Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung might be getting rid of Android and using their own Linux based OS

2013-09-12 Thread John MM
On 12 Sep 2013 08:45, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 12 September 2013 08:37, YaManicKill mailingl...@10people.co.uk wrote: However, there was that Samsung galaxy s4 pictured running Tizen a few days ago. I can show you a photo of a Nexus 4 running Ubuntu Touch... :) There's a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as nobody has mentioned it on here yet.....

2013-08-21 Thread John MM
What a surpriseno change the then On 21 August 2013 10:13, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I really dont understand the attitude of attack when somebody posts something like this. Not everybody is competant in using Ubuntu, and not everybody understands the risks involved

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

2012-07-04 Thread John MM
I have a Lenovo laptop running only Ubuntu, no windows, and that its from Linux Emporium. I have not had any problems with it and the after sales service is exceptional. On Jul 4, 2012 2:00 PM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread John MM
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but when I click on the icon, nothing happens.can somebody help? What happens

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-29 Thread John MM
Not an attitude, just a question On Jan 28, 2012 7:23 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote: Hello scoundrel50a, On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote: What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an hdd. Nothing. As I stated, a simple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-18 Thread John MM
Oh well, there is a pity, I will have to use my mac.. thanks for all your help. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:57 AM, John Oliver jp.oli...@ntlworld.comwrote: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/moonlight-list/2011-December/001392.html This is the email I was referring to in the previous

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

2012-01-06 Thread John MM
So how do we figure out why it isn't running? On Jan 5, 2012 5:55 PM, James Tait james.t...@wyrddreams.org wrote: On 05/01/12 15:06, scoundrel50a wrote: Wow, that helped sort of. It is something to do with gnome-settings-daemon. If I enter that into a terminal, funny thing happens in the

[ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative

2012-01-05 Thread John MM
Just wondered, is there an alternative, that can be used on ask platforms? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

2012-01-05 Thread John MM
I recently upgraded my Acer Aspire One, which seemed to go ok, but on the top panel, the drop down menu Icon that looks like a circle with a line through it is missing. In order to even log off now is impossible, unless I use the On/Off button. Anybody know how I can get it back, please... --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber 3.2.1 and Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-10 Thread John MM
I dont use gwibber or any of the other programs like that in Ubuntu, I go back to windows, because I most people I know are on Yahoo, and I was never able to work out how to connect the camera, so I could chat, which client Ubuntu connects to things like msn and yahoo using the camera. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 72, Issue 11

2011-04-07 Thread John MM
On 07/04/11 15:55, Lee Williams wrote: On 07/04/2011 15:28, Dave Hanson wrote: On 07/04/11 14:04, ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 13:54, Lee Williamslee.willy1977.willi...@gmail.com wrote: It's not a problem installing 32bit on a machine with ~3.5GB ram... rather

[ubuntu-uk] Something strange with my Ubuntu version......

2011-04-01 Thread John MM
ok, this is odd. I just been fiddling trying to find the version of Ubuntu I have. In the software sources I have Maverick showing for everything. Yet if I go to System About Ubuntu, it says I am running 11.04 - Natty Narwhal. If I go into Terminal and type lsb-release -a I get this No LSB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android Slates/Tablets......

2011-03-25 Thread John MM
Hi everybody, sorry its taken so long to answer, didnt get much computer time yesterday. I really appreciate the messages. I am going to go in and have a look at the ones you mentioned, see how I get on with them. I did a search for Michael Garrets list, and didnt realise there were so

[ubuntu-uk] Android Slates/Tablets......

2011-03-24 Thread John MM
I have been given some money and I have been thinking about getting an Android Tablet, but just have no idea what would be worth getting. Anybody any idea. I have about £300 to spend. I dont like Apple at all. Thanks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Irc channels.....

2011-03-14 Thread John MM
Has something happened to the IRC chanels, both #ubuntu and #ubuntu-uk I can get onto #ubuntu but #ubuntu-uk seems to have dissapeared. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Irc channels.....

2011-03-14 Thread John MM
On 14/03/11 14:40, Josh Holland wrote: Hi John, On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 02:38:33PM +, John MM wrote: Has something happened to the IRC chanels, both #ubuntu and #ubuntu-uk I can get onto #ubuntu but #ubuntu-uk seems to have dissapeared. It looks fine from here; could you be any more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Irc channels.....

