Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools
Looks like I need to schedule a disassemble! On 3 Oct 2010 12:46, "Alan Pope" wrote: > On 3 October 2010 12:40, Stephen Garton wrote: > > > My work laptop is a reasonably new (2 years old) dual core unit, and > > regularly runs at >70C (nor... > My Toshiba dual core 3-year old laptop used to spin the fan all the > time and would never come down below about 50 or 60 degrees. I took it > apart and cleaned out the dust. Now it hovers around 40-45. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.c... > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools
My work laptop is a reasonably new (2 years old) dual core unit, and regularly runs at >70C (normally when running Java apps or converting video. I have to set the CPU frequency to 2/3 to get it to cool down! sheepeatingtaz > 71C is still way too high, my system is currently creating backups of my 3 > websites, extracting the text from the backups, synthesising it into a wav > and converting it into ogg vorbis while playing music and browsing the web > and my CPU core temperature is 45C, and I have a stock fan! > > On 3 October 2010 12:28, Philip Stubbs wrote: > >> On 3 October 2010 12:12, javadayaz wrote: >> > CPU fan is working fine... >> > >> >> check the CPU fan, 71C is way to high >> >> >> >> Is the CPU heat sink clogged with dust? >> >> -- >> Philip Stubbs >> >> -- >> 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] [OT] Basic network gateway server setup
On 31 August 2010 23:10, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace < matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote: > Quoting Eddie B : > > > Hi everyone > > > > > > My hunch is that it's something to do with the routing tables, or > > maybe the DHCP on eth0, but I can't find a proper answer anywhere on > > Google. I was hoping to find some sort of sample config, as surely > > this is not an uncommon situation, but maybe I'm not searching for the > > right terms. > > > > Run this as root on the server: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > And see how you get on. > > M. > -- > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk > http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I am currently using eBox (http://www.ebox-platform.com/) to do this sort of thing with very little background knowledge of how it is doing it behind the scenes! I can recommend it highly. I am using the beta (also based on 10.04) at the moment, but I understand it is due for release soon. HTH Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote
On 25 August 2010 08:26, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 25/08/10 08:04, Martin Jernberg wrote: > > > > > > I just voted, simply as a member of this list; but I did not get an > > > email with a link in it, so I may not have met an eligibility > criterion. > > > I wonder which, and how the voting system knows. ;-) > > > same here never got an email :( > > Please check your spam filters. > > There were quite a few peeps last night on IRC saying the mail went into > their gmail junk folder. > > +1 - just found the confirmation email in Gmail spam folder Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Code management systems
On 19 August 2010 14:09, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi > > The company I work for has outgrown their Change Management Solution. They > have developers in US, Canada, India and maybe soon in China and I was > wondering what solutions are there for: > >1. a global development market, it needs to be fast and I guess it will >be web based. >2. it would be best if it could track the change/bug detail right down >to the file version that has been changed ( the current solution keeps >Change objects and file objects and connect the 2 on a version level so you >could go back and get al the files (and correct version of the file) done >for a change OR look at a file version and see what change objects link to >it) > > Hi Cornelius, Not sure how much is relevant to your situation, but here is how we do it: We use git over ssh, managed on a central server using gitosis ( http://eagain.net/gitweb/?p=gitosis.git but available in the ubuntu repositories). Gitosis also makes user management for small teams easy. We use redmine (http://www.redmine.org/) for our issue tracking system which ties in with git, so that we can use things like "refs #1234" to link a git commit to an issue (or even "fixes #1234" to close it). It also has a repository browser built in. A couple of developers are using eclipse as their IDE with the Mylyn ( http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/) which also links in with both redmine and git to enable them to manage their work queue and do all their work in one place. The other useful bit of software I have found useful for git is giggle ( http://live.gnome.org/giggle) which is just a GUI for browsing local git repos. Hope That Helps Steve Garton blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows
On 15 June 2010 16:19, Alan Pope wrote: > On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote: >> I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 >> (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had >> some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in >> Karmic. I would say it is not something for the faint hearted (about 3 >> hours in total it took me) with a good proportion of time spent on a >> working laptop with google and a terminal with ssh! I can confirm that >> I have it working now though. >> > > ..and you documented this right? :) > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Documented? Yes. In a form that anyone else could understand? Not yet! Wifey is out tonight, so I was planning on writing up into a blog post tonight when the little one has gone to bed. Then I can look at finding out how to get back on planet.ubuntu-uk.org, as I appear to have been removed (although I'm still on here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows
On 15 June 2010 10:12, Matthew Bassett wrote: > On 15 June 2010 10:09, Bruce Beardall wrote: >> You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you >> can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for >> MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbooks, laptops, PCs etc. > > Thanks. I'll take a look: the only issue there is being able to get > enough information about the chipset to find out if it is really, > truely, supported (Poulsboro?) > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in Karmic. I would say it is not something for the faint hearted (about 3 hours in total it took me) with a good proportion of time spent on a working laptop with google and a terminal with ssh! I can confirm that I have it working now though. Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feature or Bug: accessing localhost with no networkconnection
On 8 June 2010 15:19, Alan Bell wrote: > Untick work offline in the file menu of firefox > > Alan Bell > The Open Learning Centre > > Check out our Libertus servers at > http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com/libertus.html > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Thanks Alan, I'll give it a go. Any ideas where I can find a similar option for Chromium (current browser of choice, is all!) Thanks Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Feature or Bug: accessing localhost with no network connection
Afternoon All, This morning I was working at a location where I had no network connection. I was trying to do some development work, but I couldn't access localhost in my browser. I ended up getting around it by tethering my phone so I had a network connection! Is this experience the desired one, or should I be able to access localhost regardless of the status of my network interfaces? If it is the desired way of operating, any ideas how I can get around it?! TIA Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- 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 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 > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > I tend to use aptitude rather than apt-get on the command line (i.e. sudo aptitude install foo rather than sudo apt-get install foo). I'm not sure why, do be honest. I *think* it's because way back in the day a mailing list post pointed out that aptitude worked better at resolving dependancy problems (or at least appeared to be more straightforward) and at the time I had deb and repositories and allsorts scattered all over. I don't tend to do this nowadays, so it's not really an issue. Plus, I could always sudo apt-get install aptitude :-) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- 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 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/ > > Mockup 1 for me. Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: >> >> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it >> connect to Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you. >> > > I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning > for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and > things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over > USB. > s/ > -- > Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com > My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > > Hi Everybody, > > thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics > to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you > have to use windows for updates and things, yes? > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Android updates come over-the-air IIRC (I've rooted my HTC Magic and am running cyanogenmod instead of the deafault so I can't be 100% sure on the way it 'normally' works) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu
On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > John, To succinctly answer your question - Yes. However, you may want to specify what you mean by 'connect to', to get a fuller answer an perhaps some guidance. Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running From USB
On 19 May 2010 07:41, Alan Pope wrote: > On 19 May 2010 07:18, Stephen Garton wrote: >> Is there a way I can secure the Live USB? Do other people do this? >> Would I need to roll my own live cd (e.g. > > No, just install onto a usb stick rather than copy the cd onto it. > > Boot off an ubuntu cd, put a usb stick in and run the installer as if > you were installing to the local hard disk but choose the usb stick. > This is what I did with my 32GB usb stick and it works perfectly. I > can plug it into any machine and carry my encrypted data around with > me. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Excellent. Can I then just install Ubiquity so I can still use it to Install ubuntu? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch/#For the Gtk front-end - Gnome & Xfce Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Running From USB
