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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday December 6th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Last SaturdayWorkshop for 2008 at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) 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. WLUG BBQ (http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2008-12-06) afterwards at Paul and Liz's place, 4 Tulip Drive, Cambridge. (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/waipa/cambridge/tulip+drive/4/)

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Setting a linux computer to run only on the kernel that came with cd
by Ron Dean 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

I installed a win modem and have got it to work with ubuntu 8.04 however the driver only works with kernel 2.6.24-16-generic. How do I get it to boot up all the time with this kernel so that he doesn't need to make a choice from the grub boot menu where I have newer kernels installed. -- Ron Dean 2 Shannon Place Nawton Hamilton Ph 8493904

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This years WLUG Xmas BBQ
by Bruce Kingsbury 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

This years WLUG Xmas BBQ is to be Held in Cambridge at LizQuilty and PaulQuilty house. Saturday December 6th, 4pm Until everyones gone. Food provided. If its sunny and you have children, bring togs. 4 Tulip Drive, Cambridge MAP: http://www.wises.co.nz/l/cambridge/+tulip+drive/ or http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/waipa/cambridge/tulip+drive/4/

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passwords
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

hey all I have a dell laptop (Inspiron 3200) running Ubuntu 5.10 (very well to I might add, not like the 64bit Ubuntu 8.04 on my acer). Anyhow, when I want to look at files on that machine via. LAN, I am presented with a password dialog box. When I enter my password that I use as admin on that machine, It tells me that the password is wrong. Can anyone tell me where in the the filesystem is the file that contains the passwords, that I can edit with GEDIT? Glenn

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Setting up a computer for a friend
by Ron Dean 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

We first got Puppy Linux to work off the cd . But he wants to run Ubuntu 8.10 However when we go to load it it defaults to the command line and we don't know what we are doing. What information do you need to help us and what commands should we try ? -- Ron Dean 2 Shannon Place Nawton Hamilton Ph 8493904

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Dual-Seat Kids Computer PaulQuilty will present on configuring a linux box to enable dual workstations to run off a single box - allowing 2 monitors, 2 keyboards, 2 mice, each running a fully independant session. Effectively 2 computers running on one box.

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cups driver for dcp-115c
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

hi all Im trying to get my Brother DCP-115C multifunction printer to work under Linux ubuntu 8.04. Upon trying to get my DCP-115c to work, I have consulted the brother website: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_drivers.html#2 It reccommends that users of the DCP-115c use the MFC-210C package, however, I cannot get the brother MFC-210C package to install' because when I do it comes up with the 'wrong architecture - i386' error message. Upon further reading of the page I read the following for AMD 64bit users: "For AMD64 bit users: Our CUPS drivers and CUPS wrapper drivers have been developed and optimised for 32 bit Linux distributions, a list of which can be found here: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_config_list2.html However, if you are using an AMD64 bit distribution, we recommend you try copying the file named "brlpdwrapper" from /usr/lib/cups/filter to /usr/lib64/cups/filter." I have checked my /usr/lib/cups/filter directory and discovered that there was no file named "brlpdwrapper'. No surprises there, since the MFC-210C package would not install. Any suggestions? Glenn.

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benq scanner install
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

hi all I am installing my Benq scanner, and I have run into some trouble. I have listed my installation steps and terminal output: System: Ubuntu 5.10 Kernel:2.6.12-9 386 Scanner: BENQ 4300U Flatbed scanner USB 1.0 Powerpack 16v(a)1.0A 1. Before plugging scanner in: tail /var/log/messages glenn(a)glenn:~$ tail /var/log/messages Nov 21 21:14:08 localhost kernel: [4311704.892000] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 3 Nov 21 21:14:10 localhost kernel: [4311707.716000] usb 1-1.2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 16 Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost kernel: [4311707.901000] input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1.2 Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: tsdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: mousedev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost usb.agent[12951]: usbhid: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13046]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13052]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13113]: evdev: already loaded glenn(a)glenn:~$ 2. When scanner is recognised upon plugging in: glenn(a)glenn:~$ tail /var/log/messages Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost kernel: [4311707.901000] input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1.2 Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: tsdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: mousedev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost input.agent[12936]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:11 localhost usb.agent[12951]: usbhid: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13046]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13052]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:14:12 localhost input.agent[13113]: evdev: already loaded Nov 21 21:17:31 localhost kernel: [4311908.671000] usb 1-1.4.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 17 Nov 21 21:17:32 localhost usb.agent[13207]: libusbscanner: loaded successfully glenn(a)glenn:~$ 3. lsusb glenn(a)glenn:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 017: ID 04a5:20b0 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) S2W 3300U/4300U Bus 001 Device 016: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 glenn(a)glenn:~$ 4. Checked /proc/bus/usb/devices to see if the scanner was recognised and had loaded a driver (driver=(none) in my case. glenn(a)glenn:~$cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=01 Lev=03 Prnt=04 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 17 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04a5 ProdID=20b0 Rev= 1.20 S: Manufacturer=Color S: Product= FlatbedScanner 22 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=16ms glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ 5. As a normal user, run xsane from the terminal: glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ xsane ERROR MESSAGE: Failed to open device 'snapscan:libusb:001:017': Invalid argument. 6. Run scanscan from the terminal: glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ snapscan bash: snapscan: command not found This is where I get into trouble as I cannot run apt-get on my 5.10 machine and can't figure out what to do next. Glenn.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Dual-Seat Kids Computer PaulQuilty will present on configuring a linux box to enable dual workstations to run off a single box - allowing 2 monitors, 2 keyboards, 2 mice, each running a fully independant session. Effectively 2 computers running on one box.

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installing brother DPC-115C
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi all I am attempting to install a brother dpc- 115 multifunction printer to my newly ubuntu'd laptop. I have downloaded the debian package from brother: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_drivers.html but when I attempted to install the package, I received the following error: glenn(a)glenn-asus:/brother$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb Password: (Reading database ... 88020 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mfc210clpr 1.0.2-1 (using mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mfc210clpr ... Setting up mfc210clpr (1.0.2-1) ... ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0' to `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': File exists ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1' to `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': File exists ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so' to `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': File exists glenn(a)glenn-asus:/brother$ Do I need to install cups first? And am I downloading the correct driver? According to the brother website, the correct package was the one I downloaded, but I might be wrong about that. Any help appreciated. Glenn.

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