[Maverick] linux kernel 2.6.34-4.11 uploaded (ABI bump)
We have uploaded a new Maverick linux kernel. This enables the -omap kernel flavor, some config and delta review changes, and also some kernel hardening security bits. Please note the ABI bump: https://www.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.34-4.11 Thanks, Leann -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
Re: Testing/Laptop
On 05/21/2010 09:42 PM, Martin Webster wrote: Hello, I'd like to contribute to the Laptop Testing Project. This is just a quick note to say hi. I can test the following laptops: * HP Mini 5102 * HP Compaq nx 6125 (while it lasts) * Toshiba Satellite L300-1AP I've followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop and am set to go. Do I file reports for 10.04 or wait for the next development releases? The purporse of the project is to test the development release, but testing against 10.04 in the mean time won't do any harm. I think that we should cleanup the wiki now to: 1. Testing/Laptop pointing to Maverick reports 2. Having subpages per release: /Testing/Laptop/Lucid /Testing/Laptop/Karmic Anyone have time to do it? Thanks, Ara. -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
Re: Testing/Laptop
2010/5/25 Ara Pulido a...@ubuntu.com: On 05/21/2010 09:42 PM, Martin Webster wrote: Hello, I'd like to contribute to the Laptop Testing Project. This is just a quick note to say hi. I can test the following laptops: * HP Mini 5102 * HP Compaq nx 6125 (while it lasts) * Toshiba Satellite L300-1AP I've followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop and am set to go. Do I file reports for 10.04 or wait for the next development releases? The purporse of the project is to test the development release, but testing against 10.04 in the mean time won't do any harm. I think that we should cleanup the wiki now to: 1. Testing/Laptop pointing to Maverick reports 2. Having subpages per release: /Testing/Laptop/Lucid /Testing/Laptop/Karmic Anyone have time to do it? Thanks Ara, I'm sorry for the late reply but I've been a bit busy these days. Anyway, I'll do the cleanup ASAP and I'll let you know when finished. Sergio. Thanks, Ara. -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa -- Sergio Zanchetta https://launchpad.net/~primes2h -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
Re: Hello
Hi, Just adding my introductions and hellos... Like Andy I am from the UK but left education a long time ago. I have been an active Microsoft Technical beta tester (the ones that get releases not pushed to the public) in the past but have been following Ubuntu for years. Finally with Lucid I found a release that I felt confident to use full time in place of Windows. I am now using it on 2 laptops (Acer 8930G and Acer 6935G) and 2 Acer Aspire Revo 3600 units running as XBMC media centers. Along with this move to Ubuntu I am also moving most of my personal testing to Ubuntu as well, hence my presence here. Looking forward to getting to grips with Maverick when builds are pushed out. My main method of testing is to try using the builds as a normal user (since my experience tells me a user will find many more bugs than anyone doing specific testing) although I also follow testing requests and scripts as necessary. I also plan on doing some testing on my Aspire One and on some VMs running under VMWare and VirtualBox. Regards Vince Marsters On 22/05/10 11:46, Andrew Bancroft wrote: Hi, Just joined the Testing mailing list, I'm a student in the UK and use Ubuntu for most things, and at the moment just learning CLI to make me feel like a proper Ubuntu user! I would like to get involved testing Ubuntu and its software, so I need to find out how :p Andy. -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
Re: [ubuntu-in] open office crash
The shortcuts do not get deleted. I only delete .openoffice.org (hidden) folder from my home folder. You can then start openoffice from the menu. On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:06 +0530 wrote Really surprise/wonder. when you deleted the openoffice.org folder - everything including short-cut icon moved to trash - in that situation, how to open openoffice in the absence of icon(shortcut)? On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Shri L Mundada wrote: Hi Nikhil, I have faced this issue a lot of times. What we do is delete the .openoffice.org folder in users home folder. Opening openoffice after that will recreate the deleted folder. Interesting solution I have never faced this particular problem so would like to know what may be the causes. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] open office crash
Thanks for the clarification. hidden means marked as ~ openoffice.org? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Shri L Mundada mundadas...@rediffmail.comwrote: The shortcuts do not get deleted. I only delete .openoffice.org (hidden) folder from my home folder. You can then start openoffice from the menu. On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:06 +0530 wrote Really surprise/wonder. when you deleted the openoffice.org folder - everything including short-cut icon moved to trash - in that situation, how to open openoffice in the absence of icon(shortcut)? On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Shri L Mundada wrote: Hi Nikhil, I have faced this issue a lot of times. What we do is delete the .openoffice.org folder in users home folder. Opening openoffice after that will recreate the deleted folder. Interesting solution I have never faced this particular problem so would like to know what may be the causes. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline@middle? -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:04:06PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: Yes, you did a great job. Can you send some sweets we will distribute these sweets on this great occasion That was very sarcastic. Please understand the the original poster may be a new-comer and not conversant with the generally accepted mailing etiquettes. These comments may only drag him away from Ubuntu and other FOSS community. Also while being on the ubuntu list, we should try to observe the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. @shashi, Please follow the mailing list etiquettes (GIYF). It is desirable that you describe the problem you are facing in the body of the message. Just mentioning something you did in the subject line serves no purpose. It seems that you wanted to reply to another post in a thread you started regarding unicode hindi fonts. In that case, you should have replied to the same message with your comment below the relevant text to which you are replying. Hope you will find the solution to your problem here. Regards, Nitesh -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Nitesh Mistry mail...@mistrynitesh.netwrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:04:06PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: Yes, you did a great job. Can you send some sweets we will distribute these sweets on this great occasion That was very sarcastic. Please understand the the original poster may be a new-comer and not conversant with the generally accepted mailing etiquettes. These comments may only drag him away from Ubuntu and other FOSS community. Also while being on the ubuntu list, we should try to observe the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. @shashi, Please follow the mailing list etiquettes (GIYF). It is desirable that you describe the problem you are facing in the body of the message. Just mentioning something you did in the subject line serves no purpose. It seems that you wanted to reply to another post in a thread you started regarding unicode hindi fonts. In that case, you should have replied to the same message with your comment below the relevant text to which you are replying. The community document at http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette sums it quite 'lucidly' ;-) Regards -- Nitesh http://tech.mistrynitesh.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GB/J/IT/OTW d+(-) s+:+: a- C+ UL+++ P? L+ E? W++ N? o? K? w--- O? M-- V? PS+() PE(++)(-) Y+ PGP+ t 5? X- R tv+ b+ DI D G e+++ h-- !r y? --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Indian Languages on Ubuntu
@Ram: Thanks a ton. That was helpfull. How do we type in Indic Languages on a standard keyboard. Do we need to use a overlay on the keyboard to show the various charecters or any other way. Also whats SCIM, IBUS etc ? Regards Narendra Diwate On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 23:12, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: The posts over the past few days and a TV advert for the Indian version of Linux named BOSS have prompted me to write this query. BOSS has been around for some time its the CDAC linux version check out http://www.bosslinux.in/ have never used it so no comments on that However on the language front. Actually in Ubuntu its quite easy The first place to choose is right at setup - where Ubuntu allows you to choose installation in the n number of languages (am not sre how many) but a fair bit of indian languages are present Though i know a couple of Indian languages, i have used the computer only in English like most if not all on this list and computer users in India in general. Though i know Ubuntu and a lot of other Linux OS's support use of Indian languages, I frankly have no Idea how to use it and to what extent is it developed. am snipping the rest of your post and will run through the mainpoints To install and enable additional Language support go to System - Administration - Language Support and go to the install / remove languages and then just select any (or many) of the languages you want and then proceed with install. After the installation is successful (am not sure if a reboot is required) then you will be able to choose your login language at the time of login. Thats it you are ready to रोक एण्ड़ रोल *** additional notes are below First choosing the language to install is quite easy (as mentioned first at the fresh install phase) . This choice by default will enable your computer to boot up in your preferred language of choice, However this is not final at any stage later on you can install any (repeat any) and any number of other languages and the the login in time one can choose which language to boot into (as far as i know in windows one must buy separate versions for different languages) In most of the supported languages the basic software that comes the menu's and interface are much translated into the language you may have chosen. However not all the software has every thing translated. Depending on what your default keyboard choice was (which can wildly vary - if you want, from your language of choice) , the OS (Ubuntu) will keep that choice irrespective of which language you choose and one must choose an additional keyboards (language input) to begin typing in a particular language (System - Preferences --Keyboard -- Layouts) In case you have already installed say english language and US english keyboard its just a matter of a decent net connection to install the additional language packs enjoy ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Indian Languages on Ubuntu
Yes SCIM - where phonetic keyboard layout for each lang available to choose. SCIM is installed in ubuntu as default. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.comwrote: @Ram: Thanks a ton. That was helpfull. How do we type in Indic Languages on a standard keyboard. Do we need to use a overlay on the keyboard to show the various charecters or any other way. Also whats SCIM, IBUS etc ? Regards Narendra Diwate On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 23:12, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: The posts over the past few days and a TV advert for the Indian version of Linux named BOSS have prompted me to write this query. BOSS has been around for some time its the CDAC linux version check out http://www.bosslinux.in/ have never used it so no comments on that However on the language front. Actually in Ubuntu its quite easy The first place to choose is right at setup - where Ubuntu allows you to choose installation in the n number of languages (am not sre how many) but a fair bit of indian languages are present Though i know a couple of Indian languages, i have used the computer only in English like most if not all on this list and computer users in India in general. Though i know Ubuntu and a lot of other Linux OS's support use of Indian languages, I frankly have no Idea how to use it and to what extent is it developed. am snipping the rest of your post and will run through the mainpoints To install and enable additional Language support go to System - Administration - Language Support and go to the install / remove languages and then just select any (or many) of the languages you want and then proceed with install. After the installation is successful (am not sure if a reboot is required) then you will be able to choose your login language at the time of login. Thats it you are ready to रोक एण्ड़ रोल *** additional notes are below First choosing the language to install is quite easy (as mentioned first at the fresh install phase) . This choice by default will enable your computer to boot up in your preferred language of choice, However this is not final at any stage later on you can install any (repeat any) and any number of other languages and the the login in time one can choose which language to boot into (as far as i know in windows one must buy separate versions for different languages) In most of the supported languages the basic software that comes the menu's and interface are much translated into the language you may have chosen. However not all the software has every thing translated. Depending on what your default keyboard choice was (which can wildly vary - if you want, from your language of choice) , the OS (Ubuntu) will keep that choice irrespective of which language you choose and one must choose an additional keyboards (language input) to begin typing in a particular language (System - Preferences --Keyboard -- Layouts) In case you have already installed say english language and US english keyboard its just a matter of a decent net connection to install the additional language packs enjoy ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
