Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name
On 22/04/14 17:48, Alan Pope wrote: > On 22 April 2014 17:44, Gareth France wrote: >> Does anyone know why the name for 14.10 doesn't seem to have been released >> yet? I've never known this to happen after the release date of the current >> version before. >> > Nope. Only Mark knows that right now. > > Last time it was the day after release too:- > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-October/000177.html > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1295 > > This is indeed the latest it's been so far I think. > > Cheers, > Al. > I hope it involves unicorns. How about, "Ubiquitous Unicorn"? :-) - Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > See > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850 > which covers both right and middle click. It was supposed to have > been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the fix will appear > soon. > > Colin > Hi, The bug hasn't been fixed, but somebody changed the status for the fun of it. This doesn't work because it just isn't supported at all by dbusmenu and unity. Note, that while we want to introduce modifier state in to the dbusmenu protocol (so that CTRL+click and SHIFT+click work properly), we won't be adding right-click support (ie, the context menu isn't coming back). AFAIK, Firefox was the only application to support this, and no other GTK application did. We want the menus to behave consistently across applications rather than having users open the menu and wondering whether right-clicking will perform the action under the pointer or open a context menu instead. The title of the bug report should probably be updated to reflect that. Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??
On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 06:58 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: > On 20/10/10 00:07, Chris Coulson wrote: > > > > Well, the LTS *will* get a new version of Firefox in the future (once > > 3.6 is end-of-life), although it will most likely skip 4.0. > > > > Regards > > Chris > no, don't think 10.04 LTS will get a new version of Firefox, however if > you install 10.04 you will be able to stick with it and upgrade to 12.04 > LTS without going through the intermediate steps, and 12.04 will have > shiny new versions of stuff when it comes out. > > Alan. > That's not quite right. Being the maintainer, I can assure you that Lucid will not be staying on version 3.6 of Firefox forever. Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 23:58 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty wrote: > > I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu. > > > > However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 > > long term - would this version eventually receive updates to upgrade to the > > latest versions of, say, FireFox and OpenOffice when they become available? > > > > Generally no. The software versions stay as they are when that version > of Ubuntu was released. The only updates are to fix bugs. Sometimes > this means updating to a new bugfix release of given software, > sometimes it means Ubuntu manually applying bugfixes in their > packages. Well, the LTS *will* get a new version of Firefox in the future (once 3.6 is end-of-life), although it will most likely skip 4.0. Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates
2009/10/22 Nick > Hi Guys, > > Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's, > I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21 > there are no updates yet. > > Regards, > > > > -- > Nicholas.J.Parkinson > > Nick, The RC release is just a snapshot of the archive at the time that the ISO is rolled. If your machine is already up to date, then there won't be any big updates to RC - in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you see no more updates now until after RC, seeing as the archvie is pretty much frozen solid right now. If your machine is up to date, then what you see is pretty much the release candidate now. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert
2009/10/6 Chris Weaver > Forgot to say thank you for the suggestions regarding disk space > alerts. I went with the roll your own option of df, cron and Zenity > for a GUI alert. Works really well. > > - Chris > > As Alan pointed out though, Ubuntu 9.10 already has a low disk space alert so you won't need to roll your own if you decide to upgrade to this version when it is released. The alert that you should see in Ubuntu 9.10 looks like this: http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=137491 (apologies for the large image). The "Examine" button opens baobab disk analyzer. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...
2009/5/13 Cornelius Mostert > Hallo all > > I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots > and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels > In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the > panels if they frose: > > gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel > killall gnome-panel > > and then the panels would auto load again, however at this stage I get > this error on the first command and the panels does not load at all... > > Please have a look at this ... > ___ > [server]# gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel > Failure during recursive unset of "/apps/panel": Failed to contact > configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable > TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a > system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for > information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did > not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application > did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the > reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was > broken.) > > [server]# killall gnome-panel > > > I know the system was a bit flake and will go to the mentioned website > and Google of course but maybe you guys have a quick solution / idea > > thanx > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Hi, Does this happen with any other user on your system? Can you try with a new user? Can you boot a failsafe GNOME session? If not, try running a failsafe xterm session and then running "gnome-session --debug 2>&1 | tee ~/gsm.log" and having a look at the output of gnome-session. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up shared folders using samba
2009/5/7 Ciarán Mooney > Hi, > > I don't have it either. Although you can get the app by opening it > from the terminal. > > gksudo shares-admin > > Or you can share folders individually by right clicking on them and > selecting "Sharing options". This will install all the nessessary > packages if they are not already present. > > Hope that helps. > > Ciarán > > No need to run shares-admin with gksudo - it uses Policykit for authentication. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Socket A (Athlon XP) motherboard
2009/2/25 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to > resurrect an old PC which has a faulty motherboard and an Athlon XP > (1700+ I think) chip in it. Before I give up and chuck the chip in my > box of junk, I just wondered if anyone possibly had an old Athlon XP > board kicking around that they didn't want and would be willing to part > with either free or cheaply? > > Ta, > > Rob > > > -- Hi, I've got an old *cough* PC-Chips M810LMR board, which I think is a socket A. It had an old Athlon XP 1600 in it until I gave that away a little while ago, so the board is just sat in the loft gathering dust now. It was quite reliable when I was using it though. If you're anywhere near Solihull, I'd probably just drive it round to you if you wanted it. Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] is list working?
