Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggestions/Comments/Feedback for the GeekNic

2010-08-08 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 21:22 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote: Hey everyone! It was fantastic today, we had great fun, the weather was lovely, and Hyde Park was (somewhat) green! I was indeed, lots of fun! There are pictures floating around the twitterverse, as well as on the facebook event, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Young Rewired State

2010-08-07 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 12:06 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: I was at the presentations yesterday for the Young Rewired State hackweek http://rewiredstate.org/young lots of young people, including our very own Isabell Long throwing together applications and mashups based on government data. Joe O'Dell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-07 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 22:38 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: snip Anyway I'm off to install the other apps folk suggested and then the kids at the after school club can have a Linux laptop to muck about on. Might be worth asking the school if they want one or two too? I can't remember if it was

[Bug 614782] Re: parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu

2010-08-07 Thread Bruno Girin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 614783 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614783 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 614783 parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu -- parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614782 You received this bug

[Bug 614783] Re: parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu

2010-08-07 Thread Bruno Girin
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: * Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? This will help us to find and resolve the problem. In particular, if you could follow the

[Bug 614783] Re: parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu

2010-08-07 Thread Bruno Girin
Oops, forgot to provide the link to the page about debugging printing problems, here it is: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems -- parallel port printers missing from Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614783 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-06 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 00:03 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/08/10 22:57, Bruno Girin wrote: If you get no reply I have some hi-res (13MP) pics of meerkats that I'd happily contribute. They're not on flickr yet because I haven't got round to uploading them. Bruno fantastic! I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-05 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 20:32 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/08/10 19:58, Rob Beard wrote: I like it but I think the actual image of the Meerkats is too low in resolution and looks pixelated. It'll possibly show up more when printed. I like the idea though. Rob yeah, the low

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network Manager

2010-08-03 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 13:56 +0100, gazz wrote: Thanks, that's a lifesaver - I'll only have to reinstall the laptop this once! I'm mulling if this is a bug or a wishlist for an easier way? Paula What about this? Would it work? * Right click on the network manager icon before any

[Bug 554963] Re: Nautilus gives Could not display computer:///. error when unmounting a volume for the first time for that login

2010-08-03 Thread Bruno Girin
@Dan, people are not asked to report bugs directly to Gnome but if the bug is actually in the upstream code, it needs to be forwarded to Gnome so that they can fix it. The process works a bit like this: * You report the bug here, * A member of the Ubuntu BugSquad (like me) reproduces the bug and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 16:27 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On 2 August 2010 15:59, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: Here a mock up: http://lordies.co.uk/logo6.svg. That's the nicest I've seen so far. Thanks to everyone for contributing to this! :D I agree, best one so far. Bruno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:40 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 02/08/10 21:35, James Tait wrote: On 02/08/10 21:20, Alan Bell wrote: bit like this? http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo8.svg Something there didn't work for me - it came out in what looked like Courier typeface. I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 22:55 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 02/08/10 22:33, Bruno Girin wrote: I like it but I'd drop the your and I'd make local community team aligned with ubuntu-uk both left and right, as in the other Alan's version 7: http://lordies.co.uk/logo7.svg Bruno

[Bug 608026] Re: librsvg crashes with SIGSEGV when opening broken SVG file

2010-08-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@Brian: should I forward the bug and patch upstream? -- librsvg crashes with SIGSEGV when opening broken SVG file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608026 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 600281] Re: telepathy-butterfly crashed with KeyError in parse()

2010-08-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@Pedro: bug still present in 0.5.11-0ubuntu1, I had it 5 minutes ago. Will 0.5.12 make it into Lucid's updates at some point or will it only be available in Maverick? -- telepathy-butterfly crashed with KeyError in parse() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600281 You received this bug notification

[ubuntu-uk] Summary of GUADEC

2010-08-01 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, As I won't be able to attend the IRC meeting on Wednesday, I put my summary of GUADEC online [1] if anybody is interested. [1] http://brunogirin.blogspot.com/2010/08/guadec-2010.html Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[Bug 608026] Re: librsvg crashes with SIGSEGV when opening attached SVG file

2010-08-01 Thread Bruno Girin
After some investigation, it appears that this is due to a very broken SVG file. The library should be robust enough to deal with that. I created a test case in Vala that reproduces the problem with minimum amount of code. In order to build and run this test case, do the following (you will need