2011-03-14 Thread John MM
On 14/03/11 14:55, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Care to elaborate on what the fix/problem was? The problem was, each time I tried to enter a chanel, nothing happened. I could see #ubuntu but no activity was in there, and when I tried to enter #ubuntu-uk click on enter and no box came up.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Haynes Manual for Ubuntu!

2011-03-10 Thread John MM
On 08/03/11 20:47, Colin Law wrote: On 8 March 2011 13:01, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I have just purchased a Haynes Manual for Ubuntu! 'Everything you need to get started with Ubuntu Linux' Very neat.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Haynes Manual for Ubuntu!

2011-03-10 Thread John MM
Ok, having looked though this book, I have its amazing. Clear, easy to understand, and it has pictures. The best thing I am liking is the command line stuff, some things I dont know, and its making it easier to understand, so thanks for posting this to the list. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Haynes Manual for Ubuntu!

2011-03-08 Thread John MM
On 08/03/11 14:21, Alan Pope wrote: On 8 March 2011 13:01, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I have just purchased a Haynes Manual for Ubuntu! 'Everything you need to get started with Ubuntu Linux' Very neat.

[ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 43461 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 45194 package 'virtualbox-2.2': error in Version string

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 11:50, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 March 2011 11:43, John MMscoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: -- multiple snip-- error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character error in Version string '2.2.4-47978_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character Hi, I wonder if somebody can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 12:04, J Fernyhough wrote: Alrighty then - delete /var/lib/dpkg/status ! It will get regenerated when you update your sources again. Jonathon Brilliant, deleted that, I am getting more used to using the Terminal and it worked. Ok, will try see if that changed anything. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 12:04, J Fernyhough wrote: Alrighty then - delete /var/lib/dpkg/status ! It will get regenerated when you update your sources again. Jonatho um, bit of a problem, how do I regenerate my sources again? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 12:20, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 March 2011 12:18, John MMscoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: um, bit of a problem, how do I regenerate my sources again? $ sudo apt-get update Tried that, and I get this E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 12:20, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 March 2011 12:18, John MMscoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: um, bit of a problem, how do I regenerate my sources again? $ sudo apt-get update ok, sorted, created file 'status' on Desktop, moved file to /var/lib/dpkg/ then did sudo apt-get update,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 12:20, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 March 2011 12:18, John MMscoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: um, bit of a problem, how do I regenerate my sources again? $ sudo apt-get update I tried updating, and found a load of updates via the update manager, but it wont update now, I get this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 13:11, Alan Bell wrote: top tip, when asking questions on IRC, stick around for more than a few minutes to get an answer! Alan. Thank you for the tip, but do have any thing more than that to offer? I really appreciate the tip, but it would be helpful to get a little bit more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
Ok, to cap, I had an error this morning, and was advised to delete my /var/lib/dpkg/status, which I did. Problem is, it left with me a worse error, and me being unable to update anything. Suffice to say, I now have an error saying 'InstallArchives failed' with 141 updates in the Update manaer,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 14:50, Grant Sewell wrote: Unfortunately /var/lib/dpkg/status is quite an important file and (as far as I am aware) there is no real way to re-generate it. Essentially it holds details of each package that's installed, and those that have been installed and removed (but not purged),

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 16:57, Alan Bell wrote: nstallArchives() failed: warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 46354 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 48216

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 17:27, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 March 2011 14:50, Grant Sewelldcg...@thymox.co.uk wrote: Unfortunately /var/lib/dpkg/status is quite an important file and (as far as I am aware) there is no real way to re-generate it. Essentially it holds details of each package that's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 16:57, Alan Bell wrote: nstallArchives() failed: warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 46354 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.14-58977_Ubuntu_karmic': invalid character in revision number warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 48216

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 18:38, J Fernyhough wrote: First, chill. Second, I was replying to Grant. Third, I assumed that you had a basic knowledge of how Ubuntu works. If you need immediate help you should use IRC; email by its very nature is non-realtime. If you must know I was washing my car after lunch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 18:37, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: It has been said many times, if you don't know what your doing, don't do it. You can't expect volunteers to wait around all day just incase someone they spoke to earlier hits another stumbling block. If you want that sort of support, dig deep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
On 06/03/11 19:10, Alan Bell wrote: Here is the pastebin dump of those lines you wanted, its long 2000 odd lines, which is why I posted it to pastebin. Hope it helops. http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/576535/ no help whatsoever unfortuntately as I was looking for the stuff at about line 46,354

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......Fixed......

