Re: [ubuntu-uk] suggest a usb webcam for under £10

[George MacLeod]

My daughter uses it for Skype and the quality is pretty good for a tenner.


On 23 January 2013 13:04, javadayaz  wrote:

> ok maybe im mistaken. Rereading all of the reviews it doesnt seem THAT bad
> for the price.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:50 PM, javadayaz  wrote:
>
>> Even though it says 5mp, the reviews are saying its more like .3mp during
>> video..Thats putting me off this one!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:43 PM, George MacLeod wrote:
>>
>>> Try this one.
>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002UAV8LS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 January 2013 12:09, javadayaz  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have a feeling I may have asked this question before but for the life
>>>> of me cant find any emails.
>>>> So Im asking again. :)
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone suggest a USB webcam for under £10 that will with my ubuntu
>>>> machine? The cheaper the better. Obviously the more pixels the better, LED
>>>> flash a bonus.
>>>> My current builtin webcam is woeful. I always get complaints of the
>>>> picture being too dark!
>>>>
>>>> I look forward to your suggestions.
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
>> Javad
>>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] suggest a usb webcam for under £10

[George MacLeod]

Try this one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002UAV8LS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00


On 23 January 2013 12:09, javadayaz  wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a feeling I may have asked this question before but for the life of
> me cant find any emails.
> So Im asking again. :)
>
> Can anyone suggest a USB webcam for under £10 that will with my ubuntu
> machine? The cheaper the better. Obviously the more pixels the better, LED
> flash a bonus.
> My current builtin webcam is woeful. I always get complaints of the
> picture being too dark!
>
> I look forward to your suggestions.
>
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> Regards
>
> Javad
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[George MacLeod]

try openshot it's in the repositories. Import images as a sequence, define
frame rate then add an audio track. You can then save the movie in a number
of formats.


On 4 December 2012 18:55, keith  wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre existing audio
> file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that will play
> on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue' the images
> to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).
>
> I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting errors
> when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly test project.
>
> Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?
>
> PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] scanner

[George MacLeod]

On 1 October 2012 11:41, David Goldsbrough  wrote:

> I have recently purchased a Canon Pixma MG5350 wireless all-in-one
> printer/scanner/copier.
>
> It has been set-up without the aid of any usb cable tethering it to any
> device.  Our household is a mixed environment with a combination of Windoze
> Vista, Mac OS X, iPad, Windoze XP, Ubuntu, etc.
>
> The printing function from all devices (bar the Mac - but a different
> story) has not proved to be a problem.
> I am though having difficulties getting Simple Scan or Xsane Image Scanner
> working.  Both report "No scanners detected".
>
> I have though managed to get Scangear to work which I downloaded and
> installed from Canon when Xsane and Simple Scan was not working.
>
> I have searched around and gone down a number of blind alleys.  This
> includes editing files in /etc/sane.d
>
> I am running Lucid 10.04 and linix kernal 2.6.32-43-generic.
>
> I guess this may really not be worth the bother to fix/solve - after all I
> do have Scangear working and I have a multitude of other devices to choose
> from - but it is the principal at stake really.  There is also the issue
> that Ubuntu future should work out of the box for such things.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any pointers or help that might solve the
> problem.
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> I have come across this problem a couple of times with Canon scanners
normally when Xsane was updated, I found that going back one or two
versions of Xsane got the scanner working again and of course not updating
it when prompted.

hope this help[s.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malware targeting Linux.......

[George MacLeod]

On 11 July 2012 16:17, Colin Law  wrote:

> On 11 July 2012 15:21, Kris Douglas  wrote:
> > On 11 July 2012 14:08, scoundrel50a  wrote:
> >> Has anybody seen this?
> >>
> >>
> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/11/backdoor-malware/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41397d7023-naked%252Bsecurity
> >
> > A simple use of Java to achieve this, can be fixed by using NoScript
> > or other script blocking apps.
> >
> > That or disabling Java. The only thing it's good for nowadays is
> > Minecraft and Cisco's ASDM.
>
> How do I check in Firefox that I have java disabled?  I found links
> that said to disable the java plugin in Tools > Addons > Plugins, but
> I don't see a java plugin there.
>
> Colin
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Like me you might have the IcedTea-Web plugin which handles Java applets.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

[George MacLeod]

On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard wrote:

> **
> Hi
> my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new
> camera and is haveing problems with it - she says
>
> The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor,
> gimp included that can process the  a55 files.
>
> can anyone help?
>
> Sarah
>

