[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Symphonic-testers] JSymphonic v0.3.0 Ode To Freedom and v0.4.0 pre-alpha1

[Markie]

Hi Folks,

I may have mentioned this app before, I cant remember, but anyway the mail
below is news of a new release. If anyone is interested in trying it out and
providing some feedback...

JSymphonic allows you to manage music on your Sony Walkman device without
the need for the usual sonic stage app with is like sony's equivalent for
itunes. Also (and this is the best bit) its only a small app so you can load
it onto the stick and run it from and platform thats got a JRE installed.
Breathed a new life into my walkman when I switched to Ubuntu.

Cheers

Mark

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From: Nicolas Cardoso 
Date: 30 April 2010 17:50
Subject: [Symphonic-testers] JSymphonic v0.3.0 Ode To Freedom and v0.4.0
pre-alpha1
To:


Hi everyone !

### v0.3.0
First stable version of JSymphonic, named Ode To Freedom, v0.3.0 has been
released on February. If you haven't done so yet, download and test this
version. Please remember that it is declared to be a stable version, so it
is important to report any bug you may encounter!!

Some languages are missing for this version. If the translators take the
time to complete the translations, new version will be released to include
them.

### v0.4.0
Next version is still under development. But a pre-alpha has been released
last week.
Done:
- GUI has been reviewed and one important new feature appearing is the
drag'n'drop.
- playlist importation is now implemented

To do:
- fully implement the playlist feature (it is not possible for the moment to
create a playlist from the content of the player,...)

Please test the new pre-alpha, to be downloaded here:
http://symphonic.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/symphonic/jsymphonic/trunk/

All report for this version should be made directly to me by email or in the
developer part of the forum, but since this release is not official, please
do not post in the public forum.



Enjoy these versions :-)


Greets,
Nicolas

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

[Paul Tansom]

** NTLWorld  [2010-04-30 19:32]:
> Just had a pleasant surprise!  I collected my mobile broadband dongle
> back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook.
> It worked straight away.  I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to
> present to the USB as a storage device, and from there, install Windows
> drivers.  I imagine some improvements in Lucid do something to tell the
> modem automatically that it needs to be a modem.
> 
> For interest, the modem is a ZTE MF622.  I'm delighted!
** end quote [NTLWorld]

I think you'll find that it was likely more due to identification improvements.
I have a ZTE MF627 that worked fine once you had unmounted the USB storage
drive incarnation of it. With a minor patch to the usb_modeswitch package
(configuration wise so it could be identified) it was automatically recognised
as a modem. Having upgraded to Lucid I purged the patch package and it is still
automatically identified as a modem without problems :)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

[Rob Beard]

On 30/04/10 19:24, NTLWorld wrote:
> Hi there 
>
> Just had a pleasant surprise!  I collected my mobile broadband dongle
> back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook.
> It worked straight away.  I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to
> present to the USB as a storage device, and from there, install Windows
> drivers.  I imagine some improvements in Lucid do something to tell the
> modem automatically that it needs to be a modem.
>
> For interest, the modem is a ZTE MF622.  I'm delighted!
>

That's good.  I remember having a few issues with um... Ubuntu 8.10 I 
think with USB mobile broadband modems, but as you say now it just works 
(in fact it's a lot quicker than Windows as I don't have to install the 
Windows software to use it).

Rob

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[ubuntu-uk] Evolution crashes when accessing Exchange 2003 server

[Rob Beard]

Hi folks,

I've just started a new job and at the moment I've been using my own 
personal laptop which is running Ubuntu 10.04 (actually I'm the only IT 
guy where I work so when I get another machine it may end up running 
Ubuntu rather than Windows).

Anyway, I've been trying to get Evolution working with the company's 
Exchange server (running Exchange 2003).  I did manage to get it working 
okay with Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 2 (i386) and it was fairly stable but having 
installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (AMD64) on my laptop (on a 
brand new hard drive) I'm finding that Evolution crashes when connecting 
to the Exchange server.

The initial setup appears to work okay but when it comes to doing a 
Send/Receive it crashes Evolution with a segmentation fault.

I've done a bit of searching and it appears this problem occurred with 
older versions of Evolution, but I haven't found anything related to 
Evolution on Lucid.

I have reported it as a bug but I wondered if anyone else had seen this?

