Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name
Just started typing Animals begining... and Google's second suggested completion was with u. I guess there are a few people trying to second guess Mark about now. On 22 April 2014 18:38, Peter Smout smoutp...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/04/14 18:30, J Fernyhough wrote: On 22 April 2014 18:23, Chris Coulson chrisccoul...@ubuntu.com wrote: I hope it involves unicorns. How about, Ubiquitous Unicorn? :-) - Chris I think the entire internet would be severely disappointed if it didn't. :D J Although of course there are other options. Uakari: A monkey found in South America (with an unusually small tail for it's size!) Uguisu: A bird (whose guano is used is face creams, if that does not put you off nothing will!!) Umbrellabird: That would just be boring! Pete S -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow
On 6 February 2013 23:05, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: To the best of my knowledge I wasn't using Adobe Air at the time. And as for Flash, of course I don't choose how others design their sites. But you can choose what software to run on your computer. Have you tried a flash blocker? Or a different browser? Or a different version of the flash plugin? If you open the same tabs in Chrome, does it behave differently? I seem to remember that Chrome comes with its own flash plugin, so may well be worth a try. It could be that the new machine hits a bug in the flash plugin that the old machine did not. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Experia
On 16 December 2012 07:33, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote: Thanks for the replies...Bought phone yesterday and looking forward to playtime...See phone tells me the software is up to date yet lots of mails say ics is available..Also mails say the battery must be drained before a recharge...Is this so ? Regards Ted Wager. http://www.xda-developers.com/ Find the forum for you phone and do a search. Lots of info there. Also, https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/ If you are feeling brave. Don't worry too much about running battery flat. I believe that was true in the day of NiCad cells. LiPo cells don't like going flat. The phone will shut-down before the cell is completely flat to protect it. I have an Xperia U. Cyanogenmod for it is not complete yet so I am still running Sony's ICS. However, the boot-loader is unlocked, and the thing is rooted. Most of the bloat has been deleted. There are hacks to enable USB mass-storage, but I have not bothered. With adb installed it is just as easy to type adb push file location to copy a file to the device. Tools you will want:- adb fastboot flashtool -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Recommendations for laptop spares suppliers
Can anybody recommend a reputable supplier for a new keyboard for a HP Compaq Presario CQ70 laptop? Thought that I should ask before just picking a random guy on eBay! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.
I have been using Ubuntu quite happily for a few years. It has been great having a stable system. However, it seems that the good times are over. Look at the graph at [1]. That is if the machine has not crashed again. It can be seen how unreliable this machine is since the upgrade to 12.04. If this was the only machine I had, then I would not think too much about it. Unfortunately I have two other machines that have also been upgraded to 12.04 that also no longer have the same stability as before. I am now torn. On the one hand, it would be good to wipe the machines clean and try with a fresh install instead of an upgrade. On the other hand, if I am going to wipe the computers clean, it would be an ideal time to jump ship, and possibly revert to using Debian again. This dilemma will probably result in me doing nothing until the 12.04.1 upgrade. [1]http://stuphi.co.uk/serverstats/graph.php?graph=0start=-31536000title=Year -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.
On 24 May 2012 14:00, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: I have upgraded servers from 10.04 to 12.04, AND one server from 10.10 through 11.04 and 11.10 to 12.04. All are fine. No crashes so far, everything is stable. This seems to be a problem specific to your setup. We can help further if you provide a profile of the server. What hardware? What software? What does crash mean? Total lockup? Kernel panic with output on console? Processes (like snmpd) crashing? I have three machines that were all upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04. They all worked reliably on 11.10. One of the machines, an old 1.7 GHz Celeron IBM desktop acts as my server. After upgrade it appears to kernel panic. The screen plugged into it is a bit broken, so I have only once caught the screen output before it power saves. I can't wake the screen without rebooting the machine, so I am only guessing that the other failures are the same. My desktop machine is probably the most tinkered with. It sometimes stalls on boot. At different places. Sometimes I have noticed it mentions waiting for network configuration. The boot is very slow. Turn on and go get a cup of tea. Minutes, not seconds. It is not a super fast machine, but should not be this slow. Also, when logging in, Unity is slow to start up. Not minutes, but a real long pause. I recently tried Xmonad for fun, and thought that the it could not be running correct as it started so fast! :-) The second desktop locked up the other day. My wife uses this machine, and all I know is that she needed to turn off and on again. Sorry, but I can't cope trying to get a more detailed response. The two desktops, once up and running don't seem to crash, but then they are only on when required. Only the server is on 24/7. I know that I should dig and get more details, but Ubuntu is supposed to be Linux for Humans. These days I just want to get on and use the machine, not spend hours just keeping them going. Don't get me wrong. I am not unhappy with Ubuntu. Just a little underwhelmed with this release. If I were supporting machines like mine professionally, I would be having a real paddy. But then I would also be more inclined to fix things ;-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Tiling Window Managers
Don't get me wrong. I like Unity. It does what it does well. However, I was reading some notes from UDS, and Xmonad was mentioned. I think in an off-hand way, but I decided to install and have a play. Well I liked what I found. I can't be alone, so was wondering what other opinions were. What is the best tiling window manager? I did find a list here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers From a quick glance I am tempted to try Awsome. Also, Qtile looks interesting, as it is written and configured in Python. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual
On 9 May 2012 19:52, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: So my question to you is:- If you have considered contributing to Ubuntu Manual, but haven't, what's stopped you? Some reasons might include:- * Lack of time * Lack of motivation * Lack of skill * Difficult to use tools Yep, all of them. I did look at getting involved a while back. It seemed to me then that doing all the work in LaTeX was a little odd. Don't get me wrong, I like LaTeX. But in this instance I am not sure it is the correct way to go. Installing LaTeX Live and doing all the version control stuff is complicated, especially if you are not a programmer who is familiar with the concept. Why not develop the book as a Wiki? First, anybody with a web browser will be able to read and write content. The content can then easily be munged into a website, Epub or PDF format. This is just a brain fart really. If I had more time, motivation and skill, I would hack together a proof of concept. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor
