Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo rip-off perhaps?

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Rowson
Anyone else think that the logo has a striking resemblance to the one for a certain flavour of ubuntu?? http://www.govnet.co.uk/mobilegov/background.php Wonder if it was subliminal or deliberate... Pete Ah T-Government. Mmmm I don't reckon it's likely to be deliberate to be

[ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Running the job as you specified it above, the tar will be created directly on the mounted device. Steve Thanks Steve Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
The question's already been answered, but I wanted to suggest using something like rsnapshot. Daily backup's of 10GB will very quickly get big. Why not use rsnapshot, or one of the various other incremental backup tools to only copy what has actually changed? Kind Regards, Dave Walker Hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-07 Thread Chris Rowson
T Where can one buy one from in the UK? -- Steve Garton http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk Maplins are selling them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Not bad I guess, pity it doesn't do HD video. I still think I'd go for the cheaper software modified XBOX option though. Rob I've thought about it but the xbox is a wee bit big and ugly isn't it? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris I just got this response from another list: The df command will report all the available space on the disk , in other words it will report the number of blocks in the free list. The du command gives you and total number of blocks used by the directory that is passed to it as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, Have you tried df -hi to show the number of free inodes on the system? It should help to reveal whether it's a problem with the number of inodes used or just hidden files or something.. Hi Lucy, I think the inode usage is OK. I tried yesterday and it read 8%.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, Have you tried df -hi to show the number of free inodes on the system? It should help to reveal whether it's a problem with the number of inodes used or just hidden files or something.. Hi Lucy, I think the inode usage is OK. I tried yesterday and it read 8%. Thanks for the idea

[ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Help! I'm running a Dapper webserver and I'm having terrible problems with du and df giving different results: df -h gives me. FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root 29G 27G 347M 99% / varrun252M 52K 252M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On 1/3/08, Alec Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its probably because the filesystem itself takes up some space. Surely not 12 Gig or so though ? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris Have a poke around for hidden .trash folders, particularly on mounted media such as USB/Firewire hard drives. I have found that Ubuntu has a habit of creating these on such volumes and they do not appear to get emptied by the usual processes. I have often thought I had deleted files

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
It's been hours now, and I'm totally and utterly stumped. I've used lsof to check whether or not there are any deleted files still sitting around taking up space, I've run an fsck, rebooted the server and deleted some logs, but there is still a very large chunk of hard disk space missing. If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Jan 3, 2008 3:53 PM, Stuart Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris The volume at media is a Windows based NTFS So is mine (attached via USB). The hidden trash file is still created on it though. I have only recently discovered this feature so I am not sure why it happens but it can be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Jan 3, 2008 3:44 PM, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Concentrate on the DF's results. I can't remember the syntax but you can grep for file sizes. Start with files over 50M and work downwards. I have this trouble with my MythTV box occasionally, it usually a log file that explodes in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris I have just done some testing as promised with the hidden trash folder on my ntfs drive and found that both df -h and du -hs /* did not report the changes in file sizes on the /media volume until I manually deleted the files from it (therefore it would appear that both commands

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Rowson
On Jan 2, 2008 10:04 PM, Kirrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just seen this on the BBC news site... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm Anyone got any questions? Kirrus Hi Bill, What's your favourite type of penguin? Chris xxx -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu courses

2007-12-21 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Stephen the group, The course I attended was at the Université Populaire in France. Ubuntu and Linux in general is very strong here. It is also used on business machines and commerce. They run course for that too and web site design. I am in the department 68 and we have an active LUG

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD: [[Hampshire] Report on Tesco Ubuntu machine]

2007-12-19 Thread Chris Rowson
Not to mention selling a machine with a default user name and password already set up. That blows any idea that Ubuntu is secure right out of the water! Regards, Tony. Why on earth wouldn't the silly sods have run the install mode for OEMs option? To be honest the whole affair sounds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD: [[Hampshire] Report on Tesco Ubuntu machine]

2007-12-19 Thread Chris Rowson
Not to mention selling a machine with a default user name and password already set up. That blows any idea that Ubuntu is secure right out of the water! Regards, Tony. Why on earth wouldn't the silly sods have run the install mode for OEMs option? I know the OEM option

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-19 Thread Chris Rowson
My other half is happy now, because I've decided to go for a cheaper dual core CPU she gets an upgrade too. Rob Ssss Don't tell my missus. I haven't upgraded her from a pentium III yet :-S Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Chris Rowson
I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. I roll my own *joke* http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. I roll my own *joke* http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ Assuming it's genuine, that's a fantastic effort on the part of the guy who did it. Regards, Tony. -- I think it was genuine Tony, I seem to remember

