Re: Top Posting and Reply All

2008-01-08 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 11:32 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: > Hi All. > > I thought it appropriate to chime in with some comments for the list as > it appears that it may be useful for people who are new to using mailing > lists for communication. > > Top Posting is explained in this Wikipedia entry: >

Top Posting and Reply All

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Wong
Hi All. I thought it appropriate to chime in with some comments for the list as it appears that it may be useful for people who are new to using mailing lists for communication. Top Posting is explained in this Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting It is nicely summarised by

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Herholdt
Thanks guys, I've got it going smoothly now. Thanks again Nathan VK6DNA - Original Message From: Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 11:55:46 AM Subject: Re: Ubuntu server trouble On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 00:07 +, Nathan Herho

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Wong
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 00:07 +, Nathan Herholdt wrote: > When I try to login as root or su it says I have an authentication > problem. Therefore I cannot enter the stage to add the GUI. Could > someone give me step by step pointers to install. Daniel has answered your question well enough. If

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread cary Bielenberg
Nathan Herholdt wrote: Hi again, When I try to login as root or su it says I have an authentication problem. Therefore I cannot enter the stage to add the GUI. Could someone give me step by step pointers to install. Thanks Nathan VK67DNA - Original Message From: Simon Wong <[EMAIL

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Daniel Mons
Ubuntu doesn't come with an available root account. Instead it creates a primary user with sudo access for administration purposes. "su" will require the root password (which I believe in Ubuntu is a very long random string by default, and unlikely to be guessed). Similarly, logging in as root w

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Herholdt
Hi again, When I try to login as root or su it says I have an authentication problem. Therefore I cannot enter the stage to add the GUI. Could someone give me step by step pointers to install. Thanks Nathan VK67DNA - Original Message From: Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Junin Toir

Re: Reminder to "reply all".

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Wong
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 20:04 +1100, Blindraven wrote: > I'm ranting, in short. Reply All. Agreed, however, I think the generally accepted mailing list etiquette is to keep all emails sent and received via the list rather than directly to people anyway. My 2c ;-) -- Simon Wong BEng MCompSc MACS

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Wong
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 01:02 +1030, Junin Toiro wrote: > sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop I always like to use aptitude instead of apt-get. The main reason is that it logs all package changes (well, the intentions anyway) in /var/log/aptitude. This is good for retracing your steps when someth

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Herholdt
When I run the command "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop", and give it the password it tells me "steve is not the sudoers file. This incident will be reported." Note: Steve is the guy I'm setting this up for and because we don't want a password; the password is steve. Where do I go from her

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Herholdt
Hello, Where do I find this part of Ubuntu, is it on the normal Ubuntu disk? Then how do I install it to run on the server? Thanks Nathan VK6DNA - Original Message From: Jackson Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nathan Herholdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 12:11:00

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Junin Toiro
Hiya Nathan, By default a server install doesn't come with a GUI (Graphical User Interface), only a TUI (Text User Interface) which is what your seeing. Login and run the command: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Enter your password when prompted, let it all download and install and you shou

Re: Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Andrew Shugg
Nathan Herholdt said: > Hi all, > > I'm just setting up a Ubuntu server for the first time and am having > some trouble (I think). Does Ubuntu have a desktop manager for the > system, something that looks like normal Ubuntu? If so, how do I get > to it. I can get as far as putting my login info in

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2008-01-08 Thread Mark M Lambert
Hi folks, I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I can't find any easy ways of getting it to work in Linux. Has anyone on this list had any success with a similar device? Thanks, Mark -- ubuntu-

Ubuntu server trouble

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Herholdt
Hi all, I'm just setting up a Ubuntu server for the first time and am having some trouble (I think). Does Ubuntu have a desktop manager for the system, something that looks like normal Ubuntu? If so, how do I get to it. I can get as far as putting my login info into a black and white screen. A