Hi, I have a large quantity of scanned images that I would like to tag somehow. I could use a program like Shotwell, but the tags etc are stored in a database and not in the files. What I really want to be able to do is have a program that will load the image and display it, and have a couple of input boxes for a description and tags to be added. These can be saved in the Title and User Comments tags. If I cant find a program that can do it directly, I am thinking it may not be too difficult to have write a script that goes through the Shotwell database and adds the tags, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor
On 10 May 2012 16:53, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe Shotwell can be set to write the data back to the images rather than saving in its db. Well there is certainly a tick box to that effect. I need to do some tests, but if that works, then I am sorted. Thanks! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes
On 9 May 2012 13:09, Matthew Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com wrote: - I start up, and select Ubuntu from the dual boot menu. - Then the screen goes black, with a non-blinking cursor in the top-right of the screen. - Then I see the low-graphics mode dialog. This dialog doesn't respond to anything. - I use ALT+CTRL+F3 to drop to tty3. (tty1 and tty2 don't respond) - I use 'sudo service gdm restart' to bounce the GDM. - then I see the login pages, and everything is normal from then on. As far as I can tell, I am using Unity 3D when I log in. I have a separate discrete graphics card, which doesn't sit well with Linux, but the built-in processor is not underpowered. However, I suspect that this is confusing gdm when it starts, and so it is showing me this screen. What graphics card do you have? Do you have the correct driver installed? Can I suggest you run 'lspci' and make sure that your graphics card is seen by Linux. You could also look into /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see what X is doing on startup. One thing I like to try is to stop gdm/lightdm whatever, and then run startx. If it fails it often gives a helpful message. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes
On 9 May 2012 18:36, Matthew Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com wrote: I return to tty3 and killed the process (CTRL+C). then I started gdm and all was ok again. It seems to be a bug in gdm or unity at this stage.. .but I can't really raise it without knowing which! Any other suggestions? Not really. The only thing that seems odd. Why are you using gdm? Is there a reason why you are not using lightdm? Is this a machine that has been upgraded a number of times? If so, do you have an old Xorg.conf file in play? If that is the case, it may be worth backing it up to a safe place and running without it. After that, I am out of ideas! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes
On 9 May 2012 19:39, Matthew Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com wrote: h... I didn't realise that was weird... I have both installed. Could it be that both are starting at the same time and confusing everything? I imagine that gdm was installed when I moved to Gnome Shell! OK, I'll run a few more tests, and see how it goes... If I can live without one or the other I will aim to remove them! I also have both installed, but gdm is not used. run this command sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm That should give you the option to set the default. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?
On 18 April 2012 18:20, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 18/04/12 17:36, alan c wrote: I have had remarkable success with Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 (updated) so far, however I have just discovered that the gnome media stuff, or at least - specifically the sound recorder facility - is a problem - it does not work. Not on the two different machines I have tried, and I am about to try a third. Sound recorder is a very useful app and I really hope it will be working soon. Does anyone else use it? Same problem in a third, different machine. It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will try again in a few minutes. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?
On 18 April 2012 19:46, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will try again in a few minutes. :-) Lots of 3.4.0's were replaced with 3.4.1's so I guess that is a point release of gnome then. Sound recorder still working. Sorry, but that does not help very much, does it. :-( -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Date Time display
On 27 February 2012 09:15, Ken Adams adams.ke...@gmail.com wrote: I have been searching the archives, but not sure what to look for, so I am asking here. I have lost the Date Time display in the top toolbar and cannot find where to bring it back. The Date Time setting does not show in the system settings. I cannot add with a right click. Hi Ken, Go to System Settings, from the icon in the top right corner. In there, under System, there is an icon for Time Date. Click that. Select the Clock tab. Check that the 'Show a clock in the menu bar' option is checked. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update BIOS with dual boot
On 31 January 2012 14:38, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have realised that some graphics glitches i have been experiencing on my thinkpad x121e might be the product of an out-of-date BIOS. As such i am looking to update my BIOS. The last BIOS update I did was on an ASUS motherboard. ASUS supply a DOS utility to flash the BIOS, so I created a bootable CD with FreeDOS, the utility and the new BIOS on it, as I don't have a floppy drive. The FeeDOS website had a guide to creating the CD. If Lenovo also have a DOS utility, that may be a way forward. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting
On 23 November 2011 09:45, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: Do you make a point of bottom posting regardless of the recipient's style? Or do you just stay 'bothered' inside but think 'what's the point' and just top-post? Bottom posting only makes sense when people cut the quoted text. If people are going to always leave the full original post, then top posting is better, IMHO. On a mailing list such as this, if I need to look back, the full thread is available. Here, bottom posting is better. At work, my boss may have a long back and forth with a supplier, and then suddenly include me with a 'What do you think?' type message. In that situation, I am glad that they have top posted, including all the old messages, as I can then look back and see what has already been covered by all parties. Horses for courses. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Cheap USB DVB-T Dongale that works with 11.10
Can anybody that uses a cheap USB DVB-T dongle that works well with Ubuntu 11.10, please tell me the make and model. Thanks! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
On 26 October 2011 11:27, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LO in 11.10 STILL CANNOT USE TBird addressbook as an address data source!!!!!!!!!
