the installation process first to compile, and then to move the bits into the right places, and this has not happened? On the other hand, the sigil binaries are where they should be, so the qt5 libs should be also. What the world needs is a Debian maintainer for sigil! Any volunteers? Al

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(no subject)
by RICHARD FLETCHER 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

http://miravel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/serviceg/hurry/witness

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Re: [ALUG] Just signed up
by Steve Engledow 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

----- Forwarded message from mick <mbm(a)rlogin.net> ----- Hi Ewan and welcome. As far as key signing goes, you can probably do that at a pub meeting. Mick ----- End forwarded message ----- Welcome to ALUG, Ewan. As Mick said, key signing does indeed happen occasionally at pubmeets so come down to one some time. We're generally very unorganised though and have to go look up how to do key signing every time :) We're all experts, honest. It's also worth getting onto IRC at some point to say hi. We're on irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Steve

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