Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 23:30 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > I created my concept of a friendly non-techie Ubuntu promotion leaflet > incorporating some of the ideas I liked on the list. > > It's here if anyone would like to check it out - suggestions welcome > > http://justuber.com/projects:ubuntu_leaflets Can we please get these all in one place? It's going to be incredibly hard to track - even these demos - if they on on peoples personal web space all over the web. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets for example - click more actions --> Attachments and add yours. I would also strongly urge you not to link to ubuntuguide.org, but instead only link to official sites such as those within the *ubuntu.com domain like wiki.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com. Other than that I like the style of the leaflet - not overloaded with information. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
t: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up> > Farran Lee wrote:> > Thanks for the replies.> >> The problem message is "[ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link> >> is not ready"> >>> >> Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for> >> a long time.> >>> >> Cheers,> >>> >> Keith> > > >> -- > >> Keith Bowerman,> >> Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England.> >> Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine.> >>> >>> > > > maybe it means that it can detect a network device, but the network> > isn't ready. Like when you turn the modem on, it has to load something> > up presumably from the server it connects to, before it is ready for the> > pc to use.> > fazza> > > > This sounds a bit like an issue I have seen before but with DOS based > network drivers for the Netware 3 client. Basically when a machine was > turned on it would take a few seconds to initialize the network card > link to the switch. Pausing for a few seconds before loading the > network drivers solved the issue.> > I wonder if something has changed in the network driver?> > Rob> Do you have an ADSL modem or a router??I have had a similar problem if the former is the case.James (sorry about HM) _ Celeb spotting – Play CelebMashup and win cool prizes https://www.celebmashup.com/index2.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
I created my concept of a friendly non-techie Ubuntu promotion leaflet incorporating some of the ideas I liked on the list. It's here if anyone would like to check it out - suggestions welcome http://justuber.com/projects:ubuntu_leaflets Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Marking duplicates in Liferea
Liferea actually works fine, and marks duplicates as read. Sorry for mistake - forget I asked the question! -- Diana luxxius wrote: > I seem to recall someone (? Popey) saying that Liferea automatically > marks duplicates as read. It doesn't seem to do this for me; and I > can't find any settings in preferences that enable it. > > Can anyone advise? > > TIA > -- > Diana > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Marking duplicates in Liferea
I seem to recall someone (? Popey) saying that Liferea automatically marks duplicates as read. It doesn't seem to do this for me; and I can't find any settings in preferences that enable it. Can anyone advise? TIA -- Diana -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App
Robin Menneer wrote: > As a newbie. I think that OOo will do all your relations want because > Draw is so well integrated with Writer. But you'll have to explain the > mysteries of how the curser changes for what you want to do - it's not > obvioius and took me many days to fathom it out completely. I don't > think you need scribus at an elemenetary level - it holds out no > attractions for me above Writer/Draw in OOo. Robin > I'd agree with that, although I have used Scribus in the past, generally OOo Draw does most of I want. I've downloaded a trial of Publisher 2007 (on my other half's laptop) so I'll have a play and see if copying and pasting from Publisher to OOo works or not. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
Farran Lee wrote: > Thanks for the replies. >> The problem message is "[ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link >> is not ready" >> >> Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for >> a long time. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Keith > >> -- >> Keith Bowerman, >> Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. >> Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. >> >> > > maybe it means that it can detect a network device, but the network > isn't ready. Like when you turn the modem on, it has to load something > up presumably from the server it connects to, before it is ready for the > pc to use. > fazza > This sounds a bit like an issue I have seen before but with DOS based network drivers for the Netware 3 client. Basically when a machine was turned on it would take a few seconds to initialize the network card link to the switch. Pausing for a few seconds before loading the network drivers solved the issue. I wonder if something has changed in the network driver? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu
Alan c wrote:
>
> The recent weekend TV program of BBC Click was devoted to Open source,
> Ubuntu, an an interview with Mark Shuttleworth.
> I can manage to get it to play using Real player, but I cannot think
> of how to capture the stream to view it later.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
> ('watch now')
>
> Any ideas please?
> --
> alan cocks
> Kubuntu user#10391
>
I'm trying to dump the WMV stream with Mplayer. Then in theory I should
be able to re-encode it into AVI format with Mencoder.
The command line I'm using to dump the stream is:
mplayer
http://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms2/news/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.wmv
-dumpstream -dumpfile "dump.wmv"
Then I'm hoping that this will work to encode it into AVI:
mencoder dump.wmv -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o encodedvideo.avi
I haven't however got the whole stream dumped yet though so it may not work.
Anyway, for future reference there is a link on the Ubuntu forums with
regards to converting video files here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2810792
Ta,
Rob
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of alan c
Sent: 10 June 2007 23:03
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu
The recent weekend TV program of BBC Click was devoted to Open source,
Ubuntu, an an interview with Mark Shuttleworth.
I can manage to get it to play using Real player, but I cannot think
of how to capture the stream to view it later.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
('watch now')
Any ideas please?
--
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391
--
I found this website that mentions a mozilla add-on that is meant to allow
the downloading of a video being watched -
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
I haven't had a chance to test it yet though.
