Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.
On 10 June 2011 09:30, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Morning all, I'm toying with the idea of buying a barebones pc from maplins to run web server on. (potentially more) I would quite like a dual core processor and a gig or so of ram £120, the rest i can beg borrow and steal. It should obviously be compatible with Ubuntu so does anyone have any recommendations as to anywhere else to pick one up? Plus One for Popey's recommendation. I also recently bought an HP Microserver back in December. As he says, small, quiet, and (if the cash-back offers are still available), within your budget. I'm using mine as a domestic file and development server. It's running the desktop version of 10.04 flawlessly. Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI
On 25 March 2011 16:14, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: Hello folks, Am sure as all of you are computer users, some probably quite prolific (as coders etc), that some of you have had experience with RSI. I have had a bad wrist for a few years now on and off. It always seemed to go away but recently (last 4-6months) it seems to be here and not going away. Basically I get a pain in the inside corner of my wrist when it is bent back, i.e. in a position to do push ups. I cannot push things (e.g. doing push ups) without it hurting and shaking it (shaking inside-out socks) hurts too. I have tried wearing a wrist strap (like a sports one) for the last few weeks but it doesn't seem to be making much difference. I am a CAD user by day, which is very mouse-dependant, but also do an amount of typing, but I think the mouse usage is the main culprit as its always semi-hovering as I manoeuvre the mouse. I am wondering if anyone else has had experiences like this and how they got rid of it? Maybe those little cushioned mouse mats, where you rest your wrist on a small cushion would help. Thanks, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) www.jcrdevelopments.com I've suffered from RSI on and off over the years. My self-prescribed treatments have included using differently shaped peripherals in order to give the affected joint different angles of use, e.g. alternating between a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard and a standard keyboard, different-shaped mice, and a few years back, when my lower back was giving me problems I alternated every 30 mins or so between an office chair and a space-hopper-style exercise ball. One other tip, it's well worth considering professional (or good amateur) massage on the affected limbm and even beyond it. While it may feel like the pain is very local, in say the wrist, having a thorough massage right up to the shoulder and beyond can work wonders, at least in my experience. Oh and if you go for shiatsu, try to find the real Japanese thumb-pressure kind, not the trendy holistic derivatives commonly found on Clapham High Street ;) Of course, any treatment should really be combined with rest, but that's not an option for many of us, I know. Best of luck with the treatment. Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 436570] [NEW] gcolor2 tool saved colors cannot be deleted
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcolor2 GNOME's gcolor2 utility allows the current colour to be saved for future use. A Delete button is provided to remove unwanted colours from the saved list, but this has not worked on my last two Ubuntu installations, 8.10 and 9.04 (32-bit). Highlighting a saved colour and clicking the delete button causes a confirmation box to be displayed asking if you really wish to delete the selected colour, but confirming this merely closes the box without the delete occurring. It seems that this is not a session-related matter either, restarting gcolor2, or even GNOME, has no effect, the supposedly deleted colours remain in the list. The package I am currently using (on Jaunty) is: Source package: /usr/bin/gcolor2 Version 0.4-2 I find the ability to save colour hex strings a real time saver when doing graphical development work, working with CSS, etc. and it would be great to see the delete feature fixed. Regards ** Affects: gcolor2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gcolor2 tool saved colors cannot be deleted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver resolution support
2009/9/19 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com: On 18/09/09 14:38, Gordon Allott wrote: Roger Lancefield wrote: Hi all, I'm running a dual-head Nvidia 7600 GS on Jaunty with the proprietary Nvidia driver. Does anyone know if the driver supports 2048x1152? In particular (probably not a common combination) does anyone happen to know if it will support this resolution together with an existing 1920x1200 panel? The card and driver have been excellent and very flexible so far. They've been perfectly happy runnning TwinView across initially a 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 pair, and currently 1920x1200 and 1280x1024. I don't think your card will have a problem. We (at The Open Learning Centre) use Samsung 2343BW monitors that are 2048x1152 with no problems. even on the inbuilt intel graphics chipsets that come with atom boards you can get Compiz running just fine. My desktop has an Nvidia 9500GT and that is fine too. HTH Alan Thanks to you both (Gord, Alan) for the response. It sounds encouraging. The main reason I asked is that the resolution wasn't listed as available in the drop-down list in the nvidia-settings app. I wondered if that list was simply the native resolution of my current monitor (1900x1200) together with all standard resolutions below it -- rather than being a definitive list of supported res. From Alan's experience, it sounds like it is :) Again, many thanks. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver resolution support