Good Morning All, It's very early, but this has been on my mind for a while. I currently have Lucid as a live usb, which is fine and dandy. My problem with it is although the packages installed on it are persistent, the user and other security on it is still the LiveCD standard (ubuntu with no password), so I obviously don't want to save anything personal on there! Is there a way I can secure the Live USB? Do other people do this? Would I need to roll my own live cd (e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch/) Thanks in Advance, Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk P.S. Also, just a minor thing, has anyone else noticed on the ubuntu.com download page, when asked to pick a download location, the UK option is listed as Great Britain (UK) whereas every other site on the internet (in my experience!) would just have it has United Kingdom? It throws me every time I use it when I select the dropdown, and press 'U' to skip down the list only to find it isn't there! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice
On 11 May 2010 14:18, Liam Proven wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Dan Fish wrote: > >> I'd certainly vouch for XBMC on a revo. I'm using a 'generic' windows >> MCE remote from Maplin with it. Watching 1080p with no probs and the >> wife and kids are very happy with it. I experienced a few 'quirks' on >> setting it up but there's loads of info on the web - one tip that took >> me ages to find - you need to turn off compiz or you get vertical >> tearing on some videos. > > For what it's worth, I'm running XBMC on an actual Xbox, as in, what > it was originally designed for. :¬) It works beautifully, was quite > easy to set up - it only requires a softmod, it wasn't necessary to > open the case - and the hardware was free. The bits to mod it cost me > about £12 on eBay. > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 > AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven > MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > That's a fair point, I also used to run XBMC on an original xbox. I paid a guy on ebay £25 to mod and install XBMC for me, and the xbox also only cost me £50 from ebay ~4 years ago! I moved to a PC-based solution as I wanted to use it as a general file server for the house as well. The xbox still works just fine - My mum & dad have it set up in their living room now! Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice
On 11 May 2010 13:33, Simon Swaysland wrote: > I want it to support as many video formats as possible, mp4, avi etc > > I hadn't thought of Boxee, I've used it in the past on my AppleTV > > >> What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running >> Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a >> wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over >> wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine >> isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the >> front end without problem. >> >> Hope That Helps, >> >> Steve Garton >> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > While he's at UDS, I'll point out that popey has a few blog posts on Boxee running on a revo... http://popey.com/blog/?s=boxee Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice
On 11 May 2010 12:18, Simon Swaysland wrote: > Hi, > > I'm after some advice as to which system to buy and any issues I should look > out for when setting it up. > > I have a budget of around £300 for a media box which will be directly > connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something like > Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good and > then install Lucid. > > My main requirements are; > > 1. Output via HDMI > 2. Small form factor. > 3. WLAN. > 4. Easy to use front-end (wife and kids will be main users) > 5. Wireless keyboard and mouse. > 6. Remote control would be great. > > I don't need a PVR as I already have Sky+. > > All suggestions welcome. > > Simon Swaysland. > > -- > QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the front end without problem. Hope That Helps, Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with facebook/photouploads/plugin in Google Chrome
On 26 April 2010 12:58, John Matthews wrote: > On 26/04/10 11:45, Stephen Garton wrote: >> On 26 April 2010 11:40, Markie wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> I seem to remember seeing talk of a plugin for F-Spot for facebook. I just >>> had a google around for "fspot facebook" and found a few promising leads. I >>> dont use FB myself so I couldnt check any out. It might serve as a better >>> alternative to using the browser. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On 26 April 2010 11:22, John Matthews wrote: >>> >>>> Is anybody on face book, and using google chrome. A couple of days ago, >>>> I went to use the upload tool for pictures and it asked me to down load >>>> a plugin. This plugin says its for Firefox, even though I was in >>>> GoogleChrome. I did download it, and its called FacebookPlugin-1.0.3, >>>> its an upload took, by the looks of things, its even written for Linux. >>>> Trouble is, I am not sure what to do with it. If it is just for FF, or >>>> if it can be used for Google Chrome. It would be good to get the new >>>> upload tool installed, as the old way, one picture at a time, is just >>>> taking so long. >>>> >>>> Can anybody help? >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ubuntu User #30817 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>> >>> >>> >> I gave up on both the Java uploader on the FB site and the F-spot >> plugin (this one was because I fell out with F-spot - the plugin >> itself worked fine!). I now use http://fbuploader.damoxc.net/ >> (standalone pyGTK application for uploading photos) >> >> Steve Garton >> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk >> >> > Hi Steve, I cant use that, I am using 10.4, and it only goes up to 9.10, > do you know if there will be an update soon? > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Hi Jon, I'm not sure to be honest. I might have a go at installing it on my Lucid test system tonight - I'll let you know if I do and how it goes. Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with facebook/photouploads/plugin in Google Chrome
On 26 April 2010 11:40, Markie wrote: > Hi John, > > I seem to remember seeing talk of a plugin for F-Spot for facebook. I just > had a google around for "fspot facebook" and found a few promising leads. I > dont use FB myself so I couldnt check any out. It might serve as a better > alternative to using the browser. > > Mark > > On 26 April 2010 11:22, John Matthews wrote: >> >> Is anybody on face book, and using google chrome. A couple of days ago, >> I went to use the upload tool for pictures and it asked me to down load >> a plugin. This plugin says its for Firefox, even though I was in >> GoogleChrome. I did download it, and its called FacebookPlugin-1.0.3, >> its an upload took, by the looks of things, its even written for Linux. >> Trouble is, I am not sure what to do with it. If it is just for FF, or >> if it can be used for Google Chrome. It would be good to get the new >> upload tool installed, as the old way, one picture at a time, is just >> taking so long. >> >> Can anybody help? >> >> John >> >> -- >> Ubuntu User #30817 >> >> >> -- >> 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/ > > I gave up on both the Java uploader on the FB site and the F-spot plugin (this one was because I fell out with F-spot - the plugin itself worked fine!). I now use http://fbuploader.damoxc.net/ (standalone pyGTK application for uploading photos) Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Replacement for Gnome-do
On 21 April 2010 10:28, Jon Spriggs wrote: > Is it something that appears across the top bar of the screen, > reducing commands down by typing in a few letters? If so, again, I > don't recall the package name, but it was in use in the "Cruncheee" > release of Crunchbang... so we can probably identify it from that. > > Rgds, > -- > Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs > Jon, Sounds like the one. any Cruncheee users on the list that can help with a package name? Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Replacement for Gnome-do
Good Morning All, I have been using gnome-do for some time for all my launching needs, but since upgrading to Lucid it has caused me nothing but pain - and as of this morning it will not start, or allow me to use apport to report bugs with it! Does anyone have any recommendations for other launcher programs, preferably from the repositories? I seem to remember one from a few years ago that sat on the gnome panel and was accessed using Alt+F3, but I can't remember what it was called now... TIA, Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Gmail mute thread was: DEB again
On 12 April 2010 16:30, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 12 April 2010 16:21, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >> On 12 April 2010 16:06, Tommy Pyatt wrote: >>> Since I see you are using gmail, assuming that you are accessing your mail >>> through the standard interface, there is a function to 'Mute' conversations >>> if you prefer to be excluded from responses to the thread. I use the >>> function frequently with mailing lists. You may already know about it, just >>> pointing it out. >> >> I use GMail and I see no option to 'mute' threads. A quick google >> search shows that this is possible using the 'm' key. However I apply >> filters to all my mailling lists so they skip my inbox immediately. It >> would be nice to automatically mark threads as read if they are >> 'muted' but I imagine this feature is not available. > > It's under More Actions > Mute. > > > > -- > Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com > Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Or if you have keyboard shortcuts turned on - 'm' Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1 hour Meeting reminder
Anyone know of an Irc app for Android? Am waiting for the RAC to come rescue me, so it's the only way I'll be able to join today! sheepeatingtaz On 17 Jan 2010 18:32, "Alan Bell" wrote: just to remind you all that we have an Ubuntu-uk meeting on IRC channel #ubuntu-uk on the freenode network one hour from now at 7:30 this evening. You can normally join in a browser at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-uk or using Empathy, Pidgin or another IRC client. The agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda Minutes of the previous meeting are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LastMeeting see you there, Alan. -- 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] Encoding for YouTube
