Re: [ubuntu-uk] networking two pcs- Ubuntu and xubuntu

2007-02-14 Thread Garry Knight
STONE COLD wrote: > Ideally i want my main pc to see the secondary pc and be able to save > stuff on it! ive looked at the network tools but really didnt get anywhere > with that! You didn't say which versions you're using, but it shouldn't matter. As other posters have hinted, you use NFS (Netwo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Llywelyn Owen wrote: Hello Llywelyn, > I need to install the kernel source on my Dapper laptop, the Synaptic > package manager shows v 2.4.27-12 is available for download. kernel-source-* are legacy packages imported from Debian. You DON'T want these.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] networking two pcs- Ubuntu and xubuntu

2007-02-14 Thread Will Cooke
On 14/02/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi , I was wondering if someone could help. Ive connected my pc running ubuntu (main pc) with a pc running xubuntu (secondary pc). They are connected via one of those linkys ethernet routers! ive managed to get the internet working on the sec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] networking two pcs- Ubuntu and xubuntu

2007-02-14 Thread Caroline Ford
STONE COLD wrote: > Hi , > > I was wondering if someone could help. > > Ive connected my pc running ubuntu (main pc) with a pc running xubuntu > (secondary pc). They are connected via one of those linkys ethernet routers! > ive managed to get the internet working on the secondary pc but im unable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] networking two pcs- Ubuntu and xubuntu

2007-02-14 Thread baza
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 20:47 +, STONE COLD wrote: > Hi , > > I was wondering if someone could help. > > Ive connected my pc running ubuntu (main pc) with a pc running xubuntu > (secondary pc). They are connected via one of those linkys ethernet routers! > ive managed to get the internet work

[ubuntu-uk] networking two pcs- Ubuntu and xubuntu

2007-02-14 Thread STONE COLD
Hi , I was wondering if someone could help. Ive connected my pc running ubuntu (main pc) with a pc running xubuntu (secondary pc). They are connected via one of those linkys ethernet routers! ive managed to get the internet working on the secondary pc but im unable to see any folders or anyth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 18:23 +, alan c wrote: > Really? I am surprised. Try buying a Dell computer over the phone. They will do almost anything to get your business. If you can be bothered to keep putting up with their calls you can get quite good deals. It's no different than the comparison be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

2007-02-14 Thread SteVe Cook
alan c wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: >>> Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* >>> windows? >>> For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now >>> offering vista. Only. >>> >> Not strictly true. Tr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] renouveau - helping the nvidia driver team.

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adam McMaster wrote: > I've done this. I'm just wondering, would it be useful to do it > multiple times, or would that just produce exactly the same data? I don't know for sure, but it's unlikely that more than one would help (unless you happen to c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

2007-02-14 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: >> Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* >> windows? >> For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now >> offering vista. Only. >> > > Not strictly true. Try phoning them up r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] renouveau - helping the nvidia driver team.

2007-02-14 Thread Adam McMaster
On 14 Feb 2007, at 16:52, Daniel Watkins wrote: > For those who don't want to check the forum out, these are the > instructions detailed there: > 1.) Download http://jeff.crowell.googlepages.com/renoveau.tar.gz > 2.) Untar this file and switch to the directory. > 3.) Run 'renouveau' command > 4.)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] renouveau - helping the nvidia driver team.

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those who don't want to check the forum out, these are the instructions detailed there: 1.) Download http://jeff.crowell.googlepages.com/renoveau.tar.gz 2.) Untar this file and switch to the directory. 3.) Run 'renouveau' command 4.) Wait for REnou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:35:08AM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:21:25 + > Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:12:27 + > > Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > kernel-* is 2.4 > > > > > > > > > > Not quite. Those are Deb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: > Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* > windows? > For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now > offering vista. Only. > Not strictly true. Try phoning them up rather than ordering them onl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:21:25 + Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:12:27 + > Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > kernel-* is 2.4 > > > > > > > Not quite. Those are Debian kernels, Ubuntu ones are called linux*, > > Debian kernels (of any version) ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:12:27 + Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > kernel-* is 2.4 > > > > Not quite. Those are Debian kernels, Ubuntu ones are called linux*, > Debian kernels (of any version) are all called kernel-*. > No, they're not: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/linux-i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netgear WPN111 on ndiswrapper

2007-02-14 Thread Roberto Sarrionandia
Anything from here http://linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/ Andrew Gee wrote: > What one do you recommend to work straight away? > > On 13/02/07, *Roberto Sarrionandia* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > I couldn't get mine working, I bought a new one. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

2007-02-14 Thread alan c
Stephen Morrish wrote: > > > On 2/13/07, *Philip Wyett* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On 12/02/07, *James Tait* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Robin Menneer wrote: > > You also need to carefully define your ta

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2007 Call for Papers]

2007-02-14 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The call for talks has gone out for GUADEC (the GNOME (ubuntu desktop) conference). I know we've a few people interested in going, do we have anyone interested in doing a talk? Example subjects could be: * GNOME/Ubuntu deployments * Programming * E