Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
On 25/02/2008, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: Does sage maybe work with wine? Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do not work perfectly) and completely unsupported and non-guaranteed program? Josh I've got Sage Line 50 to work on top of wine, but it's not ideal as it just isn't as responsive as on Windows, and as you say many are reluctant to rely on it. The installer doesn't work but you can scrape an installed copy from a Windows machine. I really know very little about business accounting but I'd love to see a Linux alternative to Sage; it's one of the few small business apps stopping many companies making the big switch. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Switched hard drives
On 23/02/2008, Steve Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 11:41 +, Andy Watts wrote: Hi people l do hope that this hasn't been asked too many times before.. l have 2 hard drives in my machine, 1 with windows 2k and the other with Ubuntu on it. l've tried having them both connected to the same ribbon and rebooting with either of the 2 hard drives powered. Sadly it doesn't seem to work so l wonder whether there's a solution..Both drives are set as masters.. l don't want to have both OSs on the same hard drive Please could someone offer a solution __ Only one drive can be set as master on the same cable, the other will have to be set as slave. Or you could set both drives to 'cable select' which will make the device on the end connector the master and the one on the middle connector the slave. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection
Hi Caroline, Whilst attempting to connect to the network, I'd recommend tailing your syslog for related messages as it often helps in diagnosing which part of the connection fails. The System Log application under System Administration is good for this as you can watch all your logs at once. I'd had problems with drivers where the card fails to set variables such as the channel or encryption key, other times with cards that do not associate quickly enough to beat the timeout. Sometimes a card will take a bit longer to get traffic going and the DHCP request will time out first time round, if this is the case you can re-run it by launching dhclient from a terminal. Network Manager will forget a key and ask you for it again if you fail to connect to a network the first time round, even if the problem isn't specifically an incorrect key. HTH Tom On 23/02/2008, London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an old Dell with linux.(Ubuntu) Usually I have no problem with wirelass connection but working with a colleague who has Netgear it is proving a puzzle. There is a passphrase, but the system does not recognise it. I have tried connecting up my laptop with the router using a lead- and it actually worked for a day (and stopped asking me for the phrase) then after being away- when I returned and reconnected via the lead it has gone back to its old habits and does not recognise the laptop at all. Caroline -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I use a desktop PC as a network hub?
On 2/22/08, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right, Im setting up a p3 800mhz 256mb box as a firewall, file server, media player and to use for other stuff. Now I will have ModemPCold wireless router If I do this, I will have all network traffic coming at it through a single 10/100 connection. Instead of plugging all my wired computers into the router, can I shove some more NICs into the srever, and plug them into this, making it act as a hub as well. So Id have eth0 eth1 eth2 Will this work. As far as I know, there are two ways of achieving this. You can either configure each card on a separate subnet and set your box up to forward packets between them, or you can create a bridge device containing each ethX device you want to bridge, and they will be configured as one device. The latter is probably what you're after, I have done this before to bridge my VirtualBox VMs with the rest of my lan and it works quite well. Will I need patch or crossover cables. Whether to use a straight or crossed cable depends on the device you're using rather than the configuration. PC to PC, or hub to hub uplink demands a crossed cable, most other applications use straight cables (eg. PC to hub, hub to hub non-uplink). All help much appreciated. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside
I encounter such attitudes all the time, especially among old school businessmen. It usually changes once I boot up an Ubuntu live CD for them, but I often have to expend much dialogue in coercing them to even take a look. Tom Daniel Lamb wrote: Did anyone see the comment? I was pleased with this development until I read Linux Mike, Runcorn, United Kingdom I say we beat him until he changes his ways. No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really struggle with that. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 00:02 +, James Grabham wrote: WOW I REALLY WANT ONE!!! The reason I never got an eee was the ridiculous price - £220!!?? I will start saving ASAP (Being 15, money is always scarce) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?
Eddie Armstrong wrote: Sorry to ask MS stuff here but I have been trying for days to find an answer to this and hope some of you may be able to help. I have been given two old PCs with MS XP Pro SP2 installed and licence OEM sticker on the sides and would like to re-install clean XP Pro and dual boot Ubuntu. From what I have been able to decode from MS licence agreement by upgrading these machines I am legally entitled to OEM status. Is this true? I also understand that any OEM XP Pro SP2 disc will do? However I have no OEM disc , Amazon sell a new one for £84 but I already have licences that go with the machines. Does anybody know where I can obtain a OEM disc, cheap? Obviously I want this to be legal so users of the PC can use XP or Ubuntu legally. Any help appreciated. Eddie Hi Eddie, You're right, any OEM install disc will do as long as you have valid license stickers/serial numbers. I use a mastered ISO which has every version of XP in both OEM and retail flavours on the one CD. One of these should do the job: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=windows+xp+9+in+1+torrent If your serial keys are valid and you aren't cloning them onto more than one machine each, you should be perfectly legal and be able to get through MS phone-home validation no problem. I've had to call up the automatic helpline many times but it always validates you in the end. If you're doing dual boot, I recommend pre-partitioning your system with an Ubuntu live CD, then installing XP, then installing Ubuntu. If you do it in this order the configuration of grub will be done for you by the Ubuntu installer. Hope this helps, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?
Eddie Armstrong wrote: Tom Bamford wrote: I use a mastered ISO which has every version of XP in both OEM and retail flavours on the one CD. Thanks Tom - Am dl as we speak. How does 9 - 1 work? If I burn an iso (will K3B do?) and boot one of the machines with it do I just choose the appropraite OS from a menu or sometning? If your serial keys are valid and you aren't cloning them onto more than one machine each, Well they should be valid - they upgrade OK - but there is too much mess/unknown on the PCs - I' want to give clean installs to people. If you're doing dual boot, I recommend pre-partitioning your system with an Ubuntu live CD, Thanks - have done this particular op many times This OEM disc could potentially save the day! Thanks Eddie Yeah you get an isolinux/syslinux based boot menu giving you all the versions to choose from. I'm not sure exactly how it works, whether it unpacks a compressed image for the version you choose or whether it just uses the same set of files but a different rollout per version. It's probably something like the latter, because the CD works post-installation whenever Windows asks you for the install disc (say for reinstalling drivers, windows components etc), and the all-important I386 directory is present as with a normal copy of Windows. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:52:46PM +, Tom Bamford wrote: You're right, any OEM install disc will do as long as you have valid license stickers/serial numbers. I use a mastered ISO which has every version of XP in both OEM and retail flavours on the one CD. One of these should do the job: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=windows+xp+9+in+1+torrent I'd really rather we didn't promote software piracy on this list. Whatever the status and legality of the license the fact is that using bittorrent in this way means you are _sharing_ the (copyrighted) software that you are downloading. You will notice that the vast majority of legal threats have been thrown at people who are sharing content, as such I don't think we should advocate either downloading or sharing of copyrighted software, whatever the source. Thanks, Al. My apologies, I wouldn't encourage anyone to run unlicensed commercial software, though there is an arguable legal difference between the distribution medium and the license. It won't do you any good to download and install this anyway unless you have a valid unique license key, MS product activation will see to it that your system completely disables itself if you run unlicensed for over 30 days. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops
Andrew Oakley wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Basically what I want to do is send the second monitor output to an LCD TV (but not have a complete MythTV installation) which I can just play videos on. snip Then just grab the window you want (eg. MythTV) and drag it off your first monitor and onto your second monitor. For example, if you selected extend the default screen to the RIGHT then you just drag the window to the right border and it jumps over to the other monitor. Then put the program into fullscreen mode. And that's it. It just works, most of the time. I do this on my laptop quite frequently. The only confusion is if you are running Compiz (Advanced Desktop Effects) - you may need to turn off Edge Flip Move under Rotate Cube to prevent it from simply rotating/switching virtual desktops when you drag a window to the screen edge. I use Nvidia Twinview for my two monitors and it works great. You should be able to do the same with Xinerama. It gives you the glorious ability to move windows from one screen to the other, and have your Compiz desktop cube pan across both screens as one mega cube. If you make Mplayer or gxine etc go fullscreen they only expand to fill the monitor they are on, leaving you to use the other screen. VirtualBox also does the same in fullscreen mode, which gives me Ubuntu/Gnome in one screen and Windows in the other, with the ability to move the mouse from one to the other seamlessly. Most applications open up on the screen where the cursor is rather than remembering where they were last, so you don't end up losing new windows underneath a fullscreen app on the other monitor. I love it compared to running two X servers, it's more flexible IMO. I'm also addicted to Oolite which in this configuration pans across both monitors for a mega widescreen cockpit view :-) Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection
London School of Puppetry wrote: Hi there,I usually have no problem with connecting to wifi, except today I was in a place where it is netgear. Impossible. I was given the password but nothing happened, tried switching on and off, but nothing- then using a default system code,, caused the other PC in the house to lose connection completely. Any ideas how I might have connected? Is linux incompatible? Caroline (Lsp) -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com http://www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com Try tailing your syslog (via System Administration Log Viewer) while your PC tries to connect, you'll at least be able to find out where the problem lies. Sometimes my Atheros card goes ape and refuses to associate, for which I have to unload and load the kernel module for my card. Other times I've had dhcp problems such as Kris mentioned. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?