2009/12/14 Alan Pope : > Hi, > > 2009/12/14 Thomas Ibbotson : >> I finally realised I needed >> to use libfaad as my audio codec, but that didn't work either, I used: >> "ffmpeg -i dscf0162.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -s 640x480 -acodec flac -f avi >> ceilidh_item.avi" > > You sure you want flac as your audio codec when uploading to youtube!? > > One option would be to use a frontend to ffmpeg to let it get the > parameters right for you. WinFF is a nice frontend. > > If the video is a bit twitchy to re-encode on your local machine, I'd > have some minor doubts about whether the youtube farm can re-encode it > either. I have a few videos that online hosting sites have trouble > with as they have the odd corrupt frame. > >> So I tried to have a go >> in Avidemux, but that seg faulted. So having listened to Shotofjaq recently >> I installed PiTiVi and gave that a go. That got the best results so far in >> that I got a full video but the sound kept skipping and got out of sync with >> the video. > > Which options did you use for the render? > > It might be worth dropping into #pitivi on freenode irc. They're very > friendly and helpful in there. > >> I am incredibly frustrated, this shouldn't be that hard should it? > > Codecs are hard unfortunately. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I too have used WinFF successfully in the past. Recently I have started using Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) for my encoding needs. Not sure if it has a YouTube profile in there though... I've just downloaded the latest Windows version (0.9.4)(because of the machine I'm working on at the moment), and it doesn't so I assume the Ubuntu version is the same, but the GUI is nice and simple (relatively speaking!) so you could alsways use this page on youtube to configure one - http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&topic=16612&hl=en-GB Steve Garton blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] vodafone- free internet
2009/11/27 javadayaz : > hi, > just to let all mobile users know that vodafone are offering free wifi > todayhttp://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/27/vodafone_free_mobile_web/ > Hope you make the most of it... > Although it would be nice if they told us where to find a vodafone wifi > point i suppose!!1 :) > > -- > Regards > > Javad > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > I don't think it's wifi access they are offering, it mobile data (2G/3G). As the article says, most people who use the mobile web (i.e. Smartphone users) will already have an unlimited package. I know I do with my HTC Magic on Vodafone. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering
2009/11/25 javadayaz : > Hi, > > I would like to tether my laptop and phone.(so that i can use the wifi > on my phone..to connect the laptop to connect to the internet)I have no > wirless router. Its connected via a wire. > > Is this possible>? > > -- > Regards > > Javad > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Javad, Just to clarify, are you wanting to use your laptop to provide the internet connection for your phone? Normally (IME) tethering is to allow your laptop to use the 3G connection on you phone, rether than vice versa. I have a tethering app on my phone (HTC Magic) that allows me to do it this way, but I've never heard of it being done the other way around. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and MS domain servers
2009/11/18 Gordon : > Is Ubuntu capable of joining an MS Active Directory Server domain? > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Take a look at http://www.likewise.com/ (it's also in the repositories IIRC). I've never got it to connect to my work Win2000 Server, but I imagine that's something to do with our setup, otherwise the likewise project would still be around! Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Dell Mini 10
2009/11/1 Neil Perry : > Only thing I can find which might make a little bit of difference, not sure > how much though. > http://www.yugatech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/atom-z530-vs-n270.gif > Hope this helps > Neil Perry > > > 2009/11/1 Ian Pascoe >> >> An Autumnal Morning to you all! >> >> Been doing some research for my new Xmas toy, and as the title says it >> looks >> like it's going to be the Dell Mini 10. My reasoning is totally >> subjective, >> and it's down to the keyboard - I like the sloping keys! >> >> However, a question for those of you in the know. >> >> There are two variants of this Netbook, the Mini 10 and the Mini 10v. >> Looking at Dell's site, the major difference appears to be the BPU - one >> being an Atom 270 and the other being an Atom 530, both clocked at 1.6 >> GHz. >> So, what, as an end user, should I know to make an informed decision about >> which CPU to go with? OS will be Ubuntu but the Netbook reMix I think, >> not >> the standard Dell one. >> >> Cheers >> >> Ian >> >> >> -- >> 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/ > > I have a Mini 10, and it works fine, but I have to install packages from the ubuntu-mobile PPA to get 'proper' graphics drivers i.e. The correct resolution, and not use VESA. I remember reading somewhere (no source I'm afraid) that the 10v worked out of the box. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Chromium (Was 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 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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour
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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour
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. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour
2009/10/23 Sean Miller : > Since yesterday's Jaunty update Firefox appears to have lost its > history, "refresh" etc. buttons and only has the original domain in > the address bar (ie. if I go to http://sitea.com and click on links > within the address bar does not change, even if I go to other sites - > rather like framed content). > > Anybody else had this? If so, how do I resolve it? > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Sean, Not much help I'm afraid, but I regularly get this. It has what's turned me into using chromium for most of my browsing. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] VIdeo recommendations
Afternoon All, I have a hitachi HDD video camera that can record in 4:3 or 16:9 ratios. I can attach the camera to my PC via USB and browse the files, they are .VRO file. I can copy these files to /home and they are essentially mpeg files, which is fine. When I record in 4:3 format, they come across fine, but there is a problem with 16:9 ones. The thumbnails in Nautilus are correct (i.e. widescreen) but all media players (and file properties) show the files as 4:3 ratio, which makes them look odd when being played. Any ideas on how a) I can transfer them across correctly (there is come windows-only software that comes with it - I can't get it to work in wine) and/or b) some way to convert them so they play in the correct ratio? I've tried ffmpeg with the -aspect flag set to 16:9, but it didn't make any difference. TIA, Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing account names in Empathy (Karmic)
2009/10/17 Michael G Fletcher : >>> To bring up the buddy list, I click on the envelop icon in the >>> notification/indicator area in the top right of the screen. That lists >>> Empathy & Evolution mail, just select Empathy and that brings the >>> contact list for me. Sometimes I do have to do that twice when I've just >>> started the computer up. >>> > > Hi, just upgraded last night to Karmic :-) I think when you first > boot up, empathy isn't actually running yet, so I think the first time > you click the envelope and select empathy, it's actually starting the > client up - I could be wrong... > > --Michael > _ > Michael Fletcher > > Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com > Follow me at - http://twitter.com/big_fletch > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Yeah, I've added empathy to startup programs, which seems to have solved this. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing account names in Empathy (Karmic)
Cheers David, spot-on Thanks, Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk 2009/10/17 David Jones : > Stephen Garton wrote: >> Hi There, >> >> Tootling along nicely with the Karmic beta at the moment. I did a >> completely fresh install to get the full experience, and am trying my >> hardest to get used to using empathy instead of pidgin. Couple of >> things that I can't seem to work out: >> >> 1) How do I change the name of accounts (they show at the moment as >> New Jabber Account, or New Google Talk Account and it's winding me >> up!) >> > From the contact list, click on Edit -> Accounts, that will bring up a > list of the accounts you've set up. All you need to do then is double > click on the "New Jabber Account" etc and change its description. >> 2) How do I bring up my buddy list? Pidgin has a notification icon I >> could click to bring it up, but empathy does not. >> > To bring up the buddy list, I click on the envelop icon in the > notification/indicator area in the top right of the screen. That lists > Empathy & Evolution mail, just select Empathy and that brings the > contact list for me. Sometimes I do have to do that twice when I've just > started the computer up. > >> Thanks, >> >> Steve Garton >> http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk >> >> > > Hope that helps > > Dave Jones > > -- > 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] Changing account names in Empathy (Karmic)
Hi There, Tootling along nicely with the Karmic beta at the moment. I did a completely fresh install to get the full experience, and am trying my hardest to get used to using empathy instead of pidgin. Couple of things that I can't seem to work out: 1) How do I change the name of accounts (they show at the moment as New Jabber Account, or New Google Talk Account and it's winding me up!) 2) How do I bring up my buddy list? Pidgin has a notification icon I could click to bring it up, but empathy does not. Thanks, Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MySQL Help Required
Sean,
That's great. Don't know why I didn't think to do it in the php in the first
place, so thanks.