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Re: [ubuntu-in] Indian Languages on Ubuntu
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: @Ram: Thanks a ton. That was helpfull. How do we type in Indic Languages on a standard keyboard. Do we need to use a overlay on the keyboard to show the various charecters or any other way. Welcome and glad to be of some help More Answers 1. Depending on the language you want to type in and the keyboard options available (some languages may have more than one like Hindi /Devnagari has Hindi Typewriter, Inscript and Bolnagari Keyboard Layouts) you could choose to get stickers and stick them on your keyboard. In my case i use inscript and have made a file that show me the layout and in the meanwhile have memorized the inscript keyboard (its quite simple one you begin using it) If its a desktop there is space on th keys for stickers , on a laptop it makes it look cluttered. (for Inscript keyboard users i can send you the keyboard file as a pdf - i was supposed to keep in on the Ubunt wiki but have not done so so till then who ever wants please mail me off line will send it) Personally i prefer inscript because its intuitive and is far easier to remember than hindi type writer (and even if you know the type writer is a matter of a week to unlearn and relearn) Also whats SCIM, IBUS etc ? Have no idea and would also like to know ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
I am just reading the latest DW weekly and in it a interview they say that deleting the contents of /usr directory will give the base system as was installed or something close to it. I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. What will happen if I decide to delete my the contents of the /usr dir? Now i know i will lose the user installed apps. What else will happen? Will the sys be still bootable and importantly usable? Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 02:58:56PM +0530, Narendra Diwate wrote: -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GB/J/IT/OTW d+(-) s+:+: a- C+ UL+++ P? L+ E? W++ N? o? K? w--- O? M-- V? PS+() PE(++)(-) Y+ PGP+ t 5? X- R tv+ b+ DI D G e+++ h-- !r y? --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- Pardon my Ignorance. But what is this GEEK CODE? hehe :D Its just trivial. It is a way to identify yourself - the geeky way. Check out http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html This is where the rules for your 'GEEK CODE BLOCK' are laid out. Form your geek code and let the world know about it. And further discussions about this topic on another thread please. Or I will be accused of hijacking the thread. ;-) Regards, Nitesh -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On 25 May 2010 15:27, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I am just reading the latest DW weekly and in it a interview they say that deleting the contents of /usr directory will give the base system as was installed or something close to it. I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. What will happen if I decide to delete my the contents of the /usr dir? Now i know i will lose the user installed apps. What else will happen? Will the sys be still bootable and importantly usable? Deleting the usr directory will not be fatal, but your system will be rendered unusable. usr/ does not only include user installed apps but also the other apps which makes up your working OS (they are in the /usr/bin). I don't recommend deleting the /usr directory to make space. Instead try removing applications you don't need. Also, sometimes the apt cache gets too big and should be cleaned up to free space. You can do it manually if you know what you are doing or you can use some app to do that like 'Computer Janitor' (preinstalled) or I suggest 'Ubuntu Tweak' (try this). Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Ashutosh Rishi Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 03:27:00PM +0530, Narendra Diwate wrote: I am just reading the latest DW weekly and in it a interview they say that deleting the contents of /usr directory will give the base system as was installed or something close to it. I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. What will happen if I decide to delete my the contents of the /usr dir? Now i know i will lose the user installed apps. What else will happen? Will the sys be still bootable and importantly usable? Ever tried booting the computer in to 'recovery mode'? AFAIK, if you delete the contents of /usr directory, it will look very much like that (i.e. just the command prompt and a barebones linux install - no graphical stuff) Regards, Nitesh -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
To all: This is just an academic exercise and I am not running out of space on my HD. So advice on the lines of unistall apps, clear apt cache, computer janitor are already known to me. Just keep the focus on What will happen if /usr is cleared. Pardon me if this comes across as rough. That is just not the intention. Regards Narendra Diwate On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 15:38, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: Deleting the usr directory will not be fatal, but your system will be rendered unusable. usr/ does not only include user installed apps but also the other apps which makes up your working OS (they are in the /usr/bin). I don't recommend deleting the /usr directory to make space. Instead try removing applications you don't need. Also, sometimes the apt cache gets too big and should be cleaned up to free space. You can do it manually if you know what you are doing or you can use some app to do that like 'Computer Janitor' (preinstalled) or I suggest 'Ubuntu Tweak' (try this). -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: Just keep the focus on What will happen if /usr is cleared. Simply enough all the programs which are in the /usr will not be available anymore. To know what type of data are usually stored in /usr have a look at Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and then you can always peek into all the files in the /usr directory of your system. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I am just reading the latest DW weekly and in it a interview they say that deleting the contents of /usr directory will give the base system as was installed or something close to it. I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. You have Ubuntu desktop system installed right? That is approx 1500 packages installed. In terms of number of programs (apps/libs etc) I would say that is at least 800. 1.8G is not 'a lot of space'. A desktop install for Ubuntu takes around 2 GB total. Consider what all applications you get in base install - browser, IM, email, media players, games, complete office suite, CD/DVD burning tool, photo manager, scanning/printing out of box, PDF reader, torrent client. Do you still think you are wasting too much space? :-) By the way, number of users does not affect the content in /usr. Users have their own content in /home. What will happen if I decide to delete my the contents of the /usr dir? Now i know i will lose the user installed apps. What else will happen? Will the sys be still bootable and importantly usable? bootable - perhaps usable (from a normal users point of view) - no /usr contains data related to almost 95% of applications. So if you delete the content try imagining what will be state of the machine. I am not sure why DW weekly gave advice about deleting the data form this directory. By the way what is DW weekly? Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: To all: This is just an academic exercise and I am not running out of space on my HD. So advice on the lines of unistall apps, clear apt cache, computer janitor are already known to me. Just keep the focus on What will happen if /usr is cleared. Pardon me if this comes across as rough. That is just not the intention. Interesting experiment! Could someone try this on a snapshotted VM and let the list know? Regards Narendra Diwate On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 15:38, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: Deleting the usr directory will not be fatal, but your system will be rendered unusable. usr/ does not only include user installed apps but also the other apps which makes up your working OS (they are in the /usr/bin). I don't recommend deleting the /usr directory to make space. Instead try removing applications you don't need. Also, sometimes the apt cache gets too big and should be cleaned up to free space. You can do it manually if you know what you are doing or you can use some app to do that like 'Computer Janitor' (preinstalled) or I suggest 'Ubuntu Tweak' (try this). -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Sent using the magic of the interwebs. http://ritesh.posterous.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 16:44, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I am just reading the latest DW weekly and in it a interview they say that deleting the contents of /usr directory will give the base system as was installed or something close to it. I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. You have Ubuntu desktop system installed right? That is approx 1500 packages installed. In terms of number of programs (apps/libs etc) I would say that is at least 800. 1.8G is not 'a lot of space'. A desktop install for Ubuntu takes around 2 GB total. Consider what all applications you get in base install - browser, IM, email, media players, games, complete office suite, CD/DVD burning tool, photo manager, scanning/printing out of box, PDF reader, torrent client. Do you still think you are wasting too much space? :-) By the way, number of users does not affect the content in /usr. Users have their own content in /home. @onkar: Thanks for reply. I am using Lucid x86_64. I agree 1.8GB is not a lot of space, just meant for apps i installed, 1.8GB is a lot (because i thought (wrongly) /usr contains only user installed apps). Now i know even a fresh install would have quite a lot of files in /usr. What will happen if I decide to delete my the contents of the /usr dir? Now i know i will lose the user installed apps. What else will happen? Will the sys be still bootable and importantly usable? bootable - perhaps usable (from a normal users point of view) - no /usr contains data related to almost 95% of applications. So if you delete the content try imagining what will be state of the machine. I am not sure why DW weekly gave advice about deleting the data form this directory. By the way what is DW weekly? Distrowatch Weekly http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100524 - An interview with NimbleX as given here *DW: *Your operating system is based on Slackware. What sort of features does NimbleX offer over plain Slackware? *BR: *I like that Slackware doesn't make strange things with packages as I've seen in some of the other distros and I like that Slackware is meant to be a pure Linux that doesn't bring very specific tools. Thus far it has been a very good starting base for NimbleX which works as live Linux under the hood. The way NimbleX works means that you can't really break it. *Even if you decide to save the changes in a file or in some other way, if you delete the whole /usr directory, at next reboot you'll still have everything there*. If someone chooses to save changes and overwrites important files with something not OK, just deleting the changes will bring back a system that worked exactly as it did when it was installed. Is this behavior specific to Slackware/NimbleX ? -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Sarcasm Software (was main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.)
