[Bug 899244] Re: GMA500 psb_gfx

2012-03-11 Thread John Stevenson
Looks like Stefan got there first, but here is 'sudo lspci -vnvn' from my Dell Inspiron Mini 10, just in case they are different. This output was collected running 12.04 Beta 1 live USB. Booting got as far as static text, then the desktop was started by crtl-alt-f1; sudo rmmod poulsbo; sudo

[Bug 575937] Re: Can't synchronize Tomboy Notes with Ubuntu One

2012-03-07 Thread John Stevenson
I managed to fix this following this instruction: -- I opened the Tomboy Preferences, and on the first tab (Editing), clicked New Note Template. I then renamed the Template title to Title instead of New Note Template. Then closed this template note, and

[Bug 899244] Re: GMA500 psb_gfx

2012-02-25 Thread John Stevenson
It would be excellent if this could be fixed in time for the Beta release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899244 Title: GMA500 psb_gfx To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feeling tortured by Ubuntu

2011-10-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 October 2011 11:33, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am coming back to post my findings, I have been experiencing this problem with the last two releases of Ubuntu. Currently Compiz is using 247MB of RAM, which is a lot, but as a percentage of my current system RAM,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feeling tortured by Ubuntu

2011-10-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 October 2011 12:52, paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: ** In my humble experience running 100 tabs in any browser for an extended period of time can lead to slow response times for your browser. If you go to a lot of flash sites (hard to avoid) with Chrome / Chromium then that's a

[Bug 873972] [NEW] ubuntu-minimal package no longer exists - halts upgrade

2011-10-14 Thread John Stevenson
Public bug reported: Upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 using the update-manager. The process updates the sources lists for the new distribution and then starts to calculate what needs to be upgraded. I seem to have ubuntu- minimal meta package installed and the upgrade cannot find this package in

[Bug 873972] Re: ubuntu-minimal package no longer exists - halts upgrade

2011-10-14 Thread John Stevenson
** Attachment added: main.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873972/+attachment/2542571/+files/main.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873972 Title: ubuntu-minimal package no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Party Party

2011-10-10 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 October 2011 19:48, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 7 October 2011 19:45, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: I have reserved an area in The Shooting Star 125-129, Middlesex St, London, E1 7JF [map] [gmap] on Sunday 16th. Doors open around 12 noon. They have WiFi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Party Party

2011-10-07 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 October 2011 17:53, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all, just a reminder about the release parties in London: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/**ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ and Leeds:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Party Party

2011-10-07 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 October 2011 19:38, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 07/10/11 19:37, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Alan, Am I right in thinking these are social event for meeting other community members and no actual Ubuntu installation will be taking place? yes, that is basically right

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

2011-06-27 Thread John Stevenson
On 27 June 2011 15:07, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Furthermore, the icon for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kindle and Ubuntu

2011-06-09 Thread John Stevenson
On 9 June 2011 08:04, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 9 June 2011 15:59, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Any comments about how 'compatible' a Kindle will be with Ubuntu? Install Calibre, use it. Don't worry about it. What functions of the product might be a problem? None.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-07 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 June 2011 06:55, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: There seems to be a lot of Unity bashing going on. Just for balance, I have been getting on fine. I accept that it is still very young and has some maturing to do, but overall, I like it. The big test for me was how the wife

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Documentation control software!

2011-06-06 Thread John Stevenson
On 6 June 2011 04:08, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any opensource (read free) software that can be be used for documentation control. Some suggestions I have are: Alfresco - http://www.alfresco.com/ Liferay - http://www.liferay.com/ I dont really understand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-05-31 Thread John Stevenson
On 30 May 2011 20:50, George Tripp luggeo...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Just when I thought I'd got used to unity I can probably live with it I tried using the gimp. Previously with this I have the main window maximised set up toolbox layers as normal windows hidden behind the main one. In

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Detecting the built-in camera in a Lenovo N500 running Lucid Lynx

2011-05-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 May 2011 15:39, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, people, This is apparently quite a common problem, to judge by the number of queries I have found on forums, and there never seems to be a reply to it. The problem is that the F-Spot Photo Manager does not detect the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new Ubuntu-flavoured ThinkPad is computing heaven