Steve
On Oct 8, 2009 6:27 PM, "Sean Miller" wrote:
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Sean Miller wrote: >
$dt = date("y-m-d",s...
that will need, I think, to have another strtotime... ie...
$dt = date("y-m-d",strtotime("+1 days",strtotime($dt)));
Apologies.
Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
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[ubuntu-uk] [OT] MySQL Help Required
Apologies for cross posting on both the planet and the mailing list, but I could really do with some help on MySQL if there are any experts out there! In an effort to reduce the cross-posting noise, I'll just point in the direction of my blog post: http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2009/10/08/mysql-help/ Thanks in advance Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Synching calendars, contacts and tasks with mobile phone
2009/9/22 Alan Lord (News) : > On 22/09/09 15:58, Jon Reynolds wrote: >> Perhaps if there is a way to sync your desktop software with gmail, then >> you can sync your mobile device to gmail. I sync my WinMob device with >> gmail, contacts and calendar. > > > This what we do now. > > Our calendars are stored on Google/Google Apps and we use CalDAV to sync > to our desktop/laptops on which we use Thunderbird & Lightning. > > Google syncs quite happily to plenty of mobiles AFAICT. > > HTH > > Al > Not sure if it helps with your issue, but this popped into my feed reader today: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-sync-now-with-push-gmail-support.html Steve Garton -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Podcast on Google Listen
Afternoon all, I've just installed Google Listen on my Android phone, and I can't find the ubuntu-uk podcast on it :-( Does anyone know if it (Listen) is like itunes, and feeds have to be 'submitted'? I've found a couple of the BBC podcasts I listen to on there, but not sure how the search works. Steve Garton -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] External Monitor Questions
Morning All, My work Laptop dual boots Intrepid & WinXP. I do most of my work in Ubuntu, and have recently started plugging in an external monitor, as we had a couple of spares knocking around the office! The laptop is a Lenovo 3000 N200, Graphics chipset is reported by lshw as a GM965. 1) The resolution on the external monitor has a maximum of 1024x768 in Ubuntu, but 1280x1024 in windows. I also tried a widescreen external monitor, but in ubuntu could still only get a maximum of 1024x768 (which is also the wrong ratio). Resolution is fine on the laptop integrated monitor (1280x800 16:9). Any ideas why this would be? 2) Since plugging in the monitor, my wallpaper has disappeared! I use compiz, but have tried enabling and disabling the wallpaper option in there but all that greets me is a blank white screen. Interestingly, my gnome-panels are set to transparent, and I can see the wallpaper on them! Thanks in Advance, Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
IIRC there is a way to do it, I used to sync my iphone with amarok. From memory, (Google will be your friend) the ubuntu package was called ipod-convenience I think. Apologies for top post, my phone doesn't give me any other option :-( Steve On Aug 11, 2009 7:08 PM, "David Stansby" wrote: Sorry, I'm afraid not. The iPod touch firmware is encrypted in such a way that it is very hard to get into it in the first place. I'm not aware of any way of getting any library but iTunes to work. If anything did work, it would have to be through windows (and I'd be delighted to hear about such methods myself) Regards, David Sent from my iPod On 11 Aug 2009, at 18:38, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Thanks for the replies David and James. Things look hopeful then... > > Is it possible to ... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone
2009/8/5 Michael G Fletcher : >> Sorry, I missed the D off. It's Darren :) >> >> Yeah I've got a Pioneer car stereo with Bluetooth and hands-free built >> in. Bluetooth audio works through the stereo and calls just stop the >> music playing to come through the hands-free and resume afterwards. >> >> I haven't tried using BT to transfer files. I'm sure it will work >> though. >> >> Darren >> > > hehe - sorry Darren :-) > > I'm not so sure about the file transfer. in the same way that you > can't send a picture or a video or a contact via bluetooth to another > phone. Unless I'm missing the obvious!! [sorry, will get back on > topic after this] > > from [1] > > "At launch, Android had fairly rudimentary support for Bluetooth, but > that has now changed. With the latest update, it can handle more than > just wireless headsets. > > Specifically, it now lets you use stereo headsets. I have a pair from > Samsung, and they work beautifully now. > > The situation is less rosy for other Bluetooth accessories. For > example, I can pair a wireless keyboard with my G1, but that's as far > as it goes -- the phone won't take input from the external device." > > --Michael > > [1] http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15283 > > _ > Michael Fletcher > > Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com > Follow me at - http://twitter.com/big_fletch > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I'm sure I've seen somewhere an Android App is available for a couple of quid to enable file transfer over Bluetooth This was the one I'd seen: http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alex.BluetoothFileshare Disclaimer:- not used it so don't know how well it works Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line
2009/7/23 doug livesey : > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as > something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very > gone. > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyboard > layout chooser, then weird stripes begin to follow the mouse around, and we > hang. Not especially healthy.) > Not really liking to let things die gracefully & be at peace, I wondered if > I could perhaps install just the basic, command-line parts of Ubuntu (linux > with all the package managers, I guess) & see if I can get it running as a > little server for cron jobs or something that I can just ssh on to. > What would I be looking for to do this? > Cheers, > Doug. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Hi Doug, Try Ubuntu Server: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-server Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- 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 Rob Beard : > javadayaz wrote: >> its a cable connection. with virgin. >> >> its a linkys router. not sure of what model. i will check and revert back. > Ahh in that case I assume the modem is the standard cable modem that > Virgin supply? > > In that case you'll just need to setup forwarding on the router and > setup some sort of Dynamic DNS account. As I mentioned, DynDNS.org is a > good one and it's free. What you need to do is setup an account and > choose what you want your subdomain and domain to be. The subdomain bit > can be a word for instance which you will remember for instance javad > and the domain bit can be any of the pre-defined domains (homelinux.org, > isageek.org, homeunix.org, dyndns.org etc). So for instance if you > chose javad to be the subdomain name and isageek.org then your DynDNS > domain would be javad.isageek.org > > Once you have chosen it you should then be able to configure your router > to tell DynDNS what the IP address is which Virgin will assign you (this > can change from time to time, not too sure how often it changes). > > When it's configured you can than open the web browser on your phone and > browse to the DynDNS you chose and the port number for Tranmission such > as http://javad.isageek.org:9091 and you should get the transmission web > interface (assuming Transmission is running). > > Rob > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Just to weigh in to the thread (sorry I'm late!)... I've tried both the transdroid and torrentfu applications on my android handset, and found neither to be as useful or as reliable as the web interface in torrentflux. Using the steps above, you can set up dyndns to always make your PC available, and bookmark torrentflux for easy access. This has served me well in the 2 months I've been on android, and for the previous year when I had an iPhone. Just my 2p Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ideas for sharing folders
