Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

2009-04-02 Thread David Whyte
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Simon Ives wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > There is one other application, added by default, under "exclude_class" in > "gconf-editor /apps/maximus" which is Totem media player - listed as "Totem". > > I added "VLC" to "exclude_class" and it still starts

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

2009-04-02 Thread Simon Ives
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:49:06 +1000 David Whyte wrote: > 2009/4/2 : > > Actually - just realised that maximus my be checking the 'WM_CLASS' setting. > > You can find that by running "xprop | grep WM_CLASS" but not all > > applications set that xproperty > > > > > > These are the instructions that

Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-02 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Friday 03 April 2009 06:57:26 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > > >> Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like > >> it's in ATA emulation mode. > >> > >> Paul > > > > The Bios seems to have a Compatibility mode and an Enhanced mode re the >

Re: Simply Backup help

2009-04-02 Thread Peter Schwenke
Callan Davies wrote: > > I've found it works really well, but I can't say I've ever tried a restore. > I really would try that ;-) That is probably the biggest problem with backups - people find they can't restore. This could be for a variety of reasons (media, setup ...). You should be able t

Re: Simply Backup help

2009-04-02 Thread Sebastian Spiess
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 11:10 +1030, Callan Davies wrote: > > Simply Backup all goes well to the point of pressing the "backup now" > > button and the "A backup run is initiated. The process id is " > > message is displayed. After that, there is no sign of activity - that I > > can see. I presu

Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-02 Thread Paul Gear
James Takac wrote: > ... >> Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like >> it's in ATA emulation mode. >> >> Paul >> > > > The Bios seems to have a Compatibility mode and an Enhanced mode re the ide > ports which below that can be set to S-ata, P-ata, or S-ata + P

Re: live vs alt install cd

2009-04-02 Thread Sebastian Spiess
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 14:04 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > Just wondering if there's a simple way to tell what systems might need the > > alternate cd to install as opposed to the live cd. I'm trying to install on > > a > > friends (hardy) which has a celeron an

Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob

2009-04-02 Thread James Takac
Hi Paul On Thursday 02 April 2009 14:05:42 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned > > one of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the > > integrity check yet both throw up read errors

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

2009-04-02 Thread David Whyte
2009/4/2 : > Actually - just realised that maximus my be checking the 'WM_CLASS' setting. > You can find that by running "xprop | grep WM_CLASS" but not all > applications set that xproperty > > These are the instructions that I got from the developer when Eclipse was doing the same thing (on its

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

2009-04-02 Thread chris
2009/4/2 : 2009/4/2 Simon Ives : On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:18:47 +1100 Chris Debenham wrote: It's not easy, but you can set this up in gconf-editor. Run 'gconf-editor /apps/maximus' and change the value of 'exclude_class' to include the window class of whatever you want to ignore. To find ou

Re: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

2009-04-02 Thread chris
2009/4/2 Simon Ives : On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:18:47 +1100 Chris Debenham wrote: It's not easy, but you can set this up in gconf-editor. Run 'gconf-editor /apps/maximus' and change the value of 'exclude_class' to include the window class of whatever you want to ignore. To find out the class run