Hah finally something to make us even more sarcastic *** Just what we need: sarcasm software http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18956-just-what-we-need-sarcasm-software.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Nitesh Mistry mail...@mistrynitesh.net wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:04:06PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: Yes, you did a great job. Can you send some sweets we will distribute these sweets on this great occasion That was very sarcastic. Please understand the the original poster may be a new-comer and not conversant with the generally accepted mailing etiquettes. These comments may only drag him away from Ubuntu and other FOSS community. Also while being on the ubuntu list, we should try to observe the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. You have Ubuntu desktop system installed right? That is approx 1500 packages installed. In terms of number of programs (apps/libs etc) I would say that is at least 800. 1.8G is not 'a lot of space'. A desktop install for Ubuntu takes around 2 GB total. Consider what all applications you get in base install - browser, IM, email, media players, games, complete office suite, CD/DVD burning tool, photo manager, scanning/printing out of box, PDF reader, torrent client. Do you still think you are wasting too much space? :-) /usr contains data related to almost 95% of applications. So if you delete the content try imagining what will be state of the machine. I am not sure why DW weekly gave advice about deleting the data form this directory. By the way what is DW weekly? Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB my entire root directory is /dev/sda712G am using Ultimate edition 2.5 (based on 9.10) and i laid my hands on 30 gig of repos so have tonnes installed. I think in the upgrade will have to be a bit rational ;-) ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Nitesh Mistry mail...@mistrynitesh.netwrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:04:06PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: Yes, you did a great job. Can you send some sweets we will distribute these sweets on this great occasion That was very sarcastic. Really ? I do not thing so, I was trying to generate humor. and in Hindi this is very common saying-- mithai batana -- ┌─┐ │Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │Society for Knowledge Commons │Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─┘ -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] main ibus se hindi use karta hoon aur inscript keyword use karta hoon.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 07:23:17PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Nitesh Mistry mail...@mistrynitesh.netwrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:04:06PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: Yes, you did a great job. Can you send some sweets we will distribute these sweets on this great occasion That was very sarcastic. Really ? I do not thing so, I was trying to generate humor. and in Hindi this is very common saying-- mithai batana I am very sure you didn't think so or meant so. You may have only tried to bring some humor but from the third person perspective, it looked sarcastic and may be even the original poster might have felt a little humiliated. Lets close this topic, I apologise if my words made you feel humiliated. And let us try help the fellow looking for solutions. :-) Regards, Nitesh -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB my entire root directory is /dev/sda712G am using Ultimate edition 2.5 (based on 9.10) and i laid my hands on 30 gig of repos so have tonnes installed. I think in the upgrade will have to be a bit rational ;-) ram -- @ram: Whoa ! THAT's BIG. Sorry if I sounded too finicky. May be it has to do with me playing with Mini Linux distros a bit too much and expect the same from my regular ubuntu as well. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. You have Ubuntu desktop system installed right? That is approx 1500 packages installed. In terms of number of programs (apps/libs etc) I would say that is at least 800. 1.8G is not 'a lot of space'. A desktop install for Ubuntu takes around 2 GB total. Consider what all applications you get in base install - browser, IM, email, media players, games, complete office suite, CD/DVD burning tool, photo manager, scanning/printing out of box, PDF reader, torrent client. Do you still think you are wasting too much space? :-) /usr contains data related to almost 95% of applications. So if you delete the content try imagining what will be state of the machine. I am not sure why DW weekly gave advice about deleting the data form this directory. By the way what is DW weekly? Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB my entire root directory is /dev/sda712G am using Ultimate edition 2.5 (based on 9.10) and i laid my hands on 30 gig of repos so have tonnes installed. I think in the upgrade will -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB This is how my ubuntu's /usr looks like $ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 247M/usr/src 2.4G/usr/lib 13k /usr/lib32 239M/usr/local 400M/usr/bin 23M /usr/include 881k/usr/i486-linux-gnu 1.9M/usr/games 40M /usr/sbin 4.1G/usr/share 95k /usr/lib64 7.3G/usr -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
Ignore last mail, sent by mistake due to a temporary internet outage ram On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: I just checked my /usr and ITS BIG. 1.8GB and 115000 files in it. I do not have too many programs installed, have only one user on the system and am very conscious of how much space my OS occupies. That is a lot of space. You have Ubuntu desktop system installed right? That is approx 1500 packages installed. In terms of number of programs (apps/libs etc) I would say that is at least 800. 1.8G is not 'a lot of space'. A desktop install for Ubuntu takes around 2 GB total. Consider what all applications you get in base install - browser, IM, email, media players, games, complete office suite, CD/DVD burning tool, photo manager, scanning/printing out of box, PDF reader, torrent client. Do you still think you are wasting too much space? :-) /usr contains data related to almost 95% of applications. So if you delete the content try imagining what will be state of the machine. I am not sure why DW weekly gave advice about deleting the data form this directory. By the way what is DW weekly? Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB my entire root directory is /dev/sda7 12G am using Ultimate edition 2.5 (based on 9.10) and i laid my hands on 30 gig of repos so have tonnes installed. I think in the upgrade will -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB This is how my ubuntu's /usr looks like $ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 247M /usr/src 2.4G /usr/lib 13k /usr/lib32 239M /usr/local 400M /usr/bin 23M /usr/include 881k /usr/i486-linux-gnu 1.9M /usr/games 40M /usr/sbin 4.1G /usr/share 95k /usr/lib64 7.3G /usr ** thanks so am not too bad ;-) but need to investigate why icons is 1.9 GB hmmm also thanks for the command will use that now and this is what it looks like again -$ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 463M/usr/bin 48M /usr/include 152k/usr/X11R6 1.6M/usr/local 2.7G/usr/lib 95k /usr/lib64 6.1G/usr/share 637M/usr/src 13k /usr/man 37M /usr/sbin 3.9M/usr/games 10G /usr ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
@narendra interesting experiment.. *Rename your /usr* and give it a try. I am going to do that once i get to my computer. On 25/05/2010, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB This is how my ubuntu's /usr looks like $ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 247M /usr/src 2.4G /usr/lib 13k /usr/lib32 239M /usr/local 400M /usr/bin 23M /usr/include 881k /usr/i486-linux-gnu 1.9M /usr/games 40M /usr/sbin 4.1G /usr/share 95k /usr/lib64 7.3G /usr ** thanks so am not too bad ;-) but need to investigate why icons is 1.9 GB hmmm also thanks for the command will use that now and this is what it looks like again -$ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 463M /usr/bin 48M /usr/include 152k /usr/X11R6 1.6M /usr/local 2.7G /usr/lib 95k /usr/lib64 6.1G /usr/share 637M /usr/src 13k /usr/man 37M /usr/sbin 3.9M /usr/games 10G /usr ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Srihari K -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Deleting contents of /usr directory - Implications
If you're thinking of doing away with /usr - don't. At least /usr/lib/ will make sure you regret it. /usr/local is expendable if you dont have any software installed in it. /usr/share has icons, fonts, and a whole lot of other things that you need. /usr/bin and /usr/sbin are essential too. Just a thought! __ Carthik. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Srihari k harisult...@gmail.com wrote: @narendra interesting experiment.. *Rename your /usr* and give it a try. I am going to do that once i get to my computer. On 25/05/2010, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Excuse me please the following is my /usr /usr - 9.2 GB /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) /usr/lib - 2.5 GB /usr/src - 601 MB This is how my ubuntu's /usr looks like $ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 247M /usr/src 2.4G /usr/lib 13k /usr/lib32 239M /usr/local 400M /usr/bin 23M /usr/include 881k /usr/i486-linux-gnu 1.9M /usr/games 40M /usr/sbin 4.1G /usr/share 95k /usr/lib64 7.3G /usr ** thanks so am not too bad ;-) but need to investigate why icons is 1.9 GB hmmm also thanks for the command will use that now and this is what it looks like again -$ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr 463M /usr/bin 48M /usr/include 152k /usr/X11R6 1.6M /usr/local 2.7G /usr/lib 95k /usr/lib64 6.1G /usr/share 637M /usr/src 13k /usr/man 37M /usr/sbin 3.9M /usr/games 10G /usr ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Srihari K -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Problem with Places
Hi All, I recently upgraded from Hardy to Lucid on my desktop (2 GB RAM, 64 bit). I have separate / and /home partitions. When I started the machine, things worked fine except that it had older themes and so on. However, the biggest problem is when I click on Places and then some folder from there, VLC starts and tries to play every file in that folder. I tried to find how to change that, but could not. Could someone suggest a way to rectify this? Regards Moz -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Ubuntu vanille - non-vanille
