[ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers? (West Mids)
Prompted by the other thread, I wondered if there is anyone looking for old computers around the Worcester/Evesham area? I have a bunch of old PC parts (from cases to motherboards and PCI/AGP cards) that I have acquired over the years, but I no longer have the cupboard space to keep them. I make no claims about what works/doesn't work, or how many working PCs could be built from the stuff (my guess is at least three), but they would all be *very* low-spec by today's standards, and useless to the average person as-is. Most of the parts are probably 10-15 years old. Note that I won't be including any HDDs unless they are specifically needed - I doubt most of them work anyway, but I'd have to check to see what's on them and/or wipe them before giving away. If nobody is interested then I'm open to suggestions, might try Freecycle and ultimately... the tip. I just thought out of anywhere, someone in a group like this might be interested, or know someone who would be. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba
On 6 September 2014 19:54, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: There is a free DOS called, predictably FreeDOS (http://freedos.org), which is available in floppy and CD images. In case anyone else thinks the site is down, the correct address appears to, unhelpfully, be http://www.freedos.org/ Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
On 1 May 2014 16:31, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: My second attempt to submit to the Software Centre has resulted in this extremely unhelpful feedback: This package will not build till the following sections are corrected: Now running lintian... lintian is a tool to check packages for various problems. 'W' indicates a warning, and 'E' an error (bad!). I've provided links to explanations of all the errors below, though the warnings should be looked at too when those are solved. W: cliftontestsuite source: no-section-field-for-source E: cliftontestsuite source: debian-files-list-in-source http://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-files-list-in-source.html W: cliftontestsuite source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends cliftontestsuite W: cliftontestsuite source: debhelper-compat-file-is-missing W: cliftontestsuite source: package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version 1 E: cliftontestsuite source: package-uses-debhelper-but-lacks-build-depends http://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-debhelper-but-lacks-build-depends.html E: cliftontestsuite source: temporary-debhelper-file debhelper.log http://lintian.debian.org/tags/temporary-debhelper-file.html W: cliftontestsuite source: no-debian-copyright E: cliftontestsuite source: no-standards-version-field http://lintian.debian.org/tags/no-standards-version-field.html Seriously, do they not want people to bother doing this? Can anyone help with any of this? Have you tried using dh_make? It would have taken care of almost all of this automatically. You could also upload your package somewhere, I'm sure some kind soul with the knowledge would help fix it and show you where you went wrong. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
On 1 May 2014 17:21, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: How do I know what standards version to put? The latest is 3.9.5, see the bottom of https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ It is used to track which version of Debian's packaging policy was used when a package was created/modified. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
On 24 April 2014 14:50, Peter Smout smoutp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As a complete novice following this thread wit interest, I am put off compiling my small (but hopefully) useful prog to a .deb and will continue to call it from a script ;( This is a shame as I was hoping to expand my programme and and add a GUI, more as a project for me than anything, and maybe if all went well add it to the repo's but the world will just have to wait!! It's certainly a learning curve. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the people who diligently maintain packages in Debian and Ubuntu on a day-to-day basis. When you stop to think about what these massive projects accomplish - reliable repeatable builds for tens of thousands of pieces of software across numerous architectures, automatically resolving dependencies, conflicts, and managing versions and safely rolling out security updates... it's quite amazing (at least to me). Every part of a Debian package is there for a reason, to help with this making this process, this machine, run as smoothly as possible. It can be overwhelming at first, when all you want to do is deploy a simple script or two, but it's a very useful skill to have under your belt if you're doing development. If your software is of general interest and you think it ought to be in the Debian/Ubuntu archives, you may find someone already skilled with packaging is willing to do this for you. Most software in Debian/Ubuntu is not packaged by its authors, but by a dedicated Debian/Ubuntu developer (the package 'maintainer') who already has the necessary skills. You can read more about getting your software into Debian and Ubuntu here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages If you do want to learn to package yourself (which gives you a lot more flexibility, as you are not relying on other peoples' free time), there are guides such as: - https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ - http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/ And if you haven't tried it already, dh_make is a great tool to use when you're starting out, as it will do 90% of the package creation work for you. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
On 23 April 2014 16:56, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/04/14 08:26, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Gareth, On 23 April 2014 08:14, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: I have a perl script I wish to publish but doing so seems rather akin to pulling teeth! I'm trying to package it as an executable but this doesn't seem to work. Can anyone advise me what format it needs to be in to submit it, and how I may achieve this. What's the goal? Make the perl script widely available for people (you don't know) to discover and install on their systems easily? Or is this a script something only a few techy people may be interested in? If the latter, then maybe just put the script on a pastebin, github, launchpad or other host and point people to it with simple instructions for downloading and running it. If the former then you will need to do a little work to learn how to package it. The documentation is uh.. comprehensive, but there's some simpler guides like this one:- http://www.electricmonk.nl/log/2011/09/06/creating-simple-debian-packages/ Cheers, Al. I have followed the instructions in the guide you gave me, however the guidelines for being accepted into the software centre say ' You need to provide us with the Debian source package – A Debian source package (.dsc, diff.gz, orig.tar.gzfiles), bundled in an archive file (.tar.gz, .zip, etc).' Does this mean just zip up the directories I used to create the deb file? You can build a source package with 'debuild -S -sa' inside the package directory. When built, the source package actually consists of multiple files: the .dsc, .diff.gz or .debian.tar.gz and the .orig.tar.gz. The instructions are asking you to put those files together into an archive (tar or zip), just to make it easier to handle. If in doubt, you can look at the .dsc file (it's just text) to see the file listing for the source package. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Experia
On 13 December 2012 19:12, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote: Anyone tell me if the Sony Experia range mounts as a block device in Linux ? I have a Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro, and yes, mounting it works just fine. The only issue I have had was with upgrading Android from the original 1.6 to 2.1 - which required Sony's Windows software (which didn't work immediately either, but that's another story...). But yes, for general usage and even development purposes it works fine with Linux. I imagine pretty much all Android phones are the same in this regard. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does AV chat work with Jabber?
On 23 March 2012 10:11, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/03/12 23:57, James Tait wrote: Although I don't recall seeing the PulseAudio and zeitgeist-daemon problem, your experiences largely match my own. I work away from home for one week every six months or so, and have tried various solutions for calling my wife and two boys. Skype stopped working for us altogether, so we decided to try Jabber. We switched to Google+ Hangouts for this scenario. Just Works is a massive selling point. Being able to use it on the phone too now is also super useful. Not a FLOSS solution, but then neither is Skype. For what it's worth, Google Talk and their Hangouts infrastructure is largely based around Jabber/XMPP protocols. As they transition to WebRTC (a standard for using voice/video in the browser without Flash) a lot of open-source libraries are popping up, both from Google and other folks. They are also planning to document and release their Hangouts protocol extensions. I know it's no use to anyone much now, but in 6-12 months I would be very surprised if there isn't a 100% FLOSS hangouts equivalent around. Regards, Matthew PS. More on the thread's original topic - Jabber/XMPP voice and video is at various stages of maturity in different desktop clients. You might take a look at Jitsi which (Java warning in advance for those that need it) I believe has more solid voice/video than most other Jabber/XMPP clients: http://jitsi.org/ . It's not yet fully mature, but many people are billing it as the open-source eventual Skype killer. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative
On 5 January 2012 12:48, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/01/12 12:25, Alan Pope wrote: On 05/01/12 12:08, John MM wrote: Just wondered, is there an alternative, that can be used on ask platforms? What's an 'ask platform'? Al. Oh sorry, using the Galaxy Tab for that message, it was correct until I hist send then it changed the wordand I have no idea how to stop it. Another message I posted to another group, was completely changed, not just a word, the whole sentence. ask = all http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/Installing/Windows http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/Installing/Mac Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 5V DC power: power off?