Rob Beard wrote: Maybe someone else might want to advise on partitioning the drives, I can never remember if /var should have more space than /usr. IIRC it's down to what you want to use the server for. Rob /var is where the logs go, as well as MySQL databases and Apache's default document root - I always partition this separately to prevent it filling up the entire disk should something suddenly bloat in size. The only other volume I tend to keep separate is /home for obvious reasons, in my experience /usr is unlikely to fill up unless you specifically tell it to (ie. installing loads of new software). Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site
Rob Beard wrote: Josh Blacker wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Andy Watts wrote: Many thanks guys l also found the answer at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonfree lt's up and running now, just wish the news wasn't so depressing :) What about the news about the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth teaching fish to think? Rob Is it not just a little depressing they even put that on the news? Josh Maybe it's a slow news day? Rob BBC, Sky, ITN all suck big time. Try watching Al Jazeera, there's always something fairly important or interesting on there, and no entertainment news (a contradictory term in itself). Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site
Tom Bamford wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Josh Blacker wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Andy Watts wrote: Many thanks guys l also found the answer at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonfree lt's up and running now, just wish the news wasn't so depressing :) What about the news about the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth teaching fish to think? Rob Is it not just a little depressing they even put that on the news? Josh Maybe it's a slow news day? Rob BBC, Sky, ITN all suck big time. Try watching Al Jazeera, there's always something fairly important or interesting on there, and no entertainment news (a contradictory term in itself). Tom Forgot CNN, which is also pretty weak on content. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] news services was: BBC news site
Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:31:42PM +, Tom Bamford wrote: Forgot CNN, which is also pretty weak on content. Reminds me of an American guy I worked with last year. Him: You know, they need adverts on the BBC! Me: Why!? Him: Because I gotta take a pee sometimes, and I can't miss what's on! Me: Okay Him: And another thing, your BBC is so biased! Me: Right, what channel would you watch in preference then? Him: Fox! Fair and Balanced! *boggle* Al. I guess everyone has their viewing preference; the same 15 minutes of lukewarm headlines over and over again is not for me, nor any US-b[i]ased station. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site
Seif Attar wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | BBC, Sky, ITN all suck big time. Try watching Al Jazeera, there's always | something fairly important or interesting on there, and no | entertainment news (a contradictory term in itself). I like the jazeera news (I get it from the Sky News package), it helps give a different view on things and covers more international news, I like BBC as well, but there are some things jazeera covers that BBC never mentions (unless a briton was involved). i just wanted to try al-jazzera online now, while I am at work (windows machine) and I needed to install real player plugin, tried to do it from firefox, it failed, tried to do it manually and I had to register to real player all the non-sense, vnced to my machine at home, tried it from there on ubuntu, and I guess it works (saw mplayer run but no video, maybe a vnc thing). those restriced and extra packages in the repos, I think they make it easier to get plugins and codecs for ubuntu that it is for windows! I use the gxine plugin for Firefox (gxineplugin in the repos) which works well for the free stream, the mplayer plugin should work as well. They have a flash-based stream as well but it's only 100 minutes free viewing before you have to subscribe. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] External drive.... Grrr
Andy Watts wrote: Hi people could some kind soul desipher the following dmesg output for me please. it's a drive that XP recognises ok [11226.398993] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 18 [11226.578921] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11226.862848] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11227.142763] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 19 [11227.322706] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11227.606619] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11227.886534] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 20 [11228.294392] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 20, error -62 [11228.470354] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 21 [11228.878213] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 21, error -62 [11229.182136] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 22 [11229.362080] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11229.645982] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11229.925890] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 23 [11230.105851] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11230.389770] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [11230.669676] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 24 [11231.077533] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 24, error -62 [11231.253484] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 25 [11231.661356] usb 2-3: device not accepting address 25, error -62 [11595.778861] UDF-fs: No VRS found [11596.570292] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 [11598.002033] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Many thanks Hi, It looks similar to messages generated on machines I've had problems with USB. If you have another drive to test, can you tell if it's just that device with a problem or all USB storage devices you try to use? Is it an optical drive you're trying with? Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] what does this message in kino mean?
Javad Ayaz wrote: The IEEE 1394 subsystem is not responding The raw1394 module must be loaded, and you must have read and write access to /dev/raw1394 Ok so what does this mean and how can i fix it? should i fix it? I have no digital cameras/camera of any sort attached! Regards Javad The message is about your Firewire support. If you don't use Firewire for attaching video/storage devices you won't be so affected. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM backs Ubuntu
Mac wrote: You may already have seen this interesting development... http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=7193print Mac That's pretty cool. I've been using Ubuntu to persuade businesses to ditch Microsoft and this will definately help because business oriented collaboration is one area that Microsoft has got covered to a tee. I also like IBM because of their Linux support, my Thinkpad is fully supported out of the box with Ubuntu. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to change hdd/partition numbering
Vitorio Okio wrote: I've deleted with GParted unwanted Dell Utility partition sited the first on my HDD. This partition was set as /dev/sda1, so all others followed correspondignly: /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, etc. Now after deleting and booting back in Ubuntu my now first partition is still marked as /dev/sda2. And all others follow. How can I change this? I would like my first partition being set /dev/ sda1, etc.? Thank you Hi, You can renumber your partitions but you'll need a live CD to do it with. Assuming you have either backed up your entire system or you don't care if you nuke it by accident or by means of a power cut - boot off the live cd, then run (in a terminal window) sudo fdisk /dev/sda Press x to go into the fdisk advanced menu, then press f to fix the partition order. You'll need to update your grub configuration, so mount your /boot (or /) partition in a temporary location and locate your system's /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Update any partition references in the notation hd(0,1) - the second number may have to be knocked down one to reflect the new order. I would also check to see if any of your partition UUIDs have changed as a result of renumbering them. Open your grub menu file in one window and a terminal in the other. Run this command in the terminal ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid to list your partition UUIDs and manuall inspect your grub file to make sure they match up. Make any corrections where necessary, making sure the line root=UUID=1234567890 parameter is correct on any line beginning with the word kernel. Once done, save the menu file, unmount your partitions and reboot your system. Hopefully it will boot, if not then note down any errors and reboot into the live CD. Hope this helps, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to change hdd/partition numbering
Vitorio Okio wrote: Unfortunately it did not worked. Here is the actual output of my try. At the first run fdisk reported partitions out of order after printing the partition table. Then after applying 'x' and 'f' it reported that partition order was successfully changed. In reality though it left the partition table untouched. And it starts from sda2, etc. as before the fix. The only difference is that fdisk is now happy :-) and does not report partitions are out of order anymore. Oops, I forgot to say actually that you will need to enter 'w' in fdisk (whilst in the main menu) to make it write the changes to disk. I am aware of another way that I is described in Linux Partition HOWTO as a partition table recovery after deleting partition (and this is exactly my case) It also was advised me in another newsgroup. It is much harder though, since it involves the deletion of each of the existing partition and careful recreation of them using new ordering numbers but same partition data (start, end, units, etc.) from the existing partition table. I'll give it try tomorrow. That sounds a bit dangerous - does that work by recovering the partition structure after the partition table is changed/wiped? Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing
Stephen Garton wrote: On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i tried this cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob /dev/sda5.vob but it didnt work!! any ideas? Javad, Try cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi_all.vob or cd /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob mehndi_joined.vob You're specifying the device file rather than the mount point. Rather use the directory where the hda5 partition is mounted, eg. /mnt/hda5 or /media/hda5 Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing
Javad Ayaz wrote: tried both even cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob mehndi_joined.vob but still no joy!! The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it? Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case sensitive. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu cd damaging windows paritions?
Farran wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 17:45 +, Rob Beard wrote: gord wrote: i would be careful, its likely that something has gone wrong with windows because... well its windows.. and that they are blaming this strange thing you put on the computer once that they are unfamiliar with. live cds are very careful not to do anything that could hurt the currently installed systems (if they did there would be an outcry) Yup, that's a common thing amongst less knowledgeable computer users. If something goes wrong they'll blame the last knowledgeable (or maybe no to knowledgeable) person, even if it's a fault of their own or the operating system/application. I've had that a few times. Rob thanks guys yes, those issues mentioned are generally what happened - the majority of the time, I was demonstrating the ulimate power of linux (how it would work with minimal config) and attempting to fix windows' admin issues through editing the files. So yes, in most cases I had accessesed the hard drive. My Music teacher wasn't happy; I argued for a couple of minutes using most of what's been mentioned, until I realised it was fruitless, and questioned you lot for some solid evidence! No luck, however, on the admin issues... Cheers === Farran Lee I'm only 15 You shouldn't experience any problems after accessing a Windows partition after mounting it in Ubuntu as long as you unmount it safely or you let the live CD reboot the machine. If the reported errors were indeed only MS chkdsk, Windows only performs a quick check on the filesystem, it's more for show than anything else to let you know "Windows is back in control". Unless I'm wrong, FAT32/NTFS partitions will always be checked by Windows if it sees they have been accessed since it was last shut down, regardless of whether it was safely unmounted or not. This could seem like an unpredictable event to many users, especially since the disk check shows a famous Microsoft-blue colour background, but nothing is wrong. Tell your teacher it's yet another antiquated feature from 1995 that Microsoft have failed to bring into the 21st century, Ubuntu would "never" behave in such a manner unless it was important. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?
