[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Linux
The High Court in Italy ruled in favour of a customer that asked for a rebate for an unwanted preloaded operating system. I hope the EU roll out this procedure across all 27 member countries. I thought that Trisquel was preloaded on a linux laptop? Try trisquel-us...@listas.trisquel.info or fsf.com. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
On 30/05/13 11:59, Tony Scott wrote: On 30 May 2013 11:44, pete smout wrote: The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5720. Hi Pete Have you tried to see if the problem is on Google? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Acer+Aspire+5720+ubuntu&oq=Acer+Aspire+5720+ubuntu Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://wpuk.org | http://savetvc.co.uk Hi Tony Yes I did look, all I found was how to patch the kernel to control the CPU fan, as Acer 'forgot' to put it in BIOS and 'pathced Win VISTA'! The lockup on close of lid was first noticed 2 days ago, and I put it down to 'computers do misbehave!' but now it has occurred 3 or 4 times, I have to put it down to a change of something? (I have been running 13-04 without issue for approx 3wks now). The only packages that have been installed / removed in that time are Updates done via 'Software Updater' in the GUI (yes I know you can use the terminal but I'm basically a lazy person ;¬) ). I also know that raring is a 'development release' ie. not LTS and as such issues may well occur and the point of posting here was to see if it was just me.. as it appears to me to be Update related?!? *I may be wrong* The suggestion from Grant to ssh into my lappy has been taken on board and I have already arranged with a friend to use his machine to ssh into mine *if* the issue pokes its head up before I get home! Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
On 30 May 2013 11:44, pete smout wrote: > The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5720. Hi Pete Have you tried to see if the problem is on Google? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Acer+Aspire+5720+ubuntu&oq=Acer+Aspire+5720+ubuntu Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://wpuk.org | http://savetvc.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
On 30/05/13 11:27, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: On 30 May 2013 11:18, pete smout mailto:psmo...@live.com>> wrote: Hi, Im running 13-04, and I am *very* impressed apart from the slight issue, of it locking up when the lid on the laptop is closed and re-opened. I can find nothing that shouts at me in either the kern.log or x.log but it has happened 3 times now! It is worth noting that it does not happen every time the lid is closed approx 1 in 5? The system is fully updated as of 9.30 am today. Symptoms:- open lid the 'screensaver' asks for password (as it should) the desktop reappears but the mouse cursor will not move, the keyboard is unresponsive (can't bring the dash up with 'super key' and ctrl-alt F1 does not work in dropping to shell the only thing i can do is a 'hard reset' hold the power button down for 10 sec (ish) and switch the machine off! System Details:- Ubuntu 13-04 (Unity), 3gb RAM, 160gb HDD, (6gb Swap partition) INTEL graphics chip. (I also have XBMC & GNOME installed but not used when this problem presents itself!) Anyone had a similar thing? or any ideas?? TIA Pete Hi Pete, Do you have another machine that you can use when this happens? If you do, then you might be able to SSH into your locked-up laptop to run some more tests whilst the machine is actually "locked up". Grant. Hi, The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5720. And Yes I do have access to another LINUX machine (not Ubutnu but openSuse) but that is at home and I am not at the moment! if the problem occurs when I am at home I will try ssh'ing into the laptop via suse, in the mean time I just trying to find out what is happening as it is *not* necessarily re-produceable 'on demand' only happens 1 in 5 times the lid is closed (approx). Hope this helps Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
On 30 May 2013 11:18, pete smout wrote: > Hi, > > Im running 13-04, and I am *very* impressed apart from the slight issue, > of it locking up when the lid on the laptop is closed and re-opened. > I can find nothing that shouts at me in either the kern.log or x.log but > it has happened 3 times now! > > It is worth noting that it does not happen every time the lid is closed > approx 1 in 5? > The system is fully updated as of 9.30 am today. > > Symptoms:- open lid the 'screensaver' asks for password (as it > should) the desktop reappears but the mouse cursor will not move, the > keyboard is unresponsive (can't bring the dash up with 'super key' and > ctrl-alt F1 does not work in dropping to shell the only thing i can do is a > 'hard reset' hold the power button down for 10 sec (ish) and switch the > machine off! > > System Details:- Ubuntu 13-04 (Unity), 3gb RAM, 160gb HDD, (6gb > Swap partition) INTEL graphics chip. (I also have XBMC & GNOME installed > but not used when this problem presents itself!) > > Anyone had a similar thing? or any ideas?? > > TIA > > Pete > Hi Pete, Do you have another machine that you can use when this happens? If you do, then you might be able to SSH into your locked-up laptop to run some more tests whilst the machine is actually "locked up". Grant. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
Hi there What's the laptop manufacturer and model name? Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://wpuk.org | http://savetvc.co.uk On 30 May 2013 11:18, pete smout wrote: > Hi, > > Im running 13-04, and I am *very* impressed apart from the slight issue, of > it locking up when the lid on the laptop is closed and re-opened. > I can find nothing that shouts at me in either the kern.log or x.log but it > has happened 3 times now! > > It is worth noting that it does not happen every time the lid is closed > approx 1 in 5? > The system is fully updated as of 9.30 am today. > > Symptoms:- open lid the 'screensaver' asks for password (as it > should) the desktop reappears but the mouse cursor will not move, the > keyboard is unresponsive (can't bring the dash up with 'super key' and > ctrl-alt F1 does not work in dropping to shell the only thing i can do is a > 'hard reset' hold the power button down for 10 sec (ish) and switch the > machine off! > > System Details:- Ubuntu 13-04 (Unity), 3gb RAM, 160gb HDD, (6gb Swap > partition) INTEL graphics chip. (I also have XBMC & GNOME installed but not > used when this problem presents itself!) > > Anyone had a similar thing? or any ideas?? > > TIA > > Pete > > > -- > 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] Laptop locks up when lid re-opened
