[ubuntu-uk] brief flashing cursor prompt then blank screen
Hi. I sent a message yesterday saying my (4-month-old) Linux Certified laptop had died. However, I tried it again this morning and saw a brief flashing cursor prompt (like the one you get briefly during Ubuntu closedown), followed by a blank screen. This happened three times, then it gave up. What should I do during this flashing cursor prompt to get it started again? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Gwibber, Facebook and RSS feed
Does anyone know how to get the RSS feed URL needed to put into to Gwibber so I could use Gwibber to monitor my friends status updates? Google has resulted in lots of suggestions, but what these say should be on the facebook page just isn't, so I'm confused! 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: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out
On 14 Jun 2009, at 22:27, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Rowan, > > 2009/6/14 Rowan : >> Hi. My 'Linux Certified' (Compal JHL-90) just died on me. First the >> display froze, then when I force-restarted it, it wouldn't go past >> the >> first Intel splash screen (with no boot options strip at the bottom), >> and now it just generates no display at all, though the screen is >> backlit normally. The fan runs for two or three seconds then stops, >> which is its normal behaviour, so this seems like a hardware fault >> that >> stops the Operating System from booting. > > My Dell did something similar. Turned out to be lack of cooling > causing the video card to go pop. > >> It could just be that the CPU >> is loose in its socket. Is there anyone reading this list or >> recommended >> by those who do, that I can take it to in central London? I shall pay >> any repair cost and get 'Linux Certified' to refund me (since it's >> still >> under hardware guarantee). >> > > Does the hardware guarantee cover you in the UK? Didn't you get the > laptop from the US? > > Cheers, > Al. I was just about to say the same Alan. There was a laptop in at work the other day doing something similar, and usually it is the graphics card. However, there has been a case where it was a stick of faulty RAM or RAM bay. Try taking your sticks out one at a time and swapping them between bays. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out
Hi Rowan, 2009/6/14 Rowan : > Hi. My 'Linux Certified' (Compal JHL-90) just died on me. First the > display froze, then when I force-restarted it, it wouldn't go past the > first Intel splash screen (with no boot options strip at the bottom), > and now it just generates no display at all, though the screen is > backlit normally. The fan runs for two or three seconds then stops, > which is its normal behaviour, so this seems like a hardware fault that > stops the Operating System from booting. My Dell did something similar. Turned out to be lack of cooling causing the video card to go pop. > It could just be that the CPU > is loose in its socket. Is there anyone reading this list or recommended > by those who do, that I can take it to in central London? I shall pay > any repair cost and get 'Linux Certified' to refund me (since it's still > under hardware guarantee). > Does the hardware guarantee cover you in the UK? Didn't you get the laptop from the US? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out
Hi. My 'Linux Certified' (Compal JHL-90) just died on me. First the display froze, then when I force-restarted it, it wouldn't go past the first Intel splash screen (with no boot options strip at the bottom), and now it just generates no display at all, though the screen is backlit normally. The fan runs for two or three seconds then stops, which is its normal behaviour, so this seems like a hardware fault that stops the Operating System from booting. It could just be that the CPU is loose in its socket. Is there anyone reading this list or recommended by those who do, that I can take it to in central London? I shall pay any repair cost and get 'Linux Certified' to refund me (since it's still under hardware guarantee). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] rtmpdump on launchpad
Hi, I was feeling a bit annoyed at adobe today, and especially that when you google for rtmpdump these days you just get a bunch of blog entries and a dead sourceforge site, So I decided to create a launchpad project for rtmpdump [1]. For those of you that don't know, rtmpdump is a utility used by get_iplayer to download the flash video from the iplayer site, letting you get access to high quality drm free tv. Apple recently issued a DMCA takedown notice to the sourceforge site it was hosted on, they claimed it could be used to infringe on copyright. I claim, it can't anymore than firefox. I'm not actually going to be working on the codebase (I don't know next to anything about the rtmp protocol), I just thought that there should be a central site for people to get access to the code. If anyone more familiar with packaging than me wants to package it up into a ppa, that would be fantastic also. [1] https://edge.launchpad.net/rtmpdump -- Gordon Allott 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] have to start gnome-panel manualy after upgrade to jaunty
