Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any reasons why Ubuntu(-MATE) wouldn't work on this laptop?
On 19 June 2017 at 12:48, Adam Funk wrote: > HP ZBook 14 G2 Mobile Workstation14" - Core i7 5500U - 8 GB RAM - 1 TB > HDD > I usually have a look on the Arch WiKi to see if there are installation problems. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HP_Zbook_Studio_G3 I would not recommend this one from this page. Your best bet is to get a second hand corporate ThinkPad or similar machine. These all run Linux well and because it is used you get a lot more bang for your buck. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB wi-fi adapter recommendation?
On 9 March 2017 at 12:04, Adam Funk wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good USB wi-fi adapter for use with Ubuntu? I > http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-linux-compatible-usb-wireless-adapters.html -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop
On 15 April 2016 at 00:35, William Anderson wrote: > From where?! :) > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262302223446?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop
On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price wrote: > Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this one) > would be appreciated too. I recently got a ex=-corporate thinkpad for under £200, with no OS, Quad i7 4G memory. You might find a local supplier who accept a check for something like this. Excellent Linix machines are thinkpads... -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?
On 21 November 2015 at 22:21, David King wrote: > Does anyone have any good recommendations, looking in the £300 to £400 > price range? In that price range I think your best bet will be a ex-corporate machine. There are lots of sellers of these on ebay. But you do need to be careful with the spec of what you go for. Alternatively there are the computer fairs that roam the country, that will allow you to get hands on, take a live USB stick to check the exact config and the free drivers are available for all the hardware. For a bit more I was really impressed with entroware, saw them at oggcamp, nice machines, and fully support open source. We should encourage these sorts of suppliers rather than buying from vendors that don't offer open source alternatives. https://www.entroware.com/store/ Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network Enlightenment
On 17 November 2015 at 16:34, Matt Wheeler wrote: > internet <--- (x.x.x.x :router A: 192.168.0.1) <--- (192.168.0.2 > :router B: 192.168.1.1) <--- (wireless devices) > > What you should do is turn off DHCP and NAT on router B and give that router a fixed IP address on Router A, Then all your devices will be on the same subnet. Router A IP 192.168.1.1 DHCP on addresses 192.168.1.10-192.168.1.254 Router B IP 192.168.1.2 DHCP off Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Capacity SD cards
On 8 September 2015 at 08:22, Nigel Verity wrote: > Can anybody assure me that SD cards of this capacity will actually be > usable? I bought a cheep 128GB thumb drive, but had to run badblocks on it when I first got it to flush out all the bad sectors before it could be relied on. I would be hesitant to rely on data written to these devices being preserved for a significant length of time. If you are using for monthly backups and rewriting the data then you should be fine, but trying to read data written a couple of years ago may cause problems. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers? (West Mids)
On 16 July 2015 at 15:34, Liam Proven wrote: > Try looking for a Hackspace that is close enough to be reachable. > https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hacker_Spaces -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers
Wednesday evenings it is open to the public. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 17 June 2015 at 18:51, Gareth France wrote: > I'm thinking about popping over to see if you can help with finding an old > pc. What are the opening hours please? > > On 12/06/15 15:55, Stuart Ward wrote: > >> >> On 12 June 2015 at 08:29, Gareth France > <mailto:gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk>> wrote: >> >> ideally though I'd like to find something at the extreme bottom >> range of what is still usable. I know slitaz will run on a 486 very >> quickly and it looks as modern as any OS. >> >> >> Gareth >> >> I am sure we have something like that it the various computers bits at >> rLab, Pop by and have a look. >> >> rlab.org.uk <http://rlab.org.uk> >> >> >> >> -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 >> >> >> > -- > 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] Looking for old computers
On 12 June 2015 at 08:29, Gareth France wrote: > ideally though I'd like to find something at the extreme bottom range of > what is still usable. I know slitaz will run on a 486 very quickly and it > looks as modern as any OS. Gareth I am sure we have something like that it the various computers bits at rLab, Pop by and have a look. rlab.org.uk -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I love Linux
On 19 May 2015 at 02:06, Ramu Iyer wrote: > That said IT Help Desk does not officially support Linux. I've also > noticed that when I attempt to install Ubuntu on top of Virtual Box in my > corporate laptop, some of the default config settings change and I am not > able to connect to the corporate network. It is probably proxy settings, firstly make sure the network adaptor in the VM settings is set to NAT, so that it uses you underling machine network address. Then go into Network Manager and set up the proxy settings, you will also need to set these in the web browser, and separately for apt-get Look in your windows OS browser for the Proxy settings and copy these across to the Ubuntu VM settings. When done you will have something like this: /etc/environment http_proxy="http://:@:80/" https_proxy="http://:@:443/" ftp_proxy="http://:@:80/" no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com" HTTP_PROXY="http://:@:80/" HTTPS_PROXY="http://:@:443/" FTP_PROXY="http://:@:80/" NO_PROXY="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com" proxies in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95proxies Acquire::http::proxy "http://:@:80/"; Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://:@:80/"; Acquire::https::proxy "https://:@:443/"; If you dont need a password then leave out the :@ bits Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation
On 29 March 2015 at 23:40, Alan Pope wrote: > Depends on the router. Some have the ability to tie an IP address to a > specific device MAC address. I do this to force my home server and > phones to have specific IPs. > You should be running something other thn the default router software. There are so many problems with the default software installs it is almost always better to use an alternative. I suggest ddwrt Once you have this then yes you can allocate IP addresses based on MAC address so the same device always has the same IP address. You should also have a .home domain on your routers DNS so that internal devices will have a DNS entry you can use if you want. The alternative is to allocate these devices a fixed IP, just make sure it is outside of the range that the router DHCP allocation pool. I normally use 192.168.1.1 Router, 192.168.1.2-127 fixed IP allocations, 192.1681.128-254 DHCP pool Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown
On 3 February 2015 at 04:35, James Morrissey wrote: > I am trying to do this, but it is difficult to identify when the shutdown > begin (because messages are being printed to this all the time). Can anyone > tell me how i can identify this process, so that i can compare relevant > outputs for both processes (successful and unsuccessful shutdowns)? > Use the command $ logger "shutdown started"; sudo shutdown -h now -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues
On 29 January 2015 at 11:28, Gareth France wrote: > Already been there. The numbers they list just give me an 0845 that isn't > listed there and say they can't help. > https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/corporation-tax-enquiries Lists only a 0300 number and also has a geographic +44151 number Corporation Tax: general enquiries *Beta* This part of GOV.UK is being rebuilt – find out what this means <https://www.gov.uk/help/beta> Phone - Telephone: 0300 200 3410 - Outside UK: +44 151 268 0571 - -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Posting conventions - was Re: Keyobard issues in 14.10
On 18 January 2015 at 08:26, Barry Drake wrote: > When a poster takes 'bottom posting' as an excuse to post an almost entire > thread above a two line almost insignificant reply. Be aware that some deluded people are using things like outlook that top posts by default, making it hard for themselves.. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?
My main machine was bought 3-4 years ago, secondhand. The bios dates from 2006... description: Mini Tower Computer product: HP xw6400 Workstation (ER236AV) vendor: Hewlett-Packard width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=mini-tower family=103C_53335X sku=ER236AV uuid=82E9DFA5-0996-DB11-BBDA-BB49A05E0019 *-core description: Motherboard product: 0A04h vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: NA *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 1 version: 786D4 v01.23 date: 12/05/2006 size: 128KiB capacity: 960KiB capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu:0 description: CPU product: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU5160 @ 3.00GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 5 bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU5160 @ 3.00GHz slot: XU1 PROCESSOR size: 3GHz capacity: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop
On 6 November 2014 21:24, Paul Sutton wrote: > Apart from Android devices, and maybe chomebooks > And routers, TVs, set top boxes, cameras, car stereos, washing machines, dishwashers... -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Printing from Android device
or use google cloud print... http://askubuntu.com/questions/158874/how-can-i-easily-set-up-a-google-cloud-print-printer -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 26 May 2014 08:57, Tony Pursell wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Tony Pursell" > Date: 26 May 2014 08:01 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing from Android device > To: "Ubuntu UK" > Cc: > > > Thanks Jon > > > > Tony > > > > > On 25 May 2014 19:45, "Jon Spriggs" wrote: > >> > >> There is an app called "LetsPrintDroid" which will print to a CUPS > server... I've used it and it's OK. > >> > >> On 25 May 2014 16:54, "Tony Pursell" > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> I have a Android smart phone. Does anyone know if I can print from it > to a printer attached to an Ubuntu PC. The Ubuntu version is 14.04. > >>> > >>> The Android version is 4.4.2 and the HP Print Service Plugin is > enabled. > >>> > >>> If you have got this working, any tips as to the way to set things up > would be appreciated, > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Tony > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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/ > >> > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Tony Pursell" > Date: 26 May 2014 08:01 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing from Android device > To: "Ubuntu UK" > Cc: > > Thanks Jon >> >> Tony >> On 25 May 2014 19:45, "Jon Spriggs" wrote: >> >>> There is an app called "LetsPrintDroid" which will print to a CUPS >>> server... I've used it and it's OK. >>> On 25 May 2014 16:54, "Tony Pursell" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I have a Android smart phone. Does anyone know if I can print from it >>>> to a printer attached to an Ubuntu PC. The Ubuntu version is 14.04. >>>> >>>> The Android version is 4.4.2 and the HP Print Service Plugin is enabled. >>>> >>>> If you have got this working, any tips as to the way to set things up >>>> would be appreciated, >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick
I also had some problems with unetbootin in that it creates its own version of the syslinux.cfg file, and this was in the root directory and thus overideing the version from the syslinux directory. I only discovered this after using these instructions http://askubuntu.com/questions/372607/how-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive-from-terminal -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 21 May 2014 14:05, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > How weird is this? > Got exactly the same results with another USB stick. > In a sort of lateral thinking mode, I tried one of the sticks in a USB 2 > port instead of a USB 3 port. > Guess what? They both work OK. > Looks like there's a problem with the Live USB stick and USB 3 ports. > > > > On 21/05/2014 13:10, Dan Wood wrote: > > Can you try a different USB stick, just in case the one you're using has > developed a hardware issue? > > If that fails, try downloading the alternate installer. > On 21 May 2014 12:53, "Gordon Burgess-Parker" > wrote: > >> Nope - got the coloured Ubuntu splash screen, then just a pale grey >> blank screen >> >> On 21/05/2014 12:19, Holger Garcia wrote: >> >> Try the "install ubuntu" option. For me this option boots into the live >> environment without problems. >> On 21 May 2014 12:15, "Gordon Burgess-Parker" >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I downloaded 14.04, checked MD5, burned to a USP stick using unetbootin. >>> Booted from the USB stick, ckecked disk, all OK. >>> Clicked on "Try Ubuntu" and the screen went grey and then this appeared: >>> >>> >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7c0iOOzxM3LRk5HOVRaODRLQ1E/edit?usp=sharing >>> >>> The computer is a Lenovo U410 with Windows 8.1 update 1 installed. >>> Alive USB stick with 13.04 on it works perfectly OK. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest anything? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