On 10-05-25 12:18 AM, Michael Faille wrote: [...] En effet, je me questionne a savoir pourquoi /usr/local est sous utilisé dans ubuntu. Voila une idée je vais soumettre à http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ car cela doit etre une norme pour ubuntu quand un dépot tierce ou personnel est utilisé. Je ne te suis pas. C'est déjà une norme établie. On ne peut forcer aucun éditeur de logiciels à la suivre, sauf ceux qui appliquent pour être inclus dans les dépôts officiels. Dans ces cas s'il ne suivent pas ces normes leurs package sont simplement refusés... [...] Si les apllications compilé manuellement sont isolé dans /usr/local par defaut, le systeme ne pourra alors pas etre tricoté. Une désinstalation à la mitaine est alors accessible du a un besoin peu fréquent de logiciel custum. Les options de compilation dépendent de chaque auteur/éditeur de logiciel.. étant donné que le support technique n'est pas un service de révision ni d'audit de code, ces incidents sont parfois refusés. Je dirais que dans la plupart des cas on fournit quand même un effort minimum pour aider + comprendre mais il y a des limites. Tu sembles avoir des exemples concrets d'applications qui ne suivent pas ces normes. Lesquelles ? Si tu veux faire avancer ça, je suggère de soumettre un rapport de bug dans ces applications. Sur Brainstorm ta suggestion telle que je la comprends aura peu ou aucune chance d'être validée. Concernant, les logiciels tierces, voici une autre suggestion que je veux faire évoluer pour http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/: Pour l'instant, il y a trop d'info caché dans les forum ou dans la listes des bug de launchpad (ou tierce) qui peuvent influencés l'avis de la communauté sur un logiciel disponnible avant de l'installé/l'utilisé. D'autant plus que je ne vois pas nécéssairement les logiciel non-supporter officielement par ubuntu comme un risque. Tant qu'on ne comprends pas cet aspect clé de n'importe quelle distribution (la gestion des logiciels par package) on risque d'avoir un système instable. J'en ai même fait un billet: http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/12/08/the-single-most-important-thing-you-should-know-about-ubuntu/ Encore une fois, le propriétaire du système écoute bien qui il veut ;) En effet, j'opterai plutot pour un systeme de cote public pour classer sur 10 ou sur 100 la qualité d'un logiciel (par pupularité, stabilité, download) avec une gestion des commentaire basé sur la pertiance dont la pertinance est voté par mr. tout le monde. Cela doit etre fait dans ubuntu software center a mon avis. C'est déjà prévu quoique j'ignore pour quand: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Ratings%20and%20reviews [...] Ultimement, cela permetra à la communauté de percevoir de façon plus autonome et rapide la qualité d'un logiciel dans les dépots. Je constate que parfois un logiciels publiés dans les dépots communautaire et meme officiel ne sont pas bien intégré (je pence à eclipse pour lequel je devait prendre le package officiel du fournisseur ou alien arena il n'y a pas tres longtemp). Difficile de te suivre quand tu cites des problèmes qui n'en sont plus. Tandis que les derniere version officiels peuvent l'etre mieu. Bref, la communauté doit etre au courant plus faciliement des bug ou de la stabilité avant dessayer un logiciel. Peut-etre qu'alors les fournisseurs seront plus concéquent de la qualité de leurs packages/logiciels. Une meilleurs accecibilité (+ user-firendly) à la collaboration pour la communauté en général serait aussi intéressant pour les dévloppeurs [...]. Pour reprendre ton exemple d'Eclipse, de la documentation officielle, des bug report et des discussions bien nourries existent. Les sites Launchpad, wiki.ubuntu.com et les forums sont assez bien faits pour exposer tout ça aux moteurs de recherche. Si on cherche Eclipse problems Ubuntu ou d'autre combinaisons semblables dans Google le premier lien est la doc de communauté (qui une fois révisée devient officielle): http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntuchannel=fsq=eclipse+problem+ubuntuie=utf-8oe=utf-8 Pour peu qu'on essaie de trouver ces informations sans les moteurs de recherche on les retrouve aussi rapidement. Quand on ne la trouve pas le reflexe devrait être de demander dans les canaux habituels (mailing list, IRC..) puis de partager ce qu'on trouve. Ça aussi ça se retrouve dans les moteurs de recherche et c'est aussi utile de trouver des questions sans réponse - ça valide un problème qui n'aurait pas de solutions (ou pas encore) et on peut décider de se joindre à l'effort, etc. Euh.. en vérifiant c'est ce qui est arrivé ici même en octobre l'an passé: [Ubuntu-QC] Ubuntu 9.10: Workaround pour Eclipse 3.5 dans Karmic https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-quebec/2009-October/002412.html Bref, je crois que ta perception sur des problèmes qui n'en sont pas ou qui ont toutes les chances d'être rêglés et un peu faussée. J'espère que j'apporte
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] WARNING à répétition
Bonjour Gilbert! Il faut faire attention avec les outils Ubuntu Tweak et Ailurus et Bleachbit, tu laisses entre les mains de logiciels faire des choses automatiques dans ton système, à part modifier des caractéristiques visuelles et ajouter des logiciels, je me méfierais de les utiliser pour faire du ménage... ça risque d'amener d'autres problèmes... à faire attention! Bonne journée! Steve 2010/5/23 Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com Lorsque je fais un apt-get update, il s'affiche une série de messages dont j'aimerais bien me débarrasser. Les voici: WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus-10.03.2.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/gdm2setup-0.5.1_karmic.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/gnome_activity_journal-0.3.2.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/ScriptWorker.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/network/parser.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/conf/settings.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/common/settings.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/PKG-INFO is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/top_level.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/ubuntu/controversial_apps.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/fedora/controversial_apps.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/fedora/controversial_repository.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/PKG-INFO is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/SOURCES.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/dependency_links.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/top_level.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. Que signifient-ils et comment m'en défaire? Gilbert -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Ubuntu vanille - non-vanille
Tu sembles avoir des exemples concrets d'applications qui ne suivent pas ces normes. Lesquelles ? Si tu veux faire avancer ça, je suggère de soumettre un rapport de bug dans ces applications. Sur Brainstorm ta suggestion telle que je la comprends aura peu ou aucune chance d'être validée. En fait, la plupart des ppa sur lauchpad ne suivent pas ces norme (python, pidgin,). Du moins, le role que Canonical peu jouer, c'est de mettre d'avantage l'enphase sur l'idée d'évaluer le /usr/local dans la documentation officiel (https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA). D'autant plus que lorce que l'on installe un logiciel avec make, il est tres facile de mettre a jour la destinaton http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Directory-Variables. Pour l'instant, il y a trop d'info caché dans les forum ou dans la listes des bug de launchpad (ou tierce) qui peuvent influencés l'avis de la communauté sur un logiciel disponnible avant de l'installé/l'utilisé. D'autant plus que je ne vois pas nécéssairement les logiciel non-supporter officielement par ubuntu comme un risque. Tant qu'on ne comprends pas cet aspect clé de n'importe quelle distribution (la gestion des logiciels par package) on risque d'avoir un système instable. Dans ce paragraphe et ce qui suivait (ce qui suivait mon idées), je parle de tous les logiciels disponibles dans ubuntu (packet officiels ou pas). En effet, meme si Canonical na pas approuver le packet, la communauté peu l'avoir fait. L'idée revenais plutot à ça-- En effet, j'opterai plutot pour un systeme de cote public pour classer sur 10 ou sur 100 la qualité d'un logiciel (par pupularité, stabilité, download) avec une gestion des commentaire basé sur la pertiance dont a pertinance est voté par mr. tout le monde. Cela doit etre fait dans ubuntu software center a mon avis. Je percois dans cette optique, une collaboration similaire aussi proactive que wikipedia. Meme qu'il pourrais y avoir une extention launchpad à ce system (pour les bugs). Dans le cas du support offert par cannonical, les logiciels supporté pourra etre que ceux que cannonical validera avec l'aide d'une communauté plus réactive grace à l'accecibilité. Cela aumentera la réactité potentiel de la communauté car pour l'instant, seul les gens plugguer ont la capacité de le faire bien qu'ils représente la communauté (j'entent par la mr.tout le monde + dévloppeur.) Difficile de te suivre quand tu cites des problèmes qui n'en sont plus. Quand il y a un bug/manque de fonctionnalité, c'est agrable le savoir avant d'utiliser un logiciel. C'est impossible qu'il m'y en ait pas d'autre. Pour peu qu'on essaie de trouver ces informations sans les moteurs de recherche on les retrouve aussi rapidement. Quand on ne la trouve pas le reflexe devrait être de demander dans les canaux habituels (mailing list, IRC..) puis de partager ce qu'on trouve. Ça aussi ça se retrouve dans les moteurs de recherche et c'est aussi utile de trouver des questions sans réponse - ça valide un problème qui n'aurait pas de solutions (ou pas encore) et on peut décider de se joindre à l'effort, etc. L'objectif de ma suggestion dans mon mail précédant suggère de facilité l'acces à cette information de sorte a contourné ce labyrinth de solution. C'est intéressant parfois étant donné qu'il peu y avoir des culs de sac. Cela pourrait meme etre fait pour les problemes/solutions secteurs du support matériels dans Ubuntu. L'accesssibilité de l'information est tres importante. Cela dit, centralisé le tout, l'organisé, l'intégrer dans le Ubuntu Software Center, la crittiquer, évaluer les critique à l'image de http://www.google.com/support/forum/; et en la rendant plus accessible suffirait pour favoriserait une adoption plus efficaces du systeme d'exploitation. Pour finir, je constate que des amélioration possibles et non des corrections comme mon ton aurait pu etre perçu. Sur ce, j'ai un exam d'equation différentiel et intégral :-| pour aller travailler a mon club par la suite :). --- Michael Faille Étudiant au baccalauréat en génie des technologies de l'information Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure, Montréal (Québec) Responsable TI du club étudiant CAPRA 2010/5/25 Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com: Tu sembles avoir des exemples concrets d'applications qui ne suivent pas ces normes. Lesquelles ? Si tu veux faire avancer ça, je suggère de soumettre un rapport de bug dans ces applications. Sur Brainstorm ta suggestion telle que je la comprends aura peu ou aucune chance d'être validée. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Qu'est-ce que c'est au juste les backports et qu'est-ce que ça fait? J'ai pas encore compris ça... Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 07:32, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Bonjour Gilbert! il faut activer toutes les cases à cocher dans les dépôts sous l'onglet ACTUALISATION (je suis en espagnol, je ne suis pas sûr de ce qui est écrit en français...) c'est le 3e onglet, j'ai aussi de coché tous les éléments du premier onglet à l'exception du code source. bonne journée!!! 2010/5/25, Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com: Qu'est-ce que c'est au juste les backports et qu'est-ce que ça fait? J'ai pas encore compris ça... Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 07:32, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] WARNING à répétition