2009/6/14 Neil Greenwood : > 2009/6/13 thirstyh2o : >> Need your help folks, >> >> I upgraded my laptop from Hardy to Intrepid and then to Jaunty yesterday. >> >> The problem is that gnome-panel never starts upon boot. Executing >> [killall -v gnome-panels] reports "no process killed". >> >> Tried to run [gnome-panel &] but it still dies when I close the terminal. >> There are seemingly not helpful warnings produced in console: > > If you're running this command from a terminal then closing the > terminal, it is expected behaviour for the gnome-panel process to be > killed when the terminal process is killed. > > The gnome-panel process will receive a HUP (hangup) signal when the > terminal process is killed. Running it in the background does not stop > this signal from killing the gnome-panel process. > > Try running [nohup gnome-panel] or maybe [nohup gnome-panel &] - don't > know if you need to put it in the background or not, I have a feeling > that nohup might already do that. > > As you can maybe guess from my description above and the name of the > command, nohup means that the child process ignores the HUP signal and > keeps running. I think the details are slightly more complicated than > that, but that's the gist of the command. > > HTH > > Cofion/Regards, > Neil. > Sorry, I've just realised that that suggestion doesn't solve your problem! You could try creating a new user on the machine and see if that works. If so, try deleting/renaming the .gnome2 and .gnome2_private hidden directories in your home directory, then logging back in. This will lose any customisations you've made to Gnome, but should also get rid of the bad setting that is preventing the panel from running. Let us know if you have any more questions, or don't understand something I've written or something that happens when you try these instructions. Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] have to start gnome-panel manualy after upgrade to jaunty
2009/6/13 thirstyh2o : > Need your help folks, > > I upgraded my laptop from Hardy to Intrepid and then to Jaunty yesterday. > > The problem is that gnome-panel never starts upon boot. Executing > [killall -v gnome-panels] reports "no process killed". > > Tried to run [gnome-panel &] but it still dies when I close the terminal. > There are seemingly not helpful warnings produced in console: If you're running this command from a terminal then closing the terminal, it is expected behaviour for the gnome-panel process to be killed when the terminal process is killed. The gnome-panel process will receive a HUP (hangup) signal when the terminal process is killed. Running it in the background does not stop this signal from killing the gnome-panel process. Try running [nohup gnome-panel] or maybe [nohup gnome-panel &] - don't know if you need to put it in the background or not, I have a feeling that nohup might already do that. As you can maybe guess from my description above and the name of the command, nohup means that the child process ignores the HUP signal and keeps running. I think the details are slightly more complicated than that, but that's the gist of the command. HTH Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Dean > I don't bother any more, but then most of my data is stored on a NAS. > When reinstalling Ubuntu there is an option for keeping your home directory. Ah well, done it now, but I suspect it was the ability to keep the home directory was what I had heard and made me think it wasn't required anymore. Thanks, Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Graham Smith wrote: > Is it still considered good practice to have a home partition, I have > seen it mentioned in the forums that its no longer required. But it > still seems to make sense to me. I don't bother any more, but then most of my data is stored on a NAS. When reinstalling Ubuntu there is an option for keeping your home directory. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox Bookmark sharing? (was "Home partitions do I need one?")
Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Mozilla Weave (http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/). > There's a howto for your own server at > http://marios.tziortzis.com/page/blog/article/setting-up-mozilla-weave-on-your-server/, > and I think I read on Lifehacker that you can use Box.Net as well (I > can't find that article at the moment.) > > - -- > Many thanks > Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) > > - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > Version: 3.1 > GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ > w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? > - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iJwEAQECAAYFAko09GcACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2+mhgQAuemewKLyHJC0J/Lu7F9TjfsJ > 6zaq9s8QmlNVFEfOphfGrHx9/KBykW9K4OOO2ObOVihUetXh5gWTram/zUImdN3Z > UsNVWDrwv+lOHUNhEMdPyexl6d/ObcbZK4ZLwyxGId+IErIN8p+hWxXmS+5x2H4n > ete6OL8umYbm0yaPw5Q= > =3eEy > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > Looked it up. Seems to be they're gonna push it again. It says, on the site (the current page for the project) you need to be running the latest 3.5 Beta for it. :/ As I said, XMarks (formerly Foxmarks) does me for just now. --Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Rob >> Or even NTFS I assume to make it easy for a dual boot Windows >> >> >> > Well I wouldn't personally format my home partition to NTFS. I can > however access my Windows partition with the NTFS3g driver which is > handy for those occasions when I need to access something off it Yes i fact this is what I was doing until everything fell about my ears and Ubuntu and Windows stopped working properly (for unrelated reasons). > What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for > Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server I have been using Foxmark now Xmarks to do this between two Linux boxes, one Mac and three Windows boxes. But using the Xmarks server rather than my own. Been using it for what seems like years and it seems to work fine. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can > ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone > should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or location > of your choice. Ah, yes. I can see using Windows would be a problem. It was so much easier in FF2, when you could just point it at the bookmarks.html file, wasn't it? :-( mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox Bookmark sharing? (was "Home partitions do I need one?")
