Yeah you could use NIS as centralized authentication. Its not quite as
pretty as AD but it works.
Michael Rimicans wrote:
> ""
>
> /Or you can mount /home on every machine on an NFS / SMB share. Much
> easier than it may sound. Then you get centralized management of each
> user, central store o
On 29/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
>
> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
>
> When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning Marc
On 10/29/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Josh,
>
> Josh Blacker wrote:
> > On 10/29/07, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Josh,
> >>>
> >>> Josh Blacker wrote:
> >>> which suggests the latest version of the client works. Ve
Cambridge is easy to get to from anywhere and has some great college
venues, you might even get one of them to donate a venue.
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>
** Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-29 23:32]:
> Chris Rowson wrote:
> >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
> >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
> >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
> >
> > A
** Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-29 23:18]:
> > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
> > the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
> > time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
>
> Agreed, Somewhere nice and ce
Chris Rowson wrote:
>> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
>> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
>> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tony.
>> --
>
> Agreed, Somewhere nice and central wo
> Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
> >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
> >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
> >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Tony.
> >>
Chris,
Chris Rowson wrote:
>> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
>> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
>> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tony.
>> --
>
> Agreed, Somewhere nice and ce
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
>> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
>> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
>> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tony.
>> --
>
> Agreed
>
> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
> --
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good. Birmingham se
Josh Blacker wrote:
> College provide 3 different versions of the vpn client for linux: two
> 4.6. and 4.8.. I've tried the two highest versions, but when
> running the install script for each it gets past a copyright warning
> and then hits a problem: vpnclient: 47: "(" unexpected or somet
James,
James Grabham wrote:
> If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should
> put it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
Us folks in Manchester think we are in the north too! Seriously it needs
to be somewhere in the middle really.
> (Is
John,
John Levin wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> John Levin wrote:
>>
>>> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
>>> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
>>>
>>> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
>> And also how much? Ho
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should put
it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
(Is it that subtle that im a northerner lol XD)
On 10/29/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As we've hit 12 people expressing i
Tony Arnold wrote:
> John,
>
> John Levin wrote:
>
>> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
>> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
>>
>> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
>
> And also how much? How do you see this working finan
John,
John Levin wrote:
> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
>
> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With the
ideas below we wi
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
> On 10/29/07, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Josh,
>>>
>>> Josh Blacker wrote:
>>> which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
>>>
>>> My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???,
""
/Or you can mount /home on every machine on an NFS / SMB share. Much
easier than it may sound. Then you get centralized management of each
user, central store of users data transparently and one place to back
stuff up. That would be my choice./
""
So everyone would login as normal?
Would
Renjith Nair wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> You are not the only one with wireless issues on Ubuntu. I have helped
> several people to get their wireless working on Ubuntu.. After several
> hours of tweaking when it finally start working, they make a statement
> that ' it is so easy to do this stuff in
Michael Rimicans wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>Situation:
>
>One room with ten computers (running Win2k) and network hardware
> installed.
>Internet connection running through a old Netpilot proxy box.
>Users would log into a local desktop and would only be asked for a
> username and pwd fo
Josh Blacker wrote:
On 10/29/07, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our netwo
After upgrading my old laptop from Feisty to Gutsy, the cifs shares for
my network drive are mounting fine, but an nfs share to a folder on
another computer on the network isn't.
When I 'sudo mount -a', I get
mount.nfs: :/ failed, reason given by server:
Permission denied
Given that it worke
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Mac,
>
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 15:49 +0100, Mac wrote:
>
>> I wonder if Al's reading this. I'll remind him what he told me.
>> ;-)
>>
>> Alan Pope wrote:
>> > Hi Mac,
>> >
>> > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:56 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> >> For example, linuxemporium recommends E
John Levin wrote:
> LeeGroups wrote:
>
>> I seriously don't get why people 'think everything just works' in Windows...
>>
Most people aren't interested in arguments about whether Windows has
similar problems.
Most people aren't interested in upgrading Operating Systems.
