Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Rowan]

Thanks to both of you. If you meant you found it offensive that I 
offered money, then, again, I apologise. I would be happier still if it 
could be sorted out for free.

I don't require anyone to come to my home to deal with it, I'm not that 
disabled. I can bring  it to anywhere in London. If Canonical only offer 
telephone and email support, though, that isn't what I want.  I 
seriously want someone I  can trust to do it personally, hands on, and 
explain to me what they're doing, too.

I'm free pretty much any time, weekday or weekend, day or evening. etc. 
That's the advantage of being disabled, you don't have to work for a 
living. I have the occasional appointment, so I need to check any 
suggested date, though in the next few weeks I only have two or three 
appointments  that I need to keep time clear for, so it's probable that 
any time anyone suggests would be fine.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Christopher Swift]

Don't worry Rowan, you didn't hurt anyone at London bugjam's feelings, at
least from what I could see anyway! If you had emailed one of us in private,
I and/or others would've happily came around to help you out. Unfortunately
now however I am back in Wales and thus cannot attend London to help fix
things however there are a few Ubuntu-UK users in London on this mailing
list. What I and some others found to be a bit odd was the £100 offer and
hence why I didn't personally persue it any further. Many of us here, from
my past experience, would happily help you out for free as this is what our
understanding of Free Software is supposed to be about, in part, the help &
share with others freely. I'm sure that soon someone many volunteer to help
out who is in London.

With kind regards,
Chris.

2009/2/24 Rowan 

> I hope I didn't hurt people's feelings by sounding as if I couldn't be
> bothered to condescend to come to your Bug Jam. The fact is, although I
> am a bit reluctant to mention it, that I am semi-disabled. I mean, I can
> walk around like other people, but it hurts. I have sciatica.
>
> Anyway, the offer stands. But it won't be a complete piece of cake,
> because I really want anyone who agrees and is able to do this to not
> just recompile the driver and install the DKMS, but also to show me how
> to use the DKMS in case of future update conflicts, and give the thing a
> general once-over to ensure there are no other non-default ubuntu
> software modules lurking in there. I have asked the suppliers for this
> information, too, so I may be able to cross-check this.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Thomas Ibbotson]

Rowan wrote:
> As I have explained, I have a brand new machine with ubuntu 
> pre-installed, which was assembled in the USA. A kernel update caused 
> the driver to become inoperable because it is not the default driver 
> expected by the update. I am trying to find someone in London who for a 
> fee of say £100 will undertake to recompile the driver, and also to 
> install the utility called DKMS, which is apparently able to monitor and 
> control these conflicts. Anyone in London who wants to earn a relatively 
> quick £100 is invited to contact me via this thread or by email:
> rowan.berke...@gmail.com 
>
>   
I don't know if you're aware of the paid support from Canonical: 
http://www.canonical.com/services/support

and I also don't know whether it would be what you are looking for, but 
I thought I'd point it out. Obviously they won't send someone round to 
your house, but you get telephone and email support.

Tom

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Rowan]

I hope I didn't hurt people's feelings by sounding as if I couldn't be 
bothered to condescend to come to your Bug Jam. The fact is, although I 
am a bit reluctant to mention it, that I am semi-disabled. I mean, I can 
walk around like other people, but it hurts. I have sciatica.

Anyway, the offer stands. But it won't be a complete piece of cake, 
because I really want anyone who agrees and is able to do this to not 
just recompile the driver and install the DKMS, but also to show me how 
to use the DKMS in case of future update conflicts, and give the thing a 
general once-over to ensure there are no other non-default ubuntu 
software modules lurking in there. I have asked the suppliers for this 
information, too, so I may be able to cross-check this.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Rowan]

I know you're all at Bug Jam. I want to organise this separately, though.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[James Thomas]

We are at the London BugJam...
Is it a laptop? Could you bring it in...

Details are at wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam/London

:)

2009/2/22 Rowan 

> As I have explained, I have a brand new machine with ubuntu
> pre-installed, which was assembled in the USA. A kernel update caused
> the driver to become inoperable because it is not the default driver
> expected by the update. I am trying to find someone in London who for a
> fee of say £100 will undertake to recompile the driver, and also to
> install the utility called DKMS, which is apparently able to monitor and
> control these conflicts. Anyone in London who wants to earn a relatively
> quick £100 is invited to contact me via this thread or by email:
> rowan.berke...@gmail.com 
>
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Christopher Swift]

Oops, I forgot to include; bring your laptop too!

2009/2/22 Christopher Swift 

> Minnie Business Systems
> Finsbury House
> 23 Finsbury Circus
> London
> EC2M 7UH
>
> Come here if you want a little help with your driver issues; to the address
> above. There are about 10 of us, who are Ubuntu users here who may be able
> to help you.
>
>
> 2009/2/22 Rowan 
>
> As I have explained, I have a brand new machine with ubuntu
>> pre-installed, which was assembled in the USA. A kernel update caused
>> the driver to become inoperable because it is not the default driver
>> expected by the update. I am trying to find someone in London who for a
>> fee of say £100 will undertake to recompile the driver, and also to
>> install the utility called DKMS, which is apparently able to monitor and
>> control these conflicts. Anyone in London who wants to earn a relatively
>> quick £100 is invited to contact me via this thread or by email:
>> rowan.berke...@gmail.com 
>>
>> --
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>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>
>
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Christopher Swift]

Minnie Business Systems
Finsbury House
23 Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 7UH

Come here if you want a little help with your driver issues; to the address
above. There are about 10 of us, who are Ubuntu users here who may be able
to help you.


2009/2/22 Rowan 

> As I have explained, I have a brand new machine with ubuntu
> pre-installed, which was assembled in the USA. A kernel update caused
> the driver to become inoperable because it is not the default driver
> expected by the update. I am trying to find someone in London who for a
> fee of say £100 will undertake to recompile the driver, and also to
> install the utility called DKMS, which is apparently able to monitor and
> control these conflicts. Anyone in London who wants to earn a relatively
> quick £100 is invited to contact me via this thread or by email:
> rowan.berke...@gmail.com 
>
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> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>
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[ubuntu-uk] A relatively quick £100 for anyone i n London who can do this

[Rowan]

As I have explained, I have a brand new machine with ubuntu 
pre-installed, which was assembled in the USA. A kernel update caused 
the driver to become inoperable because it is not the default driver 
expected by the update. I am trying to find someone in London who for a 
fee of say £100 will undertake to recompile the driver, and also to 
install the utility called DKMS, which is apparently able to monitor and 
control these conflicts. Anyone in London who wants to earn a relatively 
quick £100 is invited to contact me via this thread or by email:
rowan.berke...@gmail.com 

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