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/09 13:43, Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 14 Jun 2009, at 13:37, Michael Iain Douglas >> wrote: >> >> >>> mac wrote: >>> >>> Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can >>> ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone >>> should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or >>> location >>> of your choice. >>> >>> --Michael >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >> Didn't Mozilla start up a similar project, but closed down their >> server, so you *had* to use your own server? >> >> > Never heard of that... linkage? > > --Michael > Mozilla Weave (http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/). There's a howto for your own server at http://marios.tziortzis.com/page/blog/article/setting-up-mozilla-weave-on-your-server/, and I think I read on Lifehacker that you can use Box.Net as well (I can't find that article at the moment.) - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iJwEAQECAAYFAko09GcACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2+mhgQAuemewKLyHJC0J/Lu7F9TjfsJ 6zaq9s8QmlNVFEfOphfGrHx9/KBykW9K4OOO2ObOVihUetXh5gWTram/zUImdN3Z UsNVWDrwv+lOHUNhEMdPyexl6d/ObcbZK4ZLwyxGId+IErIN8p+hWxXmS+5x2H4n ete6OL8umYbm0yaPw5Q= =3eEy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox Bookmark sharing? (was "Home partitions do I need one?")
Harry Rickards wrote: > On 14 Jun 2009, at 13:37, Michael Iain Douglas > wrote: > > >> mac wrote: >> >> Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can >> ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone >> should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or >> location >> of your choice. >> >> --Michael >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > Didn't Mozilla start up a similar project, but closed down their > server, so you *had* to use your own server? > > Never heard of that... linkage? --Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
On 14 Jun 2009, at 13:37, Michael Iain Douglas
wrote:
> mac wrote:
>> Rob Beard wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon
>>> for
>>> Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my
>>> own
>>> personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the
>>> moment I
>>> must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Being able to
>>> access them from anywhere (like I can with my mail) would be handy.
>>>
>>
>>
>> You can put the Firefox profile on a network drive - as long as its
>> file
>> system can preserve permissions (so FAT32 won't work) - and have
>> each of
>> your FFoxes point to that profile in its profiles.ini.
>>
>> I don't have an ext3/ext4/nfs network drive at the moment (but I
>> have a
>> plan!); so I just use rsync with the profile on a usb formatted
>> ext3,
>> 'get' it at the start of a session on one machine, and 'put' it at
>> the
>> end, so it's always up to date. (You can set the rsync commands up
>> as a
>> 'FF3get' and 'FF3put' in .bash_aliases, for ease of operation.) This
>> works fine for me, till I can get the profile onto a linux network
>> drive.
>>
>> Of course, once you copy ('get) the profile to a machine, the FF3 on
>> that machine is running your last 'backup' of your FF3 profile, and
>> doesn't need the USB drive. You only have to mount the USB and do a
>> 'put' if there are changes to bookmarks, etc, that you wish to keep
>> and
>> propagate.
>>
>> Well, it works fine for me. And I don't have to store my bookmark
>> data
>> on someone else's servers for them to data mine. ;-)
>>
>>
>> mac
>>
>>
> Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can
> ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone
> should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or
> location
> of your choice.
>
> --Michael
>
> --
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Didn't Mozilla start up a similar project, but closed down their
server, so you *had* to use your own server?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
mac wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>
>
>> What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for
>> Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my own
>> personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the moment I
>> must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Being able to
>> access them from anywhere (like I can with my mail) would be handy.
