Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
Craig wrote: > On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 11:21 +0100, John Levin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any >> of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? >> >> John >> > > I have it on my laptop on which I use for web design. I was very impressed > with it too, although I think it is a bit odd that they use firefox as the > default web browser as I found it very slow and memory intensive. It is > pretty amazing how fast it runs (loads up in about 1 minute) on my Pentium II > which struggles to run Windows NT. > This is the kind of thing we should be trying to tell people about - who > knows what people have in their attic dismissed as unusable. Even if you > do have to have a book with you when using it for when it's sorting > itself out (and at least it does sort itself out) it saved at least two > of my laptops from the skip. > > Craig > > > I used it on an old pc I had before installing puppy.Its ok, but wasnt really light enough for the pc specs. Russell -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 11:21 +0100, John Levin wrote: > Hi, > > Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any > of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? > > John I have it on my laptop on which I use for web design. I was very impressed with it too, although I think it is a bit odd that they use firefox as the default web browser as I found it very slow and memory intensive. It is pretty amazing how fast it runs (loads up in about 1 minute) on my Pentium II which struggles to run Windows NT. This is the kind of thing we should be trying to tell people about - who knows what people have in their attic dismissed as unusable. Even if you do have to have a book with you when using it for when it's sorting itself out (and at least it does sort itself out) it saved at least two of my laptops from the skip. Craig -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
hmmm i just looked and it seems ive installed it on the wrong partition... im going to reinstallas i have 20gbs on the directory have installed...and dont wana assign that much to it!!! 2008/5/21 Chris Oattes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Javad Ayaz said the following on 21/05/08 17:29: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-05-19 21:38 cdrom -> media/cdrom > > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2008-05-21 17:01 media > > > That is your problem - the directory /media is owned by root, which > means that you can't write to it. I would suggest saving the files in > your home directory (which you automatically have permissions for), or, > if you *really* need to store it in /media, let me know and I will tell > you how to create a subfolder and change the permissions. > > Chris. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
and the free space on media dir is 19.3 gb 2008/5/21 Chris Oattes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Javad Ayaz said the following on 21/05/08 17:21: > > Hi, > > > > i apologise for "copy, pasting" here > > If you don't want to paste directly into your emails there is always > http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org > > > > > "An internal exception was thrown! > > The error message was: > > > > can't write /media/salambombay.rip at > > /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/Project.pm line 158 > > > Video::DVDRip::Project::save('Video::DVDRip::Project=HASH(0x9595cc0)') > > called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 644 > > > I suspect that this is an issue either with file permissions or disk > space. What are the permissions on the /media directory? > > ls -l / | grep media > > and how much space is left on the drive? > > Chris Oattes. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
Javad Ayaz said the following on 21/05/08 17:29: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-05-19 21:38 cdrom -> media/cdrom > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2008-05-21 17:01 media > That is your problem - the directory /media is owned by root, which means that you can't write to it. I would suggest saving the files in your home directory (which you automatically have permissions for), or, if you *really* need to store it in /media, let me know and I will tell you how to create a subfolder and change the permissions. Chris. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-05-19 21:38 cdrom -> media/cdrom drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2008-05-21 17:01 media is what came up. so im assuming i need to give this permission somehow!!? Thank you for the pastebin link! i will try and remember it in future! 2008/5/21 Chris Oattes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Javad Ayaz said the following on 21/05/08 17:21: > > Hi, > > > > i apologise for "copy, pasting" here > > If you don't want to paste directly into your emails there is always > http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org > > > > > "An internal exception was thrown! > > The error message was: > > > > can't write /media/salambombay.rip at > > /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/Project.pm line 158 > > > Video::DVDRip::Project::save('Video::DVDRip::Project=HASH(0x9595cc0)') > > called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 644 > > > I suspect that this is an issue either with file permissions or disk > space. What are the permissions on the /media directory? > > ls -l / | grep media > > and how much space is left on the drive? > > Chris Oattes. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
Javad Ayaz said the following on 21/05/08 17:21: > Hi, > > i apologise for "copy, pasting" here If you don't want to paste directly into your emails there is always http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org > "An internal exception was thrown! > The error message was: > > can't write /media/salambombay.rip at > /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/Project.pm line 158 > Video::DVDRip::Project::save('Video::DVDRip::Project=HASH(0x9595cc0)') > called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 644 > I suspect that this is an issue either with file permissions or disk space. What are the permissions on the /media directory? ls -l / | grep media and how much space is left on the drive? Chris Oattes. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] An error message in dvdrip