On 5 December 2011 22:24, Andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: Would this be where to start or am I taking it the wrong way and over complicating? Robert wrote: How is it that you want to control the light? If it doesn't have to be in response to some event on the computer I'd recommend getting a physical switch. It does have a physical switch my intention was to use the light as event driven as you suggest: fliker with new email, finished compile, scan,... I see i am better off getting arduino for that. Thanks. Or use your parallel port. Oh, wait, it's 2011 now. Never mind :( USB is not the easiest beast to tame the way you are hoping to. The 5v line is typically always on, though additional power can be requested by the device. An Arduino is a good idea if you don't mind learning to write code. There is also the k8055 board which can connect to your computer via USB and has a number of inputs and outputs that you can use without much risk of frying your laptop's USB controller: http://www.maplin.co.uk/usb-experiment-interface-board-42857 Here is one of the first things I did with mine: http://matthewstechnologyblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/im-barking.html Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 0 bytes free
On 22 October 2011 15:03, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: On 22/10/11 12:08, Neil Perry wrote: Has un-mounting and re-mounting done anything? Thanks, Neil I turned off the computer and went out, but now I am back, have turned it on and the external drive that had free space is now showing its free space correctly, it seems. If you delete a file while an application has it open then the space won't actually become available until that application closes it. Sometimes what has the file open may not be obvious, for example if it was a video it could be Nautilus reading the file to generate a thumbnail preview, etc. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] run a script
On 1 July 2011 11:39, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: When I right click on a folder containing a script and select Open I am offered a choice of either Run or Run in Terminal. When I select the latter a terminal opens and then flashes off again. How do I get to make the terminal stay open, please. Running GNOME in 11.04. Not a direct answer to your question but related - one of my favourite Nautilus extensions is the package 'nautilus-open-terminal'. It adds right-click-Open in Terminal for folders. Then you can execute the script with `./filename`. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MeeNee Notebook preinstalled Ubuntu £225
On 26 June 2011 18:14, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 25 June 2011 20:05, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Purchased new notebook laptop 'MeeNee' brand (?) I managed to blag one from the manufacturer to review on the podcast. If there's any specific things people want tested on this thing, let us know. Of all things, I'm curious about the wifi kill switch. I've encountered laptops in the past where they are software-based (as most/all seem to be nowadays) and don't work terribly well in Ubuntu/Linux. This kind of issue affects battery life and being able to use them in (supposed) no-wifi-allowed places. Actually since it appears to have Bluetooth, the same questions apply there... Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page
On 7 March 2011 17:04, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year The default action says YES or NO. It's quite easy to click on the NO button if you don't want to print a test page... Indeed... but the question is; can we do something more useful than just generate scrape paper? ie. Give a long-term benefit to something that is presently throw-away. I think all mine were quickly recycled into aeroplanes... courtesy of http://paperairplanes.co.uk/ Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning
On 19 February 2011 20:32, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hi all, As you can see by the website, we're returning with Season 4 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast in 10 days. Podcast \o/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?
On 24 January 2011 08:46, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/01/2011 17:39, George Tripp wrote: Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to. Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op system. Pcspecialists: apparently there's a problem that the touchhpad doesn't work with ubuntu Novatech: don't know if their hardware is compatible with ubuntu or not Looked round PC World a few machines there look reasonable spec/price but don't appear on the Ubuntu-certified hardware list. What do other people do? Any advice? I've had two Toshiba Satellite laptops in sequence, the current one being about two years old now, and both ran Ubuntu flawlessly. (Neither had a built in webcam though...) I'm on a Toshiba Satellite approaching it's 4th birthday, and I love it as much as the day I got it :) 4 years ago things were more fiddly to get running, but everything works out of the box nowadays. Except the internal card reader... the TI drivers for it seem incredibly buggy :( I'd imagine newer models are completely different hardware though. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all
On 20 January 2011 17:27, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 January 2011 23:31, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 23:11 +, Bill Cumming wrote: I've a Netgear DG834gt Router with custom firmware, It does the same! With me It's a problem with the way the router handles ports, It only happens when i'm downloading many torrents, causes the routers wireless not respond. My router stands vertically with a 4inch gap all around it in a room with no central heating on (it's around 16c in the room) so don't think it's not an over heating problem. It sounds more like a problem with the drivers of the wireless, Can't remember where I read it but there's something about the number of ports the router can open and the speed the connections are recycled causes the drivers to effectively crash if it happens too quickly. As I said, it only happens with me If I'm downloading multiple torrents and they all try to open more than 256 ports each.. -- Regards Bill Cumming Twitter: @s0l_uk Skype: s0litaire eMail: b...@s0l.co.uk I have also had a problem recently with my DG834GT, which suddenly started dropping connections. I traced this to the channel that I was using. The router defaults to channel 6. I changed to channel 11 and the problem went away. I think that one of my neighbours must have bought a wireless device such as a base station telephone which was swamping the signal for channel 6. It is worth a try as it is simple to change and will not cost you a penny. Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ My setup is a WRT54G2. If I try to torrent a distro, my Missus can't access the internet at all. I have always assumed Virgin where traffic shaping, basically stopping people downloading torrents (most of which are probably illegal!) and swamping the network. This also happens if I download a torrent in Windows, so it is not just a linux thing. I think this needs to be said before this thread goes off on a tangent based on misconceptions... Traffic shaping done by Virgin (or any ISP) would happen to the data en route between your router and its destination (the web server or BitTorrent peer). It can affect the rate at which other people behind your router can download things if one PC is flooding the single connection to the ISP. However there is no way that traffic shaping is responsible for wifi dropping between devices and the router as described by the OP - it's a completely different thing. At the moment my money is on the router not enjoying the large numbers of connections that BitTorrent can generate. This would be easy to test by simply downloading a large file from the web on the netbook and seeing if it has the same effect. If it still does then I'd say you either have wifi congestion, and should try changing channels as someone else suggested, or a faulty router. Still, just guesses. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora
On 4 January 2011 09:45, James Tait james.t...@wyrddreams.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/11 17:26, Paul Tansom wrote: I added myself to the waiting list a while back though, so I'll probably get one eventually. If you haven't already had an invitation, I can send you one. Best reply off-list though. ;) I looked at the requirements for running a server, but decided I didn't really want to start messing with Ruby as there's nothing else on my server that uses it. If it had been Perl (or PHP?!) I might have taken a closer look. My sentiments exactly. This is kind of what drew me to OneSocialWeb, actually - since it's based on XMPP and I already run ejabberd, I thought the barrier to running my own server would be much lower. Unfortunately, OSW only has an implementation based on the Java-powered OpenFire XMPP server, and I don't currently use Java for anything else on my server either (pretty shocking, considering I've been primarily employed as a Java developer for most of the last 10 years!). Likewise. As much as I begged the OSW developers they wouldn't fix this, which is why I was never able to run it on my server. Having an open protocol needlessly tied to a single implementation is not the way to conquer the world. Unfortunately the way it was designed would require significant code in every XMPP server. I've seen some comments about Diaspora-X, which seems to be Diaspora hacked to use XMPP as a transport. Does anyone here know any more about it? Yeah, it looks promising - I'm currently working to make a cross-XMPP-server backend for it. Not quite ready yet though :) Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corrupted User Accounts?
On 20 December 2010 15:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/12/10 15:08, Simon Greenwood wrote: The issue with Windows is that there is a database at the core of the authentication mechanism, and this database can get damaged. Unix and Linux are essentially based on flat files which can be edited with the correct permissions. It is possible to damage /etc/passwd and/or /etc/shadow in such a way as to cause authentication failure, and also to corrupt your user space in such a way as to damage user configuration files, but it's also a lot easier to recover them. s/ Ah. That makes things a bit clearer. Are there any Howtos as to how a (relative) newbie can recover from these sorts of damage? If it was a common problem I'm sure there would be :) To be honest the answer is just to make backups, and that's something you should do regardless of the OS you use. Then just restore any damaged files from backups. I don't know about anyone else on this list, but I've never seen such corruption as we're discussing. Sure it can happen in theory, e.g. I could open the system file up in my text editor (if I have root access) and write some gibberish there. Otherwise I'm not sure how it would happen - poorly coded software running as root could do it, but I've never encountered such software that would write to e.g. /etc/passwd. Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A chance to say Hello!
On 12 November 2010 14:10, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote: Not really... however I'm intending to potter around a lot in the coming year to try and meet lots of linux peeps :) If you ever make the Redditch/Worcester way and accept to an XMPP logo on your laptop too... let me know :) Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A chance to say Hello!
On 12 November 2010 17:01, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote: Ot; small world I use to live in redditch. Moved away a couple of years back. I got here from Droitwich a couple of years ago. Every time I try and leave I end up back where I started a couple of hours later, so I'm stuck here for now until I can decipher a map. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clever tricks using vsftpd virtual users to have seperate permissisons
On 4 November 2010 15:20, Matt Darcy ubuntu.li...@projecthugo.co.uk wrote: Hi Ubuntu uk, This is tricky subject to summerize. I'm pretty confident there isn't a solution to do what I want, but I need a sounding board, so your it. I'm looking at using vsftpd as an open ftp daemon, utilising the virtual user functionality so I don't have to use genuine /etc/passwd or shell based accounts. The issue I've got is that I need multiple users (no problem so far) to then have different read/write access to different directories under the ftp root. The virtual users have no awareness or interaction with the Unix file system permissions, nor do they respect them as they work through the ftpd process owning account. I'm looking at clever ways to do this such as a permissions schema linking into mysql, but it's starting to get a bit over the top. I'm confident this isn't possible but thought I'd throw it out to the list to see if any of you have come up with clever solutions. Take a look at the user_config_dir option. Using it you can change settings depending on the logged in user, and hence implement basic permissions (like locking them to folders, etc.). If you want anything more advanced then I think vsftpd is not for you (not that I've ever had much fun with the others, personally). Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??