>>
>
>
> You can put the Firefox profile on a network drive - as long as its file
> system can preserve permissions (so FAT32 won't work) - and have each of
> your FFoxes point to that profile in its profiles.ini.
>
> I don't have an ext3/ext4/nfs network drive at the moment (but I have a
> plan!); so I just use rsync with the profile on a usb formatted ext3,
> 'get' it at the start of a session on one machine, and 'put' it at the
> end, so it's always up to date. (You can set the rsync commands up as a
> 'FF3get' and 'FF3put' in .bash_aliases, for ease of operation.) This
> works fine for me, till I can get the profile onto a linux network drive.
>
> Of course, once you copy ('get) the profile to a machine, the FF3 on
> that machine is running your last 'backup' of your FF3 profile, and
> doesn't need the USB drive. You only have to mount the USB and do a
> 'put' if there are changes to bookmarks, etc, that you wish to keep and
> propagate.
>
> Well, it works fine for me. And I don't have to store my bookmark data
> on someone else's servers for them to data mine. ;-)
>
>
> mac
>
>
Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can
ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone
should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or location
of your choice.
--Michael
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Rob Beard wrote:
> What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for
> Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my own
> personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the moment I
> must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Being able to
> access them from anywhere (like I can with my mail) would be handy.
You can put the Firefox profile on a network drive - as long as its file
system can preserve permissions (so FAT32 won't work) - and have each of
your FFoxes point to that profile in its profiles.ini.
I don't have an ext3/ext4/nfs network drive at the moment (but I have a
plan!); so I just use rsync with the profile on a usb formatted ext3,
'get' it at the start of a session on one machine, and 'put' it at the
end, so it's always up to date. (You can set the rsync commands up as a
'FF3get' and 'FF3put' in .bash_aliases, for ease of operation.) This
works fine for me, till I can get the profile onto a linux network drive.
Of course, once you copy ('get) the profile to a machine, the FF3 on
that machine is running your last 'backup' of your FF3 profile, and
doesn't need the USB drive. You only have to mount the USB and do a
'put' if there are changes to bookmarks, etc, that you wish to keep and
propagate.
Well, it works fine for me. And I don't have to store my bookmark data
on someone else's servers for them to data mine. ;-)
mac
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free (Broken) LCD Screen
I did the same, bought a replacement before finding out about Goodies, thought the repair cost was very reasonable, always good to have a spare monitor around. Repair items must be properly packed, if you dont have the original monitor packaging, Goodies will advise. They are used by several monitor manufacturers, Regards, Michael --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Ciarán Mooney wrote: From: Ciarán Mooney Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free (Broken) LCD Screen To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Sunday, 14 June, 2009, 1:04 PM Thanks for the suggestion, however I've already bought a new monitor! Just to clarify, the monitor turns on, and there is an LED that responds to the DVI/VGA input, ie it changes colour when it goes to sleep mode, and changes back to green when you wiggle the mouse. So there is hope. Forgot to mention that I'm in Birmingham. Regards, Ciarán -- 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] Free (Broken) LCD Screen
Thanks for the suggestion, however I've already bought a new monitor! Just to clarify, the monitor turns on, and there is an LED that responds to the DVI/VGA input, ie it changes colour when it goes to sleep mode, and changes back to green when you wiggle the mouse. So there is hope. Forgot to mention that I'm in Birmingham. Regards, Ciarán -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Rob Beard wrote: > What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for > Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my own > personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the moment I > must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Being able to > access them from anywhere (like I can with my mail) would be handy. > The "XMarks" firefox addon does just that. Unfortunately, it does it to their own server, and it does some minor tracking of what you bookmark (it uses it in google results to indicate what results others have bookmarked lately, to try and let you know which results are useful) Given the convenience of having all my bookmarks on any Firefox, I don't mind. I have also seen it suggested that using Dropbox or similar to mirror the bookmarks file/folder would be one way of doing it. -- Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Graham Smith wrote: > Rob > > > >> In theory unless something goes completely