Ta,

Rob

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[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

[NTLWorld]

Hi there 

Just had a pleasant surprise!  I collected my mobile broadband dongle
back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook.
It worked straight away.  I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to
present to the USB as a storage device, and from there, install Windows
drivers.  I imagine some improvements in Lucid do something to tell the
modem automatically that it needs to be a modem.

For interest, the modem is a ZTE MF622.  I'm delighted!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

[Markie]

Perfect! Thanks Alan!

Markie

On 30 April 2010 16:52, Alan Lord (News)  wrote:

> On 30/04/10 16:46, Markie wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing
> > great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into
> > the desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way
> > pidgin has been integrated it would be nice to see TB. Especially seeing
> > as Thunderbird 3 seems to come with the default install now which is a
> > marked improvement on its predecessor.
> >
> > Does anyone know if theres plans or a way to include it into the
> > notification area?
>
> Hi Markie,
>
> yes, there is some code that was introduced into the forthcoming 3.1
> release that adds support for the various notification mechanisms: Growl
> (MacOS) and Libnotify (Linux) and whatever the windows equivalent is.
>
> However, a recent comment on bugzilla indicates that it might have been
> pulled due to a blocking bug for the time being:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478463
>
> There is however a Thunderbird extension that adds the Indicator Applet
> and libnotify support which you could use for the time-being:
>
> http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/indicator-applet-libnotify-support-for-thunderbird/
>
> HTH
>
> Al
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 30/04/10 16:46, Markie wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing
> great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into
> the desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way
> pidgin has been integrated it would be nice to see TB. Especially seeing
> as Thunderbird 3 seems to come with the default install now which is a
> marked improvement on its predecessor.
>
> Does anyone know if theres plans or a way to include it into the
> notification area?

Hi Markie,

yes, there is some code that was introduced into the forthcoming 3.1 
release that adds support for the various notification mechanisms: Growl 
(MacOS) and Libnotify (Linux) and whatever the windows equivalent is.

However, a recent comment on bugzilla indicates that it might have been 
pulled due to a blocking bug for the time being: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478463

There is however a Thunderbird extension that adds the Indicator Applet 
and libnotify support which you could use for the time-being: 
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/indicator-applet-libnotify-support-for-thunderbird/

HTH

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[ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

[Markie]

Hi Folks,

I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing
great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into the
desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way pidgin
has been integrated it would be nice to see TB. Especially seeing as
Thunderbird 3 seems to come with the default install now which is a marked
improvement on its predecessor.

Does anyone know if theres plans or a way to include it into the
notification area?

Thanks

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Kris Douglas]

On 30 April 2010 12:31, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:51 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin  wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> >> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
>> >> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> >> >> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
>> >> >> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
>> >> >> works on 9.10.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Kris Douglas,
>> >> >
>> >> > Kris,
>> >> >
>> >> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
>> >> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
>> >> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
>> >> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
>> >> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
>> >> >
>> >> > Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
>> >> > enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
>> >> > computer.
>> >> >
>> >> > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>> >> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
>> >> >
>> >> > Bruno
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sent from my HTC Hero
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Hi,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
>> >> >> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
>> >> >> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
>> >> >> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
>> >> >> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
>> >> >> > get to the command line.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
>> >> >> > that > is all that happens. No e...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
>> >> >> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
>> >> >> > that work?
>> >>
>> >> Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
>> >> boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
>> >> repeating bootup music.
>> >
>> > Did you try to boot after removing 'quiet splash' to see if you had any
>> > meaningful error message? Here are the details of how to do that:
>> >
>> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
>> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
>> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
>> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
>> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
>>
>> Yes sorry, that was the only thing I got when using quietboot, doesn't
>> seem to have any errors. I don't have another machine at my disposal
>> to use to do the network log dump.
>
> OK, if you know it worked with Karmic, can you boot Karmic using a live
> USB? If that works, you should be able to mount the Lucid partition and
> get the logs.
>
> Bruno
>

I shall try that when I get home.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Bruno Girin]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:51 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >> >> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
> >> >> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
> >> >> works on 9.10.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kris Douglas,
> >> >
> >> > Kris,
> >> >
> >> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
> >> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
> >> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
> >> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
> >> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
> >> >
> >> > Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
> >> > enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
> >> > computer.
> >> >
> >> > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> >> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
> >> >
> >> > Bruno
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Sent from my HTC Hero
> >> >>
> >> >> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
> >> >> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
> >> >> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
> >> >> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
> >> >> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
> >> >> > get to the command line.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
> >> >> > that > is all that happens. No e...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
> >> >> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
> >> >> > that work?
> >>
> >> Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
> >> boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
> >> repeating bootup music.
> >
> > Did you try to boot after removing 'quiet splash' to see if you had any
> > meaningful error message? Here are the details of how to do that:
> >
> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
> 
> Yes sorry, that was the only thing I got when using quietboot, doesn't
> seem to have any errors. I don't have another machine at my disposal
> to use to do the network log dump.