On 18 October 2011 17:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately I am not a programmer Maybe this is an opportunity to do something about that? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line
I have just rebooted a machine, and it lost the ability to resolve domain names. This machine has 11.10 on it and I have just done an update today. This suggested a reboot so I did. After that, it forgot how to resolve domain names. Poking around, I found the /etc/resolv.conf file had nothing in it except a not saying it was managed by network-manager. Manually adding a nameserver here fixed my problem, but I am going to guess that it will disappear again next reboot. How do I make this permanent from the command line over ssh? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line
On 18 October 2011 16:08, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: Is this a server? I assume you don't have a GUI. There are command line tools if you Google for them but there isn't one installed by default. However if it's a server you can configure your system manually and disable Network Manager, which stops it making changes. s/ Yes, it is my home server. It did have a GUI installed but that failed after the Oneiric upgrade. Can't complain about that as it did give a warning. So, what is the best way to disable Network Manager? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line
On 18 October 2011 16:18, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: List the interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces, and Network Manager will ignore them. Well, I did have them listed in there. Now I have run sudo update-rc.d -f network-manager remove Lets see if that puts it in its place. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Strange DVB USB behaviour in 10.10
Hi All, I know I should have waited, but I could not resist! This machine was upgraded to 11.10 early. Very quickly I bumped into a bug when I could not use my USB DVB tuner due to a missing patch in the kernel. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/870123 Now, when I try and use the DVB device, it will work, but adds the 'feature' of simulating a tab key press every couple of seconds. The same thing happens when I use me-tv, gnome-dvb-control, scan and tzap. The tab key presses continue all the time those applications are running, even if in the background. This makes using any other program that responds to the tab key very difficult. Any suggestions on where to look for for help? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
On 3 October 2011 16:25, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Timothy, Thanks for the advice. I went with the Sony, as you mentioned. I'll have a look at transcription software and let you know if i come up with anything useful. Hopefully i can get something working natively in Linux. In the past I have used this:- http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php But looking at that webpage, it may have been replaced with this:- http://transag.sourceforge.net/ the first one at least is in the Ubuntu repositories so should be easy to test. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....
On 3 July 2011 16:26, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I continued thumbing through to the appendices, and suddenly saw lots of free software stuff. '.. The licences for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licence is intended to guarantee your freedom to .' I noticed a similar thing in the manual for my Samsung TV. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.
On 10 June 2011 10:40, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Only the pictures of kittens, which I believe comprises most of the internet these days. Is that an euphemism? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.
On 10 June 2011 10:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: http://www.google.com/search?q=kittensum=1ie=UTF-8tbm=ischsource=ogsa=Nhl=entab=wibiw=1920bih=992 Kittens! Thousands of them! Now that was just plain gratuitous! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp
There seems to be a lot of Unity bashing going on. Just for balance, I have been getting on fine. I accept that it is still very young and has some maturing to do, but overall, I like it. The big test for me was how the wife would get on. I was expecting all sorts of wailing and mumbling along the lines of why change it. Well I did get that, but it was only to do with the style of the cards in her favourite game! That was easy to adjust. I am really looking forward to 11.10 to see how Unity grows up. Also being able to switch between Unity and Gnome 3 will be interesting. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] FireFox and SQLite
On 27 November 2010 15:25, Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com wrote: Morning All I'm in the process of installing GNUCash on both my Windows and Ubuntu boxes, both of which currently have FF as the browser. I seem to remember that FF uses SQLite as it's own back end, but have a nagging memory that Mozilla have optimised it for FF's use and this makes it unusable for any other application. Can anyone confirm this please as I want to use SQLite as the backend for GNUCash too and want to know if I need to install SQLite, or use the FF one? It looks like firefox has a version of libsqlite in the /usr/lib/firefox directory. It may be possible to use that version of sqlite with Gnucash, but I don't think I would risk it. The modifications made for Firefox may be slight, but could have unforeseen consequences for Gnucash. I would simply install the default sqlite from the standard locations, and use that for Gnucacsh. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..
On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox and then adding the extensions, then rebooting the VM? The other day I downloaded the latest VirtualBox, and tried Natty. I did not try too hard but I seem to remember that the version of X in Natty is too new and not supported by the extensions. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..
On 16 February 2011 19:39, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: On 16/02/11 19:07, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox and then adding the extensions, then rebooting the VM? The other day I downloaded the latest VirtualBox, and tried Natty. I did not try too hard but I seem to remember that the version of X in Natty is too new and not supported by the extensions. Works a treat actually. You need Virtualbox 4, which isn't in the repos, but comes as a .deb file and install the virtualbox guest extensions in the guest, then sit back and enjoy all the compiz powered unity goodness. I was trying VirtualBox 4.0.2 on a 64 bit Windows host. I was at work and only mildly curious so did not spend too much time working out what was wrong. Can you please let me know what version you are using, as I may want to try and run it at home on a Linux host. Thanks. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?
On 7 January 2011 22:03, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I would be interested to know if any of the webcams that work with Ubuntu also have an optical zoom -- does anyone know of any? Or is that too fancy for a webcam? I need something more powerful than your average webcam but a lot cheaper than a proper camcorder, to use as a camera to stream live via the web (using livestream.com) rather than record onto a disk/memory card/tape. I don't know, but would a Canon PowerShot with an alternative firmware do the trick? http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora
On 7 January 2011 12:13, David Jones djones.dan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 07/01/2011 12:12, azmodie wrote: I sent you an invite too. If anyone else needs one, I got two left. Liam Gallear The number of people asking for them has convinced me I should ask for an invite if there is still any left. Dave Jones One will be on its way shortly -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora
On 7 January 2011 12:22, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Scary, but whosever invitiation Dave doesn't use - could I have it? Sean On its way. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora
On 2 January 2011 22:15, Mark markymo...@gmail.com wrote: I got 5 invites if anyone wants one? Mark Any invites left? I would love one please :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora handles
stu...@joindiaspora.com -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 15:34, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: To do this, I would use cp /etc/shadow /home/username/shadow.bak cp /etc/passwd /home/username/passwd.bak then archive home tar -pczf home.tar.gz /home/myusername then move our files onto a USB device cp /home/home.tar.gz /media/usb drive name I'm sure there are better tutorials out there, but It's something to look at. or:- $ sudo apt-get install backup-manager -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...
On 17 December 2010 15:55, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hullo! I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) One of these things:- http://popey.me/dNBjHT (112 quid once you get the cash back) Nice! Mailserver:- Postfix Webmail:- Roundcube webmail File sharing:- SAMBA (with some config fu) Webcam monitor:- Webcam (part of xawtv) Media server (music/photo/video):- ??? VOIP server:- ??? What am I missing / what would you do? The latest thing I have installed on my home server is byobu https://launchpad.net/byobu I have used screen many times but not really hard. This makes using screen even simpler. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loosy splah screen after update to 10.10
On 18 November 2010 23:02, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: does anybody know if it's possible to customise the Plymouth graphics, I quite fancy giving it a stab and ending up with something a bit more impressive than 'dots'. Jacob Mansfield Programmer A quick Google and I find http://brej.org/blog/?p=158 Hope that helps. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....