wrong you should be able to >> upgrade online as each new release is made available but I'd say a >> separate home partition is a good thing. >> > > Yes, I like the principle > > > Having a separate home partition also means > >> that you could format your root partition as ext4 for extra performance >> and keep your home partition as ext3 if you wished. >> > > Or even NTFS I assume to make it easy for a dual boot Windows > > > Well I wouldn't personally format my home partition to NTFS. I can however access my Windows partition with the NTFS3g driver which is handy for those occasions when I need to access something off it (I rarely use Vista on my laptop, I don't think I've used it in 2 months or so). What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my own personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the moment I must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Being able to access them from anywhere (like I can with my mail) would be handy. >> I generally allocate about 20 to 40GB for root depending on the size of >> the drive. On my desktop I used to use 40GB (it was a 750GB drive) and >> on my laptop with a 250GB drive I tend to allocate 20GB for root (mainly >> because I also have Vista installed on it which I give about 60GB) but >> really I think 15GB would probably be plenty. >> > > Thanks, useful to know. > > No problem, you can always resize the partitions using something like gparted if need be if you find you don't use as much space, or need more space. >> As far as the swap partition goes (you'd have to create this manually >> too if you do a manual partitioning), if you want to use Hibernate then >> you'd need to allocate a partition at least (if not slightly larger to >> be safe) to match the size of your system memory. So for instance if >> you have 2GB on your PC, allocate at least 2GB swap (or maybe something >> like 2.2GB). I found when I got to 4GB though that it was easier just >> to shut the machine down and boot it up as it was quicker than >> hibernate. Now on my laptop with 4GB memory I have about a 600MB swap >> partition. >> > > Thanks again, these sorts of decsions are always difficult to meake > without some experience. > > Yep, I was thinking along the lines of my laptop has limited space and I can't really afford a bigger hard drive at the moment for it so I decided to go for a smaller swap and not use hibernate (which I have found is a bit hit and miss anyway for me anyway, I generally use suspend mode when I'm not using the laptop for short periods of time). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free (Broken) LCD Screen
Sounds like you might have a monitor with a power supply problem, Goodies Enterprise, of Bedford, collect courier, repair, deliver for a fixed fee which wil be around the half the cost of cost of a new monitor. Good firm, who repair a range of electronic equipment. Hope info helps, regards, Michael --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Ciarán Mooney wrote: From: Ciarán Mooney Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Free (Broken) LCD Screen To: "Birmingham Linux User Group" , "British Ubuntu Talk" , "birmingham-hack-space" , "Wolverhampton Linux User Group" Date: Sunday, 14 June, 2009, 11:18 AM Hi, I had an LCD screen go on me. It's a 19" generic LCD that worked fine right up until it wouldn't display any images. It has DVI and VGA. I suspect the backlight has gone and may be an easy fix for someone. If you want it send me an email off list otherwise it will be taken to the tip in a few weeks. Regards, Ciarán -- 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] Home partitions do I need one?
Rob > In theory unless something goes completely wrong you should be able to > upgrade online as each new release is made available but I'd say a > separate home partition is a good thing. Yes, I like the principle > Having a separate home partition also means > that you could format your root partition as ext4 for extra performance > and keep your home partition as ext3 if you wished. Or even NTFS I assume to make it easy for a dual boot Windows > I generally allocate about 20 to 40GB for root depending on the size of > the drive. On my desktop I used to use 40GB (it was a 750GB drive) and > on my laptop with a 250GB drive I tend to allocate 20GB for root (mainly > because I also have Vista installed on it which I give about 60GB) but > really I think 15GB would probably be plenty. Thanks, useful to know. > As far as the swap partition goes (you'd have to create this manually > too if you do a manual partitioning), if you want to use Hibernate then > you'd need to allocate a partition at least (if not slightly larger to > be safe) to match the size of your system memory. So for instance if > you have 2GB on your PC, allocate at least 2GB swap (or maybe something > like 2.2GB). I found when I got to 4GB though that it was easier just > to shut the machine down and boot it up as it was quicker than > hibernate. Now on my laptop with 4GB memory I have about a 600MB swap > partition. Thanks again, these sorts of decsions are always difficult to meake without some experience. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?