What format are the images being saved as? If the camera is set to save
images in RAW format then they will need to be processed into something else
such as JPG or TIF She should be able to set  the camera to save images as
JPG etc.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Slightly OT) Standalone databases

[George MacLeod]

On 20 October 2011 08:29, Bob Giles  wrote:

> **
> Hi listers,
>
> Firstly, I read on a tweet today that it's Ubuntu's 7th birthday today.
> Happy birthday Ubuntu!
>
> Now for the real reason for the post.
>
> I want to create a simple database that I can distribute to others and was
> hoping to come up with a solution that just allowed me to distribute it as a
> standalone package in much the same way that MS users can with Access. I
> want it to run under linux. If it was cross platform, that would be even
> better but not essential.
>
> I do not want to be in the position of saying that you have to have a given
> package installed to run the database. For example, I could easily produce
> what I want in LibreOffice Base but would then have to assume that
> recipients run LibreOffice.
>
> I have googled and the only programs that appear to come close are Kexi and
> Firebird. Does anyone have any experiences of either or recommendations for
> other packages.
>
> I have played about with Kexi which runs under KDE desktop but it appears
> to crash with boring regularity. (That could be because I favour the Gnome
> desktop.)
>
> As I said, the proposed database is simple and does not necessarily have to
> be relational although it will contain many records. I want to keep records
> of magazine articles from a variety of publications but can't find a bespoke
> package that fits what I want to do.
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
>
> TIA
>
> Bob.
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You could consider DaDaBik http://www.dadabik.org/ which provides a web
based Open Source PHP front end which has been tested on MySQL, PostgreSQL,
SQLite, Oracle and MS SQL Server. I use it at both home and work. It's very
easy to import spreadsheets into the Db and provide users password login
etc.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One

[George MacLeod]

On 19 August 2011 13:59, Roachy  wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:22 PM, alan c wrote:
>
>> On 19/08/11 10:16, Alan Pope wrote:
>> > On 19 August 2011 08:33, Colin Law  wrote:
>> >> If I put files on ubuntu one are they not encrypted?  If they are
>> >> encrypted then they cannot be combined with copies of the same file
>> >> that others have uploaded.  Or am I missing something?
>> >>
>> >
>> > No, they aren't (as I understand it), same as Dropbox. This is (one of
>> > the reasons) why I switched to SpiderOak.
>>
>> I also went to spideroak as soon as dropbox showed incompetence re
>> security
>>
>
> It's worth noting that it's fairly trivial encrypting files that can be
> saved to Dropbox or Ubuntu One using GnuPG
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot time

[George MacLeod]

On 8 July 2011 10:41, Norman Silverstone  wrote:

> Is it my imagination or does 11.04 take considerably longer to cold boot
> than previous, recent versions of Ubuntu?
>
> Norman



I've noticed this too on at least 3 machines, I also get the impression it
takes longer if you load the Gnome desktop rather than Unity, but haven't
timed them.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

[George MacLeod]

On 4 October 2010 21:26, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:

> can't find that in synaptic. AmorK can only import individual files,
> banshee duplicated everything and crashes every ten seconds and rhythmbox
> lacks the MP3 player features as well as crashing every few seconds
>
>
>
Strange that you've had problems with these players I have used all three
but have stuck with Rythmbox and Songbird. Rythmbox can play MP3 files,
makes a play list and also syncs with Ubuntu One. Both have album art
capability as well as many other features.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Convert you tube video to .3gp

[George MacLeod]

Or you could also use Mobile Media Converter which is an ffmpeg GUI.

Seoras

On 18 February 2010 22:15, Rik Boland  wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> I know you can do this and that there is a package out there but I can't
> recall what it called.  Please help!
>
> Shalom
> Rik Boland
> 15 Stanley Place, Lancaster, LA1 5PN  Mobile 07866439588
>
> We need Justice but we also need Grace and Mercy from God to do this.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A thank you and a quiery....Re: A thank you and a quiery....

[George MacLeod]

Have you had a look at the tutorial on
Lifehacker
?

