Re: [ubuntu-uk] Important: Voting Opens For Team Leader

2008-11-15 Thread Sean Miller
Bottom of the front page, not the one with the candidates info but the one that explains the election process. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Important: Voting Opens For Team Leader

2008-11-15 Thread David King
I have joined Launchpad, I have read each candidate's info, but when I go to the voting page, I cannot see any option to vote. I can see the 3 candidates listed, but nothing to click on to register a vote for one of the candidates. David King Michael Wood wrote: > Never mind the US elections,

[ubuntu-uk] Important: Voting Opens For Team Leader

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Wood
Never mind the US elections, Never mind the by-and-local elections.. This is the election you've all been waiting for ! Seriously though, *Voting opens* [0] at Midnight tonight *00:00 15/11/08 GMT* (approx 40min time) for the position of Ubuntu UK team leader/Point of Contact. This is an importan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing v8.04 from an imperfect 6.06 setup. Help requested

2008-11-15 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi Louis, Quoting Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Replying to : Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > (Greetings from Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scottish Highlands) > > Dear Matthew, > Thank you for your prompt reply to my plea for help. > > I've done: >sudo aptitude update >sudo aptitude upgrade

[ubuntu-uk] Problem installing v8.04 from an imperfect 6.06 setup. Help requested

2008-11-15 Thread Louis Gidney
Replying to : Matthew Macdonald-Wallace (Greetings from Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scottish Highlands) Dear Matthew, Thank you for your prompt reply to my plea for help. I've done: sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude upgrade as you suggested. Something called postgresql-8.1 seems to preven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB STICK

2008-11-15 Thread Ted
Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Ted wrote: > >> Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi >> to get the stick to boot ? >> >> >> > I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device > I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong > Eddie > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB STICK

2008-11-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Ted wrote: > Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi > to get the stick to boot ? > > I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[ubuntu-uk] USB STICK

2008-11-15 Thread Ted
Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi to get the stick to boot ? -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Sidux Linux User -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configuring Virgin cable modem

2008-11-15 Thread Steve Laming
Hi again Dianne, If you know the IP address of the router, you should just be able to ping that if the card is working and configured correctly. I assume that you haven't used the network interface before as you were using USB. Can you see it if you do lspci at a terminal? If not is the network

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

2008-11-15 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or... >> >> Coronation Street sponsored by Ubuntu Linux - two of the nation's >> favourites ;-) > > Yes, that'd work... though Corrie is a bit "dumbing down" isn't it? > Hey it's better than Eastenders

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Re: Ubuntu Posters

2008-11-15 Thread Rob Beard
Dave Walker wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> I'm going to the US for the Ubuntu Developer Summit. If it's cheaper >> to get stuff over there than here, then I am happy to do that. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> >> > Apologies for drifting off-topic but have you seen what the exchange > rate is doing at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configuring Virgin cable modem

2008-11-15 Thread Rob Beard
dianne reuby wrote: > > > From a purely non OS perspective of this, are you using the same > network cable as your husband? just to be sure. > > You say it has ethernet connections, is it a router as well or do you > have to switch the cable? If you have to switch the cable, are you > rebooti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configuring Virgin cable modem

2008-11-15 Thread Dan Attwood
Virgin modems don't bind to a mac address any more so it won't be that. I have a setup very much like steves and that all works fine with ubuntu and window machines. you might want to conder geting hold of a network switch, hoking it up to the windows and ubuntu machine, giving themboth a static i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing v8.04 from an imperfet 6.06 setup. Help required

2008-11-15 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > After losing my Ubuntu 8.04 setup owing one of > my two hard drives failing, I have just started > the process of installing a freshly downloaded > v8.04 which I hope to put in an empty partition > (already formatted ext3) on my remaining 80GB

[ubuntu-uk] Problem installing v8.04 from an imperfet 6.06 setup. Help required

2008-11-15 Thread Louis Gidney
Hello, After losing my Ubuntu 8.04 setup owing one of my two hard drives failing, I have just started the process of installing a freshly downloaded v8.04 which I hope to put in an empty partition (already formatted ext3) on my remaining 80GB drive. I'm pretty confident that the CD is sound, I'