[Bug 608026] Re: librsvg crashes with SIGSEGV when opening attached SVG file

2010-08-01 Thread Bruno Girin
And after running the test case in gdb, here is the patch to librsvg that resolves the issue. It adds a test for NULL pointer in rsvg_paint_server_parse. ** Patch added: patch-608026.diff http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52832223/patch-608026.diff ** Summary changed: - librsvg crashes with

[Bug 608026] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening directory that contains attached SVG file

2010-07-31 Thread Bruno Girin
** Summary changed: - nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory + nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening directory that contains attached SVG file ** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus Steps to reproduce: - 1. Download MacPaint code from Computer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-30 Thread Bruno Girin
On 30 July 2010 22:58, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: On 02/07/10 17:06, Alan Bell wrote: snip well now we have the Ubuntu Sans Bold font in beta I have done the logo as an SVG in Inkscape with the UK bit in bold and the ubuntu- bit in a larger regular weight. This ends

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distributed Backup Proposal

2010-07-24 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 12:21 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: snip $ gh_backup.sh vimes twoflower Would backup vimes to twoflower. $ gh_backup.sh binky vimes would backup binky to vimes. $ gh_backup lobsang Is there one called vetinari? ;-) Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Getting Shotwell ready for Maverick

2010-07-24 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, As promised during Wednesday's IRC meeting, here's a quick email for those of you who are interested in photo management in Ubuntu. As you may know, the default photo management application in Ubuntu will change in Maverick. F-Spot is out, Shotwell is in. Shotwell is developed by a

[Bug 174074] Re: All Nautilus windows are unresponsive if another Nautilus window has a dialog box open.

2010-07-22 Thread Bruno Girin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 173863 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173863 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 173863, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Bug 608026] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory

2010-07-21 Thread Bruno Girin
** Visibility changed to: Public -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608026 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 608026] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory

2010-07-21 Thread Bruno Girin
@Pedro: if I open that folder using Firefox to upload the file, it crashes Firefox in the same way (presumably because the open file dialog uses the same widget). Is there a command line way to attach a file? -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory

[Bug 608026] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory

2010-07-21 Thread Bruno Girin
@Pedro: please find attached an archive containing all the SVG files present in my Downloads folder. ** Attachment added: svg.tgz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52276318/svg.tgz -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV when opening Downloads directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608026 You

[Bug 607712] Re: .jar file should open with JRE instead of archive manager

2010-07-20 Thread Bruno Girin
@zerwas: A .jar file can only be opened with the JRE if it's an executable Jar file, i.e. if it has a Main-Class specification in its manifest. If the Jar file doesn't have a main class specification, it should be opened with the archive manager because it is not an executable jar file. Opening a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK GeekNic - Not Long Now!

2010-07-19 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 21:14 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote: Hello Everyone, It's emerged that our attendence list for the Ubuntu UK GeekNic is a little out of date! If you could please add/remove yourself from the list at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKGeekNic2010/Attendance it would be most

[Bug 373580] Re: Contact list displays incorrectly in Gmail

2010-07-19 Thread Bruno Girin
This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more

[Bug 605395] [NEW] Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring configuration

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati When attaching an external monitor to the VGA port of my IBM ThinkPad T42, the output is corrupted if I attempt to extend the desktop to the external monitor. It works as expected when I set the external monitor as a mirror of the

[Bug 605395] Re: Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring configuration

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51923922/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51923923/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51923924/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 605395] Re: Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring configuration

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
A photo taken of the laptop's LCD showing the corruption. ** Attachment added: L1000899.JPG http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51924310/L1000899.JPG -- Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605395 You received this bug

[Bug 605395] Re: Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring configuration

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
A screenshot taken in the dual-head configuration showing what the laptop *thinks* it's displaying. ** Attachment added: Screenshot-multi-screen.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51924368/Screenshot-multi-screen.png -- Radeon Mobility 7500: corrupted display in dual-monitor, no mirroring

[Bug 605441] [NEW] Fails to try next server when resolving domain name if primary server returns no recursion available

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wget In a situation where DNS servers misbehave, wget fails to try the next server if the primary returns recursion not available on a particular domain name, even if the secondary DNS server is able to answer the query. See the output of nslookup and

[Bug 605441] Re: Fails to try next server when resolving domain name if primary server returns no recursion available

2010-07-14 Thread Bruno Girin
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51927654/Dependencies.txt -- Fails to try next server when resolving domain name if primary server returns no recursion available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605441 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PLN! (for improving support)

2010-07-13 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 20:23 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: snip The purpose of this is to get people who need help with _difficult_ problems, which may not be easily solved by the groups general knowledge, in contact with the person who might be able to help. This does have a small time (and