On 23 April 2014 15:07, Gareth France wrote: > I have tried renaming the file but still get a 'Command not found' error. > Any ideas > My guess it that it will be permissions. what do you see with a ls -l /usr/bin/seaward -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre
As I understand it the way this should be set up is: create a directory /usr/share/myappname put all the resources of the script app there ln -s /usr/share/myappname/myappname /usr/bin/myappname Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 23 April 2014 10:39, Gareth France wrote: > On 23/04/14 10:36, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 23 April 2014 10:31, Gareth France wrote: >> >>> On 23/04/14 10:27, Alan Lord wrote: >>> >>>> So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have >>>>> information about how to package it for submission but I still need a >>>>> way to run the program from the command line without calling perl. >>>>> >>>> >>>> If your script is executable and has the right "shebang" at the start >>>> you >>>> will not need to call perl. >>>> >>>> >>>> Al >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The script is called seaward.pl, I want it to be run by simply typing >>> seaward. How do I achieve this? >>> >>> Make sure it's got the executable bit set, rename it seaward and make >> sure the first line is:- >> >> #!/usr/bin/env perl >> >> Put the file in your path and you're done. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> >> Thanks, I believe I have that set up already. Rename it is. > > > -- > 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] Project management software
Depends to an extent what you want to manage, We do Agile, and use JIRA, but I have heard good reports of people using Trello. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 10 April 2014 22:39, Andrés Muñiz wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > Which cross platform project management software would you recomend or > do you use? My investigations led me to ganttproject [1] as the best > option because of it's compatibility with microsoft project. > > It needs to be able to sync with other project management software > users. > > Also Libreproject [2] seems to be a new kid in the block. Does anybody > use it? > > Something that is free software would be best, selling point being no > licencing costs. But if there is a company from which to get support > from that would be ideal. [3] > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GanttProject > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProjectLibre > [3] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project-management_software > > Regards, > Andres > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTRw+SAAoJEI+exFqDft6gEsQH/2RrO7R0qkS1VpvmmGQLmLjl > Iad8pGMNacKSsGZ+yGTcbmQk8yEunMFLBuoDn5r6p0dtxKt4HJJ5I51/uPltH5GZ > K2NJMkurbGcv18g1i42HwNanK/Y6PWRct1T16W2ySEh81n9OmhPXs34QC1+oIrFL > e50UkH6aJrFHidM3Bb3W5oDlsD/L6Ub1UFyPfbu2xPEvLGEhnCJaMQi33mHBQSva > 3/5Qk+5eOWqOgAi7lMMb5MAqvrxAWAw1Vf+2gxSNqc6g+aIAFEYHhorCifGQ+akm > 06okX6B0+yUWE8tKT8s1O+G2Gc3db62FiwBo5Fcc/fbnHvgCd4WBMB3REy9/iQA= > =XtK6 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > 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] Something wrong?
The podcast is quiet as well??? Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 26 February 2014 20:16, Alan Pope wrote: > On 26 February 2014 19:59, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: > > Haven't received any emails since Monday 24th Feb...is there something > > amiss or has no-one posted? > > > > Nope, I think it's just quiet :) > > -- > 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] Dual-Boot Issue
Disk drives are cheep, £50 buys you a decent 1TB disk, better get 2 and set
up disk mirroring, or 4 and stripe...
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On 2 January 2014 14:11, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 2 January 2014 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote:
> > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition mainly
> as
> > additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space on both
> Linux
> > and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for Windows, so giving
> > that partition entirely over to Linux is not an option.
> >
> > Does anybody know whether I will still be able to view and access files
> > stored in the Windows partition if I compress it using the MS utility
> built
> > into Windows Explorer?
>
>
> Do you mean NTFS file compression?
>
> I *think* so, but I wouldn't. It kills performance & causes a
>
> More to the point, give your W7 system a really thorough clean out.
>
> Empty:
>
> \WINDOWS\TEMP
>
> ... and ...
>
> \DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{all usernames}\APPLICATION DATA\LOCAL
> SETTINGS\TEMP
>
> (or whatever W7 calls it - \USERS or something.)
>
> Empty all the recycle bins. Empty all the uninstaller files from
> C:\WINDOWS (& if you're really keen the log files to go with them, but
> *only* those log files! Not sure where W7 keeps uninstallers - Google
> is your friend.)
>
> Delete \PAGEFILE.SYS and \HIBERFIL.SYS - they will be recreated next
> boot anyway, possibly in less-fragmented form.
>
> That should get you many many gigs back.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell wrote: > like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll > through the programs running in that window. > That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some people like this. Personally I prefer the gnome shell version, where you can expand and contract the number of workspaces as you want. There is always one blank workspace at the bottom of the stack. alt tab switched between all open apps, and alt backtik between open windows from a single application. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Presence on Google Plus
On 7 November 2013 10:30, Alan Pope wrote: > > So I created https://plus.google.com/communities/108756253446581210513 > Joined -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands
On 7 November 2013 10:40, Alan Pope wrote:
> awk '{print $1}' ~/.bash_history | sort | uniq -c
> | sort -rn | head
>
~$ awk '{print $1}' ~/.bash_history | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head
75 git
74 cd
57 sudo
39 tail
37 ls
33 dig
20 man
13 python
13 curl
12 cat
Looks like I have been using git a bit recently...?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mini PCI-e 3G card
There is a list of hardware the Network Manager is compatible with: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkManager/Hardware/3G Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 8 October 2013 18:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > My laptop has a mini PCI-e slot, SIM card slot and antenna cable for 3g > services. > > Have tried to find if there are any cards that are compatible with Ubuntu > without much luck. Has anyone had any experience of 3g cards? > > -- > 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] evolution
On 1 September 2013 11:09, Norman Silverstone wrote: > My wife, who is using Ubuntu 12.04, would like to make a backup of her > address book and emails in Evolution prior to setting up a new PC. What is > the best way to do this, please? She does not require anything else backed > up and she has copies of all her text files on a memory stick. > Perhaps an alternative would be to sync with a Google account, see: http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8226-how-to-sync-evolution-with-googles-pim-apps -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!
Gareth Come along to the sclug meeting in Reading, discuss your plans, make friends, recruit fellow LUGers, Join the mail list for sclug, that would be a good place to announce and discuss your plans. http://www.sclug.org.uk/ Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 23 August 2013 21:16, Gareth France wrote: > On 23/08/13 20:19, pete smout wrote: > >> Hi, >> Where are you? If we are close then I will help out! >> always happy to meet like minded people;) >> > High Wycombe, South Bucks. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <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] Cloning and moving Win8 OS into a VM
On 13 June 2013 16:59, Byte Soup wrote: > run the orignal Win8 in a VM You would still need virtual box to support UEFI in order to boot the win8 VM, Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] enough folks
On 10 May 2013 13:53, Liam Proven wrote: > > Just press Ctrl-A to select all text, then Home to go to the top, > delete the few blank lines, then move down, trim the quoted text and > type your reply. > > In gmail select the text you want to comment on then hit reply and you get a nice bottom quoted text with the cursor placed below ready for commenting... Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless in 13.04
Rowan Well done, I always advise (and mostly practice) of putting the exact error message into goggle as soon as you can in the process of solving this sort of problem. I cant tell you the numbers of times this has saved me hours of fruitless searching for information about a problem. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 29 April 2013 13:23, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hi, > > I posted a message to the effect that the procedure for reinstalling the > Ralink RT3290 wireless driver, which worked on 12.10, doesn't work after > online upgrade to 13.04. Since posting that, I found an online report at > askubuntu.com which gave the exact same error messages as mine: > http://askubuntu.com/**questions/285163/ralink-**rt3290-cant-be-installed<http://askubuntu.com/questions/285163/ralink-rt3290-cant-be-installed> > > I have found that the best solution is to put a copy of the 64-bit version > of 13.04 on a USB stick then do a complete reinstall from the stick. If you > do this, the Ralink RT3290 wireless driver will be found and configured > correctly and permanently. But not when you use the online upgrade from the > Ubuntu site. This is similar to the problem I had with the boot protect in > UEFI BIOS. There also, the USB stick with the 64-bit version was the answer. > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <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] Ubuntu as a Disruptive Technology
On 15 April 2013 05:43, Ramu Iyer wrote: > I want to make a conscious transition from Windows to Ubuntu. At the > office, everybody is required to use a Windows laptop because that is the > standard IT policy. As a Project Manager, I use the following applications: > * MS Outlook (for email) > * Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio > * Microsoft Project > You can get some ideas and reviews of open source alternatives here. eg for outlook http://www.osalt.com/search?q=outlook Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
Hi Using the 64bit should give a significant speed improvement as the code will be complied to use a lot of the optimized op codes. The 32bit versions of software are usually compiled to a base instruction set so that work on all machines. but as Intel has introduced new opcodes as the platform has evolved. There are applications that test for these and will use these if available, but most software is just complied to a base 32 architecture. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 15 November 2012 12:19, Scrase, Eddie wrote: > I switched to 64-bit with 12.04, and have not noticed anything at all. > > > -Original Message- > From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of > ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 15 November 2012 12:00 pm > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: 64-bit vs 32-bit > > Hi > I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh > install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to > no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need > to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there > any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant > difference? > Regards > Nige > > > -- > 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] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....
