Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau
Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... It was suggested that I run the 'apt-get install nvidia-current' command if booting into Ubuntu leads to a failed X session (and thus, text-mode). This is due to an issue between Nouveau and my onboard graphics, which is extremely disconcerting to me as, every time I need to reinstall my system, I have to install from 10.04 (which, unlike 10.10, accepts 'xforcevesa' at the boot options) and upgrade from there. -- -Danté Ashton Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici Sent from Ubuntu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau
On 5 December 2010 08:21, danteash...@gmail.com danteash...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... You don't have to worry about what GMail likes or does not like, you will not significantly hurt its feelings by going against its attempts to force undesirable practices on you. Remember, you are in charge, not Google. Just scroll down to the bottom before typing (even better delete the first couple of blank lines before starting). It was suggested that I run the 'apt-get install nvidia-current' command if booting into Ubuntu leads to a failed X session (and thus, text-mode). This is due to an issue between Nouveau and my onboard graphics, which is extremely disconcerting to me as, every time I need to reinstall my system, I have to install from 10.04 (which, unlike 10.10, accepts 'xforcevesa' at the boot options) and upgrade from there. By top posting and not even quoting the previous reply this message does not mean a lot. Is it in reply to a previous post or just a statement. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau
On 5 December 2010 08:27, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 5 December 2010 08:21, danteash...@gmail.com danteash...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... You don't have to worry about what GMail likes or does not like, you will not significantly hurt its feelings by going against its attempts to force undesirable practices on you. Remember, you are in charge, not Google. Just scroll down to the bottom before typing (even better delete the first couple of blank lines before starting). It was suggested that I run the 'apt-get install nvidia-current' command if booting into Ubuntu leads to a failed X session (and thus, text-mode). This is due to an issue between Nouveau and my onboard graphics, which is extremely disconcerting to me as, every time I need to reinstall my system, I have to install from 10.04 (which, unlike 10.10, accepts 'xforcevesa' at the boot options) and upgrade from there. By top posting and not even quoting the previous reply this message does not mean a lot. Is it in reply to a previous post or just a statement. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Fine, how's this? I did mean Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... in a whimsical manner, you know. I was hoping, by that statement, that you or others would see flaws in what I was told (if there were any) because I'd really rather like to not end up with 10.04 again. I will not quote this entire 'conversation' because I simply cannot be bothered to rearrange 10 or so previous messages. Sorry if this is an annoyance. :/ -- -Danté Ashton Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici Sent from Ubuntu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accessing Shared folders on a Windows 7 machine from Ubuntu 10.04
On 03/12/2010 12:31, Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 16:05 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I have removed the Homegroup , replaced it with a Workgroup and shared folders on the Windows Machine. I have installed Samba and changed the Workgroup name on the Ubuntu machine to match that of the Windows 7 machine. The Ubuntu machine sees the 7 machine, but all that happens when I try to access the shares is that the log-on screen keeps returning and I can't access the shares. Any thoughts as to what I should be looking at? Have you allowed a user to the share in the smb.conf? And have you added the user to the samba database using smbpasswd? -Matt Daubney This is trying to access a Windows 7 share FROM Ubuntu - I didn't think that involved Samba? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?