On 20 October 2010 00:07, Chris Coulson chrisccoul...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 23:58 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty tony.dohe...@zen.co.uk wrote: I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu. However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 long term - would this version eventually receive updates to upgrade to the latest versions of, say, FireFox and OpenOffice when they become available? Generally no. The software versions stay as they are when that version of Ubuntu was released. The only updates are to fix bugs. Sometimes this means updating to a new bugfix release of given software, sometimes it means Ubuntu manually applying bugfixes in their packages. Well, the LTS *will* get a new version of Firefox in the future (once 3.6 is end-of-life), although it will most likely skip 4.0. Exactly why I qualified my no with generally and linked to the SRU wiki page for the further curious ;) Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??
On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty tony.dohe...@zen.co.uk wrote: I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu. However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 long term - would this version eventually receive updates to upgrade to the latest versions of, say, FireFox and OpenOffice when they become available? Generally no. The software versions stay as they are when that version of Ubuntu was released. The only updates are to fix bugs. Sometimes this means updating to a new bugfix release of given software, sometimes it means Ubuntu manually applying bugfixes in their packages. It's aimed a little more at developers and packagers than end users, but this page explains a bit behind it: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On 15 October 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server? Jabber \o/ What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't seem to be able to find any definitive answer. The Openfire Red5 plugin as far as I know (I've never used it myself) is non-standard so I don't think it will work with any client other than their own (Spark). The standard Jabber voice/video protocol (Jingle) is server-independent, and should work with any client that supports it. Popular clients I know support it are Empathy, Pidgin, Psi (might be voice only...), and Gajim. Support in many of them is relatively new, the latest Gajim with support may not yet be in the repositories yet for example. Pidgin and Psi both support Windows. Psi might be voice-only at the moment, I haven't tested it myself. In theory Jingle-capable clients shall also be able to communicate with Google Talk clients when Google update it to use the latest version of the protocol, but we'll have to hold on for now... As for choice of server - if you get tired of Openfire I couldn't not recommend the one I work on, Prosody. It's in the repos :) Good luck, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote
On 27 August 2010 14:20, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: All the pending votes have now been approved, if you have voted already and didn't get a mail, don't worry about it, your vote got counted. If you really want you can email me off list and I can confirm I have your email address in the list of voters. 54 voters have voted so far, about half through clicking the verification link in the email and half me just doing it with a bit of SQL. It is now set up to relay mail through a different server so should in theory be delivering the verification links a bit better now. I voted at some point after this mail, and as far as I can see failed to receive a confirmation (I entered this address I'm posting from). If it's all working fine besides though then no worries. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email url
2010/1/28 red rik_bol...@btinternet.com: Hi This is nothing to do with Linux but with firefox web browser. On the Microsoft browser I can email the page straight to some one. How do I do this in firefox? Firefox: File-Send Link... Epiphany: File-Send link by email...: Matthew. PS. I'm amazed this feature is there, I've *never* used it :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions
2010/1/24 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: Hi, Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have formatted my hd. Even the ubuntu was installed on a separate hd, I am unable to start my pc. It just keeps going into maintenence mode. On top of all this I have lost 400gb of media including pics. Vids and other files. I don't know what to do!!! Most importantly - do *nothing* with the machine. Each time something writes data to the HDD it will greatly reduce the amount of data you can recover. In the past I've used http://www.sysresccd.org/ - testdisk is extremely useful for recovering files in situations like this. Others may have experience with other software, and you can await their advice - just in the meantime *don't* use that drive (preferably don't use that PC, unless using a LiveCD like the above). Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful simple trojan hit gnome-look
2009/12/9 Johnathon Tinsley kir...@kirrus.co.uk: See here for more: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malware-found-in-screensaver-for-ubuntu.html It's worth noting for those that don't know, when you install a package you are effectively giving the package creator (temporary) root access to your system. Packages are allowed to contain scripts that apt/dpkg run with root access (this is so they can install software in system directories like /usr, /etc). If the package creator was malicious, it would be easy to put any kind of command in there, including the infamous rm -rf / (or worse). The same applies equally to software you compile yourself if you run sudo make install. Think twice about installing packages from outside the Ubuntu repositories, Linux is only as secure as its weakest point, don't let that point be you :) Matthew PS. On the other hand I believe it is dpkg/Debian/Ubuntu's failure in that you can't (easily) install software in a sandbox... this isn't even that difficult to do for most software... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful simple trojan hit gnome-look
2009/12/9 Andrew Drapper and...@drapper.com: It may not be the same as a sandbox, but what about installing software that you are not sure about in a virtual ubuntu inside you main ubuntu say using virtualbox? This particular malware did nothing (so far) to the host machine, it simply used it (and collectively all the other machines it was installed on) to flood another server. Basically a primitive (yet effective) botnet. In this respect, if the virtual machine had network access, the malware would work still, it just wouldn't have the potential to harm *your* computer. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error on update for bluez
2009/9/19 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Sean Miller wrote: ...and you did the apt-get clean, yes? Sean Did that, and it still shows in the updates box, and I still cant remove it from the synaptic, I still get that message. There are three similar bugs for bluez, see: 1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399482 and 2) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399555 and 3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/374426 A manual fix to (1) is described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7618582#post7618582 A manual fix to (2) is described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399555/comments/3 If neither of the above work for you, post back and we'll try and figure out exactly what is going wrong. Hope this helps, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...
Hi, Agree with your email, until: On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Paul Sladenubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: If you *are* one of the developers, you appear to be able to give yourself consent under item 1.---and therefore give yourself consent to relicence it under something even vagely open. I'm not actually sure that would be possible. You would actually have to own the entire copyright to the code to relicense it, or everyone who has a claim to copyright on the code would have to agree to the new license. I don't believe the first clause allows you do it. It's a nightmare. IANAL either, I'd do as Tim suggested and email the FSF. Moral of the story: If you ever start an open-source project, use an existing, proven license. Otherwise it is not open-source at all. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Alan Bellalan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier: one of the Alans, but not the Popey This thread simply proves to me that people should all have unique first names. Anyway, the Linux Mark website gives a way to report abuse of the trademark, but I don't see a way to discover if someone actually has a sub-license to use it already. Linux Certified /do/ give the proper attribution on their site, so that much is good. However I don't see that chasing them for trademark violations is going to make any difference whatsoever. If they are without a license to use it then they may simply apply for one, and that's simple enough. I don't (yet?) believe that LC are Bad People as such, even if you have had a hard time with a device they sold you. I think you should try and continue communication with them to resolve any issues before trying to find ways to get at them like this. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Paul Roachroa...@roachy.net wrote: Then you will have a console on the remote machine. From there, you can edit files using nano nano filename There are prompts at the bottom of the screen. When editing a file, it's recommended to copy the file first. cp file.txt file.txt.backup Then you can edit the file without worries... Tip: Create a .nanorc file: nano ~/.nanorc Write the lines: set backup set backupdir /home/yourusername/backups/nano and save and exit. Obviously set the backupdir path to something which exists, or make it. Every time you save a file, a copy of the original will automatically go into the backup directory you specified. This feature has saved me multiple times :) Some other options which I have in my .nanorc which make nano more comfortable: set nowrap set smarthome set autoindent set multibuffer set smooth set suspend Apologies for going a little off the thread topic, but I figured these might be useful, I find that even many people who use it daily don't know that nano can be customised in these ways, so I like to spread the knowledge. It can even accept mouse clicks... more help at man 5 nanorc :) Regards, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 12/06/09 12:20, Alan Pope wrote: 2009/6/12 Sean Millers...@seanmiller.net: European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer *snip http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096701.stm That could be quite a turning point in the browser wars. As far as I understand it, the vast majority of people obtain windows as a pre-installation on a new computer. Most don't install it themselves (although they may re-install it when it goes sour some time later). From what I've read OEMs will be able to select the browser on behalf of the user and pre-install it for them Net result, users get a machine with IE8 pre-installed. Cheers, Al. That seems to be what I have read too. Of course an OS with no browser would make it very hard for a nontechy user to actually go and get one anyway. Open a command window, Use FTP? Al Are Microsoft still going to offer the regular versions of Windows too? I can't say I've seen Windows XP N or Vista N (the versions without Windows Media Player) available anywhere (well, I think I've seen it once). I somehow doubt that it's going to be widely available somehow, I'm sure Microsoft are just doing it to say that it is out there if OEM choose to use it (and no doubt put the blame on the OEM's for being mean and buying the versions with IE8 bundled in). Unlike the N versions, which proved to be very unsuccessful—as Europeans simply purchased the full retail versions and OEMs refused to include them on their systems—Microsoft is not planning to offer a version of Windows 7 in Europe that includes IE8. also: Microsoft notes that the decision affects both OEM and Retail versions of Windows 7 products. While OEMs will have access to a free IE8 pack that allows them to add the browser back in, consumers who purchase retail copies will not have a browser that they can use to download a browser. Therefore, Microsoft will offer IE8 via CD, FTP, and retail channels. It looks like Mozilla, Opera, Google, and Apple will have to do the same if they want European Windows 7 adopters to have access to their browsers. - http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/windows-7-to-be-shipped-in-europe-sans-internet-explorer.ars (article is worth a read) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] copying 34gig to a FAT32 external hard drive -- 3 hours?