Hi, Im running 13-04, and I am *very* impressed apart from the slight issue, of it locking up when the lid on the laptop is closed and re-opened. I can find nothing that shouts at me in either the kern.log or x.log but it has happened 3 times now! It is worth noting that it does not happen every time the lid is closed approx 1 in 5? The system is fully updated as of 9.30 am today. Symptoms:- open lid the 'screensaver' asks for password (as it should) the desktop reappears but the mouse cursor will not move, the keyboard is unresponsive (can't bring the dash up with 'super key' and ctrl-alt F1 does not work in dropping to shell the only thing i can do is a 'hard reset' hold the power button down for 10 sec (ish) and switch the machine off! System Details:- Ubuntu 13-04 (Unity), 3gb RAM, 160gb HDD, (6gb Swap partition) INTEL graphics chip. (I also have XBMC & GNOME installed but not used when this problem presents itself!) Anyone had a similar thing? or any ideas?? TIA Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
On 11 Oct 2009 at 10:04, mac wrote: > > Ron Rhodes wrote: > > I used http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/ some time ago, no problems, > > would use again if needed. > > HTH Ron > > Thanks Ron - just the kind of recommendation I hoped for! :-) > > mac > Just to let you all know. I got a new battery for my wife's Dell Inspiron 6400 from http://www.batteries-world.co.uk/ and it seems fine. It cost about £47.50 inc carriage. It is a larger capacity than the original battery (7200 mAH instead of 4400 mAH) and is giving over 4 hrs before needing charging. The old battery, after 3yrs was only holding out for 30mins. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
Lee, is this any use? Asus has stated that the smaller battery is the standard battery for the Eee 900 in Europe, and a longer warranty is provided in exchange,[34] Commentators have noted that the US version launched with the 5800 mAh battery, and a warranty of equal length.[35] Asus have revised their original statement, indicating that the smaller battery is "[p]resently the standard battery supplied in the UK" and "the default standard battery pack for Asus Eee PC 900 worldwide", however Asus will (from June 10, 2008) be providing a battery exchange to all UK Eee PC 900 customers for £10 Peter 2009/10/11 LeeGroups : > > its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv > reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models > iv done ;) > > Now, I've been thinking the same thing about an Eee PC battery I have, but > for the life of me I can't see how to get into it without damaging the > battery case! > Any clues? > > Lee > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Regards Peter Adam Kelly -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
Lee, hot wire and split like an egg ;) well to be honest, i haven't done a standard notebook battery pack for a while and I'm always losing touch with whats modern and whatnot, the last battery hack i did was to build a DJ a mobile flight case system. i am more than willing to check up on the cells type just to make sure for you that's its a goer!! and if it is,,, i would fit the cells for you if you like. its really not that hard its just a case of getting the numbers right maybe even limiting yourself to a homebrew desktop charger,,, I have no idea if its a good idea or not, and i cant guarantee the outcome or even if its safe,,, but you can even add extra lil components to the battery pack just to guard against any surprises lol but it can work surprisingly ;) I am sure there are lots of people that will tell you not to do such things but i find that's half the fun lol email me privately if you want to. pe...@thatwilldo.com and yes the domain name is inspired by the art of bodging lol 2009/10/11 LeeGroups : > > its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv > reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models > iv done ;) > > Now, I've been thinking the same thing about an Eee PC battery I have, but > for the life of me I can't see how to get into it without damaging the > battery case! > Any clues? > > Lee > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Regards Peter Adam Kelly -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models iv done ;) Now, I've been thinking the same thing about an Eee PC battery I have, but for the life of me I can't see how to get into it without damaging the battery case! Any clues? Lee -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
This sounds interesting. Where do the new cells come from ? I have a Tiny laptop and of course the batteries are expensive and quite rare. I haven't opened it yet but I will be doing. What will I expect to see ? Any things to avoid damaging ? On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:38:13 +0100, Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > laptop batteries > > its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv > reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models > iv done ;) > > 2009/10/10 mac : >> I'm after a replacement battery for a Dell Inspiron 1525, hopefully for >> less than the £80 Dell charge (25% of the cost of the laptop!). Anyone >> have experience of a reliable supplier for OK low-cost latptop >> batteries? >> >> TIA >> >> mac >> >> >> -- >> 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] laptop batteries
Ron Rhodes wrote: > I used http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/ some time ago, no problems, > would use again if needed. > HTH Ron Thanks Ron - just the kind of recommendation I hoped for! :-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
mac wrote: > Snip > > Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Any more thoughts? > > mac > I used http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/ some time ago, no problems, would use again if needed. HTH Ron -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM, John wrote: > loads of places - first google hit http://www.laptopbatterystore.co.uk Which is the link I sent in the first place, the same folks as sell through e-bay. Appear to turn over a lot of batteries, and positive feedback has to be a good sign. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
