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Re: Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Tony Langdon 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

At 11:41 AM 7/16/2012, Brian May wrote: >On 15 July 2012 21:16, James Harper <james.harper(a)bendigoit.com.au> wrote: > > I'm all for Microsoft bashing, but if you are implying that > Windows doesn't support IPv6 then you are very wrong. In fact > you'll have trouble with some of their server software if you disable IPv6. > >Lots of people still use Windows XP, which doesn't have built in IPv6 >support. I believe there is an add-on that provides IPv6 support, >however this was the first attempt Microsoft made, and as a result not >recommended for serious use. Or so I have read. You can run IPv6 on XP by issuing the command: ipv6 install However, as you say, it's not a production quality stack, though it does work fine for everyday end user purposes (I've used it extensively). Configuration is not done by the control panel, you need to use special commands and/or registry tweaks. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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Re: Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Tony Langdon 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

At 11:46 AM 7/16/2012, Brian May wrote: >On 16 July 2012 08:55, hannah commodore <hannah(a)tinfoilhat.net> wrote: > > Sorry. I stand corrected. > > Is it just Telstra consumer plans that use internal ip addresses > on 3G then? > >I think Three also does that too. Yes, Three is still a separate >network to Vodofone, at least last time I checked, even if now owned >by the same company. I would assume Vodofone also uses internal IP >addresses, but can't confirm/deny. Three was issuing public IPs on their broadband only plans, but private IPs on voice/data plans last time I used them (a couple years ago - it was too expensive to use once I left Melbourne and I dropped it as soon as the contract expired). 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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RE: Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Tony Langdon 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

At 05:49 PM 7/15/2012, you wrote: >Rumour also has it that Telstra has pinched some 3G spectrum for use >on its 4G network. We have some customers in Bendigo CBD where >Telstra 3G is effectively useless since 4G trials started (Optus >works fine), so the rumour would be one explanation for that... The performance observations are true, I have no idea on the rumour, but it sounds plausible. Telstra has been pretty crap up here for the last year or so. Prior to that, they were quite good. Optus has been steadily improving in Bendigo, and are quite good now. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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Re: Change default program
by Jeremy Visser 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

On 12/07/12 12:11, Trent W. Buck wrote: > Also I presume you can put .desktop files in a per-user directory, > probably something like ~/.applications, but I don't know exactly > where. ~/.local/share/applications > PS: all of the above applies to GNOME 2. I have no experience with > GNOME 3 but I would be suprised if they haven't thrown all of the > above out to replace it with something differently bad. Hasn't changed at all to my knowledge.

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Linux powered drone @ 5pm folllowed by pre-meeting dinner @ Korean
by Chris Samuel 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Hi folks, I've got a Linux powered quadcopter (an ARDrone 2.0) which I'm going to take over to the north end of University Square (between Barry St and Leicester St, and south of Grattan St in Carlton) at 5pm this evening if anyone is interested in seeing it fly (weather permitting). The battery doesn't last that long (about 10 minutes) so if you're interested don't be late. :-) After that I'll head down to Big Mama's Korean Restaurant on Swanston St for dinner before the LUV meeting (I live too far out to go to the after-meeting meal at Marias). cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

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system not halting
by Russell Coker 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

When you have a system which logs the following but doesn't halt, what should you investigate? Will now halt. [ 123.456789] System halted. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Change default program
by Colin Fee 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

I've been going around in circles in various forums and on google chasing this. I'm running Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) Update 4 with Cinnamon. I've installed MS Office 2010 via PlayOnLinux and now want to alter the behaviour of the desktop, nautilus and the like such that if I dbl-click a .pptx file it open will open in PowerPoint 2010. The prescribed method is right-click on a file of this type in Nautlius, then go Properties -> Open With -> Show Other Applications and then choose the one you want. But Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 is not an option present (nor for that matter are the other Office apps). So, how do I either get them in that list or what can I edit directly to make it so? -- Colin Fee tfeccles(a)gmail.com

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autofs timeout >15 not working
by James Harper 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

I'm using autofs to handle automatically unmounting USB disks used for backup. If I set the autofs timeout to 15 or less it works fine, but 16 seems to not automatically unmount in the desired amount of time. It might happen after quite a while but definitely not in 16 seconds. So I'm thinking that there is some process running that somehow touches the mounted volume every 15 seconds causing autofs to think that the mount is in use... can anyone suggest what that might be? 15 seconds is okay, but the volumes are ext3 and Linux gets unhappy when these are mounted and unmounted too many times so I want a longer time to keep the volumes mounted during idle periods of the backup job to avoid excessive mount/unmount cycles. Thanks James

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printing with HL2130 in fedora
by Bianca Gibson 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hi all, I'm having trouble getting the Brother HL2130 mono laser to print in fedora. When setting it up in ubuntu I just plugged in it, and it automatically added to the list of printers and worked. A forum post about a similar problem with another brother printer suggested installing some foomatic packages, so I've installed all of them in the fedora repos. I've also installed both the drivers available from the brother website for the HL2130 ( http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.…) and rebooted both the computer and printer. It is now recognising the printer and identifying its' model correctly. If I send any job to it, whether it be to print something, even the printers own test page (which is stored in the printer) or checking the toner levels I just get a notification say that's it's starting the job, and then another one that it's completed, without anything being printed or any of the LEDs on the printer changing. I just checked as I wrote this that it still works fine with ubuntu. Any ideas? Cheers, Bianca

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How to force install of Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Lucid 10.4
by Carl Turney 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hi to any Thunderbird wizards out there, Have tried to install a copy of TB 13.0.1 onto my desktop system, as somehow my laptop has that, and it is running smoothly there. Have gone to this web page, and followed the instructions on "install the newest release". > https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux Have rebooted, and run System > Admin > Update Manager. But all I get on the new desktop system install is 13.0 not 13.0.1 Hmmm. Thanks very much for any info, or pointers to good web pages on this particular topic. Carl Turney, Bayswater Mobile 0427 024 735 Home 9720 3975

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