Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 69
> > I have a galaxy tab 10.1, and the charging occurs through the adapter > connector USB cable, that is it charges from a USB socket. This same > USB cable can be plugged into my PC USB socket and it auto mounts (in > ubuntu 10.04.3) and the PC then indicates that a SAMSUNG_Android is > connected. The galaxy tab also indicates: USB connected, MTP-connected. > On the PC the file manager (location) of the mounted folder is > gphoto2://[usb:001,008]/ > > There are a lot of folders listed in the device, which is seen as > apparently a medium containing digital photos, however, in nautilus, > all the folders are shown as empty. Maybe permissions need to be > managed somehow but my trick of gksu nautilus produces a nautilus > which does not show this medium > I have other versions of Ubuntu but have not yet tried it with them. > > -- > alan cocks > Ubuntu user #10391 > Linux user #360648 > FSF #9005 > *** ** I'm running 11.10 ar present. In nautilus it shows the device as allan says. It actually lists file and folder structure and an can actually even copy a file over. The problem is that nautilus shows the size of the device as 1gb with only 60mb free space. It as 16gb device which is mostly empty. Copying files over fail due to disk space error. Apperently from android 3.0 they use mtp to mount device rather than mass storage mode. Guessing its only a matter of time until linux support is improved There is also an article on omg ubuntu which i have just found talking about the same thing. Cant get their instructions to work though: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-easily-mount-the-galaxy-nexus-on-ubuntu-11-10-via-unity/ Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1
Hey all, Just wondering if anybody on the list has the samsung galaxytab 10.1 and has managed to connect it to as a mass storage device in ubuntu? Apparently it connects as an mtp device? I did manage to find: http://lifeafter2am.net/2011/07/connecting-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-to-linux/ But device wont mount, anybody else had any joy? Cheers, Nick Callaghan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes
I'm not really an expert - more of an intermediate ;)-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are we missing the point with an OS ?
In my opinion, the desktop environment or window manager marks the end of the os to applications barrier, obviously ignoring the applications that come with de and wm. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes
Sorry, this phone makes it impossible to bottom quote, so I will just write the post in detail and context. For older systems, you want to save as much as space as possible and only have what you need installed and not have any extra drivers or things you don't need. I choose Arch for older hardware, because it's a lot more customisable, and allows me to take only drivers and programs I need, unlike Lubuntu, where everything is installed, including unnecessary drivers. Arch allows old systems to be as concise and get the maximum speed possible out of the system. Also Lubuntu is more of a hastle to swap the open box window manager out for fluxbox, if desired, which i often do do, depending on the system.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes
For me, anything old gets either Arch Linux or Debian installed, with fluxbox/Openbox and lxde Arch isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be!-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04
I'm sorry, but if you want stability for a Server etc, you'd be going with RHEL, SELD or Cent OS, because they are the most stable (nowhere near the best, especially Cent OS), but they are rock stable. Ubuntu's market should be the end-user market of regular people, not business. Ubuntu is meant to be the cutting-edge, desirable and easy to use Linux System, not the stable, corporate one! Just saying, Nick. From: Liam Proven To: UK Ubuntu Talk Sent: Monday, 26 September 2011, 15:19 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04 On 26 September 2011 13:48, Alan Pope wrote: > Now we're perilously close to releasing 11.10 onto the world, it's > been asked [0] what things the developers would like to see the focus > on for the 12.04 (Long Term Support) release. > > Personally I would like all core applications to support proxy servers > properly. Especially as it's an LTS release which is arguably > well-suited to corporate users who are those most often behind proxy > servers. (ubuntu one file sync being something that doesn't work > behind proxies) > > I wondered what you lot might desire for 12.04? Since nobody else has even mentioned it... How about ensuring complete feature parity between Unity & Unity-2D? Apart from the 3D effects, I feel that they should look and work identically. At the moment, on Oneiric, from a quick look, they're not - e.g. the 2D version has differently-shaped buttons. I would also urge more testing of Unity on lower-end kit. I find the animations very jerky when moving between desktops, for instance. I would like an option to turn the animations off. Indeed, more customisability for Unity would be a good thing, even if that just means bringing "confity" or CompizConfig and the Ubuntu Unity Plugin into the distro as standard. AFAICS these don't work at all with Unity-2D, too, BTW. That's a hole that could do with closing. I found it much more pleasant to use after turning off the lairy coloured backgrounds and shrinking the buttons by about 25%, myself, for instance. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [FOSDEM] Dates for FOSDEM 2012: 4 & 5 February