2009/2/15 John 

> gerry wrote:
> > I may be teaching you to suck eggs but I run Thunderbird 2, Lightning
> > 0.9 and Provider for Google calendar .0.5.1 and it works perfectly.
> >
> > Looking back over the emails you seem to be trying to download a program
> > whereas Lightning and Provider for Google calendar are addons.
> > They are available by going to
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/sunbird/addon/4631 for the Provider.
> > (It says it is for Sunbird but it works with Thunderbird.) and
> >
> >
> > These Release Notes cover what's new, download and installation
> > instructions and known issues for Lightning 0.9 Please read these notes
> > and the bug filing instructions before reporting any bugs to Bugzilla.
> > What's New in Lightning 0.9
> >
> > Lightning 0.9 is the latest release of our calendar extension for
> > Mozilla Thunderbird(R). We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest
> > version.
> >
> > The following features have been added to Lightning 0.9:
> >
> > * Events spanning days now have a visual indicator indicating them
> > as connected events
> > * When reloading a remote calendar a progress indicator is now shown
> > * The so-called "minimonth" (small calendar month in the upper left)
> > has been given a visual overhaul
> > * The calendar views (day, week, multiweek, month) have been given a
> > visual overhaul
> > * The today pane can now be displayed in calendar mode and task mode
> > as well
> > * CalDAV support and interoperability with various CalDAV servers
> > has been improved
> > * iMip/iTip support (support for email invitations) has been greatly
> > improved
> > * The application stability and memory consumption has been greatly
> > improved
> > * Lightning 0.9 is intended to be the last release for the
> > Thunderbird 2 series. For the future we are planning to integrate
> > Lightning fully into the upcoming Thunderbird 3 release
> > * A full list of changes that have gone into this release can be
> > found on The Rumbling Edge website
> >
> > Release Date: September 23, 2008
> > Downloading and Installing
> > Downloading Lightning 0.9
> >
> > Before installing, make sure your computer meets the system
> > requirements. Mozilla.org provides Lightning for Windows, Linux,
> > Solaris, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. Windows users must have
> > Windows XP or later.
> >
> > IMPORTANT: Install the updated timezones for Windows XP or later.
> > Information on obtaining the updated timezones can be found in Microsoft
> > Knowledge Base article 951072.
> > Not updating your Windows timezones will result in unreliable and
> > erroneous display and entry of time data! Be sure to do this!
> >
> > Windows releases prior to Windows XP are working but may display event
> > times erroneously due to outdated timezones on the operating system
> > level. This can be fixed using unofficial patches. Users should read the
> > known issues section for more information.
> >
> > To get Lightning 0.9, download it from
> > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/download.html
> >
> > Installing Lightning
> >
> > Lightning runs as an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.x
> >
> > IMPORTANT: If you have been using the old Calendar Extension, be sure to
> > backup the ICS file that it put in your profile directory, and uninstall
> > the Calendar Extension before installing Lightning. After you have
> > installed Lightning, you can then import your old events and tasks from
> > the backed up ICS file.
> >
> >1. Right-click the download link and choose "Save Link As..." to
> > download and save the .XPI file to your your hard disk
> >2. In Mozilla Thunderbird, under the "Tools" menu, open the "Add-ons
> > Manager"
> >3. Click the "Install" button, locate and select the .XPI file you
> > downloaded in step 1, and click "OK"
> >4. Restart Mozilla Thunderbird
> >
> > In Google choose settings, calendars,private address, copy the XML link
> >
> >
> > In Thunderbird
> > Select Calendar, New Calendar, On the network, Goolge Calendar, and
> > paste the location from Google and all should be OK.
> >
> >
> > A better description is given at http://bfish.xaedalus.net/?p=239
> >  but a search on the same site says
> >   Stevo
> > 4:57pm August 26th 2008 | 4:57 pm
> >
> > For those on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) AND are getting the problem with File /
> > New… / Calendar being greyed out (even after clicking the Calendar icon
> > in the lower left of TB)…. This fixed is for me:
> >
> > http://blogs.sun.com/beuchelt/entry/thunderbird_lightning_and_the_ubuntu
> >
> > Using the Synaptic Package Manager, I searched for libstdc and marked
> > the version 5 for install and installed. Uninstalled both Lightning and
> > Google iCal addons and closed / reopened TB and followed the above
> > EXCELLENT install 

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lightning

[George MacLeod]

2009/2/15 Keith 

> Thanks for the replies and help.
>
> I do use google to synchronise my contacts and calendar with my iPhone
> but the snag with Lightning is that AIUI version 0.9 is required and I
> have had to revert to Ubuntu 8.04 which restricts me to v 0.8 of Lightning.
>
> Kris suggestede a webDAV server but I think that's beyond me!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Keith.
>
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>
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I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 and Lightning 0.9
add-onwith
Ubuntu 8.04 on at least two of my machines without problems and on
Ubuntu 8.10 on another machine, again without problems.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lightning

[George MacLeod]

An easy way to synchronise multiple calendars is to use the Google Calendar
Provider
add-on I use this to sunchronise my Thunderbird (lightning) calendar with
Windows Outlook and of course Google. Any changes made to either calendar
are automatically updated in the others. So if you had multiple Lightning
calendars and one Google calendar this should work. Good article on
Lifehacker
.

