Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with installing packages

2011-10-13 Thread Barry Drake
use dpkg to install the packages, I can get a good install with no problem. I'm now using the Ubuntu software centre to install all four packages needed for my DCP 135C and getting no problem - but this doesn't help your issue. Sorry. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Party Party

2011-10-08 Thread Barry Drake
will if there are takers. I'd like to go to one. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Bluetooth dongle

2011-10-06 Thread Barry Drake
On 06/10/11 13:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Can anyone point me to a USB Bluetooth adapter that is a) available in the UK and b) works on 10.04 LTS? I got mine from the local pound shop, and it seems to work OK. Even if it doesn't, for a pound ... Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

[ubuntu-uk] New supplier ......

2011-10-05 Thread Barry Drake
him. May be of interest to you. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[Bug 743359] Re: Installer: LockFailedException: Failed to lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock

2011-10-05 Thread Barry Drake
Happened at the end of a fresh install of Edubuntu. Have not seen the problem in Ubuntu testing. This was a clean install - not dual boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743359

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu .....

2011-10-04 Thread Barry Drake
writing six months before release date to give plenty of chance to consider this, and plan it into your schedule. Here's hoping I'd be more than happy to be of assistance. Kind regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu .....

2011-10-04 Thread Barry Drake
- in a quite favourable light. I think 12.04 would be an ideal time for them to look a little more closely at it. Maybe others might want to write to them in a similar vein? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] synaptic (packaging system) messed up (continuued)

2011-10-04 Thread Barry Drake
list of things you have to do. It might be worth spending a bit more time on their web-site. I ended up writing a shell script to do all the jobs whenever I install a new version. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org

[Bug 862161] Re: check_gl_texture_size crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2011-10-01 Thread Barry Drake
This error occurred after opening I/O-Displays just as the 'displays' window opened. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862161 Title: check_gl_texture_size crashed with SIGSEGV in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Barry Drake
government IT. I'm not a desktop publisher user, but wonder how well something like Scribus would fill the bill for schools? Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Open Source Schools Project - literacy

2011-09-21 Thread Barry Drake
sidelined. What say you? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting tonight

2011-09-19 Thread Barry Drake
On 19/09/11 12:30, Alan Bell wrote: tonight's team meeting will be held in the #ubuntu-uk-meeting channel on Freenode IRC at 9PM. Please take my apologies. I'm in Mallorca on CEST and it's going to be a bit late for me. Have a great meeting. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] nottingham release party

2011-09-14 Thread Barry Drake
On 13/09/11 21:49, smitti...@gmail.com wrote: I'd be willing to organise a release party in the nottingham area if there was enough interest? Any nottingham users out there? Well, there's me! Maybe there are others? -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung SCX-3205 printer

2011-09-09 Thread Barry Drake
come in a bit late with this. Can you tell us what are the names of the files in the download you have unzipped, and if there is a read.me, what does that say? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour

2011-09-06 Thread Barry Drake
On 05/09/11 01:20, Bruno Girin wrote: Maybe you can do a remote happy hour in Mallorca on the 22nd? What a splendid idea! If anyone wants to join me, the weather here is wonderful - perhaps just a trifle too hot - 29 deg today. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Barry Drake
think the techies just have to stop wingeing - Windows users are going to love the final version. And I'm sure once Unity is finalised, it will become far easier for us to hack. Meantime I'm more than happy to run with it. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour

2011-09-02 Thread Barry Drake
if the initiative is still going when I return to the UK. If enough folk want to come to Nottingham in or after October, I can contact Fellows Morton and Clayton, where the Nottingham LUG meets. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

[ubuntu-uk] kernel - missing header.

2011-08-27 Thread Barry Drake
-headers-[XYZ], and if the earlier one is not available legacy headers can be found in the repo. Might save someone a bit of head scratching. Should I report this as a bug? If so, how? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

[Bug 831754] Re: jockey-backend crashed with MemoryError in run_dbus_service()

2011-08-26 Thread Barry Drake
Agai - trying to open 'additional drivers' - no other clues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831754 Title: jockey-backend crashed with MemoryError in run_dbus_service() To manage

[Bug 819144] Re: [fglrx] everything is black and blinks when using unity

2011-08-26 Thread Barry Drake
'Additional Drivers' seems to be broken. I've just used apt-get install fglrx and it seemed to install. No problems, except now it won't do a clean shutdown. It gets to a strangely coloured screen and hangs. I have to turn off. At the moment, the daily build won't boot for me for the last few

[Bug 831754] Re: jockey-backend crashed with MemoryError in run_dbus_service()

2011-08-26 Thread Barry Drake
This time, it occurred just after opening Nautilus. Can't find any consistency, except that it is repeatable when trying to open 'additional drivers'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a computer suitable for Ubuntu

2011-08-23 Thread Barry Drake
to cover labour. Might be worth asking if he could do the same for a laptop. I didn't ask that question. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a computer suitable for Ubuntu

2011-08-23 Thread Barry Drake
limited funds are a feature. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[Bug 823770] Re: package libindicate0.1-cil 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-23 Thread Barry Drake
Thanks for that. The problem did not occur through edits. It occurred when smuxi failed to work after it had crashed, and I tried to re- install using the software centre app. Several errors including the reported one occurred, and this bug report is the result of trying to report a problem.

