[ubuntu-uk] External drive is stuck at read-only.
I've recently been playing with a NAS drive. To set it up I had it connected as an external USB drive. All was going well, fdisk, mkfs, etc. and I moved a couple of Gb of files to it. After I disconnected it and plugged it back into my machine it suddenly decided to be a read-only file system. I remember a pen-drive of mine doing the same thing and I ended up having to redo the mkfs to cure it. This isn't a problem with a 512Mb pen drive but with a 500Gb drive with over 100Gb of files already on there it's not really an option. Any other answers? I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gnome). Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] External drive is stuck at read-only.
Daniel Davies wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedI've recently been playing with a NAS drive. To set it up I had it connected as an external USB drive. All was going well, fdisk, mkfs, etc. and I moved a couple of Gb of files to it. After I disconnected it and plugged it back into my machine it suddenly decided to be a read-only file system. I remember a pen-drive of mine doing the same thing and I ended up having to redo the mkfs to cure it. This isn't a problem with a 512Mb pen drive but with a 500Gb drive with over 100Gb of files already on there it's not really an option. Any other answers? I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gnome). Andy Jenkins. /div This could be to do with unmounting. Did you unmount the drives properly before disconnecting them? Right click; Unmount device or Eject. Daniel Davies I'm pretty certain I did but then we all make mistakes. If that's what caused it how do I put it right (without a reformat that is)? Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chocolate Oranges WAS: By way of introduction
Dianne Reuby wrote: a) In order to ingratiate myself with all parties, I'll do both. b) Can any of you hardware experts recommend a modem that will download chocolate oranges? On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 23:01 +, Kris Douglas wrote: I frickin' love chocolate oranges! Additionally. OMG FLAME WAR!!! TOP POST WAR! (Enter: all people that believe in the bottom posting religion) a) In order to ingratiate myself with all parties, I'll do both. b) Can any of you hardware experts recommend a modem that will download chocolate oranges? Dianne You can't simply download Chocolate Oranges, you need to use something like Bit Torrent. That way you can obtain individual segments which you can then rebuild into a complete luscious, scrummy whole. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] By way of introduction
Kirrus wrote: - Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo Mark Welcome to the group - as you've been a lurker for a little while now we'll expect full participation in all areas - especially those that go wandering off at tangent! E Wandering off at a tangent? We never _ever_ do that! ;) /me thinks about breaking open a chocolate orange... Ah, tap and unwrap. I can taste it now :-) Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Init Level.
Tony Arnold wrote: ..[snip].. I guess yours is a new install? Almost, a new install at 7.0 (upgraded to 7.10). Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu cd damaging windows paritions?
Dave Morley wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 22:43 +, Chris Rowson wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 14:19 +, Farran Lee wrote: lately I've been showing my friends and family ubuntu, trying to convert them to it. I promised them that it can't touch windows, and will not damage any of their files. But every computer I've run it on, the owner has reported it has come back with errors, although I have never personally witnessed them. Can anyone confirm that this is not the cd please? Note: I did not install anything while running it live. === Farran Lee I'm only 15 :P i would be careful, its likely that something has gone wrong with windows because... well its windows.. and that they are blaming this strange thing you put on the computer once that they are unfamiliar with. live cds are very careful not to do anything that could hurt the currently installed systems (if they did there would be an outcry) -- gord [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hi Faran Can you be a little more specific about the errors your friends/family have seen? At a guess, the only thing I can think of is Windows invoking the chkdsk utility. Perhaps this could be caused mounting the NTFS partition, and Windows detecting that 'it' (as in Windows) hadn't shut it down properly hence invoking chkdsk. I don't think that you should see any real damage to a PC. Chris I was about to say something similar. Did you at any time access their windows drive from Ubuntu. That may trigger a ntfs corruption that chkdsk would remedy. I put a live CD (not Ubuntu) in my wife's Vista laptop the other day and good old Windows happily informed me There are errors on this disc and also offered to fix them. Thinking that should be fun I let it get on with it only to be told that the disc was beyond repair and that I should contact my vendor immediately. Not too sure how it was going to 'repair' a CD mind you. I'm sure that something similar would be interpreted as an error by many people. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Init Level.