Hello and thanks for the message. Unfortunately, I cannot make it on any of the dates you suggested. But, it sounds like a great event and good luck to anyone who goes. Can't wait for Ubuntu 11.10 to come out soon though, it's getting very close now! Nick. From: Laura Czajkowski To: UK Ubuntu Talk Sent: Monday, 12 September 2011, 9:02 Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [FOSDEM] Dates for FOSDEM 2012: 4 & 5 February FYI folks dates are now out if you want to plan your trip to FOSDEM Laura Original Message Subject: [FOSDEM] Dates for FOSDEM 2012: 4 & 5 February Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:26:44 -0400 From: Philip Paeps Reply-To: FOSDEM announcements and visitor questions Organization: Happily Disorganized To: fos...@lists.fosdem.org All, we have recently agreed with our venue that FOSDEM 2012 will take place on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February 2012. It is safe to assume that there will also be a beer event as usual, on Friday 3 February 2012. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am phi...@fosdem.org subscribed to the list. ___ FOSDEM mailing list fos...@lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Skype Headset
Hey All, I'm looking to get a headset for using skype. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that will work nicely in ubuntu with reasonably sound quality but not too pricey. Thanks, Nick -- Nicholas Callaghan twitter.com/nickcallaghan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 63, Issue 23
On 12 Jul 2010, at 12:07, Andrew Woodhead wrote: > RE: boot livecd to ram etc: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+source/casper/+bug/25496 > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2630/ > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootToRAM > > I believe it's a feature in the new kernel to copy casper and/or system in > the live environment to ram but it seems to take a lot of tweaks. I'm tempted > to do it with my test box but i dont have time right now. > Potentially this feature has been available for at least two years (I first tried it with 8.04) but as you say ubuntu needs quite a few tweaks to get it working. Thanks Nick-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers
On 11 Jul 2010, at 21:32, Alan Bell wrote: > I am quite interested in the running from memory concept, I guess you > are somehow copying the entire CD to a ramdisk or something and mounting > that over the filesystem, thereby trading a bit of loading time for it > running like a greased whippet when fully loaded. This sounds to me like > it might be a worthy performance compromise and give a rather good > impression to the new user. I would rather stick to the standard > packages and configuration though (maybe dropping something if more room > is needed for the in-memory CD thing) if you have improvements to the > base configuration then the best thing to do is to work on getting them > into the main CD, there are sessions at UDS where everyone can > participate on deciding what goes in. > > Alan. > I share your thoughts, hence my previous email saying it was a tweak rather than a derivative. It will be pretty much based on the official configuration except removing a few items that are not in use (non-english language packs for example) to reduce memory footprint. Thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Intel GM965 to an LCD tv
Hey all, I've been lurking on the list for a while but this is my first post. I'm trying to get an asus laptop to output to a Grundig LCD Tv via a hdmi cable but having no sucess at present. The graphics controller is an intel GM965. When the hdmi cable is plugged in at boot the resoloution on the laptop goes all weird like it's set to a really small resolution and the tv flickers with a blue tint through the picture. I have managed to get the LCD tv to function correctly as a second display by plugging in the cable once i get to the desktop, however doing this doesn't route the sound via the hdmi cable. If i turn off the main laptop display the resolution changes moving the top and bottom panels off the edge of the screen. What i would ideally like would be to be able to use the LCD as the sole display and the sound also to route via the tv speakers. I've had a search online and can't find anything in either launchpad or the forums. Does anybody have any experience with the graphic controller of grundig tv's and could point me in the right direction? Thanks, Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers
On 6 Jul 2010, at 23:07, Alan Pope wrote: > On 6 July 2010 22:37, Nick Brandon wrote: >> * Runs ubuntu from memory rather than DVD > > Interesting, do you mean USB stick or it loads into RAM? I am guessing > the latter since you recommend 2GB RAM. Doesn't that leave a lot less > RAM for actual applications to use though? > >> * Up to date packages (all updates since the April 2010 official CD) > > That's handy, although as Lucid is an LTS there will be an updated > 10.04.1 available on the 29th of this month. > >> * A few changes to the installed applications and packages >> > > Such as? > >> ... and the rest you are welcome to discover if you wish to try it out! >> > > Whilst we all like a surprise, I'd rather not have to download a 700MB > file to find out something is completely useless to me. Pretty much > every Ubuntu derivative at least has a summary page of what the > changes made are, and the benefits of those changes. :) > > Also, if it's that good why don't you use it? :) > > Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) > From: Nick Brandon > In-Reply-To: > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:37:46 +0100 > Message-Id: <0c117f53-29a0-4026-baf4-7eb9650a2...@css-uk.net> > References: <74fd2fc4-d89b-4390-bec3-4e2b859fb...@css-uk.net> > > To: UK Ubuntu Talk > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) > > ;) > I do but it just so happens I have email setup up on another computer :) I would not go so far as calling it a derivative but rather a tweak to the official release. The objective to provide the best experience for new users to showcase the capabilities of ubuntu/linux. The emphasis is 'new users' and it is with that in mind that I would appreciate volunteers to try it out and report their feedback, including applications or packages they would like to see included (or vice-versa removed). Did you have any specific recommendations on which IRC channels or mailing lists to use? Thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers
On 6 Jul 2010, at 20:51, Alan Pope wrote: > > I'd start with a blog, twitter, identica, facebook, irc channels, > mailing lists (like this one) and work from there. > Good ideas. Presumably you mean starting a blog, twitter or facebook account? I would require a "following" in the first place though. Can you recommend specific IRC channels or mailing lists to use? Thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers
On 6 Jul 2010, at 20:49, Gordon wrote: > > So what's the difference between your live CD and the official Ubuntu one? > Hi Gordon, Good question, key differences - so far ;) * Runs ubuntu from memory rather than DVD * Keyboard and timezone set for the UK * Up to date packages (all updates since the April 2010 official CD) * A few changes to the installed applications and packages ... and the rest you are welcome to discover if you wish to try it out! Thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers
Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable "out of the box" for me as a UK user and genuinely I'm quite pleased with the results. I'm toying with the idea of making it available to the wider public to see if it would be useful for other new users of ubuntu. Before doing that however, I'd like a few people to try it out and report their feedback. Has anyone got a recommendation on where would be best to promote it so I could find, say 20 - 30 to make it reasonable, volunteers to try it out? That being said if anyone here would be interested in trying it out it please send me an email. It wouldn't take more than 30 - 60 mins and all you need is a laptop/desktop PC with a DVD drive and preferably 2GB of memory. Thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic networking broken
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 09:29 +, Matt Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:52 +, Chris Rowson > wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my > >>> Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow > >>> Leopard. > >>> > >>> It claims to be connected, and I can log into my router, but cannot get > >>> anything through firefox, thunderbird, synaptic etc. The hardware test > >>> claims to be able to touch the net. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help with diagnosing these problems? > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> > >>> John > > > > I also had similar problems. Disabled IPv6 in Firefox. It's very bad that > > this bug is present so close to release. I hope that this is sorted > before > > Thursday. > > > > Personally I have found Karmic to be pretty much unusable on both > machines > > I > > tested it on. :-( > > > > Chris > > I've been running Karmic since about Alpha 5 and had very few problems. The > RC (on the 3 machines I'm running anyway) seems to be quite stable. The > performance improvements are quite startling, especially the boot time on > my laptop. > > If you have found some problems, make sure you report bugs! The next > release is an LTS so should be by far more stable on release. > > -Matt Daubney > > + 1 Nick Parkinson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromium (Was Bizarre Firefox behaviour)
