March 2010 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BruceKingsbury will review some of the new features and goals of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to be released at the end of April. March 22nd 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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Re: [wlug] The dog ate my bootloader!
by Eric Light 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Thanks for your link, Gregory. Turns out I didn't give enough information in my original post - and after thinking of the right terms, a Google search found the problem. I was affected by bug 477104, fix and cause here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104 in case it will help someone. I was running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 via Wubi (critical missing info in my original email). Wubi + kernel update = broken grub2 & left at bootloader. In the future, I'll need to follow any major updates by running sudo update-grub2. If this happens to anyone else, I fixed it by running: > set root=(hd0,1) > loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk > set root=(loop0) > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic > boot Once Ubuntu booted successfully, I had to run sudo update-grub2 to prevent the issue from recurring at next boot. Obviously, the versioning will vary; I also had to rollback to the previous version of vmlinuz and initrd. I've seen comments that the first 2 lines aren't necessary, but I needed them on my system. Hope this helps someone out in the future! Cheers, - Eric

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Photo archives
by John 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi All, Due to some awful archiving. I have around 1500 digital still images that have been duplicated triplicated or more in a number of folders,C/D's and DVD's on a number of drives. I would like to know if there is a way I can dump ALL the directories into one folder then run a "find dupes" type program that would ensure that I did not delete any of my original photos. Regards John

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CLI help
by Cameron Rangeley 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi Guys Any idea what is wrong with this command?? find /home/path/* -name *.sql -exec mysql -p password -h < {} \; I am needing to import about 250 sql files. Cameron Rangeley Technical Director Phone: +64 9 970 5550 Direct: +64 9 970 5551 Mobile: +64 21 343 757 Email: cameron.rangeley(a)turnstone.co.nz <mailto:cameron.rangeley(a)turnstone.co.nz> Website: www.turnstone.co.nz <http://www.turnstone.co.nz>

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday Mar 6th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TeWhanauPutahi) 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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Wiki usage
by Glen Ogilvie 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Hi, I am one of the members of Aucklug, and noticed the excellent wiki that the Waikato lug runs. Would you guys be open to us sharing the wiki, adding a few more pages that are Aucklug specific, linked from http://wiki.linux.net.nz/AuckLUG I don't see any point re-inventing the wheel, and the wiki already has many great references to things like Linux, NZLUG, etc. I want to put up a page for a start with some venue information on it, and a page for the next presentation where people can add ideas, RSVP, etc. Regards Glen Ogilvie

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday Mar 6th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TeWhanauPutahi) 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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Saturday Workshop - March 6th 10am-4pm
by Bruce Kingsbury 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Saturday Workshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi, 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. http://wlug.org.nz/SaturdayWorkshop.2010-03-06

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