[ubuntu-uk] Digital doctor podcast...
Hi All, I was on the Digital Doctor podcast ( http://thedigitaldoc.co.uk/podcasts) this morning talking about open source software and ubuntu in medical research. I thought it might be of interest to some on this list! Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the most recent episode. Kind regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem
On 11/10/12 09:08, A wrote: On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main 'precise' repository, which is enabled by default, then all's well. I like to keep all the precise-* repos enabled because it gives you access to fixes and new features that have trickled through from upstream, without having to jump to the next release(s). Short answer: i'd keep precise-proposed access enabled. Happy to help get your wife's connection sorted. I'm at university myself and new linux users often have to sink or swim with things like this: take this life jacket ;) Thanks for the quick reply, and the reassurance. Have you had similar problems connecting to the wi-fi at your university? Durham has close links with Microsoft, and the IT department only offers help for problems with Microsoft software products. Their support for Macs is minimal and grudging, there is no general help for linux except for specific help for the high performance computing facility. There is a little linux help if you are from another university and trying to access the Eduroam system. My request for help sent to the IT Help Desk has gone unanswered. I had hoped to do some gentle linux evangelizing among the unbelievers but this rather public problem has got things off to a bad start. I shall have to be patient. Barry T Well, i did have some problems at first trying to connect to the wireless network on campus, but then i had a quick look and found there's a certificate to use and after 5 minutes of messing around, i figured it out and it works wonderfully. I know - it's a bit of a mess, the current state of so called 'IT expertise' - why, just this week my friend went to see the IT department on campus about recovering some deleted files from linux and they didn't have a clue. Problem solved after using 'photorec' and 'scalpel' ourselves. It's seems like the prerequisite for being an 'IT professional' is knowing how to click a few buttons on microsoft office - everyone working on IT support should be familiar with at least 1 linux distro, really. The operating systems are free, and if you're trying to help people for a living, there will be people who use this - it costs nothing but time to learn a few commands. They think everyone uses windows and the odd (rich) person uses a mac, but the linux users are fringe rebels lol I would bet heavily that you either don't get a reply, or it isn't any use when it arrives. They're just not clued in: what you need is another linux user from the online community or nearby. I think UK universities (can't say what state other country's are in) need to expand their knowledge on linux because often times the solution is just 1 tiny command instead of a 2 page list of clicking instructions. As far as your problem goes, a bug will come to light every now and then when new code is added or old code is reviewed, and then it gets fixed. I had a look at your link to the bug on launchpad and it seems to affect the openssl package as well. Once the packages are in the repositories and you've got those repos enabled, update and upgrade and try connecting again. Keep us apprised of the details and we'll have it sorted in no time - it's usually just a case of messing around with the configurations (and it only ever gets complicated because IT departments are NEVER specific enough about the details, whereas e.g. on your own home network, you call the shots and you have access to specific settings.) Try not to get discouraged because prevailing over these tiny obstacles does pay off in the long run. Hi Barry, It looks like Durham uses eduroam. In which case, you may be able to follow the excellent (including Ubuntu specific!) instructions from Cambridge university: http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/wireless/eduroam/localusers I think they should apply wherever you're based. Kind regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom tablet
On 30/04/12 18:26, scoundrel50a wrote: Just to say, it works ok now, thank you.. For completeness, the wacom howto on the forum is the most comprehensive and helpful page I've come across. Strangely it never appears near the top of a google search. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1780154 I used to need this page every time I upgraded the linux kernel, but since moving to precise a few weeks ago I haven't needed to. Perhaps wacom devices are at last getting better support natively. CTH-460 (pen and tablet) working very well for me! Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broke my 112.04 installation
On Sat 28 Apr 2012 15:31:46 BST, Kris Douglas wrote: On 28 April 2012 14:34, scoundrel50ascoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: been fiddling around, and its broke, it wont load.I can get into the terminal, even the rescue part, tried a few things on the rescue side but it didnt work, is there any way I can use the terminal to repair this, or do you think it would be easier to reinstall. Are you getting any error messages or notices when the machine is trying to boot into normal mode? Need a lot more information to make an educated recommendation. I'm not sure whether you problem could be similar to issues I had on a couple of previous upgrades where grub failed to install properly and i was left at the grub rescue terminal. If so, the instructions to reinstall GRUB2 may help on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling_GRUB2 Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 687413] Re: Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC
Hi Bryce, Thanks for your interest. The bug has actually resolved with updates and I can't reproduce it now so I'll close the bug. Thanks, Tim -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687413 Title: Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/687413/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Boot/Grub problem
On 31/10/11 20:14, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2011-10-31 20:04, Tony Pursell wrote: I've got a problem with booting after I removed my old 1GB swap file and created a new bigger swap file. The upshot of this seems to be that /boot is now on /dev/sda6 instead of /dev/sda7. (That's because the old swap was before it on the disk). What I get now is Error: unknown filesystem and the Grub Rescue prompt. I can put in appropriate commands there, which gives me the Grub menu and I can boot from there. I have run update-grub and as far as I can see, grub.cfg now refers to /dev/sda6, but I am still getting the Grub error. Do I have to run grub-install as well? If I do, what is install_device? I don't want to make things worse by getting this wrong. Yes, you do. Run: grub-install /dev/sda Regards, Tyler Hi Tony, Not sure if you've already found it, but there are some useful step by step commands here:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2. I found them useful in a similar situation. Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] error: invalid arch independent ELF magic
Hi James, Sorry to be a bit slow in replying. I don't have UEFI but on my last two upgrades have ended up in grub rescue mode. The instructions on the grub2 page (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - section 12 resinstalling Grub2) were very helpful in reinstalling and reconfiguring grub2. All the best, Tim On 14/10/11 13:38, Daniel Case wrote: I haven't used it myself, but I found a wiki page that might be of some use: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting On 14 October 2011 12:56, James Morrisseymorrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am having a problem installing 11.10. Install seems to go fine but when i try and boot i get: error: invalid arch independent ELF magic grub rescue I think it has to do with this being a thinkpad and having UEFI. Apparently i need to install grub-efi while on the live CD (http://askubuntu.com/questions/37692/grub-invalid-arch-independent-elf-magic-after-natty-install-on-ssd) but don't really know what to do. If anyone would help with some handholding i would appreciate it. Thanks james -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
Hi James, I use the Sony ICD-UX200 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dic-voice-and-music-recorders/icd-ux200. I haven't come across any compatibility issues with it. It's got good sound quality and, importantly, a USB port which hides away very neatly. When plugged in you can drag and drop sound files as if it were a normal USB stick. The battery life is good and it has 2Gb of memory. It's maybe a bit more expensive than other similar devices (around £80), but it seems to do the job very well. I mainly use it for writing articles and notes. The main thing missing from it is a decent rewind button whilst recording; once it's recorded you can't re-record the last few seconds if you've made a mistake. It sounds like that wouldn't be too much a of a problem for your sort of work. For transcription I use Express scribe software: http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html. There is a free linux version, but I couldn't get it to work. However the windows version works well in wine. If you find a better open source alternative please let me know! Alternatively, the voice recorder itself has a playback function where you can slow down the speed for easier transcription, or you can play the recordings in any mp3 player (but without the ability to slow it down effectively in the ones I tried). At work I've used various olympus voice recorders, which have the advantage of a better rewind to re-record function. However, as you say I'm not sure what the compatibility is like and they tend to be a lot more expensive. I've also tried a Philips voice recorder (I can't remember which one) but it was a lot more fiddly to use and didn't have the inbuilt USB or slow playback functions. All the best with your work in Ethiopia, it sounds interesting. Kind regards, Tim On 29/09/11 15:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrisseymorrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. Any Zoom one will. They record WAV/MP3. The Zoom H1 is quite plasticy and cheap looking but has decent microphones. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....
On 12/08/11 22:15, mac wrote: On 12/08/2011 22:06, Barry Drake wrote: On 12/08/11 21:57, mac wrote: gmx does not allow you to use a From field that's different from the account e-mail address you're using to authenticate the SMTP server. The gmail SMTP server, on the other hand, does allow you to do this with Thunderbird, IIRC. mac Well, that's what I expected, but the gmail SMTP server doesn't like it. Evolution sent all the right headers to make it work - like the 'from' field was the same as the SMTP account from field. I guess before I go away again, I'll have to change all my lists to my gmx account. Bother!! I don't understand what problem you're trying to solve. I've just sent this e-mail with my gmx address but using the gmail SMTP server authenticated with a completely different address. Is that not what you're trying to do? mac There is an 'smtp switch' add-on for Thunderbird which lets you choose which SMTP server to use to send an e-mail. As long as you set all the accounts to use the default SMTP server it works fine. Is that what you were looking for? Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?
