Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Youth

2019-02-18 Thread Daniel Case
I decided to have a look, the original founder is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/philipballew but mostly hasn't been around since 2016 or so, except on IRC where he was last seen August last year. I can only assume he stepped down... I went to have a peek in the #ubuntu-youth-council channel and

[ubuntu-uk] Leeds Release Party?

2014-09-28 Thread Daniel Case
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a Leeds/Yorkshire release party? I can't make it down to London but would like to celebrate with some fellow Ubuntu lovers :) -Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GCHQ: Can you find it? competition 2013

2013-09-12 Thread Daniel Case
Well that's a good start www.canyoufindit.co.uk uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for canyoufindit.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Securely delete data

2012-11-16 Thread Daniel Case
I always use DBAN (Boot and Nuke) to securely delete a drive, remember that deleting a user and adding a new one is by no means secure, the next person who has it can easily use completely free recovery methods to get back the data that was on that drive. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Daniel Case
Hey guys, If you haven't heard, Windows 8 drops in October (around the release of 12.10) and a lot of speculation says people will be looking for alternate operating systems, Windows 8 gets rid of a lot and it is another Windows Vista as it were, whereas Unity has become a pleasure to use. So I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-07-02 Thread Daniel Case
Is your /home directory on another partition or the same as the Mint system? Either way, take a backup somewhere to be sure nothing happens (I've had my power go out in the middle of an install before... it happens!) If your /home is separate, it should be safe, if not... Ubuntu will probably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting an IT workshop

2012-06-30 Thread Daniel Case
On 1 July 2012 00:58, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: If you can't find out beforehand, then go for something basic but enjoyable: using the Internet in Ubuntu is a good one, emphasising its secure nature and lack of viruses. I've done this before, a good demo of this that students seem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New install 12.04 Ubuntu One error

2012-05-11 Thread Daniel Case
On 11 May 2012 08:55, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: New clean install of 12.04. Installed Ubuntu One and keep getting this error: Credentials Error This may be a silly question, but are you sure you got your username/password right? It looks like a credentials error.. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New install 12.04 Ubuntu One error

2012-05-11 Thread Daniel Case
On 11 May 2012 11:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/05/12 11:33, Dave Morley wrote Complete fresh install - this netbook had (cough) Windows on it Hmmm...try this sudo apt-get remove --purge ubuntuone* then: sudo apt-get install gir1.2-ubuntuoneui-3.0

[Bug 991462] Re: confirmation needed before clear

2012-05-11 Thread Daniel Case
Sure, just right click in a conversation window and click Clear - it often happens to me when I go to copy something and don't quite hit the text I want to copy, I end up clearing instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Daniel Case
Just to chime in, a way I use to see hardware on a Windows computer is by downloading and running a program called CPU-Z, it shows the motherboard make and model which you can then use to find the spec. I believe it works on all versions of Windows back to the '95 days as well, a really great

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Daniel Case
Big clear warnings get a +1 from me - I was in #ubuntu and on the Ubuntu Forums the last few days and have noticed others have also been screwed by the upgrade - A lot of people assume it's safe, a lot of people have lost a lot of data attempting it. People also need a clear warning to backup

[Bug 991373] [NEW] Ubiquity always attempts to open a new Firefox process

2012-04-29 Thread Daniel Case
Public bug reported: Hey, While ubiquity was installing, I had firefox open and on a web page. I went back to the installer to see some interesting links, attempted to click but got a message saying that firefox is already open. It doesn't seem to take into account when FF is already open and

[Bug 991373] Re: Ubiquity always attempts to open a new Firefox process

2012-04-29 Thread Daniel Case
** Attachment added: bug.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991373/+attachment/3116855/+files/bug.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991373 Title: Ubiquity always attempts to

[Bug 991462] [NEW] confirmation needed before clear

2012-04-29 Thread Daniel Case
Public bug reported: I keep finding myself accidentally hitting clear, it seems to be when I go to copy something. I figure I can't be the only one with this problem and think there needs to be some kind of confirmation message before clearing an entire conversation window. ProblemType: Bug

[Bug 991462] Re: confirmation needed before clear

2012-04-29 Thread Daniel Case
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and GIGABYTE