Sean Miller wrote: On 1/12/08, *Alan Pope* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:53:13PM +, Chris Rowson wrote: Are you entirely sure chaps? I thought JeOS was a bare-bones operating system designed for people to base virtual appliances on. Tht makes more sense, yes :) I don't actually understand this at all... I, like you, thought that JeOS would be the base operating system and then you'd install VMWare on that and then the Operating System on top of that, hence cutting out the overhead of a large bloated core operating system. I think I'm missing something, but if anybody could explain the rationale behind running JeOS in a virtual machine I'd be grateful... Sean When you're building a distributable virtual appliance you want your OS to be start as small as possible. If you use Ubuntu Server you've got a lot more unnecessary bloat to cut down on. Virtual machines tend to run specific tasks, rather than be multi-function servers. Resources in a VM are also more precious than on a host OS because they are rationed by the host software. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?
Michael Holloway wrote: Has anybody else tried jeOS yet? I have tried it on 3 different VMWare servers, 2 AMD based, and one Intel. No matter how hard i try, i cant get it to work. It installs fine, and then freezes on boot, failing to load the Kernel. It would appear that it cant mount the drive. Even when i edit the grub parameters to use /dev/sda1 instead of the UUID. Even after booting from the CD and reinstalling grub etc etc. I've tried to use SCSI and IDE hard drives (i mean virtual hard drives) to no avail. Any one got any ideas, or come across the problem? Googling has not resulted in anything useful. btw , these 3 vmware servers are all running various other versions of Ubuntu, from 6.06 to 7.10. I've just installed JeOS 7.10 on VMware Workstation 6.0.2 on an Ubuntu 7.10 i386 host. It installed perfectly using an IDE emulated hard disk and now it's updated. One cool thing I noticed is that the VMware guest kernel modules are included already in JeOS, that is vmhgfs, vmblock, vmxnet and vmmemctl. I used to have a problem installing Dapper Server 6.06 on older versions of VMware. The solution I found was to use the desktop kernel rather than the server kernel as I couldn't get the server kernel to boot on virtual hardware. It's been ages since I had this problem though, I doubt it's even the same issue. What version of VMware software are you running? Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] SSH question
Alan Pope wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:56:30PM +, Stephen Garton wrote: Hi Al, On 12/01/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:13:56AM +, Stephen Garton wrote: On a box at home, I have ssh running on a non-specific high numbered port. Is it possible to also have it (ssh) listen on port 22, but limit it to computers on the local network? Why also have it on 22? Why not just edit ~/.ssh/config and add a line like this:- Host box Port (or whatever the hostname and port number is) I do/did. When I had (continuing your example) Port on it's own in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (please let me know if this is not the one I should be using, as it is the one I have stored in my notes that are a year or two old on how to use ssh!) Tomboy reported it couldn't contact the host. I am talking about the client not the server. Put that line in ~/.ssh/config on the _client_ and that tells it what port the server uses. The reason for asking is that I'd like to do things like synchronise my tomboy notes over ssh, but there is nowhere in tomboy (that I can find) to configure the port for the add-in. I do the above for exactly this reason. Sorry, I think I'm lost. Will tomboy sync over ssh when a non-standard port is used? Yes. On my server I have /etc/ssh/sshd_config set to , on my client I have ~/.ssh/config set to tell my client what port the server is on. Job done. It works. Cheers, Al. I don't bother changing the server port for sshd, it's security through obscurity. The crackers who only look for your server on port 22 are more of a nuisance than anything else, there's no way they'll get in unless you have a seriously crap password. If someone puts more effort into it they'll find your server no matter what port it's on, and it's them you'll have to worry about. You could also just disable password authentication and set yourself up key-based access to your boxes. I also use FreeNX for remote access to Gnome desktops which doesn't yet work properly when you use a different port and block password authentication. So I just use Denyhosts to block clients that fail authentication, 1 try for the root account and 3 tries for any other account. They get blocked almost instantly using /etc/hosts.deny and I get emailed with their IP and hostname. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy gets thumbs up in Micromart
I just read an article in Micro Mart mag by a self-proclaimed linux noob called Jason d'Allison. He set out to install Gutsy after hearing good things about it, and although it took him 3 weeks to secure a machine to install it on, after two weeks he was enjoying the difference and after another two weeks seems to have completely switched from Windows. In his words I can't live without the Gibbon now. More good press for Ubuntu :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jerky Streaming Video.
Andrew Jenkins wrote: Whenever I try to watch any streaming video such as BBC iPlayer or YouTube things aren't right. After a few minutes the video will start to pause and jump in short bursts, the sound is fine. I'm guessing that my machine cannot cope (or at least the video card can't), when this happens the processor fan will have wound up to flat-out. The laptop in question is a Sony Vaio with a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 and 1Gb of RAM, more than enough for video. I know the internet connection isn't to blame as my wifes 1.7GHz Toshiba (connected via the same wireless access point) manages the video no problem. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with Gnome 2.2 and using Firefox 2.0.0.11 to watch the video. Running 'top' shows FF is using around 7% CPU when the video is paused and more like 85% when the video is playing. Anybody have any ideas where to start looking? Andy Jenkins. I would start with the flash plugin as that's what YouTube and the BBC iPlayer uses. What version of flash do you have installed? Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] PCI ADSL modem on Linux
Hello, Does anyone know of a PCI ADSL modem that works well with Ubuntu? I have three of them at home (Nokia, Zoom and an unbranded Conexant-based one) and none of them seem to work in Linux. If I could find one that works I'd have my Ubuntu box run my entire network, including being my wireless access point, but I'm stuck with using a standalone unit supplied by my ISP. I'm not fond of USB models, even though I've got my SpeedTouch 330 USB to work I like to have everything inside the box (I know I could rig up a usb modem internally but it's too much like hard work for a bodge job). I've also been searching for a half decent PSTN modem as well, and a few weeks ago I found a MultiTech MultiModem ZBA which I have to say is a superb piece of kit that works extremely well in Linux. Just passing on my knowledge on the off chance someone finds it useful! Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE Flash Card Readers - Recommendations
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 15:47 +, Tom Bamford wrote: snip / However, recent versions of Ubuntu have shown all my laptop drives, including CF memory cards, as SCSI devices (/dev/sd* as opposed to /dev/hd*). My desktop dies a horrible death if I try to do the same with one of its hard drives, which are still shown as traditional /dev/hd* devices. Hope this helps shed some light. This is to do with the new(er) versions of kernel 2.6 - now all HDDs are displayed as /dev/sd* regardless of whether they are IDE, SCSI or SATA. I can't remember the reasoning behind it, however I remember thinking that makes sense at the time! HTH, M Yeah it's something to do with the scsi/sata drivers now handling IDE devices, it caused me some grief at first because I used to hot-swap my laptop drives with a KDE utility which stopped working (I since found the /sys/class tree which I can use to add and remove controllers). But my desktop still has /dev/hd* devices and it's running the exact same Ubuntu kernel as my lappy. I don't really understand but as long as it works I'm happy :-) Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE Flash Card Readers - Recommendations
Hi, My laptop (Thinkpad) has a CompactFlash slot which is essentially a PC-card slot shrunk down. It's on the PCI bus and when you insert a CF card it emulates an IDE device. It's hot swappable, but so are the IDE controllers for the hard drives in the laptop and in the docking station which allows me to pop out a hard drive or optical drive after unmounting it. However, recent versions of Ubuntu have shown all my laptop drives, including CF memory cards, as SCSI devices (/dev/sd* as opposed to /dev/hd*). My desktop dies a horrible death if I try to do the same with one of its hard drives, which are still shown as traditional /dev/hd* devices. Hope this helps shed some light. I'm no expert but I reckon a USB reader would be your best bet for a desktop machine, as Lee said most modern motherboards will boot from a USB mass storage device. Regards, Tom Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Lee Thanks. OK, next question is how do laptops with in built card readers do it? I admit I'm not sure if they are connected to the USB, PCI or IDE but presuming it's the USB is there anything I need to look out for when looking for a card reader, apart from what I've already mentioned? The ability to boot from a CF card is not on my immiediate horizon, although to use it as a place to run apps from may well be. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LeeGroups Sent: 06 January 2008 15:17 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE Flash Card Readers - Recommendations Hands up, I'm confused! I'm trying to find myself a Card REader that will specifically take CF and SD cards that I can connect to my IDE that supports hot, err thingy that allows you to take the cards in and out without powering the PC down. Don't think this feature is supported on Linux yet, but my PC is dual boot and this reader is at the moment to be used with the M$ installation, but I don't want to get hardware that's not going to be Linux compatible. Does anyone have any recommendations? I primarily want IDE as I intend to hard mount it into one of the drive bays of my home PC. I've looked at Linux Emporium, Amazon, Dabs, LinEx and a few others that I came across, and although I found a lot of readers, none give those reassuring words of Linux / Unix compatible. I'm pretty sure IDE doesn't support hot swapping within it's specification... That said some of the more expensive PCI RAID controller cards, like the ones from 3Ware, support it, but it's down to the cards electronics and the cards drivers, I doubt any generic motherboard IDE interface will let you do this... The better option may to boot from a USB card reader, most new motherboards can do this with a setting in the bios Lee -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration
Mark Allison wrote: Hi there, I have 6 PCs at home, and have them all connected to a Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL modem. Some PCs are connected directly, others via wireless. The current topology is: ADSL Router--Home LAN One of my PCs is an Ubuntu server running squid and dansguardian and I'd like to configure the network as follows: ADSL Router--ubuntu-server--Gigabit wireless switch--Home LAN The bit that's missing is the gig wireless switch. Do such things exist? If not how else can I configure the network? I need it to be gigabit because the ubuntu server is running BackupPC and throws around a lot of data. Any insights appreciated! Thanks, Mark. Hi, If you don't want or need the Ubuntu server to be the firewall/gateway between your network and the Internet, the simplest solution would be to leave your wireless modem router running as it is and just buy a Gigabit switch, then plug your DG834G box and your server (plus any other wired machines) into the new switch. The existing wireless part of your network will be kept as it is but you'll have a Gigabit backbone for your cabled machines. If you want fully functioning local DNS then you can do as Rob recommends and set up dhcp3-server on your Ubuntu machine together with bind9 with dynamic updates. You'll then have a network where all your machines will be identifiable by their hostname by every other machine regardless of its operating system. As a side note, it may be worth looking to see if there is any newer firmware for your DG834G modem/router at http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/DG834G.asp. Some DG834* boxes I have worked with have had performance issues with older firmware so if you aren't running the latest firmware for your model it is worth considering updating it. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates
Tony Arnold wrote: Kirrus, Kirrus wrote: Just seen this on the BBC news site... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm Anyone got any questions? How about asking him if he plans to invest any of his money in some key open source projects? Regards, Tony. That's a valid question considering open source is really beginning to lower barriers to technology for the third world. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facing up to Facebook
If it is this article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/01/facebook.socialnetworking) you are referring to, it doesn't say that Facebook have pulled Beacon, only modified it to stop posting purchasing information publically. It sounds like they still use the system with the same basic deal with their advertisers. Tom MailGroups wrote: The irony of the piece is that below it is a link to another Guardian article about how Facebook have pulled Beacon, the application that does this nonsense... Back in November... Lee On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 19:30 +, alan c wrote: The Guardian Technology section today has a heavily negative piece about Facebook and personal data and advertising related stuff, and also how it seems impossible to close your account. I did open a facebook account a while back because of ubuntu activity, however, I very much doubt I will be using it in future. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/20/facebook.privacy -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?
