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Great website
by Peter Hunter 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

If any new linux users are interested, I have just happened across a triffik website. It's: www.linuxcommand.org I have been viewing it, and trying out lots of the things it's been teaching me. I am really getting to grips with all this stuff now. Still loads to try and to learn, so I'll get back to it now. Well worth a look though. Regards Peter

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Accessing CD's
by Peter Hunter 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Well, I know that several of you have been helping me with this. But yesterday I put a CD in the drive and after a few seconds it mounted and I had full access to all the files. So I tried this with several other discs in both drives and all seems to be fine. Thanks for all the help, I have been learning loads over the past week. I'm glad I joined the group. Shame I can't get to the meeting and buy you all a beer. I'll just have to email you a picture of one, eill that do!!! Regards Peter

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Re: [ALUG] Making backups
by Peter Hunter 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 20:43 +0100, beb wrote: > Peter Hunter wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 19:21 +0100, beb wrote: > > > >>Peter Hunter wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sorry, whilst I am at it, there is one more. I tried to re-install my > >>>backups from the CD I burned. But I cannot mount the CD or DVD drives as > >>>I don't have permission (as a user). I can re-boot the machine and log > >>>in as root, and then mount the drive and copy the files over, and then > >>>re-boot as user. But if I do that I still can't access fy info (address > >>>book etc.) as they 'belong' to root! So, how do I mount the drives as > >>>user? > >>> > >> > >>Have you sorted this yet? If not, then... > >> > >>Chances are your username isn't attached to the correct groups. Could > >>you post the output of 'ls -l /media' (I think SuSE mounts all the discs > >>there) so we can see which group the cdrom belongs to and the output of > >>'less /etc/groups | grep username (where username is your username (bet > >>you couldn't guess that one <grin>)) so we can see which groups *you* > >>belong too please? > >> > >>beb > > > > > > > > > > peter@linux:~> ls -l /media > > total 0 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-03-23 15:30 bmp_audio_cd > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-07-08 18:41 cdrecorder > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-07-08 18:41 dvdrecorder > > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2005-07-10 16:06 floppy > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-03-22 18:54 xmms_audio_cd > > peter@linux:~> less /etc/groups|grep peter > > /etc/groups: No such file or directory > > peter@linux:~> > > > > > > Does this help? Looks like it all belongs to root to me. > > > > Peter > > > > > > Whoops, that should be /etc/group, not groups :-) > > OK, if you look in /etc/fstab there should be lines with > /media/cdrecorder and /media/dvdrecorder on them. The first column of > each of these lines should have something like /dev/hdc on them eg. mine > is... > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > The directories in /dev/ is what linux automatically assigns hardware > to, which is then linked to something a bit more memorable > (/media/cdrecorder etc.). I can't explain it well, but have a look in > your unix book for stuff about 'devices'). > > Could you please do 'ls -l /dev/hdc' (substituting /dev/hdc for whatever > your fstab has in the first column). Oh, and that 'less etc/group | grep > peter' again. > > Not sure I explained that well. If not, mail me your /etc/fstab and I'll > try to use that to explain a bit better. > > beb peter@linux:~> less /etc/group | grep peter dialout:x:16:peter video:x:33:peter peter@linux:~> This is the contents of the fstab file /dev/hdb2 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda5 /windows/D ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hdb1 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/dvdrecorder /media/dvdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 Peter >

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Audacity
by Peter Hunter 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Well, I have downloaded audacity in it's rpm format. Installed it using Yast. It has an icon on the taskbar, and is listed in the programs menu under: Applications, Multimedia, Media Editing, Audacity. If I click on the icon on the taskbar, or in the menu, I get a very short (half a second) burst of disc activity, and then nothing. The program doesn't load. So what have I done wrong. Any help or advice appreciated. Regards, peter

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ALUG Social Meeting: Thurs 14 July 2005 from 7.30/8.00pm
by Brett Parker 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, The next ALUG Social meeting will be held on Thursday the 14 July 2005 in The Reindeer on Dereham Road in Norwich. It should be starting somewhere between 7.30pm and 8.00pm. I should be there from 7.30pm, unless I get involved with watching something on telly, in which case I might be running a little late ;) Photos of the usual suspects can be found from the following URLs: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-11-ALUG-Syleham/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2005-01-ALUG-Xmas/ Directions to The Reindeer can be found from the ALUG site at the following URL: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/reindeer.html I know that this time we'll be missing a Noodles as he's currently in HEL having fun (or rather, he's at debconf, so he's getting drunk with some of the nicest developers out there. The git.). Haven't had any confirmations so far, but I would suspect the following people to randomly turn up... Person (irc nick) ----------------- Me - Brett (iDunno) Martijn (mak) Paul (paul_c) Adam (quinophex) Everyone is, as usual, more than welcome to turn up (hey, they're even more welcome to buy me beer... hmmmm. beer.). Thanks, - -- Brett Parker web: http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ email: iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC0ofUEh8oWxevnjQRAizKAJ0bWj20yBbJtNK1D6OQ8CbpeHGGbACfT6Rd 3ZIylHc5+zdaEsQ65jErBd0= =TEjm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Brett Parker 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Audio Recording Splitter
by Peter Hunter 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

Hi, After having connected my Hi-Fi system to the computer, I have been recording a serias of talks from the radio, using gaRecorder, and saved the one long file (all talks) as a .wav (wave) file. What I need to do now is to split the one big file into several small files - individual talks. Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files? Under Windoze I used to use a free program called 'Wave Splitter'. Regards peter

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Nearly new member
by Roy Child 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

Hello all I have been lurking on the mailing list for ages and I thought it was about time I introduced myself. I was wondering if any in the group have a background in Acorn computers. I live in Cambridge and my tiny family business in Yeldham has run on several Acorn computers for many years. Now, aided by Nick Daniels in Linux evangelist mode, I have two or three boxes running Suse and doing excellent service. Why do I like LInux? Well I like the flexibility. When and if I get the hang of it I feel I will be in control and be able to mould the system to suit me and the way I work (and play). I do not want to be fitted into the rigid framework demanded by win software. I also like the security. Like many small retail businesses I have (on a temporary basis!) customer's credit card numbers and their names and addresses on a hard drive. If you were a customer would you like your card details to be sitting on a windows machine connected to the internet? Far too many online retailers use windows. There the nice feeling that Linux software has been created and maintained by thousands of amazing people all over the world working and cooperating for the common good. Last but not least, Linux users seem to like beer! Best regards to all in ALUG Roy Child -- Peter Child Woodturning Supplies Tools, equipment, materials for woodturning and pyrography http://www.peterchild.co.uk

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Open Tech 2005 details
by Karamoon 09 Jul '05

09 Jul '05

Opentech schedule is now out: http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/schedule/ You must pre-register. People who fail to attend Opentech forfeit any right to complain about the UK stuff ever again. Matthew __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/

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Missing network adapter
by Wayne Stallwood 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

I've just upgraded my Fujitsu Lifebook P1120 from 802.11b to 802.11g I've removed the original prism2 based card (that also had an integrated modem) and inserted an Intel 2915abg. This card is I believe just an OEM version of the 2200. ubuntu had no issues whatsoever with the new card, but since installing it my wireless lan has moved from eth1 to eth0 and the Ethernet port that was on eth0 has vanished. Any ideas on how I get the Ethernet port back on eth0 and the wireless back on eth1 Cheers Wayne

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