Re: [ubuntu-uk] 15.10 Wily - Dash problem

2015-08-30 Thread Bill B.
curiosity, I'd love to know if it's a default coming up on [ carried through to] next LTS. Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-06 Thread Bill B.
learned -- they don't care. One question: why isn't this email chain being cc'd to Dell? -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screenshot: can't clear old image files, where are they

2014-11-15 Thread Bill B.
home folder]. It is, in fact, my app of choice for all the functionality you describe. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-05 Thread Bill B.
, a new pc, laptop, tablet, anything... -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

2014-10-05 Thread Bill B.
a replacement battery for it these days? -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-03 Thread Bill B.
. With no more free a/c's surely there would be a way to make U1 a profit steam if the charging was aimed correctly. Perhaps Canonical has already looked into that thought about that option more than I have - in which case - pardon my ignorance. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-02 Thread Bill B.
time is wrong gives a bad impression imho. However, I *do* thank Ubuntu for the free storage whilst it lasted and for offering reasonable notice [and an extension to reclaim ya stuff]. ...but 'tis a sad loss. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Parties..

2014-04-02 Thread Bill B.
on the merriment. Sound like a plan? Cheers, Al. Unless you're using Ubuntu One. In which case the release party is discontinued ;) -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Something wrong?

2014-02-27 Thread Bill B.
On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 08:38 +, Alan Pope wrote: Everyone has been too busy to meet up to kick start the new season, but we're fixing that next week. Hmmm... thought I smelt a curry! ;) -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

2013-07-31 Thread Bill B.
On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 22:03 +0100, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: About training: At the end all most of what people use is a web browser. http://www.xkcd.com/934/ I think you'll find office environments have slightly different considerations ideas on that! -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting

2013-07-21 Thread Bill B.
misinterpreted it, but it was... and it was uncalled for. This is meant to be a community list, not somewhere to points score. And you were out of order. Sean Sean, thanks. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting

2013-07-20 Thread Bill B.
how honest the original post - respect is never guaranteed - is that the real meaning of bottom posting I wonder? -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twitter fail on 12.04?

2013-06-22 Thread Bill B.
Simon - I just copied pasted your apt-get into terminal now it's found! [{ currently installing]. Dunno what difference but well done thankyou! ... and now I have got my twitter back - whoopee! Cheers thanks. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deja-dup [lucky] backup

2013-05-31 Thread Bill B.
are system masochists. ;) Boasting over. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deja-dup [lucky] backup

2013-05-30 Thread Bill B.
at beginning ogf file name. googling proves more than a few agree. I'll stick with current plan for now, ta. -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] On the subject of the dash my 2p worth

2012-09-25 Thread Bill B.
Canonocallies... nothing like a bit of fog to cover up in true American presidential election stylie ;) -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] On the subject of the dash my 2p worth

2012-09-25 Thread Bill B.
On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 15:32 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: On 25/09/12 15:26, Bill B. wrote: Hi folks, I am curious as to why there is all this fuss about a not-yet-fully-released dash and how it has distracted all attention away from the dash's real problems. As an example I would cite

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

2012-08-09 Thread Bill B.
... but are the available methods in line with / built on apps using open source? p.s I not throwing a match onto petrol here... I'm just curious. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-02 Thread Bill B.
- other than the above facts]. Good luck whatever your choice. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury (was High Wycombe LUG)

2012-07-29 Thread Bill B.
, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grsync equivalent

2012-07-22 Thread Bill B.
On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 21:10 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: On 20/07/12 19:58, Bill B. wrote: Hi folks, Rather than risk a dodgy download to firms WinXP enforced laptop, does anyone know of a good, *safe* equivalent to Grsync [graphical front end of/for rsync] available for WindowsXP. I

[ubuntu-uk] Grsync equivalent

2012-07-20 Thread Bill B.
their laptop to my Ubuntu netbook desktop. To have the 2 way sync would really help as I often edit some of these docs [on my own desktop or netbook] want to keep both machines aligned in the docs folder.. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grsync equivalent

2012-07-20 Thread Bill B.
On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 20:08 +0100, James Thomas wrote: Hi there, I take it this is more data than economically possible with a service like Dropbox? JT On Jul 20, 2012 7:59 PM, Bill B. boo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Rather than risk a dodgy download to firms WinXP enforced

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grsync equivalent

2012-07-20 Thread Bill B.
On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 19:58 +0100, Bill B. wrote: Hi folks, Rather than risk a dodgy download to firms WinXP enforced laptop, does anyone know of a good, *safe* equivalent to Grsync [graphical front end of/for rsync] available for WindowsXP. I want to sync a USB of work tech docs stored

[ubuntu-uk] It's not always updates that cause problems

2012-07-01 Thread Bill B.
of it and re-seat all re-seatables - as a good little engineer should ;) Remember - updates can be a coincidence as well as a cause. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom

[ubuntu-uk] Moles

2012-06-15 Thread Bill B.
Just for fun... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/375169/could-us-cyberspies-have-moles-inside-microsoft Shouldn't Canonical be claiming the same as this for M15 or MI6 ;) -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Real manners

2012-05-22 Thread Bill B.
I am quietly impressed following a temporary loss of internet connection requiring a reboot, the U1 client politely waited for Ubuntu Uk podcast [live] to finish before attempting a reconnect refresh. That - folks, is what you call real manners! -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer

[Bug 906629] [NEW] Does shotwell send my pictures out of my computer over the internet when I accidently hit export. or just to my desktop file manager?