2011-05-18 Thread John Stevenson
On 18 May 2011 09:16, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 May 2011 08:55, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 17/05/11 23:25, Tony Scott wrote: Review of Ubuntu on ThinkPad X220 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource Nice review and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread John Stevenson
On 17 May 2011 17:33, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one Linux feature I most miss when using Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom Wi-Fi Problem Caused By Recent Update

2011-05-17 Thread John Stevenson
On 17 May 2011 21:26, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Guys I'm running 11.04 on 3 machines; a Dell laptop, an Acer laptop and an Acer netbook. The Dell and the netbook both use the Broadcom STA wireless driver. Today I performed a routine system update, via Update Manager,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread John Stevenson
through all application windows on a workspace by middle mouse click on the top panel - in the gap between the menu and the indicators Thank you -- John Stevenson http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnstevenson247 | @JR0ckethttp://http//twitter.com/#%21/JR0cket | JR0cket.co.uk http://jr0cket.co.uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] End of Skype on Linux?

2011-05-10 Thread John Stevenson
customers and something else may be adopted as a Skype replacement. Thank you -- John Stevenson http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnstevenson247 | @JR0ckethttp://http//twitter.com/#%21/JR0cket | JR0cket.co.uk http://jr0cket.co.uk/ | JR0cket.com http://jr0cket.com/ | LeanAgileMachine.com http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread John Stevenson
. The essential point as I understand was that Gnome 3 seemed unlikely to be ready when the planning for Ubuntu 10.04, so it was planned to stick with Gnome 2 for this release. Thanks -- John Stevenson http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnstevenson247 | @JR0ckethttp://http//twitter.com/#%21/JR0cket

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread John Stevenson
The wifi light often doubles as a bluetooth light on laptops / netbooks. Have you checked that the WiFi is enabled in the bios of the machine, perhaps disabling bluetooth as well to see if the light still comes on. Thank you -- John Stevenson http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnstevenson247 | @JR0ckethttp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty Narwhal Launch Party

2011-04-01 Thread John Stevenson
with lots of space so they should probably be able to reserve an area. Not sure about food though. The porterhouse does do food and there is a spacious room at the back that you can reserve. -- John Stevenson http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnstevenson247 | @JR0ckethttp://http//twitter.com/#%21/JR0cket

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

2011-02-24 Thread John Stevenson
have many tabs open. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread John Stevenson
way to shut down the server (compared to the reset button). The more information you can give us then the better chance we have of giving you something other than general information. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread John Stevenson
dell.co.uk Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DHCP3 Problems

2011-02-15 Thread John Stevenson
It has been a while since I used Windows, to I may have got the slashes the wrong way round. If the about does not work, try ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Bug 693073] Re: Panel and application Menus working but not visible

2011-02-02 Thread John Stevenson
I have not experienced any problems with top panel menus or application menus since the last apt-get upgrade carried out on 2nd February 2011. Thank you John Stevenson. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting

2011-02-01 Thread John Stevenson
to be on the stand on Thursday that would be great (email me please to get exhibitor pass sorted). next team meeting is on the 10th Feb at 9pm Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- John Stevenson Lean Agile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread John Stevenson
there are issue management tools for Linux that do the same thing, I can think of http://otrs.org, although I have not used this in a while so dont remember all the features but it looked good at the time. Thanks -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

2011-01-17 Thread John Stevenson
have ideas? Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty with unity

2011-01-13 Thread John Stevenson
you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty 11.04

2011-01-10 Thread John Stevenson
On 10 January 2011 09:14, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 20:27 +, John Stevenson wrote: Have you tried logging in to the Ubuntu classic desktop, from the login screen? This may give an idea if this is a unity problem or a wider gnome problem. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty 11.04

2011-01-10 Thread John Stevenson
On 10 January 2011 12:38, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 10:29 +, John Stevenson wrote: Whilst installing alpha1 release and trying to do updates now may be problematic, I'd be a little surprised if using a daily build images would have the same problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty 11.04