Hi all, I'm running a dual-head Nvidia 7600 GS on Jaunty with the proprietary Nvidia driver. Does anyone know if the driver supports 2048x1152? In particular (probably not a common combination) does anyone happen to know if it will support this resolution together with an existing 1920x1200 panel? The card and driver have been excellent and very flexible so far. They've been perfectly happy runnning TwinView across initially a 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 pair, and currently 1920x1200 and 1280x1024. Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scambled screen Beginning Ubuntu
2009/5/31 Greg Herdman gherd...@toucansurf.com Hi Everyone, I too can vouch for Keir Thomas Jaime Sicam's book - although it hasn't got me out of my scrambled scren 'hole' yet, it was a real support while I was styarting out on the Linux road. Add to that the Live user mode on the DVD which is still in use until I can summon up the courage to reinstall the whole shooting match. The scrambled screen issue is still fouling up my all-singing-al;l-dancing use of Ubuntu, but Live user from the DVD is a real get-you-home utility; I can access my hard drive, print, access removable media and go online - all from the DVD. I've just not made use of e-mail access since everything has to be reconfigured every time the system is started. As a promotional tool - to show non-believers how Ubuntu looks and works - Live user is a gem. Any more hints on my scrambled screen issue would be much appreciated! Greg Hi Greg, Can you tell the list what Ubuntu version you have on the CD and what hardware you are running it on (particularly the graphics card/chipset)? Regards -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test
Notice what? Have I missed something? :-) -- Philip Stubbs Nice, polite ignore message. Would ignore again. Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] So, would you vote for them? (see The Reg)
Oh, dear. Does this mean we're going to have to vote Tory??? Mac Can't be much worse than voting for NuLabour. Given their antediluvian view of Internet freedom, their conniving with Big Content to turn our digital devices into proprietary media players, their assumption that the state has a right to view and/or control any and all digital data created within national borders (including video recorded within your own bedroom), their regular attempts to seed the nation with the idea that blogs and personal web sites should be regulated, and their determination to reduce personal liberty in general amen to that! But hey, lest the discussion turn political... ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] So, would you vote for them? (see The Reg)
Oh of course, absolutely agreed - I don't think that my being facetious carried particularly well over email. Well, if it's any consolation, your 'Novell' quip caused me to have a coffee, meet sinuses moment :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] ATX power supply seems to have lost it's X-factor
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: I'm swinging towards an Xilence 480W PSU [1] from aria for £26, but not sure if it's (a) worth the extra money for a quieter PSU, and (b) if 480W will be sufficient for stability? 480W is way over-powered to keep that lot working to be honest. Do go for something quiet - nothing worse than a cheap PSU whining away. After a no-brand PSU burned out on me, and then after receiving two bad (i.e. dead on arrival) Xilence PSU units from QuietPC* a year and a half or so back, I decided to start devoting a bit more resource to my machines' power supply units. By the way, talking about Xilence, I also took delivery of one of their case fans that had bad bearings. I'm not very impressed with the quality of that company's products and now avoid them like the plague. (*QuietPC, on the other hand, were very good, initially swapping the units and then giving me a full refund without any hassle. They also sent a courier to collect the duff units). I suspect that my main desktop is a little more power hungry than yours, although not a great deal so, and it's all humming (actually, very little humming) along beautifully using a Nesteq Semi-fanless 450Watt PSU. Nesteq are expensive compared to the generic, Chinese-made units, but the build quality is superb, and the modular cabling is a welcome relief after those multi-tentacled, brightly-coloured looms resembling David Seaman's ponytail on a bad hair day. My unit is also very quiet indeed (in fact inaudible over the case fans and CPU cooler, despite all of these being good quality quiet items). The QuietPC technician claimed that Nesteq's units have a significantly more stable and reliable supply than the typical no-brand, £15-£20 jobbies and thus can be used in setups that would normally require higher-rated, cheaper units. I have no way of accurately verifying such claims, but my 450W Nesteq has run my (home-assembled) main desktop with its dual-head NVidia 7600, 2GB RAM, dual-core CPU, single HD and DVD writer, 1 x 120mm and 1 x 92mm case fans, large Zalman CPU cooler, etc. absolutely fine. No mysterious lock ups or shutdowns, or any other apparent electrical anomalies. You do have an extra hard-disk, and my Nvidia card is passively cooled, so I'm not really sure how our machines' respective power requirements compare. But anyway, if you're interested: http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/powersupplies Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] ATX power supply seems to have lost it's X-factor