2009/7/13 Alan Lord (News) : > On 13/07/09 22:21, Stephen Garton wrote: >> Evening All, >> >> Just want to canvas for ideas... >> >> What is the best way to share a folder with multiple users over >> multiple machines? >> >> To put into context, I have been playing with UbuntuOne. I have a >> Photos directory which is now [in the process of being] syncronised >> for my user across 3 PC's. I have shared this folder with my wife, who >> can now view, modify, edit and add to the collection. I would like to >> expand this to both of our parents too (mainly for baby photos). >> >> Does anyone else have anything set up like this? I am thinking >> primarily for photos, but would like to keep away from traditional web >> apps (Facebook, flickr, picasaweb etc). I've thought of setting up a >> directory on my web hosting that all the users/PC's could access/have >> mounted. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Steve Garton >> http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > > > Hi Steve, > > I set up a "dropbox" type system at home on my Ubuntu server using Samba. > > It lets everyone add stuff to the shared areas (I have three now, > Pictures, Music and Video) but not delete [or edit]. As I have two > younger kids this works well. Every so often I go in and delete the rubbish. > > I wrote about how to set this up here: > http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/17/a-shared-drop-box-using-samba/ > > I reckon though, with some further tweaking it might be possible to add > edit (read/write) but still not be able to delete. This apparently > happens at one of our customers Samba shares, but I am not sure how I > did it :-) > > Food for thought. > > Of course you didn't say if this was "local" sharing or you needed it to > be publicly available. If the latter then I wouldn't use Samba. (You > could look at sshfs for mounting directories over the 'net and use key > pairs so you don't need passwords.) > Yea, I was planning on it not being publicly available, but available wherever I am, and for other people who I deem suitable ;). The problem I have with my current set up is that the directory is duplicated several times, sometimes on the same PC! Space isn't an issue on any of the machines, but it does seem inefficient. I suppose what I could do is set up UbuntuOne (or Dropbox to use a directory that is accessible to all users on the machine. Oh well, just wondering how others do this sort of thing. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ideas for sharing folders
Evening All, Just want to canvas for ideas... What is the best way to share a folder with multiple users over multiple machines? To put into context, I have been playing with UbuntuOne. I have a Photos directory which is now [in the process of being] syncronised for my user across 3 PC's. I have shared this folder with my wife, who can now view, modify, edit and add to the collection. I would like to expand this to both of our parents too (mainly for baby photos). Does anyone else have anything set up like this? I am thinking primarily for photos, but would like to keep away from traditional web apps (Facebook, flickr, picasaweb etc). I've thought of setting up a directory on my web hosting that all the users/PC's could access/have mounted. Any thoughts? Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Using function keys in screen
Morning all, How can I use the function keys in screen on Ubuntu Jaunty? For example, if I am running htop in screen, and hitF9 (to access the "kill" menu) I get the screen help menu. TIA Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] permission
Hi Ragia, 2009/7/5 Ragia Ibrahim : > Hi all " > I am new linx user (2 weeks ago) Welcome! > I need to run[ make install ] in specific folder but i got the following > Error "Permission denied" > how can I change folder permission to make this.. > the error is as follow... What are you trying to install? I will add some notes further down on how to do what you are asking, but it may be that they is an easier way to get to your end goal. > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/local/bin/gift-old-to-new-url2fts.pl': Permission denied > /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-start.pl' '/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl' > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/gift-start.pl': > Permission denied > /usr/bin/install -c 'gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl' > '/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl' > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/usr/local/bin/gift-diagnose-print-all-ADI.pl': Permission denied > make[3]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ragia/gift/scripts/perl' > What you are looking for is sudo. On ubuntu, sudo temporarily elevates your permssions, have a read of this page for an overview on it and it's usage: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo Hope That Helps, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Videos on BBC News Website
2009/6/27 Gordon : > Sean Miller wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Gordon wrote: >>> Anyone got an answer to playing these? >> >> They're Flash. >> >> They just played for me out of the box. >> >> Sean >> > > Hmmm. They just hang up here - what "make" of flash have you got installed? > > -- > Registered Linux User no 240308 > gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk > to email me remove the obvious! > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Just work for me too: sheepeating...@corellia:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-nonfree: Installed: 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 Candidate: 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 Version table: *** 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 0 500 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk jaunty/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] using gmail and google apps in mutt
2009/6/26 Philip Taylor : > Hi > > ok, > how do i use gmail, ie imap, and google apps, which also uses imap.gmail.com, > at the same time in mutt. > > what would be the correct syntax, in muttrc. and how do you switch correctly > between both accounts in mutt. > > any help would be appreciated, > > thank you. > > philip aka brobostigon > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Philip, No idea about mutt exactly, but I use both apps (on 2 different domains) and gmail through thunderbird, and the only difference there is in the credentials, where on apps I have to have the username set as [userna...@[domain], whereas gmail can be just [username] or [userna...@[gmail.com|googlemail.com] Apologies if you knew this already, but I took the 'any help appreciated' literally ;-) Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?
I've just got a magic too, so am very pleased to hear about it's ogg support! (First email sent from it, and it looks like it's going to top post by default, the compose screen is different to 'normal'. If so, apologies in advance!) On Jun 8, 2009 9:28 PM, "Michael G Fletcher" wrote: > > (admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at > > least the potential t... My HTC-Magic (the second Android phone) plays ogg files "out-of-the-box", so hopefully will not too difficult unless sony make it difficult :-) --Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Unlock SSH key on login
Morning All, This has been going on since I upgraded to Jaunty, but is starting to become a bit of an annoyance. On my personal laptop, my ssh key is unlocked when I log in, but on my work machine I either have to enter my passphrase everytime I use ssh, or run ssh-add (and entering my passphrase) after I log on. It was working fine on intrepid, but stopped after the upgrade. Is there any way I can get it to unlock on logging in? TIA Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine
2009/6/1 Dianne Reuby > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 05:32 +0100, mac wrote: > > Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? > > > > > http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine > > I've seen it in WHSmith, but at £7.99 I don't know how many buyers they > get. Especially as in my local WHS I have to elbow through all the > blokes reading the magazines but who never seem to buy! > > Dianne > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I'd echo this, I saw it while picking something up for Wifey to read in hospital and thought about getting it myself. At that sort of price, I could (and did) buy 2 novels to read instead, so it does seem a bit steep to me. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/27 Matthew Daubney > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:57 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > Afternoon All, > > > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the > > folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as > > being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo chown > > -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. > > > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to > > my user? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve Garton > > sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > > You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 > drives as if you own all the files. e.g. > > sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 > > HTH > > -Matt Daubney > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Cheers Matt (and Chris), I'll edit fstab to add these options see if that helps. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/27 mac > Stephen Garton wrote: > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32... > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to my > > user? > > AFAIK you can't set permissions on FAT32 > > mac > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Cheers mac, Looks like I'm going to have to find some spare drives to move ~150GB of data off so I can reformat as ext3! PS, it's only fat32 as I used to have it in a net disk caddy that required it, I just moved it from thecaddy with it's data intact into a machine. Cheers, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Afternoon All, I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo chown -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to my user? Thanks, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....
