[ubuntu-uk] Another Linux portable

2008-08-06 Thread Mark Fraser
Just seen this in Maplin http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225532source=1DOY=6m8 Specs are as follows: . 7-inch LCD screen and stylish piano black finish casing · Easy to use Linux operating system · Complete with Xip office applications · Multi-theme display (Child or Adult mode) ·

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another Linux portable

2008-08-06 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 06 August 2008 15:00:11 Rob Beard wrote: £169.99, as stated on the maplins site. IIRC, they are using some kind of ARM processor, and for the price I think you could pick up one of the low end EEE's, which will out perform it by some considerable margin. Probably better built

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 06 June 2008 22:45:45 Philip Wyett wrote: 2008/6/6 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Philip Wyett wrote: We should forget swap partitions unless someone specifies a custom one and work by a default install where the created swap partition is double the amount of physical RAM.

[ubuntu-uk] Group Signature

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
I've just noticed that one of the URLs that is in the sig at the bottom is wrong. https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 236806] [NEW] Black template preview with KMediaFactory

2008-06-02 Thread Mark Fraser
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kmediafactory Using Kubuntu 8.04, if I try to create a DVD menu in KMediaFactory 0.5.2 I get a black preview area with just the word 'chapters' visible. This is also visible in the .vob file that is then burnt to DVD. I have used KMediaFactory with 7.10

[Bug 236806] Re: Black template preview with KMediaFactory

2008-06-02 Thread Mark Fraser
I've now removed the KMediaFactory package and installed version 0.5.2.4 from source and the problem has gone. Think it has got something to do with ImageMagick. -- Black template preview with KMediaFactory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236806 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 178391] Re: gspca driver locking up with Logitec Quickcam for Notebooks

2008-06-01 Thread Mark Fraser
Not sure if this is the same bug, but I'm having problems with kernel 2.6.24-17-generic and a Quickcam express plus which lsusb identifies as ID 046d:092f Logitech, Inc. QuickCam express Plus Doing a dmesg shows that at 3 points during boot:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] medibuntu keys missing?

2008-05-24 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 24 May 2008 09:14:31 alan c wrote: after adding medibuntu repository as https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu and specifically (7.10) sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list I then do sudo apt-get update and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CTRL+ALT+F(n)

2008-05-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 19 May 2008 10:54:52 Michael Holloway wrote: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop sudo X -configure sudo mv location given for your new xorg /etc/X11/xorg.conf Haven't tried it yet, but will when I get home to my laptop. Would appreciate it if you could let me know if this fixes it!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon Lide25 and Xsane

2008-04-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 19 April 2008 19:39:03 Dianne Reuby wrote: I have a Canon Lide 25 scanner on Gutsy - the hardware pages report that it works out of the box, which is why I chose it. It scans OK with Xsane, but when the scanned image window comes up it fills the whole screen, covering the panels.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

2008-04-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 April 2008 18:20:01 Sean Miller wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the Canonical party ? at De Hems Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other party. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

2008-04-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 April 2008 19:23:51 Alan Pope wrote: On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: Can't we find a pub around here to go to instead?! Where here is?? Deepest darkest Somerset - Yeovil to be precise. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk

[Bug 219637] Re: Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 adept_manager --dist-upgrade-proposed no version upgrade button

2008-04-19 Thread Mark Fraser
I've had this on 2 computers. On the computer I wanted to upgrade to 8.04, I had to follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades: Press Alt+F2 and type sudo do-release-upgrade -d This then allowed me to do an upgrade through Adept. -- Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04

Re: [ubuntu-uk] joining flv files

2008-04-18 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 18 April 2008 15:55:59 Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, Not so long ago i was told of the following cat /path/to/file1.vob /path/to/file2.vob /path/to/output.vob for joining vob filesim just wondering does this work for flv files as well? i cant seem to get it to work so im

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-29 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 29 March 2008 07:12:09 Sean Miller wrote: This article about Mall School is good... http://www.linux.com/articles/48520 It's a shame they have to dual boot into Windows at all, but these things happen. My daughter is starting school and I'm hoping I won't have to reinstall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-29 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 29 March 2008 18:23:32 Gavin Ford wrote: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. Another alternative is WINE, that

[ubuntu-uk] xunil elgoog

2008-03-07 Thread Mark Fraser
Just found this one the Internet http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi?dir=/page=/linux, shame it doesn't work anymore. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[Bug 186482] Re: Please backport kaffeine 0.8.6 from Hardy

2008-02-27 Thread Mark Fraser
Update to Kaffeine 0.8.6 came through today, but Adept wants to uninstall the kaffeine-xine package. Is this package needed, or should I request that kaffeine-xine is backported too? -- Please backport kaffeine 0.8.6 from Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186482 You received this bug

[Bug 186482] Re: Please backport kaffeine 0.8.6 from Hardy

2008-02-27 Thread Mark Fraser
I think you may be right, does seem to be working OK. Just got a bit concerned when I saw a package was marked for removal. -- Please backport kaffeine 0.8.6 from Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186482 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stage6 shutting down!!!