Tony Arnold wrote: Andrew, Andrew Jenkins wrote: Is there a way to change the init level of Ubuntu? I used to use Mandriva and changed the init level in /etc/inittab to '3' instead of '5'. This made the machine boot up into a bash terminal with no GUI invoked. If you then wanted a GUI you simply ran it with the command 'startx'. Often when I switch my laptop on I just want a terminal but have to go through all the logon and GUI to get there. Ubuntu has the default init level set to 2. 1 is used for single user mode which you get to if you select recovery mode from the grub menu. That logs you in as root at the console. Hitting Ctrl-D will cause the system to continue bootting fully. I think setting the default init level to something other than 2 (it's set in /etc/inittab) will require you to check which levels all the init scripts are configured to start up. Could be messy. Umm, there is no inittab file in my Ubuntu (7.10), that's what I originally went looking for. That was how Mandriva did it. Alternatively, you could just remove gdm (or kdm) from the starting up by using the update-rc.d command. Check the man page for details. I'm going to investigate this 'gdm' further as two of you have now mentioned it. More simply you could just hit Control-Alt-F1 after you've booted to switch to a virtual console. Yes I know that but it still has to go through all the GUI startup first and I was hoping to avoid that. Thanks for the replies both, I'll have a play later and let you know how I get on. Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Init Level.
Is there a way to change the init level of Ubuntu? I used to use Mandriva and changed the init level in /etc/inittab to '3' instead of '5'. This made the machine boot up into a bash terminal with no GUI invoked. If you then wanted a GUI you simply ran it with the command 'startx'. Often when I switch my laptop on I just want a terminal but have to go through all the logon and GUI to get there. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jerky Streaming Video.
Tom Bamford wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: Whenever I try to watch any streaming video such as BBC iPlayer or YouTube things aren't right. After a few minutes the video will start to pause and jump in short bursts, the sound is fine. I'm guessing that my machine cannot cope (or at least the video card can't), when this happens the processor fan will have wound up to flat-out. The laptop in question is a Sony Vaio with a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 and 1Gb of RAM, more than enough for video. I know the internet connection isn't to blame as my wifes 1.7GHz Toshiba (connected via the same wireless access point) manages the video no problem. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with Gnome 2.2 and using Firefox 2.0.0.11 to watch the video. Running 'top' shows FF is using around 7% CPU when the video is paused and more like 85% when the video is playing. Anybody have any ideas where to start looking? Andy Jenkins. I would start with the flash plugin as that's what YouTube and the BBC iPlayer uses. What version of flash do you have installed? Regards, Tom OK, well the Adobe site reports that I have LNX 9,0,48,0 and as the BBC iPlayer specifies Flash 9 I'm guessing that shouldn't be a problem. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Jerky Streaming Video.
Whenever I try to watch any streaming video such as BBC iPlayer or YouTube things aren't right. After a few minutes the video will start to pause and jump in short bursts, the sound is fine. I'm guessing that my machine cannot cope (or at least the video card can't), when this happens the processor fan will have wound up to flat-out. The laptop in question is a Sony Vaio with a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 and 1Gb of RAM, more than enough for video. I know the internet connection isn't to blame as my wifes 1.7GHz Toshiba (connected via the same wireless access point) manages the video no problem. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with Gnome 2.2 and using Firefox 2.0.0.11 to watch the video. Running 'top' shows FF is using around 7% CPU when the video is paused and more like 85% when the video is playing. Anybody have any ideas where to start looking? Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility
Farran wrote: use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P! You don't need a new motherboard to prove the last bit, just switch your machine on... that should be enough. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Zonbu.