Ouais, je ne sais plus dans lequel c'était, les indications n'étant pas très claires (mal traduites), je suis parvenu à supprimer le noyau courant et à préserver les anciens... Je me sers d'UTweak comme second magasin de logiciels (et encore, on y va une fois ou deux au début, puis c'est tout). Les autres, j'ai cessé de m'en servir. Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 08:48, Steve Nadeau steven...@gmail.com a écrit : Bonjour Gilbert! Il faut faire attention avec les outils Ubuntu Tweak et Ailurus et Bleachbit, tu laisses entre les mains de logiciels faire des choses automatiques dans ton système, à part modifier des caractéristiques visuelles et ajouter des logiciels, je me méfierais de les utiliser pour faire du ménage... ça risque d'amener d'autres problèmes... à faire attention! Bonne journée! Steve 2010/5/23 Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com Lorsque je fais un apt-get update, il s'affiche une série de messages dont j'aimerais bien me débarrasser. Les voici: WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus-10.03.2.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/gdm2setup-0.5.1_karmic.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/gnome_activity_journal-0.3.2.egg-info is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/ScriptWorker.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/network/parser.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/conf/settings.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntutweak/common/settings.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/PKG-INFO is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.2.egg-info/top_level.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/ubuntu/controversial_apps.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/fedora/controversial_apps.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ailurus/fedora/controversial_repository.py is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/PKG-INFO is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/SOURCES.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/dependency_links.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntu_tweak-0.5.0.egg-info/top_level.txt is linked but does not belong to any package. Que signifient-ils et comment m'en défaire? Gilbert -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Même les logiciels en pré-version (lucid-proposed)? C'est pas courir au-devant de problèmes? En tout cas, lucid-backports est coché, j'ai installé inux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic, mais ça n'a rien changé. C'est toujours Mot de passe erroné. Un backport, c'est appliquer des correctifs actuels à des versions précédentes d'un logiciel, si j'ai bien compris? De quelle manière ce backport aurait-il pu régler le problème? Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 09:25, Steve Nadeau steven...@gmail.com a écrit : Bonjour Gilbert! il faut activer toutes les cases à cocher dans les dépôts sous l'onglet ACTUALISATION (je suis en espagnol, je ne suis pas sûr de ce qui est écrit en français...) c'est le 3e onglet, j'ai aussi de coché tous les éléments du premier onglet à l'exception du code source. bonne journée!!! 2010/5/25, Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com: Qu'est-ce que c'est au juste les backports et qu'est-ce que ça fait? J'ai pas encore compris ça... Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 07:32, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Bonjour Gilbert! moi en tous cas, je n'ai pas de problème et j'ai toujours tout coché car je veux avoir les dernières versions... Pour wireless, ça doit s'intégrer au noyau, je n'en sais trop rien, mais anciennement je devais compiler MAD-WIFI qui faisait la même chose pour mon mini portable... j'essaierais quand même en cochant tout et en mettant à jour, si ça règle le problème c'est pas mal plus simple que de courrir des patches ailleurs, ça fait parti de Ubuntu standard! bonne journée... 2010/5/25 Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com Même les logiciels en pré-version (lucid-proposed)? C'est pas courir au-devant de problèmes? En tout cas, lucid-backports est coché, j'ai installé inux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic, mais ça n'a rien changé. C'est toujours Mot de passe erroné. Un backport, c'est appliquer des correctifs actuels à des versions précédentes d'un logiciel, si j'ai bien compris? De quelle manière ce backport aurait-il pu régler le problème? Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 09:25, Steve Nadeau steven...@gmail.com a écrit : Bonjour Gilbert! il faut activer toutes les cases à cocher dans les dépôts sous l'onglet ACTUALISATION (je suis en espagnol, je ne suis pas sûr de ce qui est écrit en français...) c'est le 3e onglet, j'ai aussi de coché tous les éléments du premier onglet à l'exception du code source. bonne journée!!! 2010/5/25, Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com: Qu'est-ce que c'est au juste les backports et qu'est-ce que ça fait? J'ai pas encore compris ça... Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 07:32, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Quelques affaires a essayer et verifier : network-manager a la mauvaise tendance d'essayer de prendre autorité totale sur la carte sans-fil. Ese-ce que netowrk-manager et wicd sont partis en même temps ? Pour arrêter le daemin network-manager, on peut tapper dans une console : sudo stop network Lors du party d'ubuntu, pour règler le problème avec une autre carte atheros sous 10.04, j'ai dû éteindre et rallumer la carte sans fil, et 'réactiver' l'interface pour la carte sans fil. Pour essayer : sudo stop network #Si c'est pas déja fait sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo ifconfig wlan0 up Et ensuite essayer de se reconnecter au réseau avec wicd 2010/5/25 Steve Nadeau steven...@gmail.com Bonjour Gilbert! moi en tous cas, je n'ai pas de problème et j'ai toujours tout coché car je veux avoir les dernières versions... Pour wireless, ça doit s'intégrer au noyau, je n'en sais trop rien, mais anciennement je devais compiler MAD-WIFI qui faisait la même chose pour mon mini portable... j'essaierais quand même en cochant tout et en mettant à jour, si ça règle le problème c'est pas mal plus simple que de courrir des patches ailleurs, ça fait parti de Ubuntu standard! bonne journée... 2010/5/25 Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com Même les logiciels en pré-version (lucid-proposed)? C'est pas courir au-devant de problèmes? En tout cas, lucid-backports est coché, j'ai installé inux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic, mais ça n'a rien changé. C'est toujours Mot de passe erroné. Un backport, c'est appliquer des correctifs actuels à des versions précédentes d'un logiciel, si j'ai bien compris? De quelle manière ce backport aurait-il pu régler le problème? Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 09:25, Steve Nadeau steven...@gmail.com a écrit : Bonjour Gilbert! il faut activer toutes les cases à cocher dans les dépôts sous l'onglet ACTUALISATION (je suis en espagnol, je ne suis pas sûr de ce qui est écrit en français...) c'est le 3e onglet, j'ai aussi de coché tous les éléments du premier onglet à l'exception du code source. bonne journée!!! 2010/5/25, Gilbert Dion gilbertd...@gmail.com: Qu'est-ce que c'est au juste les backports et qu'est-ce que ça fait? J'ai pas encore compris ça... Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 07:32, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 01:07 AM, Steve Nadeau wrote: Bonjour Gilbert! avez-vous essayé en installant le module: linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic ??? Petit détail, le CD ne contient pas la dernière version du kernel... Même avec backports, le CD live ne permet pas de rebooterpour tester un nouveau kernel... BOnne chance. F. -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- All musicians are drug addicts, no question about it. The ecstasy we get during a concert is proof enough. yet there is a slight difference between us, the musicians, and the typical 'street-junkie'... Instead of consuming powder, we consume vibrations Will et/ou Gregory Eric Sanderson Turcot Temlett MacDonnell Forbes et/ou Touffa! :) -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
On 10-05-25 05:30 PM, Gregory Eric Sanderson wrote: Quelques affaires a essayer et verifier : network-manager a la mauvaise tendance d'essayer de prendre autorité totale sur la carte sans-fil. Ese-ce que netowrk-manager et wicd sont partis en même temps ? Normallement ce n'est pas possible car wicd et NM sont marqués en conflit et l'installation de l'un provoque la désinstallation de l'autre. Pour arrêter le daemin network-manager, on peut tapper dans une console : sudo stop network [...] C'est plutôt sudo stop networking et ça arrête tous les services réseaux (pas seulement NM). A+ Fabian -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
J'ai désinstallé network-manager. sudo stop networking me dit: stop: Unknown instance Pour la première fois en 10 jours, ma carte s'et connectée... 10 secondes. Misère. Je dois quitter la maison, mais je reprendrai les essais en soirée. Gilbert = Membre de FACIL Pour l'appropriation collective de l'informatique libre Le 25 mai 2010 17:36, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com a écrit : On 10-05-25 05:30 PM, Gregory Eric Sanderson wrote: Quelques affaires a essayer et verifier : network-manager a la mauvaise tendance d'essayer de prendre autorité totale sur la carte sans-fil. Ese-ce que netowrk-manager et wicd sont partis en même temps ? Normallement ce n'est pas possible car wicd et NM sont marqués en conflit et l'installation de l'un provoque la désinstallation de l'autre. Pour arrêter le daemin network-manager, on peut tapper dans une console : sudo stop network [...] C'est plutôt sudo stop networking et ça arrête tous les services réseaux (pas seulement NM). A+ Fabian -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] K8055, Lazarus et Free Pascal sous Kubuntu 9.10 32 bits
Québec Web .org wrote: Ça existe encore le langage Pascal ? Delphi était un IDE très populaire dans les années 80 basé sur le language Pascal. Une version Linux, Kylix, a vu le jours en 2001, mais n'as jamais vraiment levée. Sur Ubuntu, apt-cache search pascal retourne plusieurs résultats. Notament le package fpc, Free Pascal, et gpc, le GNU Pascal Compiler. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
2010/5/25 Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com On 10-05-25 05:30 PM, Gregory Eric Sanderson wrote: Quelques affaires a essayer et verifier : network-manager a la mauvaise tendance d'essayer de prendre autorité totale sur la carte sans-fil. Ese-ce que netowrk-manager et wicd sont partis en même temps ? Normallement ce n'est pas possible car wicd et NM sont marqués en conflit et l'installation de l'un provoque la désinstallation de l'autre. eh bien je dois avoir des talents cachés pcq'en installant wicd sur un 10.04 frais avec aptitude, network-manager était encore présent. j'ai dû le déinstaller avec aptitude. Quoi que j'avais pas encore fait un aptitude update aptitude upgrade, donc p-e le problème venait du fait que les paquets était pas à jour. Pour arrêter le daemin network-manager, on peut tapper dans une console : sudo stop network [...] C'est plutôt sudo stop networking Une erreur de ma part, j'avais tappé la commande de mémoire sans vérifier avant, je m'en excuse et ça arrête tous les services réseaux (pas seulement NM). ce qui n'est pas toujours une mauvaise chose. Quand on veut tester/isoler une composante il est mieux de ne pas avoir d'autre processus connexes partis en même temps. Mais je l'accorde, les services réseaux filaire n'ont d'habitude pas d'impact sur les services réseaux sans fil A+ Fabian -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec -- All musicians are drug addicts, no question about it. The ecstasy we get during a concert is proof enough. yet there is a slight difference between us, the musicians, and the typical 'street-junkie'... Instead of consuming powder, we consume vibrations Will et/ou Gregory Eric Sanderson Turcot Temlett MacDonnell Forbes et/ou Touffa! :) -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Wi-Fi et Lucid Lynx ne font pas bon m énage?
