Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Mac
alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I certainly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote: alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-14 Thread Lucy
On 13/12/2007, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have never found anywhere

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Lucy, On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33:46AM +, Lucy wrote: I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about once a week and I had to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Tony Arnold
Mac wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote: alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:11:34PM +, Colin McCarthy wrote: I'm planning on giving it ago on my unit tomorrow. Has anyone else put a 'different' OS on their eeePC? I have Ubuntu on mine :) I have been so impressed with the simple GUI and it's features I haven't really had the desire to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Tom Bamford
Mac wrote: alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of fomatting the (NTFS) drive.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Mac
Tony Arnold wrote: snip http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/western_digital_drm_crippled_harddrive/ I read this to mean some software that WD provide and that the crippling is not necessarily in the drive itself (not sure how it could be, to be honest). Tony On closer reading, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Restricting bandwith on another pc!

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 02:59:40PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: I want to be able to restrict from the full time ubuntu gutsy pc!! Wondershaper can do this. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Colin McCarthy
This looks really exciting, Ubuntu specially taylored for the Asus eeePC. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home I'm planning on giving it ago on my unit tomorrow. Has anyone else put a 'different' OS on their eeePC? I have been so impressed with the simple GUI and it's features I haven't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-14 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +, Mac wrote: alan c wrote: snip The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 02:29:50PM +, Mac wrote: Did you install from a USB CD ROM drive, or with this method: http://tinyurl.com/266w9u http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu I used the method of putting a minimal install on a usb stick, booting off that and then using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Dan Attwood
How well does ubuntu perform on the eeepc compared to the shiped distro? Does the camera etc all work nicely? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Restricting bandwith on another pc!

2007-12-14 Thread Stephen Drake
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 15:30 +, Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 02:59:40PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: I want to be able to restrict from the full time ubuntu gutsy pc!! Wondershaper can do this. Cheers, Al. Another option is to find a router that supports configurable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Restricting bandwith on another pc!

2007-12-14 Thread Dave Murphy
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 15:30 +, Alan Pope wrote: Wondershaper can do this. Sounds like something you buy off those naff shopping channels... -- Dave Murphy - http://www.schwuk.com Pownce - http://pownce.com/schwuk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 04:49:57PM +, Dan Attwood wrote: How well does ubuntu perform on the eeepc compared to the shiped distro? It takes longer to boot, which is as expected given the stripped down xandros install. Other than that it's exactly what you'd expect from a 900MHz celeron :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Darren Mansell
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:11:34PM +, Colin McCarthy wrote: I'm planning on giving it ago on my unit tomorrow. Has anyone else put a 'different' OS on their eeePC? I have Ubuntu on mine :) I have been so impressed with the simple GUI and it's features I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Darren Mansell
Mac wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:11:34PM +, Colin McCarthy wrote: I'm planning on giving it ago on my unit tomorrow. Has anyone else put a 'different' OS on their eeePC? I have Ubuntu on mine :) I have been so impressed with the simple GUI

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread andy
Chris Rowson wrote: Hello folks, I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops. At work, I achieve this using Active Directory and Windows, but I wondered if there was a Linuxified version of this setup.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Chris, openLDAP is the best bet for storage.. though having a disconnected centralised authentication system I was unable to implement last time I tried it. My setup is with Windows Clients - so that's all I can suggest for now - though it seems to be a fairly common goal, so other people

[ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-14 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core). Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core CPU (not to mention my other half wants a PC upgrade too and my budget won't stretch

[ubuntu-uk] Stop Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Dennis Holdroyd
I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are in the know about. How do I get rid. I will dump ubuntu of my machine if I do not get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stop Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi Dennis, On Dec 15, 2007 6:04 AM, Dennis Holdroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stop Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Philip Wyett
On 15/12/2007, Dennis Holdroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are in the know about. How do