Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam 2012 - London

2012-09-07 Thread Simon Watson
Hi Laura, I'm interested in coming along to this - but can't guarantee I can make it. If numbers are limited then don't include me - but if it is just a matter of having my name on the list so I can pop along if I can - please put me down :-) Cheers, Simon On 7 September 2012 10:36, Laura

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam and other Events

2012-08-17 Thread Simon Watson
13th September Brighton Happy Hour - someone suggested Brighton and the date which is a great idea, but I don't recall who it was, or what pub was specified, Someone pick a pub in Brighton and lets make this happen! Please can people in the area reply with pub suggestions and a general

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam and other Events

2012-08-17 Thread Simon Watson
I have no fixed abode at the moment :-) It will either be Brighton, or somewhere near Bermondsy/London Bridge! Cheers, Simon On 17 August 2012 11:59, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: On 17/08/12 11:49, Simon Watson wrote: Hopefully I can just make the journey down anyway if I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Shell accounts

2012-07-25 Thread Simon Watson
Plus vote for bitfolk.com vps! From: Alan Pope Sent: 25/07/2012 10:40 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Shell accounts On 25/07/12 09:37, Sean Miller wrote: On 25 July 2012 09:33, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: I was wondering if anybody on the list can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Team Meeting

2012-07-22 Thread Simon Watson
How about Brighton? I've been banging on about trying to arrange one for ages. I have a couple of different venues in mind, both a short walk from Brighton station - would just need to gain some consensus on a date? How about Thursday 13th of September? On 21 July 2012 23:21, Bruno Girin

[Bug 878918] Re: Keyboard shortcuts works badly

2012-03-25 Thread Simon Watson
Hi Aram, The bug report you suggest seems to suggest that everything is working correctly. Or at least, no different to what I would expect. You could you confirm the problem you are experiencing? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 951008] Re: Google Maps street view doesn't work

2012-03-25 Thread Simon Watson
This works fine for me on both Firefox and Google Chrome on Precise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951008 Title: Google Maps street view doesn't work To manage notifications about

[Bug 964765] Re: Display crashes and flashes constantly

2012-03-25 Thread Simon Watson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 963093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/963093 I believe this bug to be a duplicate of one I experienced. I have marked it as such - and hopefully some of the work arounds on there will resolve your problem. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug

[Bug 963066] Re: Hibernation mode or sleep mode fails

2012-03-25 Thread Simon Watson
It would be useful to provide further information on this bug. The output of apt-cache policy linux-image Will give the information to required to assign this bug an appropriate category -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 945632] Re: Laptop touchpad scroll problem

2012-03-25 Thread Simon Watson
It almost sounds like you're getting a 'middle click' action (which always used to paste stuff in). I think this was at a lower level than unity, i.e. an X.org feature. I -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 963514] [NEW] Lots of graphics glitches when using dash (and other components)

2012-03-23 Thread Simon Watson
Public bug reported: I upgraded in the last day or so, and a previously solid Ubuntu 12.04 install, has gone down hill fast. If I am using an application (for example chrome as I write this) everything is fine. If I try and use anything involving unity (the dash, the global menu, the app

[Bug 948820] Re: HUD denial of service

2012-03-12 Thread Simon Watson
I can confirm the same problem occurs on my install - but the hud CPU hasn't yet recovered after approximately 10 minutes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948820 Title: HUD denial of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-11 Thread Simon Watson
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote: Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you know but not very well) says Hey, what's that on your computer?. Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them

[Bug 946207] Re: apport-cli crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _get_details(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

2012-03-06 Thread Simon Watson
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946207 Title: apport-cli crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _get_details(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Regular updates, and alpha/beta releases .....

2012-02-09 Thread Simon Watson
My understanding is you'll have the same version more or less. Can't vouch for any customisations but I am in the same position and that's my understanding! From: Barry Drake Sent: 09/02/2012 09:08 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Regular updates, and alpha/beta releases . Hi there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bottom quoting - was mbr

2012-01-30 Thread Simon Watson
Very well said! --Original Message-- From: Alan Bell Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] bottom quoting - was mbr Sent: 30 Jan 2012 15:28 and I thought we had settled on sandwich posting. Lets move on

[ubuntu-uk] A talk on Ubuntu/Opensource

2012-01-15 Thread Simon Watson
Hi all, Is anyone interested/willing/able to present a lecture on Ubuntu, developments in open source, that sort of thing? The talk would normally be about 45 minutes long, on an evening, and would most likely be in either Crawley (near Gatwick Airport) or Brighton. The audience would be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting 9PM tonight