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 12:33 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 11:32 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > 2009/10/23 Rob Beard : > > > Stephen Garton wrote: > > >> 2009/10/23 Rob Beard : > > >> > > >>> Liam Wilson wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Yeah, the speed on chrome compared to Firefox really is unreal, isn't > > >>>> it? Firefox seems horribly slow and clunky and unstable compared to the > > >>>> google-chrome-unstable build. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> Is Flash and Java supported by Chrome? > > >>> > > >>> I'm interested in giving it a try (I must admit I have found Firefox to > > >>> be a little slow sometimes) but I can't live without my fix of Flash and > > >>> Java (okay well I probably could, but it's nice to have for now until > > >>> everything goes over to HTML5). > > >>> > > >>> Rob > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> I'm using flash no problem (by Flash, I mean YouTube!). Don't really > > >> know of any sites that use java - suggest one and I'll give it a go. > > >> > > >> > > > Um... Java.com? > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 > > > > Tells me I have it installed, but I am assuming that it is using Java > > to detect that? > > > > I think facebook uses a Java applet for photo uploads, so I will give > > that a try when I get home (big no-no at work!) > > > > Steve Garton > > http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > > > Is Chrome available for Karmic ? > > Nick Parkinson > > Nick, > > I'm running it on a couple of Karmic machines from the PPA: > > https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa > > Works fine for me. > > Steve Garton > http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > Steve, Thanks for the information. I have installed Chrome, but streaming video using flash is about the same as Firefox ( a little jittery ) I get the best results for flash streaming video when I use Seamonkey 1.17 for sites such as BBC Iplayer & Tvcatchup.com I am a victim of having to use an Intel GM915 video controller on this little Toshiba NB100. The newer driver in Karmic has helped, but there is still room for further improvement. Is there a way that you know of to improve the flash playback performance in Chrome ? Regards, Nick Parkinson. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 11:32 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > 2009/10/23 Rob Beard : > > Stephen Garton wrote: > >> 2009/10/23 Rob Beard : > >> > >>> Liam Wilson wrote: > >>> > >>>> Yeah, the speed on chrome compared to Firefox really is unreal, isn't > >>>> it? Firefox seems horribly slow and clunky and unstable compared to the > >>>> google-chrome-unstable build. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Is Flash and Java supported by Chrome? > >>> > >>> I'm interested in giving it a try (I must admit I have found Firefox to > >>> be a little slow sometimes) but I can't live without my fix of Flash and > >>> Java (okay well I probably could, but it's nice to have for now until > >>> everything goes over to HTML5). > >>> > >>> Rob > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> I'm using flash no problem (by Flash, I mean YouTube!). Don't really > >> know of any sites that use java - suggest one and I'll give it a go. > >> > >> > > Um... Java.com? > > > > Rob > > > http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 > > Tells me I have it installed, but I am assuming that it is using Java > to detect that? > > I think facebook uses a Java applet for photo uploads, so I will give > that a try when I get home (big no-no at work!) > > Steve Garton > http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > Is Chrome available for Karmic ? Nick Parkinson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Thu Oct 22 14:22:39 +0100 2009 Nick wrote: > > Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's, > > I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21 > > there are no updates yet. > > I think you misunderstand the process somewhat. > > We slow down updates when trying to release a snapshot, releasing a known > good state from a moving target is very difficult. > > Releasing something solid isn't going to happen by dropping all the changes > in at the last minute. > > We froze for RC last Thursday, and have been working to fix critical bugs > since then. We are going through the last steps of testing all the images > and checking all is ready, and then the RC will be released. Therefore > if you are up to date it is likely that you are running what will be > released as the RC. Until the release is announced we may find a critical > problem and have to start over again though. > > So, looking for a large number of updates is the wrong thing to do, you > should really be looking for the point when everything stops :-). > > We'll be doing all this testing over again on Tuesday/Wednesday next > week, and anyone is welcome to help with that. It's not that difficult, > and really helps the process run smoothly, plus, you can have the final > release images before anyone else :-). See > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures > > for information on how to help. > > Thanks, > > James Thanks James/Chris, Well, the good news is that the Netbook Remix Beta runs remarkably well on my obscure Toshiba NB100 notebook :-) Regards, -- Nicholas.J.Parkinson email: n...@jonick.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates
Hi Guys, Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's, I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21 there are no updates yet. Regards, -- Nicholas.J.Parkinson < SAVE A TREE PLEASE DO NOT PRINT THIS EMAIL UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED TO > < SAVE THE WORLD DO NOT USE MICRO-SOFT UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED TO > << FREE & OPEN SOFTWARE FOR A FREE & OPEN WORLD WWW.UBUNTU.COM >> -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1 BTHomeHub