2008-02-25 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 25 February 2008 15:28:32 Javad Ayaz wrote: http://www.stage6.com/ Im devastated!!! :( So am I now, I hadn't heard about that site until you just told me :( -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Skype 2.0 beta

2008-02-09 Thread Mark Fraser
I've just done a package update and found I had 2 updates for Skype. When I loaded it I noticed it was version 2.0 (beta), which means webcam support :) Tried it with my Logitech webcam and it detects it, just need to do a live test now. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 07 February 2008 11:50:36 Andrew Oakley wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:00:22AM +, Andrew Oakley wrote: A higher quality option would be to buy a cheap Freeview Playback box My Freeview box (Humax 9200T) has an odd disk layout that isn't easily

[Bug 125986] Re: [MASTER] No flash after update of flashplugin-nonfree

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Fraser
Kubuntu 7.10 x86 Updated Flash player yesterday after which Flash wouldn't work in Firefox. Had to uninstall and reinstall to get it working again. -- [MASTER] No flash after update of flashplugin-nonfree https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125986 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 125986] Re: [MASTER] No flash after update of flashplugin-nonfree

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Fraser
Kubuntu 7.10 x86 Updated Flash player yesterday after which Flash wouldn't work in Firefox. Had to uninstall and reinstall to get it working again. -- [MASTER] No flash after update of flashplugin-nonfree https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125986 You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

2008-01-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 January 2008 20:32:18 Chris Smith wrote: Javad Ayaz wrote: This command in terminal i take it? Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob file2.vob ? Yeah this is a command to be run in the terminal. You need to specify the paths to the files, I was

[Bug 110373] Re: No progress indicator when fsck run on non-root partition during boot

2007-12-21 Thread Mark Fraser
Think this is the same as the problem I've experienced on 2 machines both running Kubuntu 7.10 one with 2 PATA other with 1 PATA and 1 SATA. The progress indicator doesn't show for any partitions on the slave/2nd drive, doesn't help that one is 200GB and the other 500GB. -- No progress indicator

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-09 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 08 November 2007 17:24:50 Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 08 November 2007 15:33:29 Javad Ayaz wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) Looks OK here :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[Bug 144239] Re: bug wifi rt61 gutsy

2007-11-06 Thread Mark Fraser
I have managed to get the rt61 drivers working on one computer by installing the module from serialmonkey, but I can't get it to work on another computer even though I've followed exactly the same procedure. Any ideas? -- bug wifi rt61 gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144239 You received

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [RESOLVED] PCI Wirless card recommendation

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 22 October 2007 18:58:48 Tony Arnold wrote: On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 14:35 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Can anyone recommend a PCI based Wireless card that is known to work well with Gutsy, preferably out of the box? The recommendation in various places is for RAlink chipset devices

[Bug 158479] GDebi can't handle paths which include spaces

2007-10-29 Thread Mark Fraser
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdebi If the path to a .deb file contains the space character then when GDebi tries to install the package it fails with an error box containing: The package file does not exist A nonexistent file has been selected for installation. Please select an

[Bug 158479] Re: GDebi can't handle paths which include spaces

2007-10-29 Thread Mark Fraser
Forgot to mention this is with Kubuntu 7.10 Final release, so the package could be gdebi-kde. -- GDebi can't handle paths which include spaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158479 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 153561] Re: can't mount usb stick

2007-10-29 Thread Mark Fraser
I've figured out the cause of the error, the devices I was trying to use were USB2.0 and for some reason the motherboard doesn't support USB2. If I remove the EHCI drivers, I am able to use the devices as USB1.1. -- can't mount usb stick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153561 You received this

[Bug 144239] Re: bug wifi rt61 gutsy

2007-10-22 Thread Mark Fraser
I'm also getting this with lspci: Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI I have change the /etc/network/interfaces file as above, but I still have to disable/enable the connection from within System Settings. This card was working fine with Kubuntu 7.04. Have tried using

