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Nokia 6120 as a Linux modem? Folks, I went into a three shop today to ask about their mobile internet deals - having established that the USB modem they sell works fine with Linux. Those are out of stock at the moment, but the saleswoman suggested that I go for a 6120 smartphone instead - 15 quid a month plus a five for unlimited data, and ... 8 Oct 2007 16:21
MEncoder build problem - probably simple... (shell stuff) Michael Rozdoba wrote: [snip] Given this, how is the above meant to differentiate between success & failure? Using the return code from as? Yes - that's correct. Even then I'm still confused: success returns 0 which would surely cause the above expression to evalute as_verc_fail=yes, in so... 10 Oct 2007 16:59
Portable LCD monitor? Hello all, just wondering if anyone knows of an LCD monitor that's designed to be carted around, by this I mean with thought put into protecting the screen and stowage of power/video leads. Something like a screen with a folding cover, internal mains converter, mains and video lead storage and a handle would be id... 6 Oct 2007 09:54
Sharing drives in Ubuntu with Windows Hi I'm a Linux newbie. I've managed to install Ubuntu on an older machine, it connected easily to my network (Windows based with a router acting as a DHCP server), I've Internet access, web browsing using Firefox and I'll have Thunderbird for email running soon after I post this. I've just configured PAN as... 4 Oct 2007 16:29
networked usb bulk storage? Not quite sure this is OT for any of these groups, but you're knowledgable people. Does anyone know of (or can think of a hack for) a device a device that emulates a USB bulk storage device that's accessible over a network? I'm not talking about one of these http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=221384&d... 5 Oct 2007 09:53
X keyboard LEDs The keyboard LEDs don't work in recent versions of xorg. It seems to be a known problem but I can't find a cure by googling. Does anyone know if there is a workaround? The best I've managed is to install gkrellm-leds. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk ... 3 Oct 2007 15:58
Buying a Linux Laptop from Dell (episode 2) I posted about buying a linux laptop from dell a month or so ago. Finally today it has arrived ! There were a few delays due to component shortages, but I think I have got off lighter than a lot of other people - only a week or so late. So far - the machine itself works well - right out of the box. Ther... 2 Oct 2007 15:23
QoS and VoIP I'm stumped. I'm trying to get my (Debian "lenny") GNU/Linux server to prioritise VoIP traffic and I've been reading guides until my head feels like it's going to explode. I've got as far as these requirements: 1. I don't want to install imq if I can help it; surely there must be some other queuing discipline thi... 28 Sep 2007 11:17
gnome weather applet problem I know I must have done something..... The gweather applet used to work on the machine I'm using now. It works fine on my machine at home (Debian testing like this one) and on my 64bit machine at work. Here, it never manages to make a connection. netstat -ta never shows any connections (I've managed to catch them... 1 Oct 2007 11:06
Secretly filmed in an English abattoir... HEALTHY HORSES ANDPONIES BUTCHERED FOR MEAT EXPORTS Old Codger wrote: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAMPAIGNS/blog//4//?be_id=94 Secretly filmed in an English abattoir... HEALTHY HORSES AND PONIES BUTCHERED FOR MEAT EXPORTS And how does that differ from killing and butchering healthy cows and sheep? And your computer-related question is? ARSEHOLE... 27 Sep 2007 17:10 |