2009/2/24 Matt Jones > I was getting 502 errors from the web interface and the mobile client > was timing out. Seems to be working now. > Me too. It seems there was a pretty big outage this morning [1]. Regards Chris [1] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907583.stm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sad but true? From the Register
2009/1/15 Ken Robson > US woman says Ubuntu can't access > internetCheck > out ( > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/ubuntu_cant_access_net If the > above link doesn't work) > > Interesting quote 'WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your > computer similar to Windows that runs off the Linux system."' > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > I don't know whether to laugh or cry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kernal panic
2009/1/13 Simon Wears > > Was just on my computer running Ibex, when gnome vanished, and the > keyboard lights started blinking. After a reboot, Linux tried to load > and said Kernel Panic, and now when it boots the machine resets after > loading grub. > > Help? > > Cheers, Simon > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > That is unfortunate. If this was the first panic on a machine that is otherwise normally stable, and it has now started to panic on every boot for no apparent reason (ie, you haven't installed a new kernel or changed any hardware in the last day or so), then this is a good indication that you've developed a hardware problem. If you have upgraded the kernel in the last day or so, try booting an older kernel. Also, if you haven changed any hardware (including removale devices connected to the USB ports), then try reverting the changes. Does it panic from the live CD? If not, are there in suspicious messages in your dmesg from the live CD environment. What is the panic message you see? If it is something like "Kernel panic - machine check", then you've almost certainly got a hardware fault. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keep losing sound
2009/1/7 Sean Miller > I suspect Firefox may be your issue. > > I sometimes find that if I've done anything involving sound in Firefox > then no other applications will get access to the sound. > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Quite likely indeed. David, are you using the proprietary Flash plugin? If so, which version? (I suspect it will be version 9). The error you're experiencing seems to be quite a common occurrence with Flash Player 9, and is much improved with Flash Player 10 in Intrepid. Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
2008/12/1 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote: > >> > > > > I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same money > > built > > a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was: > > > > Decent Abit mainboard > > AMD Athlon X2 4200+ > > 2GB Corsair standard stuff > > 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD's (in Linux software MD RAID 0, it rocks) > > dual layer DVD-+RW > > 19" wide HannsG monitor > > Good quality case from eBay with decent PSU > > > > It was a grand total of about £300 but I had to make sure I got good > > components. Most important is the PSU as Rob says. I've always liked > > Abit > > motherboards. Foxconn are actually pretty good from my experience. > > They > > used to make Intel's own brand boards, not sure if they still do. > > > > The disk speed makes this computer feel very fast. > > > > I heard bad things about Foxconn boards and Linux a while ago, can't > remember if it was posted here. I'm just a bit dubious now. > Rob > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Rob, You're probably referring to this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249 Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange GDM Problem
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:42 +, Matthew Gadd wrote:
> I'm not sure which processes these PIDs belong to, I tried doing a 'sudo ps
> -ef
> | grep {pid}' on them to see, but I didn't find any processes with PIDs
> matching
> those in the logs.
>
> The problem I had is that when I turn on the computer, GDM restarts once (but
> only once) and then works fine, which is why I found it a bit strange as most
> problems I've had with GDM so far cause either infinite restarts or a lack of
> starting at all.
>
> It's worth noting that while it almost always restarts once before working, it
> doesn't do it absolutely every time. The reason I think that the client
> rejections are probably important is that they are the only difference I can
> find between the logs where GDM restarts and those where it does not.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Matt
>
Yeah, it will be difficult to work out what those processes are because
they will have a short life. For the record though, I see the same
messages as you in my Xorg log every now and again but I don't
experience your issues, so they might be a red-herring. Still, it would
be nice to be able to figure out what clients are being denied access by
the X server.
