Re: [ubuntu-uk] Router reccomendations
I am using a Belkin which has been OK so far (about eighteen months) Regards Colum. On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 22:13 +, London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > 2009/2/27 John Levin > Hi all, > > I've been having terrible router problems; one is near death, > and a > back-up I had lying around (SafeCom Swart2) appears to be > shoddy, not > saving settings etc. > > So it's time to buy a new, reliable router. Can anyone > reccommend a > decent, reliable wireless router? > > TIA > > John > > -- > John Levin > http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ > > Hi there, When I am working at a colleague's house, I use my laptop > and her wireless connection- it was BT and the connection was > unreliable for her desk-top and I could not get a connection at all. I > now have a new lap-top and coincidentally she has switched to Tiscali > and they sent her a new router or is it a modem? You would think all > would be well? All was well for a few months and now once again her > connection is on and off although it says there is excellent strength, > and I never get a connection- Any ideas? > > Caroline > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > > --- > London School of Puppetry > www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop
Hi all in reply to Jai Harrison`s question I have just bought a dell inspiration 1525 loaded with 7.10. It works fine my wife is very happy using it,she was a Windows user and seems to have settled down to using it very well. I ordered it with some upgrades to the screen and hard drive and the four year repair or replace guarantee. It is very fast and was under £600. Hope this information is of some use. Regards Colum. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] a new laptop
I am sending this from my wife's new Dell laptop, it came loaded with 7.10 and works fine. It is also very fast compared with a windows machine. Regards Colum. -Original Message- From: Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Sun, 11 May 2008 4:27 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] a new laptop 2008/5/10 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: London School of Puppetry wrote: > Hi there I am about to buy a new laptop- I was told that Dell do one with > Hardy Heron already installed. Is this ok, oe should I get one with nothing > then put HH onto it. I suppose this is just > -- -basic advice I need. Caroline I bought Dell's entry-level laptop last year (then, the 6400N) with Feisty pre-installed. ?Worked flawlessly; ?and upgraded to Gutsy without a hitch. Dell are currently selling these: http://tinyurl.com/34fctn The laptops look as though they come with Gutsy. ?Should upgrade OK in the normal way. I've been very happy with my Dell laptop - solid, reliable, and the cheap one seems good value for money. ?I'd buy another if I needed a laptop. Only thing to mention is that Dell partitions the disk rather idiosyncratically. ?If you want a classic partitioning scheme - e.g. '/' + 'swap' + '/home' - you're going to have to reinstall Ubuntu on the Dell. ?And in that case, you might want to consider other options, where you'd have to install the OS yourself anyway. ?But, of course, you can be confident with the Dells that the hardware will work, even if you do reinstall. HTH Mac http://www.linuxpreloaded.com/ May help you to fins a good source for a GNU/Linux pre-installed laptop. :)? Hope it helps. -- Andrew Alexander Barber -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy crashing
Hi I have been having similar problems with 7.1 locks up solid when trying to retrieve mail from talktalk or when trying to watch Utube items on Totem. problem seemed to start after installing the plugin required to view Utube. I have also been trying to configure send mail so this could be conflicting. Any suggestions appreciated. Regards Colum. -Original Message- From: James Tyrrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:48 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy crashing 2008/5/7 Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all, Has anyone had Hardy crash recently? It has happened now twice to me in the last couple of days, once on my desktop and now once on my laptop. I think I was trying to watch a flash video in firefox the first time although I'm not sure. The second time it was on trying to play a .ram in totem. It was a hard crash, I couldn't do anything except do a hard reboot, CTRL-Backspace and CTRL-ALT-F1 did not do anything. Hey when you say crashed were you still able to move your mouse? Or was that a no go, I've had a similar problem where the system just locks, no keyboard commands do anything and while I can move the mouse the system needs a hard restart to fix the problem. Usually (suspiciously...) if I have OpenOffice open. ? I have hardy-proposed active btw. Tom Anyone else had similar issues? James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Thanks Paul I will give that a go. Regards Colum -Original Message- From: Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:18 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good > and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so > that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root > password but it refuses to recognise it. Any help would be gratefully > received. I have just migrated from Windows so am new to this. > > Regards > > Colum. Hello Colum You shouldn't need to login as root, just login as a standard user and use the sudo command. ie sudo chmod xxx filename MooDoo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Will try that, thanks Colum -Original Message- From: Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:19 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 type "sudo passwd" then type in your USER password and then type in the root password you want twice should sort it :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Hi I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root password but it refuses to recognise it.? Any help would be gratefully received. I have just migrated from Windows so am new to this. Regards Colum. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