Mac wrote: alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I certainly will not be putting any money seagate (or maxtor) way until further notice! Got any thoughts about what to use instead? D I like Hitachi/IBM Deskstar drives and Freecom enclosures. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.
Scrase, Eddie wrote: I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to a file which was something along the lines of: /etc/initrd/rc0 I see Ubuntu has similar files so if I wanted to have an application run at startup which file should I edit and add the command to? Having just had to do this on my system, I'd like to share what I learnt with those that might not already know. The steps are: 1. Create your script file. There is a template file (/etc/init.d/skeleton) that you can use, although (as what I was doing was trivial) I didn't bother using it myself. All I did was add the line #! /bin/sh to top of the script and checked that parameter $1 was set to be start. 2. Copy your script to /etc/init.d. and then use the update-rc.d command to install it. Adding the remove parameter to this command will uninstall your script. Can't you just add the commands you want to /etc/rc.local ? Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))
Philip Newborough wrote: Regarding the original question, I'm too looking into hosting options for e-mail. I've been considering paying the $50 per year for the Google Apps service. I've been using the standard Gmail service for a number of years now and I'm quite happy with it. I think the extra features of the Google Apps service would only improve an already good reliable service. Philip Google Apps has a free option which isn't too shabby. I'm using it for a couple of domains with no problems so far. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.
Andrew Jenkins wrote: Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and have hit a problem. Once I've created the first partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the error as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1 mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option fat=16. mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system And that's where it all stops. I can't imagine a FAT12 will be any good to him as it's going to be connected to a Windows machine. So any ideas anyone? Andy Jenkins How big is the drive? FAT16 partitions can only be up to 2GB. FAT32 uses diskspace more efficiently anyway - a 2GB FAT16 volume will have a default cluster size of 32KB compared to FAT32's 4KB, meaning that any files under 32KB in size will take up at least 32KB on disk, even 0 byte files. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.
Kris Douglas wrote: On 06/12/2007, *Tom Bamford* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and have hit a problem. Once I've created the first partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the error as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1 mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option fat=16. mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system And that's where it all stops. I can't imagine a FAT12 will be any good to him as it's going to be connected to a Windows machine. So any ideas anyone? Andy Jenkins How big is the drive? FAT16 partitions can only be up to 2GB. FAT32 uses diskspace more efficiently anyway - a 2GB FAT16 volume will have a default cluster size of 32KB compared to FAT32's 4KB, meaning that any files under 32KB in size will take up at least 32KB on disk, even 0 byte files. Regards, Tom snip Which was why i asked for the need of fatass16 -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net http://www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought so, but I hadn't seen your reply when I posted. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no start up screen
norman wrote: When I switch my computer on the first thing I expect to see is a screen about Intel and from which, if I so wish, I can access the bios set up. Since installing Edubuntu this does not happen. All I get is a blank screen plus an error message complaining about the video support. This eventually changes to the usual signing on screen and there are no more complaints. When I boot using Windows XP I get the Intel screen as expected. I know that Edubuntu performs as it should and there are no complaints but I do like things to be correct. What can I do to try to identify the problem and then put it right? Norman The symptoms you describe are strange in that the bios splash is affected, but a blank screen between booting and login could be down to usplash using an incorrect resolution. It should be set to the same as your X screen resolution at install time but I've had occasions where it's been set to something way beyond the graphics card and monitor capabilities on laptops and desktops. The setting is in /etc/usplash.conf. If you change it, you must run 'sudo update-initramfs -u' (no quotes) for it to take effect. Hope this helps Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it
norman wrote: Okay ill stop rambling... my suggestion is to use the Ubuntu live CD and partition your hard-drive accordingly, and format all the partitions. but don't install Ubuntu. I would also suggest making a 200MB /boot partition at the beginning of the HDD. Then install Windows, check that it works, then install Ubuntu. That sounds good but how do I arrange for the 200MB /boot partition? Gparted is as good a tool as any for partitioning. Booting into the live CD there should be a menu entry labelled 'Partition Editor' under System Administration. With this you should be able to delete any partitions on the disk and create new ones as you see fit. I would also recommend having a partition for /boot, it keeps your Grub installation separate no matter which OS you reinstall. You only need to create the partitions, assigning them appropriate mount points (/, /boot etc) is not necessary as this is handled by the Ubuntu installer. To answer your MBR question, yes the Ubuntu installer will overwrite a Windows bootloader if present on the MBR. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to fix Gnome problem
Mac wrote: Daniel Thanks for your reassuring advice. I've now tried the reconfig. Sad to say, I still get the 'Your session has been saved' message when I click the log out button; the proper log out screen does not appear; instead, the shutdown wav file plays, the screen clears to the desktop image, and then the log on screen reappears. Groundhog day! I have to do a Ctrl+Alt+F1, and issue the sudo shutdown 0 command to get to a point where I can turn the computer off. I think a reinstall may be the only solution. :-( Mac Before you nuke your system, have you tried adding a new user account and logging in and out with that? The problem may lie in your home directory files rather than 'in the system' somewhere. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: As promised, here is my report back. The old hard drive was out of the machine and waiting to be transplanted into the new one. The side was removed from the new box and then, horror upon horrors, where had the nice, wide, grey ribbon cable gone? All I could see connected to the hard drive was a narrow, red ribbon cable and nowhere to attach another drive. Thus, until a new idea strikes the little grey cells, the project is on hold. As far as I can see, time has passed me by and perhaps it is time for Rip van Winkle to go back to sleep. Norman It sounds like you've got a serial ATA drive, nice but incompatible. Are you sure you don't have a spare IDE connector on your motherboard? Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: If that is the case you will probably have to change some of the jumpers on the ide devices themselves. You should set the jumpers on the hard drive (ide) to master, and the jumpers on the CD drive to slave. Then connect the ide hard drove to the first connection on the cable and the CD drive to the second connection point. Which connection do you mean by first, the one nearest the CD drive or nearest to the mother board? When you are setting your drives by jumper to be master or slave, the cabling order has no effect. The first connector is the one at the end, furthest away from the end plugged into the motherboard, but this only matters when you set your drives to 'cable select' (neither explicit master nor slave). Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: If I'm following correctly, the Ubuntu drive is SATA. Therefore it doesn't come into master/slave debate. That is correct and interesting. Does that mean I could just plug in another SATA drive without having to worry about setting jumpers etc? I don't have much experience with SATA drives so my help is limited. I believe you can have one SATA drive per header/connector meaning no need for jumpers. Some controllers are hot swappable so you can plug drives in and out without turning off your machine (except for the drive you are booting from of course). Assuming the Ubuntu drive is fully working and Grub is installed to the MBR, can you post the menu.lst and device.map files the from /boot/grub/ directory to the pastebin (or to this list)? Then we can see the current configuration and maybe make suggestions about what needs to be changed. Please explain to this ignorant one what is the MBR and how do things get installed there? There have been no changes made to menu.lst other than the few lines right at the end which I was advised to put there, these are:- title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 device.map is simply:- (hd0) /dev/sda I would have thought there should be some reference to hd1. Grub doesn't update the device.map unless you ask it to, so new drives don't get immediately recognised. You can run the 'update-grub' script from a terminal on the live CD to have Ubuntu rewrite the file, although I don't think there's any harm in editing it yourself. In any case you'll need an extra line in device.map for your second drive: (hd0) /dev/hda Not sure if your other drive will be /dev/hda, it could also be hdb, hdc or hdd, depending on which controller it's connected to and whether it's the master or slave to your optical drive. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: MBR, can you post the menu.lst and device.map files the from /boot/grub/ directory to the pastebin (or to this list)? Then we can see the current configuration and maybe make suggestions about what needs to be changed. Please explain to this ignorant one what is the MBR and how do things get installed there? Sorry, forgot to mention that the Master Boot Record is a small section before any partitions on your disk where the bootloader (Grub) sits. Actually Grub is too big for the MBR so only a small piece of Grub is stored there - the rest is self-loaded from the files in your /boot/grub directory. You don't write to the MBR like you would a partition, this is taken care of by the bootloader install program. If you were installing Windows to the same drive as Ubuntu you'd hit problems because Windows would rewrite the MBR with its own simpleton loader instead of Grub. When you boot from a hard drive, your BIOS tries to execute whatever lies in the MBR. If there's no bootloader the BIOS tries to execute the very first thing on the 'active' or 'boot' partition. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
I would install Windows in the same way but after Windows is installed, you can set the Windows drive to slave and reconnect your Ubuntu drive as master. Then just add this entry to your grub menu after the line that reads END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS: title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 Windows still recognises itself as being on the master drive thanks to grub. Regards, Tom Keith Gregory wrote: The way I would do that is 1 Disconnect Ubuntu drive 2 Add Windows hard drive as primary drive, Boot and install drivers etc. 3 Reconnect Ubuntu drive configured as slave 4 Boot from Ubuntu install disk using repair option see if that will reconfigure grub for you kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
Keith Gregory wrote: norman wrote: Sorry to keep labouring the point but, please, to avoid total confusion which do I make the master, Ubuntu or Windows? Norman The easiest way is to make windows the master, Ubuntu the slave kfg Yep, then reverse the drive order once Windows is set up. If you do it this way you won't have to keep changing the BIOS boot order as well, just keep it set to boot from the first drive. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd rom-gutsy doesnt see!!!