It seems like your network card is not recognised. Perhaps it is disabled in the bios? Sometimes it conflicts with the "Wake up on lan" setting from the bios. Try this command: dmesg | grep eth0 Here's my output, for comparison: [3.848018] eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xc800, 00:1e:8b:6c:21:b4, IRQ 16 [3.848021] eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' [ 150.869724] eth0: link down [ 394.114597] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready So my card is a realtek and it has an IRQ 16, which is the bios address. The lan interface is usually eth0, but you can try eth1 or eth2, just in case. It says link down, but that's normal because I'm on wireless. I find it hard to believe your network card isn't supported, since you seem to have gotten your laptop from a linux-aware vendor. Here's my ifconfig output, for comparison. $sudo ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:8b:6c:21:b4 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc800 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:8048 (8.0 KB) TX bytes:8048 (8.0 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:f4:9c:32:bc inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:44ff:fe7d:52ad/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3288 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2728 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3377217 (3.3 MB) TX bytes:540083 (540.0 KB) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-44-7D-52-AD-32-61-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub
Rowan, The reason why many ISPs do not 'support' Linux is that Linux is not an operating system in the sense that Windows or MacOS are. It is a kernel, and there are about a dozen popular operating systems that use it (distributions) and a hundred more of the unpopular ones. Ubuntu is just one of them. It is difficult for any ISP to claim Linux support, unless there are more than a couple of people within the support staff that use some of those distributions regularly. But with regard to the network connection, Ubuntu and other linux-based distributions will work out of the box, often better than windows, provided that the network adaptor is supported. This is a chipset that connects your processor to the network plug at the back of your computer. 99% of them are supported. Let's start by testing just that. I assume that you have an ubuntu installation. Right-click on the network icon at the top-right of your screen. From the menu that appears, check that 'Enable Networking' is ticked. Then go down to 'Edit connections...'. From the 'Network Connection' window, the 'Wired' tab should be at the front. Is there an 'Auto eth0' entry? If yes, click on this entry and then click on the 'edit' button. At the new window, tick the box next to 'connect automatically' and check there is something that looks like 00:1D:8E:VB:22:G6 at the 'Mac Address'. This confirms that your computer communicates with the network card. Now, about your BT HomeHub: Is it connected to the internet? That's all you need to check. There's a light on it to indicate that. You can use the network cable they provided with the hub, if you still have it. It's either grey or yellow, or sometimes orange, and it has a plug that looks like a telephone plug but it's more square and transparent. Let me know how you're doing and I'll follow up with further instructions. Nick -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Heads up
http://news.com.com/New+worm+targets+Linux +systems/2100-7349_3-5938475.html?part=rss&tag=5938475&subj=news worth a read if you run a server. Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66
> Yes, C64 is the default driver. Have you been able to use the Epson utility > tool to check ink levels and alike? > > I would very much like to do this but I have not figured out the correct > command line parameter to pass. Since I have to use RAW mode for this I have > to use the utility from the command line. Getting this to work might give > more clues to the problem. I know nothing about such a utility, if you enlighten me i'll be glad to test it out. im using 5.10. Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66
I use the C64 driver on the C66 with no problems, i dont know if that helps in any way but its all i know :) -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I would like to play dvd
Oren, have you paid a visit to http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ yet? they have all the codecs you should need, but give VLC a try first. Hi all At last, I managed to get my network connection. Hurrraaa. Now, I am absolutely struggling with getting sense out of Totem. But not only Totem. All I want to do is play my DVD's and AVI's. I have installed libdvdcss2 and re-installed it. I seem to have the Gstreamer lib installed. Can someone please help me? I am sure someone out there has managed to get it working. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account