Regards
Chris
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange GDM Problem
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 23:12 +, Matthew Gadd wrote: > Dunno if anyone got my previous post about a strange problem with GDM, or if > it's just that no-one has any idea how to fix it. Anyway, I've tried a few > things to see if they make a difference. > > I tried changing the theme of GDM (you never know) and disabling and > reenabling > automatic login (I use it as there's only me on the laptop and I have disk > encryption anyway, so it already needs a password to boot). I tried > reinstalling > the nvidia drivers, as this was mentioned on the internet, which also had no > effect. > > Does anybody have any idea what the 'clients' may be in the error I get > (snippet > from a /var/log/gdm log) below? > > AUDIT: Tue Nov 25 22:10:29 2008: 6826 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( > uid=0 gid=0 pid=6862 ) > AUDIT: Tue Nov 25 22:10:30 2008: 6826 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( > uid=0 gid=0 pid=6862 ) > AUDIT: Tue Nov 25 22:10:35 2008: 6826 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( > uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6871 ) > AUDIT: Tue Nov 25 22:10:35 2008: 6826 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( > uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6872 ) > AUDIT: Tue Nov 25 22:10:35 2008: 6826 X: client 4 rejected from local host ( > uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=6873 ) > > By the way, 1000 is the uid of my normal user, if that helps to explain it. > Matthew, Sorry, I don't remember reading your original message so I'm not familiar with the exact problem you're experiencing. Those messages are generic messages that the X server prints when it stops a client from connecting to it (for example, it might not be authorised to connect). "6826" is the PID of the Xorg process, and the last pid in each message is the PID of the client that was rejected. Do you know what process these PID's belong too? Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey guys, > > So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw > and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure > that it's the retail version (not OEM) and was just wondering if > anyone had any tips on how a FOSS user could get some value from it > (e.g. sell it on and how I'd go about doing that or other ways of > getting something from it). > > Jai "Venko" Harrison > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Microwave it ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10
2008/11/3 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/11/3 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, thank you for your message. I have posted about 3 or 4 things to > > Launchpad, and none of them have been answered, I keep getting messages > > saying that they have been closed due to inactivity, so you will have to > > excuse my reluctance to post there. Its an upgrade. How can I go back to > > 8.04, is it easy? > > > > I see two bugs related to your ID on launchpad:- > > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/~jakewc2<https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/%7Ejakewc2> > > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/278622 - Pan closes when clicking > on 'Other Groups' > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/254064 - Third Party Softwares don't > work > > For bug 254064 I would recommend looking through the comments in the > bug after you commented, there seems to be a possible solution there. > > For bug 278622 I have updated it with information about how you can > get a backtrace which would be useful for the developers to be able to > debug the problem. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > For bug 278622, it would be preferable to enable Apport and have that report a new bug first, as opposed to providing a backtrace. There are already some crash reports against pan, and the retracer will automatically spot if this new crash is a duplicate of any of the existing crashers. To enable Apport, edit /etc/default/apport and change "enabled=0" to "enabled=1". Apport should then generate a crash report next time the application crashes, which you will find in /var/crash. Regards Chris Coulson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7
2008/10/22 norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My brother, who uses XP on a desktop and Vista on a laptop, has started > to ask questions about Ubuntu. Then, today, he sent me this:- > > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html > > In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 and he has agreed to try > it. However, is Windows 7 a joke or what? > > Norman > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Windows 7 is not a joke. However, I think that website is definately a joke ;) "Windows 7 Business, Small Business and Windows 7 Big Business Enterpriese need not worry about what sort of Windows to buy: after all, you've been locked in to it for 20 years already and you're not going anywhere. Windows 7 Big Business, compulsory for corporations with more than 5 employees, costs only $999 per seat per year and automatically detects attempts to research Linux TCO, reaching in to the brain and destroying offending neural linkages." Lol! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] update failure
2008/10/22 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/10/22 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks for clearing that up - is there an argument that the update > >> process should be more clever than that, as I'd guess it'd put off > >> "newbies"... ? > >> > > > > There's a compelling argument that "newbies" should _not_ run the > > development version of Ubuntu. > > Fair point, Al... fair point... > > But would the same sort of issues not arise with a production one? I > guess the rate of updates would be less, but surely there's no reason > why somebody might not ignore the "updates available" icon for a > couple of weeks to find that there's been 3 security patches or > whatever and the one they originally were told they needed had been > superceded? > > Or does the process work differently with alphas and betas? > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > The package lists are updated via a daily cron job, so this shouldn't happen in most cases. However, I think there might still be a very small window of opportunity for it to happen for somebody who gets notified that updates are available, ignores it and then leaves their machine unpowered for a couple of weeks, then comes back and immediately tries to update before the package lists have had a chance to be updated again. Looking through the packages you had problems with, and taking gnome-control-center as an example - this was updated twice in a single day very recently. Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] update failure