Stuart
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
Thanks for the replies. > > The problem message is "[ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link > is not ready" > > Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for > a long time. > > Cheers, > > Keith > > -- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. > Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. > > maybe it means that it can detect a network device, but the network isn't ready. Like when you turn the modem on, it has to load something up presumably from the server it connects to, before it is ready for the pc to use. fazza -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
Thanks for the replies. The problem message is "[ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready" Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for a long time. Cheers, Keith -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
Hi Peter, On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 13:03 +0100, peter wrote: > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:40 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote: > > > >From switch on to the drumbeat of the login screen has been taking 4 > > minutes 18 seconds, > > Hi Keith > > It was me, I am taking the cowards way out, switching on the computer > then making the tea! > > I had this problem with a previous version, a previous upgrade cured it, > but the last upgrade broke the previous one also (very strange). > > It also rewrote my GRUB (which it must) could this give us a hint? > > I must say I am just waiting for another upgrade to fix it. Another good way of troubleshooting problems with boot times is to install the 'bootchart' package using Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager). When the system boots, bootchart will save a timeline of the boot process in /var/log/bootchart, showing which programs are taking the most time at boot. Thanks, Phil -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:40 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote: > >From switch on to the drumbeat of the login screen has been taking 4 > minutes 18 seconds, Hi Keith It was me, I am taking the cowards way out, switching on the computer then making the tea! I had this problem with a previous version, a previous upgrade cured it, but the last upgrade broke the previous one also (very strange). It also rewrote my GRUB (which it must) could this give us a hint? I must say I am just waiting for another upgrade to fix it. All the best Peter -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:40 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote: > I'm not sure if I saw some reference to lengthy booting up times on this > group recently, or did I imagine it? > > So far as I'm concerned, since a kernel upgrade about three weeks ago I > am suffering from this symptom. > > >From switch on to the drumbeat of the login screen has been taking 4 > minutes 18 seconds, including the 10 second countdown for the Grub menu, > although the latest time a few minutes ago was 4'29". During this time > the orange progress bar stops at the third 'square' from the left and > sits there for 3'4". > > Does anyone have any comments to offer? > > Cheers, > > Keith. > > > -- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. > Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. > > Hi, You can find out what's causing this issue by altering the boot parameters next time you start the machine. At the grub prompt, press e (for edit), then select the kernel line and press e again. Now delete the word 'quiet' (and 'splash' for more detail). This change is only temporary. Finally press enter and then 'b' to boot. You should see the process being run when it's pausing. Some common processes are mounting file systems and starting network interfaces. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Booting Up
I'm not sure if I saw some reference to lengthy booting up times on this group recently, or did I imagine it? So far as I'm concerned, since a kernel upgrade about three weeks ago I am suffering from this symptom. >From switch on to the drumbeat of the login screen has been taking 4 minutes 18 seconds, including the 10 second countdown for the Grub menu, although the latest time a few minutes ago was 4'29". During this time the orange progress bar stops at the third 'square' from the left and sits there for 3'4". Does anyone have any comments to offer? Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:08:33 +0100, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hope this helps anyway. Sounds like a good idea to me... Thanks, M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App
Robin Menneer wrote: > . I don't think you need scribus at an elemenetary level - it holds > out no attractions for me above Writer/Draw in OOo. Robin Well you can keep your options open with this set of software. Do it in Writer/Draw and if you need more DTP import into Scribus. Scribus imports from Draw and Writer very nicely. You can even do most of your text formattting in writer and import to Scribus. I think these programs work well together and are a LOT cheaper than MSOffice with MS Publisher. :-) The money you save on upgrades alone would buy you a PC in a few years :-) Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App
On 14/06/07, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi all, > > I've managed to convince my parents that Ubuntu is for them (My mum just got a new laptop with Vista and Office 2007 and thinks that it is completely unintuitive!) however there is one issue. > > They use Microsoft Publisher. > > Whilst there are many tools out there that will act as a replacement, I am unable to find a program that will load and save MS Pub files. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > > M. > -- I'm not sure if this will help but could they run Publisher and OOo or Scribus on Windows and select everything on the page, copy it and paste it into OOo? Other than that, they could try using something like PDF Creator on Windows which as far as I know will export into EPS/PS format. Even if it doesn't, you should be able to use something like pdf2ps to convert the document into PS format which can then be imported (hopefully) into Scribus and then copied and pasted into OOo. I think PDF creator also has the option to create PNG/JPG/BMP/TIF etc files, so if all else fails they could get the whole page as an image which can easily be imported into OOo. I went down the PDF2PS route the other day. I was after a high quality logo for the company I work for. Luckily I found a PDF copy of a business card which I was able to convert to PDF, import into Scribus and then copy and paste into Inkscape to make an SVG version. Looked great when it was finally imported into OOo, much better than the JPG copies that were available to me. Hope this helps anyway. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ As a newbie. I think that OOo will do all your relations want because Draw is so well integrated with Writer. But you'll have to explain the mysteries of how the curser changes for what you want to do - it's not obvioius and took me many days to fathom it out completely. I don't think you need scribus at an elemenetary level - it holds out no attractions for me above Writer/Draw in OOo. Robin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