OK, if you know it worked with Karmic, can you boot Karmic using a live
USB? If that works, you should be able to mount the Lucid partition and
get the logs.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

[Paul Sladen]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, John Matthews wrote:
> Does anybody know ho I can update it, so that it only shows Lucid int he 
> grub?

The label in Grub is cosmetic, the (partly upgraded) system will be booted
anyway.  You should be able to:

  sudo update-grub

to push that change.  Please could you file a bug report that Wine is
preventing the upgrade from finishing:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+filebug

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[ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

[John Matthews]

I did my final upgrade, via System>Administration>Update Manager...but 
unfortunately, towards the end of the update, Wine couldnt be installed, 
and it halted the installation. Now in the grub, I have old versions of 
Ubuntu showing, and about 10 of them, and I know it should show the 
updated version, which it does when I call the versions installed using 
the terminal. For some reason I cant get it to change, no matter what I 
have done to try.

Does anybody know ho I can update it, so that it only shows Lucid int he 
grub?

Thanks

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Kris Douglas]

On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> >> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
>> >> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
>> >> works on 9.10.
>> >>
>> >> Kris Douglas,
>> >
>> > Kris,
>> >
>> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
>> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
>> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
>> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
>> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
>> >
>> > Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
>> > enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
>> > computer.
>> >
>> > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
>> >
>> > Bruno
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my HTC Hero
>> >>
>> >> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
>> >> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
>> >> >
>> >> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
>> >> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
>> >> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
>> >> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
>> >> > get to the command line.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
>> >> > that > is all that happens. No e...
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
>> >> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
>> >> > that work?
>>
>> Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
>> boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
>> repeating bootup music.
>
> Did you try to boot after removing 'quiet splash' to see if you had any
> meaningful error message? Here are the details of how to do that:
>
> When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
> 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
> penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
> the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
> Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.

Yes sorry, that was the only thing I got when using quietboot, doesn't
seem to have any errors. I don't have another machine at my disposal
to use to do the network log dump.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Bruno Girin]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
> >> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
> >> works on 9.10.
> >>
> >> Kris Douglas,
> >
> > Kris,
> >
> > When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
> > 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
> > penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
> > the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
> > Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
> >
> > Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
> > enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
> > computer.
> >
> > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
> >
> > Bruno
> >
> >>
> >> Sent from my HTC Hero
> >>
> >> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
> >> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
> >> >
> >> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
> >> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
> >> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
> >> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
> >> >
> >> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
> >> > get to the command line.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
> >> > that > is all that happens. No e...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
> >> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
> >> > that work?
> 
> Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
> boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
> repeating bootup music.

Did you try to boot after removing 'quiet splash' to see if you had any
meaningful error message? Here are the details of how to do that:

When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Kris Douglas]

On 30 April 2010 11:43, Kris Douglas  wrote:
> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>>> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
>>> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
>>> works on 9.10.
>>>
>>> Kris Douglas,
>>
>> Kris,
>>
>> When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
>> 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
>> penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
>> the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
>> Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
>>
>> Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
>> enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
>> computer.
>>
>> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
>>
>> Bruno
>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my HTC Hero
>>>
>>> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
>>> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
>>> >
>>> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
>>> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
>>> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
>>> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
>>> >
>>> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
>>> > get to the command line.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
>>> > that > is all that happens. No e...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
>>> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
>>> > that work?
>
> Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
> boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
> repeating bootup music.