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, openLDAP is the best bet for storage.. though having a disconnected centralised authentication system I was unable to implement last time I tried it. My setup is with Windows Clients - so that's all I can suggest for now - though it seems to be a fairly common goal, so other people

[ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello folks, I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops. At work, I achieve this using Active Directory and Windows, but I wondered if there was a Linuxified version of this setup. I've been thinking of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Greetings, Ive just achieved similar us NIS. It took me a few days but I managed to get it working: This helped: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/36 Also there is something called LDAP but thats for another day with me.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
It did with NIS I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying it). This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (marketing) Ubuntu leaflets

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Dianne Reuby wrote: I've been looking at the Ubuntu leaflets https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/Leaflets - none of them seem to include a link to ubuntuforums.com in the getting help sections. Is there any reason for this? Hi Dianne, The graphical leaflet which I helped write the text

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Ooooh, I do see that One step windows domain joining ability is labeled as an essential blueprint for Hardy :-) https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/windows-authentication-integration That should help promote Ubuntu takeup in the enterprise. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu from a Windows user perspective

2007-12-08 Thread Chris Rowson
John Bradbury (a windows user) has made 3 very nice screencast type videos showing his use of Ubuntu. He videoed with little preparation which leads us to hear his reaction as he discovers things like update manager, auto codec and plugin installation... Thanks Al, I just watched

Re: [ubuntu-uk] for the record

2007-12-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Don't forget crossover linux folks, If, at the end of the day, people don't want to use OO then you don't have to use Windows to run Microsoft Office :-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] White papers/Case Studies?

2007-12-04 Thread Chris Rowson
Dear Ubuntu: I am a member of the Chicago Loco (wiki.ubuntu.com/Posingaspopular), and we are currently working on migrating a server as a team for a small college in the area. As payment, we are accepting meeting areas, new users, thanks, and the spread of free software. We are documenting

Re: [Bug 154822] Re: Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

2007-12-01 Thread Chris Rowson
Please follow the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Debugging and attach the appropriate debugging information. Well I've shown you a working xorg.conf - and compared it against the broken, default system generated xorg.conf, what more do you want? Surely its possible to see the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid

2007-11-27 Thread Chris Rowson
So if squid is running on a server which is connected to the internet and all the computers connect to squid proxy on (for example)port 8000, is squid sharing the internet connection or not? Lets assume for the moment, that you have an office with a 12 port router which is in turn connected

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid

2007-11-27 Thread Chris Rowson
I mean. , I guess you could say that your SERVER is now 'sharing your internet connection'. Also, I'm assuming that the router is cheapy bog standard SOHO router and not a nice uber Cisco switch with it's own settings/routes etc etc... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Website of the year award...

2007-11-27 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 27, 2007 10:03 PM, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.policegiftshop.co.uk/ Check out the babygrows! :o) M. Superb! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Canonical Server Edition Advertising

2007-11-27 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, I wanted to send you the YouTube links to the Canonical Server Edition adverts. It's running in the US for the next 3 weeks on some business and IT-related sites. I would be curious to see what you think and any ideas you might have for what else might be easier than it first

Re: [Bug 37821] Re: Regular network drops with madwifi

2007-11-25 Thread Chris Rowson
Oh yes it was. If madwifi isn't capable of scanning when already connected, then it just shouldn't do the scan when given the order by NetworkManager (or by whoever). Either you support a feature or you don't support it; if you don't, you should refuse to do it when asked, either ignoring

[Bug 95886] Re: Wrong keyboard layout after installation (US instead of FI)

2007-11-25 Thread Chris Rowson
I can confirm a similar problem with Gutsy. After performing a fresh install, and selecting a British keyboard layout the system boots up with a US layout instead. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = ubiquity Status: New = Confirmed -- Wrong keyboard layout after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network traffic analysis

2007-11-24 Thread Chris Rowson
On 11/24/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 07:25:14PM +, David Restall - System Administrator wrote: I want to see where and what the traffic profile is on a server. What I have used in the past is ethereal but this seems like overkill, is there anything

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network traffic analysis

2007-11-24 Thread Chris Rowson
I also used ntop for this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1232294 Chris Scratch that - ignore the forum post. I just read it properly and it's not very good!!! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus PC with Ubuntu pre-installed and 2GB ram

2007-11-24 Thread Chris Rowson
On 11/24/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 05:20:51PM +, James Grabham wrote: If I get one, I was thinking f putting different OSs on SD cards, Ubuntu on one, win 2000 on another etc, is this feasable? Would it be slow? Yes. Not sure SD cards are not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus PC with Ubuntu pre-installed and 2GB ram

