Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:37:41 +0100 Alan Bell wrote: > On 06/09/10 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: > > Good Work! > > One question. > > > > What exactly has been OK'd. The colours, font, placement of the > > circle-of-friends thing. > > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Logo has been approved > incidentally if you log in to the wiki you can go to user preferences and set > your theme to "light" to see all the new branding in place on the wiki. > > Alan. > OK, I should have read all the way through this http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy then I would of understood the full implications. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks
Excellent news :D Good work from everyone who voted and designed the logo's :) On 6 September 2010 20:37, Alan Bell wrote: > On 06/09/10 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: > > Good Work! > > One question. > > What exactly has been OK'd. The colours, font, placement of the > circle-of-friends thing. > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Logo has been approved > incidentally if you log in to the wiki you can go to user preferences and set > your theme to "light" to see all the new branding in place on the wiki. > > Alan. > > > -- > 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] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks
On 06/09/10 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: > Good Work! > One question. > > What exactly has been OK'd. The colours, font, placement of the > circle-of-friends thing. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Logo has been approved incidentally if you log in to the wiki you can go to user preferences and set your theme to "light" to see all the new branding in place on the wiki. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:13:34 +0100 Alan Bell wrote: > yay \o/ > > Original Message > Subject: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 14:43:58 + (GMT) > From: miche...@canonical.com > To: alanb...@ubuntu.com > > > > Hi Alan, > > Thanks for contacting us. > > We've no issues with you using your new logo as you have requested. It's a > great logo! > > Kind regards, > > > Michelle > Trademarks > > Michelle Surtees-Myers > Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings > Good Work! One question. What exactly has been OK'd. The colours, font, placement of the circle-of-friends thing. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......
We have no background information to determine what exactly is the issue... this is, it appears, a piece of forum software which uses MySQL/PHP but doesn't appear to have an automated browser-driven upgrade routine... I would, personally, avoid any piece of software that starts off its upgrade instructions with "replace these files"... it is a minefield, and you only have to make one mistake and the whole thing is knackered. Why, exactly, did you choose this piece of software that seems to have some way to go before one could say it was "user-friendly" at all? I know phpBB etc. are not perfect, but at least they do endeavour to help the user keep up-to-date. And in that regard, is there any pressing reason you NEED to upgrade? If not, why not just install from scratch and stick with the current version? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......
On 6 September 2010 18:06, John Matthews wrote: > On 05/09/10 17:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> On 05/09/10 16:27, John Matthews wrote: >>> On the advice of somebody on here, I installed Vanilla Forums, which >>> seemed to go ok and is working sort of. The problem is, it needs >>> updating, and I have tried and tried to update it, and it wont work. I >>> just dont know how to update using the Terminal. God knows I have tried. >>> I just wondered if somebody could give me an some help please, it >>> shouldnt take too long. >> I'd not heard of Vanilla before. >> >> On the website there's an upgrade page and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a >> support forum where you probably stand a better chance of getting help. >> >> Also, you will need to explain what exactly you are trying to upgrade >> from and to in terms of versions and also the major versions of the >> supporting software your server is running, e.g. PHP, MySQL and Apache >> are probably the most critical. >> >> Also, just telling us "it wont work." is not really very helpful. What >> doesn't work? What is it that your are doing? >> >> There's a page with upgrade instructions too: >> http://vanillaforums.org/page/UpgradeInstructions >> >> HTH >> >> Al >> > > Sorry, dont know why I asked you really, should know better. Sorry to > bother you all. I know you are busy. You still have not given us any information about which version you are trying to upgrade from/to, and what happened when you followed the instructions at http://vanillaforums.org/page/UpgradeInstructions or which bit of that you do not understand. No-one can help unless you describe what you are trying to do in detail, what you have tried, and what happened. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......
On 05/09/10 17:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 05/09/10 16:27, John Matthews wrote: >> On the advice of somebody on here, I installed Vanilla Forums, which >> seemed to go ok and is working sort of. The problem is, it needs >> updating, and I have tried and tried to update it, and it wont work. I >> just dont know how to update using the Terminal. God knows I have tried. >> I just wondered if somebody could give me an some help please, it >> shouldnt take too long. > I'd not heard of Vanilla before. > > On the website there's an upgrade page and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a > support forum where you probably stand a better chance of getting help. > > Also, you will need to explain what exactly you are trying to upgrade > from and to in terms of versions and also the major versions of the > supporting software your server is running, e.g. PHP, MySQL and Apache > are probably the most critical. > > Also, just telling us "it wont work." is not really very helpful. What > doesn't work? What is it that your are doing? > > There's a page with upgrade instructions too: > http://vanillaforums.org/page/UpgradeInstructions > > HTH > > Al > Sorry, dont know why I asked you really, should know better. Sorry to bother you all. I know you are busy. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks
yay \o/ Original Message Subject:Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 14:43:58 + (GMT) From: miche...@canonical.com To: alanb...@ubuntu.com Hi Alan, Thanks for contacting us. We've no issues with you using your new logo as you have requested. It's a great logo! Kind regards, Michelle Trademarks Michelle Surtees-Myers Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......
