Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software
Thanks David DeVeDe -> ISO -> Burn as image with Brasero works fine Confusingly, DeVeDe has a 'burn' button, but if you click it, the 'calculating file size' thing never completes. I imagine for the same reason Brasero can't actually burn a video DVD. Cheers On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 06:39 +, David Bissett wrote: > Should have added use DeVeDe to make the DVD file from the mpg/mp4. > This saves an iso file that can be burned to disc. Works well for me. > D > > On Dec 5, 2012 6:16 AM, "David Bissett" > wrote: > Export as mpg or mp4 then use k3b to burn to disc. I have > always found Brassero to be a bit pointless. David > > On Dec 4, 2012 9:34 PM, "keith" wrote: > Thanks George > > Openshot seems easy to use, I can use the Resize tool > to drag the still > images along the time line to match the sound track. > I'm exporting a > stupid test video as a dvd video in PAL &c with a > sound track. I get an > exported file with the .dvd file extension. > > Everyone > > What do I use to burn this to a DVD disk? Brasero has > been sitting at > the 'converting video to MPEG2' phase for some 10 > minutes now... The DVD > burner works as I make ISOs on DVD discs... > > cheers > > On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 19:28 +, George MacLeod > wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software
Thanks George Openshot seems easy to use, I can use the Resize tool to drag the still images along the time line to match the sound track. I'm exporting a stupid test video as a dvd video in PAL &c with a sound track. I get an exported file with the .dvd file extension. Everyone What do I use to burn this to a DVD disk? Brasero has been sitting at the 'converting video to MPEG2' phase for some 10 minutes now... The DVD burner works as I make ISOs on DVD discs... cheers On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 19:28 +, George MacLeod wrote: > 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 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software
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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing features in 12.10
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 12:26 +, Gareth France wrote: > >Hello All The icon is a magnifying glass, at least in the Gnome Ubuntu > >Remix 12.10 which I'm using at the moment out of curiosity. I've got it > >pinned to the favourites. Very useful. cheers > Correct. Should it be noted that after all the work that's gone into > Unity it's still much easier to use this antique program instead? I tend > to find the dash returns what it wants you to see, rather than what you > asked for. I use the old search because I trust what it tells me. > Looks like the Gnome File Search program is a graphical front end to such antiquated programs as find and grep! See http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-search-tool/3.6/gsearchtool-introduction.html.en and http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-search-tool/ PS: I like both Unity and GS. I spend a month in each alternately using dual boot. I'm odd like that... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing features in 12.10
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 11:57 +, Gareth France wrote: > > Looks like gnome-nettool moved to universe, so that's why it's not > > installed by default. Dunno why it moved though, probably lack of > > upstream support? > > > > What "search" are you talking about? > > > > Cheers, > I'm surprised nobody seems to understand about the search. I'm talking > about the gnome 2 file search application. If you type search into the > dash it's still there. And extremely useful when doing advanced searches. > Hello All The icon is a magnifying glass, at least in the Gnome Ubuntu Remix 12.10 which I'm using at the moment out of curiosity. I've got it pinned to the favourites. Very useful. cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Nexus 7
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:02:58 +0100 Alan Pope wrote: [snip] > > > Can it run Jack Audio and puredata? > > > > I'll find out next week. > Excellent http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4677528 and http://www.chizang.net/alex/blog/2012/10/20/3440/ 'core' Ubuntu to me would include sound, and, as this is a 'known' hardware platform, it could all become most interesting. cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Google Nexus 7
Hello All http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxMTA Has anyone seen one of these? Can it run Jack Audio and puredata? And if anyone on this well connected e-mail list has any playtime, can it cope with din http://dinisnoise.org/ If so, for a ton and two thirds, there could be one in my future... cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless problem in 12.10
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:17:25 +0100 James Morrissey wrote: [snip] > At the moment i am sending this tethered to my router, sitting on the > stairs. So if anyone has any ideas, that would be great. I've no information, just an observation I use 'homeplug' adaptors to get internet feed from the adsl modem/router up to the man cave in the back bedroom. The idea is that the adaptors plug into a mains socket and send a *low power* radio signal over your mains wiring. Two or more of them emulate a wired connection. Saves all that cable running... cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Single pane outliner for Ubuntu
Hello All http://jaslarue.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/tkoutline-joe-and-notecase-pro.html This still works, and tkoutline does what I need for now, including export to nested lists in html and 'asterisked' tabbed lines in ascii Anyone know of anything newer? Especially that can export an outline to LibreOffice with nested headings? Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Poor performance with Ubuntu on my laptop
On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:11:38 +0100 Gareth France wrote: [ snip ] > > This machine was bought because it was buy now pay next year. The > alternative was watch my old system die of old age and do without! My > choices were limited. Interesting thread. I buy recycled electronics where I can for pale green reasons, and because my use need are simple, and I seem to have had good luck. Laptop: Lenovo thinkpad X200s around £130 off the well known auction site. Runs 12.04 really well, manages Firefox with a dozen tabs open, LibreOffice with large files loaded and a remote desktop connection to work desktop (I use rdesktop, remmina seems broken). I get 4 hours on battery with wifi. A student asked if it was 'the new Mac' the other week because Unity does look a bit cool. 4Gb ram. No chance on HDMI though. PC: ancient Xeon dual core HP workstation with a new Nvidia card of modest spec, cost just under £200 including the card. 4 Gb ram, seems to just run everything. I'm actually using IceWM of all things on this because I like tiled windows (3 by 3) on the big monitor. The HP case is huge and can be opened easily. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating a library of resources - was Good general book on Ubuntu/Linux?
On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:12:18 +0100 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: [snip] > If I want to collect together a "library" of problems and solutions > and other resources from this and other mailing lists that I > subscribe to, the main one being Libre Office, what would be the > recommendations for the format and application that would be best to > store these in, with regard for easy searching and retrieval? Hello Gordon and all Suggestion 1: The computer file system and ascii files I store bits of text as text files in a directory then use find and grep to locate the file that has the phrase I want. A very simple starting point could be the Terminal with your favourite editor and an addition to your .bashrc http://onethingwell.org/post/457674798/a-poor-mans-notational-velocity Suggestion 2: the local wiki I've also used a local wiki with Apache and something like usemod (perl) or moinmoin (python) running on your home pc, with no access from outside. Wikis can provide extensive indexing through the use of 'backsearches' and you can set most up to accept image/file 'uploads'. Usemod stores the changes to pages, so you can keep a history of your thinking. Good excuse for learning how to set up Apache and get a web application working. Wikis use flat text file based database formats generally. Some use MySql. Suggestion 3: freemind to organise files I also use the freemind (java application) mindmapper. Nice mind maps, but you can add notes and link files and Web addresses. Freemind files are XML so data can be pulled out. Suggestion 4: EMACS org-mode. Your brain as an outline. I've not done too much with this one at all, I think I prefer just lots of text files in my Dropbox account with find, grep and sed cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.10: advertising lenses
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:18:41 +0100 J Fernyhough wrote: [snip] > > One solution is pretty straightforward: make online search features an > option in the installer (same page as third-party codecs) with a link > to the privacy policy etc. [/snip] How about a 'first run' screen similar to CentOS/Redhat installer except for each user that is created? You could page through some choices like country/codecs/advert choices/main use of device/ etc and the relevant country specific legal stuff could appear on each page. I suspect once the lawyers get going (privacy laws being different in different countries and for different age groups) we will need to have some kind opt in agreement anyway, so why not make it tidy and user friendly for those not in the know about stuff like this? The other issue is perhaps more personal to me: it just seems a *waste* somehow of bandwidth (I know, a few bytes in the firehose &c) and of server cycles (yes, I know, microscopic) to generate 'suggestions' for search terms like 'alf*19960401*crbok*.odt' or 'data*mean*sd' or similar. I'm not thinking about buying things when I'm searching for documents. Amazon don't have a profile to filter against previous purchases so the suggestions will be low quality and unspecific anyway. It will be interesting to see how much referral income you actually get. -- cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.10: advertising lenses
Hello All I'm happily using 12.04 on my laptop. I've just found out that Canonical has a tie-up with Amazon for 12.10 onwards. There is some discussion about what information will be sent to Amazon when executing a local search. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558489 Any information on this? Any glimmer of how things will move as the development cycle pushes to 14.04? Any idea if the 'enterprise' version of Ubuntu will omit these lenses? Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hud problem
> If you log on as a different user does it work then? Make a test user > if necessary to try it. That will tell you whether it is a system > problem or a user settings issue. > > Colin > I logged in as a guest and it worked for firefox but nothing else. Then I realised that I hadn’t got the global menu active for any gtk apps so I reinstalled the gtk-appmenu package and the hud works. SO thanks for the help. Now I only have to install the muscle-memory-2.0 package to take advantage of the Hud -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Hud problem
I have a slight issue with the HuD it will only show me desktop entries nothing from the active application. I have tried almost any application installed to no success. Has anyone, seen this problem before / know where the problem would likely be / have a fix. For info: * Ubuntu 12.04 32bit upgrade from 11.10 * gnome shell installed * everything else works fine * I am quite nice Thanks for the reading, double thanks for any helpful replies. a hug and a well done for trying for unhelpful replies -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade
Hello Alan and all So suppose I had a number of 10.04 desktops but no Canonical support contract. How would I upgrade to 12.04? Just wait for the LTS option to appear in software update? Cheers --Original Message-- From: Alan Bell Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade Sent: 4 May 2012 20:22 On 04/05/12 19:59, Dave Morley wrote: > You can do "update-manager -d" However I would wait till there is a > clear upgrade path, or do a fresh install to get around it. um, do be careful not to accidentally overshoot and upgrade to Quantal Quetzal! upgrade-manager -d will show releases in development, which might not be what you are after. -- I work at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity
Hello both Super W won't work in Unity 2D unfortunately but Alt-Tab is functional. Super W comes from Compiz, 3d only. Super S has been duplicated in 2d I think. -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -Original Message- From: Andy Braben Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 14:12:39 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity -- 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] Upgrading to 12.04 ....