[Bug 133358] Re: kdesudo not work in Tribe 4

2007-10-18 Thread Mark Fraser
I'm still getting this with Kubuntu 7.10 RC1 - kdesu and sudo. -- kdesudo not work in Tribe 4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133358 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 153561] can't mount usb stick

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Fraser
Public bug reported: I have a USB memory stick that works fine on one computer with Kubuntu 7.04, but it won't mount on another one with Kubuntu 7.10. /var/log/messages contains: Oct 17 11:13:10 Woody kernel: [ 6596.811796] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8 Oct 17

[Bug 153557] Can't play DVD Videos with Kubuntu 7.10

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Fraser
Public bug reported: I'm having trouble playing DVD Videos with Kubuntu 7.10. Kaffeine says that it can't mount the drive. Looking at the properties of the disk on the desktop, both the user and group are 4294967295. $ mount /dev/hdc on /media/cdrom0 type udf (ro,user=tfraser) ** Affects:

[Bug 153557] Re: Can't play DVD Videos with Kubuntu 7.10

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Fraser
That's fixed it, thanks. -- Can't play DVD Videos with Kubuntu 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153557 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?

2007-10-06 Thread Mark Fraser
non-free packages, 1.1% of 1381 installed packages. pete lewis - 28 non-free packages, 1.5% of 1893 installed packages. Mark Fraser - 21 non-free packages, 1.3% of 1603 installed packages Not sure what this means though: Non-free packages with status other than installed on rachael opera

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mythbuntu- stable release

2007-10-03 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 13:37:29 STONE COLD wrote: hi, Just wanted to know if anyone can tell me when a stable version based on gutsy will be released? ive looked everywhere and cant see it! cheers Well, the public beta's just been released http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/67 --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting: a request.

2007-09-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 18:58:49 Alec Wright wrote: On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:55 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: *** Please stop Top-Posting *** Two is fine How many sugars? I'd rather have coffee if possible. Coffee or tea? I was just about to ask what this list's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux may void the warranty

2007-09-15 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 15 September 2007 20:37:34 Ian Pascoe wrote: Doesn't PCW supply ready installed Linux too? Not that I've noticed, it's either Windows Vista or Mac in my local store. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange Livebox (internet) with Ubuntu

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 13 September 2007 22:14:05 William Woodhead wrote: If you've already got a router I'd suggest sticking with that and eithre FlogIt! or Freecycle the freebie. To my knowledge, the Livebox isn't a freebie, more a loaned item. Once you terminate your contract afaik you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange Livebox (internet) with Ubuntu

2007-09-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 13 September 2007 11:23:21 Dianne Reuby wrote: Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about changing my ISP, and a friend has recommended Orange, which he uses for his business. We're already Orange mobile customers, but as I'm new to Ubuntu I'm wondering if anyone already uses the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 07:54:52 Sean Miller wrote: Ian Pascoe wrote: Yeah, after all Brum is the second city and for those who protest that it's Manchester - well, protest away! I'd personally prefer London, perhaps because I've been to Birmingham far too many times on

[Bug 63418] Re: CPU soft lockup during boot if ipw3945 kill switch is on

2007-08-23 Thread Mark Fraser
I had the same thing happen today after doing a reboot. Got as far as Checking File Systems - fsck 1.40-WIP (14 Nov-2006) was doing a forced check on one of my backup hard drives when the system locked up with [71:492208] Bug: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! This is with Feisty fully updated and

Re: Please backport xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty

2007-07-30 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 28 July 2007 21:59:53 John Dong wrote: On 7/28/07, Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 28 July 2007 20:37:15 John Dong wrote: On 7/28/07, Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As subject, any chance of backporting xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty? Please file a bug

Please backport xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
As subject, any chance of backporting xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty? -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports

[Bug 128940] Please backport xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
Public bug reported: Current version is 0.5.44-1.1 Supposed to fix bugs in tv_grab_rt_uk amongst others. ** Affects: feisty-backports (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Please backport xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128940 You received this

Re: Please backport xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 28 July 2007 20:37:15 John Dong wrote: On 7/28/07, Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As subject, any chance of backporting xmltv 0.5.45-5 to Feisty? Please file a bug report in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/feisty-backports I did that after I realised what I

[Bug 16285] Re: Wrong timezone location for ex-YU Europe countries in Time Date settings

2007-06-01 Thread Mark Fraser
I'm having a similar problem here in England and Kubuntu 7.04. Even though /etc/timezone shows Europe/London, System Settings:Date Time shows my local timezone as Europe/Guernsey (BST). Going into admin mode and changing it has no effect. -- Wrong timezone location for ex-YU Europe countries in

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