Anyone else seen this yet: http://www.zonbu.com Maybe I'm reading this wrongly but from what I can make out this lot will sell you a nice little machine for the give-away price of £50 and then charge you £8 a month to keep it's OS and apps up-to-date. I therefore wish to offer my services. For only £5 a month I will happily run 'Update Manager' on your own machine and then walk away happy (laughing all the way to the bank). Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with broadband
Kris Douglas wrote: We got a few vista laptops, for just general staff at the company I work at, they crash, always. They have office 2003 and the claims software, and they constantly crash and fail all the time, we have sent 2 back, and reinstalled xp on the other 3 C'mon, these CAME with vista, they can't possibly be that unstable, SP1 is out now, and its supposed to fix it up...yea right! -- Kris Douglas My wife has a Toshiba laptop running Vista (I was against it, but she doesn't listen to me). Every now and then the internal wireless adapter just goes off. Naturally, in true Windows fashion the 'fix' is to simply reboot it. This is what I believe is called a 'feature'. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No title bar on windows.
Michael Holloway wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 22:25 +, Ian Pascoe wrote: Andy, which desktop you using? There appears to be a couple of known problems with Compis and title bar locking off screen, eithre from launch or after being accidentally moved there and not being able to drag it back. E I think more importantly, what video card are you using - let me guess, NVidia? There has been a problem with this for ages, since the old compiz, through beryl, and now into Compiz-Fusion (Which ubuntu calls Advanced Desktop Effects) There have been many a work-around in the past,some which still work, some dont. There general consensus seems to be to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, find the device sections add add the two AddRGb's as follows: // Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver nvidia Busid PCI:1:0:0 Option AddARGBVisualsTrue Option AddARGBGLXVisuals True EndSection // I give that about a 10% chance of working (sorry)... however, and this is the part that i throw out the the community... in beryl-manager there was an option to set something to copy. Can't remember what it was, but it worked. Does anyone know what i'm talking about,or if there is a similar option somewhere in compiz? Actually it's an ATI Radeon card. I may try the edit to 'xorg.conf' but for now I'll just remember the Alt-Click trick (I didn't know of that one). Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] No title bar on windows.
I've been playing around with the Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. Since this, everytime I open a window/application it opens with the top of the window at the top edge of the screen and the 'title bar' (the bit above the menu bar) off the top edge of the screen. The only way I can get to it is to right- click the application on the lower applications open panel and click the 'move', whereupon I can drag the window back down a little and reveal the title bar. Even if I close the app with the window pulled down in this manner it will open next time as before (no title bar visible). I've unset all the things I set up in the Advanced settings but to no avail. Anybody have any ideas? Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.
I would like my Yakuake to run at startup when using Gnome. I know it does it under KDE (I think it uses ~/.kde/Autostart to do it) but with Gnome you have to manually run it. I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to a file which was something along the lines of: /etc/initrd/rc0 I see Ubuntu has similar files so if I wanted to have an application run at startup which file should I edit and add the command to? Andy Jenkins (Ubuntu 7.10/Gnome). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.
Mac wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: snip ...if I wanted to have an application run at startup which file should I edit and add the command to? Could you add it to System/Preferences/Sessions/Startup Programs? Mac Thanks both, it never occurred to me to have a look through the menus first. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting some KDE features in Gnome.
Mac wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:35:27PM +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: The first (and only that comes to mind at the moment) is Nautilus v Konqueror. In Konqueror I always had a two-pane (left-right) display to allow for very easy dragging and dropping between any two locations. You can do that in Nautilus too. Just choose Tree on the left hand pane. Or just open two instances of Nautilus, and drag-and-drop between them to your hearts content! Mac That was a habit I got out of when I ditched MS and Windows Explorer around four years ago. Ah well, looks like I'll just stick with using Konqueror, it does things so easily. After all the ability to have a file browser pane and a connected FTP pane at the same time is something I've become very used to. I'll have a play with the 'tree' in Nautilus though. Thanks to all who replied. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.