2009/4/26 Chris Rowson > I have a laptop (less than a year old) with an ATI Radeon X1200 series > graphics chip in it. > > After having installed Jaunty, I was pleased to see that suspend and resume > worked (using the Open Source) drivers. Unfortunately however 3D > acceleration is totally miserable. Google Earth runs like a proverbial pile > of pants > > Doing a bit of research, I notice that ATI has depreciated support for > X1200 series cards so that there are no proprietary drivers available for > Jaunty (although suspend/resume never worked with the proprietary drivers > anyway!). > > So, it looks like a choice of either stay with an older version of Ubuntu > with proprietary driver support (but loose the ability to suspend/resume) or > stick with Jaunty, but loose 3D acceleration features because of the pretty > poor Open Source drivers. > > Sometimes I wonder why I bother! > > Chris > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Chris, I'm in the process of re-installing intrepid now, as the machine I run my media centre (boxee) on has an old ATI Radeon 9600 card in it. This card *should* be fine with both 2D and 3D but it isn't, so I'm downgrading until I get my hands on a newer (probably nvidia) card - although I appreciate that isn't an option for you laptop! >From what I can see, the problem is an incompatability in Xorg 1.6 (in Jaunty) and the Proprietory fglrx drivers that stop me from being able to use the proprietory drivers. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] jaunty available
2009/4/23 Simon Wears > Do you have a link for the BitTorrent download? I can't find it. > > try http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/ for a list. That's where I got mine from! Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Software Media Player Recommendations (iPod sync)
Morning all, I used to use amarok for my media player when it was back in the 1.4 series. I liked that I could right click all collection and select sync to device, and it would. Try as I might, I cannot get amarok 2 to work this simply. In fact, at the moment, any context menus disappear as soon as you move the mouse (I'll look at filing a bug later today). So, what I am after is recommendations as to what media players other use, primarily as a conduit to syncing to ipods (mine is an old 30GB Video, nothing new!) So far I have tried: Rhythmbox - had to copy and paste files from my collection to the ipod Banshee - no 'devices' section, and locked up when I tried to exit Exaile - same as rhythmbox gtkpod - couldn't work out how to configure Amarok 2 - device visable, but (when tested previously) could only manually select 'transfer to device' (rather than sync) from context menu. Now, context menus won't let me select anything, and interface fits into gnome even less than before. If I am doing it wrong with any of the above players, please let me know! Podcatching ability would be nice, but not essential, as I also have an iphone which will download them over the air (and currently is being used for this). Thanks in advance, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)
2009/3/31 doug livesey > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, and > both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also > require remote administration, and was wondering about the best way to set > that up. > Unfortunately, LogMeIn.com only works for Mac and Windows. > Could anyone offer any advice? > Cheers, >Doug. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > I have used gitso (http://code.google.com/p/gitso/) with a reasonable amount of success, for connecting linux and windows machines in all configurations (i.e. L->L, L->W, W->L and W->W). I say reasonable amount of success purely because I don't use it very often, but everytime I've needed it it works. It does require instigating by an end user (i.e. they ask for help) which is different to having full access as and when you want it, but if you are just supporting your brother, it could be ideal. If you do want access anytime, then +1 to the ssh option mentioned later in the thread to where I have replied from. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Large Log Files
Evening all, I came home today to find my media centre (running ubuntu 8.10) had run out of disk space. I rotate things on it to keep space free, so it seemed odd. On investigation, I found some large files that I am hoping someone could explain? in /var/log there are 3 files - kern.log, syslog and debug, all are circa 1.8 GB, and time stamped in the last few minutes. There are also 3 files in there with the same names but with .0 appended, which are time stamped yesterday. I do have the same files on this laptop, but they are all around 10MB. Any guidance on what the files are, and what I can do to stop them getting so big will be appreciated TIA Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test
2009/3/20 Toby Satchell > I did this because on the mailing list options it says do you wish to > receive a copy of emails you send to the list. > I have it selected as yes, yet I don't see a copy of my emails sent. > > Toby. > I think gmail is 'clever', and doesn't store 2 copies. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test
2009/3/20 Dave Morley > On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 10:24 +, Toby Satchell wrote: > > Test, please ignore. > > Duly ignored > -- Fail ;-) Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adding a second hard drive
2009/3/11 danattwood > Have you considered using Virtualbox or similar? Virtulization is a > great way of running an XP install for thing likes Sage and Word and you > won't have to muck about with Grub. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Also, have you considered Wine of Crossover Office? I run MS Office through Crossover (for work) without any problems. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] adding extra hard drive to a Ubuntu machine.
Morning All, I have an ubuntu machine that I am running Boxee on, and I also have a 250GB IDE drive in a network caddy. The caddy is unreliable, so am considering moving the disk into the PC (it just has media on it). If I were to plug the drive into the PC and switch on, would it automount, or would it need adding to /etc/fstab manually? Thanks, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing PGP Keys
2009/1/21 Joseph Walton-Rivers > > Hello, > You can export keys using the key manager > (Applications->Accessories->Passwords and Encryption Keys). Once you > have exported your entire key I think you can use that manager to import > it onto your laptop. > > Joseph. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Joseph, That option only allows you to export your public key, so as I understand it I wouldn't be able to then use it on the second laptop to sign or encrypt? -- Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing PGP Keys
2009/1/21 Ciaran Mooney > Hi, > > Only if your trust both computers. > > Preferably you are the sole user of both computers, ie your desktop at > home, and your laptop. Although keeping your keys on a laptop will be > a cause for concern, but may be a necessity. > > As far as I know your keys are kept in ~/.gnupg , so you would just > have to copy that directory to get all your keys transfered. > > Ciarán > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Ciarán, Both computers are laptops, but I am the sole user for both. One is my personal laptop, the other is for work. Would I be better setting up a 'personal' key and a 'work' key (in you opinion)? -- Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Query Designer
2009/1/20 Guy Thouret > You might want to take a look at MySQL Workbench. I have found it the > best program I have come across for generating E-R diagrams of your > databases and creating MySQL table schemas in that you can then export as > SQL structures. > > As just a query designer, however, it may not be suitable. But for anyone > who regularly has to design and document MySQL databases it is well worth a > look. > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html > > There is also a version in the Ubuntu repositories. > > Guy. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Guy, Thanks for the suggestion. It looks useful for the designing of databases, and I'll keep it install for this purpose, but it doesn't have the ability (as far as I can tell) to help me with designing queries for an already existing database. -- Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Query Designer
2009/1/20 Oliver Marks > On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:44 +0000, Stephen Garton wrote: > > Afternoon All, > > > > I'm after a gui tool to help me design database queries (primarily for > > MySQL databases). > > > > In the windows world, I can use SQLyog enterprise - > > http://webyog.com/en/sqlyog_feature_list.php - (which works under > > wine) or even MS Access > > > > I have also tried Navicat - http://mysql.navicat.com/download.html - > > which essentially runs under wine as well. > > > > Anyone know of any Native tools for Linux that can do drag & drop > > query building? > > > > mysql query browser is in synaptic and the official tool on the mysql > website you can drag and drop table names and field names into your > querys to get actions to perform like join for example. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Thanks Oliver, I was aware of the program, but not the drag & drop capabilities of it, I will certainly give it another go. -- Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Sharing PGP Keys
Morning All, I'm going through a security conscious phase again, and have just set up a PGP key on one of my laptops. My question is could I & should I share this key with another laptop, so that I can use the same key from both computers? If I can and I should, how would I go about it? Links to further reading are welcome! Thanks, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Visual Query Designer
Afternoon All, I'm after a gui tool to help me design database queries (primarily for MySQL databases). In the windows world, I can use SQLyog enterprise - http://webyog.com/en/sqlyog_feature_list.php - (which works under wine) or even MS Access I have also tried Navicat - http://mysql.navicat.com/download.html - which essentially runs under wine as well. Anyone know of any Native tools for Linux that can do drag & drop query building? TIA, Steve Garton www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up mailserver
2008/12/28 Sean Miller : > On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Ian Pascoe > wrote: >> If I wanted to set up a file / mail server at home, and be able to connect >> to it through the internet, if the ADSL >> connection is dynamic, how does the DNS server (I presume that's the only >> way of maintaining the link) know the >> correct IP address to link to after the ADSL connection has been dropped and >> comes up again with a new IP >> address? > > You can set up a dynamic dns service with various folks across the > internet - what happens is that your server sends updates to the > server to keep it informed as to what IP it is on. From memory it's a > cron job or something similar, running every 5 minutes or so. > > See http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ > >> I presume that if the servre was physically moved to a different location, >> it wouldn't matter as long as whatever >> method satisfys the previous question, it would just re-connect itself and >> be off? > > Indeed. > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I use ddclient (http://ddclient.wiki.sourceforge.net/ but installed from the repositories) to update dyndns. Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Program Development