[Bug 604038] Re: Typo in preferences

2010-07-11 Thread Bruno Girin
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #624055 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624055 ** Also affects: nautilus via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624055 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Typo in preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604038 You

[Bug 604027] Re: Nautilus behavior preferences checkbox label doesn't make sense

2010-07-11 Thread Bruno Girin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 604038 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604038 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 604038, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Bug 604038] Re: Typo in preferences

2010-07-11 Thread Bruno Girin
Marked bug 604027 as duplicate of this one and added the upstream. Note that upstream already have a fix as well. -- Typo in preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wirless N

2010-07-07 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 15:57 +0100, Simon Wears wrote: Heyhey fancy people, I've decided to go wireless this year as I'm moving into a new house (and sticking holes in the walls for Ethernet isn't an option), so I'm looking for a wireless N card. Has anyone got one, or know of one that

[Bug 592987] Re: artially overlapping icons in the menu of Ubuntu 10.04

2010-07-06 Thread Bruno Girin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 439448 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439448 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 439448, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Bug 600921] Re: Shotwell interrupts opening of folder shortcuts

2010-07-04 Thread Bruno Girin
This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more

[Bug 600921] Re: Shotwell interrupts opening of folder shortcuts

2010-07-03 Thread Bruno Girin
@Sebastian: can you open a terminal window, type the command below and post the result here please? cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Thanks Bruno -- Shotwell interrupts opening of folder shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600921 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 600921] Re: Shotwell interrupts opening of folder shortcuts

2010-07-03 Thread Bruno Girin
@Sebastian: yes, it does help. Open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list in an editor: gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Remove the last line that says inode/directory=shotwell.desktop; and save it. I'm not sure how that got in there but it's the source of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone got a spare joggler?

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 12:30 +0100, Bob Clough wrote: My kitchen PC project is coming along, and I'm now wishing i'd bought another joggler when they were on offer! Does anyone happen to have one they've decided is useless to sell me? Sorry, I love my Joggler, it's not going anywhere ;-)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:06 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: I have been mulling over a few logo related ideas, I think we have to have a decent idea of the core image we want prior to redesigning the website. Here is one idea http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logoconcept.png I am hoping it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:35 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 02/07/10 17:20, Bruno Girin wrote: I like it. But have a the UK in small caps rather than in scaled down caps as it will make them the same height and weight as the lowercase letters in ubuntu. That doesn't prelude making UK bold

[Bug 558342] Re: Mistakes within Belarusian keymaps for X11

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@dzidzitop: I'm happy to report it upstream but before I do that, I would like to make sure I fully understand the issue and it looks to me like there are 2 distinct sets of problems: for Latin keymaps on the one hand and for Cyrillic keymaps on the other. So my understanding is that: On Latin

[Bug 592254] Re: Rename option Mirror to Flip Horizontally

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@Vish: yes, 0.7 is expected to be in Maverick. -- Rename option Mirror to Flip Horizontally https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 475280] Re: Variant keyboard layouts are numbered with a subscript instead of something more descriptive

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@Simos: I agree that you do see the subscript with the current version of Lucid so the issue in comment #2 seems to have been resolved. I also agree that the area in the panel is limited. This is still a valid usability issue though, especially for users who use several keyboard layouts on a

[Bug 57218] Re: Bad placing of the copy string while drag-copying files with a dot in their name

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
@Kamus: I just tried it with a fully patched Lucid. I had a file called screenshot.godaddy.png on my desktop and by click-dragging to copy it, I ended up with screenshot (copy).godaddy.png. Note the first dot in the file name. On the other hand, I'd rather have Nautilus behave this way than mess

Re: compiz 0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1 alleged bugs report

2010-07-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 17:50 +0200, Emmanuel Michon wrote: Hello, I'd like to report few bugs I believe are due to the compiz component on a fresh ubuntu amd64 If this mail should not be sent here, please direct me to the proper location. Hi Emmanuel, Thanks for your interest in

[Bug 475280] Re: Variant keyboard layouts are numbered with a subscript instead of something more descriptive

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Girin
** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Variant keyboard layouts are numbered with a subscript instead of something more descriptive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/475280 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 475280] Re: Variant keyboard layouts are numbered with a subscript instead of something more descriptive

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Girin
I can confirm that with the United Kingdom layouts too. Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to System - Preferences - Keyboard 2. Select the Layout tab 3. Click Add... 4. Select the same country as your primary layout but a different variant. 5. Click Add 6. Click Close Expected behaviour: The keyboard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server...