2012-04-19 Thread Daniel Case
Just to chime in, I have a GA-880-UD2H at home and it works wonderfully with Ubuntu :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen power off timing

2012-04-14 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Andres, I couldn't find a way to set the time to more than 1 hour, but I remember there was a command that switched it off. You may be able to make a script if you are good with the terminal. xset dpms force off On 9 April 2012 16:09, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hi, i

[Bug 976214] [NEW] nautilus not showing copy/paste correctly

2012-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Public bug reported: I have attempted to get screen-shots, but apparently the print screen key does not work while I have something right clicked. I do have some pictures on my phone though so I will upload those. I have two partitions on my hard drive, I want to copy some data from the storage

[Bug 976214] Re: nautilus not showing copy/paste correctly

2012-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
** Attachment added: IMG_0032.JPG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976214/+attachment/3024904/+files/IMG_0032.JPG -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976214 Title: nautilus not showing

[Bug 976214] Re: nautilus not showing copy/paste correctly

2012-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
** Attachment added: Right clicking the target directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/976214/+attachment/3024907/+files/IMG_0033.JPG -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 976214] Re: nautilus not showing copy/paste correctly

2012-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
** Attachment added: Hovering over the Paste button in the target directory. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/976214/+attachment/3024912/+files/IMG_0036.JPG -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 976214] Re: nautilus not showing copy/paste correctly

2012-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Image 0032 in the original post is me right clicking in the source directory and trying to Copy (it lets me, but it doesn't show the normal highlight) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 975470] [NEW] Crashed out during install - flgrx

2012-04-06 Thread Daniel Case
Public bug reported: flgrx caused a crash during install (I think) there were also some mentions of /home/ubuntu not being ours ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.10.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64

[Bug 975470] Re: Crashed out during install - flgrx

2012-04-06 Thread Daniel Case
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown bug?

2012-03-29 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Andres, I have the same problem, so I will be monitoring this thread if anyone has any answers. What I did as a workaround was create a keyboard shortcut with gksudo shutdown -h now and it does the trick, just press the key combination, type my password and the system is on its way to a clean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
On 23 March 2012 20:16, Hakan Koseoglu ha...@koseoglu.org wrote: But the new users don't discover Linux all by themselves, in most cases someone shows them and I don't want to show and talk about Ubuntu to anyone anymore. I discovered it myself, but I agree that the launcher should not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
On 23 March 2012 21:11, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: It doesn't have to be there all the time, there is an option to hide it.  It then appears when the mouse is pushed against the edge of the screen (on 12.04) I noticed this, however it often comes out when I go for the close button

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
On 23 March 2012 21:21, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: They spent lots of money testing different behaviours In my opinion, this is where the problem lies. The main people Linux attracts, no matter which way you look at it, are hackers (in the general sense). The reason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Alan, I appreciate what the design teams are trying to do and I appreciate that it is very difficult (or even impossible -as I have never seen it done effectively) to provide the same operating system that works for both new users and hackers alike. New users like the OS to guide them through

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
On 23 March 2012 22:34, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:  Anyone who still has doubt, start testing Windows 8 .  'shoot' and 'foot' spring to mind. That's certainly true. But I can't help feeling that everything is heading towards the post-PC era too early. For example, I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Daniel Case
On 23 March 2012 22:44, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: Actually my patience is somewhat thin today because we cremated my best friends Mum. Perhaps that has a bearing on my response, but it puts things in perspective. Life is short. I'm sorry to hear that Alan, my thoughts are with

[ubuntu-uk] Linux Sticker

2012-01-31 Thread Daniel Case
Just thought I would show you guys this, was just watching the IT Crowd (hadn't got round to Season 4 until now!) when I saw this: http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4205/mossu.jpg Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jobs For Programmers

2012-01-10 Thread Daniel Case
I was going to, but: We're hiring for positions in SF and NYC only. Sorry, no telecommuting. makes it out of reach for a lot of us :( Maybe one day..! On 8 January 2012 21:06, Pete psmo...@live.com wrote: Hi all, I've just signed up for this as a way of teaching myself programming

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification

2011-11-29 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Michael, Is it a local printer, or is it done across the network with CUPS? Daniel On 30 November 2011 00:08, Michael Daniels michae...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: I now get a request to enter authentication for each print job, 10.04, have never previously needed a password to print something,

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2011-11-24 Thread Daniel Case
Searching for something by name reminds me of being told to look up words I could not spell in the dictionary as a kid. How else are you supposed to search for something other than by name..? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help contact a French group near Nice?