Le 25 mai 2010 22:41, Gregory Eric Sanderson gzou2...@gmail.com a écrit : 2010/5/25 Fabian Rodriguez magic...@ubuntu.com On 10-05-25 05:30 PM, Gregory Eric Sanderson wrote: Quelques affaires a essayer et verifier : network-manager a la mauvaise tendance d'essayer de prendre autorité totale sur la carte sans-fil. Ese-ce que netowrk-manager et wicd sont partis en même temps ? Normallement ce n'est pas possible car wicd et NM sont marqués en conflit et l'installation de l'un provoque la désinstallation de l'autre. eh bien je dois avoir des talents cachés pcq'en installant wicd sur un 10.04 frais avec aptitude, network-manager était encore présent. j'ai dû le déinstaller avec aptitude. Quoi que j'avais pas encore fait un aptitude update aptitude upgrade, donc p-e le problème venait du fait que les paquets était pas à jour. Ça s'est passé comme ça pour moi itou. Une fois Wicd installé via synaptic, les deux ont roulé côte à côte. J'ai cru bon débarquer (toujours via synaptic) network-manager. Mai bref, rien de tout cela n'a réglé mon problème. Quand même curieux que sur le netbook, ça fonctionne. La seule différence, c'est que sur le netbook, il s'agit d'un upgrade, tandis que sur le laptop problématique, c'est une installation fraiche (avec /home sur partition distincte tout de même). Gilbert -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quebec
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at our LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a school. Capita recently bought Ramesys (a large education IT provider) so there is little chance of BFS, Building Schools for the Future, schools to have any local control and choose Open Source software. FOSS does stand a chance in private or indepenent schools. Mark Thomas and SiruisIT do a lots of FOSS stuff in schools. Maybe they could be on the Ubuntu UK podcast to talk about it. Colin Sent from my Nokia E71 phone -Original Message- From: Simon Greenwood Sent: 25/05/2010 00:19:32 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS? BECTA was championing open source whiteboard software and had a project under way but I can't remember what it was called off the top of my head. Moodle is becoming quite popular as a VLE but doesn't have much support in the schools IT support business, which is dominated by RM, who are very much a Microsoft house these days. A lot might depend on how school management goes on. I can see that the IT budget might be decentralised. My partner works in a PFI school and has told me that the city infrastructure provider has doubled their intranet bill this year, so there might be space to shop around for savings in future. Office tools are fairly standard though and I can't see MSOffice being replaced by OpenOffice or similar any time in the future On 25 May 2010 00:03, Mark Brocklehurst dragon-ri...@o2.co.uk wrote: On 24/05/10 23:24, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the li... Hi, I know I've not contributed to the list before, but I thought say a little something about this as I work as an IT Technician at a sixth form college. Not quite the same as a school, but would still look to someone like Becta for guidance at least. I have to admit to not knowing a lot of detail about certain things, however: Yes, a lot of schools use SIMS, but there are alternatives that do the same thing with varying success rates, and yes I believe they are expensive - my college are on at least their fourth alternative since leaving SIMS behind many years ago. Who's to say an Open Source alternative can't be created? The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards - I've not tried plugging one into my Linux box, but from a programmer's perspective, it's another peripheral with either serial or USB connectivity, the only problem really is the time it might take to write such software. As far as most software is concerned, the majority we use is proprietary, usually MS or Adobe. I believe this is mostly due to staff being afraid to try something new - the students do use alternatives like OpenOffice at home. There are a few teachers happy to use Open Source, but to try and persuade the entire college to do the same would prove difficult. Also, at college level I'm not sure what the situation might be with computerised exams where an examination board provides files to be used during the exam - from experience most such files are MS orientated, (eg. MS Databases). Having said that, with budgets being cut recently it may be give more weight to the Open Source alternative. I do agree that the support staff delivering IT solutions are the ones who drive a lot of what's used, but I think they should also listen to the requirements of the teachers themselves. Maybe teachers themselves should also be made more aware of the possibilities of Open Source. Mark. -- 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] Using Gparted
On 24 May 2010 18:00, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I got several useful emails full of advice from Linux Emporium about the various partitions on my internal hard disk. Apparently the unused partition is there so that the user can install two operating systems side by side if they so wish. They say I could dispense with this and add it to my user space, but between it and the large user space I already have is a swap partition of 3GB. So, if I wanted to merge the user spaces into one, I would first have to build a new swap partition at the bottom of the space. I have no idea how you format a partition as 'swap', and perhaps all this is not really worth while just to gain 22GB of extra user space. But it's very interesting. You could boot from a live Ubuntu CD and use gparted to:- Delete sda2 (the unwanted partition). Move sda3 down (to the left, nearer the start) of the disk Move sda4 down the disk Grow sda4 up the disk Grow sda5 inside sda4 up the disk Then you'd have reclaimed all the space that extra partition uses. Cheers, Al. -- 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 61, Issue 67
On 25 May 2010 06:48, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself without any swap partition at all it will die a horrible death Nope. Most computers can run just fine with no swap at all. The issue comes when you run out of memory as you load big programs and data. Eventually there will be no more space in memory to load stuff and the kernel will start killing off programs (the OOM [out of memory] killer does this). It's perfectly possible to run with no swap during the process of moving / recreating swap temporarily. and be completely unrecoverable except by using another machine to re-write the hard disk contents, so I don't want any risk of that. Could you explain how the hibernate command works? Is the idea that on the next start-up, the machine will switch to using the new swap partition? How can I be certain it is no longer using the old one, after the next start-up? I have to be 100% of this before deleting the old swap partition. swapon -s will list the swap partitions in use:- a...@ubuntu-uk:~$ swapon -s FilenameTypeSizeUsedPriority /dev/sda2 partition 262136 97792 -1 Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Colin McCarthy wrote: Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at our LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a school. Capita recently bought Ramesys (a large education IT provider) so there is little chance of BFS, Building Schools for the Future, schools to have any local control and choose Open Source software. FOSS does stand a chance in private or indepenent schools. Mark Thomas and SiruisIT do a lots of FOSS stuff in schools. Maybe they could be on the Ubuntu UK podcast to talk about it. Colin it is Mark Taylor (@Mark_Antony on twitter, Antony is his middle name) and yes, he would be a good interviewee for the podcast. Becta have done some good stuff relating to Open Source, if you look through the 152 downloadable publications they have produced several are advocating open source technologies and they have made several advisories about the risks of being locked in to high cost proprietary software. I think they were influential in getting Microsoft to offer an alternative site license to the one that means that you have to pay by the total number of computers in the building, regardless of what they were running (under the standard scam if you install a media suite of 30 Apple computers you would have to pay Microsoft for each and every one of them even if they run no Microsoft software). Becta also set up the Open Source Schools project and you can read more about the Becta close there http://opensourceschools.org.uk/bectas-closure.html Ultimately I don't think Becta did enough to justify their cost, and that seems to be the view of the new government too. The interesting question is what, if anything, fills the void. Stuff like the home access program will go or be managed by the department of education (no great loss if it goes). Publications and advisories will be pumped out from all directions. Not sure how good this is going to be. Schools will have to make up their own minds a little bit more (which they did anyway, but could just point at a Becta publication to abdicate responsibility for poor purchasing decisions). Microsoft may put up their prices in the absence of a collective bargaining point (a role which Becta tried to do with limited effectiveness) personally I think Microsoft prices going up would be a good thing, too much effort has been put to saving pennies in that direction rather than looking about for real savings. Just to clarify a few points made: BSF schools can tell their system integrator what they want and that can include open source software. A few have done so to a limited extent (I think just insisting on Moodle). SIMS is a problem, Capita do not appear to be interested in supporting open standards at this time. It is a big application, it was big when I was using it 18 years ago on Novell Netware 3.1.1 and it must be huge by now. There are alternatives, but I don't think anything with the level of maturity that would be required for deployment. Schooltool is the one I would look to, and interestingly enough that is supported by the Shuttleworth foundation. RM is quite Microsoft focussed, but they have been around forever and used to actually build their own computers, remember the 480Z? They also were one of the largest suppliers of the eeePC running Xandros. I had an RM branded one for a bit. They are actually less dependent on Microsoft marketing money than the regular box shifters. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
On 25/05/10 07:44, Colin McCarthy wrote: Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at our LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a school. As do mimio [1]. At BETT for a couple of years they have been demonstrating their IWB running on Linux (Ubuntu), Mac OSX and Windows. Capita recently bought Ramesys (a large education IT provider) so there is little chance of BFS, Building Schools for the Future, schools to have any local control and choose Open Source software. SIMS has a terrible reputation when you talk to teachers. It does, unfortunately, tie you into to a complete MS stack from the desktop (Outlook/MSO) through to the server backend. There are some projects to build a FOSS alternative, but as of today I am unsure of their level of completeness. FOSS does stand a chance in private or independent schools. FOSS *should* not need to stand a chance. The whole ethos of FOSS is such a perfect fit for education, it is, quite frankly, an abomination that we in the UK have such a poor level of take up. It is easy to level blame at certain organisations etc. but it is really up to *us* to fix it... That means all of us. Mark Thomas and SiruisIT do a lots of FOSS stuff in schools. Maybe they could be on the Ubuntu UK podcast to talk about it. Do you mean Mark Taylor perhaps? Yes, Sirius[2] were the first (and only) Becta approved supplier on their accredited list who specialise in Open Source Technologies. Without any IT steering/guidance from Becta there is now an opportunity (and also a threat) to get more FOSS into schools. Sites like Open Source Schools[3] and School Forge[4] are useful places to guide teachers and IT support staff. Also do remind them that there are more professional companies available to provide support and services than just Sirius. Mark Taylor discussed this with us at BETT this year, he wants/needs there to be more competitors in this space so the Open Source model proves itself to be sustainable and our customers have choice. Cheers Al [1] http://www.mimio.com/global/em/index.asp [2] http://www.siriusit.co.uk/ [3] http://opensourceschools.org.uk/ [4] http://www.schoolforge.net/ -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
On 24 May 2010 22:00, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have no idea what sort of software a school needs but I suspect something like: * Office software; They use MS Office because they pay for it. If they don't buy something they lose the money. * Some sort of basic ERP; SIMS. Vendor lock-in at its best; blame Capita. * Basic document management; A network. What more do they need? * Course management software; Generally Moodle, mostly LA-managed, though some do use private company-run Microsoft Learning Services (Sharepoint-based thing). * Central user management with mass updates once a year when pupils change. SIMS again. Education would be an ideal place to get FOSS introduced. However, schools have huge inertia when it comes to change. Even installing Linux on one laptop caused problems with a Novell network, for example (though I would suspect this was down to poor configuration and a creaking network). Teachers use what they know; Microsoft applications. Even IT teachers still don't have the skills or knowledge you would expect (yes, there are a few of us who do, but let's be realistic). Pupils save their work in whatever format their software defaults to. This means a fair number now expect the school software to open Office 2007 files and unless you know what the difference is they (or the teacher who can't open their work) complain to school IT support who promptly install the compatibility pack for Office 2003. Even as a teacher I have no input as to the software the school runs; I have even less say over infrastructure. I can promote FOSS all I want but as in the last xkcd [1] noone really cares. School management go off the recommendations of the LA and their own IT support/services; if they know MS products they will use MS products. If they know Novell networks they will use Novell. If they know Citrix they will use Citrix. Plus, they have money to spend so they have to spend it. The only way around this is to make FOSS cost money which pretty much defeats half of the argument on cost savings! I think what I'm saying is that schools are just like any other SME and should be treated the same, not as their own special, idealised, case. Jonathon [1] http://xkcd.com/743/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: snip - other sensible sounding stuff I think what I'm saying is that schools are just like any other SME and should be treated the same, not as their own special, idealised, case. yeah, they have the same issues as any SME, and we have solutions for them. We just can't trade with them as easily as we can with other SME organisations. It is insanely hard to do business with a school unless you are big. Jonathon [1] http://xkcd.com/743/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Hi all, I work for a secondary school in the Midlands as an ICT Technician. I saw the news regarding BECTA and was rather shocked to see it go (in fact only two months back I applied for a job with them - I feel for the people who will lose their jobs, but I'm glad I wasn't offered one)! The school I am at are an RM school. See further comments embedded below: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Colin McCarthy wrote: Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at our LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a school. eBeam is a device that sticks to a standard whiteboard. This projects an IR grid and where the grid is broken is interpreted as the position on the screen. They do a mac client, so a Linux client certainly shouldn't be difficult. Capita recently bought Ramesys (a large education IT provider) so there is little chance of BFS, Building Schools for the Future, schools to have any local control and choose Open Source software. FOSS does stand a chance in private