Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xfce Appearance

2013-10-28 Thread bumaw 


 Install Kwin 3D
or gnome-shell 
Pinguy OS 13.10
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pinguy-os/files/
 

 
 

HiI am a long-time Xfce user, on both Xubuntu and other distros. The only thing about it which has always disappointed me is purely cosmetic, but annoying all the same.All the stock Xfce applications look modern and easy on the eye - curved button corners, bevelled surfaces, etc. However some, though by no means all, non-Xfce applications have an appearance more akin to Windows 3 - dark grey flat 
surfaces and "untextured" right-angled corners.There are one or two themes which take care of the disparity by making everything look like Windows 3 (!) but, otherwise, the problem is common to all themes.Is anyone aware of a solution to this?ThanksNige





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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with a freezing machine: All kernels in 12.04 and 13.04

2013-08-25 Thread bumaw 

 



On 22 August 2013 15:58, J Fernyhough  wrote:

On 22 August 2013 14:30, James Morrissey  wrote: > If i uninstall bcmwl-kernel-source, which of the following packages > do i need to install in order to get my wireless working: > firmware-b43-installer, firmware-b43-lppy-installer, b43-fwcutter, and/or > firmware-b43legacy-installer. I ask because i have had other problems > installing the wrong 
packages in 13.04 after trying to the the upstream > kernel to work (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2140655) - > ironically part of a vain attempt to resolve the freezing issue. > 
This depends on the card. I'd start with firmware-b43-installer. IIRC it will complain if it's the wrong one for the card (but according to the saucy package it lists the BCM4322 as compatible; not sure if this is the same family as the BCM43228).
 
Hi all, Good news on this. I removed bcmwl-kernel-source, and installed firmware-b43-installer. However this rendered my wireless useless.
I then started googling on how i would get my broadcom card working without bcmwl-kernel-source and came across a post which described building the driver from the Broadcom page, with some patches, and getting it to work on the 3.5 kernel (http://www.mindwerks.net/2012/06/wireless-bcm4312-with-the-3-4-and-3-5-kernel/). Comments seemed positive with some people saying it works on 
13.04 as well. 
So i built the driver following the instructions on the site (feeling nervous about sticking a patch on it given the previous conversation on this forum about linux trojans...). I have been running without a freeze for about 72 hours hours now, having spent as much time on battery as i could. The only slight downside of using the driver in this configuration is that it takes slightly longer to pick up wireless after suspend.  
I'll stick with things as they are for the rest of the week and then think about installing 13.04 and trying things there. 
Does anyone know why the driver from the restricted drivers package would compile a buggy proprietary driver. 
 
j




Try this http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-broadcom-bcm4311-wireless-driver-on-ubuntu-and-linux-mint/
 
 
 



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[ubuntu-uk] Odp: Reinstall wireless driver doesn't work in 13.04

2013-04-29 Thread bumaw 
With previous versions of gcc

Install Packages

It seems that both gcc-4.3 and gcc-4.4 are installed after install 
build-essential. However, we can explicitly install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install gcc-4.3 gcc-4.4 g++-4.3 g++-4.4

Install Alternatives

Symbolic links cc and c++ are installed by default. We will install symbol 
links for gcc and g++, then link cc and c++ to gcc and g++ respectively.

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.3 10
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 20

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.3 10
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.4 20

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/gcc 30
sudo update-alternatives --set cc /usr/bin/gcc

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/g++ 30
sudo update-alternatives --set c++ /usr/bin/g++

Configure Alternatives

The last step is configuring the default commands for gcc, g++. It's easy to 
switch between 4.3 and 4.4 interactively:

sudo update-alternatives --config gcc
sudo update-alternatives --config g++




So to summarise the solution in case you have the same problem:
1) Check https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1049466 to 
see whether there is now a better solution.
2) If not
a) Install kernel 3.6.3 by following 
http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/10/install-linux-kernel-363-in-ubuntu.html
b) Get the firmware by
git clone 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
cd
cd linux-firmware
sudo cp rt3290.bin /lib/firmware

Now how do I mark this thread as solved? 

