Re: [ubuntu-uk] graphics problem on Ubuntu 8.04 Dell laptop

2009-01-03 Thread alan c
Christopher Swift wrote: Alan C, it was preinstalled by Dell, probably OEM so I doubt that they used the safe graphics mode. My sister has the same issue regarding Penguin Racer. I too have disabled Compiz on her laptop which is an Acer (do not the model) btw. An old one at least 2yrs+. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread John Levin
Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Anyway, I'm not taken with Xandros, and I'm going to be supporting this little beast. What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use Ubuntu-Eeee on my 701

Re: [ubuntu-uk] graphics problem on Ubuntu 8.04 Dell laptop

2009-01-03 Thread Jai Harrison
I have an Inspiron 1525 and have had no problems with it in terms of graphics. Just some problems using the second earphone slot in Intrepid due to a bug with something in Ubuntu (don't know if it's been reported or how to do so as I'm not sure which program has a problem). Anyhow, I could test

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Yishay Mor
2009/1/3 John Levin j...@technolalia.org Liam Proven wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use Ubuntu-Eeee on my 701 http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ Based on the 8.04 LTS, it's go the netbook interface - nice big icons etc - which suit my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/3 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use stock Ubuntu with my Eee. I added a different kernel, but thats about it, its pretty much stock Ubuntu. However for a long time I used Xandros and had no problem with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Andrew Oakley
On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I'll second (third?) Ubuntu-Eee ( www.ubuntu-eee.com ) which I'm using from my Eee 901 right now. It is based on Ubuntu 8.04 so is supported for at le ast the

[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to standby/hibernate at GDM login?

2009-01-03 Thread Andrew Oakley
I've got suspend-to-ram (sleep) and suspend-to-disk (hibernate) working well on my Asus Eee 901 using Ubuntu (actually Ubuntu-Eee, based on Hardy). What works: * Hibernate and sleep keys on laptop * Hibernate and sleep (suspend-to-ram) from Quit window * Lid close calls sleep (suspend-to-ram) if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Ronnie Tucker
Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Anyway, I'm not taken with Xandros, and I'm going to be supporting this little beast. What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I recommend CrunchEEE (a derivative of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Liam Proven
2009/1/3 Ronnie Tucker ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk: I recommend CrunchEEE (a derivative of CrunchBang Linux, which uses Ubuntu) it comes with the Array.org kernel by default so everything works at the end of the install. It also uses OpenBox, rather than Gnome, to get extra speed. And it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Liam Proven
2009/1/3 Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com: On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I'll second (third?) Ubuntu-Eee ( www.ubuntu-eee.com ) which I'm using from my Eee 901 right now. It is based on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Nice one Liam. I can't see anything anywhere near that price on eBay at the mo - I never manage to get deals like that lol! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents

2009-01-03 Thread norman
I have recently changed from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 and I have noticed something strange. I have used XSane for several years for scanning and sending images to the printer and, until recently, there was very little delay between the completion of the scan and the start up of the printer. However,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents

2009-01-03 Thread Paul Broadhead
norman wrote: However, with 8.10, there is a very noticeable lag between end of scan and start up of printer. There was an update in the 8.10 version of the ghostscript packages today that fixed several problems related to slow printing, printing using lots of disk space and/or memory.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents

2009-01-03 Thread norman
However, with 8.10, there is a very noticeable lag between end of scan and start up of printer. There was an update in the 8.10 version of the ghostscript packages today that fixed several problems related to slow printing, printing using lots of disk space and/or memory. Have you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with Google Earth

2009-01-03 Thread Ellis Corbie Riley
Hey guys, I've been having the exact same problem in Intrepid, with the same card, using the open source drivers. I installed Google Earth a while ago, but haven't been able to use it due to it crashing. Could be a bug, but I'm not sure. Ellis -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Andrew Oakley
On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/3 Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com: * I prefer eee-control to eeepc-config . eee-control supports What is eeepc-config? Eeepc-config is a bunch of scripts that configure Ubuntu for the Eee, such as the hotkeys, wifi, camera etc. It

[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to lock screen

2009-01-03 Thread Adrian
Hi all, I saw Andrew's post about events when closing the laptop lid and I wonder is there a way to just lock screen when the laptop lid is closed? I have not seen this available in the Ubuntu settings. I do not wish to shut the system off or suspend its activities, I would just like it to