Enter the setup program as your machine is booting. Usually you press Delete, F1 or F2, a message should display with the right key to hit. Tom Javad Ayaz wrote: sorry, at work at the mo. Ill have to check when i go home! How can i know whether my CMOS can see it or not? On 26/11/2007, *Tom Bamford* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's an ATA or SATA drive can your CMOS program see it? Tom Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, Im not sure what ive done ...(well havent disconnected any cables thats for sure)...but now my system cant see my DVD rom. Any ideas please? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot problem
Sometimes the Windows boot files get messed about for which a reinstall may not be necessary. Try booting from a Windows install cd and entering recovery mode. You'll be asked for your Administrator password - just press enter if it is blank. You'll get a recovery console with limited commands; type 'fixboot' followed by 'exit' (no quotes) and try booting Windows. If no luck, repeat and type 'fixmbr' then 'exit' at the same console. The latter command will likely destroy grub but this is easy to fix. If you resort to reinstalling Windows, obviously be careful not to tamper with or destroy the Ubuntu partitions but this will also result in no more grub. To fix grub boot into an Ubuntu live CD and open up a terminal window. Type 'sudo grub' to enter the grub console and enter the following (substituting your partition numbers where applicable). root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) quit The numbering begins at zero and I assume you installed Windows first, putting your Edubuntu root partition as the second one on your first hard drive (drive 0, partition 1). Post the current contents of your /boot/grub/menu.lst file if you would like further clarification. Hope this helps, Tom norman wrote: I have recently installed windows 2K and Edubuntu to give a dual boot set up for my granddaughter. Edubuntu is great and she is really enjoying using it. However, I am unable to boot the windows system. When I select it from the starting menu the usual start bar appears followed by the dreaded blue screen and a message saying that it could not boot. Please, could some kind person advise me on how to overcome this difficulty. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash
Ha ha ha, that made me chuckle. Albert Vilella wrote: Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm Got it? No? MS Explorer? ... :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash
That would be better with an End Now... button :p Alan Pope wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:28:36PM +, Albert Vilella wrote: Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm Got it? No? MS Explorer? ... :-) http://www.jimcromwell.com/landfill/explorerok.jpg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd rom-gutsy doesnt see!!!
If it's an ATA or SATA drive can your CMOS program see it? Tom Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, Im not sure what ive done ...(well havent disconnected any cables thats for sure)...but now my system cant see my DVD rom. Any ideas please? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus Eee PC video review
I like it, it's a nice piece of kit for the money, especially if you factor in a built-in 3G modem/phone. If you're looking to splash out a few more notes (say 2-3 times the price) one of my friends has just got a Toshiba Libretto u100 running Ubuntu. Despite being about the same size as the Eee (although a bit thicker granted) it's a P4 equivalent with 1GB ram, 64mb graphics, Wifi, bluetooth and a 1280x768-capable 7 inch widescreen - you can't even see individual pixels it's so good. Tom Alan Pope wrote: Saw this today and thought people might be interested in it. http://www.unwiredshow.tv/2007/10/31/14-asus-eee-pc/ He reviews the Eee PC (200 quid Linux Based PC) and seems to quite like it. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Hi Norman, As someone who tries to get everyone I help off Windows and onto Ubuntu, I've had to come up with some unusual solutions. For most needs excluding 3D graphics I'd recommend installing Windows 2000/XP on a virtual machine. If you switch off system restore and automatic updates in Windows it should run nice and fast even with 192 or 256MB of RAM allocated to it. The nice thing about virtualising it is that you can just close Windows like an ordinary application and it will be paused in the state you left it. You can run it in a window or in full screen mode, it really is almost seamless. Until recently I have been using VMware but recently I've switched to VirtualBox and I'd strongly recommend it over the former (although you will need the freeware closed source edition to get USB device sharing. I don't recommend Wine for most purposes because despite enormous efforts it cannot give you a real Windows environment. Using Windows itself allows you to use nearly any software and it doesn't necessarily need a monster PC to cope. My laptop is a Pentium 4 1.4GHz with 768MB RAM and I run Windows XP and Win98 alongside each other under Ubuntu quite happily. You can also utilise a virtual machine running in the background (say with the freeware VMware server) to have Windows applications running seamingly natively in Ubuntu using terminal services (remote desktop) and a couple of tricks - more info here: http://www.venturecake.com/10-minutes-to-run-every-windows-app-seamlessly-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ . A similar feat is supposedly possible using VirtualBox alone (article here: http://www.venturecake.com/virtualbox-15-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/) but I haven't tried that yet. With a bit of ingenuity and often some fiddling, you can get even the worst software to run and usually work better than on Windows alone. Regards, Tom norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey
Josh Blacker wrote: WPA I think. I should know, as I set it up! (Checked: WPA Personal. Anyone care to explain the difference between Personal and Enterprise?) WPA personal will use a shared passphrase, with WPA enterprise it will likely use a Radius server to authenticate users as they connect. Some routers (notably Zyxel ones) have little Radius services built in, so you can program the router with users details. Most routers though will require another machine on your network for authentication. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server
Great idea! I knew there was a reason I've been spending ages tuning my desktop PC. I'm happy to offer tech help with respect to both the server and for fellow ATI users with graphics issues. Tom Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers for a number of popular games. The game servers would be run in rotation on a schedule, and not all the time. The reasons for this are social and technical. If all games run all the time there is less incentive for people to meet up at a particular time/day to play. This has been shown with the LUGRadio guys having their game server up on two nights a week. Having a game server up only on specific days means people are more likely to set time aside to play, and also more likely to set aside time to play with the same people. Rotating the day however gives people the opportunity to play with different people (whoever is available on that day). One of the problems with having a particular game up on a specific night is that people often have other things they need to do in the big blue room, meatspace or real life, and these occur often on a particular day. So one way around this is to rotate the games so that they don't always come up on the same day each week. For example in the first week the game Enemy Territory might come up on a Monday, but on the second week it would be on a Thursday. This (I believe) would mean that people would potentially try new games I'm only available on Wednesday night, so will play whatever is available that day, but also allows for the meatspace problem outlined above I'd like to play game 'foo' but I can't do Wednesdays. On the subject of games, there is an argument that the server should run only Free (as in speech) games, and this I can understand. However it would probably be the case that the gaming server would run a combination of Free and non-Free games. It also makes sense that people should be able to play games that are in the repository - as well as those that are installable from external 3rd party download sites. Experience tells us that gamers are not averse to installing software from 3rd party vendors (whether free of cost or not) and so it probably doesn't make sense for us to prescribe that people should _only_ be able to play games that are in the repository. However we need to cater for both groups (in my opinion). The following games have been considered for inclusion as they have free server software (an important criteria for the gaming server is to not have to pay out for each game):- Tremulous, Warsow, Nexuiz, Open Arena, Alien Arena, Enemy Territory. In addition there are some more conventional (non first-person shooter) and less resource intensive games that could be included such as:- Bzflag, Atlantik, Armagetron. Yes, there are already servers for all these games available online. However this would be an Ubuntu community effort. A way to bring gamers into the Ubuntu community, and to bring Ubuntu community members to gaming. Of course there's also the You can put a bullet through popeys head on Wednesday which might attract a few people too. :) Thoughts, ideas? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey
Chris Rowson wrote: no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey
Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 with ESSID broadcast / hidden? Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng drivers. I use WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) with a nice long passphrase. SSID is set to broadcast because it's pointless trying to hide it. Anyone with a bit of knowledge can see you lit up as soon as your AP or your clients send a few packets. I see a couple of people use WEP or no encryption whatsoever. You must be mad! No encryption is asking for it: not only can people access your network, but you are essentially _giving_ away your personal information by broadcasting it in every direction for several hundred metres. WEP is not much better. I've cracked all my neighbours networks (7 of them) in less than a day using open software from the repos (purely a field exercise of course). It's astonishingly easy to break a WEP network and it can be done from a wide radius merely by having your router switched on - you don't necessarily have to be sending/receiving any data. You might think no-one will target you, but they will. Watch your router activity LED very carefully... http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=tutorial http://www.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/aircrack-ptw/ http://www.kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
Hi, I assume you mean the CPU frequency scaling monitor? This doesn't monitor CPU activity per se, it's for use with mobile processors with Speedstep technology. When the CPU isn't being maxed out it will run at a lower clock speed to save energy (to extend battery life) - mine flips between 600MHz and 1.4GHz. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a q about my pc. I dragged and dropped the CPU frequency monitoring thing into my taskbar. But it seems to be stuck on 38% constantly..even when the pc is idle..when i open up an app it will jump to 100% and then back again.. What could be causing this? Im using gutsy! Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
