Re: [ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid
Tim and John, Thanks! I've passed this on to my friend. cheers, Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across. Various bug reports mention this problem, but don't seem to have been taken further. Has anyone upgraded a laptop Karmic to Lucid, and got the proper default behaviour (detects wired connection, and uses it by default if present; otherwise uses wireless)? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell
Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. I'm sure that my paranoia about MS sales methods is getting out of hand, but I can't help wondering. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell
On 24 May 2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice
has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic keyboard. It's a pretty good solution, and only has occasional digital audio output issues which require restarting XBMC. I plan to replace the Keysonic with a PS3 remote and bluetooth dongle and mount the Revo on the rear of the television. Eventually. Right now, it ain't broke. I am happy to assist in the setup, but really Google found all the howtos for me. Kind regards, travis Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player built in. Thanks, Simon -- 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] Media Centre Advice
Yes, the one that came with it works fine. On 24 May 2010 09:39, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic keyboard. It's a pretty good solution, and only has occasional digital audio output issues which require restarting XBMC. I plan to replace the Keysonic with a PS3 remote and bluetooth dongle and mount the Revo on the rear of the television. Eventually. Right now, it ain't broke. I am happy to assist in the setup, but really Google found all the howtos for me. Kind regards, travis Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player built in. Thanks, Simon -- 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/ -- QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell
Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this morning and one thing that seems not to be working is the notification icon when you have a new IM or email, perhaps I need to configure something else? Markie On 23 May 2010 12:00, chris cbain...@gmail.com wrote: I have been testing the Gnome Shell in lucid for the past few days and I have to say I love it! The interface is slick, smart and while the compositing manager (clutter) is not as feature rich as Compiz, its fast and enabled from the off. I have been adding to the Ubuntu Wiki about the Gnome Shell: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell The wiki page contains instructions on installing, testing and moving to gnome shell. I would recommend having a look to see if you like it, Chris P.S. This is my first post to the Ubuntu UK List. -- 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] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
On 24 May 2010 08:56, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across. Various bug reports mention this problem, but don't seem to have been taken further. Has anyone upgraded a laptop Karmic to Lucid, and got the proper default behaviour (detects wired connection, and uses it by default if present; otherwise uses wireless)? I've upgraded both my work and home laptops, and they both have wired and wireless networking working fine. Have you tried a LiveCD or LiveUSB? Sorry I can't be more help. Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Sun, 23 May 2010 at 12:36 Daniel Drummond dmdrummo...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 at 12:32, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I can't paste from the terminal. In the terminal use Ctrl-Shift-C to copy, after making a selection with the mouse. To paste into the terminal you can use Ctrl-Shift-V. That'll save you some typing :-) Daniel Now that's helpful, Daniel, thank you. Life's too short to copy all this. Rowan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
On 24 May 2010 08:56, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across. Various bug reports mention this problem, but don't seem to have been taken further. Has anyone upgraded a laptop Karmic to Lucid, and got the proper default behaviour (detects wired connection, and uses it by default if present; otherwise uses wireless)? mac Hello Mac, This may be a little obvious, but have you tried creating a new wired connection using the Network Manager? You should be able to right click the network icon in the panel and select Edit Connections. If there are no entries in the Wired tab, add a new one. If there is an entry there already, perhaps Auto eth0, select edit to see if it is correct for you network. Check the IPv4 Settings tab and check it is using Automatic(DHCP) or has the right network address settings for your network There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. If you have no joy with any of this, in a terminal window type the following command and paste the results in an email reply: ifconfig -a Hope this helps. -- John Stevenson jr0cket.com leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell
On 24 May 2010 09:39, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 24 May 2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. I don't know much about what curry's think but i buy a few hundred systems from dell a year, servers, laptops, desktops, some with windows, some with no OS, never have dell said to me, sorry you installed ubuntu no hardware support for you, I would only point out that I don't expect the support guys script he follows to work when you are trying to diagnose a problem, you are going to have to diagnose it yourself and tell them what is wrong. Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Cheers, Al. -- 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] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