2007-11-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris Rowson wrote: On 11/24/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 05:20:51PM +, James Grabham wrote: If I get one, I was thinking f putting different OSs on SD cards, Ubuntu on one, win 2000 on another etc, is this feasable? Would it be slow? Yes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus Eee PC video review

2007-11-23 Thread Chris Rowson
I thought about buying one of these for the missus for christmas, but noone seems to have them in stock. Chris On Nov 23, 2007 2:07 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 02:06:26PM +, George MacLeod wrote: They even had a look at the Eee PC on the BBC2 weekend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Don't forget, If you get really stuck - there's always Crossover Linux and perhaps Wine? that would run those irritating but essential Windows programs without Linux alternatives. Chris On Nov 20, 2007 9:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dianne, Many thanks for your offer,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-20 Thread Chris Rowson
On 11/20/07, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WRT Wine/Crossover, I wouldnt' be on it... the latest version of Publisher (when I installed a trial on XP) *bet* on it, even ;-) Sean Scary! To be honest, I'm using older versions of Office (when I have to use Office) so didn't know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to check my kernel?

2007-11-20 Thread Chris Rowson
uname -r On 11/20/07, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there an easy way to check my kernel? regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

2007-11-16 Thread Chris Rowson
This might sound stupid, but whenever I see a high-spec machine, I always feel it would be wasted on Linux. I've always installed and seen Linux installed on lower-spec machines (my desktop included) which is probably why. With Windows you could probably get a nice game or a resource

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

2007-11-16 Thread Chris Rowson
I guess your computing experience is going to depend on exactly what you use your computer for ;-) Yeah, which is why I said what I said as I mainly use my laptop which runs *gasp* OS X *gasp* for my design work and movie editing/watching. Nowt wrong with that mate ;-) Thats one thing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spam

2007-11-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Kris, PEOPLE don't do it.. Its just a computer that just sits there doing it... and people click the links, get a virus, viruses uses that oc to post comments etc etc... No that's what I mean - I find it hard to believe that people click on the links not that spambots send it out.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam

2007-11-12 Thread Chris Rowson
Interesting you are asking about webcams, because I'm playing with camE for a local pub that (for some reason I can't fathom) wants a webcam in their bar. Currently recording my every move... http://seanmiller.net/webcam Sean Mmm multiple monitors ! Chris --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam

2007-11-12 Thread Chris Rowson
By the way, I received two Gutsy CDs in the post a couple of days ago... they seem to be shipping them out faster than previously, perhaps because of the more limited numbers (?) Proof on webcam ;-) Sean Oooh I see - This is like a slightly more nerdy version of big brother :-) ;-) Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help

2007-11-12 Thread Chris Rowson
Ian Pascoe wrote: Well I cut my teeth on a Model B and the first major enhancement I did to it was to add a 5.25 floppy drive. Mmm, not sure I should confess to this in a public forum but: I also started on a Beeb, had to install the floppy-disc interface one chip at a time and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help

2007-11-12 Thread Chris Rowson
Weren't you the bloke who invented Microcogs in his carriage house? Just think if it weren't for silicon and a few million other discoveries you could have been the world's richest man - it's enough to make you slip your cogs thinking about it. :-) Eddie Don't remind me about it. I may

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 11, 2007 12:37 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris, On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:32 +, Chris Rowson wrote: She preferred it to Ubuntu because the 'start menu' was located in the bottom left where she expected it to be; and that by having only one panel, the interfaces

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-10 Thread Chris Rowson
Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing as you said, word processing and email Ubuntu really sticks out as a green light, mainly because of how suitable it is for that, not all pc's are for the power user *cough Slackware *cough* and it's nice to see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-09 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 9, 2007 11:04 AM, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMAP support for Gmail is imminent, although it seems entirely arbitrary when people's accounts are enabled - keep checking ;) Pete Mooowahahahaha - that'll teach you never to read my blog!!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-09 Thread Chris Rowson
Just out of interest, Is there a server/bandwidth sorted for this yet, or will we be needing one? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-09 Thread Chris Rowson
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 15:47 +, Chris Rowson wrote: Is there a server/bandwidth sorted for this yet, or will we be needing one? For the US based server yes, I believe bandwidth and physical hardware are already in place. Cheers, Al. The only problem with US based servers and gaming