2011-11-10 Thread Daniel Case
http://ubuntu-fr.org/ would probably be the first place to check, I'm pretty sure they have an IRC room (#ubuntu-fr) and a mailing list too. If nothing comes from there, you can maybe try the local LUG? Daniel On 9 November 2011 19:42, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Anyone know or can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Case
providers do a similar thing? On Tuesday, 18 October 2011, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/10/11 22:21, Daniel Case wrote: I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype... Gradwell have a very good reputation; we have several customers using them and being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Case
, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: That many minutes for only £5 is very hard to match, no doubt Skype is somehow doing that at a loss. Sent from my Desire HD running CM7 On Oct 18, 2011 12:03 PM, Daniel Case danielcas...@gmail.com wrote: These are all good, but I can't seem to find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Case
krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: That many minutes for only £5 is very hard to match, no doubt Skype is somehow doing that at a loss. Sent from my Desire HD running CM7 On Oct 18, 2011 12:03 PM, Daniel Case danielcas...@gmail.com wrote: These are all good, but I can't seem to find an 'unlimited' plan

[ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Guys, Sorry for the off-topicness, but I figured you guys would be the most knowledgeable people I know for this kind of thing. I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype, I know SIP is one of the protocols used, and I tried SipGate today. On initial testing (a 2 hour call to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Daniel Case
Just to clarify, the unlimited subscription is needed to call a home phone, the mobile issue is a separate one I've just wondered about for some time. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2011-10-14 Thread Daniel Case
I haven't used it myself, but I found a wiki page that might be of some use: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting On 14 October 2011 12:56, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am having a problem installing 11.10. Install seems to go fine but when i try and boot

[ubuntu-uk] Leeds Release Party

2011-10-13 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Guys, With regret I'm not going to be able to make the release party, I caught the flu at the weekend and was hoping it would be gone by now. Sadly it's not so I don't really want to be infecting anyone or straying too far from home. Please have a great time without me though, and hopefully

[ubuntu-uk] Minecraft!

2011-10-06 Thread Daniel Case
Hi All, Courtesy of Bitfolk Ltd (thanks to Andy!), I have a minecraft server to test out with as many players as I can fit on it :) It's a test to see how well Minecraft runs on their VPS's. We are in creative mode on 1.8.1 at the moment, but may be switching to survival mode soon. If anyone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?

2011-09-24 Thread Daniel Case
Might come down to Nottingham for that one :) Daniel On 24 September 2011 16:48, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu 11.10

[ubuntu-uk] Leeds Release Party!

2011-09-18 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Guys, It's official, I'm organising a Leeds release party for us Northerners! As for venue I propose North Bar: http://www.northbar.com/home.php but if you have an idea of somewhere better please let me know :) it is small, but it is also a Thursday night so it shouldn't be busy (I hope!) And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.10 The Oneirc Ocelot Release Party

2011-09-13 Thread Daniel Case
Are there enough people for a York/Leeds based release party? :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.10 The Oneirc Ocelot Release Party

2011-09-13 Thread Daniel Case
If we could find somewhere to do it I'd be interested (Leeds rather than York). Awesome! Leeds is good by me... where do you suggest? I haven't really spent much time in Leeds (mainly go through it to get to a destination...but that's another story entirely..) Daniel --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour

2011-09-03 Thread Daniel Case
Mike, I'm from the North East as well...would be nice to see who else is up here! If there's enough interest we should suggest a pub :) Daniel On 2 September 2011 17:08, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 02/09/11 11:12, Alan Bell wrote: We are kicking of a series of pub

[ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-12 Thread Daniel Case
I was wondering if anyone here has a spare - or knows where I can get, a cheap AM3-socket processor? Mine recently gave up the ghost and I don't have much money to replace it until the end of September, so I figured it was worth asking here first. I currently have a netbook (with Windows XP -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-12 Thread Daniel Case
for very little as they are right next to DPD On 12 August 2011 18:21, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has a spare - or knows where I can get, a cheap AM3-socket processor? Mine recently gave up the ghost and I don't have much money to replace it until

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-12 Thread Daniel Case
It is indeed...do you know where I can get a decent fan as well? :) On 12 August 2011 19:43, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 12/08/11 19:05, Daniel Case wrote: Looks good, does the OEM version come with a fan? Daniel Not generally unless specified, it's usually the retail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting in 5 minutes or so

2011-08-10 Thread Daniel Case
Sorry I missed it, the happy hour sounds great! Let me know when your coming up north :) As for the reapplication, good luck guys! Daniel On 9 August 2011 23:43, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 09/08/11 20:54, Alan Bell wrote: in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on freenode basically discussing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.04 64bit and wired network issues.

2011-07-20 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Bob, Thanks for letting us know. I looked at your email several times but couldn't work out why you were having the problem as my card uses the same driver. Anyway, glad it's all sorted now, have a good day, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] For Rock/Metal fans :)

2011-07-19 Thread Daniel Case
Hey all, Sorry for the off-topicness of this email, but I have a ticket that I can't seem to sell for Iron Maiden on the 24th July in Sheffield, I'm now going with a friend so have a ticket spare. If anyone would like it, let me know as soon as possible. The listing price was £42.50 but I'm open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Further Decluttering

2011-06-14 Thread Daniel Case
Damn, if only I lived closer to London! Daniel On 13 June 2011 20:43, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.com wrote: Hi all -- I am getting rid of some surplus equipment from home, and rather than fuss with Ebay, I thought perhaps someone on the list would be interested. Current techie toys

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Case
Hi guys, I'm a web designer and host, and I often get clients email with .doc, .ppx and even .docx nowadays the question is, what should I be doing about these people? I often send an email back asking them if they would mind sending in an open format so I can open it without problems, but I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [LEEDS] Release Party Next Weekend (Alan Bell)

2011-04-30 Thread Daniel Case
Hiya Dave, Around the evening from about 17:00 onwards, not too late though as I will need to get the trains back to my home town. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] [LEEDS] Release Party Next Weekend

2011-04-29 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Guys, Going to be having a release party next weekend (couldn't do anything this weekend as I have been busy) in Leeds, there will be fun, laughter, drinks and Natty! If anyone can suggest a good venue in or around Leeds then please feel free, also let me know if you can come so I know approx

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A friendly hello...

2011-02-21 Thread Daniel Case
Hiya Haz! Welcome to the list, we're a friendly group :) I am also a web developer mainly devoted to the Linux side (Linux, Apache, MySQL PHP mainly) so if you need a hand with anything let me know ^.^ Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BIOS Upgrades

2010-11-23 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Nigel, On my ACER system, I had to download a bootable CD which would then rewrite the BIOS. Make sure it isn't interrupted though, if it is interrupted while doing a BIOS chip update it can cause major problems. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi guys, I have just launched a new Linux-based website like Yahoo answers (I got a free script) and could do with a little bit of feedback with modifications to make and maybe some Ubuntu/Linux based images for the header (the current one is the default for the script...) I could also do with

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

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
And I forgot to provide the link! http://www.linuxproblems.org -- 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?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Al, I was looking at the Google keyword tool for gaps where people just get caught in a dead end. 10,000 people search for Linux Problems every month, but if you search it yourself, you can see that there is nothing that is really of use (Like a QA site or a forum). Daniel --

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

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
That's true, but out of the 10,000 people who Google for it. There have to be some people having problems with Linux? And as it grows it will rank for other certain problems and keywords. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

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

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Tony, I am glad you brought that up as I am currently making a script to suit the needs of the site (I am a PHP developer by profession) . I would like to make it as unique as possible and add my own spin to the typical Q+A scripts out there. I just wasn't really sure what sort of features

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC Meeting tonight 19th October

2010-11-03 Thread Daniel Case
On 3 November 2010 22:42, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I only just got it for some strange reason The wonders of Google Mail, It does this to me sometimes too. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Setting Up Postfix