On 4 November 2010 10:50, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Looking at the recently created OpenShot website http://www.openshot.org/, it is looking a really good option for video editing, with lots of features. It also uses the Media Lovin Toolkit http://www.mltframework.org/ as opposed to the Gstreamer system used by others. I hope to try out OpenShot at the weekend. If anyone does a write up of how they got on with OpenShot, please let me know. I had a play with OpenShot last night. It looks very good, but I have to say that it did crash once, and getting the codecs installed is not clear.[1] Once that was sorted, it does have a very good dialog for setting the codecs where you just pick what the target is (YouTube, DVD, Bluray etc) and it will then set some sensible defaults. You can then click the advanced tab, and tweak if required. That is one thing it does better than PiViTi. I have not actually tried to create a video with it yet. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox problems
On 12 October 2010 22:34, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it in VirtualBox 3.2.8 (running on Ubuntu 9.04 host). It's the 64-bit version. So I rebooted the virtual machine and tried installing the Guest Additions again, but it still says that it has an unknown version of the X Windows System. So it looks like Ubuntu 10.10 is currently incompatible with VirtualBox? If so, it's real shame, as I test all distros in VirtualBox before considering them for installation. I think you need to install the following: $ apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 I found this here: http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/1157-install-guest-addition-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-fix Google is your friend! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox problems
On 12 October 2010 23:04, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On 12 October 2010 22:34, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it in VirtualBox 3.2.8 (running on Ubuntu 9.04 host). It's the 64-bit version. I have just noticed that 3.2.10 is now out and the change-log mentions a fix for this issue. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform
On 20 September 2010 23:12, Grant Sewell dcg...@thymox.co.uk wrote: Pulse Audio to the rescue! http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/DownloadPulseAudio#Binaries http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/FAQ#HowdoIusePulseAudiooverthenetwork Please bear in mind that I have never done this, nor even tried it. Grant. Wow. This is an answer to a question I have not even asked yet! :-) I have two computers in the same room on the same network. One is connected to a stereo and therefore has sound. the other does not. I have been thinking for some time there must be a way to share the sound card from one PC to he other in similar way that I can share the Printer. Reading through that FAQ seems to indicate that it is possible. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!
On 31 August 2010 12:24, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: There were 85 voters and the results in order of the options are: so in order of popularity that is: 8) 58 full height k with hyphen Making this the most popular logo option: http://pollka.libertus.co.uk/pics/full/logo14.svg (don't worry about the 14 in the URL, that means nothing) Typical! One that I did not vote for. That goes to show how much I know. :-) Well done for organising the vote. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal
On 18 August 2010 10:08, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 18 August 2010 09:53, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: There is no evidence, as far as I can see, that 9.04 and 9.10 are any more similar than 9.10 and 10.04, therefore the accepted rules regarding release numbers (ie. 1.4 1.41 1.42 1.5 1.51 1.52 denotes major and minor releases) don't apply so 10.04 is NOT a release number imho and has no more significance in that regard than Lucid or Karmic... Release numbers are arbitrary at the behest of the developer who chooses them. We chose YY.DD and it works really well. You can te And I always thought that it was YY.MM :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners OCR
On 18 August 2010 18:25, Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com wrote: Heyhey everybody! I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university notes this coming academic year. I was wondering if anyone has a scanner they can recommend that works well with Ubuntu? Ideally it would be a tray-fed scanner, so I can put in several sheets at a time and just hit a nice big 'GO' button, and it would scan it all into a single PDF. Bonus points if it can scan both sides of the paper in one go. Also, has anyone tried any available OCR software for Ubuntu? It'd be great if I could scan in my notes into text, which would make them all searchable! Simon Wears http://MunkyJunky.com I have a CanoScan LiDE 60. It is only a simple flat bed scanner, but does fulfil your 'works with ubuntu' requirement. I seem to remember going to the SANE website and looking for information on what is supported before buying it. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html Have fun! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners OCR
On 18 August 2010 22:24, John Levin technola...@gmail.com wrote: No idea as to the state of dedicated handwriting recognition apps. If you're taking notes, why not enter them directly onto your computer? Alternatively, type up the notes later. It will help reinforce the lecture. Of course you will have to give up some beer time, so not really a practical suggestion. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle sues Google over Java
On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using Java, somehow missing the whole Java is Open Source idea. Is this what Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow? Details here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_sues_google/ Regards Bruce I think that they are probably a bit upset because Android does not use the Sun JVM. I was only reading the other day that this could bite Google if it was found that the alternative VM infringes any Sun IP. s/Sun/Oracle/g -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Rsync to a remote computer
On 4 August 2010 12:28, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 4 August 2010 12:23, Gordon Burgess-Parker gor...@gbpcomputing.co.uk wrote: Is it possible to use rsync to a folder on a remote computer? Yes If so what's the syntax? u...@server:folder/folder/.. I would have thought google would have given you this in seconds. $ man rsync Google not required :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo
On 2 August 2010 22:58, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/08/10 22:55, Alan Bell wrote: http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo11.svg Looks fine to me :-) Al Is it meant to be a lower case u followed by an upper case K? That is just plain wrong. Keep it all lower case, or all upper case. If you really need an upper case K then use it with an upper case U. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business
On 27 July 2010 18:42, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote: I've been reading the list for a few weeks (and posted once to get gmane set up and tested) in preparation for an upcoming job. I have a contact who is keen on using open source wherever possible in a new startup company, so I am looking for any kind of resources which might help in such a situation. I've been using open source software for years, but only in large corporations in fairly narrow applications. I couldn't make the Ubuntu in Business meeting a couple of weeks ago, but is there a writeup of what happened there? Are there any other good starting points to get an overview of what Ubuntu can offer the small (but hopefully fast growing) business? If you need to get up and running quickly, and resources are tight, have you thought about using Google Apps for your domain? Register a domain name, set up google apps with that domain name, and you instantly have 100 email accounts all for the cost of the domain registration. Client machines can be anything with web access and a browser. Instantly have ability to work away from the office. Later, as time and resources allow, you could either upgrade to the paid for version, or migrate away to running your own servers, as required. I would be interested in what you find in the way of ERP. There is half an idea floating around inside my head that concerning that. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on ffmpeg encoding
On 23 July 2010 14:27, ByteSoup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vpass=1:$opt -mf type=jpg:fps=5 -o $VIDEOFILE mf://$IMAGEPATH/*.JPG The only part I changed is fps= down to 5 from 8. Im assuming the input file list is in $opt in that line? I would have thought that it was the mf://$IMAGEPATH/*.JPG bit. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 28