2009/1/28 Roger Lancefield rlancefi...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: I'm swinging towards an Xilence 480W PSU [1] from aria for £26, but not sure if it's (a) worth the extra money for a quieter PSU, and (b) if 480W will be sufficient for stability? 480W is way over-powered to keep that lot working to be honest. Do go for something quiet - nothing worse than a cheap PSU whining away. After a no-brand PSU burned out on me, and then after receiving two bad (i.e. dead on arrival) Xilence PSU units from QuietPC* a year and a half or so back, I decided to start devoting a bit more resource to my machines' power supply units. By the way, talking about Xilence, I also took delivery of one of their case fans that had bad bearings. I'm not very impressed with the quality of that company's products and now avoid them like the plague. (*QuietPC, on the other hand, were very good, initially swapping the units and then giving me a full refund without any hassle. They also sent a courier to collect the duff units). I suspect that my main desktop is a little more power hungry than yours, although not a great deal so, and it's all humming (actually, very little humming) along beautifully using a Nesteq Semi-fanless 450Watt PSU. Nesteq are expensive compared to the generic, Chinese-made units, but the build quality is superb, and the modular cabling is a welcome relief after those multi-tentacled, brightly-coloured looms resembling David Seaman's ponytail on a bad hair day. My unit is also very quiet indeed (in fact inaudible over the case fans and CPU cooler, despite all of these being good quality quiet items). The QuietPC technician claimed that Nesteq's units have a significantly more stable and reliable supply than the typical no-brand, £15-£20 jobbies and thus can be used in setups that would normally require higher-rated, cheaper units. I have no way of accurately verifying such claims, but my 450W Nesteq has run my (home-assembled) main desktop with its dual-head NVidia 7600, 2GB RAM, dual-core CPU, single HD and DVD writer, 1 x 120mm and 1 x 92mm case fans, large Zalman CPU cooler, etc. absolutely fine. No mysterious lock ups or shutdowns, or any other apparent electrical anomalies. You do have an extra hard-disk, and my Nvidia card is passively cooled, so I'm not really sure how our machines' respective power requirements compare. But anyway, if you're interested: http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/powersupplies Cheers Correction: my Nesteq unit is not from their Semi-Fanless range, but from their Power Plus line (Model No. ECS 4501). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio recording advice
2008/12/1 Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 06:42:22PM +, Roger Lancefield wrote: I'd like to be able to capture the input from a mic connected to an embedded motherboard audio chipset (Intel 82801G controller). Obviously, there are plenty of FOSS sound recorders available, but I'm looking for one that will allow me to start and stop recording automatically in accordance with pre-defined start and stop recording levels. It looks like the record application in the xawtv-tools package is able to do this. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/en/man1/record.html Robert Many thanks Robert, that looks very hopeful. I'll experiment. Thanks to both you and Rob Beard for your responses. Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Audio recording advice
Hi all, I'm wondering if I could pick your brains regarding audio recording software? (In case it isn't obvious, I'm pretty clueless regarding audio matters, so go easy on me if I ask something daft ;) I'd like to be able to capture the input from a mic connected to an embedded motherboard audio chipset (Intel 82801G controller). Obviously, there are plenty of FOSS sound recorders available, but I'm looking for one that will allow me to start and stop recording automatically in accordance with pre-defined start and stop recording levels. The sound I want to capture is consistent in its volume and I'm assuming that what I would need to do is make a sample recording of the sound in question, and use that sample to define the start and stop recording levels. If anyone knows of an application that would allow me to do this, or else one that uses a different/better method to achieve the same thing, I'd be grateful. For the record, I'm running Ubuntu Hardy Heron (i.e. GNOME), Intel 2140 dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM, and the above mentioned Intel 82801G audio controller. Regards -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 293207] Re: Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently
Hi Sebastien, I confess, I've never manually patched anything before, but I'm willing to give it a go. Where do I go to grab the patches? I'm googling patch application now, but any specific pointers or tips would be welcome. -- Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 293207] Re: Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently
Thanks Peter, I've added an edited version of my comment above to the GNOME bugzilla report you've created. (I also included information about the hardware I'm running Intrepid on). If I happen to find a fix or workaround I'll of course report back here :) Regards -- Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 293207] Re: Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently
I have the same issue that Peter has described above. I copied my 46 MB Evolution backup (made on Hardy with all the latest updates applied) to a machine running a clean install of Intrepid and experienced similar events to those Peter has described. When attempting to start Evolution for the first time under Intrepid I used the application's initialization wizard to locate my backup and restore it. The result was a brief display of the following dialog: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/3003590641_551257e899_o.png followed by the silent fail Peter describes above. All subsequent attempts to start Evolution have failed in the same way. The dialog box visible in the image above flashes (very) briefly, and Evolution dies silently. This issue has persisted across system restarts and I'm currently unable to start the Evolution client. I have the latest Intrepid updates installed as of the time (BST) and date visible in the system tray in the image. Regards to all (PS. Having no access to my mail, calendar or contacts under Intrepid means that the Importance status of this issue is definitely high, if not critical, for me.) -- Conversion of existing mailboxes fails silently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] more issues with 8.10
2008/11/2 Ken Robson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since I installed 8.10 64bit as a fresh install, when I eject a cd (using right click eject) it immediately closed it again before I have time to remove the cd. Due to the high number of issues I am going to be removing it and trying a different distro. Ken, alternatively you could use (or stay with) Hardy Heron until this issue gets sorted. Hardy is robust and only six months old, which, by the release cycle standards of some distributions and operating systems, is positively bleeding edge. If you find the inevitable bug-squashing and glitch-hunting that occurs post new releases to be tiresome, you can just stay with the previous release for 6-8 weeks or so, until the most irksome issues are dealt with by the updates. Some people enjoy life on the bleeding edge, others need more stability. The previous release is always there to cater for the latter ;) Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] intro
2008/11/1 Paul Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I am paul, from Paignton, South Devon and decided to join the list so I could help promote Linux and other OSS better by being able to hopefully be part of a wider more co-ordinated efforts, rather than trying to do this on my own. While I currently use debian as my main distro i have a 2nd PC that i have installed ubuntu 8.04 on, and have downloaded the 8.10 and booted this up as a live cd to have a look at, from what I have seen it looks very nice I have also designed some ubuntu posters which are at www.ubuntu.com under downloads then in a ubuntu folder, these are free to use, so feel free to download and print off, and more importantly perhaps improve on, i have used graphics from the ubuntu website to help me design the posters as the site has screen shots which helped me illistrate what ubuntu looks like. Look forward to taking part in local events, and local advocacy Paul Greetings Paul, Never mind the posters, did you bring any Nurofen? ;-) I think you'll find that quite a few Ubuntu users are also Debian users (not surprisingly perhaps), so you'll be in good company. By the way, did you mean to use the ubuntu.com address, or should that have been an address of your own? Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] intro
2008/11/1 Roger Lancefield [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/11/1 Paul Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I am paul, from Paignton, South Devon and decided to join the list so I could help promote Linux and other OSS better by being able to hopefully be part of a wider more co-ordinated efforts, rather than trying to do this on my own. While I currently use debian as my main distro i have a 2nd PC that i have installed ubuntu 8.04 on, and have downloaded the 8.10 and booted this up as a live cd to have a look at, from what I have seen it looks very nice I have also designed some ubuntu posters which are at www.ubuntu.com under downloads then in a ubuntu folder, these are free to use, so feel free to download and print off, and more importantly perhaps improve on, i have used graphics from the ubuntu website to help me design the posters as the site has screen shots which helped me illistrate what ubuntu looks like. Look forward to taking part in local events, and local advocacy Paul Greetings Paul, Never mind the posters, did you bring any Nurofen? ;-) I think you'll find that quite a few Ubuntu users are also Debian users (not surprisingly perhaps), so you'll be in good company. By the way, did you mean to use the ubuntu.com address, or should that have been an address of your own? Roger Answered my own question. I found your posters at the site that corresponds to your mail address. Good work :) Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wikipedia migrates to Ubuntu