I suggest looking for a CUPS driver, in my experience the CUPS drivers are generally of a better quality than the manufacturers one. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?
Disclaimer I have worked for 3 in the past. I tried very had when I was there to convince the broadband team that it was important to do some level of support for Linux, but all my protestations fell on deaf ears. No customer demand.. too many distributions and variations to support. Confuses the "simple" customer message... Please go into a shop and ask about Linux support. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 2 August 2012 20:48, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I also had a period from 10.04 alpha2 of dark days with my 3g dongle, it > works fine now :) > > I think the best advice has already been given. Take the laptop into the > shop & say that if it works, you'll consider buying it. As also mentioned, > yup - when I do new installs the system recognises it as '3' and then just > sorts it out. I also do NOT work for '3' and would have told people that we > were having problems for a couple of releases. > > regards, > Phill. > > On 2 August 2012 20:35, Bill B. wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 16:14 +0100, Adam Funk wrote: >> > Just wondering if anyone would like to recommend any particular USB >> > dongle internet hardware/services in the UK? I'm expecting to use it >> > quite a bit for short periods, but only in the UK. Obviously it needs >> > to be usable with Ubuntu! >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Adam >> > >> > >> >> Adam, >> re your request for recommended service provider as well as the >> hardware... [this is my own experience] >> >> >> I started with and have stuck with "3". >> During 10.04 days their supplied dongle worked well. >> >> I have since been upgraded in both GByte allowance and supplied dongle. >> >> Verdict: >> - the *original* dongle was good with bog standard 10.04. >> - the *current* dongle *is* good with 12.04 [as in -out of the box] >> >> Be wary though, the original won't connect on 12.04, the latest won't >> work on 10.04 [kernel drivers difference I think]. >> >> >> If you are on 12.04 ensure [if you go with "3" as your service], that >> the dongle is the E367 - if so - no probs... works out of the box. >> >> Overall - whichever of the two I used [whether at home or travelling >> around] I never had any difficulty getting a reliable & fast [enough] >> connection. >> >> [No - I do not work for "3" and have no reason to promote them - other >> than the above facts]. >> >> Good luck whatever your choice. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Bill B. [SuperEngineer] >> >> -- >> -Registered Linux User 523667- >> -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- >> -Free as in Freedom-- >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> -- >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >> > > -- > 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] Thinkpad x130e
On 27 July 2012 14:57, James Morrissey wrote: > Thanks for this Stuart, but i haven't yet got the machine and was > hoping to find out compatibility issues before ordering. > you should have a look on the site and see if someone has already scanned the model that you are looking at. When a scan is done people save their results on that site. You need to be careful though as OEMs have a habit of changing the chips they use sometimes without making any changes to the model number, spec etc. If they can get a different chip they will just shove it in, they dont care if the chip has Linux support or not. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinkpad x130e
You could use the Debian device driver check page: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ You need to run lspci -n and then copy the output to the input box on that page. It will look through the devices and see if there is a Linux driver support for each device. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 26 July 2012 14:26, James Morrissey wrote: > BCM943228 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Shell accounts
Also have a look at http://www.5quidhost.co.uk/ shell access on the free account level. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india
Log of a chat with the Dell sales::: Stop CoBrowse CopyPrint Exit 15:33:25CustomerStuart Initial Question/Comment: I thought I could get these without Windows installed, I wnat a Linux laptop 15:33:30System System https://chatadengine.dell.com/chatadsengine/adengine/Default.aspx?queue=548d9bc6-d20d-474b-a2b2-0fac53ebae9c 15:33:35System System You are now being connected to an agent. Thank you for using Dell Chat 15:33:35System System Connected with mario_louis 15:33:40Agent mario_louis Welcome to Dell Chat Sales - Business; this is Mario, your Dell Sales Advisor. My email address is mario_lo...@dell.com 15:33:50Agent mario_louis Hello Stuart, 15:34:04Agent mario_louis Which laptop are you looking at? 15:34:23CustomerStuart Looking for Linux laptop, I thought you had some without the dreded Windows installed 15:35:01CustomerStuart Or can I buy any and get a refund on windows 15:35:30Agent mario_louis What would you be using this system for? 15:36:07CustomerStuart http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all&x=0&y=0 Thise show up an a ubuntu search but there is on oprtion the deselect windows 15:37:04Agent mario_louis You can get the Precision M4600 or the M 6600 with Linux 15:37:19 CustomerStuart ... ues general email web browsing, etc home use. 15:37:36 CustomerStuart Are those the only ones 15:38:51Agent mario_louis Give me 2 mins I will transfer the chat to the expert and he can advice you better. 15:39:07System System You are being transferred to another Agent. Please stand by... 15:39:07System System mario_louis has left this session! 15:39:11System System You are now being connected to an agent. Thank you for using Dell Chat 15:39:11System System Connected with Naresh_Takemalla 15:39:26Agent Naresh_Takemalla Hi Stuart, 15:39:55 CustomerStuart Hi 15:40:42Agent Naresh_Takemalla Yes, apart from Dell Precision M4600 and M6600 Latitude E series laptops can also be purchased with No OS. 15:41:01 CustomerStuart Looking for a Linux laptop... All these are list when I search for ubuntu http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all&x=0&y=0 15:41:23CustomerStuart But I cant select the operating system to be other than windows 15:42:03CustomerStuart Will you offer a refund for the windows 15:42:48Agent Naresh_Takemalla Currently Linux is not configurable on any of the Vostro laptops. 15:43:01CustomerStuart Your college only offered the M4600 at £1,000 and an even more expensive model. pretty poor 15:43:19Agent Naresh_Takemalla ON latitude and Precisions if we remove OS, there will be marginal difference in price. 15:43:20CustomerStuart ok Will you offer a refund for no OS 15:44:02CustomerStuart marginal ie less that you have paid Microsoft for it. 15:44:27CustomerStuart and where is the option on the order screen to select No OS 15:45:14Agent Naresh_Takemalla The option to remove OS is not available it needs to be configured offline through chat. 15:46:04Agent Naresh_Takemalla Since you're planning to use the laptop for general office usage like emailing, web browsing, home use etc, 15:46:24Agent Naresh_Takemalla I can get you a quote done for a latitude laptop with out OS. 15:46:42Agent Naresh_Takemalla Would you prefer 15.6 inch or 14.1 inch screen size laptop? 15:46:42CustomerStuart I was directed to dell because they are supposed to support Ubuntu now that doesn't sound like support. Send Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum outing
Good idea, count me in Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 20 June 2012 23:43, Bruno Girin wrote: > Hi all, > > Anybody fancy a geeky museum outing one weekend to go see the > Codebreaker exhibition at the Science Museum? > > http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/turing.aspx > > Bruno > > > -- > 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] Moles
This has been totally refuted now that the details of how the certificate was generated to sign the Flame malware. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 15 June 2012 20:50, Bill B. wrote: > Just for fun... > > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/375169/could-us-cyberspies-have-moles-inside-microsoft > > Shouldn't Canonical be claiming the same as this for M15 or MI6 ;) > -- > Cheers, > Bill B. [SuperEngineer] > > -- > -Registered Linux User 523667- > -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- > -Free as in Freedom-- > > > -- > 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] Introducing Ubuntu & Unity to new people
I would ask them what their field of expertise was, and then search for applications in the software centre arround that subject The other thing I would show is my current time since boot. Usually a couple of weeks, and the suspend resume time (and perhaps the boot time) Next I would start to explain about the difference between free (no cost) and the 4 freedoms, and how that translates into better programs and better security. This is the very important but hard thing to understand. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Playing DVD through projector
I would suggest copying to a mpeg or simmular format with handbreak and then playing with mplayer, then it is easy to script into your presentation, just call mplayer -fs ripped.file.mpeg You could of course play directly with mplayer -fs /dev/cdplayerdevice Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 7 March 2012 15:09, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Hi, > Ubuntu 11.10 fully updated. > I need to play a DVD through a projector as part of a course. I followed the > procedure here > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs which made > the DVD play fine in VLC. > However as soon as I went to full screen through the projector, the DVD > played fine but there was a flashing "rippling" image of the launcher on the > L/H side of the screen showing up on the projected image, even though > nothing showed on the computer screen > Anyone seen this, and is there a cure? > (I had been using Windows Media Player on Win 7 which kept misbehaving and I > thought that this might be a chance for Ubuntu to shine!) > I've had to install VLC on Windows 7 to get it playing without hiccoughs > :-( > > -- > > Registered Linux User no 240308 > GBP's alternative computing: http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ > Say No to OOXML http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8 > I only accept odf or pdf documents by email > > > -- > 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] Ubuntu Plans
Not forgetting Pi day on the 14 March if you write it in the silly american format the date is 3.14 Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 7 March 2012 21:48, paul sutton wrote: > On 07/03/12 13:49, Liam Proven wrote: >> On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote: >>> On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin Law wrote: >>>> Out of interest, in what way is it not open? >>> It needs a binary blob for the GPU and to boot apparently. They also >>> "only" licensed the h.264 and one other codec bundle from broadcom for >>> that blob. So only certain video files will play back accelerated. So >>> it wouldn't do for a FreeView set top box, but would be good for >>> playing back pre-recorded/downloaded h.264 encoded video. >> Broadcom bought up the rump of what was Acorn Computers. Acorn >> designed and developed the ARM chip. >> >> (Interestingly, after Acorn was split up and sold off, the rump >> renamed itself "Element 14". This is now a trading name for Farnell, >> one of the distribution partners for Rpi.) >> >> Broadcom still employs Sophie Wilson, who (back when she was called >> Roger) designed the ARM chip, BBC BASIC and much of the BBC Micro. >> >> Rpi is basically a Broadcom GPU and video-decoder chip with a small, >> basic ARM CPU added in one corner. It's a very proprietary device and >> so are the Linux drivers. >> >> Something nobody is giving any attention to is that Linux is not the >> only OS for Rpi. It will also come with Acorn RISC OS, meaning a full >> networked multitasking Internet-capable GUI OS, complete with >> optimised BBC BASIC interpreter with ARM assembler, GUI editor and so >> on. >> >> Whereas it's a very low-spec system for Linux, it's a high-end one for >> RISC OS. For beginners, RISC OS may be a much more appealing prospect. >> > > Ohh i am sure I have a few games on 3,5" floppy that ran on an acorn > risc/os machine, in fact I may have a manual for the Acorn Archimedes > somewhere :) > > Paul > > > -- > > -- > http://www.zleap.net > http://www.ubuntu.com > > skype : psutton111 > > > -- > 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] non ubuntu related question! Buying a second hand phone, how can i avoid being scammed?