2010-10-24 Thread Daniel Case
Hi guys, I can't seem to set up Postfix, dpkg keeps returning an error, was wondering if anyone can share any insight? I am running Ubuntu 10.04 server: Get:1 http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/ubuntu/gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/lucid/main postfix 2.7.0-1 [1321kB] Fetched 1321kB in 0s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apache not correctly running php scripts

2010-10-22 Thread Daniel Case
Jacob, did you download libapache2-mod-php5? This package contains the apache modules to enable PHP :) Daniel (PHP Programmer by job) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Dictionary of English words

2010-10-21 Thread Daniel Case
Hi guys, I am trying to design something to check the whois database against a dictionary of words to see if I can get lucky and pick up a valuable domain (across all TLDs). Now the application is designed and does its job quite well when given a set of words. Now I need a dictionary with every

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??

2010-10-19 Thread Daniel Case
With the LTS versions they have mini updates. So eventually it goes to: 10.04.1, then 10.04.2...with these will come the stable builds of new software :) Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-16 Thread Daniel Case
Would help if I could, I'm based near Doncaster though...I went to Ayr once, lovely place :) Could you try to help them via remote assistance as well as phone Al? Daniel On 16 October 2010 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 15/10/10 22:31, A J Binnie wrote: On 15 October 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

2010-09-21 Thread Daniel Case
Awesome, Thank you guys! I have just read through that FAQ and it seems like the best way to do things...I will have a go when I have a spare hour or two to set it all up (: Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

2010-09-21 Thread Daniel Case
Hmmm, just trying to set up the Windows binary, however I get a lot of errors. Is there something I need to set up first? Not really used to setting these sort of things up under Windows... Thought I would maybe ask here before going to see if I can find a Windows person. Daniel --

[ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

2010-09-20 Thread Daniel Case
I'm not quite sure where this should be asked as it is a cross-platform thing. I am fed up of listening to my (Windows XP) gaming computer through headphones so I want to get it hooked to the stereo. Rather than use a heck of a lot of wire, I can sit my Ubuntu 9.10 netbook on top of the stereo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-13 Thread Daniel Case
bootloader, I used wibi but want to fully switch over to ubuntu now On 12 September 2010 22:51, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.comwrote: On 12 September 2010 21:50, Glen Mehn glen.m...@oba.co.uk wrote: Will work just fine. If you install via wubi Windows keeps the bootloader, Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-12 Thread Daniel Case
On 12 September 2010 21:50, Glen Mehn glen.m...@oba.co.uk wrote: Will work just fine. If you install via wubi Windows keeps the bootloader, Windows is pretty aware of what is Windows and what is a recovery partition. If you were to dual-boot using the GRUB bootloader however it could cause

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Daniel Case
Hi All, I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its direction from its initial philosophy? I have seen it happen all too often with company-owned software, first it will be open source, then it will have some closed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Daniel Case
Looking again, its still ctrl+alt+l to lock...crazy! Daniel On 11 September 2010 16:39, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi All, I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its direction from its

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

2010-09-09 Thread Daniel Case
Jacob, there is the netbook version: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ The netbook version is at the bottom i do believe :) Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Latency on 10.04LTS WUBI

2010-09-08 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there Sean, Have you tried to use an external USB keyboard to see if the problem persists? Daniel On 8 September 2010 12:53, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On 8 September 2010 12:50, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: Wubi utilises the hardware directly. The only latency

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Latency on 10.04LTS WUBI

2010-09-08 Thread Daniel Case
Indeed, sorry I should have explained my reasons for trying it. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Your application to Ubuntu Trademarks

2010-09-06 Thread Daniel Case
Excellent news :D Good work from everyone who voted and designed the logo's :) On 6 September 2010 20:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.comwrote: On 06/09/10 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: Good Work! One question. What exactly has been OK'd. The colours, font, placement of the

[ubuntu-uk] Leeds Surrounding Area - IT Businesses

2010-09-03 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there, Do you guys know of any businesses willing to sponsor a Ubuntu Installfest in Leeds City Center? The total costs look like they will be between £150 and £200 and I am willing to go halves with any company if they would be willing to pledge half. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leeds Surrounding Area - IT Businesses