2010-06-28 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 22:19 +0100, John Stevenson wrote: On 28 June 2010 22:12, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: As long as the card is on the bus, it is powered. The card itself may have a specific power-save mode, but I very much doubt it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Next meeting [was: Meeting - Unable to Attend]

2010-06-26 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 08:54 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: Daniel Case wrote: Depends when it is as to whether i can attend...7th of July is my return date. What time will the meeting be? (my first one too!) the meeting will be at 9PM UK time (or 20:00 UTC - all Ubuntu meeting times are set in

Re: Personas Survey Creation

2010-06-24 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 08:36 -0400, Penelope Stowe wrote: Hiya, Alan Bell and I have been working on the questionnaire that we'll distribute to gather the information to create the accessibility personas. What we have so far is up at http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/OGCR7tZiNX and we'd really

[ubuntu-uk] Shiny new API

2010-06-23 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, There's a shiny new LoCo Directory API [1]. I'm sure there's lots of cool stuff you can do with it. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoDirectory/API Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email for LAMP setup

2010-06-22 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 11:41 +0100, Jon Spriggs wrote: http://jon.sprig.gs/blog/2009/11/29/use-gmails-smtp-gateway-using-the-command-line-from-ubuntu-without-lots-of-config-tips/ This will relay SMTP via GMail. There's no reason why you can't just set the same thing up to relay to your ISP's

Re: how does one enable XEvIE in 9.10?

2010-06-22 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 16:15 -0400, Rick Berger wrote: Hi, I need some extra audio feedback on some of the keyboards I use. I want to try something called annoyme, just to see how it works and if I can tweak it for my needs. The only problem is that it requires XEvIE (X Event Interception

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Optiplex 740

2010-06-21 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 09:15 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:54 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: How much memory has this machine got? If it's under 4GB I'd say stick with the 32-Bit version. Thanks everyone for your help here. It only has one Gig of memory anyway, and as it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Come test Launchpad's new bug subscription process in London or Birmingham

2010-06-21 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi Matthew, I'd be happy to help. As before, I can come to your offices in London and I can be fairly flexible on date and time. Best regards, Bruno On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 11:38 +0100, Matthew Revell wrote: Hello, I'm looking for five or six people who can get to either central London or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Command line in Google Chrome

2010-06-21 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 22:59 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On 21 June 2010 20:16, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I cant remember having a computer that didnt use a mouse, The first mouse I bought for a PC was a 3-button white serial one (see pic below) from CPC around 1993, but I certainly

[Bug 567240] Re: When open folder is clicked on a specific torrent, it should be marked in Nautilus

2010-06-21 Thread Bruno Girin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 129219 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129219 In practice, this is a Nautilus bug. I marked it as a duplicate of the same bug in Firefox 3.5 as I can't find the original Nautilus one. If someone finds it, please change the duplicate (and change it for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Optiplex 740

2010-06-20 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 22:45 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64 bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts from anyone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Optiplex 740

2010-06-20 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 23:08 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: 32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works just fine, whatever some people might say :) True. I keep forgetting about the PAE kernel. The main

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

2010-06-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 08:18 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 17/06/10 21:09, Bruno Girin wrote: snip / You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here: http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux You could also have a look at Coherence

[Bug 590182] Re: Publish button text cut off in Russian locale

2010-06-18 Thread Bruno Girin
** Also affects: shotwell via http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2049 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Publish button text cut off in Russian locale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590182 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 579808] Re: Update image file with editing operations (store backups elsewhere)

2010-06-18 Thread Bruno Girin
** Also affects: shotwell via http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1798 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Update image file with editing operations (store backups elsewhere) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579808 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

2010-06-17 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 08:29 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 14/06/10 11:18, Rob Beard wrote: I use PS3 Media Server. I first tried it with Windows on my XBOX 360 and surprisingly enough it worked well. Now I have a PS3 I tend to use it for that. It's possibly not the most efficient

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with 10.04. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:58 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] That doesn't sound very committed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up two netbooks and three

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:24 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: snip Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I don't particularly want

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt down all the right drivers

[Bug 579803] Re: Migrate Photos from F-Spot

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Bruno Girin (brunogirin) -- Migrate Photos from F-Spot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 593478] Re: Change view when nautilus is less than full screen

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
Forwarded upstream. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #621524 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621524 ** Also affects: nautilus via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621524 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Change view when nautilus is less than full