[Bug 825900] Re: Applications and places icons missing from sidebar

2011-08-18 Thread Barry Drake
I accept that - I expected this was the case. I regard this as more than just a wish-list. I feel it is essential that there is some means of looking at applications by category, and launching them. I would be quite happy to put in a bit of work on the Unity scripts for a child- lens to do just

[Bug 825900] [NEW] Applications and places icons missing from sidebar

2011-08-13 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Oneiric: Latest daily build - today. I regard it as a bug that the 'applications' and 'places' icons have been removed from the sidebar. The preferred method for opening applications has been by right-clicking the apps icon to get the applications by category. Using the top

[Bug 825900] Re: Applications and places icons missing from sidebar

2011-08-13 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825900 Title: Applications and places icons missing from sidebar To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcams again

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
, and it seems to find the camera OK. But - my sister made the mistake of firing up Cheese before firing up Skype 'just to check out the camera'. Cheese takes sole control of the camera and Skype doesn't find it! She now knows different! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
... not quite as good. I took a look at the configuration - the accounts information is in a file called prefs.js, but I can't see a workaround there. Any thoughts? Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
. -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) Health and Healing advisor to the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church. See http://www.urc5.org.uk/index for information about the synod, and http://www.urc5.org.uk/?q=node/703 for the Synod Healing pages. Replies - b.dr...@ntlworld.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
that. I was using Firefox and Thunderbird in the bad old Windows days. Migrating was a real joy - and so easy! Regards,Barry. -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) Health and Healing advisor to the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church. See http://www.urc5.org.uk/index

[Bug 823766] [NEW] package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem with several installs while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules:

[Bug 823766] Re: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823766 Title: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823770] [NEW] package libindicate0.1-cil 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem occurred while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: libindicate0.1-cil 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 823770] Re: package libindicate0.1-cil 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823770 Title: package libindicate0.1-cil 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823768] [NEW] package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem occurred while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 823768] Re: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823768 Title: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823767] [NEW] package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem occurred while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 823767] Re: package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823767 Title: package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823772] [NEW] package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem occurred while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 823772] Re: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823772 Title: package libnini1.1-cil 1.1.0+dfsg.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823771] [NEW] package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Problem occurred while attempting to install 'smuxi' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 823771] Re: package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9

2011-08-10 Thread Barry Drake
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823771 Title: package liblog4net1.2-cil 1.2.10+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 823174] [NEW] Problem on Unity 3d with ATI/AMD FGLRX driver

2011-08-09 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Oneiric testing daily build yesterday's build. Fully updated. Unity works fine in 3d mode until the ATI/AMD proprietary graphics driver is installed. With this driver installed, no icons can be seen, but clicking where they should be does the action. The driver works just

[Bug 823174] Re: Problem on Unity 3d with ATI/AMD FGLRX driver

2011-08-09 Thread Barry Drake
** Attachment added: Here is my hardware https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/823174/+attachment/2263611/+files/lshw.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823174

[Bug 823174] Re: Problem on Unity 3d with ATI/AMD FGLRX driver

2011-08-09 Thread Barry Drake
My apologies for not using the proper procedure. Yes, I confirm that the bug I am seeing is the identical one. I'll subscribe to 819144 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823174 Title:

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
-installed web pages? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
who said they would be delighted to supply pre-installed. I guess they don't want to advertise so that folk come to them and then need support with the OS. They seem really on-the-ball though. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
knows enough to be happy testing and guaranteeing an Ubuntu install - but only if the product is going out to a Linux aware customer like you or me. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Press releases .....

2011-08-02 Thread Barry Drake
and write it up, then circulate it. It would need to target computer magazines, press generally, radio and TV. Are there any opinions? And any volunteers to feed news items into this? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

[ubuntu-uk] Best Buy .....

2011-08-02 Thread Barry Drake
that Acer was now producing a netbook with Ubuntu pre-installed, but sadly, they didn't sell it! I was delighted to find someone who actually knew something! This may be just our local branch, but for me it was a welcome change. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

[ubuntu-marketing] Press releases .....