2010-09-03 Thread Daniel Case
: Might be worth asking this on GeekUp. I'm in Leeds and would be interested in getting involved. Simon On 3 Sep 2010 15:12, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi there, Do you guys know of any businesses willing to sponsor a Ubuntu Installfest in Leeds City Center? The total

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Northern Installfest

2010-09-02 Thread Daniel Case
Leeds it is! I am going to be calling a few venues tomorrow and shall let you all know how it goes :) Daniel On 2 September 2010 21:21, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: you're right, we just have a massive VR session with users from all over the country :) my ubuntu server can host

[ubuntu-uk] Applying for membership

2010-09-01 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there guys, I am thinking of applying for Ubuntu Membership and was wondering if you guys thought that I have made a sustained and significant contribution I was on the Ubuntu forums far before i joined the loco team and have about 600 helpful posts to both new and old users on the forums:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Applying for membership

2010-09-01 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Alan, Excellent advice, I shall do just that I think :) Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting tonight at 9PM

2010-09-01 Thread Daniel Case
Excellent, I can attend this one :) Daniel (Monotoko) On 1 September 2010 17:54, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.comwrote: The meeting agenda is in the traditional place: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda as are the minutes of the last meeting

[ubuntu-uk] Northern Installfest

2010-09-01 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there fellow's! In tonight's meeting I brought up the possibility of having an installfest up in the north for those of us who cannot get all the way down to London. I was thinking Leeds or Manchester might be a good place to have it unless you guys would rather have it somewhere else? How

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-08-31 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there, 2 pieces of good news for you all :) The first is the fact that I have worked it out and I should be able to keep up the hosting and domain for quite a bit longer, the second is the fact that I have taken copies of the files and database in case the site does go down, and I have placed

[ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-08-30 Thread Daniel Case
Hello there guys, My joggler sadly got knocked off the counter at the end of June, and I haven't had the money to get a new one and probably won't for some time. I feel like I am neglecting the wiki because of it and have a lot of part-time work to do for university so can't keep maintaining it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-08-30 Thread Daniel Case
This is why I wanted to see if anyone here wanted it, I would rather it stayed in one place where people may freely access it but I cannot support or maintain it anymore. I decided not to use flippa because it would be against everything the open source community stands for if the buyer sold the

[ubuntu-uk] Preventing a hack attempt

2010-08-27 Thread Daniel Case
Hi there, One of my servers has recently been attacked, it has one remote SSH user which cannot run 'sudo', i made it like that so that if it was comprimized, no-one would be able to do much. However, someone managed to gain the password to that account on the server then used vi /etc/passwd to

[ubuntu-uk] Bind9

2010-08-25 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Guys, Can someone please help me understand how to set a nameserver up? At the moment I set it to park in my domain registrar then change the A-Record to point to my server but it would be better if i could just point a domain to my own nameservers that handle all that. Daniel --

[ubuntu-uk] ASP under Ubuntu?

2010-08-11 Thread Daniel Case
Alright, so I have a client wanting a few programs modified in ASP, I am mainly a PHP Programmer but do have a bit of ASP knowledge. My question to you guys, i currently have 1 VPS which is running Ubuntu which does fine for the PHP side of things, but could I possibly get it to allow me to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FTP Server Problems - Help?

2010-08-10 Thread Daniel Case
Thanks Simon, That did it :) Daniel On 10 August 2010 07:02, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 August 2010 03:28, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I just set it in the config file: It told me to uncomment the line which said something along the lines

[ubuntu-uk] FTP Server Problems - Help?

2010-08-09 Thread Daniel Case
Hi There guys, I have a little server that I use for testing purposes and im having some problems with FTP. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and proftpd When I do not chroot local users it will go to there home directory when they log in (/home/ftp for my FTP user) but the problem with that is they can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FTP Server Problems - Help?

2010-08-09 Thread Daniel Case
sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: That sounds really familiar but I haven't done anything with ProFTPD for a long time. How do you set up the chroot? S On 9 Aug 2010 23:05, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi There guys, I have a little server that I use for testing purposes

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