Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?
On 19/02/2009 15:26, Paul Sutton wrote: I have a geforce 4, I can run compiz but loose the text on the menus in open office, so turning off compiz I have a really nice, and fairly smooth system, I think i need a new card at somepoint though. Paul I found that on my recent laptop with Intel integrated graphics the Compiz effects still don't run that well, in the end I'm not fussed about eye candy and simply turn it off. I'm too busy to worry about wobbly windows ;-) Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Auto Mount...
Hi Ubuntu'ers... long time no speak! Wondering if anyone knew how i can automatically mount my secondary hard drive using ubuntu on boot. Every time i boot the thing I have to click on the drive in naultilus... then re-set up my samba shares on that drive. Cheers! Jim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Dave Walker davewal...@ubuntu.com wrote: James Westby wrote: The bug jam is almost upon us. I realised that it will be important to have lots of live cds, so bring any you have. SNIP Hi James, I have only packed a handful of CD's - however, i have brought the apt repositories for Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty (i386/amd64/source) with a PXE install server, so hopefully this should help people wanting to install whilst at the Bug Jam. Also, if anyone wants to mirror the mirror, bring enough harddrive space. Looking forward to seeing all those at the Birmingham Jam on Friday, and hopefully those in London on Saturday. Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I'm taking some blank CDs and ISOs of Kubuntu and Ubuntu, x86 and x86_64, alternate and desktop, 8.04 and 8.10. I'll also have the Ubuntu 9.04 daily and daily_live ISOs. Presumably someone'll have a cd writer there so we can burn as needed or use unetbootin. Adam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!
At the London site there will be external lightscribe DVD burner. :) James Thomas irc: selinuxium 2009/2/20 Adam Bagnall a...@geekygeek.co.uk On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Dave Walker davewal...@ubuntu.comwrote: James Westby wrote: The bug jam is almost upon us. I realised that it will be important to have lots of live cds, so bring any you have. SNIP Hi James, I have only packed a handful of CD's - however, i have brought the apt repositories for Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty (i386/amd64/source) with a PXE install server, so hopefully this should help people wanting to install whilst at the Bug Jam. Also, if anyone wants to mirror the mirror, bring enough harddrive space. Looking forward to seeing all those at the Birmingham Jam on Friday, and hopefully those in London on Saturday. Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I'm taking some blank CDs and ISOs of Kubuntu and Ubuntu, x86 and x86_64, alternate and desktop, 8.04 and 8.10. I'll also have the Ubuntu 9.04 daily and daily_live ISOs. Presumably someone'll have a cd writer there so we can burn as needed or use unetbootin. Adam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?
I've also encountered the aforementioned issues on both nVidia and on Intel graphics cards. Though, in my ezxperience the dwesktop is more functional without whiz bang effects. On 20 Feb 2009, 10:05 AM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 19/02/2009 15:26, Paul Sutton wrote: I have a geforce 4, I can run compiz but loose the text on... I found that on my recent laptop with Intel integrated graphics the Compiz effects still don't run that well, in the end I'm not fussed about eye candy and simply turn it off. I'm too busy to worry about wobbly windows ;-) Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.c... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] BugJam is upon us but lets not forget the proposed repos
Hi all, With the Bug Jam upon us can I ask we not only concentrate on the bugs in Launchpad, but also consider enabling the proposed repositories for hardy and intrepid and help test where possible the fixes that have been made and just require testing and fix confirmation to allow them to be pushed out to all users. To enable proposed see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed To see listings of what is in proposed: http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
I'm not sure that's the correct subject line, but I mistakenly stopped a terminal whilst it was still doing something. Now I get this message --- E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. How do I manually run that command? Can somebody help please? Sorry for asking. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
Hi all, Users of Linux with ALSA on laptops and other mobile devices have for years often been presented with the fun and games of sound working great but then plugging in headphones leaves you with no sound or sound coming out of speakers and headphones etc. This annoys many and makes distros look poor to the new user in some cases. Could we have a bug day for and in conjunction with ALSA to collect as much per user hardware and what they set to fix it i.e. the 'options' in alsa-base to maybe allow the ALSA project to make things better for all. Your thoughts would be appreciated? Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MBR