I don't know how accurate it is, but I think it reads better if you set it to show the frequency units rather than a percentage. I've come across desktops with mobile processors in them before, there may also be some desktop processors with scaling features that I don't know about. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: so whats the 38%? is it an inaccurate reading?im using this on a desktop not a mobile pc btw! Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:46:19 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar Hi, I assume you mean the CPU frequency scaling monitor? This doesn't monitor CPU activity per se, it's for use with mobile processors with Speedstep technology. When the CPU isn't being maxed out it will run at a lower clock speed to save energy (to extend battery life) - mine flips between 600MHz and 1.4GHz. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a q about my pc. I dragged and dropped the CPU frequency monitoring thing into my taskbar. But it seems to be stuck on 38% constantly..even when the pc is idle..when i open up an app it will jump to 100% and then back again.. What could be causing this? Im using gutsy! Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
If you are looking for a general CPU usage monitor, add the System Monitor applet and deselect the memory and swap/load monitors. CPU frequency scaling is something different. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: ok so its not reliable...ill set it up in frequency! is there an alternative to this app? Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:23:34 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar I don't know how accurate it is, but I think it reads better if you set it to show the frequency units rather than a percentage. I've come across desktops with mobile processors in them before, there may also be some desktop processors with scaling features that I don't know about. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: so whats the 38%? is it an inaccurate reading?im using this on a desktop not a mobile pc btw! Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:46:19 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar Hi, I assume you mean the CPU frequency scaling monitor? This doesn't monitor CPU activity per se, it's for use with mobile processors with Speedstep technology. When the CPU isn't being maxed out it will run at a lower clock speed to save energy (to extend battery life) - mine flips between 600MHz and 1.4GHz. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a q about my pc. I dragged and dropped the CPU frequency monitoring thing into my taskbar. But it seems to be stuck on 38% constantly..even when the pc is idle..when i open up an app it will jump to 100% and then back again.. What could be causing this? Im using gutsy! Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
You don't have to if all you want is a CPU usage monitor. I find the most useful ones to be processor, memory, network and load. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: sorry i thought frequency scaling was basically monitoring the cpu load..hmmm ill add the system monitor applet...! out of interest why should i unload the memory applet? hey, thanks for your help Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:38:37 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar If you are looking for a general CPU usage monitor, add the System Monitor applet and deselect the memory and swap/load monitors. CPU frequency scaling is something different. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: ok so its not reliable...ill set it up in frequency! is there an alternative to this app? Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:23:34 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar I don't know how accurate it is, but I think it reads better if you set it to show the frequency units rather than a percentage. I've come across desktops with mobile processors in them before, there may also be some desktop processors with scaling features that I don't know about. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: so whats the 38%? is it an inaccurate reading?im using this on a desktop not a mobile pc btw! Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:46:19 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar Hi, I assume you mean the CPU frequency scaling monitor? This doesn't monitor CPU activity per se, it's for use with mobile processors with Speedstep technology. When the CPU isn't being maxed out it will run at a lower clock speed to save energy (to extend battery life) - mine flips between 600MHz and 1.4GHz. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a q about my pc. I dragged and dropped the CPU frequency monitoring thing into my taskbar. But it seems to be stuck on 38% constantly..even when the pc is idle..when i open up an app it will jump to 100% and then back again.. What could be causing this? Im using gutsy! Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADVERT] Ubuntu case badges
Sorry, I meant 20. Tom Bamford wrote: Hi Al, Could I take 10 if you have enough? Regards, Tom Alan Pope wrote: Hi, I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each. They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel stickers you often find on laptops. They are bright shiny and very sticky. This is what they look like:- http://linkpot.net/stonewall/ If anyone is interested in one or more, please let me know via email. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Load Unload Cycles
Hi Dougie, Thank you for explaining it a bit more. I have read documentation from Hitachi on the subject, but couldn't find anything useful on the Samsung website. I've also noticed today that the count is going up just as quickly when running on external power as it does on battery power, so whatever it causing it either doesn't realise when I plug in the machine or is doing it for a different reason. It has risen today to 360,563 - an increase of nearly 5000 since last night! I've applied the patch and it seems to have stopped instantly; I had to set the drive APM parameter to 254 before it had any effect. I realise that the cycle count may not even have an effect on the drive's lifespan, but I use my machine for about 10 hours a day and leave it powered on the rest of the time. , however I think I'm going to have to accept that my drive just won't make the 5-8 years it was designed for. Thanks again, Tom On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 14:05 +, Dougie Richardson wrote: Hi Tom, Samsung quote the load unload cycle threshold as 60, so in your case with such a high number of counts I'd be inclined to apply the workaround. There is a correlation on some drives but it depends on the manufacturer. Hitachi and IBM use ramp or rollers to lift the heads from the disk rather than impact on a landing zone. As I understand it from Samsung's documentation, they use landing zones or component start/stop zones. The idea is that when the drive powers down the heads are landed on an area usually in the centre of the platter that isn't writable, hence avoiding corruption. It also isn't as simple as failure at the quoted threshold. The actual figure is attained by testing and shows the minimum number of hits landed before the chance of damage reaches 50% - in other words beyond this threshold damage may occur but below it shouldn't. The problem is that in a drive to improve power efficiency has caused drives to be powered down more often, increasing the amount of counts. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Load Unload Cycles
I've been looking at this bug as well and peeked at my drive stats. The mentioned Load_Cycle_Count stands at 355,884 on my laptop after I observed it increase by over 150 counts in just a few minutes on battery power. Can anyone confirm if there is a correlation between this count and the lifespan of a hard drive? I'm a little bit concerned my drive may be approaching retirement earlier than I'd hoped, especially as my current one is a replacement for an identical Samsung model that lasted only a few months from new, also running Ubuntu. Tom On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:48 +, Dougie Richardson wrote: Hi all, While investigating the interesting arguments concerning bug #59695, I noted that a lot of the argument centres around the assumption that Windows bypasses BIOS settings and configures drive access with so called sane values. Well I thought I'd check this out and although I'm still in doubt as to the validity of whether increased time spent in the hard disk landing zone is significant in reducing lifespan - I can confirm one myth as debunked: Windows Vista does not alter the load unload cycle parameters. I've put up a quick piece on my blog (http://blog.lynxworks.eu/) but suffice to say that after disabling in Ubuntu, after 15 minutes there is no increase in load unload cycles. Reboot into Windows and after 15 minutes reboot to Ubuntu and surprisingly the cycles have increased by ten. Cheers, Dougie Richardson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows
How about this: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Like Adobe, it installs a virtual printer to export from any other print-capable app. On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 13:27 +, STONE COLD wrote: sorry perhaps i didnt make myself very clear...i meant an app independant of OO! __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:00:52 + Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run java on your machine you will essentially be able to run any java app. Regards, Daniel __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 12:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows that is fine...but what bout in a windows environment where openoffice is not a choice!? __ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:38:45 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows STONE COLD wrote: Does anyone know of a free PDF creatr i can use on both platforms!? Sorry if this q is irrelevant to the forums! Regards Javad OpenOffice.org exports to pdf - would that be suitable for your needs? Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows
Nevermind, didn't realise you wanted a cross-platform app. On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 13:47 +, Tom Bamford wrote: How about this: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Like Adobe, it installs a virtual printer to export from any other print-capable app. On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 13:27 +, STONE COLD wrote: sorry perhaps i didnt make myself very clear...i meant an app independant of OO! __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:00:52 + Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run java on your machine you will essentially be able to run any java app. Regards, Daniel __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 12:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows that is fine...but what bout in a windows environment where openoffice is not a choice!? __ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:38:45 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows STONE COLD wrote: Does anyone know of a free PDF creatr i can use on both platforms!? Sorry if this q is irrelevant to the forums! Regards Javad OpenOffice.org exports to pdf - would that be suitable for your needs? Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?