2008/10/10 Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the user-driven Wikipedia project, is in the process of migrating its servers to the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Wikimedia's move to Ubuntu is part of an effort to simplify administration of the organization's 400 servers, which previously ran a mix of various versions of Red Hat and Fedora. http://tinyurl.com/4jqkdj (ars technica) -- Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the heads up Andrew, that's an interesting piece of news and quite a coup for Ubuntu. Is this going to be the largest deployment of the server edition of Ubuntu to date, does anyone know? I'm presuming it's the most high-profile? The feedback gained from such a large installation should prove invaluable to the project and will benefit us all. Great stuff! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Intrepid Release Parties]
2008/9/29 Ellis Corbie Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] :/ 15 year olds allowed in? Ellis, at that time in the evening 15 year olds shouldn't be allowed out ;) BUT seriously, I felt bad when I saw your message so I called De Hems to enquire about their policy. Sorry to report that they don't allow minors (their terminology) into the bar after 19:00. I've no idea if there's a workable compromise solution. I suspect that two separate events might be in order... Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Intrepid Release Parties]
2008/9/30 Adam Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger Lancefield wrote: 2008/9/29 Ellis Corbie Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :/ 15 year olds allowed in? Ellis, at that time in the evening 15 year olds shouldn't be allowed out ;) BUT seriously, I felt bad when I saw your message so I called De Hems to enquire about their policy. Sorry to report that they don't allow minors (their terminology) into the bar after 19:00. I've no idea if there's a workable compromise solution. I suspect that two separate events might be in order... Roger Who said it had to start after 7pm? We could start earlier and run it as an installfest before degenerating into a celebration of Ubuntu and beer(non-free). Yes, sorry, I wasn't trying to unduly influence proceedings. I was just proceeding on the assumption that most would be working standard hours and would most likely go straight to any event from work, or college. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Japanese
2008/9/11 London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Japanese friend staying. I have been trying to sort out my laptop for her to se in her own language- we can get Japanese Kano, but the letters are in the wrong places- can anyone help? Hi Caroline, As you probably realise, you should be able to view Japanese characters (both Kana and Kanji) within Firefox by default. Ditto Unicode-aware applications such as the vim and gedit text editors. However, to be able to properly work with and edit those characters you'll need (I presume) to install full Japanese language support (System Administration Language Support) and then enable/configure the SCIM Input Method utility (System Preferences SCIM Input Method Setup). I say I presume because I haven't done any Japanese text processing on Ubuntu or GNOME, but I'm pretty sure these are the steps you'll need to take. Perhaps others here could confirm? Good luck! Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Japanese
2008/9/11 Roger Lancefield [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/11 London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Japanese friend staying. I have been trying to sort out my laptop for her to se in her own language- we can get Japanese Kano, but the letters are in the wrong places- can anyone help? Hi Caroline, As you probably realise, you should be able to view Japanese characters (both Kana and Kanji) within Firefox by default. Ditto Unicode-aware applications such as the vim and gedit text editors. However, to be able to properly work with and edit those characters you'll need (I presume) to install full Japanese language support (System Administration Language Support) and then enable/configure the SCIM Input Method utility (System Preferences SCIM Input Method Setup). I say I presume because I haven't done any Japanese text processing on Ubuntu or GNOME, but I'm pretty sure these are the steps you'll need to take. Perhaps others here could confirm? Good luck! Roger OK, have confirmed that the above steps work. After installing full language support I had to re-boot though. A couple of additional things that I did were to check the Enable support to enter complex characters box in the Administration Language Support menu, and I also explicitly told SCIM that I was using an English (UK) keyboard (Right-click on the SCIM icon in the notification area, choose SCIM Setup, go to FrontEnd Global Setup and select your keyboard layout in the drop down list at the top of the panel). The input editor looks very similar to that Microsoft used to use with Windows 98 and NT4 for multi-byte input, only with more options, if memory serves. It looks very useful indeed. Hope your friend finds it intuitive. Here's a screenshot of some playing around with SCIM and gedit: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2848701280_075da6bc8c_o.png Regards Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop Advice