Liam Proven wrote: Attempting to recreate the sort of tone of your email [1] it's immune to all viruses and spyware [5] it reads and writes all Microsoft files and anything from any Windows or Mac program. If you're going to be picky and pedantic, at least be correct. These two are patently incorrect[0],[1]. Claiming otherwise to anyone to whom those are important traits will only dissapoint them when it turns out that Linux/Ubuntu/whatever isn't the utopian OS they were sold it as. One thing I'd really like us to advertise on is honesty - the openness of bug reporting and the like, for example - and lying to get people to use the OS doesn't sit particularly well with that. [0] - Viruses for Linux/Unix abound. Go google. Sure, the OS is relatively safe from them but most users care more about their own files than their OS, and they've full write privileges to that. And all tutorials now appear to start with 'sudo' in any case. Making people believe that there are no viruses just means they'll think even less before copying and pasting stuff into xterm. [1] As for reading and writing all MS files and anything from any Win or OSX program, for obvious complete incompatibility AutoCAD and FruitLoops come to mind. OOo/MSOffice compatibility is still nowhere near good enough for one to just replace the other. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accessing Shared folders on a Windows 7 machine from Ubuntu 10.04
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 10:12 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 03/12/2010 12:31, Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 16:05 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I have removed the Homegroup , replaced it with a Workgroup and shared folders on the Windows Machine. I have installed Samba and changed the Workgroup name on the Ubuntu machine to match that of the Windows 7 machine. The Ubuntu machine sees the 7 machine, but all that happens when I try to access the shares is that the log-on screen keeps returning and I can't access the shares. Any thoughts as to what I should be looking at? Have you allowed a user to the share in the smb.conf? And have you added the user to the samba database using smbpasswd? -Matt Daubney This is trying to access a Windows 7 share FROM Ubuntu - I didn't think that involved Samba? Ah, I had the question backwards then. You are using your windows username/password? You may need to prefix it with the machine name i.e. if your Win 7 machine was called bistromath it might be \\Bistromath \Username or somesuch. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM, danteash...@gmail.com danteash...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... Absolute nonsense. I'm using Gmail right now and it bottom-posts flawlessly. If you look toward the bottom right corner of your keyboard, you will see some buttons with arrows on them. These are called cursor keys and they let you move around the little line that indicates where your typing appears. What you do is, you move down to the bit to which you're replying, insert some blank spaces, type in your response, and repeat. Anything you're not responding you, such as signatures, you delete. Then you press send. It's not hard, tricky, technical, or difficult to understand unless you are, in fact, say, a dog. It's the web; we can't tell, you see. If you're on an Android mobile phone, OK, fair dos, that Gmail client can't bottom-quote. But if you are participating on mailing lists from your phone, install K9 and use that. -- 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] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Avi Greenbury avismailinglistacco...@googlemail.com wrote: Liam Proven wrote: Attempting to recreate the sort of tone of your email Works for me. [1] it's immune to all viruses and spyware [5] it reads and writes all Microsoft files and anything from any Windows or Mac program. If you're going to be picky and pedantic, at least be correct. These two are patently incorrect[0],[1]. Claiming otherwise to anyone to whom those are important traits will only dissapoint them when it turns out that Linux/Ubuntu/whatever isn't the utopian OS they were sold it as. One thing I'd really like us to advertise on is honesty - the openness of bug reporting and the like, for example - and lying to get people to use the OS doesn't sit particularly well with that. [0] - Viruses for Linux/Unix abound. Go google. Sure, the OS is relatively safe from them but most users care more about their own files than their OS, and they've full write privileges to that. And all tutorials now appear to start with 'sudo' in any case. Making people believe that there are no viruses just means they'll think even less before copying and pasting stuff into xterm. I am aware of a number of worms and a handful - a tiny handful - of virus-like programs that have been demonstrated under lab conditions. Out in the wild? I'm not aware of a single instance of a live Linux virus propagating in the wild. If you are, do please share your knowledge. [1] As for reading and writing all MS files and anything from any Win or OSX program, for obvious complete incompatibility AutoCAD and FruitLoops come to mind. OOo/MSOffice compatibility is still nowhere near good enough for one to just replace the other. I have no idea what FruitLoops is. AutoCAD I can believe would be difficult, but then, the only way to open an AutoCAD file is to have a copy of AutoCAD, isn't it? IOW, 99.99% of Windows PCs can't open AutoCAD files anyway. I have in the past found ways to view the contents of plain .DXF files; I would not be surprised if with some ingenuity, this could be done on Linux. I feel that my statements are entirely reasonable and acceptable generalisations and I do not agree with your attempted rebuttals. -- 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] Nouveau
On 6 December 2010 00:34, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM, danteash...@gmail.com danteash...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... Absolute nonsense. I'm using Gmail right now and it bottom-posts flawlessly. If you look toward the bottom right corner of your keyboard, you will see some buttons with arrows on them. These are called cursor keys and they let you move around the little line that indicates where your typing appears. What you do is, you move down to the bit to which you're replying, insert some blank spaces, type in your response, and repeat. Anything you're not responding you, such as signatures, you delete. Then you press send. It's not hard, tricky, technical, or difficult to understand unless you are, in fact, say, a dog. It's the web; we can't tell, you see. If you're on an Android mobile phone, OK, fair dos, that Gmail client can't bottom-quote. But if you are participating on mailing lists from your phone, install K9 and use that. -- 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/ *woof woof* -- -Danté Ashton Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici Sent from Ubuntu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