I'll second that, very good uptime and low latency with F2S. They also provide extra IPs if necessary. I used to have XBox Live and it ran much better with its own public address. I run a server as well which I can get a good 32KBytes/sec when downloading remotely, even with heavy P2P sessions I get very good throughput. They don't block any ports either. Their tech support is indeed helpful but since the Pipex deal I have noticed phone queuing times go up (say 2-10 mins in the middle of the day). I used to have the type of service that Skeg has, but upgraded it to the 8Mbps adaptive service a couple of years ago and the only thing that has caused my speed to suffer is the dodgy BT line I'm stuck with. On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 01:29 +0100, Skeg Fast wrote: I've been using Freedom2Surf ADSL for a couple of years. I signed up before they were bought by Pipex and started imposing bandwidth limits. I could 'upgrade' to an 8 meg connection but it would be bandwidth-limited during peak-time in the small print so I stick to my 2 meg connection. 120 gig/month up+down is a bit beyond reasonable for most ISPs :( Recently Tiscali took over (bad, bad!) but I haven't noticed any throttling/port blocking/other evilness. Uptime is great (incidentally, the reason I switched to Linux was because I got fed up of XP needing a reboot every week or so to keep my USB modem alive). F2S still exist as a separate entity and I'd recommend them. I've never had to call their tech support so I don't know how good it is. They have a nice web interface where you can check your bandwidth usage, update account details, add/remove @f2s.com email accounts with or without SpamAssassin, mess with (unlimited?) [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails. If you need it they even have a (small) website thingy with php and MySql. Best of all, you get a static IP and (when I signed up) they were geek friendly (they email you with the DNS and email server addys with your account details for example). I haven't visited for a while, but they have their own independent support forums at freedom2support.net which are (were?) frequented by techies that work for the company. So if you're thinking of switching then I'd look there first. Ian Pascoe wrote: Matt Honestly, I don't think your utopia will happen anywhere outside of large metropolises - with the advent of local loop unbundling and WLR 3. It's now more cost effective as a Telco to get BT to install your line and then badge it as your own as the infrastructure cost in getting service out to your subsrivers is, well, phenomonal. This is why BT as was has been broken up into seperate trading units and n'er the twain shall meet without undue punishment. Of course, if you're lucky enough to live in a cabled area, you can jump onto that bandwagon and enjoy those delights. E PS This may be slightly biased as I'm employed by a BT subsidary. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 26 October 2007 18:33 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Matthew Larsen wrote: [...] Well your a very lucky dog because BT is absolutely appauling with me, and has been since 2001. They are slow, expensive, force you to have a phone line, unreliable, traffic filter when they feel like and enforce their stupid rules on you (ie they always have to send mail to your BT account: Even if you NEVER use it because they spam you on it). They are not interested in getting off their backsides to help you as a user. Ever. They lie. They cheat. I hate them and unfortunatly the government will not do anything to sort them out. I believe they are crippling this country with their incompetence. Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice. I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them. Hello, Matthew. Seems I'm very lucky too: No complaints about BT, and we have two lines into our house just for good measure ;-) Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue
What model is your laptop? With my ThinkPad I can turn off various internal devices including the Wireless adapter. In Windows it's a checkbox to switch on and off but in Ubuntu I have to send commands to ACPI files in /proc. I believe there are several laptops that work in the same way. Hope this helps. Tom On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 23:58 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: Hi guys, Not really asking for help as such, just flagging up something that's bugging me. I dual-boot windows and Gutsy on my laptop, as I'm sure many others do. Now, if I use Windows for whatever reason, and turn off the wireless to save power, and then go back to Ubuntu, the wireless just doesn't work, regardless of what I do in Ubuntu. I can 'disable' and 'enable' it from the network-manager applet all I like, but it just won't work until I reboot into Windows and turn the wireless on there and go back to Ubuntu. Rant over. Anyone else experiencing this? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OEM Setup was Ubuntu via Tescos
I've used it in Feisty. When you're finished with the temporary user account, you issue an oem-config-prepare command as root and shut the machine down. The next boot takes you (ie. the end user) through a config wizard to create a user, set the timezone etc. Regards, Tom On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 18:21 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: On 10/20/07, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob - how? E In fact the latest version of Ubuntu has a really good OEM option so you can setup a machine, customise it how you like it (including any extra packages etc) and then set it up so on the next boot it asks the customer for their details. This is a feature I really do like the look of. Rob When I last used it, I selected it by mistake. It's on the boot menu that comes up when you boot from the CD. It used to be only on the alternate CD, but it seems Gutsy has a graphical version now, so perhaps it is on the desktop CD. Not sure. When I used it (in Dapper) it was basically a normal installation, you set up the PC, up to the point of entering a username and password. This is prompted for on the next boot (ie. when the user switches it on for the first time). Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue
That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I have to switch it manually if it should get turned off by accident. I don't have the standard wireless card though, this could account for the differences. Tom On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 23:25 +0100, David Martin wrote: What model is your laptop? With my ThinkPad I can turn off various internal devices including the Wireless adapter. In Windows it's a checkbox to switch on and off but in Ubuntu I have to send commands to ACPI files in /proc. I believe there are several laptops that work in the same way. Hope this helps. Tom On my Thinkpad X31 with Ubuntu just using the Fn+F5 key disables/enables the wireless adapter. Or, the software option, right click the network manager on the panel and tick 'Enable Wireless' works for me. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC to develop Flash-based iPlayer for Linux
Kris Marsh wrote: By adopting the Adobe Flash(r) Player software, the BBC will make its free catch-up TV service – BBC iPlayer – available as a streaming service across Macintosh and Linux(r), as well as Microsoft Windows(r), by the end of the year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/16/adobe.shtml Apologies if this is not news to anyone, it's news to me! Kris Despite being long overdue that's quite welcome news. Realplayer sucks more than I can describe even compared to flash, but at least my phone plays flash, as do my Ubuntu machines. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC to develop Flash-based iPlayer for Linux
Lucy wrote: I agree that it's a big step forward, but it will still require the use of non-free software from one company and (I think) will still use DRM. I'm running a 64 bit version of Ubuntu with a 64 bit version of Firefox, therefore Adobe's flash isn't available to me, unless I use a 32 bit version of Firefox - I could be wrong here though. We are still some way from having free access to programs unfortunately. I couldn't agree more. I'm running 32-bit Ubuntu on my 64-bit machine partly because I couldn't run Flash natively. It infuriates me that Adobe don't even seem to be considering porting their software. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to delete all .m4a files from music library
Try this:
find /path/to/music -name *.m4a -exec rm {} \;
Regards,
Tom
Mac wrote:
I've got a mixture of .flac and .m4a files of the same music scattered
through the multiple sub directories in ~/music. I want to delete all
the .m4a files from which ever subdirectory they happen to be in,
leaving the .flac files in their current directories. (It would be nice
to delete any directories that have become empty because they only had
.m4a files in them - but that would be a bonus!)
I'd be grateful for advice about how to do this 'selective recursive
delete' - I can't work out a terminal command with this effect.
Sorry if this is dead obvious - I can't see how to do it.
TIA
Mac
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?
Wulfy wrote: I was wondering how many people on-list used any of the alternate forms of Ubuntu - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc. I mostly see references to the plain Ubuntu... I use Kubuntu, btw... Just can't stand that evil Gnome... :@) Has to be Gnome, KDE is just tooo slow and VFS is better than KIO. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] When server is rebooted need to restart cupsys
Mark Allison wrote: Thanks guys - yes sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start works too. I had a read of the update-rc.d man page and I ran this command: update-rc.d cupsys defaults and I get returned: System startup links for /etc/init.d/cupsys already exist. I'm quite new to linux, hence I'm totally lost now. Any ideas? Thanks. I don't have a great deal of experience with cups but if you post your error log from /var/log/cups (just after you boot and it fails to load) maybe it will shed some light. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] When server is rebooted need to restart cupsys
Does running sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start work as well as a restart? If cupsys isn't being started at boot, add a symlink in the /etc/rc2.d directory to /etc/init.d/cupsys (where 2 is the default runlevel). Regards, Tom Mark Allison wrote: Hi there, I have ubuntu-server 7.04 running headless. If I reboot the server I can't access my Printer web page - you know the http://localhost:631 page? Anyway I hope you know what I mean, lol. It works if I do a sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart Everything is then fine. I don't want to have to run that command every time the server gets rebooted, any ideas what I need to do? Which logs do I need to look at? Cups is version 1.2.8. Thanks, Mark. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?
andylockran wrote: We had some fun on Wednesday night on IRC installing Virtual Richard Stallman on our ubuntu boxes to see how many non-free products were installed. Well, as it's a friday afternoon, and people are probably looking for something to waste their time.. let's all take turns in uploading our results. (If you haven't got it already, just : sudo apt-get install vrms, then run vrms. Please append your results to the list below: andylockran - 15 non-free packages, 1.1% of 1381 installed packages. Regards, Andy Let's see, on my desktop 55 non-free packages, 3.1% of 1801 installed. Laptop is better, 31 non-free packages, 1.1% of 2926. Is this going to count packages you add from other (closed source) repositories as well? Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
We use old laptops as servers for some tasks, mostly IBM ThinkPads because they're very well supported in Ubuntu and because they last for years. You don't get the performance you'd expect from a full-size unit and expansion/redundancy options are limited, but in this context (home networks) they're ideal. Power savings have already been mentioned, but note that you can also run an average laptop from AA batteries, solar panels, wind turbines etc, making mains power more a convenience than a necessity. Regards, Tom Kris Douglas wrote: On 03/10/2007, *Philip Newborough* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/10/2007, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got 80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and with speedstep enabled on the CPU and laptop-mode enabled on the hard disk its very quiet. Ideal home server even if I say so myself ;). Of course it can't do stuff like be a MythTV backend but it streams media happily enough. Oh and it has wifi built in so I can put it anywhere with a power outlet. (on a shelf somewhere or in a cupboard. I have a number of mates who install home automation stuff (web control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.) Quite a few of them have moved to laptops for the home control servers because of their ability to handle short power outages gracefully! For my home servers, I use some Via ITX stuff from www.linitx.com http://www.linitx.com Talking of laptops for servers, I purchased an old and quite battered Satellite Pro laptop from a local place that deals with redundant City Council equipment. I paid £50 for it and use it to run Ubuntu server 6.06 LTS. I've had it about a year now, it runs my cron jobs [the main reason I bought it] and SSH server so that I can connect to my home network when at work. It's battery holds just enough charge to keep it going through a power cut -- which beats having to get an expensive UPS. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ I've always thought about that, think of the money you could save and the space you could save if you used laptops as servers, you can stack them 4 high and have all you need. They have batteries for backup and you can get 250gig drives for them, what more could you need? Oh yea, integrated display , keyboard and mouse. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net http://www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do I need?