On 15 July 2010 12:16, Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote: RE: Message 2 Try emptying out /etc/resolv.conf then add these 2 lines: nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 Save the new file then restart your browser. -Andy foil_hatAs long as you are happy to let Google know everywhere you go on the internet./foil_hat -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude
On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Guys, I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate. But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get? I've used aptitude since I started using ubuntu, seeing as I thought apt-get wasn't maintained any more. Neil Perry I had a suspicion this was going to happen. I seem to remember that when I was using Debian it was recommended to use aptitude. Can't remember why though. From the command line I still use aptitude. Once it is no longer there by default, it will require me to change my ways. More often these days the GUI tools are sufficient to get things done. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 3 June 2010 13:31, micheal harker micheal.har...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I vote 'no' to a London skyline. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 3 June 2010 13:44, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: I vote 'no' to a London skyline. Why, because it's London? No, because I see it all over the place, and I don't think that it looks very nice. Also, it represents only a small area of the UK. If a city sky-scape is required, how about having a selection of different cities and rotate them? People may not recognise them by sight, but they could be watermarked. Then when others view the sight, they can learn what Manchester, Bristol or Edinburgh looks like. You get the idea? Don't let me put you off. I know what I don't like, but find it much harder to imagine what I do. I admire anybody's ability to pull a design together. Have fun. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted
On 26 May 2010 16:45, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Reminds me of a relative who phoned me a few years ago and complained his (Windows) PC wouldn't boot. What were you doing when you last used it? Just deleting some files I never use Like what? command.com, something like that You may have a problem there ... LOL :-) I had a friend who also called me with My computer will not start What did you do? Well it said that I was running out of memory, and to close some applications. So I deleted Windows/System32. I don't use a program called System32 so I deleted it. Did I do something wrong? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meego and Ubuntu
On 27 May 2010 10:58, YaManicKill mailingl...@10people.co.uk wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am just trying it in a VM, and if I like it, I'll install it on my lenovo ideapad s10e. It looks really good. What VM are you using? I have tried it in Virtualbox on a Windows machine, but it complains about missing framebuffer -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Slow Log In since upgrade
Since upgrading to the latest version of Ubuntu, I have been getting a prolonged pause from entering my password to the desktop displaying. The GDM window disappears, and all I see is the background and my pointer. Some time later, say 15 seconds, the desktop comes up. How can I find out what is going on during that pause so that I can fix it? Thanks. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Call for help - ISO testing
Hi, I would like to get involved. If I can actually help is yet to be determined. :-) Philip Stubbs. On 13/05/2010, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hi all, I'm sat here at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels and wanted to let people know about something and ask for volunteers to help. During the Lucid development cycle (ending with the Lucid release) the Italian LoCo Team have been doing some great work contributing to Ubuntu and I wanted to bring that to the UK. The task is to test the Ubuntu ISO (CD) images at certain points through the cycle. This is a surprisingly easy thing to do, and with a few volunteers and bit of co-ordination it's possible to test all the various flavours and architectures and report bugs to the QA team. What the Italian LoCo have done is co-ordinate the effort to ensure a spread of testers across Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and other flavours, and 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. There's no single person who has to test every single ISO, and some people only test one of them. There are points in the cycle (Alpha/Beta releases for example) where more effort is needed, so having multiple people testing the same ISO gives some redundancy as well as ensuring the images are well tested. What you'd need is a computer and a relatively decent internet connection which you could use to download one or more ISO images. Anyone fancy helping out with this? If so just say so here, and we can work out the details when I get back from UDS. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nicht im Haus bis 2010-05-28
On 9 May 2010 10:35, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hmmm, How do i stop my out-of-office doing the same when i go on holiday?? Don't set out-of-office. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backup strategies: [Was Hard drive- Bad sectors]
On 19 April 2010 09:10, Paul Morgan-Roach roa...@roachy.net wrote: Not sure if it's any use to anyone on here, but backuppc (available in the repositories) is a very nice solution, as it's a perl based with a nice web interface that allows backup using SMB, rsync over SSH, etc. It handles incremental backups nicely and gives an easy method of restoring files and folders as well. I'm currently using it to backup a handful of remote sites to our head office and it's very effective. Might be worth a look. That is definitely worth a look. I have been using backup-manager, also from the repositories. In fact I have been feeling rather smug, as I finally have sorted out my backup's. Having never been bitten by a failing HD, I had not formally setup a backup system. Now I make sure that stuff I am working on is in my Dropbox folder. backup-manager does nightly incremental backups on my server and workstation, and weekly full backups. All important data is on the server. Then I rsync the archives from both machines to a USB hard disk, that is located in a different building to the server. I am thinking of changing the USB drive to a much bigger one, and then coming up with a scheme that avoids massive transfers across the network each week. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
On 9 April 2010 15:51, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Just bought my Joggler online. I ordered mine on the 6 th. My Credit Card was debited the same day. I emailed them to see why I have not even received a confirmation, and it appears they are out of stock, and will send one 'soon'. Just pinged them another email saying that as they already have my money, they better reply saying that mine is due in 24 hours. We will see what happens. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy
On 28 March 2010 23:57, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote: Thanks for everyones help :) I've now located one that suits my needs perfectly :D (Waterdamaged unit from ebay) If you manage to get this working, please let us know. It would be interesting to see the results. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Create a DVD
On 26 March 2010 10:22, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: I placed a DVD in the tray. A menu opened (CD/DVD creator). I dragdroped the mpeg file in there and clicked create. A dvd was created. This works fine on several pcs..but doesnt seem to work on a dvd player connected to a tv. What am i doing wrong? any help When you put the DVD into a PC, what do you see? Do you see the original mpeg file or do you see VOB files? I would guess the former. If so then you would be better using a program like DeVeDe to convert the file into the correct structure and make a disc image that can then be burnt to a DVD. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy
On 26 March 2010 18:06, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Your nomenclature is wrong. There were 4 models of ZX Spectrum from Sinclair 3 models from Amstrad: Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum (16K) - the original, rubber-keys one ZX Spectrum (48K) - same rubber keys, more RAM ZX Spectrum Plus - 48K, plastic chiclet keyboard ZX Spectrum 128 - 128KB RAM, chiclet keyboard with a big heatsink on one side, GA-AY-8910 sound chip Amstrad Spectrum +2 - grey, built-in datasette recorder Spectrum +3 - black, built-in 3 (*not* 3.5) floppy disk drive Spectrum +2A - black, FDD removed replaced with built-in datesette recorder You are after a ZX Spectrum Plus, by the sound of it. I was going to make some joke about anoraks, but really I am still jealous of the kids at school who had spectrum's. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert
On 31 January 2010 14:28, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: A new thread to discus a possible TV advert Personally, I think it would be hard to answer a broad set of questions in one advert. The chance of missing the point for a broad range of potential target audience is too great. therefore, it would be better not to try. instead, it would be possible to at least raise brand awareness. Start with just a quick flash of a second or two of the Ubuntu 'circle of friends' logo. A little like they do on the run up to Big Brother. Later show the logo with 'Ubuntu'. That way people start to associate the logo and the word. Finally add a tag line and a web address. Those that are really interested will go to the web address, and that can answer all their questions. They will only need to investigate the features that are relevant to them, be they IT professionals or users. This way, when people walk into a computer store that sells machines with Ubuntu on them, they will say, 'OK, I have heard of that!' and not run a mile looking for the familiar Windows or Apple Logo. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit
2009/12/31 Andrew Seyes andrew.se...@gmail.com: Hi Philip, I too had the problem with shutdown warning other uses were logged in, and prompting for a password. I tracked this down to having installed mythtv on my laptop. I removed it (I was only testing it out anyway) and the problem disappeared. It looks like there is a bug reported against mythtv [1] for this - with a work around described in comment #17. Might try that myself if I put mythtv back on my laptop. If you dont have mythtv installed, then it looks like others with a similar problem [2] have found out (comment #12) which policies to edit [3]. Not tried this myself as I dont have the problem anymore. Regards, Andrew [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/445953 [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1328592page=2 [3] http://www.len.ro/2009/11/karmic-various-tricks/ The tip at [3] above worked for me. As my machines are home desktops, a user who is not in the admin group needs to be able to shut it down without the need for an admin password. The default behaviour makes sense for a server, but not for my desktops. it is a shame there is not a more intuitive method of changing this function. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit
Hi, How do I edit policykit so that it stops asking for a password on shutdown? When I try and shutdown my machine, a dialog pops up saying that the current policy does not allow shutting down the machine while other users are logged in, and requires an admin password to continue. I believe this makes little sense on a desktop system, and would like to stop this from happening. All I can find out is that it is Policykit, but I cant find any way of editing it. Regards, -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit
2009/12/31 Andrew Seyes andrew.se...@gmail.com: Hi Philip, I too had the problem with shutdown warning other uses were logged in, and prompting for a password. I tracked this down to having installed mythtv on my laptop. I removed it (I was only testing it out anyway) and the problem disappeared. It looks like there is a bug reported against mythtv [1] for this - with a work around described in comment #17. Might try that myself if I put mythtv back on my laptop. If you dont have mythtv installed, then it looks like others with a similar problem [2] have found out (comment #12) which policies to edit [3]. Not tried this myself as I dont have the problem anymore. Regards, Andrew [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/445953 [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1328592page=2 [3] http://www.len.ro/2009/11/karmic-various-tricks/ Thanks Andrew. In all my searches, Mythtv did not come up once. I do have Mythtv installed on this machine. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] File copying problem to USB flash drive
2009/12/25 David King linux...@avoura.com: When trying to copy video files to a USB flash drive, once the file has copied over, the original gets smaller, down to either 96 bytes or 0 bytes. The copy also sometimes shrinks to the same size. What could be causing this and how can I keep the files intact on the hard drive? I am using Ubuntu 9.04 on an AMD64 PC. The USB flash drive is 16 GB in size. Exactly what commands are you using to create the copy? Are you using the graphical interface or from the command line? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] File copying problem to USB flash drive
2009/12/25 David King linux...@avoura.com: I am clicking and dragging from within Nautilus. I also tried from the menus, Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste. It did not happen every time, but too often for comfort. At least I was able to recreate the first video file that disappeared (created using Open Shot Video editor). This problem has not occured before, only with a files created with Open Shot. Personally, I avoid 'click and drag' just because I normally forget when it will copy and when it will move. Therefore, if using the GUI, I will right click and select copy or cut as required, and then paste. Now I don't think that explains your problem though. You could try using the cp command from the command line. Also, when you had your problem, was OpenShot still open? I am just thinking that if the file is still open in the application, that may cause the copy command to misbehave. Other than that, I have no suggestions. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV connected to ubuntu pc via ethernet
2009/12/8 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/12/8 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: I know i have asked this question before so forgive me for asking again... What is the situation with tv's that are able to connect to pc's via ethernet? Which exact make and model of TV can do this? http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/television/led-tv/UE40B8000XWXXC/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detailtab=specfullspec=F -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
2009/11/26 Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org: On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now While I do use gmail, I think it's important to consider carefully how much you trust them to keep your data secure. Have you read the gmail privacy policy? It basically says we will not put up much of a fuss if someone asks for your data. Added to the fact that you are allowing them to store your data in the US, where data protection laws are not as broad as the UK's. Before you lump in the google-wary with the tin foil hat wearers, consider that a government would have a much easier time simply asking google for your thoughts than attempting to steal them through radio waves ;) Easier still, they could just ask me! Of course you are right. You need to trust those people who hold your data. However, I am still of the opinion that any email is like an open postcard. If anybody is going to trust their deepest darkest secrets to an open postcard, then they are a fool. The same with email, even if it is hosted privately. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
2009/11/26 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Gordon wrote: Russell Hay wrote: +1 for hosted gmail Hasn't Gmail had one or two major outages recently? I noticed a few people are keen on Google mail. Yes, folk tell me it's convenient (I don't know about outages); but Google is in to data-mining on a vast scale. I suppose if you're happy for them (and their partners, clients, US government agencies, and who knows who else) to know more about you and your behaviour than you yourself know (even without any linking to non-Google databases they may go in for), that's not a problem. But for me, I'll survive without the 'convenience'. Call me paranoid... I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
2009/11/25 Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com: 2009/11/25 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web space aspect, really, more the e-mail service. I would recommend getting your email hosted for free by Google. http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new I use for it a few domains and you get all the wonderful Google Mail features but with your own domain name. It's easy and simple to setup too. +1 -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?