On 13/06/11 18:11, Rob Beard wrote: On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: Hello Peeps I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA card, but I am somewhat lost as to which one. I am not too bothered about it being the best on the market, I am not a gamer, but I would like it to perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some screencasts. Any help with this would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks, -- Philip Rob's suggestion sounds good. For the record, I'm not a gamer either, but use an NVIDIA 8600GT with two monitors on a twinview set up. I had quite a few problems setting it up, but eventually got it working with the proprietary drivers and a lot of fiddling. I'm happy to give you a few pointers, but it may not be the best choice for a straight forward set up. It seems other cards work much easier out of the box. It does work well with HD media. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo and linux...
Hi All, I said I'd report back on the wacom bamboo pen and touch (model CTH-460). It's taken me a little while to get round to it, but here are a few findings. In summary, the pen works well and the touch pad doesn't. Just for the record I'm using a 64-bit version of kubuntu natty with twinview over two screens. Setting up the driver was relatively straightforward. I used the driver and instructions referred to in this howto:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom/LatestDriver The pen works immediately. One slightly off-putting aspect for someone who is used to touchpads on laptops is the automatic set up is for the location to be absolute rather than relative, ie 1-to-1 mapping of each point on the touchpad to the screen, rather than the movement of the cursor starting afresh each time you move. To be honest, I've got used to it now, but you can change it via xsetwacom if you want to: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/xsetwacom.1.html The big downside is the touchpad. Apparently the recent bamboos have 4 finger support, which has messed up the touchpad settings on ubuntu. Therefore every time you lift your finger on or off the touchpad the cursor jumps about 3 inches. Not very helpful! The only place I could find this glitch mentioned is on flavux's comments here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9496609postcount=1 There doesn't seem to be a cure I can find as yet. Gimp set-up was very easy using the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom#Gimp Again, the pen worked straight away with pressure sensitivity as well. Slightly worryingly the ubuntu wacom page has been marked for deletion. I couldn't find a more updated version, so I'm not sure what the plan is with this. I have to admit I haven't really looked at what the buttons do yet. I'm sure they must be useful for something! Twinview set up works fine, I didn't have to do any extra configuration. My monitors are not exactly the same size, but fairly similar. So, I'd give it a 6/10 so far. It's definitely an area without much support and is certainly not plug it in and off you go. Using the pen has been surprisingly useful for some aspects of work (eg flicking through brain scans in 3-D projections using a programme called fslview - it's what I do for a living!). I would love to get the touchpad working. If I did, I'd probably get rid of the mouse, but I'm not there yet. If anyone has got the touchpad working on the most recent models, I'd love to hear about it. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...
On Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:06 +0100 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 15/05/2011 12:58, Timothy Rittman wrote: This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience as to whether it works and how well? You can get the Wacom tablets working. There are resources to help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147 and others. And there are active developers, a leading one of which is Favux (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=60) I haven't tried to install a Wacom tablet for a while. With the help of the resources I've indicated, I was able to get all the stylus and mouse functionality working up to 10.04 And I was able to get most of the button functions working (I understand this may have progressed by now. But new versions of Ubuntu, and kernel updates, have been known to break things. Wacom tablets seem not to be a priority for the OS developers, not surprisingly I suppose.) I was never able to get the multiple sets of button functions that the Wacom proprietary software provides. But the tablet was highly functional for use with, say, GIMP. So I'd say read the resources above and give it a go. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thanks Mac, that's very encouraging. I'll give it a go and report back in a week or two. Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...
