Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 6.06.1 newbie

2007-03-24 Thread alan c
Sean Sims wrote: Hi, welcome! I have installed ubuntu 6.06.1 on my laptop after the HDD went pear shaped and i had to reformat. trying linux on it, but have played about with it very basically a couple of years age, my problem is that on installing ubuntu it does not ask for a password

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-24 Thread alan c
Michael Wood wrote: Hi, Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like to open a discussion. Firstly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 6.06.1 newbie

2007-03-24 Thread Chris Rowson
or am i going senial, and investing in vista! language! :-) (invest?) It always confuses me when people pay to downgrade to vista lol ;-P Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UKTeam meeting update

2007-03-24 Thread alan c
Robin Menneer wrote: On 3/21/07, Michael Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robin Menneer wrote: On 3/21/07, Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you know there are 380 subscribers to the UK Maillist allowing for duplicates and metoo addresses thats not a small number of people chatting

[ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to allow me to do fsck and stuff. I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work. I was able to get things started again because, luckily, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*. Out of the box, Ubuntu is configured to use 'sudo' and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Michael Wood wrote: Colin Murphy wrote: What is the approved way of working in this rescue situation without a root password? I've set my root password by doing sudo su then passwd If people are going to set root passwords, then *please remember them*. Ubuntu does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Leon Barker
On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of getting around this problem. You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD. Leon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote: On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:47 +, Leon Barker wrote: On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of getting around this problem. You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD. It is true, if a CD drive had been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free penguin with every purchase... (WAS Re: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 41)

2007-03-24 Thread Pete Ryland
On 23/03/07, Dean Sas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For whatever reason Ubuntu decided to drop the word linux from their brand name in 2005 or so. The website for example used to be ubuntulinux.com. The reason for calling it Ubuntu over Ubuntu Linux was mainly for avoiding the whole Linux -