John Stevenson wrote: snip There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. Bingo! That's fixed the wired connection, which is now working perfectly. I still don't see the previous NetworkManager behaviour of selecting just the wired connection if present: rather, the ethernet and the wireless NICs both connect now. (I don't know whether that's a problem?) Anyway, I can just disconnect the wireless if I need to (e.g. for upgrading). Thanks very much for your helpful advice. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Probably policy - the sales person I spoke to went away to ask a colleague (without being asked to do so). He actually recommended trying PC World! Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
On 24 May 2010 12:08, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: John Stevenson wrote: snip There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. Bingo! That's fixed the wired connection, which is now working perfectly. I still don't see the previous NetworkManager behaviour of selecting just the wired connection if present: rather, the ethernet and the wireless NICs both connect now. (I don't know whether that's a problem?) Anyway, I can just disconnect the wireless if I need to (e.g. for upgrading). Thanks very much for your helpful advice. mac Glad you are up and runnnig. I did get caught out by this myself I seem to remember, but only on my laptop and not my PC. -- John Stevenson jr0cket.com leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice
On 24 May 2010 at 9:39, javadayaz wrote: has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Yes. I have a wireless keyboard with built in track pad for my Revo. Works *quite* well. Far from perfect though. Loses characters if you don't type very methodically and the trackpad is very sensitive - dwell more than a couple of seconds on a hyperlink and you go there... Tony On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic keyboard. It's a pretty good solution, and only has occasional digital audio output issues which require restarting XBMC. I plan to replace the Keysonic with a PS3 remote and bluetooth dongle and mount the Revo on the rear of the television. Eventually. Right now, it ain't broke. I am happy to assist in the setup, but really Google found all the howtos for me. Kind regards, travis Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player built in. Thanks, Simon -- 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] Media Centre Advice
Is anyone using an IR remote with XBMC / Ubuntu? looking for a good IR reciever / remote to use with my XBMC. The motherboard (Zotac IONITX-F) does not have any pinouts for a IR receiver (as far as i can tell) so I will need to get a USB one. On 24 May 2010 17:36, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On 24 May 2010 at 9:39, javadayaz wrote: has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Yes. I have a wireless keyboard with built in track pad for my Revo. Works *quite* well. Far from perfect though. Loses characters if you don't type very methodically and the trackpad is very sensitive - dwell more than a couple of seconds on a hyperlink and you go there... Tony On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic keyboard. It's a pretty good solution, and only has occasional digital audio output issues which require restarting XBMC. I plan to replace the Keysonic with a PS3 remote and bluetooth dongle and mount the Revo on the rear of the television. Eventually. Right now, it ain't broke. I am happy to assist in the setup, but really Google found all the howtos for me. Kind regards, travis Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player built in. Thanks, Simon -- 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/ -- Regards Bill Cumming Twitter: @s0l_uk Skype: s0litaire eMail: b...@s0l.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
I got several useful emails full of advice from Linux Emporium about the various partitions on my internal hard disk. Apparently the unused partition is there so that the user can install two operating systems side by side if they so wish. They say I could dispense with this and add it to my user space, but between it and the large user space I already have is a swap partition of 3GB. So, if I wanted to merge the user spaces into one, I would first have to build a new swap partition at the bottom of the space. I have no idea how you format a partition as 'swap', and perhaps all this is not really worth while just to gain 22GB of extra user space. But it's very interesting. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell
I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email. This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel provider? Chris On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:46 +0100, Markie wrote: Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this morning and one thing that seems not to be working is the notification icon when you have a new IM or email, perhaps I need to configure something else? Markie On 23 May 2010 12:00, chris cbain...@gmail.com wrote: I have been testing the Gnome Shell in lucid for the past few days and I have to say I love it! The interface is slick, smart and while the compositing manager (clutter) is not as feature rich as Compiz, its fast and enabled from the off. I have been adding to the Ubuntu Wiki about the Gnome Shell: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell The wiki page contains instructions on installing, testing and moving to gnome shell. I would recommend having a look to see if you like it, Chris P.S. This is my first post to the Ubuntu UK List. -- 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] Re : Using Gparted
Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partion created you will need to update 2 files with the new volume UUID. You can get the new UUID by right clicking on your new swap partition in GParted and selecting information. The 2 files to modify are: /etc/fstab (change UUID on the line related to the swap volume) /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume Once you are done you need to run the following command in the terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools That command will enable hibernation on the new swap partition. Aymeric -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I have no idea what sort of software a school needs but I suspect something like: * Office software; * Some sort of basic ERP; * Basic document management; * Course management software; * Central user management with mass updates once a year when pupils change. Between all of us, would we be able to produce a blueprint of how to deliver such a system using open source software? And would such a blueprint be useful to those of us who run businesses or are involved in their local communities in order to help push FOSS into schools? [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8699522.stm Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Success! was Re: O2 Joggler: deal
On 23 May at 22:01, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 23 May 2010 21:27, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: my description of problems here Hello, the initial command looked correct, the location of the device is the name of where the usb stick is in the file system table, open Gparted/partition editor, you should see the usb device and it will be something like /dev/sdb then remember to type sudo before the command, just to see if you need root privilege to access the device. HTH Just as a corollary to this, it is not necessary to format the stick before writing it with dd. The formatting info is included in the image. So the output file is something like sdb which is the complete stick rather than a partition. With all this it was easy. I eventually deleted all partitions and re-ran the 'dd' command using '/dev/sdb'. As before the 8G stick did not work but the 4G stick now did. So many thanks to everyone who helped me on the way. The next step is to get a keyboard and mouse working and, hopefully, format the 8G stick to work as a read/writable drive. Once that is OK, I will attempt to get the RISC OS emulation working to provide the smallest RISC OS (Acorn) machine on the market - but not the first as others have done this before me, indeed it was seeing their results last Monday that prompted me to say I would like to try this too. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I have no idea what sort of software a school needs but I suspect something like: * Office software; * Some sort of basic ERP; * Basic document management; * Course management software; * Central user management with mass updates once a year when pupils change. Between all of us, would we be able to produce a blueprint of how to deliver such a system using open source software? And would such a blueprint be useful to those of us who run businesses or are involved in their local communities in order to help push FOSS into schools? [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8699522.stm Bruno Not sure how helpful I can be here 1. schools use something called SIMS schools info management system, this for handling pupil data and sending to the LEA, the system is expensive adn propriatory but every school seems to have it, therefore data sent to the LEA is in this format. not sure how we replace that. ok office software is great, I guess not sure if key stage 1 still use some simple word processing software (dunno the name of it sorry), or moved in to using MS office clearly office can be replaced with open office. there are programs aimed at SEN (special educational needs children) which may be the hardest thing to find alternatives too on Linux systems. a lot of software seems to be flash based, as in its on a website that the children can use, if its written properly I guess it will be cross browser / platform, sadly a lot may not be and be IE only or rely on bits that are not available on Linux. Schools have interactive white boards, will Linux work with these programming - logo can handle this, however for the able / talented, linux / oss systems could provide something a little more challenging. (python or similar) The ingots would probably solve a lot of the curriculum issues as the corse work is already written, the structure is already in place. if schools are to be given more freedom, then this is potentially the best option other software is used for data logging storing and displaying data in a variety of forms, this software would say tie maths with science some schools also use mind mapping software, which there are free versions available. course management, perhaps this can be something like a virtual learning environment (moodle) so students can log in from homw and download work sheets etc that they may have missed / left at school, does reply on student being motivated i guess. esp if its left at school to get out of doing the homework. Abi word / gobby allow collaboration, again this would be useful for students to be able to collaborate on say a newsletter, but i think a lot more apps should have this integrated in, etc I am sure it is possible, I thijk more use of software like moodle may be useful, plus data being presented on the web, should really follow open standards, not something that MS word calls a web site, even openoffice doesn't really produce w3c quality output, if you are teaching web design teach it properly so bad habits don't poison future developments. Paul - -- Paul Sutton - www.zleap.net DCGLUG MEETINGS Next Paignton Lug meet : 3pm Saturday June 5th - Shoreline Next Holsworthly meet : 2pm Saturday June 19th - White Hart -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkv67mIACgkQaggq1k2FJq2J7QCbB09F93F63hFb3wp77fW+6wW4 h7IAn2dpNGJb3wxFFdFJCxWpxexPiXT8 =UwT5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I think that the software used in schools will be driven by the support staff delivering IT solutions. Most schools don't have their own IT folk but buy them in from the local authority and/or the private sector. I'd have thought that getting OSS in schools kinda depends on getting it into the organisations who provide IT to schools first... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?