John wrote: > loads of places - first google hit http://www.laptopbatterystore.co.uk Yes, I discovered the embarrassment of riches that searching on 'laptop batteries UK' produces - and that is, of course, part of the problem: how do you know which ones are OK?... (BTW - did you spot the BBC survey that found that some ridiculous proportion of UK school children thought that Google's search results were sorted in descending order of truth?!) > not a customer though And that's the crunch - I don't want to stick a pin in the list and hope for the best; so a personal recommendation would help to narrow the list down, and - hopefully - avoid getting stung. :-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:38:13AM +0100, Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > laptop batteries > > its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv > reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models > iv done ;) > > 2009/10/10 mac : > > I'm after a replacement battery for a Dell Inspiron 1525, hopefully for > > less than the £80 Dell charge (25% of the cost of the laptop!). Anyone > > have experience of a reliable supplier for OK low-cost latptop batteries? > > loads of places - first google hit http://www.laptopbatterystore.co.uk not a customer though -- John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv > reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models > iv done ;) Sean / Al / Peter / Jonathon >>> Thanks for your replies and suggestions. Reading what you said has helped me clarify what I'm after. I don't have the technical panache to do my own reconditioning (I'd worry about getting it wrong and burning the house down!). And I'm afraid I'm pathologically nervous about the security and TACs of E-bay, PayPal, etc. So I'd like to use a UK supplier, with a real address and phone number as well as a website, that someone here has actually used and can vouch for. I appreciate that this may be an empty set, as a group the size of this list may not have had to replace that many laptop batteries; and I notice that at the moment the number of replies matching my criteria -> 0. I know, I know... If I'm going to be that picky, why don't I just use Dell and pay full whack? OK, but, being retired, I was just hoping to save a few quid. Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Any more thoughts? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
laptop batteries its always fun to brew your own,, crack that thing open!! iv reconditioned several now with new cells,, works a charm on the models iv done ;) 2009/10/10 mac : > I'm after a replacement battery for a Dell Inspiron 1525, hopefully for > less than the £80 Dell charge (25% of the cost of the laptop!). Anyone > have experience of a reliable supplier for OK low-cost latptop batteries? > > TIA > > mac > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Peter Adam Kelly -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
2009/10/10 mac : > I'm after a replacement battery for a Dell Inspiron 1525, hopefully for > less than the £80 Dell charge (25% of the cost of the laptop!). Anyone > have experience of a reliable supplier for OK low-cost latptop batteries? > I have bought a battery from these people and it was delivered in a timely fashion and worked fine - still does. http://myworld.ebay.com/power_biz/ Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
mac wrote: > Sean Miller wrote: >> Can't personally vouch for them... > > Thanks for your suggestion. It was a 'can personally vouch for them' > that I was after, really, given the number and obscurity of sellers of > non-genuine parts. Err... I can give a negative, I'm afraid. They said a battery would work in my laptop, so I ordered it. Lo and behold, when it turned up (which was swift) it didn't fit the laptop :( Johnathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
Sean Miller wrote: > Can't personally vouch for them... Thanks for your suggestion. It was a 'can personally vouch for them' that I was after, really, given the number and obscurity of sellers of non-genuine parts. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
If you don't trust e-bay, these are the same people, charging a bit more (£43 incl. P&P) from their website... http://batteries-world.co.uk/dell-inspiron-1525.htm Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
Can't personally vouch for them, but these folks on e-bay seem to be selling at £37 incl. P&P and seem to have 9,500 positive feedbacks vs. 47 negative ones so that must mean something... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOR-DELL-RN873-6cell-laptop-battery-inspiron-1525-1526_W0QQitemZ110437197902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_LaptopsAccessories_LaptopBatteries?hash=item19b691e84e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries
I'm after a replacement battery for a Dell Inspiron 1525, hopefully for less than the £80 Dell charge (25% of the cost of the laptop!). Anyone have experience of a reliable supplier for OK low-cost latptop batteries? TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
Colin, Colin wrote: > I bought a Logitect Quickcam E3500 from Tesco for £9.97 > (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8472.aspx) It's half price at the > moment and available in stores not just online. > > I run Ubuntu 9.04 and just plugged it in and Skype recognised it. Thanks. Looks like a trip to my local Tesco Extra is on the cards for tomorrow! Thanks to everyone who has responded. All good advice! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
2009/5/21 Tony Arnold > Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > with Skype. > Hi Tony I bought a Logitect Quickcam E3500 from Tesco for £9.97 ( http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8472.aspx) It's half price at the moment and available in stores not just online. I run Ubuntu 9.04 and just plugged it in and Skype recognised it. Colin 'Every little helps' -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
ha! and all these years I've been thinking it was just me. On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 16:56 +0100, ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > The tone of the conversation from the assistant was imperious and > somewhat offensive. My friend asked to talk to the manager, however > the manager was not coming out of the office. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