Most people enco
LeeGroups wrote:
>> We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from
>> Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly
>> available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting
>> Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forwa
> Dougie Richardson wrote:
> > [...]
> > This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an
> > interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering
> > (http://www.oetrends.com/index.php?view=article&id=955%3Ahp-randy-hergett-shares-hps-open-source-priorities-vision&Itemid=
Hi all,
Situation:
One room with ten computers (running Win2k) and network hardware
installed.
Internet connection running through a old Netpilot proxy box.
Users would log into a local desktop and would only be asked for a
username and pwd for web connection when firefox started.
Hi all,
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning March to May. Gives us time to
organise, we'll hopefully have some bear
> We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from
> Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly
> available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting
> Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forward. If
> the numbe
On 29/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Kris,
>
> Well any help at any time would be appreciated!
>
> Do you know when they might be down this way?
>
> James.
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; British Ubu
Robert,
It just wont find the wifi full stop.
James
- Original Message -
From: "Robert McWilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:41:36 -
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kris,
Well any help at any time would be appreciated!
Do you know when they might be down this way?
James.
- Original Message -
From: Kris Douglas
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; British Ubuntu Talk
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell La
On 29/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is why
> I
> was asking for help really.
>
> Want to move away from that other operating system!!
>
> James.
> - Original Mes
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:41:36 -
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is
> why I was asking for help really.
Doesn't work how? Now that you mention it I remembered that mine
doesn't work well with Network Manager - I'd forgotten that bec
Robert,
Thanks for your reply.
Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is why I
was asking for help really.
Want to move away from that other operating system!!
James.
- Original Message -
From: "Robert McWilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, October
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:25 -
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude D420 ...
Not really the answer you were after, but I've got a D420 and as long
as you go for 7.10* the installation should go off without a hitch and
all the hardware should work without any specialist poking re
andylockran wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>> Tony Scott wrote:
> Although I love everything about ubuntu - the majority of British
> Consumers won't go out and burn an iso - and the main reason I put this
> isn't because the task itself is difficult - but it's the data
> management. Where does the us
On 10/29/07, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Josh,
> >
> > Josh Blacker wrote:
> > which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
> >
> > My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network guys
I have a Dell Latitude D420 laptop along with some Dell Optiplex GX620,
which I use for the charity that I work for, I would love to be able to have
these properly set up for Ubuntu, but I am NOT compentent enough to be able
to do it. I am in Croydon, and wonder if there was anyone who could help
s
Hi Tony,
> Interesting that they chose Debian for high availability, not RHEL ;-)
Doesn't surprise me though. Debian stable is, well, stable...
Look at the fuss over New Zealand change to daylight time transition.
Dougie
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Dougie Richardson wrote:
> [...]
> This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an
> interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering
> (http://www.oetrends.com/index.php?view=article&id=955%3Ahp-randy-hergett-shares-hps-open-source-priorities-vision&Itemid=1&option=co
Hi,
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:04 +, Tony Travis wrote:
> I've got a HP Pavillion dv5000 with a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker
> on it - To me, it makes more sense to devote time and effort to making
> sure Ubuntu runs on main-stream commodity PC's 'designed' to run Windows
> than asking
It might be good to have a feature in ubuntu, where if something isnt
supported you get a little popup (like the update manager) saying that
your piece of hardware isnt supported / no drivers etc, and to maybe
link to some help or something like that. Maybe refer you to launchpad
bugs?
I can see w
Hi,
Renjith Nair has described exactly my feelings on installing hardware in Linux.
I know my problems are caused by lack of experience, something shared by many
others.
Once installation issues are eased, Ubuntu will sell itself.
Regards
John--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu
Hey Sean,
I'm happy I managed to solve your problem. I've finally started to
learn enough through my own Ubuntu experience to be able to help
others.
Do you live anywhere around Essex? If so I'll take you up on the offer ;)
Jai
On 10/29/07, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Forget that l
Agreed, this approach works very well.
On 29/10/2007, Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
> Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
>
> Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
> a
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Josh,
>
> Josh Blacker wrote:
> which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
>
> My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network guys
> for the latest copy and check it out.