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, doug liveseybiot...@gmail.com wrote: Cheers for the reply, but I'm not sure what you mean, sorry -- is it that any copy operations over 2gig would do this? Is this only for linux, as OSX seems to handle it fine. thanks again, FAT32 has a limit which means that no single file can be over 4GB. Multiple files under this limit which total 34GB are ok. It is not Linux-specific. As for the speed issue, I really don't know if it is normal. USB 1.x or 2.0? Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] We're Linux video - winner announced
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Who are the Linux Foundation? A foundation set up to protect Linux, most large open-source projects have such an organisation behind them. Usually a holder of IP, receiver of donations from sponsors, etc. The Linux Foundation pays Linus to work on the kernel, for example. Can Linus T not, perhaps, ask them to change their name? Perhaps to the Microsoft going on Linux Foundation or similar? Difficult... they own the trademark, as I understand it :) If I had created an operating system so vast in its scope I'd be seriously concerned if some people decided to take it upon themselves to undermine everything I had created by ineptitude, lack of vision and - most seriously - failing to comply with open standards. I think it was an oversight on their part, though a pretty major one. Would be interesting to hear if anyone complaining gets a response from them. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast season two
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/9 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: I know that podcasts can be split into chapters - iTunes does support this as well. Download a tiesto podcast and you'll see ;-) Are there any linux based Podcast encoders, or decoders, even, that support the 'chapterised' versions of podcasts, iTunes uses a special format for this, do we have our own? Take a look at mp3splt and mp3wrap in the repos. No idea about Ogg Vorbis though... Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] new arm notebooks
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/23 Robert McWilliam r...@allmail.net: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:53:19PM +, Liam Proven wrote: The form-factor the ARM netbooks should be aiming for is that of the Psion 5 and 5mx, or a host of broadly-similar Windows-CE powered Handheld PCs, such as the HP Jornada 720, the LG Phenom, the NEC MobilePro and so on. Pocketable computer power. There are some linux devices along those lines. The one I'm currently waiting for: http://openpandora.org/ I've read of it. Tiny pocket Gameboy thing with an appalling-looking keyboard. Doesn't look interesting to me at all. ATM I've got a Nokia N810 which isn't a clamshell but is aimed at the same kind of use pattern (and you can get a clamshell case for them). I have looked at them - interesting gadget, but no PDA functionality and a bit small for the Web, I reckoned. But for me, the big selling point of the Psions was an excellent keyboard. Amongst other things, I write for a living, and I wrote many thousands of words on my Psions. They paid for themselves many times over. Even the Eee doesn't match up. Aahh, Psions. Brings back memories. I used them for coding, likewise churning out many, many lines of code. But, now just a distant memory. I'm keeping a keen eye on the Pandora. I'm not sure the keyboard will be so bad, but I'm waiting to hear what people who receive them say about that. Calling it a Gameboy thing is fairly misleading. It's simply an ARM machine running an embedded Linux distro (with desktop), with a touchscreen. The only specific game things about it are the 2 control pads above the keyboard, but I'm quite sure they'll come in handy for scrolling :) Only time will tell. It sounds like we're both looking for something similar, and I have never managed to replace my old Psion. Can't justify the cost vs. size/weight/battery of the netbooks which are catching on now, which is why I'm hesitant to jump for one of those. I prefer something I can fit in my pocket, yet still type on. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Michael Holloway mich...@thedarkwinter.com wrote: On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 22:14 +, alan c wrote: I trust it will not be long before I can feel just a little safer? comments welcomed. I think something like distro level security could be implemented, where ubuntu (/rh/suse etc) maintain say an md5 list of all binaries available from the repositories (or just the installed ones), and before executing a file check if it exists in the hash file, and matches, and then execute or warn. I hope it is /not/ MD5, which has been 'cracked' for a while now ;) http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~selinger/md5collision/ In principle however, your idea would work well in practice. It's even quite possible to do today. I would like to see SELinux/AppArmour taken that little bit further too. I still refuse to run anti-virus on Linux, I *don't* need it :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound problem
Next time the soundcard is locked, run this in Terminal: sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/* It will list the applications currently using the sound. Paste the output here, and we may be able to help out. Matthew. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Hi Under ubuntu 8.10 running gnome and amarok media player I have just lost my sound, it was playing then just stopped. but amarok indicates the song is stil playing but I can't hear anything (no i have not muted it), if I then exit and reload amarok i get the following Audio output unavailable; the device is busy. xine parameters: any idea what this means, or could point to? I get sound back if i log out then back in again, i have googled this and changed my sound to alsa, but it's still happening. Thanks Paul -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open file formats ISO 26300 odt Next Linux User Group meet : Jan 3rd : 2pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -- 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] Setting up mailserver
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com wrote: I just bought a VPS hosting with the intention of setting up a mail address for myself at j...@jrh.co.uk . AFAICT, this involves setting up a nameserver, which could also be run off the same VPS. Looking at the community docs, to run a name server I need to register a domain name for some extortionate price. Is there any way to bypass this, or am I on completely the wrong track? (btw it is a BitFolk bottom spec hosting running Hardy) Without a domain name other mail servers have no way of locating your VPS among all the other servers on the internet. jrh.co.uk, as with probably all short domains, is already registered (you can type in a console to check: whois jrh.co.uk). For what it's worth though, domains aren't that extortionately-priced, especially .co.uk's (usually £10 for 2 years). My VPS provider, Bytemark, has their own nameservers for use by customers, so I haven't bothered setting one up myself. I don't know about other hosts though. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix is a starter on installing postfix, one of the most common mail servers. At the bottom are links to other guides - Postfix will only handle the sending and receiving of mail... if you want to read the mail it has received to your mailbox, you will usually want to set up a POP/IMAP server also (the alternative is ssh'ing to the VPS to read your mails there). Hope this helps, Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up mailserver
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com wrote: OK, a step in the right direction. I have registered joshh.co.uk and can now ping my own server through the domain. I followed the tutorial https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix but I can't do anything useful like send or receive mail. Obviously this is something of a problem. I appreciate the time you spend helping this poor person completely new to servers. It appears to be a DNS issue. The TTL of the old records was 24 hours, which means it could take up to that long for everyone to successfully locate your server. Just be patient, and try it again in the morning :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] killed box through /var :P
Hi, On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Farran fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com wrote: hi everyone again sorry this is awfully complicated, but stick at it if you can be bothered I try to make sense of it at the end. I read it, but I'll skip to the end to reply :) following my previous question about compiz, I realised the issue was with space on my / partition - every time I tried to do something, it complained (which was when I noticed). I had only set aside 15gb for the /, and I'm a bit of a program whore so I managed to fill it up. So much so, that synaptic could not start because there was not enough space to write an index of installed packages! The only option I could think of was to move data to another partition (I have two more 15gb sections, originally set aside to play with other OSes) and remount it in the correct place. Looking through the different system folders, I discovered /var was almost the biggest, so moved that - by setting up a /var2 and mounting another partiton to it. I moved everything over, and remounted it over /var. The only issue was that none of the socket files would move. I figured I could move them over later on. I also felt comfortable with it because when the moved files were in the wrong place, an error popped up (about dpkg). When I remounted it, the error vanished, so I presumed it was ok. I edited /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sda6 to /var2 (not /var which was silly). Another weird thing - every time I removed anything through synaptic - however big or small - no space was ever freed up. I transferred 6.2gb of /var to the other partition, and there's only 5.4gb space left on /. After rebooting, it worked fine, but I wasn't happy with it being spread around, so I looked through synaptic to try and remove stuff so I could put /var back on the same partition as the rest of it. [Also playing around with xorg.conf, I ran the reconfigure command it gave me in the file (no manual editing!). This might have some relation to the next bit cos it links to the input devices.] But now it won't/can't start gdm or X because /var is all in /var2. It needs xauthority from /var/lib/gdm. I tried to re-edit fstab with vi, but I don't know how to use it and I have no help file - how do I save it? But even when I mount sda6 to /var, gdm starts and logs on, but nothing works apart from controlaltF1-F12 and Delete. And the mouse doesn't do anything. Another option I was going to try is repartitioning - through another [live] os. Delete a spare 15gb, move everything up and resize the / partition. But I'm scared of accidentally formatting something or wiping something off, and ending up with no boot flag. Err that probably made no sense, but if you can get anything out of that, my main questions are: 1 is repartitioning safe and preferable? It should never be considered safe, and never do it without backups. 