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-09 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Chris, On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 19:34 +, Chris Rowson wrote: For the US based server yes, I believe bandwidth and physical hardware are already in place. Cheers, Al. The only problem with US based servers and gaming = latency for UK folks. Indeed, which is why I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 AM, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i already have a gmail account! ive always thought thunderbird and evolution would always save the email on my hard drive..thats why i never use it! Not if you use IMAP rather than POP. When you use IMAP, it downloads the headers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 8:26 AM, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont know how to...ive looked under all the options in hotmail...i cant see anything that i should change.! any ideas? Hi mate, Why don't you unsubscribe your hotmail email address from the list, create say a gmail account, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 3:33 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) -- Hi Javad, I don't know why - but when you send an email announcing 'I'm Back!' - I get a mental image of a grinning bloke wearing a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:11 +, Tom Bamford wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
I'm loving the idea :-) Count me in! I'm an ex-gaming junky and would be more than happy to help out with this if you needed a hand. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes - Old Dell Latitude with Intel MiniPCI Jobby And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) with ESSID broadcast / hidden? broadcast -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Mint

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Rowson
snip . manually - these hacked distros are all very well, but under the bonnet they're basically Ubuntu anyway so I learnt my lesson... if there's something in Mint that I want I'll simply install it. But for users that don't want to have to bother I guess it'd be fine... Sean Oh,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Goodbye all

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Just a quick note to say Goodbye to all those doing good work with Ubuntu. However, I'm afraid that given that appears acceptable behaviour on this list to make accusations of exploitation and corruption, and present that in language of a sexual nature, I no longer wish to be a part of this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freeview

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Rowson
snip until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I can receive some channels now. snip Yeah, we had that problem too. One way around it is to get the cheapest Sky package, and cancel your contract after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Mint

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Rowson
SNIP In this country we don't recognise software patents do we ? SNIP *IANAL* No, but we do recognise patients based upon a developed technology. I struggle to see the divide tbh. Kind Regards, Dave Walker See, I told you this confused me :-p I still don't get it! Chris --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids

2007-11-02 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, Sorry, but I am offended by the choice of language like Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids. Are you actually accusing Ballmer of sexual exploitation of vulnerable people? Or are you saying that selling Western products to African nations is the moral equivalent thereof?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids

2007-11-01 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris Rowson wrote: I just read this. Sickening isn't it! Not to me it isn't. The Nigerian government aren't complaining. The Nigerian people aren't complaining. [Or if they are, someone post a link and tell me about what] In fact, the person who's complaining

Re: [ubuntu-uk] C/C++ Development

2007-11-01 Thread Chris Rowson
I don't know if this is of any help to you, but I happened to come across this on t' interweb... http://www.steveheller.com/cppad/cppad.htm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids

2007-11-01 Thread Chris Rowson
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 22:38 +, Chris Rowson wrote: I'm hope you see me as an exploiter of innocent children for posting this here. To be honest though, I don't have an agenda or petty points to make. Despite writing in rant mode, without remembering to include the customary rant/rant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Chris Rowson
I think one of the problems here is that we seem to have a disproportionate number of Southerners/Londoners to everywhere else in the country. Thus people are always going to be biased and say - London is the best place to do this ;-) One of the major problems with London however, is the expense

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Rowson
Dougie Richardson wrote: [...] This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Rowson
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. Regards, Tony. -- Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good. Birmingham seems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Chris Rowson
Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice. I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them. -- Matthew G Larsen Try living in the Kingston Communications area then mate. There, you really don't have a choice! One ISP who can charge whatever they like

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Chris Rowson
Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a No - Linux is my OS of choice now.* ** WARNING - lolcats/topic crossover *** BBC r belong to de Linux peoplz now -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Unfortunately I'm stuck with the worse ISP in the country (Karoo) Because I live in the Kingston Communications Network Area (so can't get a BT line) there aren't any other ISPs providing service (mostly because KC aggressively keep them out). Ah well, at least I get to gripe about it at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Alternative Article for Local Press

2007-10-21 Thread Chris Rowson
On 21/10/2007, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following on from Chris's post last week, I decided to have a bash at writing one myself. Nothing wrong with Chris's, but I wanted to put a slightly different spin on it. No problem at all mate. It's my intention to encourage people to write

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via Tescos

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Thats possible? Ahh, didn't know you could do that in OOo. :-) Sure, Open writer for instance, go to Tool Options On the left of that screen, select Load Save General In that window you can now select the default file format to save as. Simply asscociate text document with word

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OEM Setup was Ubuntu via Tescos

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
On 20/10/2007, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob - how? E There's this 'ere guvnor! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu_OEM_Installer_Overview It's written for Dapper but well, you get the idea... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu PCs on sale with Tesco