Reply With Quote 

Day Saturday, 27 Kwietnia 2013 10:07 Rowan Berkeley  
wrote 
> This is what happens when I try to 'make' the wireless driver.
> 
> root@rowan-Compaq:/home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508# make
> make -C tools
> make[1]: Entering directory 
> `/home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/tools'
> gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/tools'
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/tools/bin2h
> cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/Makefile
> make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/build 
> SUBDIRS=/home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic'
>CC [M] 
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.o
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:
>  
> In function ‘RtmpAsicSendCommandToMcu’:
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:464:8:
>  
> warning: unused variable ‘offset’ [-Wunused-variable]
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:463:8:
>  
> warning: unused variable ‘Configuration’ [-Wunused-variable]
>CC [M] 
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.o
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:43:23:
>  
> error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before 
> ‘rt2860_remove_one’
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:44:22:
>  
> error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before 
> ‘rt2860_probe’
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:63:46:
>  
> error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before 
> ‘__devinitdata’
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:85:17:
>  
> error: ‘rt2860_pci_tbl’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:86:17:
>  
> error: ‘rt2860_probe’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:88:5:
>  
> error: implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’ 
> [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:88:29:
>  
> error: ‘rt2860_remove_one’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:292:24:
>  
> error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before 
> ‘rt2860_probe’
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:463:23:
>  
> error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before 
> ‘rt2860_remove_one’
> /home/rowan/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:71:1:
>  
> error: ‘__mod_pci_device_table’ aliased to undefined symbol ‘rt2860_pci_tbl’
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> make[2]: *** 
> [/home/rowan/DPO_RT329

[ubuntu-uk] Odp: Vacancy in Open Source

2013-03-25 Thread bumaw 
25/03/2013 09:40 Alan Lord  wrote 
> Hi all,
> 
> we have a vacancy.
> 
> http://www.libertus.co.uk/about-us/jobs
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Al
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> 
Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation Error
Ups !!




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[ubuntu-uk] Odp: alien arena problem

2012-12-03 Thread bumaw 
> Hi
> 
> I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and have just installed Alien arena,
> 
> psutton@E-machine:~$ uname -a
> Linux E-machine 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:19:45 UTC
> 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> psutton@E-machine:~$ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version:
> core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
> Distributor ID:Ubuntu
> Description:Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
> Release:12.04
> Codename:precise
> 
> if any of the above helps,  I have lubuntu_desktop installed hence it is
> saying Ubuntu but the base OS is the same, or pretty much the same.
> 
> upon running i get the following output
> 
> psutton@E-machine:~$ alien-arena
> ln: failed to create symbolic link
> `/home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/data1': Permission denied
> using /home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/arena for writing
> Could not exec default.cfg
> Could not exec config.cfg
> Could not exec profile.cfg
> Console initialized.
> - [Loading Renderer] -
> Master server at 69.136.224.226:27900
> Sending shutdown to 69.136.224.226:27900
> recursive shutdown
> Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx
> psutton@E-machine:~$
> 
> 
> any suggestions welcome please
> 
> Paul
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[ubuntu-uk] Odp: Error from update-manager

2012-10-30 Thread bumaw 
Dnia 30-10-2012 o godz. 17:55 Dianne Reuby napisał(a):
> I got this message from update-manager:
> ==
> Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to
> include the following error message:
> 
> 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing
> libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-
> security_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file
> could not be parsed or opened.'
> ==
> 
> System:
> 
> Release 12.04 (precise) 32-bit
> Kernel Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae
> GNOME 3.4.2
> IntelÂŽ Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
> 
> I've posted a bug as instructed, but meanwhile can I do anything to get
> my update-manager working? This was a clean install about two months
> ago, not an upgrade, and I had updates yesterday which installed OK.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dianne
> 
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Run terminal

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get update && sudo 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT speedtester and java

2012-10-21 Thread bumaw 
 I have disabled the plugin in the browsers so there should be no security 
issues.