Hi, This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience as to whether it works and how well? All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University
On 10/12/10 22:06, Graham Smith wrote: Patrick there's a bug logged for this against Network Manager: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632184 I believe this is the same issue you're encountering and in fact it's the issue that I have with my company's WiFi and certificates. The same certificate is used for 802.1X on the wired network and this works, but it doesn't work on the WiFi which uses WPA/WPA2 Enterprise. Thanks, in fact I now realise that I'm still on 10.04, but its an Asus 901, which is the same netbook mentioned in the bug report, and it seemed to start on 10.04. Hopefully, it is the same issue and that it might be fixed with an update. The workaround is a bit beyond me :-( Graham Hi Graham, Are you by any chance trying to connect to an eduroam network? If so, you may find the instructions at this Cambridge university website helpful: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/wireless/eduroam/configuring-ubuntu10.04.html If so, the certificate you need is located in /etc/ssl/certs/AddTrust_External_Root.pem This worked for me at Cambridge, but I'm not sure whether the same certificates are used at all universities with eduroam. Anyone know the answer to that? Kind regards, Tim * * -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 687413] [NEW] Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xrandr When I plug in a VGA cable to my EEE PC (1000HA - dual boot windows xp, ubuntu netbook remix) I have problems as outlined below. I've tried it on two monitors, one with partial success: 1. plugged in to 1680x1050 flatscreen monitor. Display appears with a resolution of 800x600. Changing the resolution through the monitor settings application results in both laptop and external screen flickering at about 2-3Hz and being unable to be read. I tried changing the resolution with xrandr (xrandr --output VGA1 --auto) which overlaid the laptop screen on to the external monitor. Trying to separate them (xrandr --output VGA1 --left-of LVDS1 caused the same appearance as above. 2. VGA connection to (I think 800x600) projector. Both screen flicker as above at about 2-3Hz. As I was about to give a presentation I didn't have time to play around with it, but switched to my back up plan (USB on windows!). Let me know if any logs/outputs would be useful. Tim Rittman ** Affects: xrandr (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687413 Title: Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder
In reply to: Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:07:06 +0100 From: Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: i2m0ir$t2...@dough.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 27/07/10 07:57, Nigel Verity wrote: My concern is that renaming the home folder will screw up the configuration of numerous applications. Is it best just to live with things as they are or is there a clean method of renaming the home folder? If you mean renaming /home that is probably not a good idea. There are lots of scripts and other applications, and configuration details that expect the current user to have a home directory in /home/username With work you might be able to find them all but it probably isn't worth the effort. How about just using something like Ubuntu One to synchronise the bits you need syncing? The idea being you don't need to keep copying files between machines at all as they are always in-sync. HTH Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com Hi Nige, I have a similar problem, syncing two laptops to a desktop. I created two subfolders under 'Documents' on the desktop named 'synapse' and 'neuron' (the names of my laptops). Then I use unison http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ (this uses rsync) to keep everything updated via ssh with passwordless login. I have set it up to sync the 'Documents' folders on the laptops to each of the subfolders on the desktop. I have then written a short bash script to automate the process. You just have to remember to sync before you change any documents, otherwise your changes get lost. I don't see why you couldn't sync your home folders in the same way. It works well for me, but I'm sure there are other ways of doing it. Let me know if you want to know any more of the details involved. Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server...
Message: 7 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:19:24 +0100 From: John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server... To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinsikjq8belb1kbj6ii4fnplkbsni593yvdk...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 28 June 2010 22:12, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: As long as the card is on the bus, it is powered. The card itself may have a specific power-save mode, but I very much doubt it. The power consumed by the monitor is another story, but you know how to turn that off. If you want a way to save power and periodically run commands and fetch stuff, just buy a low-power PC. My Intel Atom-powered box consumes 26 W in normal operation, so I never turn it off. Regards, Tyler If you like the idea of a low powered pc, the Acer Aspire revo are very nice:http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200537 I have 4 all running Lucid and I didn't have to pay the window tax. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20100628/f3d71a2a/attachment-0001.htm Tyler, John and Bruno, many thanks for the explanations and advice. It's only a temporary arrangement for another few months, so I'll probably stick as I am at the moment, particular as everything works! Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server...
Hi All, I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction to help with a minor issue. I have a desktop running ubuntu in Bishop's Stortford, but I currently spend most of the week working in Norwich, where I use my laptop to log in via ssh for various bits and pieces. My desktop turns itself on every day at 4:30 and I turn it off when I'm done via ssh. All good. I have a fairly hefty graphics card on the desktop that I'm sure drains a lot of power when the desktop is on. Is it possible to have the desktop running as a headless server most of the time, then perhaps use some sort of key combination to switch on the graphics card when I'm at home? Thanks! Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid
On 22 May 2010 22:35, Bruce Durling bld at otfrom.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk wrote: / Hi, // // I have a friend running Lucid with nvidia and he is having trouble // with the video drivers// /snip Hello Bruce, Have you tried running nvidia-xconfig from the command line? Are you able to get to the virtual terminals Ctrl-Alt-F1... bit more snipping Hi Bruce, I also had quite a few problems getting the nvidia drivers to work properly. I did get it working eventually (hope that's reassuring!). The following forum solved my problem, after going through forums with similar solutions to what you found above: http://70.87.46.147/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2252094 I filed a bug which shows my xorf.conf here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/578885 Not sure if that will solve the problem, but may give you a few more leads. Good luck, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...
Hi All, If anyone ran in to the same problems with dual monitors in karmic that I had, ie they didn't work, rolling back to the nvidia-173 driver (SystemAdministrationHardware devices) fixed it. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Java app (FreeMind) installed through Synaptic -- where is it?