2008/9/5 John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I'm considering getting a new desktop. I'm considering one from Dell, but can't find any reviews of their ubuntu-ized Inspiron (everyone seems to be talking about the laptops). Does anyone on this list have one? Can they tell me 1: if it can handle two monitors? 2: how loud it is? Dual monitors and noise levels are the two most important things to me, so if you have any tips for where to look, I'd be much obliged. Hey John, A little over a year ago I built my current desktop from scratch to support the same requirements as yours, quiet running, twin monitors and Ubuntu. I ended up assembling the following kit: - Antec Solo enclosure with a single 12 cm case fan - Additional 92mm case fan at front of case to cool the hard disk - Nesteq 450 Watt Semi-fanless PSU (from quietpc.com) - Basic Asustek P5L-VM1394 motherboard - Intel Dual-core 2140 1.6 GHz Pentium - Zalman CPU fan (quietpc.com) - Nvidia 7600 GS fanless dual-head video card - 320GB hard disk - 2GB RAM - Edimax Wi-Fi Ralink RT2561 chipset adapter (from the Linux Emporium) - OEM Panasonic DVD player and CD writer Into this I plugged a couple of TFT panels (1280x1024 NEC and a 1680x1050 Philips), a basic Lenovo keyboard, optical mouse, Creative sound system and other minor stuff (USB card reader, etc). The Antec case has a decent number of sound reduction features, although its 12 cm fan is the most audible sound from the system (although very muffled and not intrusive or unpleasant). The Nesteq PSU is virtually silent, has superb build quality and uses a modular connector system, enabling you to lose the connectors you don't use which helps keep the case internals much neater. As you would expect, the fanless VGA card is silent. In fact, the noisiest component by far is the OEM Panasonic optical drive, but I use that only occasionally. Oh, and I replaced the rather noisy standard Intel CPU cooler with a quieter (and larger!) Zalman equivalent. I hadn't built a machine for several years and was pleasantly surprised at how much better packaged components such as the motherboard and the ATX case were compared to some of the nasty kit available back in the '90s. Both the mobo and Antec case were supplied with plenty of accessories and spares, and the case mounting points and connector cut-outs matched the motherboard perfectly. It seems that motherboards are also supplied with well organized and comprehensible instructions and manuals these days. I've built two machines in the last 18 months or so, one used an Asustek and one a Gigabyte motherboard and both components were very well packaged and documented, with bags of spares such as screws, grommets, and the rest. The slim SATA drive cables make routing and working on the internals much easier than used to be the case with the awful old IDE data-ribbon connectors. When it comes to wiring everything up, the important connectors are all keyed these days, so it's hard to plug anything in the wrong way around. The Edimax wireless adapter is compatible with Debian, Ubuntu, Suse and Fedora, and the Linux Emporium supplies it with custom scripts for the first three of those distros. I think I used a script for Feisty, but on Gutsy the adapter installed automatically and required no manual intervention (I'm wired into a network at the moment, and haven't used the Edimax with Hardy). It's been as reliable as any system I've ever owned. It's low spec by today's standards, but it's like a diesel car, not sexy, but is dependable, stable, rarely groans, and just gets on with it with the minimum of fuss. It's very quiet (if not silent), runs Ubuntu, productivity apps, development tools, etc without even getting warm and was relatively cheap to assemble. I rarely utilize more than 30-35% of the installed RAM and the hard disk is of course huge for Ubuntu's modest system and application needs. It's totally flexible and I know the machine like the back of my hand. If something breaks, I don't have to call an engineer, return it to base or junk the system, I'll just order a new component and pay a fiver for next day delivery. Empowering stuff. Yep, I can thoroughly recommend building your own machine these days. It's a smoother experience than it was seven or eight years back and you can guarantee that your components will work with Ubuntu. When you need component compatibility re-assurance, there's always the Linux Emporium. Moreover, you can target your funds, spending more on key components like a good quality PSU and wasting less on a ridiculously over-specced processor. No idea if this will tempt you or not, but for what it's worth... :-) Roger PS. A couple of links to services that I found very helpful: http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/ http://quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] keyboards