I have found that webcams sometimes work and sometimes don't. You want to find something that will work with Skype, Cheese and SANE (to name just a few apps). SANE, for instance, is very fussy and only works (AFAIK) 'out of the box' with UVC (USB video class) compliant webcams. None of the 3 webcams that I have (a Logitech, a Labtech, which is a Logitech by another name, and a Tesco Value webcam) use this standard so I cannot import an image into GIMP, which uses SANE. To make sure whether your web is UCV compliant, or not, you need the 8 character hexadecimal Device ID (:) where the first 4 chars are the manufacturer code and the last 4 are the device code. The problem is that this code is rarely quoted on the packaging so you won't know until you get it home, plug it in and run lsusb, exactly what it is. I have seen reports that two Logitechs with the same model number on the packaging can have different device codes, one compliant and the other not. Some USB webcams, I am told, can be enabled with other device drivers, which are not installed as standard by Ubuntu (although the sources are available for the main ones in Synaptic - probably Multiverse). Go to http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices to see the status quo for Logitech webcams and http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ for more on UVC. Tony On 23 May 2009 at 12:56, Simon Wears wrote: > I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the > box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit > tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with > Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype. > > A list of supported webcams is here though: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras > > 2009/5/22 Tony Arnold > > > Dave, > > > > Dave Morley wrote: > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > > >> Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > > >> my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > > >> with Skype. > > > > > > Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the > > > world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. > > > > Thanks for the pointer. I'd never think to go to ASDA for an item like > > this! I'll give it a try. > > > > Regards, > > Tony. > > -- > > Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > > Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > -- > Simon Wears > munkyju...@gmail.com > http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky > MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
Simon Wears wrote: > I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the > box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit > tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with > Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype. It does work ok with skype - in Ubuntu 8.04 at least. I helped a friend buy one the other day. Skype video is out of the box skype>Skype Options>video devices>test (works) Audio in was not set by default to the webcam microphone, so Skype Options> Audio devices>(audio in)>(usb device) and the in situ microphone then immediately worked. A tale of two shops: Incidentally, my friend was a long time supporter of John Lewis (in Reading) and had gone there at first to buy one, the same model. When discussing it with the computer department assistant, he was clear that not only did the box only state it worked with Windows and MAC, not mentioning Ubuntu Linux, but that he was quite sure that it would *not* work with Ubuntu linux. My friend challenged this, because there was no mention of it not working, just no mention of it. However, the assistant was adamant that a return was not acceptable unless with a surcharge because he was *saying* it would not work. My friend would have previously expected to buy it on the understanding that if it did not work, then they would accept a (carefully repacked) item and refunded. The tone of the conversation from the assistant was imperious and somewhat offensive. My friend asked to talk to the manager, however the manager was not coming out of the office. (My own guess is that he was trying to get his own computer working properly(!)) I went with my friend to Argos where they had the same model in stock, and also had an enlightened policy of returns if in saleable condition. Anyway, It worked brilliantly so Argos got the dosh and my friend got a lovely Skype webcam. And John Lewis lost a couple of long term customers. > > A list of supported webcams is here though: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras > > 2009/5/22 Tony Arnold > >> Dave, >> >> Dave Morley wrote: >> > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: >> >> Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of >> >> my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it >> >> with Skype. >> > >> > Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the >> > world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. >> >> Thanks for the pointer. I'd never think to go to ASDA for an item like >> this! I'll give it a try. >> >> Regards, >> Tony. >> -- >> Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 >> Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 >> University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 >> Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > -- Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype. A list of supported webcams is here though: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras 2009/5/22 Tony Arnold > Dave, > > Dave Morley wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > >> my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > >> with Skype. > > > > Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the > > world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. > > Thanks for the pointer. I'd never think to go to ASDA for an item like > this! I'll give it a try. > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
Dave, Dave Morley wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: >> Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of >> my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it >> with Skype. > > Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the > world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. Thanks for the pointer. I'd never think to go to ASDA for an item like this! I'll give it a try. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > with Skype. > > TIA > > Regards, > Tony. Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it with Skype. TIA Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to lock screen