2008/10/22 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I upgraded to Intrepid several weeks back, sometime late September - > this was just a standard daily update. So now idea why it went wrong > all of a sudden. > > Anyway, I did an apt-get update and then an apt-get dist-upgrade and > it's fine now, it seems. > > Will keep an eye on that. > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Those 404 errors look quite normal for packages that are being updated multiple times in rapid succession. What has happened is that your package lists were updated, indicating new versions of some packages were available. Some of these packages have then since been updated again since your package lists were updated, rendering your package lists out of date and causing the 404 errors that you see (because the versions of the packages you are trying to upgrade to have been superseded). Regards Chris Coulson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice 3.0 repositories for Hardy
2008/10/21 Robert Dorrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The backports guys may be worth a try. They aim to include newer > versions of software then the main repository. > But if you are going to Intrepid anyway, it's probably less hassle > just to wait, as Intrepid will include OO.o 3. > > > Intrepid won't include OO.o.3, but there is a PPA containing packages [1]. There is no point requesting a backport at the moment, as there are no official packages to backport. It is very likely that OO.o.3 will appear in Jaunty very early on. Once this has happened, it may be a good candidate for backporting to Intrepid (and perhaps Hardy) [2]. Regards Chris Coulson [1] - https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive [2] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus won't 'Display' after upgrade
2008/10/9 mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chris Coulson wrote: > > Have you tried to see if it occurs with a fresh user profile? > > No, I haven't. Do you mean just do an 'add user', and see if nautilus > works for that user? Suppose it did; what then? (= me getting nervous > about digging a bigger hole for myself!) > > Mac > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > That's what I meant. If it works with a new user profile, then it means that something in your current user profile doesn't work with the new versions of software that you've installed. Once you've established that, it might be possible to narrow it down further (for example, by backing up and deleting your ~/.nautilus folder etc) Thanks Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus won't 'Display' after upgrade
2008/10/9 mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just upgraded my desktop and laptop from Gutsy to Hardy. Sadly, desktop > upgrade left several things not working, so may need to do clean install > :-( Laptop upgrade went OK; but there's a problem with Nautilus that I > can't find a fix for, despite lots of searching, and I'm pretty sure one > of you guys will know the answer immediately. > > It's simply that when I click on an executable in Nautilus, it asks, as > always, whether I want to run it or display it. But when I click > 'Display', nothing happens, as if Nautilus does not know which > application to open it with. I can still right-click and select 'open > with text editor' and it displays in gedit OK, so not a big deal. But > irritating. > > So I'd be grateful for advice about how to reset the default text editor > for Nautilus. > > TIA > > Mac > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Mac, Have you tried to see if it occurs with a fresh user profile? Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 12:15 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 10:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > 2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Evening all > > > > > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > > > > > Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as > > > the > > > legitimate owner? > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > Hi Ian, > > > > I don't know the details of the proposal yet, but I seem to recall > > that it's using something like cryptfs or luks (I could have those > > terms slightly wrong). If so, then the files won't be accessible to > > root. > > Hi Neil, > > I believe you are correct. It's using "ecryptfs", so you are pretty > close. > > I believe root won't be able to read the files, unless it is given > the secret key used to encrypt them. > > Thanks, > > James > > James/Neil, The root user will still be able to read files if the user is logged in, because the private folder will be mounted. Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] /var/lib missing?
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 13:18 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi All, > > Quick quiz for you - a friend of mine just tried to update/upgrade his > Ubuntu server (running X) using the update manager - it failed halfway > through upgrading locales and now most of /var/lib is missing. > > Anyone know if I can get this system back from the dead (I can get a > command prompt and log in as root) or does it need a reinstall? > > TIA, > > M. > -- > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ > > Matthew, Sorry to be the bearer of bad news to your friend, but I think the simplest way of recovering after losing the contents /var/lib would be to do a reinstall. There may be ways to recover it, but I don't think it would be easy, and /var/lib contains a lot of important information (eg, /var/lib/dpkg keeps a record of every package installed on your machine, and what files belong to them). I have seen people mention scripts on the forums to attempt to recover package information in /var/lib/dpkg, but I'm not sure how well this technique would work. I would be more concerned about how /var/lib was lost in the first place though. Does your friend remember what happened? Loss of something as critical as the contents of /var/lib is pretty bad! Cheers Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] any Electronics experts here?
What sort of questions do you have? Cheers Chris 2008/6/23 Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any electronic experts here? I have a few questions regarding > something...and would like some advice and thoughts on this > > As this a non ubuntu related topic please email me directly. > > Thanks > > Regards > > Javad > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Cutting Edge Windows PC Games on Linux Machines
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 18:13 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > An internal network should have no problem, even at 100mbit, but > people were taking about this working on the web? No way. > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Company No. 6135915 > Registered in England > It would be pretty neat if this ran on a virtual Windows and virtual network. You'd only need a single box then Chris Coulson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