Some of you may remember that I wrote the following a couple of weeks ago and I received several helpful replies:- The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to the end of its life. I have a Windows XP machine, which I've never actually opened up. I propose to remove the master drive from the Linux machine on which Ubuntu is installed and insert it into the Windows one. It will then become the slave drive. What I would like to know is how to create a new MBR on the Windows machine as I shall wish it to boot up into Ubuntu for 95% of the time. As it turned out it was all academic because the drive in the ailing machine was an IDE drive and the newer machine had SATA connections so I ended up partitioning and installing Ubuntu onto the single, 320Gb, drive which seems big enough. As it happens I had lying about in the attic an old USB caddie so I inserted the Ubuntu disc into it and connected it to a Vista laptop which boots from USB and switched on. Lo and behold I was presented with the Grub menu and was able to boot up into Ubuntu. The reason for this now lengthy missive, for which I apologise, is to ask the experts who may read it whether it is safe to run Ubuntu in this fashion, or am I in danger of corrupting data on either the Ubuntu or the Vista hard drive. Many thanks for your patience in reading so far and I look forward to receiving any reply. Regards, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MBR
Hi, You can run Ubuntu (or any other linux distribution) quite happily from USB. A lot of people do because they want a more portable computing environment, but don't have a laptop. Infact I'm running Ubuntu via USB on my laptop as I write this.â Ciaran -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MBR
I see no problem with this other than you must make sure you do not accidentally unplug the USB drive while in use as that may result in dataloss depending on what you are doing. Just be careful though and all should be ok. Home Phone: 01242 676299 iPhone temporary number: 07549956765 Fax: 0871 528 8931 On 20 Feb 2009, at 14:24, Keith ke...@grumpyface.me.uk wrote: Some of you may remember that I wrote the following a couple of weeks ago and I received several helpful replies:- The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to the end of its life. I have a Windows XP machine, which I've never actually opened up. I propose to remove the master drive from the Linux machine on which Ubuntu is installed and insert it into the Windows one. It will then become the slave drive. What I would like to know is how to create a new MBR on the Windows machine as I shall wish it to boot up into Ubuntu for 95% of the time. As it turned out it was all academic because the drive in the ailing machine was an IDE drive and the newer machine had SATA connections so I ended up partitioning and installing Ubuntu onto the single, 320Gb, drive which seems big enough. As it happens I had lying about in the attic an old USB caddie so I inserted the Ubuntu disc into it and connected it to a Vista laptop which boots from USB and switched on. Lo and behold I was presented with the Grub menu and was able to boot up into Ubuntu. The reason for this now lengthy missive, for which I apologise, is to ask the experts who may read it whether it is safe to run Ubuntu in this fashion, or am I in danger of corrupting data on either the Ubuntu or the Vista hard drive. Many thanks for your patience in reading so far and I look forward to receiving any reply. Regards, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
Forgive me if I misunderstand, but ALSA not in the process of being superseeded by PulseAudio? On 20 Feb 2009, 1:43 PM, Philip Wyett philwy...@gmx.com wrote: Hi all, Users of Linux with ALSA on laptops and other mobile devices have for years often been presented with the fun and games of sound working great but then plugging in headphones leaves you with no sound or sound coming out of speakers and headphones etc. This annoys many and makes distros look poor to the new user in some cases. Could we have a bug day for and in conjunction with ALSA to collect as much per user hardware and what they set to fix it i.e. the 'options' in alsa-base to maybe allow the ALSA project to make things better for all. Your thoughts would be appreciated? Regards Phil -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
Alec Wright wrote: Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank you, I think I got that fixed now, at least the terminal seems to be working, and I updated the files and things that came up. What it is, I bought an Acer DVD player, and I have been trying to play films using it. It keeps telling me that I am missing some codecs. I followed the instructions, but it doesnt get you anywhere. Would anybody know the codecs that are needed to use with Totem Movie PLayer, as that seems to be my player. Or is there another player that I can use that would play the DVD's? Thank you again for your help. :) John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
Pulseaudio is just another layer above alsa providing mixing amongst other things. Alsa is still used for outputting the sounds. Home Phone: 01242 676299 iPhone temporary number: 07549956765 Fax: 0871 528 8931 On 20 Feb 2009, at 15:11, Jacob Williams jacobw...@googlemail.com wrote: Forgive me if I misunderstand, but ALSA not in the process of being superseeded by PulseAudio? On 20 Feb 2009, 1:43 PM, Philip Wyett philwy...@gmx.com wrote: Hi all, Users of Linux with ALSA on laptops and other mobile devices have for years often been presented with the fun and games of sound working great but then plugging in headphones leaves you with no sound or sound coming out of speakers and headphones etc. This annoys many and makes distros look poor to the new user in some cases. Could we have a bug day for and in conjunction with ALSA to collect as much per user hardware and what they set to fix it i.e. the 'options' in alsa-base to maybe allow the ALSA project to make things better for all. Your thoughts would be appreciated? Regards Phil -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