Hi all, I saw Andrew's post about events when closing the laptop lid and I wonder is there a way to just lock screen when the laptop lid is closed? I have not seen this available in the Ubuntu settings. I do not wish to shut the system off or suspend its activities, I would just like it to continue working and give security that no one else on the network can try to get in and that only I can get the screen back with a password. Is this possible? A -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 45, Issue 3 Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:59:18 + Message: 3 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:08:55 + From: "Andrew Oakley" Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to standby/hibernate at GDM login? To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <6fe27770901030608x48520a45j83c08755edff2...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've got suspend-to-ram (sleep) and suspend-to-disk (hibernate) working well on my Asus Eee 901 using Ubuntu (actually Ubuntu-Eee, based on Hardy). What works: * Hibernate and sleep keys on laptop * Hibernate and sleep (suspend-to-ram) from Quit window * Lid close calls sleep (suspend-to-ram) if logged in to a Gnome session * Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend from GDM login screen (even if nobody logged in) * Resume from all the above What doesn't work, that I want to: * Lid close to call sleep (suspend-to-ram) from GDM login screen, when no users are yet logged in, or all users have logged out. I want this because I allow visitors to use the guest account on my netbook and I want to encourage them to log out when they have finished, then shut the lid. Can anyone shed any light on this? Hibernate/suspend obviously works from GDM Login window, since the Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend items work. What doesn't work is the lid closure to trigger these calls. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to standby/hibernate at GDM login?
I've got suspend-to-ram (sleep) and suspend-to-disk (hibernate) working well on my Asus Eee 901 using Ubuntu (actually Ubuntu-Eee, based on Hardy). What works: * Hibernate and sleep keys on laptop * Hibernate and sleep (suspend-to-ram) from Quit window * Lid close calls sleep (suspend-to-ram) if logged in to a Gnome session * Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend from GDM login screen (even if nobody logged in) * Resume from all the above What doesn't work, that I want to: * Lid close to call sleep (suspend-to-ram) from GDM login screen, when no users are yet logged in, or all users have logged out. I want this because I allow visitors to use the guest account on my netbook and I want to encourage them to log out when they have finished, then shut the lid. Can anyone shed any light on this? Hibernate/suspend obviously works from GDM Login window, since the Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend items work. What doesn't work is the lid closure to trigger these calls. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop
> Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. Gosh, purchasing a laptop is like > choosing a partner. They've all got great features but there's always > something missing IMHO ;) > The thing that annoys me with laptops is the lack of storage space. I quickly filled my 250Gb drive on my MacBook with VMs, Music, Videos, Documents, Photos. Even 500Gb seems a bit small. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
HP laptop - 15" widescreen, 2GB RAM, 120GB hard drive... £379.99 at Tesco. For your £1,000 you can buy a couple of them and still have a couple of hundred quid spare to spend on other things. Every little helps, as Tesco like to say. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Jai Harrison wrote: > I would like to be able to run Ubuntu with desktop effects and plenty > of spare resources for things such as gaming through Wine (nothing too > heavy - Age of Mythology, would like to give Age of Empires 3 a try), > running virtual machines on, etc. The laptop should be decent with > said things for the next 3 years (my bachelor's degree course length). I like my Dell Inspiron 1520. Dual-core for oomph, Intel i965/X3100 graphics works great with Compiz under Hardy, just about plays Portal and Neverwinter Nights when I dual-boot into MS-Windows. Broadcom WiFi works through propriatory drivers. Dell and Intel actively sponsor development of open-source drivers for their hardware (notably, the Intel i965 driver was massively improved for Hardy; Dell gave away laptops to graphics driver developers to encourage this). I got mine for GBP450 about four months ago. So long as I don't try to play Team Fortress 2 on it, it seems happy. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM, colum phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all Hey Colum, > 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. > Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. Gosh, purchasing a laptop is like choosing a partner. They've all got great features but there's always something missing IMHO ;) > Regards > > Colum. > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Just to clarify, the reason I'm so paranoid about purchase of a new laptop is the hell that this Acer laptop has given me in terms of constant problems and having to continually send it off for repair. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:14 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jai - Hey Jim > Had a look about: > > I know the Dell XPS laptops have been pretty good with Ubuntu... the > 13.3" screens start at £599 and the 15.4 inch screens start at £539 I'm not sure about this particular range of Dell laptops but I've heard bad things about their delivery service which leads me to doubt if it's a good idea to buy anything from them at all. > I've heard good things about Ubuntu running on Fujitsu Lifebook > series.. the build quality is very good and they are pretty nice to > look at. I'll look into those. I took a quick look just now and was put off by their choice to force Windows Vista upon their notebooks (it seems a lot of companies still offer XP and, if I have to pay for a Microsoft OS, I'd rather show them how much everyone hates Vista). > My personal opinion is that Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads are the best - but > might push your budget a little. I guess you're referring to their X series. I've heard some good stuff about them and the cheapest in the range still offers Windows XP as part of the bundle as oppose to Vista. Not ideal but I doubt they're going to realise that a large proportion of their user base is Linux users soon or perhaps they just don't care. The cheapest price I can find for anything in the newer X series (X61s) is Price: £1,151.14 inc VAT and that's with a 4 Cell Lithium-Ion Slim Line Battery. I'm guessing I could always treat myself to a 8 Cell which is more ideal after the original died (for around £100 extra). They include a 3 year warranty as standard, right? I was leaning towards the thinkpads before but my dad urged me to save my money. I don't know what to decide on the matter. Are they really worth the cash they cost? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/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] Laptop Choices