Shelley & Oren wrote: Hi all Me again…the NBR (noob beyond repair….) Have installed my Ubantu. Seem straight forward enough. One thing though. I do not believe that anywhere along the installation, I was prompted to set a password for the root account. I was prompted to set up a user account and a password for it, which I did. Now I cannot log in as root so I am a bit stuck… Does this mean I need to start a new installation? I obviously cannot make any administrative changes so my account is a s good as a goldfish on a football pitch…. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Oren */ /* well you should try to use use sudo for most things, you open a termial and type "sudo *application*" then enter your own user password when prompted which should give you the right privelages, or you could type "sudo passwd root" and follow the instructions to set the root password, but i dont reccomend it, also you will notice that even after you have done that, you cant log in as root from the login screen :). you can change this by going to System > Administration > Login screen setup then to the security tab, and ticking "allow root to login with GDM" but i reccomend against doing that too, you shouldnt realy use root as your main account, period. hope that helps Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openoffice
Thanks Dave, Turns out i had neither, i also found a language meta-package that installed a whole bunch of *en-gb things for mozilla (thunderbird),gnome and openoffice, including the help files (about 37Mb of files) i think everything is fixed for me now. Nick McMahon Dave Meikle wrote: There was problems like this during development but I don't think it is a regression - you can give bugzilla a whirl to see. If you could just make sure you have the myspell and language-base packages for your language installed a try again. Cheers, Dave -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openoffice
baza wrote: On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 18:22 +0100, Nick Mcmahon wrote: Hello, i was just wondering what version of OpenOffice Breezy is supposed to work with, i have installed OpenOffce.org2 and find there is no dictionary :s has anyone else experianced this? any ideas what to do? Nick I've got OpenOffice 2 and it seems to have dictionary, though maybe this is because I was running OO1 under Hoary on this PC? Baza hm, as was i, i shal uninstall everything, install one and then two and see where that leaves me again now the repos have setteled down, thanks Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] Openoffice
Hello, i was just wondering what version of OpenOffice Breezy is supposed to work with, i have installed OpenOffce.org2 and find there is no dictionary :s has anyone else experianced this? any ideas what to do? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 5.04 CDs available
Same here, theirs quite an interest at my college, maybe not a market for all 700 :-Pbut i should certainly be able to get a load shifted Hi all - I have about 700 Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) CDs available in our office in London (all x86). Yes, these are out of date now that Breezy is out but they are still valuable and I'd like to put them to good use. Remember that it was only a few months ago that everyone was clamoring for these CDs - they are still incredibly useful for introducing people to Ubuntu and to open source in general. Can any of you use them? Perhaps you have a school or community center that you could distribute them to?If so, please email me off list. Thanks Jane -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] mplayer
Hi Baza, i also am usuing 5.10 and some media files do not work for me, i have followed the advice from ubuntuguide but still some arn't displayed properly, a semi-solution i have found is to right click 'save link as' and view from the desktop or head directly to the media file (ie http://www.foo.com/foo.wmv) stop firefox, and save the file like that i mostly get problems with: .Mov - they play for less than a second then the plugin greys out, .WMA - they dont play at all (which is understandable as w32codecs are no longer in the repo i dont think) and when downloaded i usually only get audio. ill keep a closer eye on what happens if you post a link to the bug you file i might be able to add to it and help them out. Although i had the problem in 5.04 too Nick McMahon Baza wrote: On 7 Oct 2005, at 15:12, Baza wrote: Hi, before I file a bug report can I just check it's not juts me having this problem. Is anyone else failing to play some video media clips with the mplayer for firefox? On the BBC site I can't play the news clips. Baza I forgot to say, this is on Ubuntu 5.10, Breezy. B - http://walkertopia.com - Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] JRE
i just wondered, given the very recent Google/sun news why has the JRE version in breezy been taken back to 1.4 from 1.5? as far as i am aware this was Suns doing...any ideas? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] suspend you ram broke (breezy)
baza wrote: The October 3 update seems to have broke suspend to RAM on my Inspiron 2200. It was working, 'out of the box' up til that point. Is anyone else finding this? Baza not that specifically, but the same update seems to have broken my friends xsession, must have been a punishment for early-adoptors or something :) -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question
