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2010-03-24 Thread Caroline Ford
Have you raised this with OSdisc? We're not OSDisc and we don't know what they actually sold you. Sent from a mobile device. Begin forwarded message: From: "Michael Bull" Date: 25 March 2010 01:06:21 GMT To: "Caroline Ford" Subject: Re: Hi, Hi, Thank you for you interest, the stick c

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2010-03-24 Thread Michael Bull
Hi, I have tried to load Ubuntu from the memory stick I bought from you a couple of weeks ago. In the menus it keeps referring to putting a disc in the CD drive. The CD drive in this computer has not been working for a year so that is no good. However I persevered and managed to load some of U

10.04 Beta1 Raid Controller Installation Issues

2010-03-24 Thread Nick Pavlica
All, I'm currently working on a new project and would like to utilize Ubuntu 10.04. However, I'm having issues with both the built in RAID controller an AMD SP5100, and an add on controller which is an LSI MegaRaid 9240-8i. In my testing I was able to install CentOS 5.4 on both controllers ou

Re: FF 3.6.2 doesn't work after Lucid Update

2010-03-24 Thread Mehboob Nazim
check the proxy in network connectionor also restart ur pc..and directly download from net.. http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=Mozilla+Firefox&searchtype=downloads from that link good luck On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Michael Kappes wrote: > Hello all, > > since

Re: lucid and 2.6.33?

2010-03-24 Thread Mehboob Nazim
salam i hve some issue in ubuntuthat when i check the "ifconfig" then show yhe complete ip addresses and also mack address.but when i check the netstat comand then show default gateway also but (*) show on some placecs,so plz tell me about that *...as sooon as??? On Thu, Ma

Re: lucid and 2.6.33?

2010-03-24 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 24 March 2010 21:31, Patrick Goetz wrote: > Now that the 2.6.34 linux kernel is about to be released, does anyone > know if 2.6.33 is going to make it into the final Lucid release, as > previously suggested? > As far as I am aware the important bits of .33 are being integrated into the special

lucid and 2.6.33?

2010-03-24 Thread Patrick Goetz
Now that the 2.6.34 linux kernel is about to be released, does anyone know if 2.6.33 is going to make it into the final Lucid release, as previously suggested? Why this is important: 2.6.33 has better support for SSD storage (http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-2-6-33-933

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Daniel Chen
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Rene Veerman wrote: > can i assume 'ubuntu-bug alsa-driver' will include the specs of both > my sound cards? It will include the necessary information provided that there is not something more nefarious occurring. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-deve

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Michael Bienia
On 2010-03-24 09:22:45 +0200, Rene Veerman wrote: > - had my compiz set to put my 2 screens in a left/right, shared > desktop config. i had a desktop of 3360x1050 on which i put > single-file backgrounds that span both screens. > under lucid, my backgrounds (same file) are zoomed in and what's on >

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Derek Broughton wrote: > Phillip Susi wrote: > >> On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >>> That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs >>> (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even >>> having physical access

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Rene Veerman
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Rene Veerman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Daniel Chen wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Rene Veerman wrote: >>> - soundblaster doesn't work. volume levels are good, card reports no >>> error (in gui at least), yet no sound leaves the speake

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Rene Veerman
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Daniel Chen wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Rene Veerman wrote: >> - soundblaster doesn't work. volume levels are good, card reports no >> error (in gui at least), yet no sound leaves the speakers... > > The above description is much too vague. Would you

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Derek Broughton
Phillip Susi wrote: > On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >> That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs >> (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even >> having physical access won't give you immediate access to files in the >> user home dire

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Didier Roche wrote: > Le mercredi 24 mars 2010 à 10:20 -0400, Phillip Susi a écrit : >> On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >> > That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs >> > (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CD

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Didier Roche
Le mercredi 24 mars 2010 à 10:20 -0400, Phillip Susi a écrit : > On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > > That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs > > (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even > > having physical access won't give you immed

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Phillip Susi
On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs > (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even > having physical access won't give you immediate access to files in the > user home directory. I didn't think auto

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 March 2010 14:10, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 3/24/2010 9:54 AM, Evan wrote: >> Why? I'm sure there are reasons, but my initial reaction is that any >> computer which can easily be stolen (ie laptop/netbook) should >> NEVER have auto-login enabled. > > Why?  Given physical access to the machine

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Phillip Susi
On 3/24/2010 9:54 AM, Evan wrote: > Why? I'm sure there are reasons, but my initial reaction is that any > computer which can easily be stolen (ie laptop/netbook) should > NEVER have auto-login enabled. Why? Given physical access to the machine, bypassing login is easy. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Evan
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Timo Jyrinki wrote: > 2010/3/24 Evan : >> For security we definitely want users to enter their passwords by default. >> >> However, given this default you raise a good point that ureadahead >> should be optimized for this option, not for auto-login. > > Note though

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2010/3/24 Evan : > For security we definitely want users to enter their passwords by default. > > However, given this default you raise a good point that ureadahead > should be optimized for this option, not for auto-login. Note though that Ubuntu Netbook defaults to auto-login, and netbook boot s

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Evan
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Asif Youssuff wrote: > Was just playing with the latest daily-live cd (testdrive is very > cool!) and noticed that when installing, after entering a username and > password, the "Require my password to log in" is selected. > > If the ureadahead daemon is optimized

Re: Touch Screen Issues

2010-03-24 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Dienstag, den 23.03.2010, 10:57 -0700 schrieb Brian Murray: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 08:21:26PM +, Caroline Ford wrote: > > Do programs generally work okay or does it depend on libraries etc? > > The touchscreen and stylus control the pointer just the way a mouse > would. if you talk a

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Daniel Chen
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Rene Veerman wrote: > - soundblaster doesn't work. volume levels are good, card reports no > error (in gui at least), yet no sound leaves the speakers... The above description is much too vague. Would you please file a bug report against alsa-driver? (If you have

Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Asif Youssuff
Was just playing with the latest daily-live cd (testdrive is very cool!) and noticed that when installing, after entering a username and password, the "Require my password to log in" is selected. If the ureadahead daemon is optimized for auto-login ("slightly assumes you're using auto-login; so wa

Re: lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Rene Veerman
fortunately my mobo's audiocard does work. its a asus p5ql-e On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Rene Veerman wrote: > Hi. > > uhm, the upgrade process was smooth. > > few bugs after startup though; > > - got a usb harddisk listed with it's uuid in /etc/fstab, but lucid > wont start ("waiting for [m

lucid testreport upgraded 24 march 2010 from karmic

2010-03-24 Thread Rene Veerman
Hi. uhm, the upgrade process was smooth. few bugs after startup though; - got a usb harddisk listed with it's uuid in /etc/fstab, but lucid wont start ("waiting for [mountpoint of said hd]") when it's listed in that file. funny enough it does boot, and auto-mount that disk, when i remove it's en