Kris Douglas wrote: On 06/12/2007, *Andrew Jenkins* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been given the task of creating a bootable Linux USB drive by a work-mate. Rather than a pen-drive he's given me a 2.5 drive mounted in one of these snazzy little enclosures, works just like a pen-drive. Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and have hit a problem. Once I've created the first partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the error as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1 mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option fat=16. mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system And that's where it all stops. I can't imagine a FAT12 will be any good to him as it's going to be connected to a Windows machine. So any ideas anyone? Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Is there a reason it needs to be fat 16? No I suppose it could be FAT32 but I haven't tried that yet. In answer to the other question (how big is the partition?) it's only 750Meg so there should be no problem with FAT16. I'll give the FAT32 a go and report back, too late now though (and around four beers too late). Maybe tomorrow. Andy. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Getting some KDE features in Gnome.
I'm starting to become happier with Gnome now I'm using it more, however there are bits of KDE which I've become so used to and I'm really missing them. The first (and only that comes to mind at the moment) is Nautilus v Konqueror. In Konqueror I always had a two-pane (left-right) display to allow for very easy dragging and dropping between any two locations. I have set up a Desktop icon to run Konqueror in Gnome (with two panes) but was wondering if there is a way to have the same sort of function with Nautilus? Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] for the record
norman wrote: Some time ago, my wife had a new computer and insisted that she wanted Windows instead of Ubuntu. Much of her usage was word processing and she found it difficult to get to grips with Open Office (I don't know why) or so she said. 30 minutes ago she said to me D... it! I am fed up with all these bl...y messages that stop me getting on with my work and, if Ubuntu will stop that happening, then get rid of Windows and replace it. Needless to say, I am busy downloading Ubuntu 7.10. Norman Funny creatures wives, mine always moans about Open Office too. She uses the MS version happily though. I said You had to learn to use MS Office, so why can't you just learn something else too?. It seems that the are some who will resist change whatever..and I married one... :-) Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Smelly Broadband......
Michael Rimicans wrote: Greetings, Anyone else seen this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7104011.stm Just imagine. Boss Erm, The networks down, Be a good chap and check the cabling answers to the normal addess ;) This could bring a whole new type of computer virus. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.
I've been given the task of creating a bootable Linux USB drive by a work-mate. Rather than a pen-drive he's given me a 2.5 drive mounted in one of these snazzy little enclosures, works just like a pen-drive. Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and have hit a problem. Once I've created the first partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the error as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1 mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 16 bit FAT! The filesystem will be misinterpreted as having a 12 bit FAT without mount option fat=16. mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system And that's where it all stops. I can't imagine a FAT12 will be any good to him as it's going to be connected to a Windows machine. So any ideas anyone? Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting some KDE features in Gnome.
Farran wrote: err... think there's something called gnome-commander. Haven't tried it though. Good luck :P Farran On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:35 +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: I'm starting to become happier with Gnome now I'm using it more, however there are bits of KDE which I've become so used to and I'm really missing them. The first (and only that comes to mind at the moment) is Nautilus v Konqueror. In Konqueror I always had a two-pane (left-right) display to allow for very easy dragging and dropping between any two locations. I have set up a Desktop icon to run Konqueror in Gnome (with two panes) but was wondering if there is a way to have the same sort of function with Nautilus? Andy Jenkins. Yep, I know of that one, very similar to Midnight Commander (mc) or (for those old enough to remember) Norton Commander. This is an excellent tool but is text based and uses keyboard commands. I was wondering if there is a Konqueror style app, more icon based using the mouse. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What I love about Linux.
Alan Pope wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:31:52PM +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: Now I remember why I use Linux and not some 'other' OS. It's great isn't it :) So I plugged it in, went to the Network settings in Ubuntu and specified the network, IP address, subnet and gateway. Then it was a simple matter of using the wife's laptop to update my access point with the new MAC address and voilà, all connected to the web in less than a minute. Do us a favour. Get some details about the device from the command lsusb and let us know what it is. Also get the make and model number off the device. This kind of information is useful for people who are looking for cheap wireless usb devices for ubuntu. Now what was all that stuff about drivers, rebooting and the like? Happy days :) Cheers, Al. No problem, 'lsusb' gives the device as having a 'Zydas' chipset. On the dongle itself: It's manufactured by 'LM Technologies' and is model no. 'LM001'. A quick Google of either details gives results. When I bought it on eBay there was no details, so it was a £10 (inc. postage) gamble, but it paid off in the end. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 by the way. Hope this helps other users to select what proved to be a simple to set up device. Andy J. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Pen drive not automounting.
