Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude dependency hell
James, James Tait wrote: Hi Tony, Tony Arnold wrote: The packages it said were broken almost all of the installed ones! Something very wrong here or I'm missing something. Looks to me like I need to re-install. You can, if you wish, run aptitude interactively: $ sudo aptitude This will allow you to find the broken packages (press 'B' to move to the next broken package), view their dependencies (hit 'Enter' to view the package details and dependencies are listed there) and progressively fix the broken dependencies. When there are no longer any broken packages, press 'G' to apply any changes and you'll be given a confirmation screen, where you should press 'G' again to continue, or 'Q' to step back. '?' will give you a help menu listing the various keyboard commands. I've had to do this a couple of times after upgrades that I messed up and it's effective, although whether it's better than just re-installing is debatable. You don't lose your custom configuration and don't risk nuking your precious data, but it can be time consuming. Thanks for the tip. Given aptitude is reporting 277 broken packages (!) I think I will re-install at some time. Also I looked at the first broken package which was gamin. It said it conflicts with fam, but fam has been removed but its config files are still around. As I was writing the above, I tied purging package fam and now aptitude is reporting zero broken packages! 277 broken packages to 0 by purging a single package. Amazing! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Could Linux (and Ubuntu) do more to encourage students?
On 02/02/07, Benjamin Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any OS graphics programmes? one of my students was asking. Two I know of are the GIMP and Inscape. Both seem pretty good to me, but then I don't know that much about graphics. Sorry I'm late to the party on this thread! I somehow missed it until now. Just to help Caroline out, that was meant to be 'Inkscape'. It would help us to help you, Caroline, if you were more specific about exactly what type of graphics program (s)he was after. Is it for photo editing, animation, 3D rendering, etc. Good suggestions for most of these have been posted to the thread. And what sort of composing is your other student after? Does he need to produce sheet music, or is it MIDI output that's needed? If the former, lilypond produces excellent output, but it's command-line driven from a (slightly) cryptic text file input. There are some GUIs out there that help out - look for denemo (although there are bugs in the one in the Ubuntu registry when producing piano scores: they've been fixed if you compile the version from the website - ask and I can help with more instructions, since I did it for my wife). For MIDI output (or an alternative lilypond GUI), try rosegarden. For audio editing, try audacity or jokosher (the latter being written by Canonical's own Jono Bacon). Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Sound hardware suggestions
I wonder if anyone could suggest a sound card for use with a Edgy machine. Do they exist as USB connected - give me the flexibility to use on different machiens without taking apart. My interersts are - sampling audio input (Analogue - digital ) at high quality - playing sound (quality less inportant this way) - midi connection to keyboard -- Andrew Black London -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound hardware suggestions
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:41:43AM +, Andrew Black (delete obvious bit) wrote: I wonder if anyone could suggest a sound card for use with a Edgy machine. Do they exist as USB connected - give me the flexibility to use on different machiens without taking apart. Soundblaster Extigy. No longer sold, but I picked one up on ebay. I dont think they do Midi though. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Posting to the Fridge? Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
Hi all, Just thought I'd see if anyone here new how to get in touch with the people over at the Fridge?! Some of you might remember my podcast, with RMS, Jeremy Allison and Jeff Waugh - well I'm just preparing the third episode (I have release cycles like Debian!!) and Mark Shuttleworth is set to be the guest. It's the same idea, i.e. YOU sending in questions and me putting them to the guest, although this time I only have one guest because of problems with time etc. I'd quite like to get it posted to the Fridge because I guess lots of Ubuntu users would be interested in this!? If anyone here would like to ask a question to send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - or visit the website at http://questionsplease.org where you can find more info and more ways to get in touch! :-D Sorry for the shameless plugging - hope you find it of interest. Cheers, Jon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Posting to the Fridge? Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
Jonathan Roberts wrote: Hi all, Just thought I'd see if anyone here new how to get in touch with the people over at the Fridge?! Some of you might remember my podcast, with RMS, Jeremy Allison and Jeff Waugh - well I'm just preparing the third episode (I have release cycles like Debian!!) and Mark Shuttleworth is set to be the guest. It's the same idea, i.e. YOU sending in questions and me putting them to the guest, although this time I only have one guest because of problems with time etc. I'd quite like to get it posted to the Fridge because I guess lots of Ubuntu users would be interested in this!? If anyone here would like to ask a question to send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - or visit the website at http://questionsplease.org where you can find more info and more ways to get in touch! :-D Sorry for the shameless plugging - hope you find it of interest. I am sure there will be lots to talk about - also see Canonical and Linspire Announce Technology Partnership http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523131EDATE= -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] kernel update marks as break - problem