2011-01-09 Thread John Stevenson
in to the Ubuntu classic desktop, from the login screen? This may give an idea if this is a unity problem or a wider gnome problem. I am running Ubuntu 11.04 on a Lenovo x201T with intel graphics chip. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-07 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 January 2011 12:50, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: Anyone going to the Linux Open Source Expo in London on 2-3 Feb 2011? http://www.opensourceexpo.co.uk/ Hello David, Now that I am aware of the event, I have registered. Thanks for the information. Thank you -- John Stevenson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread John Stevenson
a new effort out there called Diaspora: http://join-diaspora.com in alpha right now with very limited numbers of invites. I have been waiting to try Diaspora out for a while too, so if someone could send me an invite that would be most appreciated. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile

[Bug 693073] Re: Panel and application Menus working but not visible

2010-12-23 Thread John Stevenson
I have a strange little work around that makes the menus come back most of the time. When I login, clicking on any of the panel indicators activates but does not display the menus. If I open a gnome-terminal window, from the Unity bar, the terminal window is drawn in the top left corner of the

[Bug 692820] Re: Context menu and any menu in menu bar do not appear.

2010-12-23 Thread John Stevenson
I also raised what seems to be the same issue in bug #693073 Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692820 Title: Context menu and any menu in menu bar do not appear. --

[Bug 693073] [NEW] Panel and application Menus working but not visible

2010-12-21 Thread John Stevenson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity When logging into the Unity desktop the menus from both the panel indicators and any applications do not draw on the screen. The menu items are there, its just that they are not rendering on the screen - Invisible menus. The menus are active as

[Bug 693073] Re: Panel and application Menus working but not visible

2010-12-21 Thread John Stevenson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693073 Title: Panel and application Menus working but not visible -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 693073] Re: Panel and application Menus working but not visible

2010-12-21 Thread John Stevenson
When using applications like Terminal, I can see the menu items in the panel. However they are appearing underneath the application window. When I have windows maximised then I cannot see the menus, but if I move the applications out of the way of the menu drop downs I can then see the menu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread John Stevenson
that mechanism than reading your communications. I appreciate that this is not the answer you are looking for and I'm afraid I could not suggest a technology approach that I feel would work. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com

[Bug 687660] Re: Empty desktop after login

2010-12-16 Thread John Stevenson
The Unity bar and panel have returned for me, although there seems to be another side affect. Intermittently the menus in both the panel and in applications (eg. firefox) do not display. The menus are active as I can blindly select items on the menu, I just cant see the menu rendered on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

2010-12-14 Thread John Stevenson
know if this wil fix your problem, but it is the first thing I would try. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-01 Thread John Stevenson
can see what packages are available apt-cache search nvidia Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-18 Thread John Stevenson
in a easy to understand way. If you can find a way to make the site give lots of added value to people looking for answers (and people willing to give answers) then I will gladly do all I can to support your efforts. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

2010-11-04 Thread John Stevenson
editing, with lots of features. It also uses the Media Lovin Toolkit http://www.mltframework.org/as opposed to the Gstreamer system used by others. I hope to try out OpenShot at the weekend. If anyone does a write up of how they got on with OpenShot, please let me know. Thank you. -- John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

2010-11-03 Thread John Stevenson
, but that looks interesting too. Thanks --- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com | @JR0cket -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

2010-11-03 Thread John Stevenson
On 3 November 2010 12:28, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 11:28 +, John Stevenson wrote: I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at Fossbox. We used an MP4 container with a DivX codec. Output of this was great and was relatively

[Bug 657976] Re: [Intel GMA 945/950] Unity Interface Is Extremely Slow (Ubuntu Netbook 10.10)

2010-11-03 Thread John Stevenson
Asus Eee PC 1000 - Fast and responsive overall I have an Asus Eee PC 1000, upgraded to 2Gb RAM. Modified /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 / ext4 noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback,errors=remount-ro 0 1 UUID= /home ext3noatime,nodiratime,defaults0 2 Only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome Shell

2010-10-27 Thread John Stevenson
in the top horizontal panel, as a quick launcher and file search. My thanks to everyone involved in the Unity / netbook remix for all their hard work (especially with a shortened deadline this time). -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread John Stevenson
a resource for the team by my reading. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange connection problem to Router

2010-10-18 Thread John Stevenson
n 18 October 2010 16:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/10/2010 16:00, John Stevenson wrote: On 18 October 2010 15:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.comwrote: I have a netgear wireless router which at the moment I am not able to use for wireless so I’m using

[ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-14 Thread John Stevenson
I am based in South London SW16 and am often in the City. I am happy to cycle around the area if there is somewhere safe to leave my bicycle. Happy to help out with basic support issues when I can. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com

[ubuntu-uk] London release party - Thank you

2010-10-11 Thread John Stevenson
upload to flickr this week too. Looking forward to the next release party. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-10-11 Thread John Stevenson
On 30 September 2010 12:59, pmgazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 29/09/10 19:59, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Paula, I should be able to come along and help out for the day, I can confirm nearer the date. I am running a workshop at the University College London on the 13th, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party Photos

2010-10-09 Thread John Stevenson
On 9 October 2010 16:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 October 2010 15:04, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Hello Alan, Good reminder about pictures, I'll try take some tomorrow at the event I am running - so long as I dont get too carried away playing with the new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Maverick Release Party

2010-10-01 Thread John Stevenson
on the day as well, so anyone who can answer questions or help people look things up on the many Ubuntu resources would be most welcome. Some of us will be joining in the Douglas Adams celebrations from 3pm, they have some guest speakers coming along to talk about the world of Douglas Adams. -- John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread John Stevenson
On 30 September 2010 12:59, pmgazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 29/09/10 19:59, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Paula, I should be able to come along and help out for the day, I can confirm nearer the date. I am running a workshop at the University College London on the 13th, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread John Stevenson
On 30 September 2010 14:05, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: On 30 September 2010 12:59, pmgazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 29/09/10 19:59, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Paula, I should be able to come along and help out for the day, I can confirm nearer the date. I am running

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread John Stevenson
for a simple intro of a few pages or less... Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com john AT jr0cket DOT com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 demo in Swindon

2010-09-29 Thread John Stevenson
and something that shows of Ubuntu very well. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread John Stevenson
confirm nearer the date. I am running a workshop at the University College London on the 13th, so it will be good practice for my own session. Are you planning to use Ubuntu 10.04 or Ubuntu 10.10 - either is fine by me, just useful to know. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Maverick countdown weirdnesses

2010-09-22 Thread John Stevenson
/ is showing 17 days and 9 hours... on both Firefox and Chromium Sounds about right to me. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-09-21 Thread John Stevenson
say so myself. I'd still be interested in seeing your poster design, to see if I can learn anything else. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-20 Thread John Stevenson
with the windows licence fee added, you may be able to get that back if you contact the supplier before you buy. How much media do you have to install? What hardware acceleration do you mean? Are you wanting full HD output? Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-20 Thread John Stevenson
feeling rich) -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread John Stevenson
have a windows key and neither do many of the apple computers running Ubuntu - I hope that your comment was more venting than a real argument as I could understand that better. I hope you are not inferring that everyone running Ubuntu has to buy a windows computer first :-) Thank you. -- John

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu release and 42 day celebrations

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
/. If you have any comments or questions, please let me know. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu release and 42 day celebrations

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
On 9 September 2010 11:39, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 9 September 2010 11:38, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: If we still have enough energy (and balance) left then I plan to also join the Canonical party in the evening (once they have announced it). Don't presume

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
getting a good feel about it. Thanks for the reminder. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu release and 42 day celebrations

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
On 9 September 2010 11:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 9 September 2010 11:49, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Following on from the Wayne's World logic of If you plan it they will come.. then if we say its going to happen someone will organise it? We're talking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu release and 42 day celebrations

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
On 9 September 2010 12:24, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 September 2010 12:06, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: On 9 September 2010 11:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 9 September 2010 11:49, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Following on from the Wayne's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
or prefer a simple, dare I say OSX style, desktop and launcher then I think you will enjoy the new netbook remix with unity. Its a bit like having docky down the left hand side of the screen with some neat compositing effects for the window manager. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISO Testing - Getting Started

2010-09-09 Thread John Stevenson
and Open Office. Will check the beta this weekend to see if there has been any progress. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

2010-09-02 Thread John Stevenson
grup using the command: sudo update-grup2 Hope this helps. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-09-01 Thread John Stevenson
@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Rescue!

2010-08-30 Thread John Stevenson
of errors being generated somewhere. gnome-system-log Good luck. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] An interesting approach to advocacy videos

2010-08-29 Thread John Stevenson
Hello, I though you many enjoy the following video as much as I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Support Meeting Thursday Evening!