baza wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 09:01 +0100, David Little wrote: baza wrote: When my Breezy laptop, Dell Inspiron 2200, goes into standby mode for any length on time the wifi appears to stop working. Only a reboot gets the connection to my network back up. Is there any way I can turn on the wifi without having to reboot? Baza Have you tried Network Monitor applet -> Properties -> Configure. It lets me turn wifi off and on on my Toshiba Portege as required. David For some reason best known to itself I don't appear to have one of those. Do you know how I 'activate' it? Bazaz Oh, and i have just rememberd, i once had no Network applet too, it was becuse i switched over to breezy too early and certain things were not ready, i recently killed my system and had to reinstall, upon upgrading (straight away, first thing i did after logging in) from 5.04 to 5.10 it came back, so i dont know if there is a fix, but a reinstall works :) Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question
baza wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 09:01 +0100, David Little wrote: baza wrote: When my Breezy laptop, Dell Inspiron 2200, goes into standby mode for any length on time the wifi appears to stop working. Only a reboot gets the connection to my network back up. Is there any way I can turn on the wifi without having to reboot? Baza Have you tried Network Monitor applet -> Properties -> Configure. It lets me turn wifi off and on on my Toshiba Portege as required. David For some reason best known to itself I don't appear to have one of those. Do you know how I 'activate' it? Bazaz you *should* have that applet :S anyways, go to system > administration > networking and you should see it listed there, just 'activate' it again. Would it be an idea to file a bug report for it? try agian to get that applet up cos i find its easier than the way i have described. right click on a desktop panel, the one with the clock on will do, Click " + add to panel" and then scroll about untill you (hopefully) see Network Monitor and an icon that looks like the old 56K activity monitor for windows, double click that and your sorted. Nick Mcmahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick McMahon wrote: Magnus Therning wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:46:58PM +0100, Nick McMahon wrote: nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted out now... one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what happens?! What happens to what? If you re-install your system will be pristine and new ;) Are you wondering what happens if you lose your private key? /M yeah, thats what i was trying to say, what if i lose my private key, and i reinstall or get a new computer or all 3? Nick You should generate and keep revocation certificates and use them to remove the private key from the keyserver in case you lose your key, or it is compromised. Just burn your private key and/or revocation certs to cd (or something) and then keep it in a secure place. You can then reimport and use these keys in future. Dean -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDKvnieedO8dcp9nYRAqVjAJ9tm+FvvMsjXkUYzECJgwlLvGDaQACdGCRM QzunAz0TbNjgPNw3P2aIhyc= =kceh -END PGP SIGNATURE- Thanks Guys, After a steep learning curve, i seem to understand now. i have a script that backs up my docs and moves them on my USB stick, i'll add the right DIR to that. Should take care of it. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG
Magnus Therning wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:46:58PM +0100, Nick McMahon wrote: nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted out now... one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what happens?! What happens to what? If you re-install your system will be pristine and new ;) Are you wondering what happens if you lose your private key? /M yeah, thats what i was trying to say, what if i lose my private key, and i reinstall or get a new computer or all 3? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG
nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted out now... one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what happens?! -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] GPG
Hi, i was wondering if anyone knew much about GPG, im joining a site that requires me to auth myself with a GPG key, but i have never used them before! i tried to find mine with gpg --fingerprint nickm but it returned: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --fingerprint nickm gpg: error reading key: public key not found I guess this means i dont have one, can anyone please help me create one? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live CD problem
Stephen Bennett wrote: Hello all, Would anyone have any idea why a ubuntu live CD would not boot with a Compaq Presario whereas with a laptop and another computer it boots without a problem? do you mean it wont boot at all, or freezes durning boot? if it doesnt boot at all: you might have to enable booting from your CD device in the BIOS or press a special button during the machines POST to bring up a boot menu to select the device to boot from, i have to do both :) Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 12168 Needs a British English Speaker.
Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Nick, http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12168 picks up on some incorrectly spelt words in aspell's British English dictionary. I opened it, and Mark Florian has added a couple more. It would be nice if a British English speaker could confirm our spelling and move the bug on from Unconfirmed to New. I'd be happy to take a look at some, but, i have no idea how/where to get started..if someone could point me there ill take a look but iv never done this before.. Thanks. If you look at the bug with the URL above you'll see the command I ran on my system to show aspell didn't recognise the spellings. echo offensive/advisor/panellist/practice | tr / \\012 | aspell pipe Try it with a word it does know to see how the output differs. echo test | tr / \\012 | aspell pipe The `locale' command I used will confirm you're in an en_GB (English, Great Britain) locale. If you get the same results, and you agree that the words Mark and I have spelt are correct British English, then tick the `Confirm bug (change status to NEW)', add a comment giving your view, and hit `Commit'. It may ask you to log in to your Bugzilla account at that stage, which is a simple case of registering with an email address. You can register and log in beforehand if you prefer. Cheers, Ralph. Tested, i am in en_GB for all offensive is correct. advisor should be adviser according to the oxford dictionary, advise, adviser, advisroy. panellist isnt in my dictionary _at all_ however panel only has one L so i would spell it 'panelist' but as far as i can help you, its not a word at all. - its not in *my* dictionary, it may be in others. Practise is a verb like learning the drums over and over, practice is a noun like a doctors practice - the place where he works going to fill in the form now. Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 12168 Needs a British English Speaker.
I'd be happy to take a look at some, but, i have no idea how/where to get started..if someone could point me there ill take a look but iv never done this before.. Nick Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12168 picks up on some incorrectly spelt words in aspell's British English dictionary. I opened it, and Mark Florian has added a couple more. It would be nice if a British English speaker could confirm our spelling and move the bug on from Unconfirmed to New. Incidentally, it seems a lot of bugs, even well-reported ones with simple test cases, e.g. 12655, sit at Unconfirmed. I guess this is because the people with time to fix bugs are too busy fixing ones at New to take a first pass through all those at Unconfirmed, spotting duplicates or explaining to the reporter why it isn't a bug. It seems an obvious thing for volunteers who can only spend 15 minutes here and there to help out with, but the Wiki had only a little on the topic. A quick initial response to a bug report is encouraging to the reporter who otherwise may not report the next thing they spot. That would lose a valuable source of contribution. Cheers, Ralph. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question
Norman Silverstone wrote: I am sorry, bit I must disagree with you. One of the very strong points about Ubuntu is the community and, to some extent, the bigger and more diverse the community is the better for all. FWIW, I think the only reason for separate groups is one of ease of communication eg language. Norman Well when I said setting one up was a good idea, I also said that it would only be worth it if there were enough people joining to keep it going, I wont be setting one up, i'm not from Ireland, I was just giving my oppinion. Would you like a [Ubuntu-USA-UK-Ireland-Australia-South africa-English speaking Europe-English speaking Asia-English speaking South America-and enyone else who speaks english] list? and then the same for all the french speaking countries and agian for the german speaking countries etc. I feel those would be too busy to use effectivly. Small(er) divisions are sensible, with everyone on this list being from the UK it means that we have certian things in common, But it also means we are differnt in culture from other english speaking places, which would become apparent on a languange (as opposed to area) segregated list. Lots of very small groups would be bad for ubuntu and I agree with you on community thing to an extent, and depending on the size and number of active users in an Irish list, I think it become quite a good community. Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question
Matthew East wrote: When the group (-uk) was started, the reason we called it -uk was that we wanted to include all of the UK. In fact this was insisted upon :) The "Britain" on that link you refer to is probably misplaced! We'll get it changed... This doesn't stop you setting up a separate Irish or Northern Irish group if you think that it would be beneficial! However, you are certainly very welcome on this list! Matt i'm also new, but i have to agree with that, setting up a seperate Irish or Nothern Irish group would be a good idea, but you have to think, how many Irish or Nothern Irish ubuntu Users would sign up (and how many are already signed up to the UK list) , would it be viable to do so? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