2008/12/24 Renjith Nair : > Hi Jai, > > Eclipse is still a good bet for all these requirements if you are developing > in Java. I am not so sure about the PHP support as i haven't used eclipse > for editing php. If your are using Subversion Plugin and the necessary > connectors for it, it won't be much difficult to hook it to a local svn > server (Do 'apt-get install subversion' in ubuntu to install subversion). > Eclipse autocompletion is also good. If you feel the configurations of > eclipse are cumbersome, try Netbeans (http://www.netbeans.org/index.html) > which has got php,Java support and much easier to configure. > > hope this helps > > Regards, > renjith > > 2008/12/24 Jai Harrison >> >> Hey fellow Ubuntu users, >> >> I have recently been trying to work out how to do a number of things >> involved in programming on my machine. What I would like is version >> control along with different revision comparisons and possibly (not >> essential but nice to have) auto completion. I tend to develop in PHP >> and Java at the moment and have always previously used Eclipse for >> Java and gEdit for PHP. >> >> Eclipse works well for Java development however I've been unable to >> get version control to work inside it (namely because I've had trouble >> trying to get a local SVN instance to work). PHP development I'm not >> so sure about using it for - I've looked at Eclipse PDT but it seems a >> bit excessive for what I want and I found myself getting lost in the >> interface. >> >> So to summarise: >> >> - Version Control >> - Revision Comparisons >> - PHP and Java >> - Autocompletion (not essential but nice to have) >> >> Anyone have any experience in applications to meet these requirements? >> >> Jai >> >> -- >> 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/ > > My vote also goes for netbeans. 6.1 is in the repositories (i think), but I downloaded 6.5 from their site for php, and it works like a dream Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface
2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > Steve, > > Stephen Garton wrote: >> Thanks for all the help so far! >> >> the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) >> 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : >>> As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the >>> user has the right shell. Login and type 'echo $SHELL' and make sure >>> that is bash or dash. >> >> It would appear that the user is setup wrong, as this returns /bin/sh. >> I do also have root access, and logging in as root (which has a >> 'normal' activity) returns /bin/bash. How does one change this? > > That would explain the lack of history recall etc. > > As root use the chsh command. Check the man page before proceeding, but > 'chsh username' will then prompt you to choose a suitable shell. > >>> You also want to see what the terminal type is set to. Type 'echo >>> $TERM'. If that is set to something like 'dumb' then you may not get >>> some of the nice features you are looking for. >> >> both user and root return xterm > > That's fine. > >>> BTW, what do you get echoed when you press the arrow keys? Nothing or >>> some random text? >> >> Up arrow gives ^[[A, down ^[[B > > Changing the shell should fix this. > > Regards, > Tony. Thanks very much to all, works like a charm, and I learnt something new. It has been a good day! Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface
Thanks for all the help so far! the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > > As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the > user has the right shell. Login and type 'echo $SHELL' and make sure > that is bash or dash. It would appear that the user is setup wrong, as this returns /bin/sh. I do also have root access, and logging in as root (which has a 'normal' activity) returns /bin/bash. How does one change this? > > You also want to see what the terminal type is set to. Type 'echo > $TERM'. If that is set to something like 'dumb' then you may not get > some of the nice features you are looking for. both user and root return xterm > > BTW, what do you get echoed when you press the arrow keys? Nothing or > some random text? Up arrow gives ^[[A, down ^[[B Thanks again! Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface
2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > > Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc > > If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel > then any new users will be given the functionality. > > Edit the current .bash_profile and .bashrc for the user you're having > issues with and you should see the same result! > > HTH, > > M. > -- Cheers, it would appear on inspection that the user *doesn't have* a .bash_profile or .bashrc! Would there be any issues if I just scp'd my laptops versions of these files into the remote users ~/? Cheers Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface
2008/12/18 Dave Walker : > The most obvious reason I can think that would cause this, is adding a > new user using "useradd" rather than the more useful "adduser". Can you > confirm how the user was added? Dave, I'm afraid I can't at the moment, the person who set it up has gone away for christmas! cheers Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface
Afternoon all, We have a server (off site) at work that was intially set up with a single user (root). We've created a day-to-day user for logging into the machine, which we do over ssh. My question is, the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', e.g. tab completion, or arrow keys to navigate history. Any ideas why this may be? TIA Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] gradual Distribution update
Afternoon All, I look after my mother in laws's ubuntu box - currently running hardy. She only has a 512 broadband connection, and a full upgrade needs to download ~1.8GB of packages. I have ssh access to the machine, when it is turned on. What I would like to do is log on when I know the machine is online, and start downloading the packages ready for installing at a later date. When I have downloaded all the packages, I can give her a call and say 'don't turn it off until I call back' and run the update. Doing it this way would mean that it wouldn't matter if she shut the machine down while the packages were downloading, as when I next logged in they would start again from where they left off (similar to the way it works if you hit Ctrl+C whilst packages are downloading using sudo aptitude dist-upgrade) Could I & Should I do the update this way, or should I wait until she goes on holiday in january, and leave the computer turned on and do it in one fell swoop? TIA Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] medibuntu keys missing?
Alan, 2008/5/24 alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > after adding medibuntu repository as > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu > and specifically (7.10) > sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list > > I then do > sudo apt-get update > > and although a lot of stuff comes down it ends with an error message: > > > W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org gutsy Release: The > following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is > not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783 > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > any comments please? > -- Try sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring to import relevant keys for the repository. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server Setup - Help Needed With Email
2008/5/20 Tan Xuan You <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 18:46 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > [snip] > >> What I would like to do is have that single POP3 account on the >> server, and the server then to share that mail out as IMAP, so that >> multiple clients can use it. > > So what you mean is your internal Ubuntu box retrieves the mail via POP3 > from the external webhost, then many users can access the mail on the > Ubuntu box via IMAP, and replies go through the Ubuntu box to the > external webhost, where replies appear to come from "support@". Yes Please! > Sounds like a recipe for an open relay if it's not secured properly. =) > No Thanks! > I only did Exchange mail before so I can't help much, but do be careful! > Spammers and botnets will be more than happy to include your spanking > new server in their system. > Cheers for the heads up. I would hope that any tutorials & manuals I were pointed at would cover securing said system again unauthorised & unwanted use. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Server Setup - Help Needed With Email
Evening All, Firstly, some background: I work for a small company, on a mainly windows network. For historical reasons, we use a webhost who only provide POP3 accounts. I have a need to share a POP3 mailbox between multiple users (specifically support@). We have recently installed a machine on the network with Ubuntu Server installed. What I would like to do is have that single POP3 account on the server, and the server then to share that mail out as IMAP, so that multiple clients can use it. I have never set up a mail server, but am eager to learn! My ideal solution to this would be an RTFM, but with a pointer to a specific M to R! I have seen other threads on this (and other) mailing lists, but am not sure where to start. TIA -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] watch tv on ubuntu!
2008/5/12 Chris Oattes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm afraid that this isn't the case: > > "Do I need a TV Licence if I only watch programmes online? > > It makes no difference how you watch TV - whether it's on your laptop, > PC or mobile phone or through a digital box, DVD recorder or TV set - if > you use any device to receive television programmes as they're being > shown on TV, the law requires you to be covered by a TV Licence. > > You will not need a TV Licence to view video clips on the internet, as > long as what you are viewing is not being shown on TV at the same time > as you are viewing it." > > http://tinyurl.com/6loxlw (using tinyurl because the licensing URL is huge) > > Chris. > The key point for discussion in this case (IMO) is the phrase "covered by" The point Tony made was that you don't need a separate license for a portable device. I.e. if I have a license at home, and take my battery powered TV receptacle to my caravan in Skegness, I don't need ANOTHER license for the caravan, as the home one covers it. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] take a look at my system!!
2008/5/9 Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > just paste it thereand then what happens? soryr im unfamiliar with it > > On 09/05/2008, Stephen Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Javad, >> >> 2008/5/9 Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Ok further to my last email about DVD (DVD Lite on ) problems and the >> > reply >> > i got as stated below >> > >> > "Run lshw or dmesg to discover hardware info." >> > >> > I was wondering, if its ok with everyone to post the output to what i >> > got >> > ...to the above command? >> > >> > Just to see if anyone can suggest anything about anything? :) >> > >> > I will only post it if its ok with everyone! >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Javad >> > -- >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >> > >> > >> >> Can I suggest using the ubuntu-uk pastebin >> (http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/) to upload the output to? >> >> -- >> Steve Garton >> http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > When you post it on Pastbin, it gives you the URL to your 'paste' so you can post it on mailing lists or IRC, for example. I see you have posted your output to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/887 People can now look at that if they think they can help. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] take a look at my system!!