Graham Smith wrote: > I'm afraid all I was thinking about was whether the fresh install > would fix my network problem,I knew the live CD worked but was waiting > for the full install to still not work - but it did work. > > I could start from scratch and install again I suppose, maybe that > would be good practice for future installs > > In theory unless something goes completely wrong you should be able to upgrade online as each new release is made available but I'd say a separate home partition is a good thing. I'm one for tinkering with my systems so occasionally I do a fresh install and I find that having a separate home partition helps. If you create a home partition and then in the future reinstall the OS you'd have to make sure you use the manual partitioning option and make sure you give your home partition a mount point but NOT format it. You can format your root (/) partition though and swap doesn't need formatting (at least I've never seen an option for format swap). Having a separate home partition also means that you could format your root partition as ext4 for extra performance and keep your home partition as ext3 if you wished. > I have had a read though the other links, and googled a few more. I > see that Ubuntu susgest 15gb as the maximum size for the root, which > would leave me about 100gb for /home, which was one the things I > wondered about; how to split up the disc. > I generally allocate about 20 to 40GB for root depending on the size of the drive. On my desktop I used to use 40GB (it was a 750GB drive) and on my laptop with a 250GB drive I tend to allocate 20GB for root (mainly because I also have Vista installed on it which I give about 60GB) but really I think 15GB would probably be plenty. As far as the swap partition goes (you'd have to create this manually too if you do a manual partitioning), if you want to use Hibernate then you'd need to allocate a partition at least (if not slightly larger to be safe) to match the size of your system memory. So for instance if you have 2GB on your PC, allocate at least 2GB swap (or maybe something like 2.2GB). I found when I got to 4GB though that it was easier just to shut the machine down and boot it up as it was quicker than hibernate. Now on my laptop with 4GB memory I have about a 600MB swap partition. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Free (Broken) LCD Screen
Hi, I had an LCD screen go on me. It's a 19" generic LCD that worked fine right up until it wouldn't display any images. It has DVI and VGA. I suspect the backlight has gone and may be an easy fix for someone. If you want it send me an email off list otherwise it will be taken to the tip in a few weeks. Regards, Ciarán -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird log?
andrew seyes wrote: > I had a problem with similar symptoms to those you describe and this > was the only way I could get any log output out of thunderbird to > figure out way was going on. As you say it does not appear to log > anywhere else - I couldnt find anything in the usual places either. That's useful to know. It's a bit of an hack to set the log up, isn't it? Not sure I completely understand how you do it, but perhaps it's clearer when you actually try. Anyway, it seems the problem is only happening on my Jaunty laptop, and its system logs are indicating a problem with the wireless networking: beacon loss from AP - sending probe request x3 or x4 entries, repeated every ten minutes or so, and then it's OK for a while. (I've put # for the AP number) But as this is not a problem with other laptops in the house (running 8.04), I'm beginning to suspect it's something to do with Jaunty, not with Thunderbird or the wireless router. (I should also say that my Thunderbird profile is on a network drive, so that I can access it from any of the machines in the house, so the networking is critical.) Thanks for the suggestion. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird log?
2009/6/13 mac : > andrew seyes wrote: >> You can activate logging by setting some environment variables before >> you start thunderbird, including one where you choose the name of the >> log file. For this to work you'll have to do it from a terminal >> (Accessories -> Terminal). >> >> For full details, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging > > > Andrew >>> Thanks for this. It looks as though it's about Thunderbird > logging how it's processing mail via the standard protocols (you select > the ones you want to monitor). > > My problem is that Thunderbird itself is becoming unresponsive from time > to time (the dreaded darkened window!), and I'm having to do a 'Force > quit' and restart. I can't see anything in the system logs; and I > wondered if there's a log that monitoring Thunderbird itself, rather > than just the mail processing. > > Or have I got this entirely wrong, and the log you mention is what I need? > > mac > Hi mac, I had a problem with similar symptoms to those you describe and this was the only way I could get any log output out of thunderbird to figure out way was going on. As you say it does not appear to log anywhere else - I couldnt find anything in the usual places either. My problem turned out to be down to my firewall blocking thunderbird, so things worked fine when I was inside the firewall and failed in a similar way to the one you described when I was outside it. From the log I spotted thunderbird was never getting a response to its login request, which led me back to check the firewall and fix it. Cheers, Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