OK here goes, Using Ubuntu 7.10 for over a year and all works well. If I plug in a pen-drive when running Gnome it will automount and place an icon on the desktop, 'mount' will show the entry: /dev/sdc1 on /media/kingston type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev, shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,usefree) and all is well. Now the problem, if I connect the same pen-drive when running KDE (which I use as default) it USED to work the same (Desktop icon etc.) however it stopped working. Now it will not mount the drive when running KDE unless I do it manually with: sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/directory By the way, when I plug the drive in I'm running either Gnome or KDE as a user (the same user in both cases). What is happening here and how do I fix things? Regards, Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pen drive not automounting.
Andrew Jenkins wrote: OK here goes, Using Ubuntu 7.10 for over a year and all works well. Sorry, Ubuntu for over a year, 7.10 for a month. If I plug in a pen-drive when running Gnome it will automount and place an icon on the desktop, 'mount' will show the entry: /dev/sdc1 on /media/kingston type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev, shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,usefree) and all is well. Now the problem, if I connect the same pen-drive when running KDE (which I use as default) it USED to work the same (Desktop icon etc.) however it stopped working. Now it will not mount the drive when running KDE unless I do it manually with: sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/directory By the way, when I plug the drive in I'm running either Gnome or KDE as a user (the same user in both cases). What is happening here and how do I fix things? Regards, Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash
Ronnie Tucker wrote: James Edward Grabham wrote: Tom Bamford wrote: That would be better with an End Now... button :p Alan Pope wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:28:36PM +, Albert Vilella wrote: Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm Got it? No? MS Explorer? ... :-) http://www.jimcromwell.com/landfill/explorerok.jpg or a BSOD It had one, the Blue SEA of Death! *boom tiss* :D I just don't see why MS Explorer going down is BBC newsworthy, surely that's an everyday occurrence.. :-) Andy J. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] moto4lin
Tony Travis wrote:
Mark Jose wrote:
On Saturday 01 September 2007 21:43, Tony Travis wrote:
I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
[...]
I have used it Tony. A bit fiddly to set up in the first place I recall - I
can't remember exactly what it was that I needed to add to the system to get
moto4lin working, but I know it wasn't very clear and easy to find out.
Hello, Mark.
You're right it's not clear how to create the /usr/usb/acm device. After
a bit of Googling I found this:
http://www.computechgroup.com/?p=284
I created:
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules
With this entry:
# Motorola V220
BUS=usb, SYSFS{product}=Motorola Phone (V220), KERNEL=ttyACM0,
SYMLINK=usb/acm/0
Then re-started udev:
/etc/init.d/udev restart
After this, moto4lin detected my V220.
Once it is working though, it is a good piece of kit. Allows you to
add/remove
the pictures and messages etc as well as, if you fancy a challenge, hack
around inside a bit! I removed loads of built in junk (photos and videos etc
from Motorola as well as their sounds). I still have the phone and I can rig
it up again and re-install the moto4lin software to remind myself what it
was
I needed to do if it will help. The only reason I don't use the phone now is
because the battery is pretty beat.
I downloaded some photo's onto my laptop, but I've got to say that it's
the fiddling about with Java on my mobile that interested me most :-)
Another program I'm interested in is Wammu
http://wammu.eu/
I crashed and burned when attempting to install the 6.10 version on
6.06.1 LTS. I might have a shot at backporting it myself. I disabled the
Ubuntu 'backports' repository after having problems with systems that
had 'backport' versions of some Ubuntu packages installed.
I'm tempted to upgrade to Feisty to resolve the increasing number of
problems like this, and I have installed it on a desktop PC at home.
However, I use 6.06.1 LTS for everything at work on the grounds of
'stability', so I use it on my laptop for 'compatibility'...
Roll on the next LTS :-)
Tony.
Has anyone tried this Moto4Lin work with the Motorola V3 Razr?