You need libdvdcss2, which allows you to watch DVDs with CSS (content scrambling system) copy prevention. If you're using ubuntu intrepid x86, get it here: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_i386.deb If youre using amd64, use this one: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_amd64.deb 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank you, I think I got that fixed now, at least the terminal seems to be working, and I updated the files and things that came up. What it is, I bought an Acer DVD player, and I have been trying to play films using it. It keeps telling me that I am missing some codecs. I followed the instructions, but it doesnt get you anywhere. Would anybody know the codecs that are needed to use with Totem Movie PLayer, as that seems to be my player. Or is there another player that I can use that would play the DVD's? Thank you again for your help. :) John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Philip Wyett philwy...@gmx.com wrote: Hi all, Users of Linux with ALSA on laptops and other mobile devices have for years often been presented with the fun and games of sound working great but then plugging in headphones leaves you with no sound or sound coming out of speakers and headphones etc. This annoys many and makes distros look poor to the new user in some cases. Could we have a bug day for and in conjunction with ALSA to collect as much per user hardware and what they set to fix it i.e. the 'options' in alsa-base to maybe allow the ALSA project to make things better for all. Your thoughts would be appreciated? This would be great to look into. The 'options' parameters can be submitted to Alsa so that new distro releases will work out of the box. There is little knowledge among users on how to do this. Mainly on Ubuntu, the big issue is to make the integration of Pulseaudio as good as possible. VirtualBox, Skype and others do not work well out of the box. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
uname -m in the terminal. If it sayd i686, you're running x86. If it says anything else, post it here. 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: You need libdvdcss2, which allows you to watch DVDs with CSS (content scrambling system) copy prevention. If you're using ubuntu intrepid x86, get it here: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_i386.deb If youre using amd64, use this one: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_amd64.deb 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank you, I think I got that fixed now, at least the terminal seems to be working, and I updated the files and things that came up. What it is, I bought an Acer DVD player, and I have been trying to play films using it. It keeps telling me that I am missing some codecs. I followed the instructions, but it doesnt get you anywhere. Would anybody know the codecs that are needed to use with Totem Movie PLayer, as that seems to be my player. Or is there another player that I can use that would play the DVD's? Thank you again for your help. :) John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank your for your message. I dont think its the x86 but not sure about the other one. Just for reference, how can I find out what version of Ubuntu I'm using? Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
Alec Wright wrote: uname -m in the terminal. If it sayd i686, you're running x86. If it says anything else, post it here. 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: You need libdvdcss2, which allows you to watch DVDs with CSS (content scrambling system) copy prevention. If you're using ubuntu intrepid x86, get it here: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_i386.deb If youre using amd64, use this one: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_amd64.deb 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank you, I think I got that fixed now, at least the terminal seems to be working, and I updated the files and things that came up. What it is, I bought an Acer DVD player, and I have been trying to play films using it. It keeps telling me that I am missing some codecs. I followed the instructions, but it doesnt get you anywhere. Would anybody know the codecs that are needed to use with Totem Movie PLayer, as that seems to be my player. Or is there another player that I can use that would play the DVD's? Thank you again for your help. :) John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank your for your message. I dont think its the x86 but not sure about the other one. Just for reference, how can I find out what version of Ubuntu I'm using? Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Hi, thank you for your message. Well, I installed what you suggested, but it still says... 'An error occured. Your GStreamer installation is missing a plugin.' I'm using a DVD I bought here, and it plays on my XP pc and laptop. I just checked. Is there anything else I could be missing? John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