2010-08-25 Thread John Stevenson
welcome, even if you just want to see what's going on. Thanks, -Matt Daubney Hello Matt, Good luck with this. I am sorry I wont be able to make the IRC session as I have another event I am committed to. I'll catch up on the minutes aferwards. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant

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

2010-08-20 Thread John Stevenson
or is there some other great application on Ubuntu? Could I be cheeky and ask you for the source file so I can create a tailored poster? Otherwise I will have a go from scratch. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Code management systems

2010-08-19 Thread John Stevenson
/ Microsoft solution Microsoft Team Foundation Server - this is not great for very large project and is not as nice as Team City. Team City - http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/ - (free for 20 users) - very easy to set up and use, not as expensive as Microsoft I believe. -- John Stevenson Lean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-19 Thread John Stevenson
manage to get a stable joggler that is good enough for a file server though... and of course how you did it :-) Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread John Stevenson
it does a good job of getting attention, as can be seen in this very long email thread. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Wireless Connection after upgrade

2010-08-15 Thread John Stevenson
connection try doing a package upgrade with the command line sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu enterprise cloud

2010-08-10 Thread John Stevenson
in the UK built an enterprise cloud? Do you have any war stories or advice? There is a Canonical webinar this Thursday at 12 noon on Ubuntu enterprise cloudhttp://www.canonical.com/webinars/ubuntu-enterprise-cloud-a-guide-to-effective-cloud-management. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach

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

2010-08-06 Thread John Stevenson
On 5 August 2010 20:39, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/08/10 20:33, John Stevenson wrote: I am working with the tech society of University College London to run an install fest on their premises and hopefully getting the London Java Community and Graduate Development

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

2010-08-05 Thread John Stevenson
to take them. Alan. Hello Alan, The poster looks great. I am working with the tech society of University College London to run an install fest on their premises and hopefully getting the London Java Community and Graduate Development community involved. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lenovo N500 will not load Ubuntu

2010-08-03 Thread John Stevenson
lose all my user files, but this is OK because I have them all backed up on an external hard drive. -- Hello Rowan, I was thinking of getting a Lenovo, can you let me know what the problem was with loading the Live CD. Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Hackspace spacewarming party - 2pm Sunday 1st August 2010

2010-07-28 Thread John Stevenson
Java community too to see if anyone is interested, as I am encouraging open source and community events through that community. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu 64 on basic laptop

2010-07-24 Thread John Stevenson
, if the shop are likely to want to buy support from Ubuntu, I am not aware if it makes a difference if its 32bit or 64bit desktop (hopefully not), so you might want to check that out. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 101010 = 42 which is a good excuse for a party

2010-07-23 Thread John Stevenson
in time. Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loss of scanner .....

2010-07-20 Thread John Stevenson
be affecting the driver install Thank you. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost internet usage in Ubuntu 9.04

2010-07-14 Thread John Stevenson
(less likely) Check System Preferences Network Connections - select your wired connection and select Edit. Check the tab IPv4 -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange difference between Remix and Desktop

2010-07-08 Thread John Stevenson
On 8 July 2010 11:33, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Gordon, Does the flash drive have newer packages on it after an update, assuming the drive is persistent or Ubuntu was installed to the flash drive? No - it's just the remix ISO

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange difference between Remix and Desktop

2010-07-08 Thread John Stevenson
On 8 July 2010 12:25, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote: On 7 July 2010 10:25, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com mailto:gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I have Remix 10.04 on a flash drive and Desktop 10.04 on a CD. If I start the Live CD on my Tosh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommended small server hardware

2010-07-08 Thread John Stevenson
. Luckily the Mac has found a new home so it's not all a waste. Regards Paul Hello Paul, The revo's I revered to from ebuyer come with Linux and I now have 4 revo's - as mentioned previously I have 2 are running Ubuntu 10.04 32bit and 2 running Ubuntu 10.04 64bit version. -- John Stevenson Lean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel GM965 to an LCD tv

2010-07-08 Thread John Stevenson
as the sole display, turning off your laptop display. Once you have the right display, you should be able to just run the laptop with the lid closed. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

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