Hello Tony Sorry about 'chap', no offense meant. It would be good if the upgrade process was better than it is for people. As Alan C is always emphasising as Ubuntu gets on consumer devices, laptops etc more people are going to have to cope with an 'operating system replacement' which is what an upgrade is. I think a large external hard drive would be a good thing to have independent of that. I have had a hard drive fail (ok, one, years ago) and I have had one laptop motherboard fail (hard drive ok but had to wait a week or two for laptop to be fixed. Cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -Original Message- From: Tony Pursell Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:26 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 -- 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] Upgrading to 12.04 ....
Hi James No, its just like last time. Two shift-alt-SysRq-b restarts later I've purged ubuntuone-client. I use dropbox to sync PC to netbook, which is horribly hassle free in comparison. It is a shame that I can't brag about Ubuntu One. I appreciate that there might be a bit more traffic than usual at the moment. Cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -Original Message- From: James Morrissey Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:31:58 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 > I'm trying to install Ubuntu One now. It's been sitting there for about 25 > minutes doing nothing. The coffee bar I'm in now can do 1mb/s on download, I > abuse it often (noone else uses a laptop in here) I had some similar problems on both of the machines on which i tried an install. I canceled and reopened the dialogue and the screen came up that it was already installed. Not sure if this is worth a go from your side but it worked on two occasions for me. i have also had some speed problems with the uploading and downloading of files. Sometime it appears to run really quickly but at others it can be incredibly slow. Currently it appears to have stalled downloading stuff to one of my machines. I have heard that this has to do with the heavy amount of traffic on the Ubuntu servers around new release time. i am not sure if that explanation holds water. > I'd hoped things had improved since the last time I tried it (around 11.04) > but apparently not. > > So I'm with Alan C and USB storage I guess. Actually, an SD card would be > quite nice and unobtrusive on netbooks with card readers... I would stick with it for a while longer. Previously i had a great experience using UbuntuOne to manage folders across a work computer and a laptop for work that i have to do away from the office. j -- 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] 12.04 Unity intro poster
Hello all and Alan I am not actually advocating the use of the poster. The choice of resources in any situation must be made by each facilitator bearing in mind the needs of the group that they are working with. The idea for the poster came from responses to questions from people on the Ubuntuforums Ubuntu + 1 subforum. I simply thought that an introduction to Unity for those who have not made the journey through 11.04 and 11.10 might be useful for some people. Best of luck with your work. I would be interested in the outcome of the 'user trial' that has been mentioned as well. Cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -Original Message- From: alan c Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:13:45 To: Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster On 25/04/12 20:54, Barry Drake wrote: > On 25/04/12 17:08, alan c wrote: >> A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my >> novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think >> would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What >> about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? > > Alan - I'm not entirely sure I agree. The language and examples are > very simply put. I'm expecting to upgrade my sister from 10.04 to 12.04 > fairly soon. I'll ask her to look at it. I'll also ask her > stepdaughter to take a look. She is almost entirely Windows (although > she has recently started work at SpecSavers). Hi Barry. I am dealing with 60 plus ages and they are all technophobes using Ubuntu without reading any instructions at all. Some are adults with learning difficulty. The thought of even -me- needing to look at such an information diagram is an unpleasant thought for me. It is ironic indeed that Ubuntu gets to rival a Mac in GUI simplicity, and straight away it is advocated that a technical diagram is needed to explain it! It reminds me (with grim humour) of the 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' item of 'one song to the tune of another', where the chair deliberately obfuscates the rules. When unity was user tested formally, what written instructions were provided? I bet, none. By making such diagrams very public it is signalling I think quite wrongly that the GUI is difficult. I think that is a bad message for public broadcast. Thinking advertising here. Anyway, there will be a best target audience, but I am sure it will not anyone I help. Good luck though. (Watch their eyes) -- alan cocks -- 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] 12.04 Unity intro poster
Hello Alan and all The target audience I had in mind was those in organisations where computers are moving from 10.04 to 12.04, an LTS to LTS upgrade. Hence not 'novices' either in Linux or in the use of computers. Most Colleges, libraries, adult education centres in the UK base their IT instruction around Windows, so I guess Microsoft can look after itself. Cheers --Original Message-- From: alan c Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster Sent: 25 Apr 2012 17:08 On 25/04/12 12:26, Barry Drake wrote: > On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: >> I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can >> fit on the poster!) > > Splendid work! Thanks. I really think this is too useful to be > ignored. I hope somebody with write access will link it into the Ubuntu > web site. A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine
Thanks for the information. To explain a little more thoroughly. The Windows7 installation is an OEM version and the main/rescue partitions are as installed by the manufacturer, HP. But the use of Wubi is looking promising, so far!! Cheers. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine
I would like to install Ubuntu 10.4, using Wubi, on a machine which has Windows7 installed. The Windows7 installation uses two partitions - the main one and a rescue partition. No CDs supplied! If I understand things correctly from what I have found on the forum, trying to install Wubi on such a two partition machine doesn't work and is likely to 'wreck' the Windows installation if I try. Please could someone comment on this? I'm trying to get the computer's owner interested in Ubuntu, so at this stage 'messing about' dual booting his hard drive or fitting a second drive, is out of the question. Many thanks Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Printer problems.