2 how do I use vi? My solution is to use nano ;) If you do ever find yourself stuck with vi though, you can save and exit with: Esc:wq 3 what are the commands to move /var2 back to /var (I think I know but don't want to make it worse) mv /var2 /var? Since I really don't know how you moved it initially, it's hard to say. Did you move it to another partition, or...? and did you copy it, or move it? 4 would it be best to generate an install list from synaptic so I know what I've got, and do a clean install with a larger partition? (and how would I do this through aptitude command line - I have no gui at all now). dpkg -l packages.txt However if dpkg is in a bad state, this may not work. I'm thinking number 4 would be easiest and better for my ubuntu - but I want my pc working cos I'm just about to get internet in my room If you have backups, and are really in a mess, a clean install isn't too far-fetched. It can take less time to do that than you'll spend fixing it. The catch is the going through the configuration and installation all over again. However I personally reinstall (at least) every 6 months anyway, and it doesn't really bother me (I enjoy it, even :) ) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] over-sensitive mousepad
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:47 PM, London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an Inspiron 1525. Had it for a few months- always as I type the cursor sometimes flies backwards or upwards to a different part of the text- it happens so often that I am on the verge to throwing the thing out. Is it the computer or as a friend suggests could it be Ubuntu? Any suggestions? Any solutions? I'm always having this problem. The touchpad likes to detect the palm of your hand as you type, causing the cursor to get up to all kinds of mischief. I found a handy tool that will disable the touchpad while you are typing, this solved the problem for me completely. A guide to using it is here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#Disabling%20the%20Touchpad%20Temporarily%20While%20Typing For the record, I use this (slightly modified) command: syndaemon -d -i 3 -t -k Unlike the example given in the link above it increases the delay to 3 seconds rather than 1 (the -i 3), it allows the cursor to still be moved, but only disables taps (the -t) and finally the -k tells it to not count ctrl, alt, etc. as keypresses (so you can still hold down ctrl and click on something, it won't disable the touchpad). All these are just my own personal preference, I'm sure you'll find yours :) Hope this helps, Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non ubuntu related question- Can you log into gmail on your phone?
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im using a motorola z8. ive tried both vodafones default browser and the opera browser. Did you set Always use HTTPS in the Gmail settings? That /may/ cause problems. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jabber server
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm trying to implement a jabber server for one of my clients so the staff can chat to each other between the two sites they have without resorting to use MSN/Yahoo etc. I've been having a play around but I can't seem to find any definitive instructions on how to get Jabber up and running. I've tried Jabberd (which the instructions were on the Ubuntu Help wiki here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpJabberServer). jabberd14 (which is installed by the 'jabber' package) is ancient. There was a fork to create jabberd2, which is also in the repos. If you don't need anything fancy, try this. After apt-get'ing, you need to edit /etc/jabberd2/c2s.xml and /etc/jabberd2/sm.xml to have the server's hostname, the default is localhost, and then restart it. If you need a hand getting it running, poke me (MattJ) in #jabber on Freenode. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Wild wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do you tell which firefox binary is fired on the command firefox? ls -l $(which firefox) Thanks! :) Using ls -l `which firefox` we worked out that we were calling the wrong binary. Out of interest, whats the difference between $(command) and `command` in bash shell? Nothing but readability, as far as I am aware. I use `this` myself, but $() when writing for other people, otherwise I have to get into a long discussion about the difference between ` and ' and where to find it on the keyboard :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac wrote: Tim Dobson wrote: ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with the theming, or GUI kit or something. snip Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. :) Came across this very recently via FS Daily newsfeed: http://www.cahilig.org/restore-broken-ubuntu-desktop No idea whether it's OK or not - 'at your own risk' as always. But it sounded vaguely relevant. Hmm.. Considering I have quite a custom gnome desktop, i'm not sure this is what i want - I think it is affecting the toolset, not the window manger per se... :-/ I have seen this before. The problem was permissions on the theme folder. Check it is world-readable in /usr/share/themes, etc. Otherwise it may be related to gconf, I'm not sure what else it could be. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do you tell which firefox binary is fired on the command firefox? ls -l $(which firefox) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Norm's complaint
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, has anyone else here hit this problem with the upgrade from Gutsy (but 2.6.22-15 rather than 2.6.22-14) hanging at nearly the end of the process while setting locales? I always do a fresh reinstall. However on my Dad's laptop I took it from Feisty-Gutsy-Hardy in one afternoon with no problems at all. It seems this bug doesn't affect everyone. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy mines
Hi, On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:32 AM, les [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] But one of the only two games I play on the computer, Mines, seems to have changed very much for the worse, with cells being displayed with a transparency which makes them difficult to read. Does anyone know if this is this a bug or a feature? And if it is a feature, is it possible to revert to the version didtributed with Gutsy? I'm not sure what you mean. Here is a screenshot of mine (on Hardy): http://matthewwild.co.uk/uploads/mines.png I don't see any option for transparency in the settings. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. If you can log in as yourself, and you have admin (sudo) rights, run in Terminal: sudo passwd username It should ask for a new password for that user. If you aren't a Terminal guy, the same can be done via System-Administration-Users and Groups. Select the user that can't log in and click Properties. You can set a new password there. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] drawing programme
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Caroline, London School of Puppetry wrote: | Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus that | I can use with Hardy Heron- and tell me where I can get it. Thanks. | Caroline Have you tried GIMP? Its installed by default. Also look at Inkscape, which you can install with Applications-Add/Remove. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon MP780 Series Printer (was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers)
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, James Milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a note on the me using a Windows PC bit, I have all the disks for Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, but my dad won't let me install dual-boot at the moment because 'he doesn't trust Linux being reliable, and it doesn't have the same compatibility as Windows (like printers etc)' - I'm trying to swing him round, but he's a bit reluctant to say the least. If anyone can find drivers for a Canon MP780 Series Printer then that'd be really helpful! Have you tried it and asserted that it doesn't work? From what I can see the drivers are already available by default in Ubuntu. I have a HP printer though, so I can't say more than that. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jing: GUI admin solution? Useful tool or not?
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw this: Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ at the end of the Firefox 3 video. and thought an open source version would be great for solving the GUI admin problem whereby one has to explain all the various buttons and menus to be traversed in order to resolve a problem rather than input a CLI line. Looks like a potential gold mine for TechSmith. Unfortunately they don't do a Linux version. Now if only some open source geniuses would make a FOSS version and Canonical hosted a free site ... You mean like http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/ ? :) Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jing: GUI admin solution? Useful tool or not?