Version 4.8.01 doe
Quoting Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Guys
>
> We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
> Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
>
> Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
> and what they would think of this, but:
>
> We gets t
I believe the argument is not whether windows is easier than linux or vice
versa. That is common man's opinion about linux since he/she expects
everything to behave like windows. Everything which behaves differently
from Windows is considered to be 'difficult' because they are only used to
using w
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
> Preamble: so I'm sitting in uni trying to sort this instead of reading
> Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis for a seminar at 2. Not helpful! I've
> emailed the support desk about it, but was wondering if anyone else
> has any insights.
>
> College provide 3 different versions
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Ted,
>
> Ted wrote:
>
>> Tony Arnold wrote:
>>
>>> Ted,
>>>
>>> Ted wrote:
>>>
>>>
I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
message...
Enab
John DAVIS wrote:
> I would like to thank John Levin for his response to my post. The
> information given, was very helpful and I would like to post further,
> enclosing details of the pc,card and distro,(Gutsy Gibbon)
>
> My residence is France, I am from the UK. The French LUG's are very
> h
I would like to thank John Levin for his response to my post. The information
given, was very helpful and I would like to post further, enclosing details of
the pc,card and distro,(Gutsy Gibbon)
My residence is France, I am from the UK. The French LUG's are very helpful,
Ubuntu is mega here, th
Hi Guys
We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
and what they would think of this, but:
We gets tons of CD's in boxes, we get an Ubuntu jacket with big writing
I think we are actually agreeing. The start of this particular line of
conversation was somebody saying that Linux wasn't doing enough to make
installation of wireless cards simple and reliable... my point was that most
of the cards that I am using now appear to work pretty much "out of the box"
i
Hi all,
Preamble: so I'm sitting in uni trying to sort this instead of reading
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis for a seminar at 2. Not helpful! I've
emailed the support desk about it, but was wondering if anyone else
has any insights.
College provide 3 different versions of the vpn client for linux: t
Sean Miller wrote:
> [...]
> In other words, it isn't the fault of Linux that these cards don't work
> but the manufacturers.
Hello, Sean.
Actually, I disagree - It's Debian fundamentalists who discourage SIMPLE
solutions like installing the NDIS 'wrappers' in Ubuntu because using
NDIS require
If I was to take a box that had been cobbled together with various bits and
pieces over the years and try to install Vista on it would it be reasonable
for me to say to Microsoft "I'm sorry, but you sold me this Vista... now it
doesn't work with my hardware... I hold you responsible" ???
In fact,
We don't have PC sales in Tescos down in this part of the world
(Somerset)... we're backward in that way, you see... I did get a monitor
though, 17" widescreen TFT for a little under ninety quid so quite happy
with that store at present.
The point I was making is that Tesco should be encouraged to
Sean Miller wrote:
>
> Without being a pain in the bottom.. I understand the whole Linux
> situation very clearly.. but at the end of the day if it doesn't
> work on
> Linux then consumers are going to blame Linux - not the manufacturers.
>
>
> No, that's a misconception... nobody w
Hi David,
You are not the only one with wireless issues on Ubuntu. I have helped
several people to get their wireless working on Ubuntu.. After several hours
of tweaking when it finally start working, they make a statement that ' it
is so easy to do this stuff in windows' . Linux users may not ne
> Without being a pain in the bottom.. I understand the whole Linux
> situation very clearly.. but at the end of the day if it doesn't work on
> Linux then consumers are going to blame Linux - not the manufacturers.
No, that's a misconception... nobody would buy an Apple Mac and then expect
every
Sean Miller wrote:
> By the way, for the last year or so I have been running my laptop with
> a PCMCIA wireless card (BT Voyager 1020) because the onboard wireless
> didn't work.
>
> Miraculously one day recently I clicked on the update buttons and the
> onboard now does! Good old Gutsy!
>
> BT
Forget that last comment.. it just seems to have reverted with the install.
Have changed back to UK and (touch wood) it's fine.
Thanks all,
Sean
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Jai, you're a genius! :-)
If I ever meet you I'll buy you a drink... it was as simple as that... just
installed the xserver-xgl package.