Seoras

2009/2/14 keith 

> Whilst Lightning is topical - I have several machines running Thunderbird,
> both Ubuntu and Windows versions.
>
> I wonder if anyone can tell me where Lightning stores its data and under
> what name as I would like to be able to share the same data on all the
> machines.  Or alternatively does anyone have a cunning method to do this
> without having to, say, cut and paste?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Keith.
>
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>
>
> Internal Virus Database is out of date.
> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1932 - Release Date:
> 03/02/2009 07:57
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A thank you and a quiery....

[George MacLeod]

2009/2/13 Matthew Daubney 

> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 12:23 +, John wrote:
> > Hi, thank you for the quick reply. I have that in front of me now, and
> > it says No matching Application Available.
> >
> > That's what I have been getting. :(
> >
> > John
> >
>
> Hi John,
>
> A quick video to make sure you have the Universe repository enabled.
> Ignore all the junk on my Desktop, I don't have a vanilla install to do
> this on! There's also an alarming looking message on that video that
> shouldn't appear for you, so ignore it!
>
> http://daubers.co.uk/~daubers/thunderbird-lightning.ogv
>
> No sound either, sorry!
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> -Matt Daubney
>
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To get Lightning working with Thunderbird and synchronising with Google
Calendar all you need are these two add-ons to Thunderbird. I use this on my
work LAN on  Hardy.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/search?q=lightning&cat=all
>


>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/search?q=provider+for+Google+calendar&cat=all<%20%20https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/search?q=provider+for+Google+calendar&cat=all>
>

Any help?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Outlook pst to evolution

[George MacLeod]

2008/11/24 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Rob Beard wrote:
> 
> > I'd suggest also giving Outport a try, you haven't got much to loose.
> >
> > If all else fails, depending on which version of Outlook it is, you
> > could try running it under either Wine or CrossOver Office.
> >
>
> Just wanted to give a bit of feedback on Outport.  I had a play with it
> today (I'm currently transferring a company from a mixture of Outlook
> 2003 and Outlook Express to SME Server with Thunderbird clients via IMAP.
>
> I found that Thunderbird would happily transfer mail and contacts from
> Outlook without any problems but it wouldn't budge when trying to
> convert Calender & Task items to Thunderbird with the Lightning Add-On
> or Sunbird.
>
> So after much messing around I tried Outpost.  It worked straight away
> and converted the Calender items into individual iCal files (not ideal
> but it certainly saves re-entering two years worth of Calender items).
> It also has the option to export to Evolution files too so hopefully it
> would do what you need to transfer from Outlook to Evolution.
>
> Rob
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Hi Rob,
another method which has worked for me is to synchronise Outlook Calendar
with Gmail Calendar and Thunderbird Calendar i.e Outlook->GCal->Thunderbird.
There's a nice how to on
Lifehacker.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] System hosed during network upgrade to 8.10

[George MacLeod]

Alan,
just thought I'd get back to you, I had a crack at this again today and
found that many others
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963853>have had the same
problem. I finally go back to the Gnome Desktop but the
upgrade has removed Open Office, Firefox, Network Manger, Compiz Fusion etc.
etc. I started reinstalling packages and finally tried to get Compiz Fusion
going again so I installed xorg-driver-fglrx for my ATI Radeon X600 video
card. This just caused another freeze on re-boot so I removed the driver.

I have decide to do a fresh install of 8.04.1 and steer clear of 8.10 for
the time being as this has been the most catastrophic upgrade I've ever seen
and I will not be upgrading any of my other machines.

Cheers
George

2008/10/31 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> 2008/10/31 George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I have been using Ubuntu since 5.04 and have never had a major problem
> until
> > now. I have upgrade before via CD and via the network and always with
> only
> > minor issue, if any, until now. I ran the network upgrade as before to go
> > from 8.04 to 8.10 and everything went as it had in the past, until the
> final
> > stage when I was asked to OK the removal of obsolete packages. I thought
> > nothing of it as this is normal, but alarm bells stated ringing when I
> saw
> > Firefox, Evolution, compiz and Xorg being removed, but the process had
> > already started.
> >
> > I then clicked restart at the end and that's when I realised all was not
> > well
>
> This was possibly not wise. For future reference if you have a
> situation where the system is in a dodgy state, a restart is probably
> not the best course of action at that point.
>
> > I've tried to reboot several times with the same result and booting into
> > recovery mode just leaves me hanging at a terminal prompt.
> >
>
> A logon prompt? If so can you logon okay?
>
> > Needless to say I will not be upgrading any of my other machines until I
> can
> > get this fixed.
>
> Conversely I have upgraded 5 machines and not had this kind of issue.
>
> > My PC is a Dell Dimension Dual boot with XP on a corporate LAN.
> >
>
> What's the package history on the machine? Have you ever used
> automatix or something similar to install packages? What do you have
> in /etc/apt/sources.list and any files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ?
>
> Is the "ubuntu-desktop" package still installed (assuming you can get
> logged in), type this:-
>
> dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
>
> (that's a lower case L).
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] System hosed during network upgrade to 8.10

