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wireless mouse
by Keith Bainbridge 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

G'day All. Anybody using a wireless (USB type) mouse? Those I have seen only talk about windows & MacOSX. Thanks Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia +61 (0)408 522 706 keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com

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Re: [luv-talk] wireless mouse
by Tim Hamilton 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

> From: Michael Scott <luv(a)inoz.net> > To: Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau(a)gmail.com> > Cc: luv-talk(a)lists.luv.asn.au > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:23:48 +1000 > Subject: Re: [luv-talk] wireless mouse > I've been using all sorts of wireless mice for the time I've been using Linux (2005). > > I went into Harvey Norman one day looking for a wireless mouse. Looked on the Logitech boxes and they basically all said they were compatible with Windows and Mac. A sales assistant happened to be sitting at a desk nearby so I asked him if that meant they wouldn't work with Linux. He replied "probably". I just picked one up and bought it knowing that every mouse I've used has been compatible with Linux. > > Michael > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:42:02 +0800 Tim Lyth <tcl(a)tcl.homedns.org> wrote: >> > I'm using the Logitech M305 cordless mouse - it has a >> > "micro-receiver" unit which plugs in to a USB port. >> > Debian picked it up just fine in the USB 2.0 port on my Medion brand >> > laptop. >> >> Thanks Tim. >> >> That is logical, but some times logic doesn't count. >> >> >> Keith Bainbridge >> PO Box 324 >> BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia >> +61 (0)408 522 706 >> >> keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ Just to echo what Michael et al have said. I use a Logitech MX-something (I don't have it with me). It is a 6 button mouse that has a search button in addition to the regular 3 + forward/back. Everything, even the search (which under Gnome is desktop search) works out of the box. I'm also sure I could configure the search to do a Google search like you can with the Mac/Windows drivers pretty easily if that's what I wanted. Cheers Tim -- Vote NO in referenda.

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The Apple design from 2004
by Peter Ross 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

.. which is used to ban Samsung's tablets in Europe: http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/design/data/000181607-0001 Unfortunately I threw my scribbing on the napkin away, in the late 80ies after half a dozen beers, as I remember clearly;-) Chiers Peter

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Re: [luv-talk] Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Trent W. Buck 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

> Re: Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science? I saw that and my immediate thought was "well Jerry Sussman said it wasn't". http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00… (first video, opening remarks.)

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RDP to a Windows 7 PC on remote subnet (VPN)
by Peter Ross 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi all, I have some trouble to connect to a remote Windows 7 computer. We are connected via VPN, I can ping the other side, the port 3389 is open, as telnet shows. The McAfee firewall accepts connections from our subnet. However, if I try to connect using rdesktop on Linux, it is hanging for some seconds, and then the Windows resets the connection. The same if I use a Windows 7 RDP client. Local RDP seems to be fine - I can connect to a local Windows here, and local RDP connections are working in the remote network too. Any ideas? Thanks for answers Peter

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Commodore OS Vision
by luber＠alphalink.com.au 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

I've seen this running and it's sufficiently interesting to look at further. I believe it's based on Ubuntu. .iso's are downloadable but I haven't been able to get, say, virtual box to recognise it/them as bootable. Any suggestions? regards, Lu

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Finding specs on"ati-102-a59401-00(B)" 2x 2 x DVI-I video card
by Rohan McLeod 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Assembled Illuminati; I picked up a :"ati-102-a59401-00(B)";video card at the Box Hill swap-meet today. This is a PCI (not PCI-e ) 2 x 2 x DVI-I . It seems to work with a dual DVI-I output cable on one of 2 outputs, and a DVI-I to VGA converter.on one of those cable ends. Trying to find the specs on it; has thus far been unsuccessful, after extensive googling. It seems likely it is some kind of proprietary OEM card; but the interesting possibility of 4 monitors motivates me to try to find out what sort of resolution it is capable of and, whether it has some more widely available relative whose driver could be used; any suggestions gratefully received, thanks Rohan McLeod .

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Re: [luv-talk] Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Jason White 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

Lindsay Sprinter <zlinw(a)mcmedia.com.au> wrote: > Like all (most?) people I am limited with what I can do by personal > choices. I do not have any kind of plastic money and I do NOT do direct > debit. This is because I have had the unfortunate luck to have two of > these go astray. The second being the killer as it involved alarge sum of > money ($6000) and both financial institutions refused to believe a > problem existed and it took over 4 months to correct a problem that was > the fault of one of the said institutions. I solve this to my satisfaction by maintaining a debit card rather than a credit card, and by transferring funds to the card regularly, in amounts that don't exceed what I plan to spend. The effect is to limit the damage that can be caused by erroneous transactions. I also prefer to spend my own money rather than to borrow and then pay it back with interest added.

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AGP video cards
by Russell Coker 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

I've got a couple of AGP video cards in my junk pile with DVI output, one of them has no fan (which is a major feature if you like that sort of thing). I'm going to send them to computer recycling if no-one wants them. Normally there isn't much interest in AGP cards, but DVI isn't so common so it might be of use to someone. I can bring them to the next meeting. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: [luv-talk] Old motherboard wanted
by Craig Sanders 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:46:27PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:52:37PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > > an ebay search for GA-8I848-P775-G comes up with only shops selling > > compatible RAM. > > > > but a search for GA-8I848 comes up with several shops selling > > motherboards for $30-$40 + shipping. > > Good thinking and thanks for taking the trouble to reply. no problem. BTW if you're still after AGP video cards, i have a bunch i have absolutely no use for. i think i have a few PCI video cards too. if you (or anyone else) wants some, they can pick them up from me during BH at melbourne uni. email me a day or two before so i can make sure i bring them in to work and to arrange a time. free to good (or even bad) homes, no warranty, no return - once you take the junk, it's yours. > > BTW, it looks like an unremarkable and bog standard socket 478 > > motherboard. why the need for that specific brand and model? > > This PC runs a security system for a person I know. I have no idea > what software is being used and, more importantly, what version of > Windows (or even DOS) it is running on. I have never seen the display. yep, that's a pretty good reason not to upgrade the m/b. craig -- craig sanders <cas(a)taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #276: U.S. Postal Service

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