Hi Jai - Had a look about: I know the Dell XPS laptops have been pretty good with Ubuntu... the 13.3" screens start at £599 and the 15.4 inch screens start at £539 I've heard good things about Ubuntu running on Fujitsu Lifebook series.. the build quality is very good and they are pretty nice to look at. My personal opinion is that Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads are the best - but might push your budget a little. Jim On 13 May 2008, at 20:42, Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey All, > > The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. > > My current one is an Acer TravelMate 4150. It's the most awful laptop > ever. I have currently sent it in for repair twice and now something > else has gone wrong with it so it looks like I'm going to have to send > it in again. Acer's awful quality is leading me to *STAY AWAY* from > them when purchasing my new notebook. > > I'm sure there's plenty of recommendations that you guys (and gals) > can come up with based on your experience. Both in terms of hardware > support in GNU/Linux and overall stability and efficiency of the > hardware. I would also appreciate it if you could stick to hardware > that requires low, if any, proprietary drivers (e.g. proprietary WiFi > seems to be the norm so there's not much I can do about that). > > I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm > a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all > of the money I can get to put towards university. > > Jai / "Venko" > > -- > 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] Laptop Choices
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 21:02 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote, among other things: > The laptop should be decent with > said things for the next 3 years (my bachelor's degree course length). > > Jai > I would recommend Dell, as many others have done. I bought an Inspiron 6000 at the beginning of my last year of sixth form and it is still going strong (if with very diminished battery life, as can be expected) at the end of my 2nd year of university (three years now - no gap year!). I did have a hard drive failure, but this fortunately fell under warranty and if you don't have back-ups in case of this possibility you're a silly person in the first place. The build quality is decent, although as my flatmate has discovered with his Inspiron (a newer model), they don't particularly like being dropped all the time - it still works fine, but the screen hinge is now a bit dodgy. (Plus it still has Windows on it, of course.) Can't say anything about the Ubuntu Dells, but I wouldn't say no to a new Dell when the time comes for me to get a new machine. Hope that helps! -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey All, > > The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. > > > I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm > a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all > of the money I can get to put towards university. > > Jai / "Venko" > Well I'd say my Dell Latitude D610 is really well supported. Everything works out of the box. I can't say I've tried the newer Latitudes (D630) but looking at the spec, they seem to be pretty much the same with an Intel CPU/chipset, Intel Wireless (although IIRC they have Nvidia video on board rather than ATI, although this might just be the model we got in at work). Maybe you might be worth looking at the Dell Ubuntu laptops. I'm sure you could probably get a pretty decent dual core laptop for around the £600 mark which would last you for a good couple of years. Might be worth checking out about insurance too, just for that piece of mind. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Hey, On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > What are you going to be using it for? If you only have basic needs > then a £500 one would be fine. Are you looking for something small and > portable or a full desktop replacement. The xps m1330 is good, and I > think uses nearly all free drivers if you choose the intel graphics. > I'm after a general purpose laptop for full-time use (as in I don't use another computer of any kind). I would like to be able to run Ubuntu with desktop effects and plenty of spare resources for things such as gaming through Wine (nothing too heavy - Age of Mythology, would like to give Age of Empires 3 a try), running virtual machines on, etc. The laptop should be decent with said things for the next 3 years (my bachelor's degree course length). Jai -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Quoting Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey All, > > The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. > > My current one is an Acer TravelMate 4150. It's the most awful laptop > ever. I have currently sent it in for repair twice and now something > else has gone wrong with it so it looks like I'm going to have to send > it in again. Acer's awful quality is leading me to *STAY AWAY* from > them when purchasing my new notebook. > > I'm sure there's plenty of recommendations that you guys (and gals) > can come up with based on your experience. Both in terms of hardware > support in GNU/Linux and overall stability and efficiency of the > hardware. I would also appreciate it if you could stick to hardware > that requires low, if any, proprietary drivers (e.g. proprietary WiFi > seems to be the norm so there's not much I can do about that). > > I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm > a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all > of the money I can get to put towards university. > > Jai / "Venko" > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > What are you going to be using it for? If you only have basic needs then a £500 one would be fine. Are you looking for something small and portable or a full desktop replacement. The xps m1330 is good, and I think uses nearly all free drivers if you choose the intel graphics. The dell vostros are pretty nice too. Or you could but 3 eee900's ;) Mj -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices
Hey All, The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. My current one is an Acer TravelMate 4150. It's the most awful laptop ever. I have currently sent it in for repair twice and now something else has gone wrong with it so it looks like I'm going to have to send it in again. Acer's awful quality is leading me to *STAY AWAY* from them when purchasing my new notebook. I'm sure there's plenty of recommendations that you guys (and gals) can come up with based on your experience. Both in terms of hardware support in GNU/Linux and overall stability and efficiency of the hardware. I would also appreciate it if you could stick to hardware that requires low, if any, proprietary drivers (e.g. proprietary WiFi seems to be the norm so there's not much I can do about that). I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all of the money I can get to put towards university. Jai / "Venko" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Battery