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 10:32 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I'm currently working on something like this, but not specifically for screencasts, but for any kind of video. It could of course be used for screencasts. Is it the kind of thing that can be used for instant support the way Jing can? Yes. Although at the moment it has a moderator system which means videos aren't live until a moderator checks and accepts them. Suggestions for alternative methods welcome. (I'm not promoting this product it just sounds lika a Linux version would be very useful idea for Ubuntu support) Agreed. It would be nice if rmd also saved as something more than ogg - a nuisance having to convert it if needed afterwards. The site I am working on does the video conversion for you. You just upload an ogg/avi/whatever and it gets converted (at the moment) to a .flv video which plays in a browser flash based plugin (yes yes, I know flash is evil). An alternative might be the java based ogg player, but I've not looked into that yet. Ogg embedded directly in HTML works fine in Ubuntu for me (out of the box, meaning no Java install required). Example: http://matthewwild.co.uk/ogg.html Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert McWilliam wrote: I just had a play with moving ~/.liferea_1.4 onto the FAT partition in my laptop and creating a link to it, and it seemed to work fine. snip I don't have a network drive handy to test with but I think it should still work there. Could you try running liferea from a terminal with the profile on the network drive and see if it outputs any clues about what is going wrong? Robert I moved ~/.liferea_1.4 to the FAT32 NAS, and simlinked to it from my home folder. Ran 'liferea' in terminal as you asked. Here's the output: ** ERROR **: Failure while preparing statement, (error=5, database is locked) SQL: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = 'info'; aborting... Aborted (core dumped) Sounds like you copied it while liferea was running? Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon missing from taskbar
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know what happened, the $£%! mouse bug killed my panel and I had to add everything back on manually. But Xchat icon hasn't come back when it's running, even though I have display icon checked. My icon showing when I'm online isn't available either from the add to panel dialogue box. Is there any way to add back icons that only appear when the program is running? I really miss that flashing Xchat icon. :) Right-click on the panel-Add to panel... Add a notification area, that sounds like what you want. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac wrote: I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and hasn't seen the advisory... https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html as a normal desktop user who does not log into other machines - am I correct in thinking it does not affect me? openssh-client is installed by default. The Ubuntu updates will take care of it if necessary. If you don't have an SSH key which you use to log into other servers (ie. you use a password instead), you have nothing to do. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmm, I use SSH to administrate a machine locally. I figure I should spare no steps for the machine's security. However I haven't the faintest how I'm meant to generate a new key now once the update has been applied. Anyone able to help? Run ssh-vulnkey in the terminal to check your keys. Just run ssh-keygen if your keys are compromised (I think it will overwrite your existing ones). As I said in the other thread, if you log in with a password and don't use keys, it doesn't affect you. (unless you also run openssh-server on your PC). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/05/2008, Matt Daubney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a wider audience. [snip] The idea is generally that we create some tasks.. [snip] Usability testing is nothing new. I believe the GNOME project (which tends to be quite hot on usability) does this, see http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/usertesting.html I do agree this needs to be done more. In such tests that I have seen done, recording of the screen and the user's face is done simultaneously. Often notes are often taken during the process, as the user is asked to perform a task, and think aloud about what they are doing or looking for. It would take a bit of setting up, but would be well worth the effort. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99
Anyone have experience with the Linutop device ( http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple that will allow me to set up a webcam with motion detection, and I am thinking of this :) Matthew On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:11 PM, George MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Perhaps I was a bit harsh the machines have their uses although they were no good for us. The main problems we found were that they're very underpowered and slow and the graphics weren't that great. Having said that if you don't mind a slow boot and just use it for the web etc. they're OK plus they are very small and have a low power consumption. I also think someone mentioned that they are only available to the public sector and this is correct we got one from Viglen to try out but normally they would supply in bulk to Universities and schools etc. Seoras 2008/5/9 Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:15 AM, George MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We bought one of these here at work on spec as they looked like a good deal...they're rubbish and virtually no good for anything at all. Care to elaborate? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Matthew Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have experience with the Linutop device ( http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple that will allow me to set up a webcam with motion detection, and I am thinking of this :) Matthew I do wish Gmail's default wasn't to attempt to trick you into top-posting :( -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy crashing
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:48 PM, James Tyrrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey when you say crashed were you still able to move your mouse? Or was that a no go, I've had a similar problem where the system just locks, no keyboard commands do anything and while I can move the mouse the system needs a hard restart to fix the problem. Usually (suspiciously...) if I have OpenOffice open. I have seen similar from OpenOffice when using certain GTK themes. To fix I removed openoffice.org-gtk, which results in an ugly OpenOffice.org, but a stable computer. I have no idea if this problem is still there though, I experienced it back with Feisty on my Dad's laptop. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just an idea..and dont shoot me for this...i dont really know about the inner working thingys of software. but what if for example Ktorrent was actually installed on the external usb mounted hard drive instead of the normal place it installs in...im presuming in rootso now when is switched offktorrent is still active inside the external HD.. :) work or no work? lol No work :) Running an application requires a CPU. Which is why people suggested using the NSLU2, which has a small CPU, which does not use much power. The NSLU2 (which can run Linux) can also connect to USB hard disks. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 8.04
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Mark Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed ISPs don't care about port numbers (and why should they?). They inspect packets and throttle bandwidth hoggers (this is termed packet shaping). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping This would be why my ISP at one point were throttling IM (that is, Jabber), SSH and telnet? :) Jabber was not on their whitelist, SSH was encrypted and therefore couldn't be whitelisted through inspection (and yes, this actually prevented large web pages loading over HTTPS), telnet the same. When I say throttling, they actually ensured that the connection died after X amount of data was transferred. Thankfully they just do normal limiting now, and my speed drops for all ports and protocols during popular hours. I'm glad they do this because that means that most people's primary use of the internet is not affected (email, web) by bandwidth hoggers downloading gigs on bittorrent. As the years go by and pipes get fatter, hopefully one day this will be a thing of the past. I can't say I'm glad, since I don't use BitTorrent and the likes, and I still got punished. Who decides what is a priority and what is not? I don't believe you can judge that just from the protocols. (Ironically during the time mentioned above I was able to download Linux ISOs at full speed over HTTP). Matthew. PS. I just realised that ISPs aren't the original topic of this thread, and I do want to contribute to the original topic :) I always do a fresh install, preserving my home directory (which is on a separate partition). Installation takes no time, and I have all my documents and settings as before. The only thing to do is reinstall applications as and when I find I want them. It's a nice excuse for a fresh start every 6 months :) I also like the Hardy wallpaper... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display brightness correctly... Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Overly detailed report: GE: o Open it o Splash screen appears o Orange screen o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen UT: o Open it o Recovery mode window comes up o Click on run o Splash screen appears o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen X is crashing. Take a look in (should be) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old, hopefully it may give some error output. Put that file on pastebin or somewhere, and send us the link. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone here into low-level stuff?
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
James Grabham wrote:
OK, so a couple of nights ago, someone from my LUG gave me a few old-ish
books ('90s), anyway, theres a beginers guide to Assembly Language
there. I started reading, and the first 3 chapters are just about
Computer Science, and It's really interesting, Im learning about octal
and hex, and other maths stuff as well. Id always though low-level
stuff would be really boring... guess I was wrong.
Very wrong :)
I officially retired from machine code when they switched from 8-bit to
16-bit. With 8-bit, I could actually memorise then entire 6502
instruction set in my head, by the numbers (eg. 96 = return from
subroutine). With 16-bit, it was just far too complicated for the whole
thing to stick in my head in one go!
Low-level stuff is really interesting, but the problem is these days
everything is built library on top of another (eg. X-Windows, Gnome)
that it is almost impossible to achieve anything in machine code.
Ah, but I believe just knowing it helps you in all areas of computing.
It gives you a feel for the basics, and leads to the guilty conscience
when using strcmp() in C :)
That said, assembly is still used often enough to optimise routines,
in games, or other performance-critical code, I don't believe there is
no longer a place for it.
Matthew.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application responsiveness, Windows and Ubuntu
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, My little boy likes playing various flash based games from children's websites. I find that in Ubuntu, many of these run pretty badly and as this is all he uses my old laptop for, I decided to put Windows XP back onto it to see the if it would make any difference for him. I've just installed Firefox 3 Beta 5, Flash and a Java runtime environment and seen how it runs. Strangely Firefox runs about twice as fast under Win XP than on Hardy (although Hardy is on a laptop which is twice as powerful). Rendering and application response are greatly improved under Windows and Flash content flys. I'm bamboozled to say the least! Are these particular applications created specifically for Windows then ported to Linux? It's wierd, I've tried this on different hardware and find it to be the case on the machines I've tested. I wondered if anyone else has tried this out or have any reasons why it would be so? If you are only talking about when flash pages are open, then yes, I notice it too. My CPU is constantly at about 10%. This is to be expected, Flash is closed-source after all, and you are trusting a company that probably doesn't see its Linux user-base as significant as the Windows one. Can't wait for Gnash to become a real alternative, until then I use Flash as little as possible :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Dave Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 + Dave Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless anyone has compelling arguments for any others, I'll probably go with Moin or Doku (and it will probably be Moin). I ended going with DokuWiki. I'm a huge fan of Dokuwiki (I use it as a lightweight CMS for all my sites). Things like Drupal are, for most cases (and IMHO of course), using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Not 100% happy with it What part Dokuwiki were you not happy with? , but it installed a helluva lot easier than Moin! \o/ Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake?