2008/9/1 Farran [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi all [image: :D] has anyone got any suggestions for a new keyboard? I've got a horrendously old one, and i'm looking to replace it. i know a lot of shortcut buttons, for example, don't always work, and i don't know which keyboards are good anyway, so i was wondering if anybody could help me? I stumbled across Cherry a while ago with their Linux keyboard. having a little difficulty finding the page where they sell it, but i've seen a couple of pages where people said they were having trouble with it. is it any good? I've been using a coouple of Lenovo ThinkPlus Preferreds (readily available on Amazon) for that last 18 months or so .They're under £20.00 each, but I've yet to experience a sticky key on either of them (unlike virtually every MS keyboard I've owned, and I've owned most of them). Their mechanical action can't rival that of the old pre-membrane IBM monsters, and they have become a little clattery (in both a mechanical and aural sense), but crucially, I can hit any key from any angle without that nagging concern that it's going to jam if I come in from too shallow an angle (Microsoft Natural Keyboard - go the the back of the class!). The action of each key is predictable and there's a decent amount of key travle and tactile feedback, especially by today's standards. Oh, and they come with a detachable wrist-rest, USB cable and in a nice shade of anti-kitchenware black. Summary: they become a little clattery with use, but this doesn't affect their fundamental mechanical action and they are the cheapest acceptable-quality keyboards I've ever used. Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Age and gender
2008/8/7 London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a conversation recently someone said to me that Ubuntu is only for techies.and blokes at that- and young blokes at that! Out of interest, as a middle-aged woman- I rarely see any other female names on the forum- but I really like Ubuntu but could not do without the help from the Forum -what is the general format of the forum?and could anything be done to change the age/gender profile to make Ubuntu more accessible to others-OR are there lots of middle-aged females out there? Caroline Just had a quick scan of the Ubuntu-UK members list and only spotted a couple of female names. Where are the dozen or so girls who made that impressive entrance (sweeping in as a group fashionably late, all wearing Ubuntu T-shirts) to the Hardy Heron launch party back in April? It was heartening to see them and it helped make the event feel much more socially balanced. There were women present before they turned up, but probably only half a dozen or so, if memory serves. I didn't get a chance to talk to anyone from the group, but assumed that most would be on this mailing list at least. Roger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[Bug 209794] Re: Firefox-3 does not clear private data
Disappointingly, this issue remains with the final gold release version of Firefox 3. I agree with Michael Losonsky above, this may not be a bug in code, but the refusal of the RichResults to obey the Clear Private Data command presents a significant privacy issue (I find this very surprising, security and privacy are things that the Firefox team have always taken very seriously). It's disappointing to see that this is a wishlist item only. IMHO the importance level should be set to priority. It's not only furtive pr0n users who will be effected by this, think of the embarrassment this could cause when, for example, you sit in front of your machine with a customer, you start typing in a URL only for the auto-complete to suggest not only a similarly spelled site, but to produce a comprehensive list of pages that you visited when on that site. You don't need much of an imagination to picture the manifold ways in which this could cause some very awkward and embarrassing situations. The fact that the only means to control this feature is by disabling it within about:config just seems to confirm that it is effectively a bug. -- Firefox-3 does not clear private data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 237883] Re: Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy
Sorry for the missing information Ralph. Running dpkg -S /usr/bin/vino-preferences reveals that the package name is vino. Thanks for your help. -- Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237883 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 237883] [NEW] Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy
Public bug reported: I'm running 8.04 (Hardy Heron) 32-bit desktop edition with all the latest updates as of 6th June, 2008 @ 12:28. This is obviously very minor from a technical standpoint and presumably requires merely updating a simple message string, but it's just the kind of thing that confuses and disheartens new users (and makes them think that Ubuntu doesn't Just work). When a user enables the Allow others to view your desktop option within the vino-preferences dialog box (System Preferences Remote Desktop), the instruction: Users can view your desktop using this command: vncviewer [host_name]:0 is revealed. With Hardy now using Vinagre as its remote viewer the command vncviewer is no longer available by default (requiring the manual installation of xvnc4viewer, or alternative package). Unwitting users will be attempting to run the suggested command only to be presented with an error message when they do so. Moreover, it seems that Vinagre requires the host name suffixed with the TCP/IP port number (e.g. :5900), and not the VNC session number (e.g. :0). Finally, it might be more helpful to those new to networking if the IP address rather than the host name were used in the example command. For those using static addressing, the former will only work if there is a corresponding entry in the hosts file. Apart from these things the example command string is fine as it is ;-) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237883 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 237883] Re: Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy
Further to my report above... I should acknowledge that the example command in the Remote Desktop preferences will (of course) only be inappropriate for remote clients that do not have the vncviewer command available by default, such as Hardy Heron. For earlier versions of Ubuntu (and, I assume, certain other distros), the example command will still be valid. -- Misleading instructions in Remote Desktop (vino-preferences) settings panel on Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237883 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Just as an aside, for those who might be about to purchase a monitor with dual VGA/DVI inputs intending to connect to two machines (e.g. the ubiquitous Windows/Linux in parallel setup), it's worth checking to see how easily you can switch between video input channels using the available fascia buttons. For example, I've got an NEC 175VXM+ which allows me to switch between the two machines connected to it using a very convenient single button push. Whereas my Philips 2000W requires seven (sic!) button pushes to switch channels. Needless to say, if you are going to be switching between channels on a regular basis an arrangement like that on the Philips would be a major PITA. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? For dual setups running with resolutions of up to 1680x1050, at least, I can heartily recommend the now venerable GeForce 7600 (mine's a GS). It's been rock solid from Feisty through Hardy for me. I'm afraid though, I've no idea whether or not it will support resolutions higher than that. You probably know this, but upsides to the Nvidia cards include the fact that the decently featured nvidia settings tool is in Synaptic and is a breeze to install and use, and my 7600 runs fanless, relying on a large(-ish) heat sink, and so contributes nothing to the system's decibel output and fractionally less to its power draw, things that are always nice. Back when I was using Dapper, I had an 1680x1050 TFT and an old 22 Mitsubishi CRT (at 1280x960) hanging off an ATI X1800. It was a pig to set up and quite honestly took me the better part of two days to get xorg.conf configured properly (although I was new to Linux then, and no doubt my clueless ignorance played a role ;-)). The X1800 and 7600 were contemporaneous products aimed at the same market segment. Of the two, the ATI has a noticeably brighter and sharper image on all the monitors I've connected it to, but in terms of ease of setup and general support on Linux, the nvidia trounces the former. That said, I see that ATI has been beefing-up its Linux driver offering recently and so their cards might be a better proposition on Ubuntu these days? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shuttleworth interview in today's Technology Guardian
Alan Pope wrote: No he doesn't. We just interviewed him Good interview Alan, it's exciting to hear about the plans. The collaboration with other distros, the work with Intel, the increasing levels of interest from established corporate players, the sheer numbers of people using Ubuntu, even greater planned interoperability with Windows, all should make the next couple of years, at least, particularly fascinating and exciting. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
Hi John, I had Xubuntu 7.04 and then 7.10 running on an old (circa 2001) 1.9GHz P4 (with 1GB RAM, 40GB HD). It ran very well indeed, and I was really impressed with the way it gave my ageing kit an Indian summer packed with Linux power and goodness. Inevitably, the elderly E-IDE drive (which must have been 150 years old in disc years) took a unilateral and executive decision to spontaneously retire, but I still have the sweet memories ;) No doubt Xubuntu is a great option for extending the life of many old laptops out there, as well as providing a lighter-weight option for current entry-level spec laptops. I might also be a good option for people with local development and file-sharing type servers, who want to provide non-specialist co-workers with a GUI onto the system, but don't want to clobber their Celeron and its 512MB RAM with a full GNOME or KDE install ;) I'm sure you're aware of this, but if you find yourself missing any tools from GNOME, you can install most of them without problems on Xubuntu. At least, I installed several GNOME-specific admin tools and apps without any problems. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