Andy Jenkins.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Movie pirate forced to use Windows
Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yeah I saw this on the ubuntu forums. Someone pointed out that don't ISPs log all traffic anyway, and a hardware-based solution would be easier. Thats what some of the comments said. I wonder if he had to buy the windows license himself? Not sure. Would be a bit ironic if he downloaded a pirate copy. Someone actually comments about him running Vista and saying that is like torture to a Linux user. :-) Rob I wonder if the Judge's surname was Gates. :-) Maybe a distant relative of someone else we know. Andrew Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] iPod Text not centred.
Hi all, I used to use my iPod Nano with gtkPod under Mandriva LE2005 but have now switched to using Amarok1.4 running under Ubuntu F.F.7.04. My problem (though small) is that the displayed text of a playing track on the iPod is no longer central but is all left-justified. The mp3 tracks stored on the computer are the same as before and have not had the ID3 Tags touched. The data (i.e. Track Title, Artist, Album) is correct but is just not as neat as it was when displayed centrally on the iPod. Needless to say, under gtkPod it was fine. This is not a setting in the iPod that has changed as tracks that are on it that were previously loaded with gtkPod still show centrally, just the Amarok-loaded tracks are affected. Has anyone else had this or ever better knows how to put it back in the middle? Regards, Andrew Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account.
Hi All, Newbie Ubuntu-ite here. So far so good, although I have a few questions, but one at a time. I've been a Mandrake/Mandriva user since I ditched the dreaded MS four or five years ago. I just thought I'd try Ubuntu (7.04) alongside my Mandriva 2005 on my laptop. I'm used to the Mandriva way (as with most other distros) of having a 'root' account and then all the other 'user' accounts. The Ubuntu method of asking for your 'user' password to then allow you to go off and create system-wide mayhem is really not suitable when you have curious kids. Again, typing 'sudo' and being asked for your 'user' password doesn't strike me as very secure. Is it easy to make Ubuntu behave in a similar fashion to Mandriva and if so how? Regards, Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu and D-Link DWL-G122.
Alan Rogers wrote: Andrew You missed a potentially important piece of information, being the hardware revision. Petty, I know, but D-Link used three different chipsets across the three hardware versions of this USB dongle! I have Rev B, which I believe is a Ralink chipset, and I couldn't get this to work under Ubuntu 6.06 with Gnome Desktop. However, when I installed Kubuntu 6.06, with KDE Desktop, I was able to configure it to work using Wireless Assistant and I didn't touch the command line once. I'd be inclined to install Kubuntu into RAM using the Live CD and see if he can get it working using my method. If he can, install from there, which should preserve his working configuration - it did mine. Best of luck Alan Thanks Alan, When I saw him in work today I asked about this revision and he said it's rev. C. I've passed on both the info from yourself and Peter, so we'll have to see how he goes. Unless he gets it working I won't hear from him now until Monday. Andy Jenkins. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and D-Link DWL-G122.
Hi All, I have managed to get a friend to convert to Linux after many years of the 'dreaded other OS'. He has settled on Ubuntu 6.06 (the KDE version) but is having a problem with getting it to work with his D-Link DWL-G122 USB Wireless adapter. I'm a Mandriva user so am a bit lost and he (obviously) cannot yet get on the web to ask this question himself so I said I'll ask on his behalf. He's reasonable happy with using the command line. I had a Google about it and got some info about the /etc/network/interfaces file. Has anyone out there got 6.06 working with one of these adapters and if so could they share any info with me so that I may pass it on. Regards, Andy J. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Programs to manage podcasts
Anthony Vickers wrote: On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 16:25 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: I've recently started using PenguinTV (http://penguintv.sourceforge.net/). Me too. I quite like its simplicity. Copy an RSS feed off the web, paste it in. Done. My first delve into Podcasts is with a little thing called GoldenPod. I think you should find it through either Sourceforge or Freshmeat. It's a command line podcast aggregator but it has some excellent features and is very cron-job compatible. Andy J. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] High recommendation indeed.
This'll annoy Bill Gates... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5388182.stm Andy J. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
