[ubuntu-uk] Digital doctor podcast...

2013-03-30 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi All, I was on the Digital Doctor podcast ( http://thedigitaldoc.co.uk/podcasts) this morning talking about open source software and ubuntu in medical research. I thought it might be of interest to some on this list! Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the most recent episode. Kind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

2012-10-11 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 11/10/12 09:08, A wrote: On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom tablet

2012-04-30 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 30/04/12 18:26, scoundrel50a wrote: Just to say, it works ok now, thank you.. For completeness, the wacom howto on the forum is the most comprehensive and helpful page I've come across. Strangely it never appears near the top of a google search.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broke my 112.04 installation

2012-04-28 Thread Timothy Rittman
On Sat 28 Apr 2012 15:31:46 BST, Kris Douglas wrote: On 28 April 2012 14:34, scoundrel50ascoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: been fiddling around, and its broke, it wont load.I can get into the terminal, even the rescue part, tried a few things on the rescue side but it didnt work, is there

[Bug 687413] Re: Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC

2011-11-19 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi Bryce, Thanks for your interest. The bug has actually resolved with updates and I can't reproduce it now so I'll close the bug. Thanks, Tim -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687413

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Boot/Grub problem

2011-10-31 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 31/10/11 20:14, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2011-10-31 20:04, Tony Pursell wrote: I've got a problem with booting after I removed my old 1GB swap file and created a new bigger swap file. The upshot of this seems to be that /boot is now on /dev/sda6 instead of /dev/sda7. (That's because the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] error: invalid arch independent ELF magic

2011-10-17 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi James, Sorry to be a bit slow in replying. I don't have UEFI but on my last two upgrades have ended up in grub rescue mode. The instructions on the grub2 page (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - section 12 resinstalling Grub2) were very helpful in reinstalling and reconfiguring

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder

2011-09-29 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi James, I use the Sony ICD-UX200 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dic-voice-and-music-recorders/icd-ux200. I haven't come across any compatibility issues with it. It's got good sound quality and, importantly, a USB port which hides away very neatly. When plugged in you can drag and drop sound

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

2011-08-14 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 12/08/11 22:15, mac wrote: On 12/08/2011 22:06, Barry Drake wrote: On 12/08/11 21:57, mac wrote: gmx does not allow you to use a From field that's different from the account e-mail address you're using to authenticate the SMTP server. The gmail SMTP server, on the other hand, does allow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?

2011-06-13 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 13/06/11 18:11, Rob Beard wrote: On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: Hello Peeps I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA

[ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo and linux...

2011-06-09 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi All, I said I'd report back on the wacom bamboo pen and touch (model CTH-460). It's taken me a little while to get round to it, but here are a few findings. In summary, the pen works well and the touch pad doesn't. Just for the record I'm using a 64-bit version of kubuntu natty with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...

2011-05-16 Thread Timothy Rittman
On Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:06 +0100 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 15/05/2011 12:58, Timothy Rittman wrote: This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10

[ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...

2011-05-15 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi, This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience as to whether it works and how well? All the best, Tim --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University

2010-12-10 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 10/12/10 22:06, Graham Smith wrote: Patrick there's a bug logged for this against Network Manager: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632184 I believe this is the same issue you're encountering and in fact it's the issue that I have with my company's WiFi and

[Bug 687413] [NEW] Screen flicking with dual monitors in netbook remix on eeePC

2010-12-08 Thread Timothy Rittman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xrandr When I plug in a VGA cable to my EEE PC (1000HA - dual boot windows xp, ubuntu netbook remix) I have problems as outlined below. I've tried it on two monitors, one with partial success: 1. plugged in to 1680x1050 flatscreen monitor. Display

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder

2010-07-27 Thread Timothy Rittman
In reply to: Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:07:06 +0100 From: Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: i2m0ir$t2...@dough.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 27/07/10

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

2010-06-29 Thread Timothy Rittman
Message: 7 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:19:24 +0100 From: John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server... To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinsikjq8belb1kbj6ii4fnplkbsni593yvdk...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;

[ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server...

2010-06-28 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi All, I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction to help with a minor issue. I have a desktop running ubuntu in Bishop's Stortford, but I currently spend most of the week working in Norwich, where I use my laptop to log in via ssh for various bits and pieces. My desktop turns

Re: [ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid

2010-05-23 Thread Timothy Rittman
On 22 May 2010 22:35, Bruce Durling bld at otfrom.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk wrote: / Hi, // // I have a friend running Lucid with nvidia and he is having trouble // with the video drivers// /snip Hello Bruce, Have you tried running nvidia-xconfig from the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...

2009-11-02 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi All, If anyone ran in to the same problems with dual monitors in karmic that I had, ie they didn't work, rolling back to the nvidia-173 driver (SystemAdministrationHardware devices) fixed it. All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Java app (FreeMind) installed through Synaptic -- where is it?

2009-02-23 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi, Freemind is a great mindmapping programme, and is the only programme I use regularly that works on linux, mac and windows! I would strongly recommend installing the .deb file direct from the freemind website -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 901 issues

2008-11-10 Thread Timothy Rittman
Message: 9 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:19:32 + From: Michael G Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] eee 901 with ubuntu - issue To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Guys, I picked up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 29

2008-09-17 Thread Timothy Rittman
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3

2007-07-02 Thread Timothy Rittman
gord wrote: On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 11:31 +0100, Ted wrote: A friend has been using a computer I installed Feisty on and asked me to install it on his.. I installed it but cannot get mplayer or realplayer to work..When I goto the bbc news and lick on a vid mplayer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 26

2007-03-16 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi everyone, I'm a recent convert to Linux (after accidentally wiping my harddrive and not wanting to put windows back on it - long story!). I'm also a doctor, so I'm really glad to see the e-mail below. I've worked a bit in Zambia and one of the challenges in the rural hospital I worked in