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free linux ebooks
by Peter Reutemann 11 May '09

11 May '09

Some handy ebooks: http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2009/05/10/10-free-linux-ebooks-for-beginners/ To be honest, not just for beginners. I'll definitely have to try bash's debugging mode... :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Grub and Ubuntu kernel updates
by Glenn Ramsey 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hi, On one of my machines I had an ubuntu installation on a single partition (sda3). I recently moved everything except /home onto another partition (sda6) and set up grub to boot from that partition. This was all working fine until there was a kernel update. The update reconfigured grub to try boot from the original partition, which failed, but fortunately grub lets you edit stuff before booting and I was able to fix it without too much pain. How do I fix it properly so that the next kernel update doesn't break it in the same way? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Laptop not connecting to wired Internet
by Ron Dean 10 May '09

10 May '09

I have an Acer 5315 Laptop and am running Jaunty 64 bit I did some upgrades and now it won't connect to the wired Internet . However when I run the live cd it connects . How do I diagnose the problem ? -- Ron Dean 2 Shannon Place Nawton Hamilton Ph 8493904

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Uni Open Day thing
by John Billings 07 May '09

07 May '09

I emailed some people at the computer sci department about having a WLUG table at the open day thing. They weren't prepared to entertain that idea, but not like we were actually all that prepared to actually do it anyway. So those of you whom I talked about that with, (at the saturday workshop and committee meeting) I didn't follow up cause it's not happening. Thanks to Arthur for informing me about it anyhow. I'm going there anyhow to check it out and pick up our mail, so maybe we can organize something for next year or another event that might be more appropriate to table at. Best, John

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Re: [wlug] Rythmbox problem (Solved)
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 03 May '09

03 May '09

Thanks for all the help folks. Is now working as I wished. Regards John > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 01 May '09

01 May '09

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday May 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/), the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday May 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/), the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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Re: [wlug] Rythmbox problem
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

It appears that you are correct. I had not expected such a long buffer period. It still, however causes rythmbox to lock up solid for some reason. Regards John > Perhaps just ingore the message and wait long enough for > the stream to buffer up?

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Re: [wlug] Rythmbox problem
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

I have changed to my desktop ubuntu 8.10 in the hope a more modern installation would help. Having run through the list of available streaming radio stations and successfully playing a large random selection. the exception being thecoast.net.nz when opened in firefox claims to need adobe flash-plugin. Flash-plugin is installed so there must be some other thing that I do not have that prevents this station playing. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Just to make it interesting I now have the stream > > working in pretty well in firefox. A sad problem is that > > it is absolutely silent for some strange reason, not > > good for a radio stream. Vlc seems not to be working at > > all (no data transfer) even though the url seems to be > > in the correct place..... > > Your original link > (http://www.thecoast.net.nz/Listenlive/) was working for > me in Firefox from the start. There was no need for any > external application. > > Cheers, Peter > -- > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of > Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ > Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174 > _______________________________________________ wlug > mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Kete: online digital knowledge for libraries and communities Hamilton City Library is using Kete to create an online knowledge basket of Hamilton history. Learn more from Rae McCormick and Smita Biswas of the Library and Walter McGinnis of Katipo Communications. Kete (Maori for 'basket') is an open source collaborative content and knowledge management system, developed by Katipo Communications Ltd and the Horowhenua Library Trust for building online community-driven history and memories. Hamilton City Library is using Kete to build a resource of Hamilton's heritage, recording stories, photographs, videos and audio recordings. Join us for a discussion covering how you can be involved, how Kete was developed, and how Kete helps the community to make their own stories and knowledge more accessible. Kete was the 2007 winner of the 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries, sponsored by 3M New Zealand in conjunction with the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa. Kete was also awarded Special Mention for excellence in e-content (North America and Oceania region) at the 2007 World Summit Awards. * http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info * http://kete.net.nz * http://www.katipo.co.nz Event poster at http://www.flickr.com/photos/butting/3447314368. Technical notes: Walter McGinnis is lead developer of Kete. Kete is a digital archiving tool, a web-based application using the Ruby on Rails framework. 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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