2011-08-02 Thread Barry Drake
and write it up, then circulate it. It would need to target computer magazines, press generally, radio and TV. Are there any opinions? And any volunteers to feed news items into this? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Barry Drake
accountant insisted on my using Sage. I thought it was dreadful. If I were in business now, I would probably use Gnucash. It is fully configurable. Sage is a bit like Windows; you have to work the way it wants you to. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread Barry Drake
in their letter: the correct one was the old one that we all knew. Should have had the sense to try it. And Virgin NEVER said 'we don't support Linux' Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-28 Thread Barry Drake
from the CD. At least that happens on my wife's box. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
the 2d version of the Unity desktop, and will run on computers that cannot support Unity on 11.04. It is not finished, and may be a bit buggy, but it seems to work OK. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
is not implemented. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Barry Drake
very good. Release of 12.04 LTS might be the time to go for this. Maybe Canonical would offer good support here? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-03 Thread Barry Drake
,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-02 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 17:31 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367768/asus-to-ship-ubuntu-netbooks That is fantastic news! Thanks Alan. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] back again at 64 bit

2011-06-01 Thread Barry Drake
reported it, but could not get any data about the crash. OTOH 64 bit 10.10 works just fine! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User experience survey

2011-05-29 Thread Barry Drake
to even attempt it, they have been using only ubuntu for a couple of years and one had even gone into John Lewes (Reading) asking for Ubuntu (another story). Sounds like a story I'd love to hear. If not on the list, please let me hear it. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting

2011-05-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 20:23 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: Team meeting in #ubuntu-uk-meeting in about half an hour, see you later o/ Sorry had to miss - am in Mallorca with the family and we were out for dinner. All the best, Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-16 Thread Barry Drake
help from you guys though. I've carefully documented the procedure and e-mailed it to the supplier with a request that they pass on the information to future purchasers of the dongle. Thanks again, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
with it? Sorry to ask elementary questions like this. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-14 Thread Barry Drake
,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
a 'mutex' was. There was only one instance, and sema_init worked just fine. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

[Bug 779518] [NEW] natty - printing too high on page

2011-05-08 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cups under 10.10 print was managed correctly. The same proprietary driver from Brother is installed under 11.04 and the print image has now shifted vertically up the page leaving the bottom 23mm of the page unable to be used, and without correction, the

[Bug 779518] Re: natty - printing too high on page

2011-05-08 Thread Barry Drake
I now have found the workaround for this. There is a file at : /usr/local/Brother/Printer/dcp135c/inf/brd135crc which can be edited to include the correct paper size. Why the problem crept in with Natty when it was never there with 10.04 or 10.10 I have no idea. Maybe this could be put in an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:39 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: I took a look at the PPD file - I think that can be edited to make the required change, but I have no idea what I might want to alter I got the answer - ppd is an open standard from Adobe, so I was able to get the spec. file from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
know how a PPD file works? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-05-05 Thread Barry Drake
. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Borked my Mac installing Ubuntu 11.04, now blackscreens beeps on restart then takes exactly 4 attempts to boot

2011-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
drive as the Ubuntu installation. Not sure about mac, but you have serious problems with Windows if you don't do that. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good News For Acer Aspire One 521 Users

2011-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
better! I'm looking forward to installing it on my Netbook - the liveCD looks really good on there. I'm waiting till June to do that, as I'm going to be short of time to do a lot of work if I get problems. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising

[Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-25 Thread Barry Drake
Thought I'd take another look with today's daily build. Same as before when running from the liveCD - then tried to install. Installation completes OK - but will not boot. Comes up with the errors: error: out of disk error: you need to load the kernel first. Will try again in recovery mode

[Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-19 Thread Barry Drake
ITK - It just occurred to me - if I make a boot USB drive with a persistence file, will there be any more useful information on the USB drive after the crash? I've no idea what goes into the persistence filesystem - but if you think it would help, I'll have a go. -- You received this bug

Re: [Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 01:20 +, IKT wrote: I appreciate your bug report and want to push it further, but unfortunately there isn't enough information to go on. I'll retry the Beta 2. Current Beta 2 32 bit does boot OK from the live CD on all five machines I have access to, but I haven't

[Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-17 Thread Barry Drake
I've done as you suggested - the bug is still there but only in the 64-bit Beta2. I can get a terminal and start tailing syslog. After the crash, I can get nothing at all. The system is totally frozen and won't let me have a terminal. The attached syslog is a few seconds before the crash - it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Barry Drake
Belkin routers. The problem is certain to show with the Belkin F6D4230-4 v1. When I first experienced it, I went out and bought one to see if the problem is repeatable - it is! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-15 Thread Barry Drake
to work on any hardware. The 64 bit version should complain if you try to boot it on any hardware other than AMD 64 compatible. It works like that for me. The Canonical give-away disks that I'm using are all 32 bit. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-14 Thread Barry Drake
a computer with Windows these days. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
machines may not be able to run Unity and will defauly to gnome. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Amended 'Simple Guide' - first draft ....

