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RAM-disk[?] on USB mem-stick?
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Hi Folks, I've had a 256MB USB memory stick for a few weeks -- very useful for transferring files etc. Now -- this is twice the RAM (128MB) on my laptop. It would often be useful to have more RAM! Is there a way to extend RAM using such a device? (Something like a RAM-disk appended to hardware RAM). Thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 17-Mar-05 Time: 22:39:05 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Re: Kit Meet - 20th March @ UEA (Rob Grant)
by Robert Grant (DEV) 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

I am coming to say hello and as I'd love to see what Linux is supposed to look like. My first install (Woody) is still at the black screen CLI only stage. With the end of UEA teaching today I hope for more time to play with this now. I'll be coming with full-on T cake and the T22. By the time lectures start in September could I really be using Impress? Rob ps. apologies to MJ Ray that I have not yet stopped UEA mail from referring to me as a number despite his/her? kind advice. Rob Grant Tutor in Economics School of Development Studies University of East Anglia NR4 7TJ +44(0)1603592324 r.grant(a)uea.ac.uk

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Kit Meet - Sunday 20 March - Thoughts.
by Brett Parker 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Right, it has come to my attention that we haven't actually figured out where 'beer' is being consumed post the Sunday meeting, it could be that we go to the Union Bar, but as it will be Easter hols, it's not garanteed that will be open. Also, some people have shown an interest in finding food, so it might be worth finding somewhere that we can eat, drink and be merry (or whatever). So, thoughts on locations for the post meet part of Sunday? Cheers, - -- Brett Parker web: http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ email: iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCOIp7Eh8oWxevnjQRAsSNAJ9oQ38MvqLui9228iGuL7oVwTHvgQCfZEPb gZC1GsVBnBG+O2wVSZw/ZVQ= =ldIt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [ALUG] Unable to edit meta info (solved)
by Wayne Stallwood 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

On Sunday 13 March 2005 2:55 pm, Chris Walker wrote: > Have you tried, or asking a.n.other to try, editing those files on a > Windows box to see if it's a problem with the file itself? Thanks all who responded but I have now solved this problem. In a perfect example of not checking the bleeding obvious, it was because some of the files were set to read only (this makes sense as for a while all of my mp3's were held on CD's and I think when you copy files from a CD in windows the Read only attribute stays set) To be honest in my defence I didn't even know ext3 had a read only file attribute, the existence of which seems a little redundant anyway. The behaviour seems a little erratic in Linux (remember that I was able to delete the file using konqueror, but not change the meta info) and it has been completely erratic in Windows except when in the DOS (s)hell for ages

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Kit Meet - 20th March @ UEA
by Elisabeth 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Sunday 20 March Constable Terrace Room A Start at 14:00 Bring software, laptops, pcs, monitors, pdas, peripherals, cables, bits and pieces... Share and enjoy. e

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RE: [ALUG] Kit Meet - 20th March @ UEA
by Keith Watson 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

From: Mike Morton Sent: 15 March 2005 13:36 > > I've got my home machine, which has fristrated me by being > apparently un-Linuxable. What is most galling is that 98 > works fine. I'd love to bring it along if anybody feels like > a challenge. > It's no fun being 'fristrated' - really makes your eyes water :o) Have you tried booting from a live linux CD (e.g. knoppix. gnoppix, etc)? > I've also got a coffee machine in my office I could bring if a > supply of free tasty caffeinated beverage would be appreciated. We in ALUG can resist anything, apart from temptation! :o) Regards, Keith ____________ APPEAL, v.t. - In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw. - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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Request for mousemats
by Elisabeth 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Please does anyone have spare mousemats to donate to my electro-acoustic composition project? And if so can they bring them to the Kit Meet (20th March, UEA)? e/sunflowerinrain

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Reminder - Kit Meet - Sunday 20th March 2pm - 6pm @ UEA
by Kirsten Naylor 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi all! This is to remind everyone that there will be a meeting at UEA (Constable Terrace Room A) on Sunday 20th March, starting at 2pm and carrying on until about 6pm, after which there is a possibility of some of us wandering off for a few pints together. As Eli said in her announcement post, bring software, laptops, pcs, monitors, pdas, peripherals, cables, bits and pieces. (However there is no obligation to bring anything!) Bring multi-way adaptors, too, so we can plug everything in. There'll be plenty of space to set things up, and if anyone has a problem they'd like help solving or has a bit of kit they'd like to show off, there'd be plenty of interest all round. Information about finding the venue and where to park is at http://www.uea.ac.uk/how_to_find.html Hope to see everyone there who came to the City Gate on Thursday, and plenty more besides! /Kirsten

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Thursday Social Meeting Report Thingummy, sortof.
by Brett Parker 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Just a quick thankyou to all that turned up to the social meet in the city gate on thursday last week, it was good to see you all, and I hope to see you all again at future events. As usual a very varied set of topics was covered, not least of all the sausages from the market, Jonathan's funky new toy, Java stuff (sorry Peter, I didn't mean to go off on one on how much I hate that language, again ;), Beer, and the shifting away from the now beer devoid city gate to the reindeer for the next social meeting. So, next month we will be holding the social meeting on Thursday, 14th April, in the Reindeer (which reminds me, I should get something done about making a directions page to that), if you don't know where the Reindeer is, but do know where the City Gate is, then it's very easy to find... Stand outside the City Gate facing the road, turn your head to the right slightly, it's the pub just over there, with the sign outside that says "The Reindeer". It's an Elgoods pub, and has very nice beer on all of the time, including ~ 4 or 5 guests. Again, thank you all for turning up, I hope that you all enjoyed the evening, and that we'll see you all again. I expect that we'll see some of you at UEA on Sunday, 20th March, or this coming Sunday, if you prefer. Thanks, - -- Brett Parker web: http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ email: iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCNfijEh8oWxevnjQRAty+AJ0YeCGJ8hgWJWpVtRalVL0HMU65QgCgx6WO RF+nsvX+NI73K7Xt7EBpuDE= =csCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Unable to edit meta info
by Wayne Stallwood 13 Mar '05

13 Mar '05

Since getting my Mp3 player downstairs (which relies heavily on the ID3 tags for it's indexing) it has become apparent that some of the Meta info on files in my collection heeds a serious overhaul. However whole sections of my collection seem to have ID3 tags that I am unable to edit for some reason. A right click in Konqueror to access the Meta Info tab allows me to view the existing tag fields and type in new contents, but silently fails to write the results back. Using Amarok to edit the tags causes the following error "TagLib claims this file is not writable" I have checked and double checked the permissions and can in fact from Amarok delete files happily (even one of the files I am having the problems with) So it's not a read only permissions thing. Is there a way I don't know about to write protect the ID3 tags ? and if so how do I unset it ? The files in my collection have been ripped over a variety of platforms and using different encoders, the ones lacking meta info were probably ripped on Windows using some plug in for Winamp or something like that. It's only a couple of groups of files in my collection that have this problem (but that means about 1000 files) but the fact that they are in groups suggests that they were all ripped using the same (now forgotten) method. Once I have fixed this all I need to to is recompile Amarok to enable Musicbrainz and I can get all my files nicely indexed.

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