Steve wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:11:14 +0100, Keith Powell > wrote: > >> Steve wrote: >>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have >>>> managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me >>>> some help? >>>> >>>> Very briefly, I bought it some weeks ago, but have had very mixed >>>> fortunes with it in Linux. I have tried to get it working in several >>>> distros. >>>> >>>> Ubuntu 9.10: I can manually set it up and get it to print, but not to >>>> scan and, when I click on the HP Toolbox, it tells me that there is no >>>> printer found. Trying to set it up from the HP Toolbox, is a failure. >>>> >>>> >>> On a different model, installing hplip-gui got the scanning to work. It >>> drags in xsane. >>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html is also worth having a >>> look round. >> Hello Steve. >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> I have installed hplip-gui, but scanning still doesn't work, neither >> does the toolbox. >> >> I will try the HPLIP script again and do battle with the 7 or 8 >> unresolved dependancies which it needs! >> >> Keith >> >> > HP seem to think it works > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_b109a_series.html > Sorry for the delay in sending this, but as the printer/scanner/toolbox didn't work with 10.4rc, I decided to wait for the final to come out. It's just the same. By setting the printer up manually (admin -> printer), I can get it to work - but not scanning or toolbox (it says that it can't find any scanners). So, I deleted hplip and downloaded the hplip script from HP. That didn't work either - only printing again. The installation ends with it Saying that there is nothing connected to usb. I've tried unplugging the usb cable and replugging it. I don't know what to try next. If you or anyone else can offer any suggestions, I would be very grateful. Thanks Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Printer problems.
Steve wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell > wrote: > >> Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have >> managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me >> some help? >> >> Very briefly, I bought it some weeks ago, but have had very mixed >> fortunes with it in Linux. I have tried to get it working in several >> distros. >> >> Ubuntu 9.10: I can manually set it up and get it to print, but not to >> scan and, when I click on the HP Toolbox, it tells me that there is no >> printer found. Trying to set it up from the HP Toolbox, is a failure. >> >> > On a different model, installing hplip-gui got the scanning to work. It > drags in xsane. > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html is also worth having a > look round. Hello Steve. Thanks for your reply. I have installed hplip-gui, but scanning still doesn't work, neither does the toolbox. I will try the HPLIP script again and do battle with the 7 or 8 unresolved dependancies which it needs! Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] HP Printer problems.
I have quite serious printer problems, which I hoped that 10.4 would cure. No such luck! Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me some help? Very briefly, I bought it some weeks ago, but have had very mixed fortunes with it in Linux. I have tried to get it working in several distros. Ubuntu 9.10: I can manually set it up and get it to print, but not to scan and, when I click on the HP Toolbox, it tells me that there is no printer found. Trying to set it up from the HP Toolbox, is a failure. Ubuntu 10.4rc: The same. Linux Mint8: The same. PCLinuxOS 2010 final: The same. However, PCLinuxOS 2010rc: Everything works perfectly 'out of the box'! No setting up needed. I have spent many hours trying everything I can find on the forums of these three distros, (and everything I can think of), but nothing sorts the problem. No scanning or Toolbox. At the moment, I am having to use Windows7, merely to be able to print. :( Many thanks in anticipation! Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reclaiming Ubuntu partition
Thanks to both Al and Tommy. I'm going to reinstall Windows (Vista) anyway so I'm not overly concerned about any collateral corruption. Thanks again, Keith. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Reclaiming Ubuntu partition
I have just bought a new machine to replace the one I am typing this on. This one is a dual boot Ubuntu/Windows computer which I have sold to a relative who, regrettably, wants to use it purely as a Windows PC. Perhaps someone could help me my explaining how I can recover the Ubuntu partition for Windows to use. Many thanks, Keith. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] No sound
It's recently dawned on me that it's been some time since I heard the jungle drums when Ubuntu boots up. I tried playing an mp3 which confirmed that I had no sound I've done a fair bit of googling but to no avail. Sound is turned on, the volume is high, Ubuntu recognises the soundcard, etc., etc. This is a dual boot machine and sound is fine on the PC. When I hover the mouse on the icon at the top right of the screen a yellow message pops up telling me that output is 100%, 0.00 dB, Dummy Output. Can anyone explain this and also advise me how to recover sound. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing on a USB drive
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > On 2 February 2010 17:27, Tony Pursell wrote: >> I have seen people with problems on Launchpad Answers. If GRUB >> is on the USB drive you will always need the USB drive attached to >> boot BOTH Ubuntu and Windows 7. If you have no way to put back >> the original MBR, you will have problems if, for instance, you want to >> sell/pass the laptop over to someone as a Windows 7 only machine. >> >> If you can just rely on the machine's own boot menu to choose >> between booting the internal drive or the USB drive, you should be >> OK. >> > > No, wait! > > Installing GRUB on the USB drive *will not* overwrite the MBR (and > Windows 7 bootloader) on the internal drive! > > However, installing GRUB on the USB drive /may/ pick up the Windows 7 > installation on the internal drive*, so when you boot from the USB > drive you can pick whether to start Ubuntu from the USB drive or > Windows from the internal drive. Starting the PC without the USB drive > attached (or choosing to boot from the internal drive first via F8 or > whatever) will boot Windows from the internal drive normally. > > *this should only happen if the Windows 7 drive is mounted; you can > always remove it from the USB drive's GRUB menu afterwards. > > Jonathon Tony and Jonathon. I don't know about a USB hard drive, and can only say what happened with my two IDE drives. Grub was always installed on the Linux drive, never on the Windows drive. In fact, to play safe, I unplugged the Windows drive when I installed Linux. If all drives were connected, when I pressed F8 on boot up, then all drives showed on the boot menu. If one or more drives were unplugged, then just the remaining drives were on the menu. I found that not having one or more drives connected, didn't affect the remaining drives. I could select them as usual. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing on a USB drive
Keith Powell wrote: > My new, rather expensive, computer has only one hard drive and that has > Windows7 pre-installed with a 'rescue partition'. > > Now, the insurance/support policy I have on the new computer (I didn't > bother with one on the old machine) states that I can't modify the > computer in any way. I must get a computer repair person, which they > nominate, to do any work inside the machine. > > I don't want to try dual booting by putting Ubuntu on the same hard > drive as Windows7, but would rather keep it separate. My thoughts are to > install it on an external USB hard drive. > > Would I simply plug the drive in, boot the computer, run the liveCD and > install it as I would with an internal hard drive? I have read postings > about installing to a USB memory card, which seems rather complicated, > needing special programs to do it. So I am wondering if installing to a > hard drive would be easier. The drive would only be used with this machine. > Thank you all for your prompt and very helpful replies. I very much appreciate them. It looks as though I can install Ubuntu on the USB hard drive without any problems. That's gratifying to know, so I will buy a hard drive and go ahead with the installation. Sorry I haven't quoted any of the replies in this posting. I have just one or two comments. 1) I don't want to go to the trouble and expense of a computer repairer supplying and fitting a new internal drive. I don't even know if it would be a "home visit" or if I would have to take it several/many miles to him for the installation to be done. 2) I have been assured that this BIOS will allow booting from a USB drive. 3) I would rather keep the two operating systems completely separate, as I have done before, rather than dual boot. Including Grub. 4) When I ran two internal hard drives, I didn't alter the BIOS settings. When the BIOS was booting, I pressed a key (F8) and selected which hard drive/DVD drive to use from the menu. Cheers and thanks again. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Installing on a USB drive
In my previous computer (built locally and modified over the years by me), I had fitted a second IDE hard drive. The first drive had XP installed and the second had Linux installed. (I tried other distros on it, but ended up with Ubuntu). My new, rather expensive, computer has only one hard drive and that has Windows7 pre-installed with a 'rescue partition'. Now, the insurance/support policy I have on the new computer (I didn't bother with one on the old machine) states that I can't modify the computer in any way. I must get a computer repair person, which they nominate, to do any work inside the machine. I don't want to try dual booting by putting Ubuntu on the same hard drive as Windows7, but would rather keep it separate. My thoughts are to install it on an external USB hard drive. Would I simply plug the drive in, boot the computer, run the liveCD and install it as I would with an internal hard drive? I have read postings about installing to a USB memory card, which seems rather complicated, needing special programs to do it. So I am wondering if installing to a hard drive would be easier. The drive would only be used with this machine. To clarify, I would like to actually install Ubuntu on the drive, not use the drive as a USB version of a liveCD. Many thanks for any advice. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
Hi Simon, Thanks for the advice, but I', afraid it has come a little late for me. Continuing my efforts to fix the problem and having to reboot several times, eventually I booted up to no screen at all. Rescue mode showed that the config file was empty and I couldn't access the backup file. So I bit the bullet and reinstalled, this time installing the nvidia 173 driver which is not showm as recommended and the machine rebooted into the correct resolution. My pleasure was short-lived however because Firefox would not function. It took ages to boot then would not accept mouse clicks. So I unistalled the 173 nvidia driver and installed the 186 (recommended) driver and lo and behold, on rebooting I have permanent 1920x1080 resolution and everything works swimmingly! Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