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kris Douglas wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:03 AM Subject: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake? To: StaffSlug Linux UserGroup [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm no geologist.. But at 12:57 on 27th... I felt the whole house shake... as in my monitor was moving, as was the stuff in my cupboard... and there were no large vehicles passing outside. The feeling was very weird, I couldn't say it was an earthquake... but It was damn weird. Thought I'd just let you know. I'm in Staffordshire near Leek and Cheadle... FYI. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: Yes, felt it here in London just now. http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqinfo.php shows it, apparently centred in Lincolnshire: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=qhl=engeocode=q=53.35+N+0.28+Wie=UTF8ll=53.166534,0.192261spn=1.560969,5.141602z=8 #ubuntu-uk is abuzz with it. Josh -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Wow, i got people in L'pool and midlands feeling it. Hmm, I was asleep :) Must have been slight if it came as far as this (W. Mids) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Notebook Problems
Hi, If it is not a power saving problem, it sounds like X (the graphical display manager) is crashing. On Feb 16, 2008 11:29 PM, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I use an Acer TravelMate 4151LMi (Notebook) and I have recently been having some issues with Gutsy - namely being automagically logged out and presented with the GDM sometimes when the notebook lid is closed. Do you use desktop effects/compiz, or similar? They are enabled by default in Gutsy, it could be worth disabling them just to test. You'll find the options under System-Preferences-Appearance. The other is a bizarre black screen state in which the monitor simply turns off and won't turn back on again (resulting in a requirement to reboot). Do you have a screensaver enabled? Set it to blank for testing purposes, if so. When in this state, does Ctrl+Alt+F1 do anything? Ctrl+Alt+F7? Ctrl+Alt+Backspace? When rebooting from this state, you may be doing this with a hardware reset button or similar. See if the laptop responds to the key sequence in section 4 of this post: http://matthewstechnologyblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-recover-ubuntulinux-pc.html Hope this helps, if not fix, then diagnose the problem :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] driving games
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Michael Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TuxCart :) SuperTuxKart :D On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:05 +, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 13:57 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, Can anyone suggest some good driving games in buntu gutsy? Vdrive seems good! Regards javad Torcs and trigger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?
Hi all, What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that Maplin only stock Seagate drives, and I have always avoided Seagate (even before they released their drives that don't work with Linux). So, what are your experiences? Matthew. PS. Any other alternative for large backups? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder
I have had one for months... I love it :-) Got it because I finally got tired of VHS. Being a developer I couldn't help but get hacking, and have developed a web interface for it. When it is usable you will be able to schedule recordings remotely, as well as start/stop recording/playback. Many more ideas, and loads of help from the official Neuros developers. In all a good device. It has its occasional quirks, but unlike devices from most other manufacturers, they get fixed (helped by having an open bug tracker). Matthew (with apologies for the uncontrollable top-post) On 07/01/2008, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may already have seen this. If you haven't, doesn't it sound neat? And cheap... http://tinyurl.com/2lp8wb That is so funny NY Times article dated yesterday... Neuros has been about since 2005, the OSD has been around since late 2006... From what I've read, it's an OK bit of kit, that's gradually getting better over time. Though it's no Tivo or MythTV yet... :) Lee -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder
I looked at that too, but as far as I could make out, the xbox can't record, can it? On 07/01/2008, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not bad I guess, pity it doesn't do HD video. I still think I'd go for the cheaper software modified XBOX option though. Rob I've thought about it but the xbox is a wee bit big and ugly isn't it? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stop Ubuntu
Hi Dennis, On Dec 15, 2007 6:04 AM, Dennis Holdroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are in the know about. How do I get rid. I will dump ubuntu of my machine if I do not get I can't find any record of your question on this list? Could it be that it did not send successfully? Either that, or my searching skills fail me. If your question was not answered then I can guarantee it was not down to it being ignored... feel free to ask again more sense out of the so called community. I have never ever had a reply to any question asked. If you want help with technical problems, ask techies (and you are in the right place), but they are unavoidably the same people that will be found spouting acronyms you may not have heard of. The solution to that is to ask about anything you don't understand, and people will be more than happy to explain anything. That said, the community is far wider than just this list, and there are many other places you can find help if one particular method is not working for you. More info here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToGetHelp (see particularly the section 'Where to ask for help') I hope this helps. Regards, Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manually configure gnome?
On Dec 6, 2007 8:09 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to manually configure gnome, for example to set it to autologin without having desktop access. I am currently away from the server, and with using Vino, as you know, needs to be logged in to work, and after a spontaneous reboot, I can only access the server through ssh. So I was wondering if there was any way to manually change the config to autologin the default user and let me use Vino... ...Thanks, Kris. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ sudo nano /etc/gdm/gdm.conf There you'll find where you can set the automatic login to true, and set the username below it. After changing hit Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X, and run: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no start up screen
Hi Norman, On Dec 2, 2007 9:30 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I switch my computer on the first thing I expect to see is a screen about Intel and from which, if I so wish, I can access the bios set up. Since installing Edubuntu this does not happen. All I get is a blank screen plus an error message complaining about the video support. This eventually changes to the usual signing on screen and there are no more complaints. When I boot using Windows XP I get the Intel screen as expected. The BIOS splash screen appears before you select which operating system you want to boot into. If it appears from the menu, how can only show after selecting Windows XP? Also, writing down the exact message would be helpful in identifying the cause. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
On 11/6/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i guess i dont know what frequency scaling means then!i thought it was somthing to do with cpu loads! The idea is that when the CPU is not being used (like when the PC is idle) the CPU will run at a lower frequency, saving power. When you open an application, or use the CPU in some other way, it will return to full speed (and the applet will show 100%). The system monitor applet is probably the most useful on a desktop PC. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] C/C++ Development
On 11/1/07, David Restall - System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jai, Guys, Don't forget the gals/dolls !!. Where is the best place to start with C/C++ development from a Linux (or GTK) perspective? Note that I haven't differentiated between C and C++. This is because I do not mind which I use. I've been looking on GNU's website and they feature a manual on glibc (which is a definite advantage if I use C). Where as C++ has cppreference.com (which I've been informed is quite out-of-date). I wouldn't recommend KR - it's not a book for beginners. snip By all means by KR but don't make it your first book. I second this. Much better starting with a beginners book. KR is something of a reference when you are later arguing over obscure peculiarities in the language with your friends :) Regardless of which of the two languages I use, I will probably be in need of some tutorials (please, Linux or GTK based as oppose to a Windows users' one). I don't yet have the hacker skills that some of you might so I would be very grateful for a ground-base instead of just diving into the glibc manual and trying to teach myself. Don't know about tutorials - though I would go with GTK+ http://www.gtk.org. I found this better documented than GTK, YMMV. I personally find the C (and C++) APIs available for GTK rather horrible. I would use it if I had to, but I'm using wxWidgets for cross-platform development. It does remind me very much of MFC though :) As for Python, etc... personally I am glad I started out with C, progressed to C++, and then other languages. It gives you a very good ground-up knowledge of how things work. When you get to using Python (or any language) you not only get to master it very quickly, but you get a feel of *how* it works internally (Python is written in C, after all). Matthew, with his 2p. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows
Hi Daniel, Your email came across (to me, at least) in a manner I doubt you intended. You can't expect every user to know what language the software they use is written in, it shouldn't be necessary for them to know. For the record, OOo is written in C++, however there are certain components and features which do rely on Java to work. Hope this helps, Matthew. On 30/10/2007, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run java on your machine you will essentially be able to run any java app. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 12:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows that is fine...but what bout in a windows environment where openoffice is not a choice!? _ Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:38:45 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows STONE COLD wrote: Does anyone know of a free PDF creatr i can use on both platforms!? Sorry if this q is irrelevant to the forums! Regards Javad OpenOffice.org exports to pdf - would that be suitable for your needs? Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On 10/26/07, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them? You beat me to it then :) I voted, just. Amazingly Linux is not as far behind as I would have expected. The BBC are probably tired of us Linux users by now... :P Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy
On 10/26/07, Colin Wylie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so I have re-downloaded the iso - and the MD5sum checks out fine. I reinstalled it OK and everything looked fine - UNTIL i enabled the proprietry NVIDIA drivers for my 7200GS. I then got the same problems - exactly. Once I disabled them again evertyhing worked perfectly. I even tried using envy to install them ( www.ablertomilone.com) and the problem returned. A friend has suggested it might be an Open GL conflict somewhere along the lines, but I am at a loss on how to proceed now. Hmm, could you try disabling wobbly windows/Compiz? System-Preferences-Appearance... On the Visual Effects tab, select None. If it doesn't make any difference, log out, hit Ctrl + Alt + Backpace, and log back in again. Just to make sure. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK
On 10/24/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? John Me... certainly! Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OEM Setup was Ubuntu via Tescos
On 10/20/07, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob - how? E In fact the latest version of Ubuntu has a really good OEM option so you can setup a machine, customise it how you like it (including any extra packages etc) and then set it up so on the next boot it asks the customer for their details. This is a feature I really do like the look of. Rob When I last used it, I selected it by mistake. It's on the boot menu that comes up when you boot from the CD. It used to be only on the alternate CD, but it seems Gutsy has a graphical version now, so perhaps it is on the desktop CD. Not sure. When I used it (in Dapper) it was basically a normal installation, you set up the PC, up to the point of entering a username and password. This is prompted for on the next boot (ie. when the user switches it on for the first time). Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to delete all .m4a files from music library
On 10/16/07, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(It would be nice
to delete any directories that have become empty because they only had
.m4a files in them - but that would be a bonus!)