On 05/09/10 17:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 05/09/10 16:27, John Matthews wrote: >> On the advice of somebody on here, I installed Vanilla Forums, which >> seemed to go ok and is working sort of. The problem is, it needs >> updating, and I have tried and tried to update it, and it wont work. I >> just dont know how to update using the Terminal. God knows I have tried. >> I just wondered if somebody could give me an some help please, it >> shouldnt take too long. > I'd not heard of Vanilla before. > > On the website there's an upgrade page and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a > support forum where you probably stand a better chance of getting help. > > Also, you will need to explain what exactly you are trying to upgrade > from and to in terms of versions and also the major versions of the > supporting software your server is running, e.g. PHP, MySQL and Apache > are probably the most critical. > > Also, just telling us "it wont work." is not really very helpful. What > doesn't work? What is it that your are doing? > > There's a page with upgrade instructions too: > http://vanillaforums.org/page/UpgradeInstructions > > HTH > > Al > UM, ok, as I said, here I have done everything I can to upgrade. I read the instructions, but it doesnt talk about using the Terminal to upgrade, and how to do it. It also doesnt talk about using the terminal to upgrade and take backups. I actually managed to get the Upgrade uploaded to the server, then tried to get the database fixed, but it kept giving errors. I didnt even bother to ask about the backup, left that. I posted to the help forum, and nobody, even knew what the error meant, so I left it. Now I find its moved on another 3 upgrades since I tried, so I just wondered if somebody could talk me through it. If somebody can, I will give more info, to that person, as I dont want it over the list. John. -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts
On 6 September 2010 14:49, pmgazz wrote: > Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: > http://tinyurl.com/33txoor > Hmm, that's not good. Especially as it is a stock Ubuntu app. Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Tel 07795 118140 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts
I know, I used to like pidgin but empathy kept crashing my desktop for a while. They've fixed that, but it still has a way to go, I think. It's a pity Wengo never got anywhere (Qutephone seems to be Win/Mac only) - that was buggy but it could integrate VoIP social networking with all the major chat protocols, loved it but couldn't get anyone else to use it and now it's gone :( Paula On 06/09/10 14:53, Liam Proven wrote: On 6 September 2010 14:49, pmgazz wrote: Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: http://tinyurl.com/33txoor Paula Amazing. I didn't know that. For what it's worth, after a very short eval period, I uninstalled Empathy and reloaded Pidgin, which I'm quite happy with. I use it on Windows as well; it's pleasant to have the same basic set of apps on both platforms. (For me, OpenOffice, Firefox, Chrome, Pidgin, Thunderbird.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts
On 6 September 2010 14:49, pmgazz wrote: > Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: > http://tinyurl.com/33txoor > > Paula Amazing. I didn't know that. For what it's worth, after a very short eval period, I uninstalled Empathy and reloaded Pidgin, which I'm quite happy with. I use it on Windows as well; it's pleasant to have the same basic set of apps on both platforms. (For me, OpenOffice, Firefox, Chrome, Pidgin, Thunderbird.) -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts
Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: *http://tinyurl.com/33txoor *Paula* * On 06/09/10 13:59, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I have Empathy configured with my Yahoo and MSN accounts. I am constantly get bombarded by 2 people who request adding as a contact or want to chat. How do I block these people? Regards Jon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares
I couldn't get the tool to work either, I haven't experimented with Meercat yet, I installed 4 on a Lucid installation - finally, I copied over my old manually-typed smb.conf and it sorta worked OK ;) Gotta say, my brush with it inspired me with trepidation but I'm sure it'll get sorted out anon. I found FreeNAS annoying - I don't know FreeBSD and so I could get an Ubuntu file server set up in a fraction of the time - and it's relatively hellish getting it running properly on motley hardware too. Paula On 06/09/10 12:53, Cornelius Mostert wrote: try running sudo chmod 777 * on the directorys and files Arghhh - while it's entirely possible that this might resolve the issue, that's possibly the WORST thing you can do to resolve a permissions based issue! Please don't ever suggest chmod-ing full permissions to everyone - it's a fix that is likely to come back and bite at a later date! I have played around on a test VM to see if I can get this working, It looks like if I use the Sysconfig-Samba tool (VERY basic) as the FIRST point of contact/setup then things do go better although I am still not getting it all 100% working... I am now leaning to FreeNAS as a solution instead of struggling with Samba, I guess FreeNAS is also making use of Samba but hey they handle all the stuff in the back ground. I will keep you up to date to let you know what solution finally worked for me and if I can find any specifics on why MY Samba setup does not work. Thanx -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts
Hi I have Empathy configured with my Yahoo and MSN accounts. I am constantly get bombarded by 2 people who request adding as a contact or want to chat. How do I block these people? Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Tel 07795 118140 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares
> >> try running sudo chmod 777 * on the directorys and files > > > Arghhh - while it's entirely possible that this might resolve the issue, > > that's possibly the WORST thing you can do to resolve a permissions based > > issue! > > Please don't ever suggest chmod-ing full permissions to everyone - it's a > > fix that is likely to come back and bite at a later date! I have played around on a test VM to see if I can get this working, It looks like if I use the Sysconfig-Samba tool (VERY basic) as the FIRST point of contact/setup then things do go better although I am still not getting it all 100% working... I am now leaning to FreeNAS as a solution instead of struggling with Samba, I guess FreeNAS is also making use of Samba but hey they handle all the stuff in the back ground. I will keep you up to date to let you know what solution finally worked for me and if I can find any specifics on why MY Samba setup does not work. Thanx -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