On 24/05/10 23:24, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I think that the software used in schools will be driven by the support staff delivering IT solutions. Most schools don't have their own IT folk but buy them in from the local authority and/or the private sector. I'd have thought that getting OSS in schools kinda depends on getting it into the organisations who provide IT to schools first... Chris Hi, I know I've not contributed to the list before, but I thought say a little something about this as I work as an IT Technician at a sixth form college. Not quite the same as a school, but would still look to someone like Becta for guidance at least. I have to admit to not knowing a lot of detail about certain things, however: Yes, a lot of schools use SIMS, but there are alternatives that do the same thing with varying success rates, and yes I believe they are expensive - my college are on at least their fourth alternative since leaving SIMS behind many years ago. Who's to say an Open Source alternative can't be created? The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards - I've not tried plugging one into my Linux box, but from a programmer's perspective, it's another peripheral with either serial or USB connectivity, the only problem really is the time it might take to write such software. As far as most software is concerned, the majority we use is proprietary, usually MS or Adobe. I believe this is mostly due to staff being afraid to try something new - the students do use alternatives like OpenOffice at home. There are a few teachers happy to use Open Source, but to try and persuade the entire college to do the same would prove difficult. Also, at college level I'm not sure what the situation might be with computerised exams where an examination board provides files to be used during the exam - from experience most such files are MS orientated, (eg. MS Databases). Having said that, with budgets being cut recently it may be give more weight to the Open Source alternative. I do agree that the support staff delivering IT solutions are the ones who drive a lot of what's used, but I think they should also listen to the requirements of the teachers themselves. Maybe teachers themselves should also be made more aware of the possibilities of Open Source. Mark. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:19 +0100, Pallottini Aymeric paillom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partition created you will need to update 2 files with the new volume UUID. You can get the new UUID by right clicking on your new swap partition in GParted and selecting information. The 2 files to modify are: /etc/fstab (change UUID on the line related to the swap volume) /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume Once you are done you need to run the following command in the terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools That command will enable hibernation on the new swap partition. Aymeric Nice. I am writing all this down on old-fashioned sheets of paper, for careful pondering. Thanks a lot. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:19 +0100, Pallottini Aymeric paillom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partition created you will need to update 2 files with the new volume UUID. You can get the new UUID by right clicking on your new swap partition in GParted and selecting information. The 2 files to modify are: /etc/fstab (change UUID on the line related to the swap volume) /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume Once you are done you need to run the following command in the terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools That command will enable hibernation on the new swap partition. Aymeric I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself without any swap partition at all it will die a horrible death and be completely unrecoverable except by using another machine to re-write the hard disk contents, so I don't want any risk of that. Could you explain how the hibernate command works? Is the idea that on the next start-up, the machine will switch to using the new swap partition? How can I be certain it is no longer using the old one, after the next start-up? I have to be 100% of this before deleting the old swap partition. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Re : Using Gparted
Sorry, I forgot to change the subject line on my last message. Must try harder. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