2011-12-19 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: I am new to shotwell and I am not clear what export does plus I don't see a ready clear explanation in the help file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: shotwell 0.11.6-0ubuntu0.1 [modified: usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled]

[Bug 906629] Re: Does shotwell send my pictures out of my computer over the internet when I accidently hit export. or just to my desktop file manager?

2011-12-19 Thread bill b
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906629 Title: Does shotwell send my pictures out of my computer over the internet when I accidently hit export. or just to my desktop file manager?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-05-30 Thread Bill B.
a lot of work to get 11.04 ready [perhaps I'm just a stick in the mud but when it comes to usability - oh dear! Looking forward to next release to see where the usability bugs canbe / have been sorted. Cheers, Bill B. ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [Bug 445064] Re: package libmysqlclient16 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-15 Thread bill b
Chuck, thank you for your interest. bug #44506 is no longer a problem. i reloaded updated successfully, everything works fine now - except that when i return after suspend i get a message serious kernel problem ... might become unstable. reported as bug #447653, #448834, and joined bug #450711.

Re: [Bug 445064] Re: package libmysqlclient16 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-15 Thread bill b
Chuck, thank you for your interest. bug #44506 is no longer a problem. i reloaded updated successfully, everything works fine now - except that when i return after suspend i get a message serious kernel problem ... might become unstable. reported as bug #447653, #448834, and joined bug #450711.

[Bug 448834] [NEW] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-11 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: related bug #447653. karmic, everything works okay except no audio. see my system test for details. this is only the second time after successful install of 9.10 that i have tried to turn on after suspend. both times this instability problem has occurred. ProblemType:

[Bug 448834] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-11 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33453618/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33453619/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33453620/ArecordDevices.txt

[Bug 447653] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-09 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33381197/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33381198/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33381199/ArecordDevices.txt

[Bug 447653] [NEW] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-09 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: i am using beta karmic kola. this bug showed up after doing update 10-9-2009 5:25 pm mtn time. prior successful update was 10-9-2009 around 10 am. ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: i386

[Bug 447689] [NEW] no audio

2009-10-09 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: one hour and a half , earlier i reported bug #447653, but have corrected by restart. everything checks out ok except there isn't any audio. before i used audacious media player successfully with jaunty. jaunty by it self gave no audio. i read a bug report that audacious

[Bug 447689] Re: no audio

2009-10-09 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33383206/Dependencies.txt -- no audio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 445064] Re: package libmysqlclient16 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-06 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33191468/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33191470/VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz

[Bug 445058] [NEW] package e2fsprogs 1.41.4-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-06 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: e2fsprogs due to repeated failures of jaunty to update (bug #433321), i decided to upgrade to 9.10. upgrade failed to install or upgrade e2fsprogs. update was done via alt F2. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 6 19:03:08 2009

[Bug 445058] Re: package e2fsprogs 1.41.4-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-06 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33190975/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33190976/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz

[Bug 445064] Re: package libmysqlclient16 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-06 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33191468/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33191470/VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz

[Bug 445064] [NEW] package libmysqlclient16 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:

2009-10-06 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: this came right after bug #445063 ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 6 19:18:30 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: no package named `libmysqlclient16' is installed, cannot configure Package: libmysqlclient16 (not installed)

[Bug 386157] [NEW] package libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libplasma.so.3.0.0')

2009-06-11 Thread bill b
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kde4libs ubuntu 9.04 ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libplasma.so.3.0.0') Package: libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 SourcePackage: kde4libs Title:

[Bug 386157] Re: package libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libplasma.so.3.0.0')

2009-06-11 Thread bill b
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27799235/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27799236/DpkgTerminalLog.txt -- package libplasma3 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: short read in buffer_copy

Re: [Bug 293797] Re: evolution programs crashes when using inside calendar

2008-11-24 Thread Bill B...
Yes, fixedthank you! On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 17:23 +, Munchkinguy wrote: Here's my second attempt at a backtrace with more debug symbols installed. Yes, it only crashes if Assistive Technologies are enabled. ** Attachment added: 2nd Backtrace

[Bug 119856] Re: dpkg was interupted you must mnnually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem

2007-10-25 Thread Bill B.
** Also affects: gnome-terminal (Debian) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- dpkg was interupted you must mnnually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119856 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which