Darren, Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, however, it caused the resolution to revert to 800x600 permanently whereas the boot sequence had formerly been 1920x1080 initially. I also struggled to get the Nvidia config screen back! Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
r: Found scroll wheel(s) (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found x and y absolute axes (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found keys (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Configuring as mouse (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Configuring as keyboard (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb" (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: initialized for absolute axes. (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (**) Power Button: always reports core events (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1" (II) Power Button: Found keys (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (**) Power Button: always reports core events (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0" (II) Power Button: Found keys (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: always reports core events (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Device: "/dev/input/event4" (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found keys (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Configuring as keyboard (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event2" (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE) (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes. (II) config/hal: Adding input device Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: always reports core events (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Device: "/dev/input/event6" (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found 3 mouse buttons (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found x and y relative axes (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Found scroll wheel(s) (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: Configuring as mouse (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver" (type: MOUSE) (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms (**) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 (II) Chicony USB Wireless HID Receiver: initialized for relative axes. (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x600" (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1920x1080+0+0" I apologise to other readers on this list for the length of this post. Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
I have tried all sorts, including the suggestions in the parallel thread. I have been able to save an xorg.config file with the correct settings and yet Ubuntu still boots up in 800x600 resolution. Strangley enough, however, as it is booting with the chocolate screen the resolution is correct. then shortly after I sign in the screen blanks for a second or so then changes to 800x600. Strange! Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
A couple of months ago I treated myself to an All-in-One PC with a large touchscreen monitor. I couldn't use Ubuntu on it because it has a Realtek wireless card which Ubuntu doesn't recognise and, as far as I can tell, nobody has been able to get around this. Also, as the PC's OS is Windows 7, wubi won't install either. Over the weekend, however, I had the bright idea of using a TP-Link wireless dongle. This works a treat and now I have 9.10 up and running /almost/ perfectly. There is one fly in the ointment, though, and that is the display. Ubuntu defaults to 800x600 every time I boot up. Naturally I reset the display to the monitor's preferred mode, 1920x1080 but on trying to save this setting I receive the error message "Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!". I wonder if anyone can advise me how I can save the configuration permanently. Many thanks, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What webcam?
Thank you all for your help and all the information you have given. There is a lot to read! I agree that webcams are a minefield. In my experiments, I have found that mine works with some programs but not with others. Different distros give different results. There seems to be no consistency. Pulse Audio seems to have made things worse! I can only get sound working if I uninstall PA. Cheers and thanks again. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] What webcam?
Hello. I want to wipe XP from my hard drive, but the only thing which is preventing me is that I can't get my 6 year old Logitech Quickcam Chat webcam to work very well in Ubuntu (9.04 or 9.10), with aMSN. The camera works well in WindowsXP, using the Logitech driver, so it isn't a faulty camera. After many hours of unsuccessfully trying, I have come to the conclusion that the best thing to do would be to get a new, compatible, webcam. So, does anyone on the list use a webcam and aMSN and gets good results from it? Preferably, more or less 'out of the box', but I don't mind a bit of fiddling around! If so, what make and model of webcam do you use, please. For information, using Skype or one of the other protocols is not on. It must be MSN. I have looked in the hardware database, but would like to buy a personally recommended model, rather than just pick one from the general list which is given. Many thanks for any advice. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which webcam to get?
Tom Vetterlein wrote: > Hi > > I've recently been looking to get a webcam to better stay in touch with > a couple of people that I know who've moved over seas. There seems to be > a bewildering amount available and not masses of information available > about which ones will function under Ubuntu. > > Does anyone have any they can recommend? I'm looking to spend no more > than £20 if possible. Also any tips on where to get them at the best > prices would be most welcome. I've checked Scan, Overclockers and Amazon > so far but if anyone else has any tips that'd be cool. > I can't recommend which one to get, but Argos have a reasonable selection at good prices. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MBR
Some of you may remember that I wrote the following a couple of weeks ago and I received several helpful replies:- "The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to the end of its life. I have a Windows XP machine, which I've never actually opened up. I propose to remove the master drive from the Linux machine on which Ubuntu is installed and insert it into the Windows one. It will then become the slave drive. What I would like to know is how to create a new MBR on the Windows machine as I shall wish it to boot up into Ubuntu for 95% of the time." As it turned out it was all academic because the drive in the ailing machine was an IDE drive and the newer machine had SATA connections so I ended up partitioning and installing Ubuntu onto the single, 320Gb, drive which seems big enough. As it happens I had lying about in the attic an old USB caddie so I inserted the Ubuntu disc into it and connected it to a Vista laptop which boots from USB and switched on. Lo and behold I was presented with the Grub menu and was able to boot up into Ubuntu. The reason for this now lengthy missive, for which I apologise, is to ask the experts who may read it whether it is safe to run Ubuntu in this fashion, or am I in danger of corrupting data on either the Ubuntu or the Vista hard drive. Many thanks for your patience in reading so far and I look forward to receiving any reply. Regards, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lightning
Thanks for that, I'll give it a go. Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. From: George MacLeod To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2009 4:07:01 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lightning 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. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 and Lightning 0.9 add-on with Ubuntu 8.04 on at least two of my machines without problems and on Ubuntu 8.10 on another machine, again without problems. Seoras -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lightning
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. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Lightning
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. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. 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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to my ethernet Connection......
No John, The "never" means that ethernet (or is it wireless?) has /never/ connected! Keith --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. - Original Message From: John To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Friday, 13 February, 2009 2:25:16 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to my ethernet Connection.. Ok, have checked the connections, and rebooted, but its still showing never in the network box. Would that be what is causing the wired connection problem? John. Matt Jones wrote: > It sounds like it could be the router/switch/modem on the other end of > the cable, especially with the dying wireless as well. > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John wrote: > >> I am having problems connecting to my ethernet connection, when the two >> green lights appear, its still waiting for an address, when I look in >> the Network box, it says Auto eth0.never. I have rebooted the >> machine, for it to try to just connect to the etherneet cable but it >> keeps connecting to the wireless connection. >> >> I just wondered if that had something to do with it not connecting to >> the ethernet network. >> >> It connects to the wireless ok, but that keeps on disconnecting when >> downloading updates. >> >> Does anybody have a ideas on why this is happening? >> >> Thank you. >> >> John. >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MBR
Thanks for the reply Dave. Not yet having opened the other machine I don't know how much room there will be to rummage around in it. Presumably there's then the question of fiddling about with the dip switches. Still I'll certainly consider what you say when I get round to doing the deed. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 8.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] MBR
The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to the end of its life. I have a Windows XP machine, which I've never actually opened up. I propose to remove the master drive from the Linux machine on which Ubuntu is installed and insert it into the Windows one. It will then become the slave drive. What I would like to know is how to create a new MBR on the Windows machine as I shall wish it to boot up into Ubuntu for 95% of the time. Any advice/assistance will be gratefully accepted. Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....