One thing i do get is an error saying "fail: unreadahead-other main
process (644)" i think, it flashes very quickly before the gui starts
and it crashes.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Kris Douglas]

On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin  wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
>> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
>> works on 9.10.
>>
>> Kris Douglas,
>
> Kris,
>
> When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
> 'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
> penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
> the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
> Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.
>
> Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
> enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
> computer.
>
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole
>
> Bruno
>
>>
>> Sent from my HTC Hero
>>
>> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
>> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
>> >
>> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
>> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
>> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
>> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
>> >
>> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
>> > get to the command line.
>> >
>> >
>> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
>> > that > is all that happens. No e...
>> >
>> >
>> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
>> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
>> > that work?

Hello, I don't have a bootable CDROM, but I have tried a live USB
boot, and It doesn't work, literally exactly the same problem of the
repeating bootup music.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Bruno Girin]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
> works on 9.10. 
> 
> Kris Douglas,

Kris,

When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu, then press
'e' to edit the first line, remove 'quiet splash' at the end of the
penultimate line and press CTRL-x to boot[1]. It should now boot without
the logo and should also display a lot of things on the console.
Hopefully the last thing it displays will be a meaningful error message.

Another thing you can do if you have another computer lying around is
enable netconsole[2] so that it sends the full boot log to the other
computer.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Netconsole

Bruno

> 
> Sent from my HTC Hero
> 
> > On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie" 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > > Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
> > display, immobile. I couldn't e...
> > 
> > Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then
> > access /var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have
> > something, personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but
> > someone on here or the ubuntuforums will be able to help.
> > 
> > Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you
> > get to the command line.
> >  
> > 
> > > > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't,
> > that > is all that happens. No e...
> > 
> > 
> > Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the
> > graphics. Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does
> > that work?
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
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[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu lucid Release Party

[John Stevenson]

Hello all,
I hope last nights release party at Davy's was a successful and fun event
for all.

I am running a release / install party on Saturday 1st May in central London
if anyone is in the area and cant make OggCamp.

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/140/detail/

I will be helping developers, testers and admins who are new to Ubuntu get
the most out of the distribution and as most are new to Ubuntu anyone is
welcome as all the basics will be covered.

Good luck to everyone at all the other release
parties,
I hope they are all very successful.

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[ubuntu-uk] Banbury Ubuntu lucid Release Party

[philip taylor]

Hello All

I am looking forward to our Lucid Launch Party tomorrow evening, at the "The
Olde Reindeer Inn" in banbury, at and or onwards from 19:30pm until late.
It will be good.

 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/120/detail/

All the details are on that page.

I hope to get some worth while pictures from the event, if we can.

Ask for myself Philip Taylor, at venue, the staff there now me.
I look forward to seeing everyone there, and have fun.

Philip Taylor

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

[Kris Douglas]

Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only
holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card works on
9.10.

Kris Douglas,

Sent from my HTC Hero

On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, "Markie"  wrote:

Hi,


> Then the machine froze on that  loading screen with the mouse on >
display, immobile. I couldn't e...
Can you hit the ALT+CTRL+F1 key to get a terminal? You can then access
/var/log to take a look in the logs. The Xorg logs may have something,
personally I dont understand those logs much myself, but someone on here or
the ubuntuforums will be able to help.

Also running "sudo lshw" will give useful output on hardware if you get to
the command line.


> > I wish I could give you more information, but I honestly can't, that >
is all that happens. No e...

Try searching the ubuntu forums for this card if you think its the graphics.
Can you try booting and running from a Live CD? How does that work?

Mark

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[ubuntu-uk] Linux (Ubuntu) Sysadmin Job in London

[Alan Lord (News)]

Hi all,

I got this in my inbox this morning. It's not for me but seemed like 
something worth passing round the group!

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Hi,


Position: Linux System Administrator

Type: Permanent

Location: London


Our client is looking to hire a Linux System Administrator to take 
charge of their servers.   They have a collection of dedicated and 
virtual machines, mostly running Ubuntu.Responsibilities will
include backups, data archival, hardware acquisition and trouble 
shooting, network configuration, security and disaster recovery.  The 
ideal candidate would be able to work independently to solve problems 
and automate as much as possible.

You should have experience with:

Linux
Apache
LVM & Raid
Networking
PostgreSQL

Monitoring and automation tools (e.g.: Zenoss, Puppet)

Knowledge of Python would be a definite advantage.

You'll be working closely with a team of programmers with good knowledge 
of Unix, in an environment that values technical expertise.


Please respond with your cv. Apologies if you received this in error.


Best & kind regards,

Max Carter
Principal Consultant
Cathedral Recruitment
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