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
An observant member of the ubuntu-uk mailing list found this item on the Tesco website. http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224.aspx Looks like Dell isn't the only mainstream OEM starting to sell PCs with Ubuntu installed :-D Chris -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list

[Bug 154822] Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nvidia-glx When I update using the restricted manager the NVIDIA driver that it installs defaults to the external monitor rather than the laptop's main screen. This means that the first boot up after installing shows a blank screen until I CTRL ALT F2

[Bug 154822] Re: Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Working xorg.conf file for nvidia geforce4 440 go ** Attachment added: Working xorg.conf file for nvidia geforce4 440 go http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10080222/xorg.conf -- Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

[Bug 154822] Re: Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Working xorg.conf file for nvidia geforce4 440 go ** Attachment added: Working xorg.conf file for nvidia geforce4 440 go http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10080223/xorg.conf -- Restricted NVDIA driver defaults output to external monitor rather than laptop screen

[Bug 146706] Re: [Gutsy Beta] Live cd graphics fail with nvidia geforce4 440 go

2007-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
I don't know if it's of relevance, but the problem with the output defaulting to the secondary monitor, rather than the laptop screen is reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/154822 -- [Gutsy Beta] Live cd graphics fail with nvidia geforce4

[ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA driver problem

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, In every version of Ubuntu that I've used, I've come across a slightly irritating problem with the restricted nvidia drivers. When I update using the restricted manager the nvidia driver that it installs defaults to the external monitor rather than the laptop's main screen. This means

[ubuntu-uk] Look who I just met...

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Rowson
It's funny how strange things can happen to cheer you up on miserable days. Walking across the city centre just now, I met my computing related cartoon hero (except for Tux of course!) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/1634609970_72eefd4787_b.jpg If only we could get some oversized costumes

Re: [Bug 146706] Re: [Gutsy Beta] Live cd graphics fail with nvidia geforce4 440 go

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Rowson
I've just done an install using the release version of Ubuntu Gutsy and the issue still exists when using the live cd. Using safe mode allows access. When installing the restricted nvidia drivers onto a properly installed instance of Gutsy they seem to work albeit the driver defaults output to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Chris Rowson
On 17/10/2007, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/10/2007, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'd be interesting for people to put their money where their mouth's are, and tell us what they do for a living and what their level of qualification is. Matt: Placement year doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Chris Rowson
What do I do now? Take a third-rate University and end up with a qualification that's not worth the paper it's written on or take an A level whilst living on the streets? Hi mate, I don't know if it's just me, but I don't think many people give a monkeys which university you get your degree

Re: [Bug 103945] Re: desktop cd fails to start gdm with hp nc6400 (widescreen, ati-based laptop)

2007-10-17 Thread Chris Rowson
I also agree that if the new method of installing doesn't work, we should default back to the old method. Chris -- desktop cd fails to start gdm with hp nc6400 (widescreen, ati-based laptop) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help!i want to control my torrents over the web!

2007-10-16 Thread Chris Rowson
if you do want access to a machine via ssh from work or some other insecure or restricted location. you could use WebShell http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/webshell/ WebShell is a web-based ssh shell. It runs on any browser capable of JavaScript and AJAX. You can use it from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help!i want to control my torrents over the web!

2007-10-15 Thread Chris Rowson
As an alternative put putty on a usb key and use ssh. +1 sudo apt-get install ssh on your home pc. Change the listening port for ssh to port 443, sudo apt-get install rtorrent onto your home pc. Connect to home from work using ssh and user rtorrent ;-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help!i want to control my torrents over the web!

2007-10-15 Thread Chris Rowson
Connect to home from work using ssh and user rtorrent ...how will i do that from a windows machine? Download putty.exe http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ It doesn't have to be installed on the PC as such. It will run from a usb stick or whatever Chris --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Submitting articles to newspapers/local mags

2007-10-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Great stuff, excellent! Articles are the first stage of a 'UK Marketing Push' https://launchpad.net/uk-marketing-push If received successfully, we should be able to create follow on articles. In the perfect world, publishers would become interested enough to publish a monthly article. I do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy beta CD won't boot properly

2007-10-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, I've burned the gutsy beta CD. It will boot and show the menu (Start Live CD/Check CD Contents/Memory Test/etc.) but the only option that doesn't hang the PC is the 'Boot From First Hard Disk' option. Hey Neil, How far is it getting? I know that I've had problems with the Gutsy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Full Circle Magazine looking for podcasters

2007-10-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Matt over at Penguin Central seems to be the main contender so far, how about some of you guys contact Matt and form a 'super-group'? I'm sure he'd be glad of some extra help? :) http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3460956postcount=6 All the best! Ronnie It looks - from reading the

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