2009/11/10 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org: On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 06:46 +, Alan Bell wrote: Ian Pascoe wrote: Evening all I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few thousand 35mm colour negatives. However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered through the GIMP, but really haven't a clue as to what I'm looking for. Anyone know of any app that will do this conversion and do it well as once completed and stored in multiple places, as you do, the negatives are to be disposed of. Cheers Ian Colours - invert from the menu. However ImageMagick may be more scriptable for you. This does not allow for the colour distortion caused by the built in filter in colour film. Is the colour distortion consistent? If so then than the negative of that tint could be applied to the images. http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/color/#tinting If I had thousands of images to adjust, I would take out a handful, then play with a script using ImageMagick. A number of steps may be required. It could also generate some thumbnails. When done, it would make sense to keep the original scans secure. Even with careful planning, it would seem likely that at least a few images would benefit from a manual tweak, and that would be best done on the original image. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?
2009/11/9 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com: Evening all I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few thousand 35mm colour negatives. However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered through the GIMP, but really haven't a clue as to what I'm looking for. Anyone know of any app that will do this conversion and do it well as once completed and stored in multiple places, as you do, the negatives are to be disposed of. http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ Have a look there. If the quality of the scans are consistent, then you could write a script to automate it with the image magick tools. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Audio Streams
2009/11/7 David Restall - System Administrator d...@restall.net: I'm not that interested in TV streams (there's not much on TV that interests me so I rarely watch it). Where is the get_iplayer script ? http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems
2009/11/4 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com:
On 04/11/09 09:50, David King wrote:
It made no difference installing the galaxy icon set.
also, how do I change the icon set in OOo? I see no option in the program.
And, after making that change, things got worse. All the menu entries
vanished. I had an icon in the panel for OOo Writer, which also would
not work without specifying the full path to the program. And when I run
it, I still the get the same error message.
What can I do?
My suggestions would be to:
Backup and then remove any/all of your ~/.openoffice.org{x} directories,
e.g.
cd ~
tar zcvf OOo.backup.tar.gz ~/openoffice.org{x}
rm -r ~/.openoffice.org{x}
uninstall OOo and whatever debs you have installed.
Synaptic is probably the easiest way to do this.
Alternatively, from the command prompt you can run:-
$aptitude search openoffice | grep '^i'
Then do an:-
$aptitude purge whatever
The purge option will remove config files that may otherwise get left
behind. Then re-install as suggested.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press
2009/11/3 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net: Maybe it is time to ask the question again -- is the 6-month cycle too ambitious? Sean There will never be a 'one size fits all' If six months is too fast for someone, then they should use only LTS releases. Alternatively, they could use Debian, or Suse or RedHat etc. An ambitious schedule will cause some problems, but I think it will also drive progress. It must be good for developers who come out with a shiny new version of their software knowing that they only need to wait maybe six months before it is included in a major distribution. Also, from a users perspective, it helps having up-to-date software available directly from the main repositories. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
2009/10/29 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Great, just in time, I'm just about to sort a PC out and was going to install 9.04. Guess it'll get 9.10 instead :-) Use the torrents if you can:- http://popey.com/karmic_torrents/ 'Gentlemen, start your BitTorrent's!' :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!
2009/10/21 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning? Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with Safari open on ubuntu.com Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said about other OSes. James I have not had time to read it yet, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] streaming content via wires!
2009/10/20 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/10/20 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: Apologies for bringing this topic back up but can i ask a question! In a bid to provide extra protection to the cable i am thinking of wrapping it in brown tape...Is this a good idea? Protection from what? It wont protect from lightning strikes. I think he was worried about UV degradation of CAT5 cable running on the wall outside his house. I would suggest that some form of conduit would be better. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] streaming content via wires!
2009/10/20 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: just the general elements...water and snow primarily!!! The cable will be fine in snow and water as long as the outer sheath remains intact. After installation, the biggest threat is likely to be UV. This will break down the polymer chains in the sheath causing it to become brittle and crack. If you are on a north wall, it will probably last for years. On a south wall, one good summer could do significant damage. It is hard to say what would be sufficient for you without seeing exactly where and how the cable is to be fitted. If changing the cable in the future is not going to be easy, then invest in exterior grade now and be done with it :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players
2009/10/11 Michael G Fletcher mich...@ilovemylinux.com: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against all my OSS beliefs and values? I have a Sansa Fuze. For music, it plays fine with Linux. It will play Ogg plus others. Video is a bit of a problem Last time I checked, it would only play a specially formatted video that only the windows software will create. Other than that, it is great. Has 8Gb internal memory, and also has a slot for extra memory. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party
2009/9/28 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Alan Bell wrote: I don't think anyone sensible would draw any conclusions from any single article (on any subject) but this does appear to be a useful contribution to the mix. Just wondered if anyone had come across this piece in the Guardian from a Windows devotee. (The author's description of the Win7 Launch Party video is priceless.) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/28/charlie-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows Shitasmic. That should be in the dictionary. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing itunes on Wine.