In Firefox :

about:config > plugins.click_to_play = true



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 16 on 12.04

2012-10-11 Thread bumaw 
Dnia 11-10-2012 o godz. 16:06 Jim Price napisał(a):
> I got the updated to Firefox 16.0 yesterday. Today it's all over the
> news that Firefox 16 has been pulled pending a security fix. I can't
> seem to find any word on what the status is for Ubuntu, and 16 is still
> the current version in the updates repository. Does anyone know what is
> happening about this?
> 
> JimP
> 
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http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/10/09/load-handler-failures-firefox-16/



An add-on compatibility problem was recently discovered in Firefox 16. It is 
present in Firefox 16 and above, and we’re currently investigating it.

The problem is that the window load event handler that many add-ons depend on 
isn’t fired under some circumstances. So far it appears that this only 
happens when a popup window is opened, and only in cases where the domain in 
the new window is different from the one that opened the window. Since most 
add-on scripts rely on the load handler being called, many of them will not 
work in the newly opened popup window. There’s more information about 
this in bug 799348.

At the moment we consider the impact of this bug to be fairly minor, so it 
won’t be fixed until Firefox 17 unless there are sufficient reasons that 
merit the creation of a 16.0.1 update. If your add-on is affected by it, please 
let us know how in the comments.




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] scanner

2012-10-02 Thread bumaw 

 
Dnia 1-10-2012 o godz. 12:41 David Goldsbrough napisał(a):
I have recently purchased a Canon Pixma MG5350 wireless all-in-one printer/scanner/copier.

It has been set-up without the aid of any usb cable tethering it to any device.  Our household is a mixed environment with a combination of Windoze Vista, Mac OS X, iPad, Windoze XP, Ubuntu, etc.

The printing function from all devices (bar the Mac - but a different story) has not proved to be a problem.
I am though having difficulties getting Simple Scan or Xsane Image Scanner working.  Both report "No scanners detected".

I have though managed to get Scangear to work which I downloaded and installed from Canon when Xsane and Simple Scan was not working.

I have searched around and gone down a number of blind alleys.  This includes editing files in /etc/sane.d

I am running Lucid 10.04 and linix kernal 2.6.32-43-generic.

I guess this may really not be worth the bother to fix/solve - after all I do have Scangear working and I have a multitude of other devices to choose from - but it is the principal at stake really.  There is also the issue that Ubuntu future should work out of the box for such things.

Many thanks in advance for any pointers or help that might solve the problem.

 
 
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html#Z-CANON
 



PIXMA MG5300 Series
USB
0x04a9/0x1754
Complete
All resolutions supported (up to 2400DPI).
pixma (0.17.0)

sane-pixma
 







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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film

2012-08-23 Thread bumaw 
To install Ubuntu and XBMC Media Center 

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/XBMCbuntu/xbmcbuntu-11.0.iso

http://xbmc.org/download/

Than it is back to netflix with a quick overlook on how the install process of 
that will go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyF0Xp3lXCo



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread bumaw 

  
  
Dnia 7-08-2012 o godz. 19:33 David King napisał(a):

On 07/08/12 18:15, David King wrote:
I was using Ubuntu Studio 10.10, and as I have the week off,   finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 12.04.  I therefore used the Update Manager, went to 11.04, then to 11.10.  But I cannot get any further. When I try to run the Update   Manager, nothing happens. I tried from a terminal and got the   following:  ~$ update-manager Traceback (most recent call last): 
 File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 26, in      from gi.repository import Gtk   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 23,   in      from ._gi import _API, Repository ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so: undefined   symbol: g_callable_info_skip_return   Is this a known bug, or is it just something simple that can be   fixed 
easily?   David K   
I also tried running the Software Center, and got the same error message.   David K
 
 
 
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/upgrade-to-ubuntu-12-04-from-ubuntu-10-04-via-the-terminal/
 
 
 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] End of Skype on Linux?

2011-05-10 Thread bumaw 
http://about.skype.com/press/2011/05/microsoft_to_acquire_skype.html



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[ubuntu-uk] We are more than 1%

2010-10-08 Thread bumaw 
With this initiative, we intend to refute the statistics of certain 
press organizations that ensure that the use of GNU/Linux does not 
exceed 1% and has not advanced in recent years at the desktop.
http://www.dudalibre.com/en/gnulinuxcounter



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