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[ALUG Announce] 2nd Thurs Pub Meet 10th July
by Richard Lewis 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '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 ----- Dear ALUG, The monthly second Thursday social meeting of ALUG will take place on * Thursday 10th July * at The Reindeer (10 Dereham Road, Norwich, NR2 4AY; tel. 01603 762223). It's very near the junction of Dereham Road and the Norwich inner ring road (Grapes Hill) and serves a selection of real ales, nice pub food (if you fancy going early to eat) and coffee. I intend to be there from about 20:00. Others may be there earlier. We normally get a table at the back of the pub just to the left of the bar. We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Richard -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Richard Lewis http://www.richard-lewis.me.uk/ JID: ironchicken(a)jabber.earth.li -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.| |http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html | +-------------------------------------------------------+ ----- 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] Help Keyboard madness!
by Peter Alcibiades 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

> > It could be a KDE thing. Check the file ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals > and look for the settings for "Log Out" and "Log Out Without > Confirmation". It's possible that one of those may be set to 'd'. Thanks a million guys! Went around this am, and this is what it was. Tried with IceWM first as suggested, and that was OK, so it pretty much had to be KDE. No idea how it can have happened, but its fixed now. When resetting the configuration so that lock becomes (Ctrl+Alt+d) in a text editor, of course, the minute you type the 'd', it drops you to a locked session without making the change! So the only way to get the d in is to do cut and paste. It is stuff like this that keeps blood flowing in the brain. Cheers Peter

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Help keyboard madness!
by Peter Alcibiades 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

This is a truly weird one. Installation is Mandriva 2008 One with KDE. Whenever the lower case d is pressed, the system instantly logs off the user and starts a new session. What on earth can be going on? Upper case D does not do it. Changing the keyboard makes no difference. Restarting makes no difference. We have done nothing I can think of to set this (and I would not know in any case where to set it). Anyone heard of anything like this ever? I've a feeling the solution to this and other problems is going to be Debian sooner rather than later.... But I'd really like to know how to figure out what on earth could be causing it. Al

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Can on specify a default sort order for applications (as opposed to ls)?
by Chris G 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Is it possible to specify a default sort order for all applications to use as opposed to just ls (and/or the default file manager)? I'd like to get files shown in date order rather than alphabetic order *everywhere*, is there some way to tell the system to do this? Even a way to tell Gnome or KDE apps would be useful. -- Chris Green

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epson picturemate 100
by Barrys linux mail 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Hi Has anyone managed to get a picturemate 100 photo printer to work with Ubuntu,as this is the only one of my printers that i cannot get to work. thanks Barry

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Encouraging applications to open source
by Mark Rogers 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

I've just spent several weeks commissioning an electrical system using proprietary software which is (a) old, (b) no longer being developed, (c) free issue (you pay for the hardware not the software) and (d) buggy or at best limited. It is a good example of an application that would be much better open sourced (ok so I can't think of any that wouldn't be better that way, but that's not the point :-) I thought I'd try emailing them and sounding them out, but on the assumption that their starting point will be a long way from where I want them to be are there any good "why you should open source your application" references I can direct to, which focus on the reasons relevant to my points a-d above, not the long list of other reasons we might also use ourselves? -- 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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Ipswich ALUG meets: change of venue
by samwise 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Guys, For those who have been to the Ipswich meets recently (or have read the wiki meeting notes), you'll be well aware that we've been being squeezed out by the new poker league that's been set up on a Monday night, so I think it's time we did something about it. Changing the night wouldn't really help - it may inconvenience regulars who are happy with Monday, but also the only other mid-week night at The Milestone which didn't have live music on was definitely inconvenient to a few regulars. So, that leaves us with changing the venue. I propose we try out The Punch & Judy in Cardinal Park because it satisfies the main criteria we used when selecting The Milestone originally: - Adequate Car Parking nearby (preferably free) - Free Wi-Fi (preferably not web-authentication) - Cheap (but edible) food for anyone wanting to grab a bite - Reasonable beer - Enough space and quiet to grab a table or two where we won't be overly disturbed Full disclosure: the Punch & Judy is a family-type pub (potentially noisy) and there are a few poor reviews of the food service online. However, kids have to be out by 21:00 and the kids play area closes at 20:00, plus it's a Monday night and the pub is also fairly large so I'm hoping that shouldn't be an issue. Finally, the food may not great but at that time on that day, it should be fairly quiet and it's fairly cheap if two eat, plus there's certainly a bigger selection than there was at The Milestone. There we have it - I think we should try out this new venue on Monday the 21 July 2008. If anyone has any alternative venues they think would be a better choice (taking into account the criteria above), suggest them at the meet and if ppl think it would be an improvement, we can potentially try out further venues over the next few meets until we're happy with one. That is all, Peter.

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dual head monitor setup not working
by Jenny Hopkins 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hullo there, I've bought a PNY geforce 7600GS graphics card, with VGA and dual link DVI. I then bought a second monitor - an HP w1907v widescreen with recommended res of 1440x900@60. The first monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 913N. I've had a setup similar working on another computer, also running debian, with a dual head matrox card and two identical monitors. I copied the config over and after much sweat and tears, altered and tweaked according to my Xorg logs warnings and hints. Both monitors refuse to work at the same time though. The only way I can get the widescreen to behave sensibly is using some bizarre xorg.conf. Here is the dual head one which won't drive both monitors, followed by the odd little conf that made the widescreen work, then the conf that works for the other setup, and finally the log file. http://debian.pastebin.com/m53fa4692 The log file is full of warnings about range - it looks as though it is ignoring my conf saying to only use the 1440x900. I'm comnpletely boggled and confused by now though. Any hints welcome, Thanks! Jenny

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Full X from a remote client
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi Folks, Not sure whether I'm asking the impossible here. CONTEXT: I'm sitting at machine A -- say 192.168.1.1 and I'm logged in to machine B -- say 192.168.1.2 AT A, I'm using X (with gnome and all that). AT this stage, B is not running X yet. I'm seeing B on an Xterm. WHAT I WANT: To start X (XFree86) on machine B, and have its full X, including the window-manager that would come up if U were sitting at B, come up on A. This would seem to imply that I need to use startx on B (via the login on A's Xterm), since the same startup scripts would need to be run on B so as to ensure that my "B experience" on A was the same as on B. It's OK for B's X root window to be encapsulated in a window on A. What I'm really after is the full X functionality, including the task-bar, the panel, and the various buttons I would normally see on B, so that I don't have to work out what commands to type! Am I bonkers? Or is there a way? (I've done this sort of thing in the past using xmx, which basically multiplexes a single X session across several other machines; but xmx is very sticky about the X resources being identical on all machines, which would not be the case here). Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 23-Jun-08 Time: 21:03:07 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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What do I need to play .MOV (Quicktime) movies?
by Chris G 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Subject says it all really, what's the simplest basic Quicktime player available for Linux (if there is one). All I want to do really is check if some .MOV files are working/OK. -- Chris Green

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