[wellylug] Open Source OS Tribulations

Mon Nov 9 12:32:18 NZDT 2009

I use Fedora 11 in two computers. After updating the
software on both, I found I could no longer use a USB Vodem
stick for GSM/3G internet access. The stick would connect to
Vodafone's network, but no internet access thereafter. I
later found the most probable cause, which may be able to be
worked around in Firefox's Connection Settings, is the
upgrading of Firefox from version 3.5.4 to 3.5.5, a separate
issue to the software OS updating itself. Sorry for the
laboured explanation! I have yet to try another browser e.g.
Safari. 

Ken Martin 

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> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:39:19 +1300
> From: Sam Cannell <sam.cannell at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wellylug] Buy/sell/trade list still active
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>  Hi folks,
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> Is the wellylug buy/sell/trade list still active?  Just
> got a bounce message trying to subscribe, and I have some
> Stuff to get rid of that I'd like to see go to a good home
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> Cheers :)
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> Sam
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> From: Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com>
> Subject: [wellylug] Next Meeting - Postponed
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> hi all,
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> The next Wellylug meeting has been postponed because Open
> Systems Specialists are no longer able to host it.
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> Many thanks to Xav & OSS for their support over this past
> year.
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> I'm currently looking at new venue options, I have one
> lead but if you are able to host meetings or know someone
> who can, please drop me an email. :-)
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> regards,
> jethro
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> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:07:03 +1300
> From: Roger Searle <roger at stepahead.org.nz>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] flash issues  (was Critical Review
> of Karmic
>     Koala)
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> Cliff Pratt wrote:
> > What issues do you have with Flash? I see a massive
> > start button that wasn't there before upgrading to KK
> > and some sites don't work properly -  FarmTown in
> Facebook being one of them. They seem to get stuck and the
> > images become 'seperated' into (presumably) their
> > programmed components  eg a status bar doesn't work and
> > has the bar and the components one  under the other.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Cliff
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> >   
> 64bit installs, one upgrade, one fresh install, no sound
> on either.   Finding an easy solution to one (linking a
> couple of files) had me  surprised (I shouldn't have been)
> that it wasn't the solution on the  other, which ended up
> requiring the installation of some pulseaudio  package(s).
>  Both situations were solved by some quick googling, and
> I'm  not too concerned with understanding what/why they
> worked or didn't in  the first place, only that there is
> now sound, so apologies to anyone  else who may have a
> similar situation.  Google knows lots and lots about  this
> topic, I've often not had luck solving past issues with
> flash sound  and it has resulted in decisions to install
> 32bit more than once. 
> 
> Progress is certainly being made on various fronts, great
> to have seen  since KK release that with firefox now at
> v3.5, first visits a page with  flash, it does actually
> manage to find and install the right plugin.
> 
> TVNZ news and On Demand wouldn't display video, have
> discovered this  morning that it is the Adblock Plus
> plugin that was getting in the way  due to the ad they
> serve up at the beginning of each video (so is not 
> flash-related).  Now for the first time, I have everything
> multimedia-related functioning - YAY!
> <http://tvnz.co.nz/video/faq>
> Cheers,
> Roger
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