John, Here is a copy of my posting to this forum on 14 Nov 2008. I am still of the opinion that this is a brilliant little machine :- "Rob, You may remember replying to a post of mine last week about the Acer. I bought mine from a Tesco store for the same price as Tesco direct, although it is cheaper at amazon and play.com. It has 1 GB ram and a 120GB hard drive. I installed Ubuntu eee (which is v8.04) via usb stick and everything just worked. The only drawback is the volume of the sound, some people might want it louder. There is a workaround, but I understand v8.10, with a later version of alsa, will fix this so it's not a problem for me. Cheers," I have subsequently upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 with no problem. Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB STICK
Ted wrote: > Anyone know where I can buy a pre-loaded usb stick at non-inflated price ? I don't remember what you actually want, but does this help:- http://www.acer-1-soft.co.uk/ Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] EeePC 900A vs Acer Aspire One
Rob, You may remember replying to a post of mine last week about the Acer. I bought mine from a Tesco store for the same price as Tesco direct, although it is cheaper at amazon and play.com. It has 1 GB ram and a 120GB hard drive. I installed Ubuntu eee (which is v8.04) via usb stick and everything just worked. The only drawback is the volume of the sound, some people might want it louder. There is a workaround, but I understand v8.10, with a later version of alsa, will fix this so it's not a problem for me. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire
Further to my previous posts on this subject I have now installed Ubuntu eee on my Acer and it seems to have gone completely without hitch. I got online immediately and networked with my other machines with a single mouse click. Despite the disparaging remarks about the Acer Aspire made by Colin McCarthy the other day, I find it to be a lovely little machine and have not found a really critical comment made by any reviewer/user on the Internet. So, thanks for the encouragement given by most people who responded to me. Best wishes, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on an Acer Aspire One. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire
Thanks to everybody who replied offering advice on installing Ubuntu on the Acer. I'll have a go over the weekend and if I encounter ant insurmountable (for me) problems you'll probably hear about them here! Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. (Still using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire
Yesterday I splashed out on a new toy - the Acer Aspire One netbook, the Linpus Lite version with 1GB ram, and a 120GB Hard Drive. It's a very nice little machine and ideal for a first time user, but the OS is rather limited. I've checked the Howto install Ubuntu on it at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne and at face value it looks pretty daunting. If it all goes pear shaped it seems that I've got no means of recovering the original OS because of the lack of CD drive on the machine. So before I commit myself, can any of our readers who may have already accomplished the feat tell me how successful/useable the installation has proved to be. Many thanks, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. (Still using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] System hosed during network upgrade to 8.10
In message of 1 Nov, Tim Powys-Lybbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have installed it as an upgrade to 8.04 64 bit Hello Tim, Have you abandoned RiscOS, or are you just dallying? ;-) Best wishes, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Windows Dual Boot
Jason Liquorish wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:31:56 +0100 > "Andrew Nixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok strange question but i have a ubuntu system that is running only > ubuntu, and i could do with doing a dual install with windows, > however i am not keen to have to format. I really need the dual boot > with windows for performance reasons on this project and am > struggling to think of a way to do it without messing up my MBR etc.. > does anyone have any ideas, a backup and restore from my current > install would be a possibility if anyone has any good ideas for doing > that. > > Thanks, Andrew. A suggestion. Can you fit a second hard drive? I have Ubuntu and Windows installed on separate hard drives. Both are self contained. Ubuntu is a standard installation, its Grub being on its own hard drive. So it hasn't touched the Windows drive. With my motherboard, if I press F8 while the BIOS is booting, I can select which hard drive to boot into. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs
On Monday 28 July 2008 8:16:06 pm James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging > what IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and > Orange/Wanadoo are all out. > > I'm thinking Pipex business - static IP, unlimited downloads but > it's £20 a month + VAT. > > What do others use/recommend? Unlimited Downloads is a must. > Static IP would be a plus > > James. I am with plus.net and they are very good. Also have a look at their forum, to get an idea of them. They have a range of options. I'm on Option2 which has 15GB a month cap. This is plenty for me. It costs me £14.99 a month. Static IP if you want it. Higher options give you more. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
Once again thanks to everyone, particularly Lucy, for all the replies and suggestions with regard to my problem. Unfortunately I didn't seem to be getting anywhere so eventually I decided to bite the bullet and reinstall although I accept that that's bnot the ideal solution. Anyway, things are a little better now but not perfect, for instance user2 still cannot gain access to the external USB hard drive where our backups, etc. are stored. Anyway, I'll soldier on and maybe even get to grips with the command line, who knows? Regards, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
Lucy wrote: Can you copy and paste the > exact commands you typed and the errors you received please? Hello Lucy, Again, thanks for the reply. I cut and pasted the commands from your original email. I was able to add the second user, but then the following occurred:- sudo cp -a /home/valerie-tmp/ /home/valerie cp: cannot create special file `/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a1_sock': File exists cp: cannot create special file `/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a2_sock': File exists cp: cannot create special file `/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a3_sock': File exists cp: cannot create special file `/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a4_sock': File exists Valerie is, of course, user2 and the error was indeed repeated as shown, a1 being incremented to a4. Any clues? Regards, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
Thanks again for all for the suggestions. I tried Lucy's first and was indeed able to re-create the original user2. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to sudo cp -a the original files back into user2's home. Furthermore the permissions (for me the bane of Linux) have been altered. Even trying to write files to the home directory elicits an error message suggesting that the directory does not exist, all very frustrating. Luckily I have been able to copy the important files by fudging backups via the network. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!
Hi Javad, Whilst they are not quite in your price range, Aldi at present have a pair of noise cancelling 'phones at 19.99UKP. I bought a pair for the same reason and they work effectively at keeping extraneous noise out and other people in the same room can't hear them (subject to the volume you listen at!). Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
Thanks for the suggestions. I do have root access and I had already tried sudo passwd and I get the response "passwd: unknown user (user2)". That is why I had also tried "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add (user2). The response to that was "Home directory already exists". I have tried to change the name of that directory without success. So it seems that I'm still stumped! Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
I've managed to get myself into a bit of a pickle and would appreciate any help. I have a non-Windows machine with two separate hard drives. Ubuntu is on one and Kubuntu on the other, They are both partitioned with home directories on a separate partition. There is an additional user on each distro. On Friday a problem arose with the Kubuntu distribution which I couldn't resolve myself, so I decided to install v. 8.04.01, especially as it now included KDE 4. All seemed to be OK until I tried to boot up Ubuntu which stalled and needed a CTRL-D to get to the desktop. Not to worry, I thought, I'll reinstall with 8.04.1 which proceeded normally. However, when the other user tried to log in, Ubuntu would not accept the password. I googled extensively but the only remedy I could find was to recover my own password, which was not applicable here and didn't help recover, or change, the password in question. I even tried to "re-add" the second user but Ubuntu told me that the user already existed, etc. So I'm stumped and if anyone can help me resolve the problem, I shall be very pleased. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.04 update
On Sunday 29 June 2008 10:19:44 pm Alan Pope wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 09:51:50PM -0400, Keith Powell wrote: > > Looking forward to Thursday (or Friday, depending on how busy the > > servers are!) and downloading the updated CD. > > Out of interest, why? > Hello Alan. It will be a fresh installation on a new hard drive. Rather than use my exisitng CD, plus downloading about 400Mb (guessing!!) of upgrades, it will be better to use the new CD. Also, I will then have the latest CD if I need to install in the future - either a reinstallation on my machine, or one on another machine. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.04 update
Alan Pope wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 07:15:30PM -0400, Keith Powell wrote: >> If I remember correctly, some weeks ago it was announced that there >> would be an updated version of 8.04LTS. This would, basically, be a >> bug-fixed version. I think it was supposed to be out in June. >> >> I cannot find any further mention if it. >> > > Depends where you look :) > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-June/000439.html > >> Will it be the same as the 8.04LTS which is already out, plus all the >> upgrades? >> > > Yes, but a new ISO will be generated which doesn't have the ssh > vulnerability that the current ISOs do, along with updates. > > Updates to the install CD has been in the plan since before the release. > > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/146 > > Cheers, > Al. > Thanks, Alan. Looking forward to Thursday (or Friday, depending on how busy the servers are!) and downloading the updated CD. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.04 update