2012-01-12 Thread Simon Watson
I can't make it - but would like a sussex based happy hour to be considered :) Happy new year to all! --Original Message-- From: Alan Bell Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: UK Ubuntu Talk ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting 9PM tonight Sent: 12 Jan 2012

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting 9PM tonight

2012-01-12 Thread Simon Watson
: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting 9PM tonight Sent: 12 Jan 2012 21:06 On 12/01/12 18:43, Simon Watson wrote: I can't make it - but would like a sussex based happy hour to be considered :) name a pub and a day and we will absolutely do that Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer?

2012-01-04 Thread Simon Watson
I have a canon Ip4000 that does cd printing. That said, I haven't tried cd printing in ubuntu. It sounds like the sort of thing that I'd just use windows for out of fear of it being too complicated/aggravating in ubuntu. -Original Message- From: David King linux...@avoura.com Sender:

[Bug 908138] [NEW] gnome-screensaver unlock/switch user buttons unclickable

2011-12-23 Thread Simon Watson
Public bug reported: When I suspend my laptop (Samsung NC10) and resume the system. The gnome-screensaver lock dialog box appears. This is fully functional, I can enter my password and unlock without problem - except that you cannot use the mouse to click on the Unlock or Switch User buttons.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Simon Watson
Gareth, I do get the feeling that you haven't really planned ahead in setting up your business. It would seem that you'd want to get this stuff sorted out further in advance. Simon -Original Message- From: Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04

2011-09-26 Thread Simon Watson
Personally I would say, stability and that alone. 11.04 and 11.10 have both seemed a little unstable, and sluggish. A round of concentrating on really honing what we have? Simon --Original Message-- From: Alan Pope Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: British Ubuntu Talk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04

2011-09-26 Thread Simon Watson
Seconded :) --Original Message-- From: Tyler J. Wagner Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: UK Ubuntu Talk Cc: Alan Pope ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04 Sent: 26 Sep 2011 14:02 On 2011-09-26 13:48, Alan Pope wrote: I wondered what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04

2011-09-26 Thread Simon Watson
To be fair, you'd kind of hope that would be the aim of a LTS release. Otherwise you just risk losing reputation. Simon -Original Message- From: Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:53:26 To: UK Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour

2011-09-25 Thread Simon Watson
Sounds good - should be able to make this one! Simon On 24 September 2011 19:06, d...@fishms.org d...@fishms.org wrote: Can I suggest that the next ubuntu uk happy to hour (London branch) is on Thursday 10th November from 7pm. The Cask in pimlico for this one - who knows, with regular

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour

2011-09-25 Thread Simon Watson
I'd be interested in getting involved. Simon -Original Message- From: Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:18:13 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour

2011-09-24 Thread Simon Watson
Sounds good to me! Was away on a course in bournemouth otherwise would have attended. Simon --Original Message-- From: Bruno Girin Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Sent: 24 Sep 2011 11:25 Hi all,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour

2011-09-24 Thread Simon Watson
Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's easier for people from outside London to join? So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. That way more people can attend from outside London. Cheers, Simon -Original Message-

[Bug 810093] Re: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable

2011-09-17 Thread Simon Watson
Confirmed still occurs on 3.0.0-11-generic #18 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810093 Title: The new (2.6.39+)

[Bug 823825] Re: [Oneiric] Cups hangs on restart during upgrade Natty-Oneiric

2011-09-16 Thread Simon Watson
Identical issue here, natty - oneiric beta1 upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823825 Title: [Oneiric] Cups hangs on restart during upgrade Natty-Oneiric To manage

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

2011-09-13 Thread Simon Watson
Is there enough interest for a sussex based meet/release party? I'd be interested in helping organise but don't know if there is any existing interest already. Regards, Simon --Original Message-- From: Alan Bell Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: UK Ubuntu Talk ReplyTo: UK

[Bug 363695] Re: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU

2011-06-21 Thread Simon Watson
I too have this on natty - samsung nc10 - makes the computer nearly unusable! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363695 Title: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU To manage

[Bug 157313] Re: The headphone jack in the docking station doesn't work

2008-07-15 Thread Simon Watson
Just to confirm I've also noticed this problem... I'm running the latest and greatest stuff - and I still get a revolting 'buzz' along with the sound out of the dock headphone jack. Out of the port on the laptop however, the sound is fine! -- The headphone jack in the docking station doesn't