I have just updated one of my older machines (kubuntu dapper) - there were about 20 or so updates I suppose. Following the activity I saw that the updates available marker was still showing. This produces a notice that two items still need updating linux image 386 and linux restricted modules on 386 When I proceed with this update they both indicate something to be broken, and the update refuses. Rebooting does not seem to change things Is my database mixed up or must I live with a continuous indication of an impossible update? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] kernel update marks as break - problem
On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 18:34 +, alan c wrote: I have just updated one of my older machines (kubuntu dapper) - there were about 20 or so updates I suppose. Following the activity I saw that the updates available marker was still showing. This produces a notice that two items still need updating linux image 386 and linux restricted modules on 386 When I proceed with this update they both indicate something to be broken, and the update refuses. Rebooting does not seem to change things Is my database mixed up or must I live with a continuous indication of an impossible update? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 There is a problem with the updates right now http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=356408 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sunday Times - In Gear and MS
On 06/02/07, Llywelyn Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a letter in the IN Gear supplement of last Sunday's edition of Sunday Times where the correspondent was adopting Linux and wanted some tips, Ubuntu was recommended. This was totally unexpected, I've emailed the journalist concerned many times saying that he never encouraged the use of open source, preferring instead to tow the MS line and spending U$s. I've thrown away the supplement so can't scan you a copy. So I tried looking at Sunday Times web site for a link - a link I could not find - apparently the site's been redesigned. HOWEVER, there is a Sponsored by Windows LIVE logo next to the search box - and guess what it doesn't work, last night nor today! The site is also really slow. WHAT A GREAT AD FOR MS! Oh, and some articles about DVDs not working with Vista! This better than beer. Great! Caroline Lsp. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sunday Times - In Gear and MS
Oh, and some articles about DVDs not working with Vista! actually DVD's work fine in Vista Home Premium. Cheers Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp
London School of Puppetry wrote: On 06/02/07, Caroline Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are running with kde libraries installed I'd recommend krita the kde bitmap editor as well. I really think the gimp is being oversold by the community in general. It is very badly designed and doesn't do 32 bit colour. The lack of 32 bit colour led to the development of cinepaint, and the design problems are notorious. I read an online lecture on usability and all the examples of bad practice came from the gimp.. The gimp is nothing like photoshop - sorry. I think we should aim high but photoshop is far superior. I've never used paintshop pro but it's not industry standard - it's for home users. The industry standard is photoshop. The gimp *can* do some things if you know how - but often not as well. The filters in particular are really gimmicky - it feels like it was designed for computer scientists not artists. /rant One thing we really need is an equivalent of poser - i can't think of a program I'd recommend for people wanting to do animations for something such as second life. Poser makes those sort of things relatively easy. Krita is using gimp format brushes which I think is a really positive step towards making a free software standard. Photoshop compatibility is pretty much the closed source standard. I currently make free content for tuxpaint and I'm pondering making content for the gimp now that better programs are using its standards too. Apparently filters for the gimp don't work across versions (unlike photoshop which has an api i think as other programs can use photoshop filters.) This may explain how poor most gimp filters are - based on maths not art, or so it seems. KDE are making a cross application standard for plugins which feels really positive. The kde graphics people seem to have really picked up all the problems with the gimp. Some people seem to treat the gimp as an iconic free software program - i think many of these people have never used anything better. I *know* we can do better than that - it's a real bugbear of mine! Caroline (secretlondon) I have been told that my computer is too slow to use gimp effectively. What kind of power should I be looking at to run some of the programmes you have been discussing here? Caroline lsp What speed is your computer? If your computer is too slow to run the gimp then maybe you'd be better off running Xubuntu rather than Ubuntu. (Xubuntu uses Xfce rather than gnome and is designed for older hardware). However I think Xubuntu includes the gimp.. If you are short of RAM (not Mhz) you should probably avoid running Krita or Digikam under Ubuntu. Bah - it's confusing! The whole thing collectively is generally known as Ubuntu - *and* the main variant is also called Ubuntu! Ubuntu's sisters are called Kubuntu (with kde rather than gnome), xubuntu (with xfce rather than gnome), and edubuntu (designed specifically for education) Edubuntu (which is a type of ubuntu - the confusion!) uses gnome and has some kde libraries installed as it includes the kde edutainment package. To make things easier! How fast and how much RAM does your computer have? Are you running edubuntu or ubuntu itself? Caroline (secretlondon) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sunday Times - In Gear and MS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Mellors wrote: actually DVD's work fine in Vista Home Premium. So provided you happen upon the right version... :p -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFy8J83arasOikFPYRAh0iAJ9CPFLstuFji/q6NFjJ6Q5QPWLcrwCgkOeT jiMQKNwJltV+tdVaU6s68GU= =+z9f -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic
IMO, it would be much better to abolish road tax, and increase the tax on fuel. That way, someone in an efficient car who gets over 50mpg, needs less fuel, so pays less per mile than someone in a Chelsea Tractor On 08/02/07, Daniel Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter how 'environmentally friendly' your car is, it still pumps a load of crap into the atmosphere. But some cars pump out more crap than others. -- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