[George MacLeod]

2008/10/31 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> 2008/10/31 George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I have been using Ubuntu since 5.04 and have never had a major problem
> until
> > now. I have upgrade before via CD and via the network and always with
> only
> > minor issue, if any, until now. I ran the network upgrade as before to go
> > from 8.04 to 8.10 and everything went as it had in the past, until the
> final
> > stage when I was asked to OK the removal of obsolete packages. I thought
> > nothing of it as this is normal, but alarm bells stated ringing when I
> saw
> > Firefox, Evolution, compiz and Xorg being removed, but the process had
> > already started.
> >
> > I then clicked restart at the end and that's when I realised all was not
> > well
>
> This was possibly not wise. For future reference if you have a
> situation where the system is in a dodgy state, a restart is probably
> not the best course of action at that point.
>
> > I've tried to reboot several times with the same result and booting into
> > recovery mode just leaves me hanging at a terminal prompt.
> >
>
> A logon prompt? If so can you logon okay?
>
> > Needless to say I will not be upgrading any of my other machines until I
> can
> > get this fixed.
>
> Conversely I have upgraded 5 machines and not had this kind of issue.
>
> > My PC is a Dell Dimension Dual boot with XP on a corporate LAN.
> >
>
> What's the package history on the machine? Have you ever used
> automatix or something similar to install packages? What do you have
> in /etc/apt/sources.list and any files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ?
>
> Is the "ubuntu-desktop" package still installed (assuming you can get
> logged in), type this:-
>
> dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
>
> (that's a lower case L).
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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Hi,
Thanks for the advice. I will try again on Monday as this is my work PC. On
this PC I have upgraded from 7.04 > 7.10 >8.04 over the network with no
problems at all. I did have Automatix way back but removed it long ago. The
machine has been very stable till now. I didn't get a logon prompt so will
have to think of another approach.

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[ubuntu-uk] System hosed during network upgrade to 8.10

[George MacLeod]

Hi,
I've just had my first *really* bad experience with Ubuntu and thought I'd
post this to the list in case anyone has any solutions.

I have been using Ubuntu since 5.04 and have never had a major problem until
now. I have upgrade before via CD and via the network and always with only
minor issue, if any, until now. I ran the network upgrade as before to go
from 8.04 to 8.10 and everything went as it had in the past, until the final
stage when I was asked to OK the removal of obsolete packages. I thought
nothing of it as this is normal, but alarm bells stated ringing when I saw
Firefox, Evolution, compiz and Xorg being removed, but the process had
already started.

I then clicked restart at the end and that's when I realised all was not
well. The PC rebooted and I got the Ubuntu splash and loading screen then
this flashed on the screen 4 times then just stayed there, nothing else
happened :-

*starting anac(h)ronistic cron anacron
*starting deferred execution scheduler atd
*starting periodic command scheduler crond
*checking battery state...
*running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)

I've tried to reboot several times with the same result and booting into
recovery mode just leaves me hanging at a terminal prompt.

Needless to say I will not be upgrading any of my other machines until I can
get this fixed.
My PC is a Dell Dimension Dual boot with XP on a corporate LAN.

Cheers
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC iPlayer update: better radio support

[George MacLeod]

2008/7/13 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Apologies, I seemed to have pasted the address wrong in my last reply.
> > The correct address for Radio 2 is
> > mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/radio2/radio2_nb_e1s1
> >
>
> Thank you so much, Jason.
>
> I now have Radio 2 in Rhythmbox and am listening to it right now :)
>

Has anyone else noticed the reduction in quality of the sound from the BBC?
I have been listening to 6Music for ages now using the RealPlayer plug-in in
Firefox and the sound was great. Since the IPlayer revamp the quality of the
sound is abysmal,  it's very tinny and weak and is the same for all the
stations.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Online banking

[George MacLeod]

I'd write to your bank and point out that they cannot restrict access to any
of their advertised services based on your software or hardware. I had the
same problem a few years ago with my bank, their web site had reduced
functionality in FF but not in IE. They've since fixed this.