If you can prove that you purchased it in good faith, then they will have to unblock it. If you bought it off a mate for cash, you don't have any receipt, or evidence that you checked that it was not reported stolen at the time of the sale, then a subsequent reporting of it as stolen will be difficult to refute that you didn't receive stolen goods. I have dealt with a few instances like this and provided the new owner can show a receipt for purchase, then the bar is lifted. Same rules apply when buying a second hand car. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 9 February 2012 15:47, javadayaz wrote: > again, isnt it easy enough for the seller to have it blocked at a later > stage..even if they provide me with a clean checkmend report? > > Also the network could easily enough just say that im using a stolen > phone!!!? > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Stuart Ward wrote: >> >> Javad >> >> The seller should provide you with a report from checkmend >> www.checkmend.com to show that the phone is not currently listed >> anywhere. Don't accept a phone that has anything other than all green >> indicators. >> >> Once you have the phone, put a SIM in it an make some calls, so that >> your operator has a record of the phone being used on your account. If >> the phone is subsequently blocked that contact your operator, they >> will be able to see which network blocked it and get them to list the >> block. If they have records of the phone being used on a legitimate >> account (Your SIM) then they can get the other operator to lift the >> block. >> >> Only operators have access to the blacklisting process, once an >> operator blacklists a IMEI on their network they then post this number >> to a central database and all other operators pick this up for >> blacklisting. So if your phone is stolen and you report it to your >> operator, you can be assured that it is listed at least with all UK >> operators. Only the operator that listed a IMEI is capable of lifting >> the listing. If your IMEI has been listed by another operator (yes >> mistakes happen) then the listing indicates the operator that listed >> it so your operator can get the problem resolved. Provided they can >> show usage on their network with a valid account this should not be a >> problem. >> >> Lastly it is worth listing your IMEI number on IMMOBILISE >> www.imobilise.com, This one of the places that the police will check >> if they recover a phone, to see if it has been stolen. >> >> The blacklisting processes are managed between the operators in a >> forum known as MICAF www.micaf.co.uk There are some useful tips and >> contacts on their site. You cant contact micaf directly, you need to >> go through your operator. >> >> Stuart >> >> >> -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > > Regards > > Javad > > > -- > 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] non ubuntu related question! Buying a second hand phone, how can i avoid being scammed?
Javad The seller should provide you with a report from checkmend www.checkmend.com to show that the phone is not currently listed anywhere. Don't accept a phone that has anything other than all green indicators. Once you have the phone, put a SIM in it an make some calls, so that your operator has a record of the phone being used on your account. If the phone is subsequently blocked that contact your operator, they will be able to see which network blocked it and get them to list the block. If they have records of the phone being used on a legitimate account (Your SIM) then they can get the other operator to lift the block. Only operators have access to the blacklisting process, once an operator blacklists a IMEI on their network they then post this number to a central database and all other operators pick this up for blacklisting. So if your phone is stolen and you report it to your operator, you can be assured that it is listed at least with all UK operators. Only the operator that listed a IMEI is capable of lifting the listing. If your IMEI has been listed by another operator (yes mistakes happen) then the listing indicates the operator that listed it so your operator can get the problem resolved. Provided they can show usage on their network with a valid account this should not be a problem. Lastly it is worth listing your IMEI number on IMMOBILISE www.imobilise.com, This one of the places that the police will check if they recover a phone, to see if it has been stolen. The blacklisting processes are managed between the operators in a forum known as MICAF www.micaf.co.uk There are some useful tips and contacts on their site. You cant contact micaf directly, you need to go through your operator. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Sticker
It was a bit of a game at one point to try and spot all the different bits of technology in the show. There was a Ubuntu mug in the kitchen as well. See: http://stuartward.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/it-crowd-spot-the-tech-game/ -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update BIOS with dual boot
For the DEL XPS, are there some guides on doing this, the programs from dell are windows only, and don't see to be able to run these under wine? Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 31 January 2012 14:42, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 31 January 2012 14:38, James Morrissey > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have realised that some graphics glitches i have been experiencing >> on my thinkpad x121e might be the product of an out-of-date BIOS. As >> such i am looking to update my BIOS. >> >> From what i can see online, it looks like doing this on ubuntu can be >> a risky enterprise - potentially leaving your machine unbootable. This >> is compared with updating in widows where you close all programmes and >> run a .exe file which you download from the manufacturer's website. >> >> Given this my question is whether it makes any difference to my system >> whether i update via my windows or linux partition. >> > > It shouldn't as it the BIOS is the bit before the operating system boot > process. > > For reference. I've done this to a Dell XPS 1330 using Ubuntu, and there are > tools for it, so it shouldn't be that dangerous, but it's probably better to > use the native tool if you can. > > s/ > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "post-apocalyptic allen keys" > > > -- > 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] Recommendations for a printer?
> Anybody requiring a cheap mono laser printer, I can recommend the Samsung > ML-1865, £39.99 from Staples.[1] I used the PPA from [2] to install the > drivers and everything has run smoothly since. Yes but it still urks me that cartridges are more expensive than the printer. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative
There is gnote that is a basic gtk application that does all the note taking bits of tomboy, but none of the networking ubuntu one stuff etc.Will import all your existing tomboy notes. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 5 January 2012 14:11, Alan Pope wrote: > On 05/01/12 13:17, scoundrel50a wrote: > >> what is the best program to use for simple text files on android, >> windows and mac? If I do it that way, i can use Dropbox as well, but >> would prefer to keep it on Ubuntu One. >> >> > No idea about text editors on Android, but I used TextPad on Windows for > years. On the mac I just use the built in text editor in the past. > > Now thought I tend to use vi/vim/gvim everywhere so it's all consistent. > Although these days I only use Ubuntu, not OSX or Windows \o/ (a rather > nice byproduct of working for Canonical is not having to use non-Ubuntu > systems) :D > > Cheers, > Al. > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <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] Filezilla Issue
Well this is all to do with name resolution services. If you have all your machines getting their IP address from a NAT router device, then this will be assigning IP addresses. Some od these will also maintain a DNS entry for the machine names that t assignes, usally you need to specify a domain to the router and then it becomes the canonical source for these names. Set this to something that is not a valid domain, like home.lan and then your machines will all be .home.lan Alternatively use windows name resolution. First you need to set up one machine as a domain server, this should be a linx machine with samba-server installed, There are some good guides on setting up the server and then you can manage all the logins to all machines, as well. This will include the winbind service which will perform the name lookups. so if this is in place then windows machines will be able to see all the other machines and workgroups that are windows or running samba. To get the name resolution working in Linux you may have to configure /etc/nsswitch.conf; In the hosts line you need to add a wins entry. Hope this helps -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 5 January 2012 09:37, Colin Law wrote: > On 4 January 2012 22:11, Nigel Verity wrote: > > Hi > > > > I use Filezilla to transfer files around my home network. Normally, when > > setting up a transfer, I can identify each target device in the "Server > > Name" field by its host name. However I've recently acquired a new PC > and, > > when running Filezilla on it, can only identify the target device by its > IP > > address. I can't for the life of me remember what I've done in the past > to > > ensure the target device host names are recognised. Can anybody enlighten > > me? > > I don't know about Filezilla but if the machine's name is dumbo then > you should be able to reference it by dumbo.local in any app. For > example you can use > ssh dumbo.local > to ssh to it. > > Colin > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ogv batch conversion from mp4 and others
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
Insert dongle then run lsusb for more definitive detail. Connect to the serial port of the modem and issue the at command: AT+CGMI for the OEM AT+CGMM for the model Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 13 October 2011 16:28, Gordon wrote: > Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile > broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) > at all. All they say is "compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean > Windows) or MAC". > How do I find out what the dongles actually are? > > On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon wrote: >> >> What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? > > -- > 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] Mobile Broadband dongles?