Yipp. Its working. I thought I might try viewing a downloaded bit of film I have, to see if that might work, and low and behold, it needed updated made, 2 of them, and installed those, adn it now works. I just started to play the film off the DVD and it looks brilliant. The picture playback is so clear. Took a while but we got there. Thank you so much for all your help. I really appreciate it. :) John. Alec Wright wrote: uname -m in the terminal. If it sayd i686, you're running x86. If it says anything else, post it here. 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: You need libdvdcss2, which allows you to watch DVDs with CSS (content scrambling system) copy prevention. If you're using ubuntu intrepid x86, get it here: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_i386.deb If youre using amd64, use this one: http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1_amd64.deb 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Alec Wright wrote: Stick sudo in front and run it in the terminal sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a Sudo makes you administrator and allows you to run commands which affect the entire system. Itll ask you for your password 2009/2/20 John jake...@sky.com: Sorry again, for asking, but I tried to use a different Terminal, and it says I cant use it, until I run that. So I'm rather stuck at the moment. :( Sorry again. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank you, I think I got that fixed now, at least the terminal seems to be working, and I updated the files and things that came up. What it is, I bought an Acer DVD player, and I have been trying to play films using it. It keeps telling me that I am missing some codecs. I followed the instructions, but it doesnt get you anywhere. Would anybody know the codecs that are needed to use with Totem Movie PLayer, as that seems to be my player. Or is there another player that I can use that would play the DVD's? Thank you again for your help. :) John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thank your for your message. I dont think its the x86 but not sure about the other one. Just for reference, how can I find out what version of Ubuntu I'm using? Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 10:03 +, Rob Beard wrote: Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob AGP I'm not too bothered about the wobbly windows, but I would like to be able to change the resolution and stop the icons leaping about the panel! Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:11 +, Jacob Williams wrote: Forgive me if I misunderstand, but ALSA not in the process of being superseeded by PulseAudio? As Alan indicated it is just another layer (a proxy) and supposedly a drop in replacement for ESD. To see how PulseAudio looks visually. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Pulseaudio-diagram.png Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 07:16 -0800, Dan Chen wrote: Hi, I recommend creating a wiki page with links to the generated URLs by alsa-info.sh[0] and sorting by SSID, e.g., SSID .. codec+revision .. output url Please be aware that the jack rework upstream is very active and, thus, those changes will not apply cleanly to any linux source shipped in Ubuntu. It's best to be running the kernel team's latest 2.6.29-rc vanilla kernel builds[1] if you're testing, because any changes made will be pushed to the sound-2.6 git tree. If you're not already familiar with hda-verb, I'm willing to donate an evening or several to walk people through it. [0] http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh [1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ Thanks for the information about upstream jack sensing work. I shall take a look at that over the weekend. The script you linked to bails out with errors here. I will look at that later, but thank you for the link. Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can somebody help with manual command
John wrote: I'm not sure that's the correct subject line, but I mistakenly stopped a terminal whilst it was still doing something. Now I get this message --- E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. How do I manually run that command? Can somebody help please? Sorry for asking. John. In the Terminal type: sudo dpkg --configure -a it will ask for your password. That will sort it out and give you access to your package manager again... -- Blessings Wulfmann Wulf Credo: Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between. Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark. Copyright July 17, 1988 by Del Goetz -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 17:53 +, Philip Wyett wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 07:16 -0800, Dan Chen wrote: Hi, I recommend creating a wiki page with links to the generated URLs by alsa-info.sh[0] and sorting by SSID, e.g., SSID .. codec+revision .. output url Please be aware that the jack rework upstream is very active and, thus, those changes will not apply cleanly to any linux source shipped in Ubuntu. It's best to be running the kernel team's latest 2.6.29-rc vanilla kernel builds[1] if you're testing, because any changes made will be pushed to the sound-2.6 git tree. If you're not already familiar with hda-verb, I'm willing to donate an evening or several to walk people through it. [0] http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh [1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ Thanks for the information about upstream jack sensing work. I shall take a look at that over the weekend. The script you linked to bails out with errors here. I will look at that later, but thank you for the link. My own lazyness here. The script runs fine if the file is made executable and run. Running invoking with sh that sends to dasher it doesn't like. ;-) Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?