see: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/#UK


2008/6/5 keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I've just upgraded to Hardy Heron and tried to access my online Natwest
> Bank page, only to be confronted with a message telling me that my browser
> (Firefox 3) is not acceptable.  I have spoken to the bank's online banking
> department and I might just as well have been speaking to next door's cat
> for all the help they were.
>
> Has anyone else come across this problem and been able to resolve it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Keith.
>
>
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> Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99

[George MacLeod]

Hi,
Perhaps I was a bit harsh the machines have their uses although they were no
good for us. The main problems we found were that they're very underpowered
and slow and the graphics weren't that great. Having said that if you don't
mind a slow boot and just use it for the web etc. they're OK plus they are
very small and have a low power consumption. I also think someone mentioned
that they are only available to the public sector and this is correct we got
one from Viglen to try out but normally they would supply in bulk to
Universities and schools etc.

Seoras

2008/5/9 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:15 AM, George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> We bought one of these here at work on spec as they looked like a good
>> deal...they're rubbish and virtually no good for anything at all.
>
>
> Care to elaborate?
>
> Sean
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99

[George MacLeod]

We bought one of these here at work on spec as they looked like a good
deal...they're rubbish and virtually no good for anything at all.

Seoras

2008/5/9 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I think the issue is that they haven't updated their configurator...
> clearly the MPC-L is a different beast, running XUbuntu etc.  rather than
> "Mandrake" (sic)
>
> Pretty useless site, anyway.
>
> Sean
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

[George MacLeod]

I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII and I found this
tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver which will
certainly help me as I'm new to server set ups etc.

Seoras

On 11/02/2008, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file
> sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn
> server-related stuff) .
> I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements
> for Ubuntu Server.
> Does anybody know what they are?
> I have an old PIII or I can use a Pentium 4 if necessary.
> I would like to put XFCE on there in case I need a  GUI at some stage
>
> Does this sound reasonable?
> TIA
> Eddie
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus Eee PC video review

[George MacLeod]

On 22/11/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 02:13:32PM +, Andrew Loughran wrote:
> > Is there a way to download the OS of the EEE PC?
> >
> Unlikely given Xandros is payware.
>
> I guess if you have an Eee PC there will be a recovery CD with it?
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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I believe the Eee PC runs a dumbed down version of Xandros and if you need
to re-install it you have to press F9 on boot which will re-install the base
system. There are also programs available on some of the Eee PC help sites
which are supposed to allow you to install the full Xandros system rather
than the default version. The system also comes with a CD/DVD with all the
drivers for Win XP if you choose to install that OS. You could ofcourse
install Ubuntu from an external optical drive.

They even had a look at the Eee PC on the BBC2 weekend cookery programme
'something for the weekend' where they played with the voice control and the
built in camera.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

[George MacLeod]

Yeah, I had a look at Gnash and installed through Synaptic but as Terence
says this only plays Flash and since Adobe already provide a Flash player
plug in for Linux I guess it's only use would be in playing stand alone
Flash files.

If you load a web page with a Flash component it plays just fine (if you
have the plugin) but if you do the same with a page with a Director
component you just get unknown plug in (application x-director).


On 29/08/2007, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Terence Simpson wrote:
> > Tony Travis wrote:
> >> Matthew Larsen wrote:
> >>
> >>> Man, where the heck am I living...
> >>>
> >> It's not perfect, but it does exist:
> >>
> >>  http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnash
> >>[...]
> > That's flash, not shockwave.
>
> Hello, Terence.
>
> It's a bit confusing because Gnash impliments:
>
> MIME Type application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash
>
> Seems Adobe created Shockwave Flash, and 'Shockwave' for the purpose of
> 'confusion' marketing and, in my case at least, they succeeded ;-)
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

[George MacLeod]

Mathew,
there is no Linux version (
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/) only thing they have is
the Flash player.

I also notice that there is a petition (
http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html) to get Adobe to make a
Linux version.




On 28/08/2007, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> but ... I thought there IS a linux version of it! :S
>
> Regards,
>
> On 28/08/07, George MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want to view Macromedia Director presentations in Firefox, which is OK
> in
> > windows using the shockwave plug in, does anyone know if there is a way
> of
> > doing this in Ubuntu as there doesn't seem to be a Linux version of the
> plug
> > in?
> > cheers
> >
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[ubuntu-uk] Shockwave plug in alternative

[George MacLeod]

Hi,
I want to view Macromedia Director presentations in Firefox, which is OK in
windows using the shockwave plug in, does anyone know if there is a way of
doing this in Ubuntu as there doesn't seem to be a Linux version of the plug
in?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ? Driver for Epson DX6000 Scan/printer ??