Mac wrote: > Keith Powell wrote: >> If I remember correctly, some weeks ago it was announced that there >> would be an updated version of 8.04LTS. This would, basically, be a >> bug-fixed version. I think it was supposed to be out in June. >> >> I cannot find any further mention if it. >> >> Am I remembering correctly, please? >> >> If so, what is the latest news about it? >> >> Will it be the same as the 8.04LTS which is already out, plus all the >> upgrades? > > > Keith >>> Yes, there will be a new .iso / CD release next Thursday, > 3/7/08; it will be 8.04.1 - an .iso with all the bug fixes and updates. > > Mac > Thanks for the information, Mac. I have to do a new installation of 8.04, so I'll use the new one rather than bother with a pile of updates. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.04 update
Hello all. If I remember correctly, some weeks ago it was announced that there would be an updated version of 8.04LTS. This would, basically, be a bug-fixed version. I think it was supposed to be out in June. I cannot find any further mention if it. Am I remembering correctly, please? If so, what is the latest news about it? Will it be the same as the 8.04LTS which is already out, plus all the upgrades? Many thanks for any information. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
Thanks for all the instant replies. I downloaded the User Agent Switcher and it worked a treat. Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Online banking
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. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home folder
Stuart, Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I continued experimenting after I had posted my query and now I cannot log in to Kubuntu, presumably because it has 'lost' the Home folder. When trying to sign in I get the error message 'Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation'. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and reinstall! Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Home folder
Hi, I use a Linux only machine with two fairly large hard drives. Ubuntu is installed on one and Kubuntu on the other. On both distros I have separate partitions for my home folders. I mainly use Ubuntu. A couple of months ago the network/internet capability disappeared from Kubuntu and I was unable to fix it. Recently I decided that I would upgrade Kubuntu to 8.04 even though my experience on my laptop with Ubuntu has not been 100% successful. My thinking was that I would at least solve the network/internet problem. So I reinstalled Kubuntu 7.10 and upgraded via Adept. It seems to have gone pretty well except that I was obviously not paying enough attention during the partitioning dialogue. I have not lost the data on the separate partition but what used to be my home folder is now only seen as a separate drive. Is there any way I can change the situation so that it is recognised as the normal Home folder? Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Kubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 16/03/2008, *Keith Powell* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Thank you all for your replies and all the advice you have given. I > really do appreciate it. When I posted my 'rant', I thought that I may > get a couple of replies saying "I agree" or "I don't agree". I never > thought that you would all go to the trouble you have done. What a > fantastic forum!! > > You have given me several firms to investigate, which I will do over the > next few days. Things are very hectic here at the moment, so I won't be > able to do anything immediately. > > I have read some good reports about Efficientpc (except that they are > very bad at replying to e-mails). Also I think a day in Manchester to > visit the two Manchester firms will probably be called for. > > Thanks again to all who replied. > > > Keith > > Hi Keith, can you report back after you have made your enquiries as > I would love to hear how you get on. I am in Yorks but visit > Manchester a lot- so looking for a computer there would be as > convenient. Thanks (and it is a great forum) > > > Caroline > Hello Caroline. It will probably be a week or so before I can do anything, but I'll certainly get back to you and tell you how I get on. Incidentally, I've since read some very good reports about PCSpecialist at Holmfirth. They build computers just to your specification, and they are very reasonably priced. Also, you can have them with XP or Vista installed, or, with *no* operating system installed. This last choice sounds very interesting. The London School of Puppetry in Yorkshire? I knew that London was expanding, but I didn't realise it had reached that far north. ;-) Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
Thank you all for your replies and all the advice you have given. I really do appreciate it. When I posted my 'rant', I thought that I may get a couple of replies saying "I agree" or "I don't agree". I never thought that you would all go to the trouble you have done. What a fantastic forum!! You have given me several firms to investigate, which I will do over the next few days. Things are very hectic here at the moment, so I won't be able to do anything immediately. I have read some good reports about Efficientpc (except that they are very bad at replying to e-mails). Also I think a day in Manchester to visit the two Manchester firms will probably be called for. Thanks again to all who replied. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
Ged wrote: > http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/eSys+S709001UK+Intel+PC+System+%2B+Linux+?productId=30498 > > Aria is now selling Linux fitted PC's with Ubuntu, and for a VERY good > price, and a bloody good spec. > > Intel(R) Celeron 3.2GHz Processor > 80GB – 7200RPM Hard Disk Drive > 512MB DDR II RAM > DVD Rom drive > VIA PM 800 Pro Motherboard > Integrated shared 64MB Graphics > 5.1 channel AC'97 Sound > 6 x USB 2.0 Ports > Integrated Ethernet 10/100 Mbps > 1 x AGP 8x , 3 x PCI > Enhance 250W PSU > Multimedia Keyboard > Optical Scroll Mouse > Linux Ubuntu > Thanks Ged and Kris for the information. It looks an excellent machine for the price. I'll seriously think about it. Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
norman wrote: >> This is rather O/T, but I hope no one minds! >> >> My computer is getting rather 'long in the tooth' (just like its owner), >> so I have been thinking of getting a new one. If I built my own and >> something didn't work, I'd be lost. So I will have to buy. But which >> machine? > > > > I understand your rant and have been through it. In the end, I decided > to buy from a supplier who would build a machine to my specification, > supply with no operating system installed and be reasonably priced. I > have never looked back and now two other members of the family have > similar machines. > > Norman > > Probably the best way to go, Norman. Was it a national supplier, or one local to you? I'm in Cheshire. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
Sean Miller wrote: > Updating Ubuntu isn't hard... the update manager will simply tell you > "There is a new version available" and do it all for you. > > Significantly easier than upgrading XP to Vista etc... when new Ubuntu > versions come out they generally work... don't need to wait a year for > the product to become stable... ! > Sorry, Sean, I couldn't have made it clear. It's not the actual upgrading Ubuntu that I was commenting on, (no problem with that), it was the fact that, if the Ubuntu machine was pre-loaded with 7.10, would the warranty be void if I replaced it with 8.04 almost immediately, then 8.10 in six month's time. It would be something I would check with the manufacturer if I bought a Ubuntu machine. I was just "thinking out loud!" Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
This is rather O/T, but I hope no one minds! My computer is getting rather 'long in the tooth' (just like its owner), so I have been thinking of getting a new one. If I built my own and something didn't work, I'd be lost. So I will have to buy. But which machine? Magazine reviews? Magazine 'X' tests computers 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D'. They conclude that 'C' is the Best Buy. But, there is no way a purchaser can even see one before buying, let alone try one out. The manufacturer is either mail order only or situated 200 miles away. Then the follow-up letters appear in the magazine's forum, saying that "I bought one and it's a load of rubbish. It went faulty after a few days and the manufacturer's after sales service is non-existent". So, I read magazine 'Y'. They test computers 'B', 'D', 'E' and 'F'. Best Buy is 'F'. But how does that compare with the Best Buy of the other magazine? They are of similar specs. Again, no chance of seeing one. Any way, they will almost certainly have Vista installed (or occasionally XP). Removing it and replacing it with Linux will immediately invalidate the warranty. I don't know if dual booting would. I don't want to have Vista on the hard drive, just so that the warranty is valid. There are a few machines with Ubuntu installed, but how do they compare with the others? They never seem to be tested by the magazines. What happens to their warranty in a month or so when a new Ubuntu comes out? Would I be stuck with the older Ubuntu version and daren't replace it? So, I look at our local Curry's or Comet. Only a very few machines on display, all running Vista. "We don't supply computers without Vista installed. Everyone uses Vista now!!" There were two reasonable computer shops near here, who built machines to your specification, but they have both closed. Then, there's the chap who advertises in the local paper. Is it just a sideline for him? Is he any good and reliable? Or will he make a botch of it and his guarantee will be worthless? Isn't buying a new computer a minefield? End of rant!! Sorry it's been rather O/T, but it does concern Ubuntu. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution
Hi Tom, Thanks for your tip. I use POP3 so I'll try what you suggest. I've been using Evolution for a couple of years with no problem so I am disappointed that it appears to have gone belly-up. I also like Thunderbird, so if I can copy my stuff over, it won't be a chore to use that instead. Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Evolution
Since my upgrades to Gutsy, on two different machines, I seem to have suffered more than my fair share of problems with Evolution. However, I have searched quite extensively for information on exporting my emails and contacts from Evolution into Thunderbird, without success. Does anyone have any useful tips? If so, I would be most grateful to hear. Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I _NEED_ one of these...