Dianne Reuby wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 10:03 +, Rob Beard wrote: Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob AGP I'm not too bothered about the wobbly windows, but I would like to be able to change the resolution and stop the icons leaping about the panel! Dianne Have you locked the icons? Anyway... here's a couple of possible suggestions for you... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149296 - Radeon 9250 128MB AGP @ £27.12 (bit pricey if you ask me) http://tinyurl.com/ynqmp4 - NVidia Geforce FX 5200 128MB AGP @ £21.56 from Aria There's a few ATI Radeon NVidia Geforce cards on eBay too from about a fiver. Saying that maybe someone on the list might have something kicking around. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 19:01 +, Rob Beard wrote: Dianne Reuby wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 10:03 +, Rob Beard wrote: Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob AGP I'm not too bothered about the wobbly windows, but I would like to be able to change the resolution and stop the icons leaping about the panel! Dianne Have you locked the icons? Anyway... here's a couple of possible suggestions for you... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149296 - Radeon 9250 128MB AGP @ £27.12 (bit pricey if you ask me) http://tinyurl.com/ynqmp4 - NVidia Geforce FX 5200 128MB AGP @ £21.56 from Aria There's a few ATI Radeon NVidia Geforce cards on eBay too from about a fiver. Saying that maybe someone on the list might have something kicking around. Rob Yikes nvidia 5200 still at £20 mark. There's a credit crunchie on! ;-) Dianne, I have at least one or two spare 6000 or 7000 series AGP nvidia cards knocking about and if you want one. Please email me off list and I will ship one too you for free. Regards Phil 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.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] new arm notebooks
I think I will wait for the leg notebooks :-) David King Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 this was posted to the OU linux conference http://www.notebooks.com/2009/01/07/new-generation-of-netbooks-199-and-299-eight-hour-battery-sexy-design/ Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : March 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkme9asACgkQaggq1k2FJq142ACeOtKk0NUwd7Xl45UKj5DDIGup D2EAn1/VaYTkJsbnVDjtmNkdEBPwDy3l =T2t1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Destructive Linux auto-updates
You will recall my messages about a machine with a dead interface, two days ago. The engineer at LinuxCertified has incautiously said this: If you performed updates esp a kernel update, you will need to recompile the r8168 driver module Now that I have grasped and faced up to what really happened (and it has taken a few days to put it together), I have sent them the following email: I have received the LC2430S which I ordered. Unfortunately, it has become clear that the machine was sent out with its automatic online updater switched on, so that as soon as I connected it via Ethernet to the web, it downloaded a number of updates, and attempted to install them, thereby disabling the interface, which has been dead since. I consider this to be a faulty condition in the goods supplied, and I am completely dissatisfied with the response of your engineers. Unless you are prepared to arrange, at the expense of LinuxCertified, for a qualified professional here in London to promptly restore the machine to working order, I shall have to ask you to collect the machine at your own expense and provide me with a full refund, including the cost of carriage and import tax. If you are not willing to do this, I shall begin Consumer Complaint procedures against your company. I think that at the same time I myself can afford to hire the services of anyone here in London who is qualified to do it, to restore this machine to its previous working order (if necessary by using the system recovery disks, which I have). This would be assuming my request for a refund or replacement is refused, as I assume it will be. I shall then change the angle of my complaint so as to try to force them to re-imburse me for the cost of repairs. If any readers of this are in London and know of such a person, please post here. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] new arm notebooks
Paul Sutton wrote: http://www.notebooks.com/2009/01/07/new-generation-of-netbooks-199-and-299-eight-hour-battery-sexy-design/ Interesting, but the Intel Atom x86-based Asus Eee 901 can already provide 8 hours of battery life. I've got one, and it really does. Whilst I know Canonical are producing an ARM netbook distro of Ubuntu, it'll be interesting to see whether the other things that we all-too-often rely on, such as Adobe Flash, will be compiled for ARM. Trying to sell a netbook to the hip'n'trendy young professional market, that doesn't play Youtube, will be a difficult venture. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