[George MacLeod]

Hi Lou,
the simplest and easies way to get all the 'non free' codecs including Real
Player and a whole bunch of other stuf is with Automatix. This is a GUI
which allows you to download and install a whole bunch of stuff. Get it at
http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation and select the
version for Dapper.

You can also do a lot of this via the Synaptic Package manager but you will
need to enable all the non official repositories.

As far as a driver for your scanner is concerned,
have you checked the Epson web site?
have you tries Xsane image scanner to see if it picks up the scanner?
Have a look here
http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_DX6000

Cheers
Bhaltair (also in Scotland)

On 23/05/07, Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Hello!

Only just got round to joining this list although I have been using
Ubuntu Dapper for about four months, to assess whether it will serve my
purposes.  I like it.  After all, unix was a mature OS long before even
the 8086 and affordable computing got started.

However, the main problem I have found with it is obtaining and
installing printer drivers  (and media codecs).  I'm told this is a
widespread problem with other linux distros --for those who don't have
the technical know-how.

I would be grateful if anyone out there could help me to get my
printer/scanner working.

That's my top priority.  It would also be nice to be able to watch video
clips on the BBC website.  But if needs must I can live without that.
(Adobe flash player works fine in Firefox when needed --but of course
the BBC for reasons best known to themselves have opted for RealPlayer /
Helix(?)

Thank you in anticipation,
best wishes,
Lou   (in Scotland)


PS:  In due course, I am also looking for a programming language with
which I can write short programs for numerical work, that must also draw
line diagrams.  In the past I have used bbc BASIC which is just right
for this kind of work.

Any suggestions welcome from programmers out there!
(HP-basic and HT-basic based on it, are in the same ball-park for
numerical work)
I suppose to draw a line I have to become familiar with OpenGL and all
that (?)




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution issues with Ver 7.04

[George MacLeod]

For that particular machine I selected the nVidia  card and this worked.
Also I just tried the same technique on another PC with the same problem and
it had an ATI card but again I could only get 1024 x 768.



On 15/05/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 09:16:54AM +0100, George MacLeod wrote:
> I did find one solution that worked on another machine for me
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
> then CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE to reload X
>
> which allowed me to select the driver and resolution, however I was only
> able to get 1024 x 768 whilst the same machine under Windows went much
> higher.
>

What video card?

Cheers,
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution issues with Ver 7.04

[George MacLeod]

I did find one solution that worked on another machine for me

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
then CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE to reload X

which allowed me to select the driver and resolution, however I was only
able to get 1024 x 768 whilst the same machine under Windows went much
higher.

On 14/05/07, I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


George MacLeod wrote:
> Has anyone else experienced screen resolution problems with installing
> Ubuntu 7.04?

> Then this morning I booted from from the 7.04 install CD on a Dell
Dimension
> 5150 dual core with screen resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 only to find
that
> Ubuntu  live CD only offered 640 x 400 resolution, which is very weird
on a
> 21" monitor...


I've just installed 7.04 on a similar one-year-old Dimension 5150 with
nVidia card driving a 17" Dell monitor that prefers a resolution of 1280
x 1024.  But Fiesty will only offer max 1024 x 768.  This is the same as
it gives me with a 15" Hanns.G monitor via a Radeon 9000 card on an
ancient Compaq AMD Athlon machine.

Any suggestions for improvement would be most welcome!  (Though, to be
honest, at my age, 1024 x 768 is probably easier for my biological
optical system to resolve!!!)

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[ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution issues with Ver 7.04

[George MacLeod]

Has anyone else experienced screen resolution problems with installing
Ubuntu 7.04?

I recently upgraded a version 6.10 installation on line to version 7.04, it
all went well until l re-booted the system, only to find I was restricted to
800 x 600 or 640 x 400 resolutions whereas before I had the full range. I
solved this one by removing the nVidia drivers from the system and the full
screen resolution options were restored.

Then this morning I booted from from the 7.04 install CD on a Dell Dimension
5150 dual core with screen resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 only to find that
Ubuntu  live CD only offered 640 x 400 resolution, which is very weird on a
21" monitor. needless to say I did not install Ubuntu on this system in case
this was the only resolution I'd get.

I just wondered if any one else had experienced this behaviour.
Cheers
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

[George MacLeod]

Hi Peter,
Getting used to the way things are done in Linux takes time if you're used
to Windows. You can install most software packages from either
Applications>Add/Remove or by using the Synaptic package manager found in
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Using Synaptic you will be
able to install Firestarter (firewall) and ClamAV (anti-virus). Personally I
usually only install Firestarter.


