Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread baz
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 19:40 +0100, Kris Marsh wrote: > On 4/17/07, baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. > > > > Baz > > Hi Baz, > > Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure the upgrade > will be fine for you, but the usu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread TheVeech
Stating the obvious, I know, but just a word of warning: I've had updates to a new release fail miserably, so be sure to back up your data beforehand in case the short cut turns out to be anything but. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> I got this by typing update-manager --help in a terminal: > > Usage: update-manager [options] Thanks Eamonn - I guess I should have thought of that :-P !! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 4/17/07, ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - From Gnome, press + > > - Type the following into the run box: > > gksudo 'update-manager -c -d' [snip] > Do you have to edit the sources.list to point to the new release ? No. update-manager does that for you automatically. -Eamonn -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 4/17/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (gksu "update-manager -c" ) > > Hey. > > Can anyone point we towards any documentation for the switches used > after update-manager ? -c -d etc I got this by typing update-manager --help in a terminal: Usage: update-manager [options] O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> (gksu "update-manager -c" ) Hey. Can anyone point we towards any documentation for the switches used after update-manager ? -c -d etc Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread ted
Kris Marsh wrote: > On 4/17/07, baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. >> >> Baz >> > > Hi Baz, > > Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure the upgrade > will be fine for you, but the usual disclaimers apply. There

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Robin Stent
B-3 wrote: > > I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean install because > I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to go through that > again. > > So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. > > Baz > I would expect it to be the same as the Dappe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 19:10 +0100, baz wrote: > I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean install because > I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to go through that > again. > > So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. https://help.ubuntu.com/com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread Kris Marsh
On 4/17/07, baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. > > Baz Hi Baz, Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure the upgrade will be fine for you, but the usual disclaimers apply. There's always that remote possibility that your

[ubuntu-uk] upgrade to Fiesty

2007-04-17 Thread baz
I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean install because I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to go through that again. So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo. Baz -- + http://walkertopia.com Free Multi User Dungeon on l

[ubuntu-uk] FW: The Latest Wireless

2007-04-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
Don't know how effective it would be but doing a bit of a Blue Peter job Paste some tin foil onto a bit of card with shiny side out, bend card into shape of a parabola ensuring that antenna is surrounded except for opening towards garden and hey! boosted signal in one direction, but enough s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Parties

2007-04-17 Thread Dean Sas
Ciaran Mooney wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any plans for release parties around the UK on Friday or Sat? > Only in London as far as I know, see the below message. > > Original Message > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:59:21 +0100 > From: Jane Silber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Stephen Garton
On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 02:02:27PM +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Snip] > > > I watch BBC programmes using > > > mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the same way as realplayer - the > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless

2007-04-17 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 11:41 +0100, Chris Wright wrote: > > I'm just starting to appreciate this. It's ten times better than > being > > stuck indoors, plus I won't suffer from geek pastiness for much > longer! > > I work from home, so getting with the recent sun and warmth, working > outside in

[ubuntu-uk] proposed Bracknell activity

2007-04-17 Thread alan c
I would like to complement my regular bracknell computer fair 'Infopoint' activity with a bracknell town centre event some time this year - maybe a simple leaflet handout, maybe something more spectacular (?) The 'Infopoint' table is geared for FOSS - Freedom Software, and related information.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread James Tait
Stephen Garton wrote: > IIRC, uninstalling totem-mozilla removes ubuntu-desktop, which I > always understood to be a bad thing when doing things like (for > example right now) testing Feisty, as ubuntu-desktop will pull in new > stuff etc etc. It seems, in Feisty at least, that totem-mozilla is re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Stephen Garton
On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Snip] > I watch BBC programmes using > mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the same way as realplayer - the > little box pops up when you click video on the bbc website and the video > plays in it. It just works. > At the risk of taking this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread alan c
Stephen Garton wrote: > On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Snip] >> I watch BBC programmes using >> mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the same way as realplayer - the >> little box pops up when you click video on the bbc website and the video >> plays in it. It just works.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 02:02:27PM +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Snip] > > I watch BBC programmes using > > mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the same way as realplayer - the > > little box pops up when you click video on the bbc website

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 10:58:30PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: >> Or is there a way to play real audio and video without the non-free >> realplayer? >> > > Yes, I dont have realplayer installed at all, I watch BBC programmes using > mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the s

[ubuntu-uk] Release Parties

2007-04-17 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Hi, Are there any plans for release parties around the UK on Friday or Sat? CiarĂ¡n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Wright
TheVeech wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 17:41 +0100, Chris Wright wrote: >> TheVeech wrote: >>> What's the latest in wireless that's available on Ubuntu? I'm using 'b' >>> & 'g', but what's the state of play with 'n'/'pre-n'? >>> >>> If that's currently a no-go, any tips for extending existing cov

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Lee Tambiah
I usually use the Firefox Media connectivity plugin, this usually works for most things. You can configure it so it responds to different medias. Where you have embedded media it will put a black box which you can click, that will then open the media player that you have configured and your away.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:23:42AM +0100, Andrew Barber wrote: > Would it be worth emailing somebody in the BBC and telling them to > maybe add a link to their window on what you need to run video on > GNU/Linux. I don't think it's appropriate to put something inside that window. They do have a h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Andrew Barber
On 17/04/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 10:58:30PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > > Or is there a way to play real audio and video without the non-free > > realplayer? > > > > Yes, I dont have realplayer installed at all, I watch BBC programmes using > mplayer mozil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 10:58:30PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Or is there a way to play real audio and video without the non-free > realplayer? > Yes, I dont have realplayer installed at all, I watch BBC programmes using mplayer mozilla plugin. It works in much the same way as realplayer - the