The dongle needs to be supported by the kernel, and the networking software, Network-Manager in most cases. >From my experience the Huawei dongles are well supported in Linux, the ZTE ones are not as well supported, and in my opinion not as well engineered. The best option is to take your laptop into a shop and ask to try the dongle, most shops have demo units you can try. The other alternative is a MiFi type unit, these use WiFi to interface with your lappy and can connect to other things that support WiFi like a kindle? Last option is to go for a Android phone that allows WiFi Hotspot from a provider that allows tethering. This is wht I do and it works very well. Benefit is that I only have one contract. When I was working in the industry I tried to convince marketing bozos that they should at least have a page on the support forms that state which dongles work with Linux, the problem was that although the dongle works, they have their own (crap) software on the dongle that does the connecting and show adverts and the like. This would possible run under wine, but why anyone would do that is beyond me. If it works in network -Manager, plug the dongle in and see it it turns up in the network manager list of connections. See: http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 14 October 2011 07:03, Barry Titterton wrote: > On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 16:28 +0100, Gordon wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile >> broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other >> kit) at all. All they say is "compatible with PC (by which I take it >> they mean Windows) or MAC". >> How do I find out what the dongles actually are? >> > > You could always pop into your local phone company shop, explain your > problem and ask to have a look at an example of the dongle that you are > interested in. You can then make a note of the manufacturer and part > number that is printed on the label on the back of the device. Google is > then your friend. Shop staff are usually helpful if they think they are > going to get a sale in the future. > > Barry T > > > -- > 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] Ubuntu One app developer evening, Manchester Sept 1st
Are you near Manchester? And a developer? Then we'd love to see you on September 1st to talk about web apps and mobile apps and desktop apps and Ubuntu One. You get to see me talk about a bunch of APIs we provide to make apps cooler, and then there will be a beer or three afterwards; Manchester's got a pretty vibrant dev community, along with the surrounding areas, so come and have a drink with us and talk about building your latest Ubuntu app or mobile app or web app or all three, or what you're into. If you want your applications to easily share data between Ubuntu and mobile and web, or you want to use Ubuntu single-sign-on in your web apps, come talk to us :) Please sign up at eventbrite (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1981804631) so we don't overrun the theatre we've got! September 1st, 7pm, Lecture Theatre C014 at Manchester Metropolitan University. See you there. sil -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Rob In all honesty, you will stand a better chance of saving your friends 38 GiB of music by using an Ubuntu Live CD (or similar) than you will with a Win XP disc. Personally I would boot the machine from the live CD and then copy the data off to a safe media. Then you can re-install Windows once the data is safe. It would be safer than letting a Windows CD inadvertently hose the partition (and the music) for you. Stu On 4 June 2010 20:06, Rob Beard wrote: > On 04/06/10 19:38, Alan Pope wrote: > > Hi Daniel/all > > > > On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Case wrote: > >> As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i > >> can post it if you like as i no longer > >> have a need for it. > >> > > > > Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and it's not > > really the done thing for us to be discussing/arranging duplication of > > other peoples copyrighted work - even if it is Microsoft. > > Fair enough it is really a bit OT, I've sent an e-mail off list. > > Rob > > -- > 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] transfer data from HDD to HDD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/10 14:29, Norman Silverstone wrote: > < snip > > >> Firefox bookmarks are a simple HTML file located in >> ~/.mozilla/firefox//bookmarks.html >> I'm not sure if you can import it but at worst, you can always open it >> in Firefox as a normal HTML file and add all entries to your bookmarks. >> >> The evolution address book is in ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/> weird string>/addressbook.db >> You should be able to do File -> Import in Evolution and import the old >> database. > > Thank you - just what I needed. > > Norman > > Norman Even easier in Evolution: File => Backup Settings Which creates an "evolution.tar.gz" file containing all of your mail and Evolution settings. Copy the file to your new machine and then run: File => Restore Settings to put all of your data back in place. You may need to check the folder permissions on the cache folders as for some reason when I did it the group settings got changed to read only which prevented me opening email attachments in some circumstances. With Firefox you should be able to copy the entire profile (.default) folder from: /home/norman/.mozilla/firefox/ Copy the folder that end in ends in ".default" and copy that to your new PC. You should then be able to instruct the ne forefox to use your old default folder which contains all your history, bookmarks etc. Stu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwBM8IACgkQWg0oumD6cuX3ugCfVmZctV+h2Aim/yu0iO883kO1 KPMAniTGQhIyA/l5eGkvnx7yVZGHtkLC =OpTT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player
On 25 May 2010 22:05, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 25 May 2010, at 21:08, Jon Farmer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:38 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play > >> pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which > >> lets me > >> choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it > >> tells > >> me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and > >> do I > >> want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no > >> difference. > >> > >> And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall > >> - my > >> mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :) > > > > Hi > > > > Yes, same problem with Firefox. Works seamlessly with Chrome though. > > > > Regards > > > > Jon > > Are you sure it works with Chrome? It doesn't for me (I installed > chromium-browser I think). > > Thanks > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I was having the same problem until I tried the below: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash $ sudo aptitude update $ sudo aptitude install flashplugin64-installer Once I restarted Firefox I was able to access iPlayer, ITV Player, Eurosport etc etc. The web page that I found it on (which I can't now find) suggested removing "flashplugin-installer" prior to running this. I must admit that I didn't and it does not appear to have caused me any problems. Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] CFLAGS Manipulation in Ubuntu
On 4 May 2010 14:29, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace < matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote: > Quoting Stuart Bird : > > > Hi All > > > > Does anyone know how I can check the "CFLAGS" settings in Ubuntu (10.4 > x64). > > I have a need to run an application that depends on these settings to > > optimise speed but have found that Ubuntu has no "make.conf" file which > is > > where I would normally expect to find/tweak these settings. > > Gentoo user eh? We'll have none of that "compile from source" nonsense > around here laddy, it's a binary distro don't-cha-know... :P [0] > > > Basically I need to ensure that Ubuntu is multiprocessor aware and that > it > > is making use of all the processors and/or cores when a program designed > to > > use them all is run. > > As far as I can tell (running Lucid x86_64 on macbook pro 4.1 at the > moment) all apps that require it are multi-processor aware. > > If you want to recompile, just export the CFLAGS variable before you > recompile the code. > > Kind regards, > > Matt > > [0] I've used Gentoo for years, it's still a favourite of mine for > servers, I just got fed up with a desktop taking 14 days to build! > -- > 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/ > Thanks to all that posted a reply. The issue is now sorted as a result of me re-reading the man pages properly this time and noticing that you can set the required flag as an option when you build the run command at the shell. So no need to mess with system wide settings for one application as someone pointed out. Interestingly the 15GiB file was processed seven minutes faster with the flag set than without so at least I know it works :) Lesson learnt: RTFM (thoroughly) Matthew > I just got fed up with a desktop taking 14 days to build! < I know what you mean. The phrase "# emerge -uavDNt world" still brings me out in a cold sweat :) I seem to remember a "Ubentu" or "Genbuntu" fork being talked about in the past but don't know if it ever got off the ground? Overall though, like you I appreciate the straightforward way that Ubuntu does things on the desktop. I am still in the process of testing it as a platform for my work (digital forensics) but it's looking good so far. Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] CFLAGS Manipulation in Ubuntu
Hi All Does anyone know how I can check the "CFLAGS" settings in Ubuntu (10.4 x64). I have a need to run an application that depends on these settings to optimise speed but have found that Ubuntu has no "make.conf" file which is where I would normally expect to find/tweak these settings. Basically I need to ensure that Ubuntu is multiprocessor aware and that it is making use of all the processors and/or cores when a program designed to use them all is run. I think that makes sense :) Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely
On 3 May 2010 16:37, John Matthews wrote: > On 03/05/10 14:47, Stuart Bird wrote: > > I suffered this problem some time ago when I had 9.10 installed > > as a dual boot laptop (also on a Sky router although I do not think > > that is connected to the issue). In the end I found that it was the > > gnome network applet that was causing the issue. I replaced it with > > "wicd" and everything worked fine thereafter. > > > > "sudo apt-get install wicd" will take care of the installtion and gnome > > network applet removal in one go. > > > > Regards > > > > Stu > > > Hi Stu, > > was that about the dual boot, or the boot into Ubuntu. If you remember > my first e-mail, I think mine stems from an incomplete installation, > caused by Wine not installing in the upgrade. Then performing sudo > update-grub and that doing something when Ubuntu Loads from startup. I > think most of the problems are from the part installation. > > John. > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk><https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> > John Sorry for the confusion, I think this post changed tack half way through and I may have posted the reply to the wrong message subject! My problem was related to my system being able to see the wireless networks but would not connect to them via the gnome network applet. The applet would consistently throw up a box requesting the passphrase which just kept looping and opening again when the passphrase was entered. As stated, installing "wicd" solved the problem at that time. Interestingly a few months after that my hard drive failed and I decided to ditch Windows and just installed 9.10 onto the new drive. From that point on the gnome network applet worked perfectly even handling global changes when I switched from my wired, work network which had various proxy settings to my home wireless set-up which didn't. Anyway, apologies for any confusion caused by my posting to the wrong thread. Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely
On 3 May 2010 12:06, John Matthews wrote: > On 03/05/10 11:58, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > > >> Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You > >> can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter so > >> much. Obviously backup all your data before hacking away! > >> > > One other thing I should say is that so far I've upgraded 2 desktop PCs > > and one laptop from Karmic to Lucid and the upgrade process worked fine. > > I haven't experienced any problems with grub or config files myself. > > > > My PCs generally have a separate /boot partition. Just out of habit I > > tend to use /dev/sda1 for /boot and then have a couple of 10-15G > > partitions for / and the rest of the drive (or another partition on a > > different disk) for a common /home with a /swap at the end of the disk. > > > > Al > > > > > > > I wish that would have happened to me. I lost my Windows partition on > the PC, when I installed Karmic, and the new grub, when it had that > fault where it did something to the Windows partition. Still cant get > that back. Windows loads so far, and that is it. So have to use a > partitioned laptop for video stuff, which had problems with updating to > Lucid, it works, just. The Netbook, well, I thought I had completely > lost that, but managed to work out a way to get it back, now it seems to > work ok, but havent done much on there, for fear of breaking it. > > Saying all that, I am getting there. > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > > I suffered this problem some time ago when I had 9.10 installed as a dual boot laptop (also on a Sky router although I do not think that is connected to the issue). In the end I found that it was the gnome network applet that was causing the issue. I replaced it with "wicd" and everything worked fine thereafter. "sudo apt-get install wicd" will take care of the installtion and gnome network applet removal in one go. Regards Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados
mac wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > >> Gents >> >> Slightly off topic. >> >> On my PC I use Firefox when both in Ubuntu and Windows. Is it possible to >> utilise a FAT partition to act as a common storage place for bookmarks >> between the two variants of FF? And really pushing the boat out,also the >> browsing history which I know is managed by SQLite, but perhaps SQLite could >> be fooled in using this partition too? >> >> Know this is not truely a Ubuntu question, but wondered if anyone had the in >> depth knowledge to answer. >> >> Ian >> > > I tried very hard to get this to work, and failed. I think it's to do > with the fact that some elements of the GNU/Linux version of FF3 require > the right ownerships and permissions, and FAT32 does not preserve them. > > The only way I've been able to share an FF3 profile among Ubuntu > desktops and laptops on my home LAN is by transferring them on a USB > stick or drive, formatted to ext2/ext3. > > This thread has some discussion (starts with this post): > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2008-September/014790.html > > HTH > > Mac > > Although it's more basic and doesn't cover profiles, the Foxmarks add-on for Firefox lets you synchronize your bookmarks and passwords across different Windows and Linux systems. They are all stored on a central server. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] WorcsLUG
