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RE: [ALUG] favourite URLs
by Richard Lewis 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

>Can I somehow transfer all the favourite bookmarks I've set up in Netscape >7.1 and copy them all to a location so that they will appear ready to go in >Konqueror? I was thinking there may be a folder in Koquerer where I just need >to copy these URLs. I've tried finding them in Netscape without success, and >I also don't know where to place them in Konqueror to make them work. Konqueror keeps its bookmarks in ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml. The XML element for a bookmark is like this: <bookmark icon="/path/to/icon.png" href="http://www.coolsite.net/" > <title>Cool Site</title> </bookmark> It also has a <folder> element for defining folders in the favourites menu. That might be helpful?? Cheers, Richard

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favourite URLs
by Bryce Martin 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Can I somehow transfer all the favourite bookmarks I've set up in Netscape 7.1 and copy them all to a location so that they will appear ready to go in Konqueror? I was thinking there may be a folder in Koquerer where I just need to copy these URLs. I've tried finding them in Netscape without success, and I also don't know where to place them in Konqueror to make them work. -- Bye, Bryce.

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Free to a good home
by Wayne Stallwood 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

I am starting to have a clearout of some old junk. I think I have offered this to the group before, but this really is the last time before it goes in the skip. HP Deskjet 640c Old now but works fine under Linux using either the Parallel or USB interface, comes with a USB lead, but sorry I don't have a spare Parallel port one. No idea how much ink is in the cartridges, and a vague suspicion that the replacements will cost more than the printer is worth. But I just powered it up and it works fine. If anybody in the Bury St Edmunds area wants to come and take it off my hands I'll even make them a cup of tea.

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3d nvidia graphics support
by Bryce Martin 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

I'm using SuSE 9 and my PC has an nVidia MX400 graphics card. My system doesn't have 3d graphics hardware support. This is because SuSE has stopped shipping with this feature, but the manual says you can still download this feature. But I've been to the nvidia site and can't find a driver that will do the job. Does anyone know what to do to get 3d graphics support for SuSE 9? -- Bye, Bryce.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

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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Re: [ALUG] Re: Finesko & Firkin Pub
by MJ Ray 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

On 2004-01-18 14:51:44 +0000 Chris Walker <linux(a)wymondham.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Take a look at http://www.norwichpubs.info/norwichpubs/centpubf.htm > for info Does anyone have a way to contact the owner of that site without using a BraveNet address harvester? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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ALUG meeting in Norwich on sunday
by Syd Hancock 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

ALUG SUNDAY MEETING Next meeting in Norwich this coming weekend on sunday 25th January. 2pm onwards in the Nelson Room at The Billy Blue Light pub, Hall Road, Norwich. The Billy is at the city end of Hall road and is not far from the bus station, just off the inner ring road. If coming north up the A140, Hall road is the first right just after the first traffic lights off the A47. Keep going right to the end as Hall Road is long. Detailed info including directions and a streetmap are on the website here: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/bbl.html There is no specific topic or talk planned. Bring kit as this is a general ALUG meet for installation, configuration and sunday-afternoon-in-a-pub socialising :-) Bring extension leads etc if power is required as I don't yet know what sockets etc are available. Room hire is £15 so please bring a bit of spare change towards the costs. OTHER PLANNED MEETINGS Next Norwich sunday meeting is currently planned for the end of April 2004. Current plans are to hold a full ALUG sunday meeting every three months. Norwich monthly meetings continue on the second thursday of the month and the current venue is the Forum coffee bar, 8pm. Next date is 12th February. NOTE The webpages for meetings around the region have been extensively reworked recently - many thanks, Mark. Regards Syd

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Re: [ALUG] Re: Finesko & Firkin Pub
by Matt Parker 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 14:51, Chris Walker wrote: > If you want a pub for a meal, take a look at the Kings Head on Hall Rd. You > can order a meal from the bar and they will have it delivered, a curry is not > available but a chinese or fish & chips are. The pub then provides cutlery, > plates and condiments. Curry is available now - there's a new Indian Takeaway opened just round the corner on Queen's Road - Saffron I think it's called. I was at the King's Arms just last night and I would definitely recommend it for a meeting (and not just because I live about 5 mins walk away!!) I should hopefully be able to make the 25th January meeting wherever it is. Matt -- http://www.mpcontracting.co.uk Experts in Java development and website design

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RPM resource for SuSE users
by Graham Trott 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

In case other SuSE users haven't seen it, there's a very good SuSE-only RPM resource at http://packman.links2linux.org/ I've found it particularly useful for multimedia applications and GUI front-ends. Such as dvd:rip and kino, the latter being a video editor I found impossible to compile from source. -- GT

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Re: Finesko & Firkin Pub
by Bryce Martin 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 11:26, Bryce Martin wrote: > Brett Parker and I visited the Reindeer (or Finesko & Firkin) pub on Thursday > evening this week to see what it was like as an alternative venue to the > Forum Bar. In our opinion the Reindeer is totally unsuitable and could not be > used to host a meeting of alug. > In our humble opinion it would be far better to continue using the Forum Bar. Just out of interest for what reasons was it not suitable? Adam ................ We thought it was unsuitable because of load music, very poor lighting (too dark), and finally poor or unsuitable seating and general layout of seating. I think it would be difficult to get everyone around one table, and you can't really bring tables together like you can at the Forum Bar to expand seating as more people arrive. But importantly the atmosphere was just completely wrong for a meeting (of alug). Just a thought. We left the Firkin pub pretty quickly and went across the road to the City Gate Weatherspoon pub. It has the right atmosphere for a meeting in my opinion. The seating and lighting are very good and tables can be brought together. There is no music but the place has a lively congenial atmosphere. As an added bonus you can get a curry if you're hungry. -- Bye, Bryce.

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