or indepenent schools. As far as MIS systems go Integris is another large player in the field. This handles timetabling, student information, staff information, behaviour records, assessment data, exam entry and much more. Integris has now moved to be web based, and will work currently on Firefox and IE. I'm not currently sure of how well it works using Chrome. This MIS software ties in VERY closely these days with any sort of online system. There was a government mandate that states that by September of (I believe) this year, any parent / carer should be able to access details of their child online at any time. Systems such as RM's Kaleidos, which is based on Sharepoint provides this link to the school's MIS system. This would be a massive stumbling block for any school moving away from their local council's plans. Personally I do agree that Moodle is an excellent platform for online learning, and should be used as a separate thing to parents gaining access to their child's data. Another interesting point is that some local authorities own the computing equipment and software licenses that school purchase. A school will then effectively pay their authority appointed supplier for this sort of managed equipment and then basically loan it from the local authority. While I would ADORE a situation where we have FOSS everywhere in schools I struggle to see schools / authorities going so far. I can however see the basic infrastructure being MS Windows Desktops, MS Windows Server and then as many Open source tools as possible. I argue this as for a large number of users and stations active directory is quite possible the best way of managing all of the PCs and User requirements with software deployment, GPO's etc. I would however use open source video editors, open office, etc, etc, etc Other areas that schools could save cash are behind the scenes. The Xibo project is an excellent digital signage solution. If software exists that can be used to organise lettings in the school would be a good area of saving also. Inventory software would also save a nice amount of cash. Matt Mark Thomas and SiruisIT do a lots of FOSS stuff in schools. Maybe they could be on the Ubuntu UK podcast to talk about it. Colin it is Mark Taylor (@Mark_Antony on twitter, Antony is his middle name) and yes, he would be a good interviewee for the podcast. Becta have done some good stuff relating to Open Source, if you look through the 152 downloadable publications they have produced several are advocating open source technologies and they have made several advisories about the risks of being locked in to high cost proprietary software. I think they were influential in getting Microsoft to offer an alternative site license to the one that means that you have to pay by the total number of computers in the building, regardless of what they were running (under the standard scam if you install a media suite of 30 Apple computers you would have to pay Microsoft for each and every one of them even if they run no Microsoft software). Becta also set up the Open Source Schools project and you can read more about the Becta close there http://opensourceschools.org.uk/bectas-closure.html Ultimately I don't think Becta did enough to justify their cost, and that seems to be the view of the new government too. The interesting question is what, if anything, fills the void. Stuff like the home access program will go or be managed by the department of education (no great loss if it goes). Publications and advisories will be pumped out from all directions. Not sure how good this is going to be. Schools will have to make up their own minds a little bit more (which they did anyway, but could just point at a Becta
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 08:13:19 Alan Pope wrote: On 25 May 2010 06:48, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself without any swap partition at all it will die a horrible death Nope. Most computers can run just fine with no swap at all. The issue comes when you run out of memory as you load big programs and data. Eventually there will be no more space in memory to load stuff and the kernel will start killing off programs (the OOM [out of memory] killer does this). It's perfectly possible to run with no swap during the process of moving / recreating swap temporarily. and be completely unrecoverable except by using another machine to re-write the hard disk contents, so I don't want any risk of that. Could you explain how the hibernate command works? Is the idea that on the next start-up, the machine will switch to using the new swap partition? How can I be certain it is no longer using the old one, after the next start-up? I have to be 100% of this before deleting the old swap partition. swapon -s will list the swap partitions in use:- a...@ubuntu-uk:~$ swapon -s FilenameTypeSizeUsed Priority /dev/sda2 partition 262136 97792 -1 IIRC You also have to make sure that /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume also points to the new swap partition and then update initramfs. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- 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 61, Issue 67
On 25 May 2010 09:56, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: IIRC You also have to make sure that /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume also points to the new swap partition and then update initramfs. Not if you use the method I suggested of moving the swap partition down the disk rather than dropping/recreating it. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 08:53 +0100, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: You could boot from a live Ubuntu CD and use gparted to:- Delete sda2 (the unwanted partition). Move sda3 down (to the left, nearer the start) of the disk Move sda4 down the disk Grow sda4 up the disk Grow sda5 inside sda4 up the disk Then you'd have reclaimed all the space that extra partition uses. Most computers can run just fine with no swap at all. It's perfectly possible to run with no swap during the process of moving / recreating swap temporarily. Cheers, Al. ha, well, if there's no risk of imminent fatality, I shall do it at some point. But why would I want to 'boot from a live Ubuntu CD'? I have an up-to-date Karmic Koala installation, with the desktop and panels adapted to my peculiar tastes, and the only CDs I have are for Intrepid Ibex. I can't see any need to destroy everything I have installed. My idea would be simply to: Make the new swap partition; Switch the machine over to using that; Make a giant new partition from the top of the new swap partition up to the top of the disk; Format that with ext3 and mount it as '/home'. (Do you do this just by changing the indicated mount point on the properties tab?) Restore the contents from my external hard disk backup. I still would like a clearer explanation of the necessity for the command to 'hibernate' the new swap partition, and what exactly the sequence of events and commands should be during the change-over, though, please. And since I intend to end up with just three partitions, why not just call them sda1, sda2, and sda3, and forget about sda4 and its extension, sda5? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 10:02, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: ha, well, if there's no risk of imminent fatality, I shall do it at some point. But why would I want to 'boot from a live Ubuntu CD'? Because the operation I described requires you to be changing data on partitions that cannot be mounted whilst you do it. Booting to the live CD means that the hard disk is not mounted, not in use as you move partitions around. I have an up-to-date Karmic Koala installation, with the desktop and panels adapted to my peculiar tastes, and the only CDs I have are for Intrepid Ibex. I can't see any need to destroy everything I have installed. At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use the newly available space made by deleting an unused partition. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
I worked as an ICT teacher last year and we mostly taught based on MS Office - it seemed that this was mostly driven by the Head of Department. I was allowed to teach Python to Year 9 for a term though. At GCSE level we mainly taught OCR Nationals, which required all work or evidence to printed out; at A level work was required to be submitted in open formats so Office documents were mostly converted to PDF. In the absence of a VLE from the local authority the ICT department implemented one in Moodle but it looked like this would be overtaken eventually. I think that the most important aspect is to teach using FOSS tools, partly for the future but also so that students/parents who want compatible software at home aren't forced to pay out £100's or 'pirate'. Joe -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Girin Sent: 24 May 2010 22:00 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS? Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? ** SNIP ** Bruno -- 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/
[ubuntu-uk] Improving Support
Hello, First of all a brief apology for not sorting this out sooner, moving house has taken somewhat longer than I originally intended. I'm hoping to start getting things back on track now. Secondly, thanks to the people who turned up to my (frankly awful) talk at Oggcamp on this subject. Next time I have a chance to talk about what I'm trying to achieve I _should_ be able to do it better! As a result of that I have some notes I'm slowly going through to gain some ideas of how to move forward, but this moves me onto point three. What drives you to help support random strangers for no reward? Someone pointed out to me at Oggcamp that understanding this may be the crux of being able to actually help drive people to improve. I've had a sit down, a cup of tea and a bit of a think on this and will put hand to keyboard this evening and lay out why I help people, but I want to see if I can get a better understanding of why others do so without influencing their decisions. So really, what drives you to support people? What, in your own opinion, could be done to help motivate yourself to do better? I'd be very appreciative of any responses. Thanks, Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 10:22, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 25 May 2010 10:02, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: ha, well, if there's no risk of imminent fatality, I shall do it at some point. But why would I want to 'boot from a live Ubuntu CD'? Because the operation I described requires you to be changing data on partitions that cannot be mounted whilst you do it. Booting to the live CD means that the hard disk is not mounted, not in use as you move partitions around. I have an up-to-date Karmic Koala installation, with the desktop and panels adapted to my peculiar tastes, and the only CDs I have are for Intrepid Ibex. I can't see any need to destroy everything I have installed. At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use the newly available space made by deleting an unused partition. Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without affecting an existing system. It is always wise to ensure backups are up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however. One never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong partition. Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data integrity as well as granny. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:34 +0100, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use the newly available space made by deleting an unused partition. Cheers, Al. Ah, right. For some reason I thought you were talking about reinstalling everything from scratch, from the Live CD. But if I have understood correctly, I can achieve my purposes without ever having to unmount sda1, which is the boot volume. I can demount, delete, recreate and remount all the other partitions without having any effect on sda1. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 11:06, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: Ah, right. For some reason I thought you were talking about reinstalling everything from scratch, from the Live CD. But if I have understood correctly, I can achieve my purposes without ever having to unmount sda1, which is the boot volume. I can demount, delete, recreate and remount all the other partitions without having any effect on sda1. I personally wouldn't. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 11:06, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:34 +0100, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use the newly available space made by deleting an unused partition. Cheers, Al. Ah, right. For some reason I thought you were talking about reinstalling everything from scratch, from the Live CD. But if I have understood correctly, I can achieve my purposes without ever having to unmount sda1, which is the boot volume. I can demount, delete, recreate and remount all the other partitions without having any effect on sda1. By booting from the live CD and running gparted from there, the partitions are not mounted in the first place, so there is no need to unmount them. There is no need to delete and re-create the partitions, just move and resize them. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell
This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel provider? I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email. Thanks, and how do you go about setting that? Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Here's a pretty well researched post by Glyn Moody on why he thinks Becta was really bad for FOSS in schools. http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14entryid=2978 Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without affecting an existing system. It is always wise to ensure backups are up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however. One never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong partition. Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data integrity as well as granny. Colin But that wouldn't work with the swap partition, would it? I can't just unmount that, move it down the disk, and mount it again? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ John, To succinctly answer your question - Yes. However, you may want to specify what you mean by 'connect to', to get a fuller answer an perhaps some guidance. Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
I have the Google G1, also made by HTC. There a few music apps which will detect your phone...and sync as well On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- 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] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
On 25 May 2010 12:05, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a pretty well researched post by Glyn Moody on why he thinks Becta was really bad for FOSS in schools. http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14entryid=2978 Al He's broadly correct but in the end BECTA could only advise and advocate. On the ground it is Capita and RM and the like who effectively decide what is supported. I know of several situations in different places in the country where schools have wanted to run none-standard servers, specifically Apple Xserves in a couple of cases, and have been prevented from doing so by their IT providers simply because they don't have the expertise to support them, even when all they required was an IP address. If the promises to give more autonomy to schools come to fruition, then they might be able to do different things with their IT budgets, but also centralisation and co-operation produces economies of scale and I wouldn't doubt that it will be the same businesses that will be advocating software and support in schools that have been for the last 13 years. Simon -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over USB. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without affecting an existing system. It is always wise to ensure backups are up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however. One never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong partition. Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data integrity as well as granny. Colin But that wouldn't work with the swap partition, would it? I can't just unmount that, move it down the disk, and mount it again? It won't be mounted, when you boot off the live CD nothing on your hard disk will be mounted. It will not be using the swap there. You can boot off the live CD with no disk at all, or even one with Windows on it! Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 13:06, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: It won't be mounted, when you boot off the live CD nothing on your hard disk will be mounted. It will not be using the swap there. You can boot off the live CD with no disk at all, or even one with Windows on it! Colin I believe the live CD automatically mounts the swap partition on the hard drive, if one exists, so it will still need to be unmounted if you want to move it etc. At least, it used to. Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 25 May 2010 13:14, Andrew Turner acturne...@gmail.com wrote: I believe the live CD automatically mounts the swap partition on the hard drive, if one exists, so it will still need to be unmounted if you want to move it etc. At least, it used to. This is true, but gparted wont let you monkey with it whilst it's mounted, and will offer the option to unmount it. Cheers, Al. -- 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 61, Issue 71