Josh I attempted to sign up to Worc's LUG about three or four months ago, when their web site was up and running. I never received a reply, other than the server generated stuff, and have never seen any list activity from it. There are active LUG's within Worcestershire (Malvern) and close by (Gloucester) if you are at the right end of the county or are prepared to travel a bit. Both appear to be very welcoming although I have yet to find the time to attend any of the gatherings. It would be nice to see a county level LUG become active in Worcestershire if someone has the time to commit to it. I'm just not sure that with my current work commitments that I could do it justice, although the will is there so would be prepared to have a go at resurrecting it if there is enough interest from users in that area. Regards Stu From: Josh Holland To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 19 January, 2009 13:11:47 Subject: [ubuntu-uk] WorcsLUG Reading all this talk about LUGs makes me want to get involved in my own one (Worcestershire). However clicking on the link on http://lug.org.uk just redirects me to the lug.org.uk main page. Anyone else getting this problem or know anything about WorcsLUG? -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Celeron M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB -- 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] 'apt' Proxy Woes
Hi I am running a recent install of Ubuntu 8.10 x64 on a Dell XPS M1330 which I use both at work and at home. The issue I am having is that the works network is behind a proxy but the home one is not. I use a wired connection (eth0) when at work and the wi-fi (wlan0) when at home. I can get internet access at home by knocking off the proxy settings in Firefox and in the preferences menu, but cannot get synaptic or apt-get to work because it is looking for the works proxy. I have looked high and low but cannot find where the proxy details are set for synaptic/apt. Is there a straight forward way of getting this set up to work properly. Thanks in advance. Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion
The top of SeaMonkey now disappears under the top icon bar of screen and I can't shift it in any direction; nothing else is affected.any ideas? Hold down the 'alt' key and drag the window down with your left mouse button. Then resize the window to fit just less than the available screen area. Stu __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] weird login/sudo problem
Hi, I've been running Hardy Heron for a couple of weeks now and am fairly happy with it (apart from PulseAudio, which I am choosing to ignore) but I have just noticed something odd. When I try to run a command with sudo (e.g. sudo apt-get-upate) I am asked for my password. I enter the password, and the command runs with the appropriate sudo'd privileges. On closer inspection, though, it looks like I get a error (literally, 'Error!') right after I enter the password. I assume authentication works ok as the commend still runs just fine. What could the error be? I am also getting a dialog box - empty apart from the word 'Error' - when I log in via GDM. Again, the login works fine so I can;t see what the error dialog relates to. The only thing I can think of is that I installed Likewise to join a Windows domain. Could the system be trying to authenticate against that as well? Thanks in advance for your help. Stuart Houghton Technical Support Officer Amnesty International UK The Human Rights Action Centre London EC2A 3EA <><>-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise
>>> if only Canonical could work to getting a supplier (e.g. Dell) into PC World and the like, it would be easier. I suppose we need to `create' demand.<<< I think they already have! I was in, I think it was the Worcester PC World (I travel a lot so please excuse the vagueness) a week or two ago and I am sure that they had Dell laptops and desktops displayed on their shelves. I can't comment for other branches though. Stu - Original Message From: Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Tuesday, 25 March, 2008 8:37:42 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise A lot to reply to - will do my best! I'm glad this has sparked interest and debate. Hopefully my inline replies will make sense... On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 16:17 +, andy wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lucy wrote: > > On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But stop > >> fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products don't, but > >> there are people out there that do so let em. > > > > You make a good point in that we should be careful not to insult MS > > and their products when promoting Ubuntu, but Josh didn't actually > > insult them and I don't think that was the aim of his post. Most > > people don't know they have an option other than Windows and IME have > > been very happy to discover an alternative. Yes - although there is a danger of MS-bashing, I think it should be avoided as far as possible (obviously flaws need to be pointed out, or what's the point?). I don't know how many of you have seen Apple's anti-Vista web ads (I've only seen them via YouTube, thanks to AdBlock), but I think they do the job pretty well. Of course, they can't just be copied with Ubuntu in place of Leopard. We can't avoid pointing out the flaws, and being at least vaguely anti-Microsoft. At the moment there is a lack of awareness about Ubuntu and GNU/Linux in general, and we should be pushing the choice aspect. "If you're fed up with Windows/scared of Vista/too cheap for a Mac, try Ubuntu" doesn't strike me as a particularly damaging statement to make. The end of XP just seems a good place to raise this issue. > > > > Josh: I think it's a great idea, if targeted at the right people in > > the right way. I'm not sure how much influence my MP has, but it would > > be great if I could get him to try Ubuntu! I don't know who else it > > would be worth trying to target though? I don't really know of any > > local organisations in my area. Again, it's a case of raising awareness. Ubuntu is cheaper *and* better, should be the message. (Cheaper over free, because it doesn't sound tacky, and also factors in potential support costs from Canonical etc should it be needed). > > > > It would be great if we could tie this into the Hardy release, as > > that's very close to the June deadline. Yes, especially as it's an LTS. > > > > Targeting MS directly will only serve to create counter-FUD - and MS has > a more powerful marketing machine that ubuntu. ($$$) Agreed - anything we can do, they can do better - but they can't change the facts. More secure? Yes. Needs new hardware? No. > > I think the focus should be on 'PC' and laptop instead. The most > important thing is to get a big marketing drive on - that also needs to > be unilateral. Coverage of non-geeky projects like the "Ingots" will > give ubuntu karma in the business and professional world. Yes, agreed - my initial idea wasn't to target MS but to pose an alternative *to* MS, in the wake of XP ending and the Vista debacle. An alternative use for your old hardware, an alternative to shelling out. MS is the main competitor rather than Apple, IMO. > > Ubuntu needs to be made easy for people to try out. We've not got the > marketing $$$ that so many companies rely on to push their software. > Our product placement in 'first life' is poor. If I were to go into a > PC World, the chances of me coming out with ubuntu are nil. I don't > know how many people buy their PCs from there, but it's a household brand. True again - if only Canonical could work to getting a supplier (e.g. Dell) into PC World and the like, it would be easier. I suppose we need to `create' demand. > There are many good people already advocating > the use of ubuntu. However, as Alan Pope said on the ubuntu uk podcast > (S01E02), we're all geeks here. If you're on a mailing list, or on IRC, > you're a geek. > > We need to break out and get non-geeks involved in spreading the message > of ubuntu UK - without them necessarily being aware of an ubuntu UK > group at all. We're all converting our friends and family (and some of > us converting strangers) - but we need friends to be converting friends, > and strangers to be converting strangers. Thankfully, Ubuntu isn't the geekiest of distros, and looking more and more ready for the mainstream with every r
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!
I've never had any dealings with them so can't comment on service quality but these: http://efficientpc.co.uk/ appear to supply decent spec machines at sensible prices, all with ubuntu pre-installed. Stu ___ Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions
Andrew Thank you for such an in depth and informative response. Changing the uid= to blank did the trick in the end. Stu - Original Message From: Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Friday, 8 February, 2008 11:25:18 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions Stuart Bird wrote: > The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as > root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then > allows me full control from my normal users account. > > Can anyone advise if these are viable (ie safe) long term solutions or > should I keep searching for a better way. Are you logged into Gnome when you attach the external drive, or do you have it plugged in when you switch on? If you have it plugged in when you switch on, it won't know who to mount it as, and may default to root; you may need to write an /etc/fstab rule for the external drive with uid=youruserid and/or gid=yourgroup . For example, my username is aoakley, so to mount a FAT external drive at boot time, I might write an /etc/fstab rule like: /dev/sdb /media/mymountpoint vfat rw,uid=aoakley 0 0 Beware that not all external hard drives are VFAT! Some may be NTFS or somesuch. Alternatively I might use umask to make it read/writable to everyone within a particular group: /dev/sdb /media/mymountpoint vfat rw,umask=007 0 0 ...which would make it read/writable to everyone in the root group, or: /dev/sdb /media/mymountpoint vfat rw,gid=aoakley,umask=007 0 0 ...which would make it read/writable to everyone in aoakley's group, or: /dev/sdb /media/mymountpoint vfat rw,umask=000 0 0 ...which would make it owned by root but read/writable to everyone, even guest users (INSECURE!). (Stop reading now if you attach the drive before the machine is switched on, or if you always leave the drive plugged in. The following only apply if you attach the drive AFTER you log in to Gnome.) Newly plugged-in USB drives AFTER you have logged in to Gnome should automatically be mounted as the logged-in user (eg. aoakley for myself) and root as the group. Have you got more than one user logged into Gnome perhaps? This might cause confusion. For example, I log in to Gnome and insert a 1GB USB key, so I get: $ cat /etc/mtab ... /dev/sdb /media/AO\0401GB vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,usefree 0 0 $ ls -l /media total 28 drwx-- 10 aoakley root 16384 1970-01-01 01:00 AO 1GB ... The last line shows that the user is aoakley (my local logged-in user) and the group is root. If you aren't getting this, then either you're not using Gnome Automount, or something is wrong with Gnome Automount. Have you written an /etc/fstab entry which is overruling Gnome Automount? If so, try commenting it out. Is automount running? Check for gnome-v* processes, you should see two; gnome-volume-manager and gnome-vfs-daemon . If not, something is wrong with your gnome start-up sequence (too complex to discuss here). $ sudo ps -e | grep gnome-v 5600 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma 5630 ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo Check your Gnome Automount preferences in System - Preferences - Removable Drives And Media - Removable Storage - Mount Removable Drives When Hot Plugged TICKED - Mount Removable Media When Inserted TICKED. Check your Gnome Automount configuration in (Alt-F2) - gconf-editor - System - Storage . Check that there is NOT some special rule for your hard drive. Then check under Default Options - (Your storage type) and make sure that the uid= config is either not present, or blank. For instance, my gconf-editor - System - Storage - Default Options - VFat - mount_options shows: [shortname=mixed,uid=,utf8,umask=077,exec,usefree] The important bit there is "uid=" (uid equals empty) which defaults to the currently logged-in user in Gnome. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions
Well, I've found a couple of workarounds to this problem however I am not entirely convinced that either of them are a sensible option. The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then allows me full control from my normal users account. Can anyone advise if these are viable (ie safe) long term solutions or should I keep searching for a better way. Stu - Original Message From: Stuart Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ubuntu-UK Sent: Thursday, 7 February, 2008 4:08:10 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions Hi All I've just taken delivery of a new LaCie 80 Gb usb external hard drive.On plugging it in to my laptop (running dual win xp/gutsy) it automounted without error. I have copied some files and folders to it (both from a windows xp partition and the ubuntu partition) without issue but then noticed that I could not save any of the documents that I was working on. Further investigation showed that everything on the drive was mounted with the permission stu:root. I have tried several ways to change the group to my normal users group but keep getting an "Operation not permitted" error whether I do it as a normal user, through sudo or as full root. Can anyone explain why this has happened and what I need to do to sort the problem out. Thanks in advance Stu Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions
Hi All I've just taken delivery of a new LaCie 80 Gb usb external hard drive.On plugging it in to my laptop (running dual win xp/gutsy) it automounted without error. I have copied some files and folders to it (both from a windows xp partition and the ubuntu partition) without issue but then noticed that I could not save any of the documents that I was working on. Further investigation showed that everything on the drive was mounted with the permission stu:root. I have tried several ways to change the group to my normal users group but keep getting an "Operation not permitted" error whether I do it as a normal user, through sudo or as full root. Can anyone explain why this has happened and what I need to do to sort the problem out. Thanks in advance Stu ___ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10) (RESOLVED)