On 08/05/07, Peter D Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello. I am a newbie to Linux system! My test bed is a partitioned
Pentium 3 also running the old MS Millenium Windows no longer
supported
that I can access via the intial Linux boot choice command. I
also run
an XP Tower and Laptop all on broadband. Being an old retired
guy I need
some encouragement and advice. Can access most things but need
advice on
how much security I get from version 6-06. I run McAfee firewall
and
viroscan on my Laptop and MS XP Firewall and AVG Free on my XP
Tower.
Linux security is a 'black hole' to me. Have tried to install
Snort and
lost myself somewhere out there on the internet! I have
downloaded the
new OpenOffice version from 2.0 to 2.2 but lost this program
somewhere
in the strange Linux filing system! How do I install it? Many
thanks.

PeterD


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't install Ubuntu

[George MacLeod]

Have a look at the Ubuntu Laptop testing Wiki at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam
and see if your laptop is listed.

BTW I had success with older laptops using Xubuntu.

Seoras

On 01/03/07, James Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



> On 01/03/07, Fredy Gumarus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have try to install Ubuntu ver. 6.06 to my notebook, but it can't.
> > First i choose 'Start or install Ubuntu', when it's ready and i click
> > install, it always hang when i click forward after choosing the
language (
> > first step ).
>

I had exactly the same problem and using the alternate install CD
worked...

I have a copy I can post if you have a slow internet connection..

James D (ConvertOne)


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] more things worth signing

[George MacLeod]

The link is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/open_consultations/ondemand_services.html

On 23/02/07, Adam McMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



On 23 Feb 2007, at 11:17, Neil Greenwood wrote:

> The best way to get the BBC to take notice is to fill out the
> questionnaire on the BBC Trust web site. *They* are the people who
> replaced the Board of Governors at the beginning of the year, so they
> have a mandate to control the direction of the BBC.
>
> Jono blogged about their questionnaire at this link:
> http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=881

The link from that page to the questionnaire seems to be broken --
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another petition: Open Document Format

[George MacLeod]

Open document petition is fine and as far as changing the national anthem
you'd have no argument from anyone in Scotland ('rebelious Scots to
crush'??). Not sure about Spandau Ballet though, as Billy Connelly once
noted the Archers theme might be a good choice as eveyone could sing along  Rum
Te tum tum etc etc.

On 22/02/07, James Pain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I've signed the open document petition but I'm not sure about changing the
anthem, ill have to listen to the song first but it sounds like a crazy idea
:P lol

On 22/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> > john levin wrote:
> > > "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to promote
> > > the use of Open Document Format within the UK government."
> > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/OpenDocument/
>
> I would also like to bring the following petition to the groups
> attention, i feel its a very important goal for our country that would
> benefit us all.
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goldanthem/
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] : dell refund article

[George MacLeod]

Hi,
I posted this on on my
blogin
Jan and linked to the article on
Linux.comwhich
explains how to go about getting a refund of the Windows licence fee
for new computers that you have no intention of using Windows on.


On 01/02/07, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Sorry - i made a bit of a mess of the previous post - i'm not used to the
newsgroup/newsfeed thing, but am trying (very, i'm told!)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm

I thought this was a good sign. think it may be to late for me though :(



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Donation of Old PCs

[George MacLeod]

I run a small charity (www.clacksnet.org.uk) and we are  about to start a
scheme where  local  community groups, charities and the low waged can get a
fully functioning PC with Ubuntu inatalled as well as all the useual Open
Source s/w for a small donation. The idea came about as I work at the
University of Stirling which has a fairly high turnaround of PCs and as they
have to pay for disposal it's better for them to donate them to my charity.
We are starting small at first with only PCs from my own departmant and if
this goes well I'll approach the desktop support team with a proposal. I
only take fully operational Pentium 2 or above systems and agree to wipe the
HDD. I've found P2s run very well on Ubuntu 6.06 and P3s are still OK with
6.1. I also found that Xubuntu is more suitable for some laptops (Thinkpads)
than Ubuntu.
Cheers
George

On 03/01/07, Mr W. F. Vening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi,

Has anyone looked into taking donations of old PCs, which businesses
throw out, and installing a form of Ubuntu on them. Then giving them
to schools, youth clubs etc who couldn't afford to buy them?

I know there are a few systems like this already but this is a great
way to get Ubuntu used more and more, and do a bit of charity work at
the same time!

This is also a great time to start talking about it as soon many
businesses will be upgrading systems for Vista.

Neil

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