2011-03-06 Thread John MM
Just to let everybody know, I would like to say a huge thank you to Alan Ball and popey and others who helped for helping me fix the errors that I posted about earlier. It took going into the /var/lib/dpkg/status file and deleting all mention of virtualbox. Now, I dont have any errors when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
On 05/03/11 08:14, Matthew Daubney wrote: Not sure if this will help, but I've never got nautilus to work happily in that manner with SMB, however, if you hit ctrl+l in a nautilus window it will drop you into the address bar. Now just type smb://192.168.x.x/ and hit enter. It should now show

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
On 05/03/11 07:13, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Look in the directory that you ran the xev command from - I don't know why he was expecting it to be in /tmp Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Bruce Beardallbruc...@gmail.com Sender:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
On 05/03/11 10:53, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi John, Let me explain how the redirect works. When you use somefile.log after a command, that means send any output from the command to somefile.log Because we didn't specify an exact location for the file, it gets created in the current

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
Well, I have to say this, since upgraqding to 10.04 from 9.04, I have not been able to use my file share on my computers. I have tried looking, tried asking, more times than I want, and I have to say, after spending most of the day today, almost demading questions answered, I got my answer.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
On 05/03/11 18:35, Matthew Daubney wrote: If you've not changed it (based on reading I doubt you have) the domain is probably WORKGROUP. You username/password for your Ubuntu shares will be whatever user you assigned to the shares in the smb.conf file (the valid users = timmy johnny line), I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-05 Thread John MM
On 05/03/11 18:35, Matthew Daubney wrote: If you've not changed it (based on reading I doubt you have) the domain is probably WORKGROUP. You username/password for your Ubuntu shares will be whatever user you assigned to the shares in the smb.conf file (the valid users = timmy johnny line), I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Ok, have been trying to work with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 09:18, Simon Greenwood wrote: The samba directory should be owned by root. Everything else looks correct from your ls output. Your shared folders should be owned by you. In Windows, a machine's user has defacto admin rights. The question that Vista and Windows 7 asks about making

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, well, I found this, if I run me@me-laptop:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.x.x Enter me's password: Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.4] Sharename Type Comment - --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$IPC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
ok, think I found something, I tried running testparm smb.conf inside samba directory, and it seems I dont have the smb.conf file. I tried looking for it, in the directory, and couldnt see it anywhere. Where should it be, and if its really isnt there, how do I ge it. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: What do you see if you select Places Network Colin I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just discovered, I cant find my smb.conf file in the samba directory. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 10:59, Andy Partington wrote: smb.conf is in /etc/samba/ smb.conf get's generated on installing Samba from memory, so if you don't have one samba didn't install correctly ? Just running testparm on it's own will look in the default dir. Hi, thank you for the reply, ok, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name Everyone to a SID. Memory allocation error' I now have an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, fixed that problem, but when I go into PlacesNetwork, and click on the Windows Icon, I still get 'Unable to mount location - Failed to retrieve share list from server' I have tried everything, why should I still be getting that error message. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 12:08, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 04/03/11 11:30, John MM wrote: Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or the Windows Partition. When I go into PlacesNetwork, I click on the Icon in there, and still get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 01/03/11 18:45, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: It appears that installing Samba from the Ubuntu Software Centre doesn't actually install Samba - it installs something else! I've now installed Samba4 from Synaptic and running sudo netstat -auntp | grep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 09:22, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 08:51, John MM wrote: what is smbtree? Open a terminal and type man smbtree NAME smbtree - A text based smb network browser SYNOPSIS smbtree [-b] [-D] [-S] DESCRIPTION This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. smbtree is a smb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 11:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: A quick Google would also show that there isn't much more to know than what is in the man page. Smbtree prints a list of available servers and devices in your domain in the same way as Network Neighborhood does in Windows, but it does it on the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 11:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: A quick Google would also show that there isn't much more to know than what is in the man page. Smbtree prints a list of available servers and devices in your domain in the same way as Network Neighborhood does in Windows, but it does it on the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 12:00, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 11:01, John MM wrote: Um, ok 'man' has been proven to be difficult to understand even by the best of you, it isnt written for newbies, and I look at it, and it makes absoluteluy no sense to me at all. What is hard to understand? smbtree