Now I've just got to work out why my keyboard has reverted to US... is there
something I need to do in XGL different than to normal?
Sean
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By the way, for the last year or so I have been running my laptop with a
PCMCIA wireless card (BT Voyager 1020) because the onboard wireless didn't
work.
Miraculously one day recently I clicked on the update buttons and the
onboard now does! Good old Gutsy!
BT Voyager 1020 is now merrily sitting
On the subject of Linux and wireless cards it is an unfair criticism to
make... the reason that Linux and wireless has always been such a hotbed of
discussion is because the folks that make wireless cards normally don't, by
default, make them compatible with Linux, presumably thinking "well, as lon
davisjo wrote:
> I like Ubuntu, I think it is the best distro and the highest quality.
>
> I would also like to see the profile of Ubuntu raised in the market
> place but feel there are some issues in Ubuntu that need addressing.
>
> I have attended night school to learn Ubuntu basics but stil
I like Ubuntu, I think it is the best distro and the highest quality.
I would also like to see the profile of Ubuntu raised in the market place but
feel there are some issues in Ubuntu that need addressing.
I have attended night school to learn Ubuntu basics but still cannot get my
wireless car
Please dont get to excited about the whole Ubuntu Tesco thing, it is on
their website, but not in the store where they make the most sales on pcs,
I have checked every Tesco in Tayside and I cant even find epcs, plus it is
epcs that have taken the bold step not Tesco, asda sell epcs as well,
s
Sean Miller wrote:
> I have tried very hard to get Compiz to work with my ATI onboard
> graphics card but have never succeeded.
>
> I have therefore come to the conclusion that the two simply don't work
> together, but can't really understand why... surely the thing has been
> around for a suff
Hey Sean
Have you tried installing xserver-xgl?
Launch Synaptic Package Manager (System ->> Administration) and
install xserver-xgl. Now restart Xorg (ctrl+shift+backspace) and try
to enable desktop effects through appearance. This has worked for both
my grandmother and my father.
Jai
On 10/29/
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 08:21 +, Ted wrote:
> Thanks for the reply..I am using the restricted driver, same one I am
> using in Sidux...
Did you install it through apt? (sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-new)
Also, why run it form the commandline? Just go to
System>Prefs>AAppearence then the visua
Ted wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> Ted,
>>
>> Ted wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Arnold wrote:
>>>
Ted,
Ted wrote:
> I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
> running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
>
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Ted,
>
> Ted wrote:
>
>> Tony Arnold wrote:
>>
>>> Ted,
>>>
>>> Ted wrote:
>>>
>>>
I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
message...
Enab
I have tried very hard to get Compiz to work with my ATI onboard graphics
card but have never succeeded.
I have therefore come to the conclusion that the two simply don't work
together, but can't really understand why... surely the thing has been
around for a sufficient time that folks could have
Whilst I would hate to sound like a spoilsport, we do have to think about
the demographic of the people answering this survey... what percentage of
"follow my leader Microsoft buyers" are likely to be browsing the BBC
Technology News website and what percentage of the ones that do are likely
to tak
Ted,
Ted wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> Ted,
>>
>> Ted wrote:
>>
>>> I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
>>> running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
>>> message...
>>> Enabling Xgl with nVidia drivers...
>>> Starting emerald
>>>
I only saw the short version of the BBC Click piece, at 6.30am on a Sunday
morning or whenever on News 24 but I wasn't actually that impressed with
it... it was, I recall thinking at the time, inaccurate in many regards...
it made a big thing of Open Source software being free as in beer, which we
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Ted,
>
> Ted wrote:
>
>> I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
>> running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
>> message...
>> Enabling Xgl with nVidia drivers...
>> Starting emerald
>> /usr/bin/compiz.real (video)
Ted,
Ted wrote:
> I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
> running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
> message...
> Enabling Xgl with nVidia drivers...
> Starting emerald
> /usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format,
I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
message...
Enabling Xgl with nVidia drivers...
Starting emerald
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format,
disabling YV12 image format
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