Going for the bonus!
find ~/music/ -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
Matthew
PS. can anyone see why this does not work to do it all in one (ignoring the
rm)?:
find test/ -depth \( -type f -name '*.m4a' \) -o \( -type d -empty \) -exec
rm {} \;
From what I understand in man find, the brackets are not even needed, since
the default operator is AND. However this line does not print any matches
for me, unless I remove the directory part.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?
On 10/15/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 17:25 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: through it (I often want to dive into the CLI and head to the same directory I'm viewing). Have you tried the nautilus-open-terminal package? Since I discovered that handy thing I can't live without it :) FWIW I use GNOME, and can't personally use KDE... it just seems anti-common-sense in it's UI design. I know people who think the same of GNOME though, so I think it really is to each his own. :) The first Ubuntu I used was actually Xubuntu, which I am still very fond of (and I am convinced it is the best for new users). The only problem is the lack of supporting apps, though that problem is disappearing rapidly nowadays. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD burning problems.
DeVeDe is indeed very slow. I use it quite a lot, but I have come to the point where I am writing my own simple script to do the same job. I can't say yet that it will be any faster... video transcoding involves a great amount of processing. However I do have this feeling that DeVeDe takes a lot longer than it should. I can share the script when I have it working. Apologies for the top-post :-) Matthew. On 04/10/2007, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: devede is indeed slow..know of anything faster that will convert to iso? I will try a different media... when using the cd/dvd creator default program i get an error message along the lines of unexpected handle. well handle something anyway! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:30:14 +0100 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD burning problems. I think that's a second problem.The main one, as Popey said is that your drive doesn't support the media format on the disk you inserted. Be that as it may, in order to read the video it will be necessary to convert the .avi file into .iso file. If in doubt look it up on Google. DeVeDe is very slow and may not be the only way to get what is neededTry a different blank DVD, or one from another manufacturer. Then post any error messages you get again, or look for the Wrong medium type error again. That's a good idea but watch out for the over complications and red herrings. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD burning problems.
On 10/4/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no of course i dont take it personally. i know your intention is to help! I set devede last night...it converted to the MPEG format! i thought i converted it to iso. It does make an ISO if you tell it to. It has 3 options... create a video file, create some directories to put on a DVD, or make an ISO, which just means it is packed into a single file that can be burnt to a DVD easily. In any case it converted a 900mb avi file to a 4.4gb mpeg file. Go figure! Yes, it has to convert the file to a format suitable for a DVD player. These files do tend to be quite large. As for the script, I am testing it now, and it's *very very* simple, don't worry :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] creation of a dual boot desktop from scratch
On 9/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few months ago my desktop pc died and I replaced it with a cheap laptop (windows XP) and even cheaper desktop (no OS installed). I replaced the OS on the laptop with ubuntu 6.10 and it's been great. So much so that I never got around to doing anything with the desktop at all. So now I'd like to put ubuntu onto the desktop and give it to my mum. She's a complete computing novice but as I'm going to be helping her I think she'd be better off learning to use ubuntu than windows. I'd like to also install XP 'just in case'. 'Just in case' of what? :) I thought I'd install XP first (the online tutorials I've found seem to assume that windows is installed before creating a dual build machine - which is logical enough as so many are sold with it pre-installed) and create partions on the single hdd as follows: an ntfs partion (for XP) a system partion for ubuntu a swap partion for ubuntu a small fat32 'shared partion' in case I want to move any files between. If anyone can see a flaw with this thinking or has some other advice it would be much appreciated. No, there is no flaw in your thinking. The easiest way to set up a dual-boot is to install Windows first. If you do it the other way around, Windows will 'take over' (surprise surprise) and you will not be able to boot into Ubuntu without repairing it. Ubuntu on the other hand will detect that Windows is installed, and add it to the boot menu for you. As for the FAT32 partition, I used to use this, and it worked fine. Hope this helps, Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox , Cant get it to work?
Open Terminal and type: sudo gpasswd -a yourname vboxusers
(replace yourname with your username that you are logged in with),
press enter and when prompted enter your password. Log out, log back
in again. You should now be able to run it fine.
Matthew
On 23/09/2007, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
Im trying to run virtual box..but i get this error message :
The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make
sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to
the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take
effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).
Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
Any suggestions please?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users
On 9/15/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I promise, I'm not trolling! It's unavoidable when you mention KDE and GNOME in the same email :) Lately, I've demonstrated Ubuntu to some real computer novices who've commented why is the start button at the top, and why are there two bars at the top and bottom of the screen, who have then shaken their heads in disapproval at this deviation from the Windows norm! Happens to me too :) Kubuntu, I notice is much more similar to the interface they know and love, so it'd make sense that it'd be the best choice for migrating users from Windows. Is this true? Should I try using Kubuntu as novice users first Linux distro? I tried this with my Dad, also after thinking Kubuntu would better suit a Windows user. A week later I was installing Ubuntu, with GNOME, over the top. Some of KDE's quirks got on his nerves a bit. He has been happy with GNOME (despite being a Windows user (*developer*) for most of his life, and reluctant to learn anything else). Comments? Also on the family PC I installed Xubuntu, which, when the menu is moved to the lower left, and renamed Start, most barely noticed any change (already used to FF and OpenOffice). GNOME does not allow you to set any text for the single-icon main menu. Xfce is simple, clean, and quite fast. The only problem is (well, when I last used it, Edgy) it lacks all the supporting apps that Ubuntu/GNOME has. For example until Edgy, it was required to install GNOME's printer manager to add a printer using a GUI. Still, it is definitely worth a look so you can see for yourself. Matthew. PS. I have been laughed at for being both a developer and a GNOME user. To each his own! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mark Shuttleworth on Dell
On 9/10/07, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed that - finding the Inspirons with Ubuntu installed is a tortuous journey if you start off at www.dell.co.uk... mind you, at least it's there if you look hard enough :) Pete Yep. Trying to help someone order one... embarrassing when I couldn't find them :) Then to find the page that says Are you REALLY SURE you want Ubuntu? or did you mean you wanted Microsoft Windows? /o\ I know they have their reasons. From now on I shall just remember http://dell.co.uk/ubuntu though :) Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote for Ubuntu on Lenovo
On 9/8/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Winning by quite a long way at the moment, leading over Debian by about 600 votes :) lol, now leading by 4000 votes :P -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?
Re. APTonCD, it actually creates a repository on the disc that can be used through Synaptic or any APT interface. It doesn't *just* copy the files over. As for using tar to pack your home folder, and extract again after the installation, having /home on a seperate partition is easy enough (there are even guides on the web, but I don't have web access atm) and eliminates the need for tar and plenty of free space. For someone who reinstalls every release (and once 6 times in one day) it really is great. Matthew. On 04/09/07, Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gav Ford wrote: I don't know what aptonCD is or does, so someone else will have to heop you there. I've since looked at this and it seems to just copy from the deb archive + any other debs you tell it to copy then writes to an archive/cd/dvd - just with a gui. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?
Hi, Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves my files and per-user settings. As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it reinstall the packages automatically. This said however, I always make the list but I have never used it. There is something I like about a fresh start :-) In Terminal: dpkg --get-selections filename dpkg --set-selections filename ...to save and restore package states respectively. Hope this helps, Matthew On 03/09/07, Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and programs and other goodies. So... If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with almost a clone of my present system running on a new version of Ubuntu (or just a clean one ) how can I get all my settings and all my programs etc without doing it all manually - one program at a time ?? How do the exp people do it? Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!
Oops! The Xorg.0.log was from a (successful) safe mode boot... Do this: boot into the normal mode. When you see the blue screen, restart as you normally do. Then enter safe mode, and this time look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old The .old one will be the broken X log. Thanks! On 8/31/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the livecd only works in safe mode..not in normal mode! i will have to try and type in start x and see what happens! -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:09:56 +0100 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work On Friday 31 August 2007 08:33, STONE COLD wrote: this was at the bottomin fact it finishes herei scrolled all the way down to find this! It should be working then! No major errors showing, so I cannot see any reason for it to not work. If a live cd works on your system, then there should be no reason for an install to not start a gui. What happens if, at the command line, you type - startx and hit enter? It should start the gui for you or, if not, it may give a good clue as to why not. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