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:19 +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 01:19:05PM +, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > > http://www.tuxisalive.com/ > > > > Oooh, we're having a wishlist day are we? :) > > Right, I want one of these:- > > http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad > Popey, I was bought one for my (special) birthday (regrettably neither 18th nor 21st) last July and it's proved to be one of the best gadgets I've ever had (and I've had a lot)! Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Internet access for second user
I did as Tony suggested in Ubuntu, adding my partner as an administrator and that seems to work OK. However, I do not have much experience of KDE, only having recently started using Kubuntu. (I do quite like it so far.) Consequently I haven't been successful attempting a similar ploy with Kubuntu. I don't feel inclined to mess about with different wireless utilities at present so SHMBO will have to manage with Ubuntu for now. it's no great hardship, is it? Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Kubuntu 7.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Internet access for second user
I haven't yet had the opportunity to try out the suggestions put forward to assist me. I shall do so as soon as possible and report back. Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.10 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Internet access for second user
I have two large hard drives on this computer with Ubuntu 7.10 on the first and Kubuntu 7.10 on the second. I am the administrator on both and there is a second user, my partner, on each. When I boot up the machine and log-in in my name, Internet access is normal. However, if my partner switches on the machine and logs-in in her name, the wireless network does not start and asks for the password. Firstly my partner does not know the password and I can't see the point of her having to go through such a procedure anyway. Secondly, if we switch user to myself, the problem persists and short of resetting the network configuration the only way I can fix it is by rebooting and logging into my account. This happens on both operating systems and it effectively means that my partner can only use the computer with Internet access when I am at home. Has anyone any idea how to solve this problem for us? Cheers, Keith. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: >> Yes, you should be able to set the cd drive as slave and hard drive as >> master. > > Now that's very encouraging but would I still be able to setup Grub as > has been previously indicated? > > Norman > > > There are little gizzmos about that convert an IDE drive to SATA, I have got one here, I cannot get it to work, but thats probably down to me rather than it. kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Error Message when updating
I install 7.10 on this laptop a few weeks ago and have not touched it since. Tonight on starting up I used Synaptic Package Manager to get the updates and received the following error message; E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_main_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB - open (2 No such file or directory) E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_universe_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB - open (2 No such file or directory) E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_restricted_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB - open (2 No such file or directory) E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en%5fGB - open (2 No such file or directory) E: Internal error opening cache (3). Please report. Advice Please on error and where to report too. kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: > Sorry to keep labouring the point but, please, to avoid total confusion > which do I make the master, Ubuntu or Windows? > > Norman > > The easiest way is to make windows the master, Ubuntu the slave kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
Keith Gregory wrote: > norman wrote: > >> Thanks every one for being so helpful I will try things, hopefully, >> tomorrow and will report back. Incidentally, does it matter which drive >> the end of the cable is connected to? >> >> Norman >> >> > > Normally The primary drive is on the end, secondary in the middle. > > Here,s a bit of extra reading, > > http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCS-c.html > > Correction "Normally The primary drive is on the end, secondary in the middle." This may not be right for you, it depends on what cable your using I think I have just remembered I had to fiddle around a bit in the bios to get this to work kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: > Thanks every one for being so helpful I will try things, hopefully, > tomorrow and will report back. Incidentally, does it matter which drive > the end of the cable is connected to? > > Norman > > Normally The primary drive is on the end, secondary in the middle. Here,s a bit of extra reading, http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCS-c.html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
norman wrote: > < big snip > > > So, things are not as simple as I first thought. The thing is, the hard > drive I am thinking of adding is from my old machine and has Windows XP > already installed on it. Does this make much of a difference to the > advice so far given? > > Norman > > The way I would do that is 1 Disconnect Ubuntu drive 2 Add Windows hard drive as primary drive, Boot and install drivers etc. 3 Reconnect Ubuntu drive configured as slave 4 Boot from Ubuntu install disk using repair option see if that will reconfigure grub for you kfg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Compatible Hardware
Rob Beard wrote: > Alec Wright wrote: > >> I've noticed recently that more hardware manufacturers are saying if >> their hardware works with linux lately? >> I can think of 3 examples: >> 1GiB pen maxell drive form asda (£7, bargain!) about a week ago. It said >> on the packet, "requires windows 98 or later, mac os (insert an >> irrational number here) or linux 2.4" >> My friend got a new d-link USB wireless gadget, also about a week ago. >> It said on the box that it worked on linux. And work on linux it did. >> My school got a new printer. They left a label on it which boasted all >> of it's "exciting new features". One was "Postscript compatible - runs >> on linux" and it had a picture of tux on it =] The ict staff still >> insisted on plugging it into a windows computer though =[ >> >> Has anyone else noticed this? >> > > I've noticed it with one or two devices although not many yet but it's > promising to say the least. I guess the thing to do is if you're after > some hardware, buy the hardware which says it's compatible with Linux > over something that doesn't say it is. > > Rob > > > Hi Rob, and Alec. My 2GB PNY Stick said that it ran under linux too, so I use that for my Puppy Linux installation, mainly for when I'm out and about. On a general note, I've noticed that since I've come back to the Linux community, the hardware support seems to be a lot better than back in the days when I was running Red Hat 9 (about four years ago now). (The only annoying thing I have on the hardware front now is the fact that the mic on my all-in-one set that I bought as part of a Skype starter kit dosen't work, but for me, that's at least better than having no sound at all!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help
James Grabham wrote: > Where as these days we just shove ubuntu live CDs in the PCs at PC > world, reboot them, and laugh as people say "wow this Vista thing > looks great" > LOL, I'm gonna try that next time I go in there... has anyone done that, and what was the reaction like? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.
Dave Morley wrote: > I used to hate using Evolution but since I last used it to the release > in Gutsy things have improved greatly. The whole experience is a > pleasure. > > So I just wondered what everyone else uses? > I use Thunderbird, mainly because it's the default in Xubuntu, and also because it was my email client in windows, so it's familiar to me too. Keith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?
Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state > whether it is ADSL or cable. > > Jai > I'm with Virgin Media on cable, but I wouldn't be with them if I had a choice, their customer service people are awful! I was trying to set up a relatives new laptop once, and for some reason the internet wasn't connecting. It took me (and my relative) three days (and many phone calls) before they would finally admit it was their problem, and not ours. Still, I downloaded Ubuntu 6.06 from their servers, so at least they're good for one thing! ;) Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Alternative Article for Local Press
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Following on from Chris's post last week, I decided to have a bash at > writing one myself. Nothing wrong with Chris's, but I wanted to put a > slightly different spin on it. Copy follows: > > > > An Alternative to Windows? > By Ian Pascoe, Ubuntu UK Loco Team Member > > Anyone reading this article will more than likely have heard of Microsoft > and their Windows desktop. If you are involved with being more creative > with your computer, you may well have heard of the Apple Mac, but have you > ever heard of either Ubuntu or Linux? No? I’m not surprised as these are > the new kids on the block and having made in roads into the professional > server market, are now beginning to move into the consumer market. Well > known computer suppliers Dell now offer desktops and laptops with Ubuntu > installed as an alternative to Windows, together with other less well known > vendors. > > Why should I bother with Ubuntu or Linux as my computer works perfectly well > with it’s current Microsoft installation? The short answer is, as long as > it works, there’s no real need to change – unless of course you are looking > to move to the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s Windows, and you are having > to try and justify the cost for the new Vista desktop, or maybe., you have > so many viruses and spyware on your computer that you gave up trying to use > it for anything other than the most simple tasks ages ago. There are lots > of other reasons too. > > Interested? Well, here are some of those other reasons. Firstly, because > of Linux’s ancestory it is considerably more secure than Microsoft’s > Windows. Secondly, Linux, Ubuntu, and the other thousands of other various > projects operate as a world wide community of individuals, and generally are > not corporately controlled. Thirdly, you have the choice to choose what you > want. Fourthly, 95% or better of what you can do on Microsoft or Apple you > can do on Linux, and in some areas, it can only be done on Linux. Lastly, > almost everything within the Linux community does not place any hardship on > your wallet or purse – or put another way, it’s free! > > Taking, for example, Microsoft’s latest Windows package Vista. If you > currently have Windows already on your existing computer and you want to > upgrade to Vista, it is highly likely that you will need to upgrade the > computer’s hardware to enjoy the delights of it’s new Aero interface, as > well as the cost of the Windows software upgrade. > > Now using Ubuntu, you can get the same effects as Vista’s Aero interface > without either the cost of upgrading your computer, or the additional fees > for the Vista upgrade itself. > > You will have noticed that I have changed from Linux to Ubuntu – the reason > is that Linux can be thought of as the equivilant to Microsoft, and Ubuntu > as the equivilant to Windows. > > What could you expect to get with Ubuntu? There are a number of different > flavours of Ubuntu, for use in different situations, but all of those that > are not targeted at specialist uses will have the basics of what most people > need – an Office suite, including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation > and database software, e-mail, web browsing, instant messaging, the ability > to play DVDs and CDs watch and download music and videos, and even, when you > get more experienced, the ability to run Windows applications as well! And > lots, lots more. > > If you decide to take the plunge and have a look at Ubuntu, what do you do > next? Well, the easiest thing to do is to either download , or send off for > a Live CD. This CD contains everything described above and will run on most > modern, and a few not so modern, computers, without interfering at all with > whatever’s on your computer at the moment. And if you decide you like it, > you can then get it to install directly onto the computer without affecting > anything else that’s on there, as long as there’s enough space for it on the > Hard Disk. > > What do you do if you get stuck? Because, as I mentioned above, this is > driven by the Linux and Ubuntu communitys, there are a number of different > ways you can get help. Firstly, through your local Linux Users Group, or > for Ubuntu specific problems and questions, there is a UK based Ubuntu team > that can be contacted either through an e-mail list, web based forum, or IRC > channel. For those who want it, there is also a subscription support > service as well. > > If you want to do some more research, the nbest place to start is at > www.ubuntu.com, and this site will also enable you to obtain the Live CD. > > > > I'm still not 100% about the contents, but the Sunday roast is a-coming and > I won't get chance to look at this again until later this evening. So any > comments, will be appreciated! > > Ah, the smell of roast tatties here I come! > > E > > >
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via Tescos
Rob Beard wrote: > Keith Cleaver wrote: > >> John Levin wrote: >> >>> Just found this: >>> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx >>> and >>> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6129/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx >>> >>> Anyone tried one? >>> >>> John >>> >> I thought only Dell were authorised to sell PC's with Ubuntu pre-installed? >> >> > > Technically being free software anyone is allowed to preinstall Ubuntu. > > Rob > > > OK, thanks for clearing that up. It's a good move, but: 1) How many people buy a PC from Tesco in the first place? 2) Won't the Linux branding scare off a few people, especially if it's something they haven't heard of before (which is likely)? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via Tescos
John Levin wrote: > Just found this: > http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx > and > http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6129/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx > > Anyone tried one? > > John I thought only Dell were authorised to sell PC's with Ubuntu pre-installed? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downloading Ubuntu 7.10 CD image
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 13:53 +0100, David M wrote: > Anybody having any luck downloading a Ubuntu 7.10 CD image? > > I've tried downloading the CD image [1] from various mirrors (UK and > elsewhere in Europe) in the past half-hour or so, and where I have been > (semi-)successful the download has stopped part-way through, but in most > instances the mirror site has reported that the file isn't even there > yet. I think I'll wait until later on before trying again, although by > then the Americans will be awake.. ;-( > > [1] I don't ever really use the Ubuntu CD, I just download it as a good > luck talisman, to have something to boot/reinstall from in case the > in-place upgrade fails [2], and to have the Live CD 'demo' experience > before upgrading for real. > > [2] And I don't actually upgrade until a few days have passed and > others [3] have flagged up any major issues :) > > [3] If I had a spare computer I _would_ install there as a test, but I > don't so I don't: I can't risk trashing my only computer! :-( > > > -- > David M. Edinburgh, Scotland. [en,fr,(de) <-- corrections welcome] > * Please only quote minimum required for context; interleave reply text. > * On-list replies preferred. Please don't 'cc:' list messages to me! > * HTML/slug-trails/excess-quoting/no-context/zero-content => filtered! > >> Read lists as news: nntp://news.gmane.org info: http://gmane.org/ << > > Hi guys, I'm a new user of Ubuntu (I was a Puppy Linux user for a while, and Red Hat a long time ago), and have been impressed with it. Anyway, just to let people know that the new issue of Linux Format has Xubuntu 7.10 on the DVD, if you: 1) Prefer the XFCE window manager and 2) Don't want to download the ISO from the Xubuntu site Thanks, Keith -- Keith Cleaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop problems
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 15:11 +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Quick way to see if the problem is in the .gnome2 directory: move it. > Rename it to something else and try logging in. This will revert > anything you've changed in this dir to their defaults and if it clears > the problem then you can put the contents back bit by bit to identify > what was actually causing the problem. Thanks Robert, I renamed .gnome2 and everything is back to normal. I shall shortly be touring France whilst the World Cup is on (by coincidence) and will then upgrade to Gutsy when it's officially released, so I'm going to leave things exactly as they are until then! Thanks again Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop problems
Hello Darren, Thank you for replying. There are two of us using this machine with me as root user. The other user can log-in normally. I've had a look at the .gnome 2 directory although I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any other advice would be more than welcome! Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Desktop problems
I was surprised not to receive a reply from my previous posting on this subject. I accept that there is a lot of other traffic at present and also my description of my problem was rather long winded. To precis the situation - when Ubuntu boots up and I log-in, the Ubuntu banner is blank, i.e. there is no Nautilus sign and the three icons at the bottom left of the banner are missing. I receive only a plain orangey/brown screen and nothing else happens. However, if I boot up, then before logging in, I select options at the bottom left of the screen and choose Failsafe Gnome, then log-in I enter my normal configuration. Nevertheless, the next time I boot up the problem remains the same. The only thing I could think of was to save the session but this has no effect. Has anyone any ideas? Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Desktop problem
When I switched on this morning I encountered a problem which is new to me and one I have never seen discussed previously. I use Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. Today it booted normally as far as the login screen. I logged in as usual and Ubuntu went through its normal start up procedure. The familiar opening tune played but the screen was completely blank, orangey/brown in colour which is my usual desktop colour. I manoeuvred the mouse all about the screen, without effect. The only keys which worked were power, sleep and wake up (apart from Ctrl/Alt/Backspace). My partner shares this machine with me and I was able to boot into her account normally. I tried booting in recovery mode but that gave me a completely new desktop without any of my own stuff on it. The only alteration I can recall having made to the machine recently is editing Grub as my Kubuntu partition (from where I am sending this mail) had had an update and it pinched the first place in the boot menu. Can anyone suggest how to rectify my problem? Cheers, Keith. -- Keith Bowerman, Using Kubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