Hi, Freemind is a great mindmapping programme, and is the only programme I use regularly that works on linux, mac and windows! I would strongly recommend installing the .deb file direct from the freemind website - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7118package_id=161831release_id=574421 Pick the top file from the list. The version in the repository is quite old and has lots of bugs (only one of which you have found!) that have been fixed. Regards, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 901 issues
Message: 9 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:19:32 + From: Michael G Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] eee 901 with ubuntu - issue To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Guys, I picked up an eee 901 last Monday. I charged it and immediately installed Ubuntu and adamm's kernel from array.org. Everything works brilliant! However, I appear to be having an issue with the sensor from the lid. it appears to think that it opens and closes randomly. see an image here [1], the screen was open all the time. I have disabled all the power preferences that relate to the lid functions, so it doesn't bug me, although every now and then the screen flashes off and on. Is it worth sending it back for repairs? or something i should only do if it bugs me enough? thanks --Michael [1] http://www.mgfletcher.com/pictures/eee/power_history.png -- _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- Hi Michael, I got a 901 a few weeks ago and installed eeexubuntu. Working very well after a bit of fiddling about with the wireless. I haven't had any issues with the lid sensor. Sounds like a problem with the hardware, so probably worth sending back for repairs. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 29
-- Message: 10 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:39:46 +0100 From: Philip Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] MIDI Writing Software To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2008/9/16 Andy Loughran [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Guys, I could do with some help locating a MIDI writing package for Ubuntu. I'd like to be able to write music on the computer, and for that to then get played back to me by some midi engine. I'd like to be able to write multiple tracks and play them back ontop of each other. snip Regards, andylockran Have a look at http://ubuntustudio.org -- Philip Stubbs Hi Andy, If you want something you can write notes on try noteedit, musescore or rosegarden. I had a similar dilema having to rearrange some music a little while ago. I used noteedit which seemed to work best for me. All the programmes seem to have funny quirks and idiosyncracies. My advice is to have a go on each and see how you get on. To print sheet music from noteedit, I had to save it and print from rosegarden. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3
gord wrote: On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 11:31 +0100, Ted wrote: A friend has been using a computer I installed Feisty on and asked me to install it on his.. I installed it but cannot get mplayer or realplayer to work..When I goto the bbc news and lick on a vid mplayer starts to connect and the tells me "stopped" If I alter preferences to use realplayer f/fox crashes with no error messages...If I try Konq it too crashes...I have tried using automatix on a clean install to get the codecs etc but still no joy..It will play vids and youtube clips though.. I have also tried using pclinuxos and Mepis but all show the same symptoms I am running out of ideas and he is thinking abt going back to win 2k Any ideas appreciated... Regards Ted Wager Linux user.. first step, remove anything automatix has done, it just causes problems, breaks systems and gives support people a big headache. not supported and please do not use it :) . Second step, e-mail the bbc to compain about their web service being bias towards propiatary systems when we have free formats available for them to use :) typically at the bottom of a video stream it has 'open in a standalone player' you could try copying that link into a standalone realplayer and playing from there. Thanks for the reply...I did try without Automatix several times...Automatix was a last resort.. As to the complaint to the bbc I cannot reaally do that as I have no problem on my home computer with either mplayer or realplayer..It is just on my friends box where I am having problems.. Hi, I had similar problems with realplayer in firefox running Kubuntu feisty which were resolved by installing the media player connectivity add-on to firefox. This effectively opens all media links in the programme that it is intended for. Eg, from the BBC website if I click on a newsclip it appears with an icon. If I click on the icon, it opens realplayer and plays the clip in realplayer with no problems. It might be worth a go if nothing else works. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 26
Hi everyone, I'm a recent convert to Linux (after accidentally wiping my harddrive and not wanting to put windows back on it - long story!). I'm also a doctor, so I'm really glad to see the e-mail below. I've worked a bit in Zambia and one of the challenges in the rural hospital I worked in was collecting data about patients on Anti-retrovirals to a sufficiently high standard to keep funders happy. Do people know of other low-cost similar open source health-related software? All the best, Tim On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:36:53 + -- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:19:40 + From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu used in the fight against AIDS To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp=Yes; format=flowed Mornign all, For those of you who don't subscribe to the fridge RSS feed, I found this in my inbox this morning: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/820 =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= iDart, or the intelligent Dispensing of Antiretroviral Treatment This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
