Re: [ubuntu-uk] reminder tool
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:43 AM, doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- can anyone recommend a handy little reminder tool for Ubuntu? > Just something I can quickly & easily set reminders in that will pop up & > annoy me until I deal with them. > Cheers, >Doug. > > I'm extremely fond of Osmo. It's a GTK personal organiser, and it's at once extremely lightweight, quite featureful and on the whole has organised my first year of Sixth Form better than I could have managed any other way, I'm quite sure. Daniel -- Humanity is where the rising ape meets the falling angel. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....
On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:31:41 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > I don't understand why you would have had know anything about > partitioning, John - the Ubuntu installer will do that for you. > > You just tell it how much space you want to allocate to Ubuntu and it > "steals" it out of the free space on the existing partition. > > I am just a subscriber to the "keep it simple" way of thinking, and > adding an extra layer of complication (as Wubi does) seems to have no > great advantage. > > Don't get me wrong! The Wubi developers can probably feel very > pleased with themselves that they've done it, it's an achievement, but > quite why they bothered I don't know. They could have been creating > something that actually had a use, other than to install the same > Ubuntu in a different place. > > I have tried Wubi about 4 times on this laptop and others and every > time it's been an absolute disaster, so I guess I'm jaded. Some > systems clearly like it and others do not. > > Sean > I had to use a Wubi install last night as my father's computer's DVD drive is failing and I was too tired at the time to mess about doing anything else. The use-case scenarios might be limited in number, but they do exist. Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some advice
On Tue, 19 May 2009 17:34:26 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Well that all worked okay, now got Jaunty working. > > But I've lost my wireless. > > Hmmm... > > Prior to the re-install it was fine, and I don't remember actually > doing anything to make it not so. Is there some default option that's > been installed which is preventing it accessing my wireless card? > > I recall this is one of those troublesome bcmwotsit ones... > > But on wired it all seems okay. > > Sean > If it's a BCM43xx then installing the b43-fwcutter package and allowing it to download the required firmware should work. Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scrambled screen
On Sun, 17 May 2009 08:29:07 +0100, Greg Herdman wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I'm really new to the Ubuntu scene; got involved about 6 months ago. > Everything has been working fine until a recent update session. An > incomplete update was signalled (I 'd just installed ClamTk and PiTiVi a > day or so earlier. At first the screen dropped into 'basic' low-res > mode. I managed to reset it using the appropriate desktop apppication > (forgot it's name!) but the resolution wasn't quite as previously, so I > tried to tweak it. Result - totally scrambled screen such that the > desktop is unusable. > > I've been making basic use of Live mode from the installation CD, which > works well with everything looking fine. I can access the harddrive, > save and retrieve files, read and write removable media and also print. > The downsides of Live user mode, however, are substantial, particularly > in terms of speed, so I need to get back to my original settings. > > DSo, my question - I've noted a recent thread that seems to imply that I > could reinstall over my current installation which would leave all my > files within 'home' intact. Is this so? > I'm using Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) on a desktop. > > Any ideas - much appreciated. > > Greg > > I believe the Ubiquity Preserve Home spec was targeted and achieved for Hardy. If I'm correct in this belief then you can indeed reinstall Hardy (and indeed you could upgrade to a more recent version of Ubuntu, although of course this is a matter of preference) without damaging the contents of /home, as long as you specified a separate partition for it in your original installation. If you did then you can run preserve /home quite easily (assuming I can correctly recall the steps involved in doing so): Run through the Ubuntu installer until you reach the partitioning stage Choose manual partitioning Select the partition with /home on it and choose to use it Choose the correct filesystem, but also choose NOT to format it Change the mountpoint to be /home Setup your other partitions appropriately and finish the installation Working from memory, that's the correct (and easy) procedure; it does hang on the existence of /home as a separate partition already, though. You could work around that by migrating the content to a new partition while preserving all the necessary file attributes and then choosing this partition during installation, of course. It's probably best to wait for someone else to confirm the procedure to preserve /home before you try, though; whilst I've done it many times, my memory isn't always reliable and I'd rather that it wasn't responsible for the loss of any of your data. Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] DFEY - Logo Competition - Cash Prizes
On Mon, 04 May 2009 19:38:20 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: > DFEY is having a Logo Competition. > > Top Prize: £40 > First Runner Up: £10 > > > Brief for Entries > = > > * Should be easily recognisable, visually pleasing and easily reproduced > in different mediums. > * Should echo themes of Digital Freedom, Technology, Young People and > Education. > * All entries must be licenced under Creative Commons Zero Licence > http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 > * Should be submitted in SVG format, though high resolution bitmap might > be acceptable. > * Ideally, should be created solely using free software but entries > created using non-free software will be accepted. > * Ideally, shouldn't use that many different primary colours. > * Have been emailed entry to l...@dfey.org with the SVG or other image > file attached by 23:59, 31st May 2009 > > > Eligibility of Entrants > === > > * Anyone can enter, regardless of age, geographic location etc. > * There is no limit to the number of entries per entrant > > > How to Enter > > > 1. Take a moment to read http://nw.dfey.org/wiki/Logo_Competition > 2. Send an email to l...@dfey.org with the SVG or other image file > attached by 23:59, 31st May 2009. > 3. Include a statement that you have read and understand you are "are > licencing this piece of work to us under the Creative Commons Zero > Licence v1" (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0) > 4. Please include your name and (if desired) a link to your blog/website > etc. > 5. Your entry will be processed and uploaded on to the Entries page. > http://nw.dfey.org/wiki/Logo_Competition/Entries > > --- > > Winners will be decided upon through a Schulze Method voting system. > More information at http://nw.dfey.org/wiki/Logo_Competition > > --- > > About DFEY > == > > DFEY (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in > response from a growing need to encourage and promote young people's > involvement with the free software and technical communities by creating > a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get > involved with LUGs and other technical groups. > > Find out more and get involved at www.dfey.org > Thanks for this. I'm just forwarding it on to a local youth council I'm involved in - it's not typical of our activities, but maybe I'll be able to change that. The issue of digital freedom, both in terms of surveillance and source availability, is also something we might be able to bring up in the UKYP. One of our members is an MYP so it's a possibility. Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.04: Is the (newish) GNOME logout menu controllable by keyboard?