- "Stephen Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since upgrading to Hardy, all of the available 'battery' applets > report that my battery is at 0% charge. If I unplug the mains, the > battery light turns from green to orange to signify discharging, as I > would expect, and always has done previously. The charge indicators > report that it is still at 0%, but show that the mains has been > unplugged. > > I'm fully prepared for the fact that the battery is cream crackered, > and that it's complete demise is just a coincidence with installing > Hardy, but my question is: Is there a way to check? > > TIA > Find an old Gusty Desktop CD, stick it in and live boot it. Does it still report 0%? -- Blog: http://kirrus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Battery
I suppose you could try acpi -V from the command line to get back some info. Don't think it will tell a different story though. George Stephen Garton wrote: > Since upgrading to Hardy, all of the available 'battery' applets > report that my battery is at 0% charge. If I unplug the mains, the > battery light turns from green to orange to signify discharging, as I > would expect, and always has done previously. The charge indicators > report that it is still at 0%, but show that the mains has been > unplugged. > > I'm fully prepared for the fact that the battery is cream crackered, > and that it's complete demise is just a coincidence with installing > Hardy, but my question is: Is there a way to check? > > TIA > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Battery
Since upgrading to Hardy, all of the available 'battery' applets report that my battery is at 0% charge. If I unplug the mains, the battery light turns from green to orange to signify discharging, as I would expect, and always has done previously. The charge indicators report that it is still at 0%, but show that the mains has been unplugged. I'm fully prepared for the fact that the battery is cream crackered, and that it's complete demise is just a coincidence with installing Hardy, but my question is: Is there a way to check? TIA -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
peter wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 11:53 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote: > >> peter wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > > I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display brightness correctly... Matthew >>> Thats what I thought at first but adjusting the brightness up or down >>> makes no difference. I guess there must be a contrast type thing that >>> has been altered? >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I >> cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little >> clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. >> >> -- >> Jason Liquorish >> >> >> > > Like I say it was mostly improved viewing angle that we noticed. Of > course I expect the display on your HP is nicer, but "lenny" was only > £300 or so ;-) > > Peter > > PS hmm thinks to self I might find a gutsy CD and run it in live mode > just to compare and convince myself I am not mad!! > > > Just took another look, viewing angle seems a bit better. I was thinking about using a Gutsy live CD also to compare, just to reassure you I do not think you are going mad. I think my Lenovo was about £320 when I got it just under a year ago, very nice machines for the price. -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 11:53 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote: > peter wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > >>> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > >>> Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > >>> just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > >>> not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > >>> > >>> > >> I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display > >> brightness correctly... > >> > >> Matthew > >> > >> > > Thats what I thought at first but adjusting the brightness up or down > > makes no difference. I guess there must be a contrast type thing that > > has been altered? > > > > Peter > > > > > > > Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I > cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little > clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. > > -- > Jason Liquorish > > Like I say it was mostly improved viewing angle that we noticed. Of course I expect the display on your HP is nicer, but "lenny" was only £300 or so ;-) Peter PS hmm thinks to self I might find a gutsy CD and run it in live mode just to compare and convince myself I am not mad!! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
Kris Douglas wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I >> cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little >> clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. >> > > > Now see, I dont think the glossy displays do any favours for me, I > think the light glares off them too much, I prefer the matte ones. > > Agreed there can be too much glare at times, but I rarely use my laptop in those lighting conditions and when there is no glare you just cannot beat them. -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I > cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little > clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. Now see, I dont think the glossy displays do any favours for me, I think the light glares off them too much, I prefer the matte ones. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England And Northern Ireland -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
peter wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that >>> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. >>> Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I >>> just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course >>> not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. >>> >>> >> I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display >> brightness correctly... >> >> Matthew >> >> > Thats what I thought at first but adjusting the brightness up or down > makes no difference. I guess there must be a contrast type thing that > has been altered? > > Peter > > > Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 18:02 +0100, Mac wrote: > Matthew Wild wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > >> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > >> Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > >> just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > >> not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > >> > > > > I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display > > brightness correctly... > > Or is Hardy using better fonts or better anti-aliasing??? When you say > the screen is 'much clearer' is it the text, the images or the colours > that seem sharper or brighter or better defined? > > Mac > > Its the viewing angle which is most improved, to the point were I can now see the screen clearly even from the side, where as before the viewing angle was quit restricted. peter -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > > > I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display > brightness correctly... > > Matthew > Thats what I thought at first but adjusting the brightness up or down makes no difference. I guess there must be a contrast type thing that has been altered? Peter -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