2009/9/23 Rik Boland rik_bol...@btinternet.com: I am still trying to install itunes on Wine but it wont work - any idea's Should wine have some form of window/desk top (GNU?) as me just get a list of programs to run and itunes is not one them! Best advice would be to ditch iTunes. However, this may help http://www.wine-reviews.net/applications/itunes-73-on-linux-with-wine.html Also check http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicationiId=1347 -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Organising, searching and emailing
2009/9/17 Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk: Our Volunteer Co-ordinator has returned to Uni, so I'm lumbered again. Except now we have quite a few volunteers to deal with. I want to be able to: * keep their contact details, availability, and skills list * search the list for availability and skills * email those who meet the search requirements (I plan to do mass emails of general news for all volunteers through the website, so I only want to email certain volunteers when necessary) I've been looking at options, but my main problem is that if I get lucky and find another sucker :) to take it over, they'll probably be using Windows so I need something that lets me export the data from Ubuntu if necessary. How about using Google Docs? Then as long as they have a browser, it does not matter much what OS the eventual incumbent uses. Also, you can share docs, so multiple people can get involved :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] mythtv
2009/8/22 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Norman Silverstone wrote: Thanks for the pointer to the MythTV mailing list I will follow it up. Incidentally, the changes to my local transmitter has meant that digiboxes etc have also had to be re-set. Norman No problem, I haven't used MythTV in a while since the PC it was running on failed. I must get it sorted out :-) I found that after the switchover it was fairly painless to rescan the boxes, one of the boxes did put channels in an odd order and my old OnDigital box no longer worked. I also found that my Freeview card which before the switchover wouldn't pick up any of the ITV channels, now picks up all the ITV channels but not the BBC channels! Our local transmitter (Rowridge) is not due ti fully switch over until 2012. Until then, it is on only 10% power for the digital signal, and they have a number of times moved things about meaning channels come and go. Last time I played with setting MythTV up, I purged all the packages, and re-installed all the MythTV stuff. I followed a guide I found on-line, and configured it to use the transmitted guide instead of the Radio Times. It worked much better this time. The previous time, I had to manually hack the MySQL database to get the channels setup. This time, it 'just worked'. Hopefully I will not have to touch it again until 2012 when we get the full 200kw signal, and then I should be able to get rid of the signal booster. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents
2009/7/21 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: I would like to remote start torrents on my main ubuntu machine. To that effect which torrent client is the best (and easiest) to set up. sudo aptitude install screen rtorrent I don't use bittorrent much, bue when I do, I just ssh into my server, start a screen session, and then start rtorrent. I can then log out and leave it running. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please
2009/6/30 JONATHAN TAYLOR jonptay...@btinternet.com: Hi all, as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've just bought a Wacom Bamboo pad, and I've seen lots of posts on here on using it, so any help with installing the bamboo or using it would be really appreciated. Thanks all. Jon I would recommend you have a look at Dia and Inkscape. The Gimp is also good, but is not a vector format editor. There is also Xfig, but that may feel a little 'old fashined'. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Last Barrier!
2009/6/10 Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com: The last barrier to ditching MS completely is two-fold. One - updating my Garmin Nuvi Satnav (the web updatyer apparently is only for Windows) and secondly back-up and restore of my Nokia mobile via Nokia PC Suite. There seem to be one or two sync apps for Nokia - anything to be recommended? I am only really interested in syncing my contacts on my phone. As I use google mail, I can use the google sync. It works great. Now I can add a contact to my phone or to my google mail contacts, and they will automatically sync according to the selected schedule. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu
2009/5/27 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: Ah thanks for that. Just seeing the quote you used from my last email - wanted to clarify it a bit. The reason i'm wanting a live cd is so that I can put the codec stuff on or flash and the other media things, not drivers etc. As a quick sort of poll, is Ubuntu Desktop the best for this type of thing, rather than any of the others? I.e. Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc. Stick with Ubuntu if the machine can handle it. If it is a bit low powered, then use Xubuntu. You don't want too many options/configurations, as it will become a nightmare to manage. Before all the KDE fans get flame throwers out, I only suggest using Ubuntu as it is the standard version, not because of any bias for Gnome on my part. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Font
2009/5/22 Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com: Open Office 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Does anyone know how I can install the MS Font Monotype Corsiva? It doesn't seem to have been installed using the MS Core Fonts installer, and my wife, whose company laptop has this font as default sends me docs that don't /quite/ render properly because of this. Thanks in advance! If you have the ttf file, I have found that I can drop them into a folder named .fonts on my home directory. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.10 - upgrade of svn to 1.5 or 1.6
2009/4/15 Werner F. Bruhin werner.bru...@free.fr: I just upgraded my Ubuntu machine which I mainly use for my svn repository. Reason to upgrade was to get of svn 1.4.3 to something more recent, i.e. 1.5.x or even better 1.6.1. Was searching around but have not found instructions on how to get svn upgraded - note that I am still pretty new to Linux/Ubuntu. Only thing I found was sudo apt-get upgrade subversion but the post was not clear if the person actually got it fully working (i.e. he posted that command but then stated that he run into problems). First I must say that I don't use svn. However, I would have thought that if you have upgraded to 8.10 then you should already have subversion 1.5.1. If you upgrade to 9.04 then you would have subversion 1.5.4 unless it is held back for any reason. If there is anything you need to do to your repository, I would not know. However, I bet a quick Google would tell you. All the best, -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comic strip creating software
2009/4/9 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: Hi, Im thinking of creating some comics. I know there online creators.but does anyone know of software that will work in the ubuntu environment? Inkscape and The Gimp -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found
2009/4/8 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: When I try ./shoes2.run, I get the following output: bash: ./shoes2.run: Permission denied. So, for completeness' sake, I try sudo ./shoes.run, and then get: sudo: ./shoes2.run: command not found. Can anyone advise me on what to try next? Thanks very much, Doug. Try:- $chmod +x shoes2.run then see if it will run. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