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 12:13, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/03/11 11:47, John MM wrote: I did actaully say I had the same problem the error 255, you must have missed the e-mail. Hi, Has anybody managed to get this sorted, has it been taken off list. I have been trying to follow what is going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba and use SSHFS instead, which is built into

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 12:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: OK, I've just had a look back for your original query, and it would appear that you're trying to connect two machines running Ubuntu using Samba. The people who replied suggested that you don't use Samba and use SSHFS instead, which is built into

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 12:40, Simon Greenwood wrote: As far as I'm concerned, absolutely nothing. A similar question doesn't necessarily have a similar answer. I have to point out that you were given a solution, which was basically 'don't use samba', which I think is a reasonable reply. I have to admit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 13:19, Simon Greenwood wrote: running 'smbtree -D domain How do I find out what domain is, is it my IP address or what? As far as this machine, it seems if I go to /var/lib/samba/usershares all the files in there are locked. They have a lock on them. Before updating to 10.04, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
Just to show, when I try to share, the message I get is 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: failed to add share documents. Error was Operation not permitted' -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most likely root. I think I need to do this with a machine running Ubuntu in front of me, so I'll get back to you tonight. s/ Ok, thank you. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 18:50, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 3 March 2011 13:46, John MM scoundrel...@gmail.com mailto:scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/03/11 13:54, Simon Greenwood wrote: The lock means that they are owned by root or another user, but most likely root. I think I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown username:username /var/lib/usershares/sharename'.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown username:username

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown username:username /var/lib/usershares/sharename'.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 03/03/11 19:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: No, that's OK at the moment. /var/lib/samba/usershares should contain files with the names of shares on your machine. These files should be owned by you. If they aren't, from terminal, type 'sudo chown username:username

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Um, when I look in the samba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-03 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Appologies, just woke up, forget

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-01 Thread John MM
On 01/03/11 18:18, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 18:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/03/11 17:37, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Did you run sudo netstat -auntp | grep samba That's interesting - that command doesn't give any

[ubuntu-uk] Unable to share files over network.

2011-02-18 Thread John MM
I am running Ubuntu 1-0.10 on both my machines. I have tried a few thigns already to get the network to wowk, but I cant. If I go to PlacesNetwork I see just a windows Icon with no Ubuntu Icon there to share, and when i click on it, it says unable to mount. I have gone into Nautilus and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu

2011-02-10 Thread John MM
You could try LDXE, I think that is what its called, that is a basic Ubuntu as well. I quite liked it when I had it running. On 10/02/11 16:47, Rob Beard wrote: I might have another look at Lubuntu, I've been looking into a basic lightweight distro for two P3 laptops for a local Surestart

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
Ok, just worked out how to do the clean install of Ubuntu Netbook using usb stick. had a few problems, but got it working now. Problem is, I cant work out how to use it. Is there a guide for the Netbook version. Thanks. On 07/02/11 18:54, gazz wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 18:28 +, John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 10:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: When you say icons at the sidebar presumably you mean in the sidebar sections? Install Google Chrome and the icon will appear in the Internet section. Right-click on it to add to the Favorites section. Similarly you can right-click on the Firefox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 11:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Interesting. Not sure why And what version of Netbook Remix are you using? I am using Maverick 10.10Kernel Linux 2.6.35-26 Generic, Gnome 2.32.0 Tried putting a Disk in it? Yeh, the disc was already in there, when I inserted it. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 11:51, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Maybe that's a feature in 10.10. Tried asking on the Remix forum in Ubuntu forums? http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=376 I havent tried that yet, will try now. Have you tried taking the disk out, disconnecting, restarting,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread John MM
Hi, I have an Acer Aspire One, and I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Since upgrading to this version, I am getting the same problem, I cant use USB sticks and I cant plug in my external dvd rewriter. It gives an error 'unable to mount usb stick, not authorised'. It seems to be a Ubuntu problem, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread John MM
-07 at 18:28 +, John MM wrote: Hi, I have an Acer Aspire One, and I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Since upgrading to this version, I am getting the same problem, I cant use USB sticks and I cant plug in my external dvd rewriter. It gives an error 'unable to mount usb stick, not authorised