[Bug 593478] Re: Change view when nautilus is less than full screen

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Chris, You reported the bug in the right place, as all bugs should first be reported in Launchpad. On a piece of software like Nautilus, one of the first things that happens is to identify whether the bug is due to Ubuntu packaging or whether it's in the original code from upstream (in this case

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Sebastien: I translated the description and it looks to me like Nautilus is not the correct package but I'm not sure which one would be the correct one, nor what further info to request in order to identify the source of the problem. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus + +

[Bug 590182] Re: Publish button text cut off in Russian locale

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Maia: Thanks for reporting this bug. I can't reproduce it tough because I don't have access to a computer running in the Russian locale. Can you attach a screenshot to this bug to demonstrate the problem please? Thanks -- Publish button text cut off in Russian locale

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Sebastien: the reporter has already discussed it on forums and been directed here so I'll get more info from him (or her) before re- directing somewhere else again. @LVS: Ho attacato a questo bug un picolo script per trovare la causa dal tuo problema. Scaricalo nel tuo sistema e la proxima

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
** Attachment added: pslog.sh http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50321489/pslog.sh -- impossibile due sessioni attive... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 590182] Re: Publish button text cut off in Russian locale

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Publish button text cut off in Russian locale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590182 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 590182] Re: Publish button text cut off in Russian locale

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Adam: OK, I see, I'll mark the bug as confirmed then. @Maia: you can ignore my request then, Adam's already done it :-) ** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- Publish button text cut off in Russian locale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590182 You received

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@LVS: il log ha stato preso quando hai avutto il problema? -- impossibile due sessioni attive... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@LVS: non c'e niente che mi puo dire perche hai il problema... Como mi sembra un po complicato d'analizare, cambio il bug in una domanda d'aiuto, cosi non manda milliardi di email a tutti. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- impossibile due sessioni attive...

[Bug 593578] Re: impossibile due sessioni attive...

2010-06-14 Thread Bruno Girin
@Sebastien: I was re-opening it in order to convert it to a question but Lanchpad crashed on me. -- impossibile due sessioni attive... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 588586] Re: Attach logs to bug reports

2010-06-12 Thread Bruno Girin
Note to package maintainers: the Makefile expects the environment variable ENABLE_APPORT_HOOK_INSTALL to be set in order to install the new Apport hook. This should be taken into account when packaging for Ubuntu in order to mark that bug as fixed. -- Attach logs to bug reports

[Bug 579804] Re: Store/read tags inside photos

2010-06-10 Thread Bruno Girin
@Adam, What about making it configurable? Give the user the following options: - always store tags in original files (and possibly with a sub-option that says in RAW files too) - never store tags in original files - only store tags in files on export @coffeemonk, The bug is under review and will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 22:23 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote: Hi I was wondering if maybe we could have pictures of places from across the UK? Why not have a list on the Wiki of places people can take pictures of local landmarks (CC-BY or PD licensed, of course) and then have a community vote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 12:09 +0100, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: On 4 June 2010 10:57, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and there's seems to

[ubuntu-uk] Feedback on OpenERP installation how-to

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, I recently installed OpenERP and as I struggled to find documentation that was really up to date for Lucid, I thought I'd write an how-to article myself once I had worked it out [1]. So I'd be very interested in any feedback on that article: is it clear, does it say everything it needs to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 13:49 +0100, Rhys Morgan wrote: Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi Dianne . On 4 June 2010 11:45, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Great work! What email address did you use? I can only find phone/chat/postal contacts for them. Someone on this list suggested

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:19 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:14 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: On the other hand, Dell could very well sell their hardware with Ubuntu on it but say that they will only support the hardware, not the software My son's friend bought a Dell

Re: Proposal: DNS cache by default for ubuntu-desktop

2010-06-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 09:50 +0100, Conn O'Griofa wrote: Hi Kurt, [snip] As you can see from the community instructions, you need to edit your /etc/resolv.conf and add the local machine's address (127.0.0.1) as your first nameserver. This is a problem because any changes to this file will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shell script resque

2010-06-01 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 11:45 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:12 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Bruno Girin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shell script resque

2010-05-31 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 23:34 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, I run the resque init script using /etc/init.d/resque start at the command line which works perfectly fine while the machine is up and running fine, The issue is it doesnot come up automatically after bootup. This is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shell script resque

2010-05-31 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:12 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 23:34 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, I run the resque init script using /etc/init.d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] transfer data from HDD to HDD

2010-05-29 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 09:24 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: My rather ancient desktop PC has stopped working due, I think, to a faulty MBoard and I am now using a laptop running 10.04. I would like to be able to transfer a variety of files such as Firefox Bookmarks and email

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