All sorted now. Turns out I needed the fuse dev packages (and fuse.h) installed before "afflib" was compiled. Once I had everything installed I re-compiled "afflib" and it all worked. Stu - Original Message From: Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Friday, 1 February, 2008 10:02:28 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10) On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:56:37AM +, Stuart Bird wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/stu# affuse /home/stu/case_work/testing/aimage/aimage_test-1.aff /mnt/aff > Tsk tsk root :) > I get this error: > > affuse: FUSE support is disabled. > Have you isntalled the fuse-utils package? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10)
Al >to enable FUSE support in Ubuntu. (I have fuse-utils installed) > Yes, I have :) >Tsk tsk root :) > Unfortunately trying to conduct forensic examination tasks as a normal user is like pulling teeth, so it's a necessary evil I'm afraid. I mainly use "sudo su" for tasks that require escalated privileges (file carving, imaging etc) and then do the rest (searching, information gathering, reporting etc) with a user account. I should also mention that the examination machine has a specific user account and group for forensic work and it hardly ever ( updated once a month usually) gets connected to the outside world so the risk is greatly reduced. But yes, I fully agree that it's a bad idea generally to run as root. Stu ___ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10)
Hi All I have been taking a look at "afflib" using Ubuntu 7.10 as part of a digital forensics research project. Part of the package (aimage) allows you to make a copy of a hard drive or volume, including certain metadata from the target device, and later mount the image obtained using another part of the package called "affuse". As the name suggests "affuse" relies on FUSE being installed on the examination machine. That's where I keep hitting problems. The way it should work is that you mount the image using FUSE and then mount the mounted image as a device (e.g. at /mnt/analysis) so that the filesystem on the image can be navigated as if it were a normally mounted filesystem. Whenever I run the first set of commands to mount the image using FUSE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/stu# affuse /home/stu/case_work/testing/aimage/aimage_test-1.aff /mnt/aff I get this error: affuse: FUSE support is disabled. I have searched high and low both on my box and on google, but have been unable to find any hints as to how to enable FUSE support in Ubuntu. (I have fuse-utils installed). Can anyone point me in the right direction please? Cheers Stu __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ATI X700 status "not in use".
Eric Just a couple of thoughts that may help you out. I would seriously consider trying the 32 bit installation. It will work well with the 64 bit chip but you won't (or shouldn't ) experience as many driver issues. Bear in mind that 64 bit support, even in the MS world is still on the ropey side so even the major manufacturers (such as ATI and NVIDIA) are still very much playing catch up on the linux side. It may be worth a go before you spend your hard earned on a new card. In the main I have had more success with NVIDIA cards under linux than I have ATI, however my Dell laptop has an Radeon 9800m in it and that works great with the commercial drivers installed on Ubnuntu 7.10. A couple of mouse clicks and I was away. That having been said, if I were looking to for a replacement card I would probably go for NVIDIA as it's my perception that the linux support is better. For the price of a DVD and some bandwidth I would try the 32 bit route first although someone on here may be able different. Hope that helps a bit. Stu - Original Message From: EricM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 24 January, 2008 12:18:52 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] ATI X700 status "not in use". I'm new to Ubuntu and at the moment I'm dealing with major problems due to an ATI X700 series Graphics card. At first I encountered problems with the default installation CD. (AMD 64); screen went black after starting CD. Finally I managed the install with the "alternate install cd". (AMD 64) However default booting the Linux system resulted in black screen. So, booted in recovery mode (which is runlevel 1) After manually adding Driver "vesa" in the section "Device" of the xorg.conf file I managed to run the graphics mode after entering: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start Still in this stage the default bootup resulted in a black screen. With the restricted drivers manager I installed the graphics driver for the ATI. The installation itself went fine: "Succesfully applied all changes" Default bootup was still not succesfull. From recovery mode booting and starting graphics mode, the restricted drivers manager showed for this driver a status "not in use". Opened a terminal in graphics mode and proceeded method 1 according to a wiki: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide#Method_1:_Install_the_Driver_the_Ubuntu_Way Manually checked / added the final changes in the xorg.conf file to assure correct settings. Default booting resulted in switching my screen to sleepmode. Recovery booting followed by graphics mode resulted in a dark grey screen. the fglrxinfo showed an Error: unable to open display :0 (f.y.i: proceeded this from the commandprompt in textmode) As I switch Runlevel with "telinit " using runlevel 3 I noticed some text scrolling over my screen (to quick to read), and finally ending up with a dark grey graphics screen again. Now Runlevel 3 in Ubuntu seems the same as runlevel 5 (graphics mode multiuser), so this problem made sense to me. Unless anybody has some other suggestion worth trying, I'm planning to buy me an MSI NVidia 7300GT or an MSI NVidia 7300LE hoping one of these will properly work However, in present state suggestions are more than welcome! Thanks in advance. Eric -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ATI-X700-status-%22not-in-use%22.-tp15037371p15037371.html Sent from the ubuntu-uk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ ___ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
Chris I just got this response from another list: The df command will report all the available space on the disk , in other words it will report the number of blocks in the "free" list. The du command gives you and total number of blocks used by the directory that is passed to it as a parameter. The difference between the output is because du doesn't take into account the blocks taken by the directory itself, nor does it count the blocks used by the "special files" on the filesystem. Things like your device files etc. That is why du (in my experience) always reports less than df. Which is more or less what Alan said I think! HTH Stu - Original Message From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 8:18:42 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results > > Chris > > I have just done some testing as promised with the hidden trash folder on my > ntfs drive and found that both df -h and du -hs /* did not report the > changes in file sizes on the /media volume until I manually deleted the > files from it (therefore it would appear that both commands respond to > changes in hidden files at least when files are deleted from them). However > they were consistently 0.9 Gb adrift in the sizes they were reporting > despite the fact that the folder I was using for testing was a little under > 300 Mb. > > I am going to do some more testing as this happens to have some bearing on > my line of work. I will post back if I come up with anything > significant/relevant/interesting. > > If anyone out there can provide a full explanation of why/how this occurs I > would be very interested. I am sad enough that I find this kind of thing > fascinating :-) > > I hope you resolve your issue soon. > > Stu > Thanks for that Stu, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
Chris I have just done some testing as promised with the hidden trash folder on my ntfs drive and found that both df -h and du -hs /* did not report the changes in file sizes on the /media volume until I manually deleted the files from it (therefore it would appear that both commands respond to changes in hidden files at least when files are deleted from them). However they were consistently 0.9 Gb adrift in the sizes they were reporting despite the fact that the folder I was using for testing was a little under 300 Mb. I am going to do some more testing as this happens to have some bearing on my line of work. I will post back if I come up with anything significant/relevant/interesting. If anyone out there can provide a full explanation of why/how this occurs I would be very interested. I am sad enough that I find this kind of thing fascinating :-) I hope you resolve your issue soon. Stu - Original Message From: Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 6:33:38 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:49 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > Now that just doesn't add up. > > Please help me :-O > du counts disk space used at a block level and not accurately counted bytes. There is a -b parameter which gives the more realistic apparent size of files. Also du doesn't by default count hidden files. You're also counting /proc and /dev which aren't really directories with files in on disk. Cheers, Al. ___ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
Chris "The volume at media is a Windows based NTFS" So is mine (attached via USB). The hidden trash file is still created on it though. I have only recently discovered this "feature" so I am not sure why it happens but it can be annoying. Of course it may not be related to your issue but it's handy to know. "Oh, I forgot to mention earlier on, the Ubuntu web server is a virtual server running on VMware. I don't suppose that should make any real difference though" I can't think of any, although I don't really use VMware so would have to bow to someone else's greater knowledge on that one. "I'd have thought du would show the file if it was just hidden though wouldn't it ?" I would have thought so too. I am not at my home box right now so can't test it for you. If you haven't resolved the issue by the time I get home I will gladly run a few tests and see what results I get. Stu ___ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
Chris Have a poke around for hidden ".trash" folders, particularly on mounted media such as USB/Firewire hard drives. I have found that Ubuntu has a habit of creating these on such volumes and they do not appear to get emptied by the usual processes. I have often thought I had deleted files then realised that my disc space had not increased as a result, it was always a hidden trash file that was the culprit. Manually deleting the files from the trash files usually gets rid of them. It may be the large volume you have at /media? that is hiding such a file. I'm not sure why that "hidden" data wiuld not be seen by df and du though? HTH Stu - Original Message From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 12:49:13 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results Help! I'm running a Dapper webserver and I'm having terrible problems with du and df giving different results: df -h gives me. FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root 29G 27G 347M 99% / varrun252M 52K 252M 1% /var/run varlock 252M 4.0K 252M 1% /var/lock udev 252M 52K 252M 1% /dev devshm252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm //172.18.0.13/linuxbackups 1.4T 710G 671G 52% /media/netbackup /dev/sda5 228M 14M 203M 7% /boot sudo du -hs /* gives me. 3.1M/bin 9.4M/boot 0 /cdrom 172K/dev 2.6M/etc 39M /home 4.0K/initrd 0 /initrd.img 76M /lib 48K /lost+found 263G/media 4.0K/mnt 4.0K/opt 514M/proc 20K /root 8.1M/sbin 4.0K/srv 0 /sys 12K /tmp 263M/usr 14G /var 0 /vmlinuz Now that just doesn't add up. I wondered if it might be a problem with open files, so I've tried lsof | grep deleted and lsof | grep DEL They showed Apache2 and MySQL had some files open so I restarted them. This didn't help so I restarted the server. Still no joy!! Please help me :-O Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD: [[Hampshire] Report on Tesco Ubuntu machine]
"Another fantastic opportunity trashed, by a single idiot who didn't think about the target audience..." Agreed wholeheartedly, but... Having recognised that such an opportunity has been created, is it not our (Ubuntu-Uk) and/or Canonical's responsibility to try and engage with the companies concerned to educate them as to their mistakes and perhaps regain what could be a very good thing for the free software market? Just a thought. Stu __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Mp3 to Ogg Conversion
> start ripping new stuff to decent bit-rate ogg as you get new material I think that may be the route to take. Any suggestions on what would be a good choice of ripper to give the necessary bit-rate control? The sound juicer app that came with gutsy doesn't appear to provide that level of control. Stu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Fw: Mp3 to Ogg Conversion
- Forwarded Message From: Stuart Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 3:13:14 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion Thanks everyone for the info: I take it the difference would not be noticed too much by a tone deaf, music loving grunt such as myself then? Another factor is (I could probably get this from Google but may as well ask now I am here) will the ogg files play on my iPod? Stuart - Original Message From: Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 2:46:29 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 02:24:46PM +, Stuart Bird wrote: > Are there any tools that will help me achieve this? mp32ogg > Will there be any sound quality reduction as a result of the conversions? > Yes. Going from one lossy format to a different lossy format where each loses a different bit of the audio spectrum. > My collection runs to nearly 160 Gb so starting from scratch would not really be an option unless absolutely necessary. > Guess it depends how much of an audiophile you are. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion
Hi All I have a large music collection which is probably 95% mp3 format. I would like to move it all to an open format such as Ogg Vorbis (or any other alternatives that I am unaware of). So I have a couple of questions: Are there any tools that will help me achieve this? Will there be any sound quality reduction as a result of the conversions? I'm vaguely aware of lossy, lossless issues but not really that clued up on audio formats and any issues that they have with each other. I would therefore appreciate any information before I start. My collection runs to nearly 160 Gb so starting from scratch would not really be an option unless absolutely necessary. Thanks in advance. Stu __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] mySQL over ssh tunnel?