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without affecting an existing system. ?It is always wise to ensure backups are up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however. One never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong partition. Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data integrity as well as granny. Colin But that wouldn't work with the swap partition, would it? I can't just unmount that, move it down the disk, and mount it again? It won't be mounted, when you boot off the live CD nothing on your hard disk will be mounted. It will not be using the swap there. You can boot off the live CD with no disk at all, or even one with Windows on it! Colin Quite so, but I meant, not using a Live CD, just working from the computer's own resident OS, which is all in sda1, the boot volume. My idea was that while, necessarily, leaving that volume mounted, I can unmount and delete, recreate -- or, as I thought you were suggesting, move -- the other volumes without any difficulties. It does occur to me though that if I were to rename the new partitions, there might be files other than fstab and resume that would need altering accordingly. There might be other files that assume that the swap partition is sda3, and that the Home folder is in sda5, and would not be able to find them. So I would need a complete list of files that point to either the partition names or the UUIDs of the swap partition, and the Home folder, and its menu contents such as Documents, Music, Pictures, Video, etc. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
Hang it, I forgot to change the subject line yet again. This is such a nuisance. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:36 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hang it, I forgot to change the subject line yet again. This is such a nuisance. If you go to the list below you can change the option from digest to all mail (or something similar) Then if you set TB or Evo group by threads it'll be a lot cleaner and easier to follow. -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- 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 61, Issue 71
On 25 May 2010 13:34, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without affecting an existing system. ?It is always wise to ensure backups are up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however. One never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong partition. Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data integrity as well as granny. Colin But that wouldn't work with the swap partition, would it? I can't just unmount that, move it down the disk, and mount it again? It won't be mounted, when you boot off the live CD nothing on your hard disk will be mounted. It will not be using the swap there. You can boot off the live CD with no disk at all, or even one with Windows on it! Colin Quite so, but I meant, not using a Live CD, just working from the computer's own resident OS, which is all in sda1, the boot volume. My idea was that while, necessarily, leaving that volume mounted, I can unmount and delete, recreate -- or, as I thought you were suggesting, move -- the other volumes without any difficulties. It does occur to me though that if I were to rename the new partitions, there might be files other than fstab and resume that would need altering accordingly. There might be other files that assume that the swap partition is sda3, and that the Home folder is in sda5, and would not be able to find them. So I would need a complete list of files that point to either the partition names or the UUIDs of the swap partition, and the Home folder, and its menu contents such as Documents, Music, Pictures, Video, etc. I can't understand why you don't want to use the live CD. Then none of this is a problem. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
updates for what exactly? On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over USB. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- 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] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: Snip Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 I've had a HTC Magic running Android for about 12 months, in all of that time, I've only ever connected it to a windows machine to transfer e-books to it. Any updates/application installs are done over the air using the phones normal 3G internet connection. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over USB. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? Android is designed to upgrade over the air so you shouldn't have to connect it to a computer at all. YMM, of course, V. My Milestone has just been updated to Android 2.1 but I needed to connect via wi-fi rather than over my T-Mobile 3G connection but it should be dependent on the hardware maker rather than the phone company. Simon -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over USB. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Android updates come over-the-air IIRC (I've rooted my HTC Magic and am running cyanogenmod instead of the deafault so I can't be 100% sure on the way it 'normally' works) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
Hi If you mean update the phone then you will get notifications on the phone for app and android updates and it will update them using 3G/wifi if you let it update, therefore no you won't need windows to update the phone. Ashley On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.c... Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- 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] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
or you can use dropbox on box the andoid phone and ubuntu pc...no need to connect! On 25 May 2010 15:54, David Jones djones.dan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: Snip Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 I've had a HTC Magic running Android for about 12 months, in all of that time, I've only ever connected it to a windows machine to transfer e-books to it. Any updates/application installs are done over the air using the phones normal 3G internet connection. Dave -- 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] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25/05/10 15:56, Stephen Garton wrote: On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthewsjake...@sky.com wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthewsjake...@sky.com wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over USB. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Android updates come over-the-air IIRC (I've rooted my HTC Magic and am running cyanogenmod instead of the deafault so I can't be 100% sure on the way it 'normally' works) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk Oh, ok, that is interesting. that makes it a lot easier to use then. Good phone though, I like it. much better than my iPhone a lot faster. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:50 +0100, Daniel Drummond dmdrummo...@gmail.com wrote: Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, if purely for any bugfixes that may be present in the up to date system. Just back up your data before you do it. Worst case scenario then is a reinstall, which with Ubuntu takes about 20 mins, during which you can choose your partitions to be laid out exactly how you want. Then of course you have to configure the system, but if you have backed up your home directory (which will store much of the configuration), then it's just installing programs and updates. Daniel Thank you Daniel :-) In fact, I ought to make myself an up to date Live CD, anyway. By 'up to date' I suppose I mean 10.4 LTS, though I am still running 9.10. I have wanted to know for ages, though: when you download the whole thing from the Ubuntu site and burn it to disk, is what you are getting the entire 'Live CD', including the ability to run the thing from the disk and check it out before installing it (or, as we are discussing, use it as a maintenance platform)? Or does 'Live CD' refer to some special compilation over and above what you get in the download? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 16:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:50 +0100, Daniel Drummond dmdrummo...@gmail.com wrote: Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, if purely for any bugfixes that may be present in the up to date system. Just back up your data before you do it. Worst case scenario then is a reinstall, which with Ubuntu takes about 20 mins, during which you can choose your partitions to be laid out exactly how you want. Then of course you have to configure the system, but if you have backed up your home directory (which will store much of the configuration), then it's just installing programs and updates. Daniel Thank you Daniel :-) In fact, I ought to make myself an up to date Live CD, anyway. By 'up to date' I suppose I mean 10.4 LTS, though I am still running 9.10. I have wanted to know for ages, though: when you download the whole thing from the Ubuntu site and burn it to disk, is what you are getting the entire 'Live CD', including the ability to run the thing from the disk and check it out before installing it (or, as we are discussing, use it as a maintenance platform)? Or does 'Live CD' refer to some special compilation over and above what you get in the download? A Live CD is a disc which has the ability to run without installation to a computer's media. The standard Ubuntu CD you download from the Ubuntu website http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download is a Live CD, and contains everything it needs to run from the CD, and it includes an installer. The alternate text-based installer cd is not a Live CD, as it's primary task is just as an installation medium. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD for more info. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
AFAIK the iso is a LiveCD - I'm sure I've used it in that way before now. Joe -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Rowan Berkeley Sent: 25 May 2010 16:12 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:50 +0100, Daniel Drummond dmdrummo...@gmail.com wrote: Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, if purely for any bugfixes that may be present in the up to date system. Just back up your data before you do it. Worst case scenario then is a reinstall, which with Ubuntu takes about 20 mins, during which you can choose your partitions to be laid out exactly how you want. Then of course you have to configure the system, but if you have backed up your home directory (which will store much of the configuration), then it's just installing programs and updates. Daniel Thank you Daniel :-) In fact, I ought to make myself an up to date Live CD, anyway. By 'up to date' I suppose I mean 10.4 LTS, though I am still running 9.10. I have wanted to know for ages, though: when you download the whole thing from the Ubuntu site and burn it to disk, is what you are getting the entire 'Live CD', including the ability to run the thing from the disk and check it out before installing it (or, as we are discussing, use it as a maintenance platform)? Or does 'Live CD' refer to some special compilation over and above what you get in the download? -- 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/
[ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no difference. And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no difference. And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) Dianne Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? No, but thanks for the link - haven't seen that one before. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no difference. And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) Dianne Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? Similar problem with the Eurosport player. It will play the demo video but not the live feeds. And obviously, they only tell you that *after* you pay a subscription and contact support. Bruno -- 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 61, Issue 71
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:35 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: snip Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. This is very true. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, if purely for any bugfixes that may be present in the up to date system. snip This is an incredibly dangerous idea. When you're mucking around with partitions it is very, _very_, UNsafe to have the _device_ mounted. Having been building storage systems for the past 8 months, I've dealt with things in terrible states, one of the causes being people believing that repartitioning with a volume mounted is a good idea. Save yourself some grief, for the sake of downloading and creating a live CD, you'll probably save yourself having to reinstall the whole system. When I do this on customers machines the process is 1. Boot Live CD (or in my case USB as it's a touch quicker) 2. Make backup of entire drive (overnight usually due to this being on xxTB systems) onto some external storage 3. Use gparted to sort out partition 4. Check everything is fine, system boots, data is intact 5. Return system to customer 6. After a couple of weeks of no problems, remove the image. This would obviously need to be modified for your needs. _DO_ backup your important data. _DO NOT_ repartition a mounted device Using a liveCD provides you with a clean environment. There is far less that can go wrong. Just my 2p worth of course. But taking time to do things properly is usually far quicker than having to undo things done badly. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no difference. And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) Dianne Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? Similar problem with the Eurosport player. It will play the demo video but not the live feeds. And obviously, they only tell you that *after* you pay a subscription and contact support. Bruno People on the forums have had success by installing ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs. Some people have also had to change their user agent to an IE one. Alternatively you could use http://www.m0sand.com/henningms/?p=58 to play Eurosport in VLC. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:17 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no difference. And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) Dianne Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? Similar problem with the Eurosport player. It will play the demo video but not the live feeds. And obviously, they only tell you that *after* you pay a subscription and contact support. Bruno People on the forums have had success by installing ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs. Some people have also had to change their user agent to an IE one. Alternatively you could use http://www.m0sand.com/henningms/?p=58 to play Eurosport in VLC. The w32codecs package seems to not be in Lucid anymore. As for maskerading as IE, I had a look at the page's source code and I can say I'm not surprised. Coded by Cowboys R Us Ltd. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On 25 May 2010 19:56, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: ... The w32codecs package seems to not be in Lucid anymore. I think it is in medibuntu. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/