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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First Saturday workshop for 2010!!! 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, BBQ lunch, etc. If there's something you specifically want to work on please mention it on the mailing list in advance so we can study up beforehand or bring any necessary equipment.

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Self intro & Hamilton handmade Tux's
by Roger Sinel 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hiya, Just to introduce myself, I'm a expat Kiwi from Hamilton. I live and work in Stockholm Sweden with FOSS in a large RHEL environment. I'm also very involved in the FOSS community in Sweden. I'm back in Hamilton on Holiday and will come along to the fix it meeting tomorrow to show my face amongst the WLUG before we fly back next week. I've been luckily enough to get my mother to sew up a few soft toy Tuxes for me. And also a large on that I will use for Software Freedom Day 2010 and for other FOSS gatherings that I'm involved organizing. My mother is interested in sewing these Tuxes for the Linux community if there is any interest for them here. Please let me know if anybody is interested and keep it in mind as situations come up from time to time where tuxes really add that little bit extra to a FOSS event. Check out these pictures I just took of the two finished Tuxes. http://picasaweb.google.com/roger.sinel/KiwiTuxMadeInNewZealand?feat=direct… Looking forward to meeting some of you tomorrow. /roger -- Roger Sinel www.nordickiwi.com "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand." Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)

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Linux/Tux Keyboard
by Liz Quilty 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Heya Just letting you know im selling the Tux/Linux Keyboard i was given a few months back (i never used it) to fundraise for Oxfam. If you are interested have a looky at http://velofille.com/2010/02/05/linuxtux-keyboard-for-sale-oxfam-fundraiser/ Liz

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First Saturday workshop for 2010!!! 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, BBQ lunch, etc. If there's something you specifically want to work on please mention it on the mailing list in advance so we can study up beforehand or bring any necessary equipment.

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Benq Scanner s2W 4300U...
by Zed 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Before starting the procedure outlined on the WLUG webpages on how to install this scanner, I entered the first instruction into a terminal. The output was: zed(a)zed-desktop ~ $ tail -f /var/log/messages Feb 2 14:31:51 zed-desktop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called Feb 2 14:31:51 zed-desktop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [zed] Feb 2 14:43:16 zed-desktop kernel: [201541.333127] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 4 Feb 2 14:45:32 zed-desktop kernel: [201678.008023] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 Feb 2 14:45:33 zed-desktop kernel: [201678.222085] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Feb 2 17:39:38 zed-desktop kernel: [212123.386301] scanimage[16779]: segfault at 68 ip 001e4852 sp bfd7afe4 error 4 in libpthread-2.10.1.so[1de000+15000] Feb 2 17:45:35 zed-desktop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called Feb 2 17:45:35 zed-desktop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [zed] Feb 2 17:45:56 zed-desktop kernel: [212501.455456] scanimage[16875]: segfault at 68 ip 00386852 sp bfbeb654 error 4 in libpthread-2.10.1.so[380000+15000] Feb 2 18:02:34 zed-desktop kernel: [213499.605729] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 5 I had just turned the scanner off. I have no idea what this means. Perhaps someone does! Zed -- Zed Clean your monitor, I can't see out

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Benq Scanner S2W 4300U...
by Zed 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Using LinuxMint v8.0 Helena. Some time go I purchased one of these scanners, after I found through http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html that they work with Linux, and downloaded and installed sane-backends-1.0.19 and sane-frontends-1.0.14 as suggested. Xsane is installed, also. However, when I clicked on XSane to launch the scanner the following error appeared: Failed to open device 'snapscan:libusb:001:002': Invalid argument. A search for snapscan:libusb:001:002 does not find it but a libusb command in the Terminal shows that it is installed. At that time, and this is over a year ago, I decided not to bother about it and abandoned the idea. However, I recently came back to the problem - after all why have a scanner sitting on the desk if it doesn't work :-). So, I downloaded the HowTo on your website http://www.wlug.org.nz/Benq3300/4300ScannerSetup and carefully followed the directions. Regrettably the scanner still does not work. When I first ran xSane, the window opened. Clicked on Preview and the scanner sprang into action - well, it made noises as if something was going to happen - and then the xSane window closed. Ran xSane again and got the error message: Failed to open device 'snapscan:lisusb:002:00': Error during device I/O Entered the Terminal and did lusb, with the following result zed(a)zed-desktop ~ $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04a5:20b0 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) S2W 3300U/4300U Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:2f17 Hewlett-Packard EWS 2605dn Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub zed(a)zed-desktop ~ $ So, the Device is there but xSane is "throwing a wobbly" :( Opened the GIMP to use your suggestion that clicking on Acquire is the easiest way to get the scanner working but I cannot find Acquire in any of the menus in GIMP v2.6.7 >From time to time the scanner "chatters" to itself - the light comes on and flickers, becomes steady and then goes off. I don't know whether that is significant or not. I have searched Google for the error and although there are numerous entries none seem to apply to my problem. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Zed -- Zed Dogs crawl under Gates, software crawls under Windoze.

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Benq Scanner S2W 4300U...
by Zed 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Further to my earlier email, and the comments about the GIMP v2.6.7, a little further searching led me to the fact that it was necessary to go to File - Create - xSane - Device dialogue...snapscan:libusb:002:004. Clicking on this returns the I/O error. Zed -- Zed Diplomacy: The Vaseline of political intercourse

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Trouble printing to a Fuji Xerox Workcentre 220
by Eric Light 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Hi everyone, I've got a swanky new Fuji Xerox Workcentre 220. It's connected to my WinXP laptop via USB, which then shares it over Windows File & Print sharing to my network. For all connected Windows machines (x4) it's working fine. However for my EeePC (1005HA) running Ubuntu NBR 9.10, it won't print at all. There are no specific drivers for it. However the printer suggests that it does "PCL6/PostScript 3 Emulation", and I've tried both the Postscript and the PCL6 & PCL5e drivers. All of these choices make the printer warm up, but none of them actually end up in the printer printing anything. I've trawled the Internet, but may have been looking for the wrong thing. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers, - Eric

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OpenSuSE DVDs
by Graham Lauder 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

I have some OpenSuSE 11.2 DVDs left over from the LCA Open Day if anyone wants one. They're dual layer DVD's and have both 64 and 32 bit versions and they can run both Gnome and KDE live sessions. As per usual for OpenSuSE DVDs it has Desktop, Server and Developer tools all on the DVD and no need for an internet connection to get a full production server or desktop or development environment up and running. (Nvidia Drivers for Compiz excepted) (Enlightment, XFCE and Windowmaker desktop environments also included) Put hand up and I'll bring some up to the next WLUG meeting, or I'll put them in the post if needed urgently! Cheers G -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. Ambassador for OpenSUSE Linux on your Desktop INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz

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please remove
by Malcolm & Rosalie Heath 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Please remove Malcolm Heath's email address from your address book as he passed away just before Christmas.

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