On Mon, 04 May 2009 13:08:13 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Daniel Rhodes-Mumby wrote: > ... >> On my box running Karmic here, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Del to popup a >> shutdown >> menu, although it doesn't offer an option to logout or switch users. >> I'm pretty sure the shortcut was in Jaunty and Intrepid as well. >> >> Daniel > > Where did you get that from? I'd love to test it, but the Release > Schedule say's it's not even at Alpha 1 yet. Did you just change jaunty > to karmic in sources.list? Thanks > > - -- > Many thanks > Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) > > - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > Version: 3.1 > GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ > w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? > - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkn+2q0ACgkQ1kZz3mRu0GrM3wCfXI77CxbKv4fWAf1sZdYCyoCy > 1MYAoMuSEjYh4R2CM4sixSsP5iXCvkth > =Qbyy > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > That was pretty much it, yes, and as an aside this is one area where it really helps to make proper use of sources.list.d/ as well - it's far easier to simply sed the sources.list and not have to worry about changing PPAs back to the right version. I've got some minor dependency breakage, as always happens in a develop- ment release, and there aren't any noticeable changes yet. It's nice to be at the bleeding edge of things though - and with AS module exams in only a couple of weeks, and half a year's worth of politics and physics notes on this laptop, 'bleeding' could well be appropriate should some- thing break! Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.04: Is the (newish) GNOME logout menu controllable by keyboard?
On Sun, 03 May 2009 23:32:54 +0100, David M wrote: > > I've just upgraded both of my boxes to 9.04, and it seems (so far) to > have gone reasonably smoothly, which is a great reassurance as a couple > (only a few, mind you) of the previous Ubuntu upgrades have been a > little hairy.. > > However, 9.04 has removed the Logout/Shutdown options from the System > menu in GNOME, meaning that I have no alternative now but to use the > newish logout menu (that was introduced in 8.10, I think). > > I'd got into the habit of: > > [1], and then cursoring over to System -> Shutdown > > ..in order to shutdown my computer, but as this menu item is no longer > present, is it possible to activate the new logout menu from the > keyboard? I presume it must be somehow, as it would probably be Very Bad > from an accessibility perspective otherwise.. > > (Come to that, why does keyboarding through the menus only apply to the > menus themselves and not to any program icons that you may also have > added > to the panel?) > > > Thanks for any advice, > > > David. > > > [1] an obscure enough keyboard combo by itself, which I'd only found out > about because I'd read it somewhere.. It would probably be nice if the > Applications menu hover tooltip mentioned the existence of this keyboard > shortcut, as I'm sure few people would guess it otherwise. > On my box running Karmic here, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Del to popup a shutdown menu, although it doesn't offer an option to logout or switch users. I'm pretty sure the shortcut was in Jaunty and Intrepid as well. Daniel -- Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chkdsk for NTFS partition
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:32:29 -, Neil Greenwood wrote: > Hello all, > ... > When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that > the disk could not be mounted because of an $MFT error. It suggests > running CHKDSK /F and rebooting twice under Windows. > > However, I don't have Windows on my machine, and I was wondering > someone knows an alternative command I could run under Ubuntu. I'm > running hardy at the moment. > ... > TIA. > Cofion, > Neil. > If you install ntfsprogs then there's a utility called ntfsfix which performs a basic chkdsk and allows you to mount it cleanly. An example usage would be "sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1", obviously replacing the drive and partition appropriately. -- Daniel Rhodes-Mumby Humans are the place where the rising ape meets the falling angel. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