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
defaults to gnome when it can't run 3D. Please feel free to comment. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

[Bug 758154] Re: bamfdaemon crashed with SIGABRT in dbus_g_connection_register_g_object()

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
Was inserting a picture into a document when crash occurred. Last updates were yesterday. Natty 11.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758154 Title: bamfdaemon crashed with SIGABRT

Re: [Bug 687660] Re: Empty desktop after login

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 15:10 +, Didier Roche wrote: After talking to Jay, we both think that this issue is fixed since last week with previous compiz. I'll them mark the bug as such. I haven't had any Unity or Compiz problems for a few days now, so it's probably fixed. Congratulations. --

[Bug 722537] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-04-10 Thread Barry Drake
Was using update packages when this occurred. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722537 Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 753727] Re: Natty Beta 1 Live CD fails to run properly

2011-04-08 Thread Barry Drake
Have now persuaded the Beta 1 to install. The installed version works and gives a warning on first boot that the hardware cannot run Unity. It boots into the gnome desktop just fine and allows switching to gnome as the default. So the only problem here is that the liveCD doesn't do the same when

[Bug 753727] [NEW] Natty Beta 1 Live CD fails to run properly

2011-04-07 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: Beta 1 Natty live CD on this machine runs with only the desktop icons showing. The graphics card can't run Unity/compiz but the CD fails to default to gnome, so there are no menus. Installing to a hard-drive fails with an error in apt before completion. The machine is the

[Bug 691493] Re: [Natty]Unity won't start

2011-04-05 Thread Barry Drake
Before you disappear entirely : after many hours of examining forums etc. I find that the drivers supplied with Natty are the ones at fault. The correct drivers are supplied with 10.04 and 10.10 Please - where do I go from here? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 729431] Re: run crashed with KeyError in runner(): 'duration' System-Check Ubuntu Hardware Database crashed while Microphone check

2011-04-05 Thread Barry Drake
Not in my case. I'm running a native install on a hard drive. It is not quite consistent. I did get one of the run-tests to work once - next time I tried, that one failed with the same error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-05 Thread Barry Drake
Today, I have downloaded the latest daily build of the 32bit version and get this identical problem. Do I need to re-report this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747154 Title: 64bit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-04 Thread Barry Drake
of a charity that might be interested? In the London area, Paula is doing this type of thing at FossBox - http://www.fossbox.org.uk/ Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Bug 748260] Re: jockey-backend crashed with TypeError in currentThread(): an integer is required

2011-04-02 Thread Barry Drake
Exactly the same happened to me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748260 Title: jockey-backend crashed with TypeError in currentThread(): an integer is required -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 747154] Re: 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-02 Thread Barry Drake
Today's daily build is different! After clicking 'Try', it gets as far as a cursor and the start music, and freezes half way through the start music. I tried installing. This does the same. However, if I switch to the classic interface, it works OK, and if I log out and switch back to the

[Bug 748260] Re: jockey-backend crashed with TypeError in currentThread(): an integer is required

2011-04-02 Thread Barry Drake
After the crash, a video driver was shown as 'installed'. On re-booting, the defective video driver would not let the Unity desktop display properly. The only desktop that would boot was the classic with no effects. I removed the video driver, but the problem remained. I had to re-install

[Bug 747154] [NEW] 64bit Natty Beta 1 fails to run liveCD

2011-04-01 Thread Barry Drake
Public bug reported: The new Beta 1 release works fine when I try the 32bit version, but the 64 bit build boots as far as the 'Try' - 'install' window. On clicking 'try' it hangs with a black screen. After a few minutes, the system re-boots. Maverick runs just fine on this machine with the

[Bug 744325] Re: Unity Launcher stops autohiding and is not responsive

2011-03-30 Thread Barry Drake
Saw problem again today. Opened music app. Could move it behind sidebar which was inactive. I then 'clicked through' the sidebar and closed the app. Opened the app again: same problem was there. Opened a second app. (a terminal) and this app. move the terminal into autohide The problem

[Bug 713504] Re: compiz fails to run with GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing

2011-03-29 Thread Barry Drake
Using Natty yesterday's build running from liveCD. No graphics drivers are offered for this motherboard - they are provided on 10.10. Do you want me to report this as a 'lack of driver' problem - if so where please? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

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