Hi, i apologise for "copy, pasting" herebut i was wondering if someones quick glance could determine whats wrong here? google gave nothing! thank you! "An internal exception was thrown! The error message was: can't write /media/salambombay.rip at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/Project.pm line 158 Video::DVDRip::Project::save('Video::DVDRip::Project=HASH(0x9595cc0)') called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 644 Video::DVDRip::GUI::Main::save_project('Video::DVDRip::GUI::Main=HASH(0x84be2a8)') called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Project/Storage.pm line 96 Video::DVDRip::GUI::Project::Storage::__ANON__('Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Button=HASH(0x8eb49d0)') called at /usr/share/perl5/Gtk2/Ex/FormFactory/Layout.pm line 575 Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Layout::__ANON__('Gtk2::Button=HASH(0x84f6168)') called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 175 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Video/DVDRip/GUI/Main.pm line 175 Video::DVDRip::GUI::Main::start('Video::DVDRip::GUI::Main=HASH(0x84be2a8)', 'filename', 'undef', 'open_cluster_control', 'undef', 'function', 'undef', 'select_title', 'undef', ...) called at /usr/bin/dvdrip line 119" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 02:52:03PM +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: > The Intel X driver was substantially improved/re-written for Hardy so > you might want to at least try a LiveCD. I've been updating all the way, the problem is still here in Hardy. The LiveCD is a good idea, I'll give it a go and see if it's something in my old xorg.conf. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Transform the quasar cell signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Lettuce
Greens for Human Beings? On 21 May 2008, at 16:40, Tony Arnold wrote: > Jai, > > Jai Harrison wrote: >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce >>> >> >> That's pretty funny. Lol. >> >> But isn't it a trademark infringement on Canonical? Perhaps this is >> an >> authorised use of the Ubuntu logo though I cannot see why Canonical >> would authorise the use of their logo on lettuce. > > IANAL, but given there is unlikely to be any confusion between a salad > product and a Linux distro, I doubt there is any mileage in pursuing a > trademark infringement case. It may also be that the food company > had it > first! > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Lettuce
Jai, Jai Harrison wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce >> > > That's pretty funny. Lol. > > But isn't it a trademark infringement on Canonical? Perhaps this is an > authorised use of the Ubuntu logo though I cannot see why Canonical > would authorise the use of their logo on lettuce. IANAL, but given there is unlikely to be any confusion between a salad product and a Linux distro, I doubt there is any mileage in pursuing a trademark infringement case. It may also be that the food company had it first! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Lettuce
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce > That's pretty funny. Lol. But isn't it a trademark infringement on Canonical? Perhaps this is an authorised use of the Ubuntu logo though I cannot see why Canonical would authorise the use of their logo on lettuce. Jai -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
John Levin wrote: > Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any > of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? We use it at work to get a vaguely up-to-date supported distro on an elderly laptop. No idea quite how elderly, because whoever set the BIOS password has long departed the company, but sufficiently elderly to not have built-in WiFi. It works superbly. Gavin Ford wrote: > feature is an Intel graphics setup so it could be a problem between the Intel > X > driver and XFCE if other people aren't seeing it. The Intel X driver was substantially improved/re-written for Hardy so you might want to at least try a LiveCD. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
Gavin Ford wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21:34AM +0100, John Levin wrote: >> Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any >> of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? > > I use parts of Xubuntu and Ubuntu. I installed from an Ubuntu 7.04 disc and > later removed ubuntu-desktop and installed xubuntu-desktop. > > Using Fluxbox as a Window manager and the Thunar file manager from XFCE > rather than Gnome. > > There are lots of good parts to XFCE, but it's still a little heavyweight for > me. I've also never been a fan of the Start Menu setup, I prefer the right > click the desktop for a menu way. > > I still use the gnome-settings-daemon rather than xfce-mcs-manager as the XFCE > tool causes strange graphical defects in Firefox for me. I am an appreciative and occasional user. I am not fluent with much clever stuff and have often chosen the rather lazy option of also installing ubuntu-desktop (in addition to xubuntu-desktop) and if anything difficult (for me) occurs, I can log into gnome and be on more familiar ground, albeit more slowly, while sorting something out :-) -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21:34AM +0100, John Levin wrote: > Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any > of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? I use parts of Xubuntu and Ubuntu. I installed from an Ubuntu 7.04 disc and later removed ubuntu-desktop and installed xubuntu-desktop. Using Fluxbox as a Window manager and the Thunar file manager from XFCE rather than Gnome. There are lots of good parts to XFCE, but it's still a little heavyweight for me. I've also never been a fan of the Start Menu setup, I prefer the right click the desktop for a menu way. I still use the gnome-settings-daemon rather than xfce-mcs-manager as the XFCE tool causes strange graphical defects in Firefox for me. Also the XFCE settings tool lacks the GTK theme colour tweaking the Gnome one has. If it wasn't for the weird graphical defects, I'd drop Gnome and stick with the XFCE stuff. These defects aren't limited to Ubuntu, I get the same with Debian, the common feature is an Intel graphics setup so it could be a problem between the Intel X driver and XFCE if other people aren't seeing it. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Install the energon relay signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- 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/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
Yes i have only just installed xubuntu 2 days ago! i have to say i have found it quite fast! then again i havent installed everything i had on ubuntu hardy ( an upgrade from gutsy+myth) it takes a bit of getting used to! But im liking it so farits minimalistic! On 21/05/2008, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any > of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? > > John > > -- > John Levin > http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?
Hi, Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Lettuce
http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/