It really depends how the machine is set up. If the Windows installation is on its own partition or disk, with the valuable data on another partition, you can use the Ubuntu installer to reformat the Windows volume and install there. Your other partitions/drives will be mounted when the installation is complete. If your data is mixed in with the Windows installation you will have to make backups because the Ubuntu installer will overwrite. As long as you are careful with setting up the partitions with Ubuntu you will be ok. The server version of Ubuntu does not install a graphical interface, although you can install one easily enough after installation, so you may wish to use the desktop version if the machine is just for local development. Regards, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I just pop the CD in and that is it? What about the server, which has Windows server 2003 on it, I think? What about the extra hard drives with hundreds of digital pictures? I know questions questions questions!! James. - Original Message - *From:* Kris Douglas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; British Ubuntu Talk mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:35 PM *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do I need? Hmm Windows... what a nasty word...anyway... Joomla is a nice piece of kit, its dead simple to install ubuntu, you just have to stick it in the drive and watch it load... Then just hit the install button on the desktop. The beauty of ubuntu is the fact that you hardly ever have to touch the command line, most of it is point and click :) On 03/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, in all honesty I know nothing about the operating system, having been stuck with Windows XP for so long, sorry if I swore then!!. So I have this base unit which I would love to put Ubuntu on. I am learning to build websites and use Joomla, which I love. I also have a Dell server, which is a Poweredge SC430. It isn't properly being used as a server, and would love to convert that and use it properly. But as I said I know nothing about these systems, and at 57 (tomorrow) I am learning as fast as I can. James. - Original Message - *From:* Kris Douglas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:21 PM *Subject:* Re: What do I need? No worries :) And yeah, you're right. 12 is recommended. Sometimes people moan when there is someone uses a large font, i was just avoiding flaming. Do you need any extra information for getting an OS for your machine? On 03/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I am only using Arial 14, not bold at all. I though typing in capital letters was rude. I do have problems reading some of your postings because they are so small. The disability guideline suggest using Arial 12. James - Original Message - *From:* Kris Douglas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:08 PM *Subject:* Re: What do I need? Ubuntu Desktop 7.0.4 should work fine. http://ubuntu.com You shouldn't experience any issues as I have 9 of these in the office running this. Is there any reason your font is so bold? It's considered rude on mailing lists. On 03/10/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a spare Dell Optiplex GX620 base. I think it is a pentium 4 and has 1gb of memory. It is connected via an 8 port KVM switch and I would like to know what I can get, on a CD or DVD that I can load straight onto it that will work without any or to many problems? James. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net http://www.softdel.net Mail:
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bluetooth connection
Hi, I use the KDE bluetooth utilities, they work just as well in Gnome. Install and run kbluetoothd which will give you a tray icon. Left click it to browse nearby bluetooth devices, and click on 'obex push' icon for a device to send files to it. Regards. Tom STONE COLD wrote: hi ok i got a motorola bluetooth headset with my Z8 (insert motorola jokes here). Anyway i was just wondering when i connect my headset to the pc via usb can i beam stuff into it.like pics and stuff...vice versa to! Hope this makes sense! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies
Hi David, I've always found support for USB mass storage devices to be excellent in Ubuntu. I haven't come across a drive that isn't automatically recognised and mounted, no matter what filesystem you choose to use on it. Even my SE mobile works as a card reader on Ubuntu out of the box. If you label the partition on the drive it will get mounted in /media/LABEL, otherwise Ubuntu will use /media/disk, followed by disk1, disk2 etc if you disconnect and reconnect it between reboots. You can safely identify a drive by referring to /dev/disk/by-uuid or /dev/disk/by-id and mounting the appropriate symlink manually. We have a 500GB NAS hard drive in a cheap enclosure. You're right, they use a stripped down Linux kernel with Samba, ftpd etc, with a web interface for configuring it as you would a home router. I wouldn't recommend one though, they give poor performance compared to USB2 and you're at the mercy of the frankenstein daemons running on the box. The ftp server on ours dies a horrible death when you try to push lots of small files without giving it time to breathe. Ours will only use FAT32 filesystem on the drive as well, which is annoying to say the least. I'm currently looking at backup solutions myself, one that looks promising for me is backupninja (I think it's in the universe repositories). It's a highly configurable backup script that can sit silent until you connect your drive or it gets run by cron. It can automate rsync, plus it has nifty support for, among other things, Maildirs and SQL databases, which it can export and include in the backup. The dual hard disk solution sounds good, but I'd also want to make a periodic optical backup to DVD or CD - something not as easily affected by water, electricity, magnetism and shock (I am very clumsy sometimes). Hope this helps. Regards, Tom David M wrote: Hi, Now that external hard disks are cheap, I'm thinking about getting an external hard disk so that I can keep a backup of my data. In fact, I'm even thinking of getting *two* for alternate use so that if the worst should happen and my system dies while backing up my data I haven't toasted both my data and my sole backup.. When it comes to external disks, it seems I have the choice of not only a plain-old hard disk connected via USB, but also the possibility of NAS (networked-attached storage) where the hard disk is connected to my network, and contains a stripped-down OS so that it presents itself as a fileserver (I presume?). Does anybody know how well-supported either of these technologies are in Ubuntu? In particular, I'd also want to format the disk in ext3 format as I have no need or desire for MSWindows filesystems. On the one hand, NAS seems neat, but I don't have a home network, only a cheapo multi-port ADSL modem/router. These things tend to be a bit gnarly (and unfriendly) to set up at the best of times, so I don't know how easy - let alone whether - it would be possible to set the modem/router up to allow my computer to see a NAS disk. And given the horrible potential for unwittingly sharing the contents of a NAS disk with the entire internet, I'd have to be very careful! I gather that it is generally the case that any configuration of the NAS box can usually be done via a browser front-end; obviously any disk which requires Windows software is a no-no. On the other hand, a plain-old USB hard disk seems the simpler option. I would naively assume that as USB is now well-proven technology, these would work just fine with Ubuntu, but is that the case? How easy would it be to automate backups to such a disk? Would it mount with a persistent mount point, or would it change with every unplug or system reboot? Then there is the question of what backup strategy I should actually use. I was assuming that an automated rsync every week would be the easiest, but perhaps there are other possibilities? Something automated, once configured, without requiring user intervention is an absolute must: the whole point of doing backups is that I don't have to remember to do it! I mentioned above that having two external hard disks, alternating between current latest backup and disk being backed-up to, seemed a good strategy, ensuring that I always have one backup at all times. Alternatively, perhaps some kind of mirror RAID strategy would be worth considering, although that would seem to require me to have four hard disks to maintain my always one spare backup strategy (and is outwith my budget!). I also don't know whether USB HDs or NAS HDs are RAID-able. Can anybody offer any advice on this? Thanks, David. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive
Hello, Install the ntfs-3g and ntfs-config packages, and maybe reboot if necessary. You should get read access to your partitions, you can then run 'gksudo ntfs-config' to enable write-support. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a dual boot...my windows OS detects my partitions...but ubuntu fiesty doesnt... The two partitions in question are in ntfs format is there anyway i can load them into fiesty without having to reinstall! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive
I believe it's better to use ntfs-3g rather than ntfs as the filesystem type, unless they mean the same thing now. Regards Michael Holloway wrote: Whats your sudo fdisk -l output. You should still be able to mount them - with mount or just putting them in fstab (replacing sbd1 with whatever it is listed as in fdisk). */dev/sdb1 /media/C-Drive ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1* On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 07:41 +, STONE COLD wrote: Hi, I have a dual boot...my windows OS detects my partitions...but ubuntu fiesty doesnt... The two partitions in question are in ntfs format is there anyway i can load them into fiesty without having to reinstall! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange Livebox (internet) with Ubuntu
Hello, Having work with an Orange livebox for a client, I can say they are terrible units with poor firmware and fault tolerance. The two I used frequently dropped the ppp connection for no reason and gave mediocre Wifi range and performance. The service itself didn't seem too bad, if you are willing to buy your own router. My personal recommendation would be www.f2s.com, but some people have reservations about Pipex, who now owns them. Regards, Tom Dianne Reuby wrote: Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about changing my ISP, and a friend has recommended Orange, which he uses for his business. We're already Orange mobile customers, but as I'm new to Ubuntu I'm wondering if anyone already uses the Livebox with Ubuntu, and can give me any feedback. Or any other Ubuntu-friendly ISP suggestions! TIA Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