Matthew Wild wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that >> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. >> Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I >> just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course >> not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. >> > > I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display > brightness correctly... Or is Hardy using better fonts or better anti-aliasing??? When you say the screen is 'much clearer' is it the text, the images or the colours that seem sharper or brighter or better defined? Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display brightness correctly... Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
> nope resolution is correct and unchanged. Its just so odd. Me and the > other half spent most of this morning looking at the screen trying to > work it out! My apologies in advance but could it be because you were seeing beings with wings and halos (angels). Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
peter wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 13:18 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that >>> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. >>> Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I >>> just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course >>> not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. >>> >>> Peter. >>> >>> PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless >>> anymore. YAY. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >> Could it be that you were running at the wrong resolution before? >> >> -- >> Kris Douglas >> Softdel Limited Hosting Services >> Web: www.softdel.net >> Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > nope resolution is correct and unchanged. Its just so odd. Me and the > other half spent most of this morning looking at the screen trying to > work it out! > > peter > > > I am upgrading the Lenovo now, was going to hold back due to Hardy still being in beta and the Lenovo is used by my mother but I have been running Hardy on my HP for a few weeks now with no problems. I shall let you know if I see any difference. -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 13:18 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > > > Peter. > > > > PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless > > anymore. YAY. > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > Could it be that you were running at the wrong resolution before? > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > nope resolution is correct and unchanged. Its just so odd. Me and the other half spent most of this morning looking at the screen trying to work it out! peter -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 13:15 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote: > peter wrote: > > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > > > Peter. > > > > PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless > > anymore. YAY. > > > > > > > I shall have to get my Lenovo 3000 C200 upgraded to Hardy and see if I > notice this too, although my new HP G6065 looks very nice with Hardy. > Just on a side note I have not been using ndiswrapper on my Lenovo since > Gutsy. > > -- > Jason Liquorish > > Mine would freeze up completely after 10 mins of using the native wireless driver with previous releases but now so far so good Peter -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > Peter. > > PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless > anymore. YAY. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > Could it be that you were running at the wrong resolution before? -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
peter wrote: > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course > not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. > > Peter. > > PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless > anymore. YAY. > > > I shall have to get my Lenovo 3000 C200 upgraded to Hardy and see if I notice this too, although my new HP G6065 looks very nice with Hardy. Just on a side note I have not been using ndiswrapper on my Lenovo since Gutsy. -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?
So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so. Peter. PS hardy is great, I don't have to use ndiswrapper for my wireless anymore. YAY. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop donation for Forest Cafe F/LOSS 'Listening Station' project
We have a little time left to secure a laptop for a F/LOSS project at The Forest [1] in Edinburgh The project is to setup a dedicated listening station -- a second-hand laptop running linux, an xserver, and rhythmbox, mounted on the wall with some headphones attached. Music will be added to the listening station over SSH. It will contain all the non-proprietary music of the forest artists and anyone else who wants to donate music or other audio, along with any art that goes with each album. The public can go up to the listening station and listen to the music. They can then buy copies of the music, or visit websites to download. They may also learn that free software can do cool stuff. If we don't get this laptop in time, other voices in the forest will win out, and they will buy an ipod, which supports only proprietary formats. So we're looking for someone's unused laptop to be donated for the project. We don't need much in the way of specs: * Semi-decent sound hardware, so the music will sound okay through a decent pair of headphones that we will provide. * At least 5GB hard disk space, 6GB would be okay, 40GB would be ideal. So far we've had a few offers that were not up to spec, and a couple that sounded good but haven't come through yet. Can anyone donate a laptop for this cool project? Please get in touch. [1]:http://www.theforest.org.uk/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Feelgood shopping! Start your shopping @ippimail.com and give charities a Helping Hand this Christmas. Over 400 stores listed. Every purchase raises money for charities. http://shop.ippimail.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