Javad, 2008/5/9 Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok further to my last email about DVD (DVD Lite on ) problems and the reply > i got as stated below > > "Run lshw or dmesg to discover hardware info." > > I was wondering, if its ok with everyone to post the output to what i got > ...to the above command? > > Just to see if anyone can suggest anything about anything? :) > > I will only post it if its ok with everyone! > > Regards > > Javad > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > Can I suggest using the ubuntu-uk pastebin (http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/) to upload the output to? -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Battery
Since upgrading to Hardy, all of the available 'battery' applets report that my battery is at 0% charge. If I unplug the mains, the battery light turns from green to orange to signify discharging, as I would expect, and always has done previously. The charge indicators report that it is still at 0%, but show that the mains has been unplugged. I'm fully prepared for the fact that the battery is cream crackered, and that it's complete demise is just a coincidence with installing Hardy, but my question is: Is there a way to check? TIA -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 8.04
2008/4/28 Stephen O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What do others think? - am I being needlessly paranoid, will I do the > 'fresh install' and end up being disappointed given that everything > currently seems to 'work'? Maybe 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'? > > -- After going Gutsy>Hardy, I got the usual batch of niggles. I re-installed from CD yesterday. I have a separate home partition, and the install took less than 2 hours, including downloading the ISO. Things appear to be now working fully and shiny-ly :) Just my personal experience this time around. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!
Morning all, On 11/03/2008, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The error messages that you get before being dropped in to the shell > would help us to diagnose the problem and try and fix it. Can you > transcribe at least the last few lines in to an email? > I'm not getting any error messages, as far as I can tell. If I choose a 'normal' kernal in Grub, I just get a black screen. Selecting a recovery mode takes me to a root recovery shell. When typing 'exit' into the shell (a command which would normally continue the boot process in my experience) I get the same black screen. > Also, it may be a kernel issue, do you have other kernels still > available in the grub menu? I do have other kernels, but have the same problems with all. Rob Beard Wrote: >Does it get as far as the login screen? It didn't... (see below for updated progress) >I had a bit of an issue with an ATI video card on Ubuntu 7.10 where it >tried to put the monitor in a resolution that wasn't supported by my >monitor. It a laptop with integrated Intel card. >Just a thought too, you could always try re-configuring X with the command: >X -configure Update- I had tried to sort with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg from the recovery console (not heard of x-configure before) so I reverted to a backup of xorg.conf from before upgrading. I can now get to GDM. It also seems it was not mounting my /home partition on boot, so I have now editing /etc/fstab by hand from UUID=blahblah back to 'the way it used to be back in the day' i.e. /dev/sda2. /home now gets mounted. However, once I get to grub, the touchpad (or USB mouse if plugged in) doesn't respond, and after typing in my user name and password, nothing happens after the boxes are greyed out. I think I've junked it, but would still like to try to downgrade if it is possible. Things are backed up, and /home is on a separate partition anyway. Help still appreciated, -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!
Evening all, I wanted to help log bugs etc in Hardy, but have hit a bit of a snag- I can't do anything apart from boot into recovery mode from grub! If I choose(or let grub choose) the default kernel, I get nothing. I can manually start up eth0 from the recovery console, is there any way I can downgrade to gutsy from the command line? -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Brainstorm site
On 28/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting... > > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ > > A digg/ dell idea storm type site.. > I'm just worried it will go the same way as the Number 10 Petition site, in that there may be some genuine good ideas, they will be lost in the swarthes of tat and duplication so the whole site loses effectiveness. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forum
On 13/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Snip] > Yeah, I guess so. 50 is a lot of users, although I'd be willing to bet a > significant chunk of those users don't actually ever visit the forums, and > probably don't subscribe to entire forums either. That would be me! I've subscribed to the forum, as Chris has suggested. In general, I'm not keen, but because it is low traffic I'm going to give it a shot at keeping up with it! -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Advice
On 05/02/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like the idea, however I cringe when I think about using AOL, does > anyone have any advice? > > Cheers, > My boss has signed up for this offer. I've had a play with the laptop in question, and IMHO it's a bit of a shed. Low spec and not very good build quality. He's in a meeting at the mo, but I will make a point to ask him about the actual Broadband service when comes out, and pass the info on. HTH -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mega Slow Bootup
On 03/02/2008, Stephen Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I noticed when I booted into an Ubuntu7.04 Live cd (the only > one I can find at this time on a Sunday morning!) is that when > booting, the system put a lot of messages about my webcam up. On > booting back onto the main system, dmesg shows a lot of the following: > > [ 391.728000] usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address > 46 > [ 391.884000] usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > [ 391.884000] > /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: > USB SPCA5XX camera found.(VC0321) > [ 392.096000] > /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: > Failed to configure camera > [ 392.096000] gspca: probe of 5-6:1.0 failed with error -5 > [ 392.096000] usb 5-6: USB disconnect, address 46 > > So I suspect the camera may be faulty. I am going to try removing the > gspca module, but I need to read up on that first too :) Blacklisting the gspca module fixed it: http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/images/gutsy-20080203-3.png -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mega Slow Bootup
> I think Tony is right, but LVM problems might just be a symptom of the > underlying trouble, not the cause. Modprobe is in i/o wait state while > "vol_id" is probing your disks, looking for volume labels. If there are > read errors on a faulty hard disk, for example, it can take a long time > for the kernel drivers to give up. Have you run any disk diagnostics? > > Another possibility is that you might have corrupted partition tables > and/or you are waiting for non-existent UUID's to be discovered. The > fstab entries in Gutsy now use UUID's instead of device names and these > UUID's are intended to be persistent across changes to the BIOS-derived > device names caused by adding/removing disks. Hi Tony, I've not run any disk diagnostics. Mainly because (rather shamefully) the extent of my disk checking knowledge is know that fsck runs automatically every 30 boots. I'm reading up on the subject now, and I'll think I will try and put something on the ubuntu community docs, as I couldn't find anything there. One thing I noticed when I booted into an Ubuntu7.04 Live cd (the only one I can find at this time on a Sunday morning!) is that when booting, the system put a lot of messages about my webcam up. On booting back onto the main system, dmesg shows a lot of the following: [ 391.728000] usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 46 [ 391.884000] usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 391.884000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found.(VC0321) [ 392.096000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: Failed to configure camera [ 392.096000] gspca: probe of 5-6:1.0 failed with error -5 [ 392.096000] usb 5-6: USB disconnect, address 46 So I suspect the camera may be faulty. I am going to try removing the gspca module, but I need to read up on that first too :) > BTW, Thanks for introducing me to bootchart :-) No Problem, but I can't take all the credit - popey introduced me to it back when I was having a problem with feisty! -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mega Slow Bootup
On 02/02/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen > > Remove the package evms with your favourite package manager. > Already been done, I'm afraid: sudo apt-get remove evms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package evms is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Back when Gutsy was released, so it can't be that. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mega Slow Bootup
Morning All, I've also posted to my blog, but I would appreciate it if someone could take a look at a bootchart image from today, and hazard a guess as to why my computer takes (metaphorically) 3 days to boot? http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/images/gutsy-20080202-1.png Image is fairly large, so apologies! It looks like modprobe & udev are taking the time, but I have no idea how to find out why, so guidance would be appreciated! TIA -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing
Hi Javad, On 27/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > quick q. > > " The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so > you can edit it first. > > Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly." > > I tried this the first time and it convert it back into vob format.. but it > wont again. The edited files stay as DV files after i export them. > > Ive looked at all the options and cant see anything ! > Can anyone help please? I'm Sorry, but I don't understand the question. Ar you asking how to export from Kino? If so I suggest having a read of the documentation at http://www.kinodv.org/docbook/ You could try specifically looking at the export section, if you feel the need to skip the rest. -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email Disclaimers (was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 33, Issue 51)
On 27/01/2008, Martyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you are not a named recipient, then please notify us, destroy this > > email and keep no copies. > Well I received it, and I'm not a named recipient (neither is anyone > on this list) so what do we do now? Let him know, destroy the e-mail and keep no copies :-) Good luck with that last one, fellow Gmail user :-P -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
