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19" CRT Monitor, Free to a good home!
by Simon Elliott 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hello everyone, I've got a 19" Dell CRT Monitor... Don't have the space for it any more. It runs a pretty nifty 1280x1024, still in good working order and it's just sitting in my living room. My landlord wants me to get rid of it, anyone want it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sionide/2801352124/ If you can come and collect it, you can have it! NR1 3AY, email me if you want it :)

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EeePC battery runs down ...
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi Folks, Knowing there are a few Eee PC owners out there, I'd like to compare notes on the following. I have a standard Eee PC 900 (Linux) with the standard ASUS battery. I've observed that if the machine is "powered off" (via the GUI: logoff -> shutdown) when the battery is fully charged, a few days later the battery may be substantially discharged (e.g. currently at 20%, on a previous occasion dead flat). Might this be due to slow internal leakage in the battery? Might the computer in fact be quietly ticking over in the background even though nominally "shut down"? Would a different battery make a difference? Just a few questions -- I'd be interested in what others think. With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 23-Aug-08 Time: 18:09:03 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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CSS question, just a bug/quirk or what?
by Chris G 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

I wanted tables with no borders at all, after mucking around for a while with the CSS I found that:- table.docutils, td, th { border: 0 } works, but that:- table.docutils td th { border: 0 } doesn't work. According to CSS documentation those commas are wrong but they've made it work for me. Is this just a quirk of Firefox (2.0.0.12 on Linux) or am I missing something (quite likely!)? -- Chris Green

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Open source bluecasting software for linux
by Mandy Young 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

Hello Everybody, Does anyone out there know anything about the hardware suitable and if there is any open source software available for bluecasting that will run on a linux server? I have checked around and I can only find companies that offer a complete service for Windows. Thanks, Mandy. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : McGintys, Northgate Street
by samwise 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '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 is back next week (Monday 18th August) at 20:00, with a new venue: 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://pjmcginty.moonfruit.com/ McGintys pub is in the centre of Ipswich, not far from our old haunt - The Milestone. It's directly opposite the town's central library and has a reputation for good Irish beer. 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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Price drop on Asus EEE
by Mark Rogers 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

In case anyone is interested: http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2941… 4GB/512MB white PC701, down to £165 inc VAT -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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How to block one user account from Internet while allowing the rest
by Peter Alcibiades 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Apparently the following, placed in /etc/network/interfaces, will do this: auto eth0 pre-up iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m owner -- uid-owner [user] -j DROP I haven't tried it yet, and do not know what all the options mean....You insert the uid where the square brackets are. Peter

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ASUS Eee PC battery replacement?
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi Folks, Some weeks ago I bought the ASUS Eee PC 900 (Linux). Dinky little job, and works nicely. Apparently, ASUS decided to provide more beefed-up replacement batteries for the somewhat feeble one it comes with, as from June. However, I can find no trace of the actual availability of the new batteries. Even a visit to the ASUS UK website, and searching for "battery", only resulted in a long delay and then a message that their website was undergoing maintenance ... ! Does anyone have info about this replacement and, if it really exists, how it can be obtained? With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 11-Aug-08 Time: 16:08:59 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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A few bits and bobs
by David Reynolds 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Folks, I'm having a bit of a clear out and so far have found a couple of things that I don't really need: - 4 x Various P3 processors (http://david.reynoldsfamily.org.uk/bits/processors.jpg ) Price: Free to a good home - Freecom USB DVB-T Stick (http://david.reynoldsfamily.org.uk/bits/dvbt_usb_long.jpg | http://david.reynoldsfamily.org.uk/bits/dvdt_usb_closeup.jpg) When I played with this it wasn't working very well with Linux, although I believe progress has been made. It has an RTL2831U chip on it if anyone wants to research. Price: Wouldn't mind about a fiver for it More to follow. Cheers, David -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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Re: [ALUG] Ubuntu Updates
by David Reynolds 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Wayne, On 11 Aug 2008, at 22:56, Wayne Stallwood wrote: > a. You cannot be sure you won't just run into the same problem again > b. If you do you won't know how to fix it and it is quite likely that > once you know what to do the fix is quicker than re-installation. You missed: c. someone else may run into the problem and you report it as a bug, and the developers find a fix then it'll help other people in future too. -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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