I believe it is un-encrypted, however someone with more experience may be able to confirm that for you. I have used this how-to at work (where I had to use Windows) to connect to a MySql server at home via putty and an SSH tunnel: http://www.howtoforge.com/secure_mysql_connection_ssh_tunnel If it doesn't completely answer your question it may help point you in the right direction :) Stu __ Sent from Yahoo! - the World's favourite mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
Ah, I see. In that case I have to defer to those who have experience of installing Windows post Linux. I have never done it that way round. It has always been suggested to me that where a dual boot is required then it is far safer to install Windows, then introduce your Linux distribution. As far as I know it can be done, but with an awful lot of grub/lilo configuration, however it can be very easy to trash your whole system. So take care if you attempt it. Have you considered one of the virtual desktop tools such as "vmware" as an option to dual booting? Hope you work things out. Stu - Original Message From: norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 4:30:43 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot > Your computer currently has XP installed as its only operating system > and that is on an "ide" connected hard drive. The computer has an SATA drive containing Ubuntu 7.10. > > You also have a CD drive, also connected via an "ide" connection? Yes. > > You have an SATA drive that you want to introduce to the machine to > run Ubuntu from? No, I want to be able to run windows XP should this ever be needed. Norman > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ ___ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
So, just to clarify things: Your computer currently has XP installed as its only operating system and that is on an "ide" connected hard drive. You also have a CD drive, also connected via an "ide" connection? You have an SATA drive that you want to introduce to the machine to run Ubuntu from? Is that correct? Stu - Original Message From: norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 3:56:47 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot > Forgive me if I am way off on this as I have joined the thread half > way through. > > From what I understand you have an SATA drive with XP on it and a CD > drive attached via IDE. And you want to connect a PATA (ide) hard > drive to the machine to put Ubuntu on as dual boot? No,it is the other way round, IDE with XP ATA with Ubuntu. > > If that is the case you will probably have to change some of the > jumpers on the ide devices themselves. You should set the jumpers on > the hard drive (ide) to master, and the jumpers on the CD drive to > slave. Then connect the ide hard drove to the first connection on the > cable and the CD drive to the second connection point. Which connection do you mean by first, the one nearest the CD drive or nearest to the mother board? > > When you then boot the machine, enter the BIOS (del, F2 or whatever > your machine needs) and make sure that the devices are being > recognised correctly as master and slave. Then proceed with the > installation as described by others in the thread. That is what I hope to do. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ ___ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot
Norman Forgive me if I am way off on this as I have joined the thread half way through. From what I understand you have an SATA drive with XP on it and a CD drive attached via IDE. And you want to connect a PATA (ide) hard drive to the machine to put Ubuntu on as dual boot? If that is the case you will probably have to change some of the jumpers on the ide devices themselves. You should set the jumpers on the hard drive (ide) to master, and the jumpers on the CD drive to slave. Then connect the ide hard drove to the first connection on the cable and the CD drive to the second connection point. When you then boot the machine, enter the BIOS (del, F2 or whatever your machine needs) and make sure that the devices are being recognised correctly as master and slave. Then proceed with the installation as described by others in the thread. Hope that helps. Stu - Original Message From: norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 3:21:47 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot > Have you connected it as a master drive into the new pc? On the same channel > as the cd drive. I have connected it as a slave on the same channel as the CD drive. Preliminary tests suggest that windows is not very happy. > > One thing that might throw a spanner in the works is I believe you are > running 2000 on the drive as well? If so then I most likely will not work on > the new pc without running a windows repair. No, the old drive has XP. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ ___ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen Res Crossover
Hello Phi Yeah it happens in iTunes and uTorrent but doesn't happen in Freshtel voip phone maybe because it is only a little window, i don't know. On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 14:38 +0100, Phil Bull wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 13:22 +, stuart saunders wrote: > > When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine > > but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which > > was > > what it was when i first installed and the login screen, the problem > > is my monitor only > > supports 1024. > > > > Im using Intel Graphics 910gl > > Does this happen when you run any program in Crossover? > > As a workaround, we might be able to remove a few words in > the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so that it is unable to use any resolution > higher than your normal resolution. This isn't ideal though, and it > would be better to get to the root of the problem. > > Thanks, > > Phil > > -- > Phil Bull > http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Screen Res Crossover
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed and the login screen, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Im using Intel Graphics 910gl Thanks in advance. Stuart _ Celeb spotting – Play CelebMashup and win cool prizes https://www.celebmashup.com-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Screen res in Crossover
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen Resolution Crossover
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Screen Res Crossover
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox
Thank you for your help im using Amarok now is a good player and the crossfading problem has been sorted. On 9/3/07, Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want something on gnome - I like using banshee. > > Not 100% sure on the crossfading though (the whole point of the thread) so > best to try it out yourself. It's a good (but minimalist) iPod management > app too (if you have one) so give it a whiz! > > > Andy Loughran > blog.zrmt.com > m: 07921076319 > > - Original Message - > From: "Pete Stean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" > Sent: 03 September 2007 13:17:51 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] creen resolution crossover
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox
Hello I'm a completely new to Ubuntu/Linux and am very impressed but their is a problem when i play music. When i am playing an album in rhythmbox after every track their is a brief pause. I listen to a lot of mixed compilations and the music is meant to be played through continually so this is a problem for me. Thanks Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Can I disable the power button?
My one-year-old son has a new favourite game - pressing the power button on his Dad's PC. I am running Gnome on Fiesty and whenever the power button is pressed it pops up a modal dialogue box asking if I want to restart, log out, switch off, etc. I assume this happens via Gnome Power Manager. What I would like is a way to disable this menu, so that hitting the power button either does nothing, or perhaps triggers a script that logs the number of times it has been pressed. The GPM settings dialogue only gives me the option of 'Ask Me', 'Shutdown' or 'Hibernate'. I have googled around the problem, but everything I have found seems to relate to laptops. Does a desktop system use ACPI as well? Cheers, -- Stuart Houghton http://del.icio.us/stuarthoughton -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGs
TheVeech wrote: >>> I'd have thought they were a bit of a geekfest, not having been to one, >>> but I'm probably way off the mark. Trouble is, the one for my neck of >>> the woods is supposed to be active but its website hasn't been updated >>> for a long time. These days, is it time better spent online? >>> >> You don't say where you are. > > Worcestershire, although Birmingham is just as convenient. I'd even > travel to London if necessary, seeing as though I've lived there, and > could fit it in with a long weekend. > > >> Some areas have multiple LUGs, maybe one at the county level, and more at >> the City/Town level. I know Sussex has two, Hampshire has three LUGs, but >> often there is overlap between them. There is almost always co-operation >> between the LUGs, although in my opinion nowhere near enough of that. >> >> If your local LUG is dying, give it a poke on their mailing list, see what >> people have planned, and offer to help. > > Will do. I'm in Worcestershire and would be very happy to assist getting the Worcester LUG a little more active, it that is the one you were thinking of? I attempted the suggested 'poke' just before Christmas and got a little response. Unfortunately I've been snowed under since the New Year and thus have let the (very) small start I made melt away. Stuart --- Linux #423936 Ubuntu #4500 --- IRC = Narrf | www.narrf.net --- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
