Re: [ubuntu-uk] We Are Linux

2009-01-29 Thread James Westby
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 00:50 +, David King wrote: > There is an interesting post on ZDNet, about making a video for Linux. > You may have read about that subject already, but the talkback comments > on that site are worth reading. There is one person called Loverock > Davidson who is vehement

[ubuntu-uk] We Are Linux

2009-01-29 Thread David King
There is an interesting post on ZDNet, about making a video for Linux. You may have read about that subject already, but the talkback comments on that site are worth reading. There is one person called Loverock Davidson who is vehemently against Linux, and it would seem that he is totally blind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Sutton
Farran Lee wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 21:38 +, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on >> Ubuntu when a user logs out? >> >> Basically what I to achieve is have a script run to automatically when a >> user logs out of th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Alec Wright
*come=home sorry 2009/1/29 Alec Wright > Not sure about clearing it on logout, but i expect clearing it on login > will do? System>Prefs>Sessions > Add>Command: rm -fr $HOME/* ; cp /etc/skel/* $HOME/ > That deletes everyhting in the come dir and then copies the default home > dir > > 2009/1/29 R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Alec Wright
Not sure about clearing it on logout, but i expect clearing it on login will do? System>Prefs>Sessions Add>Command: rm -fr $HOME/* ; cp /etc/skel/* $HOME/ That deletes everyhting in the come dir and then copies the default home dir 2009/1/29 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if anyone kn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/01/2009 21:49, Farran Lee wrote: > > i tried that once before - i basically made their home directory a > folder in the /tmp directory. That worked... > but then the new powermanager/user switcher-y thing instead of the > shutdown button has a "guest" session in it. Not sure how to access

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Farran Lee
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 21:38 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on > Ubuntu when a user logs out? > > Basically what I to achieve is have a script run to automatically when a > user logs out of their Gnome session so it res

[ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on Ubuntu when a user logs out? Basically what I to achieve is have a script run to automatically when a user logs out of their Gnome session so it resets everything back to the default. I've tried putting a couple o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu key board issue

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Oakley
Paul Sutton wrote: > Right now I have the caps lock key on (the led is on so i know this is > the case) and yet, its producing lower case in X Are you using a KVM switch? Whenever this happens to me, it's invariably because I have used my keyboard-video-mouse switch to switch to another PC, and

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [LUG] ubuntu key board issue]

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Sutton
-- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton --- Begin Message --- Paul Sutton wrote: > > I am trying to find out if anyone else out there is experiencing this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rosegarden

2009-01-29 Thread Neil Greenwood
Hi Farran, I think we need a few more details, such as what version of Ubuntu you're running, which desktop (Gnome/KDE/XFCE/other), what version of rosegarden is installed (you should be able to find this from Synaptic or the KDE equivalent (Adept IIRC)). Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@list

[ubuntu-uk] rosegarden

2009-01-29 Thread Farran Lee
hi everyone :) I have an issue with rosegarden... and after googling, I can't find an awful lot of help on it... here's the problem that comes up when I run it in terminal: far...@jedi·knight:~$ rosegarden /usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfMg8b:1: bad "add" command line /usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking down Firefox settings

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Rowson
> > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if anyone knew how to lock down the settings on Firefox > on Ubuntu 8.04? > > Basically I'm nearly done setting up an LTSP Server and I want to make > sure that no one who logs on can fiddle with the settings. I've got > Tinyproxy and Dansguardian installed and wo

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu key board issue

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi I am trying to find out if anyone else out there is experiencing this issue, reported on ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04.2 http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/keyboard/index.html may be helpful regarding how linux handles keyboard input Essentially Right now I have the caps lock key on (the led is o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dialup from Ubuntu

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Oakley
David King wrote: > Ubuntu needs to have GnomePPP installed by default. > I did find a CLI program called wvdial that was installed, gnome-dial provdes a GUI for these two. I use it to dial GPRS/3G over bluetooth, but it will work with any configured modem. gnome-dial is available on the Ubuntu r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gllug Meeting 31st January 2009

2009-01-29 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > Greetings Gluggers, > > We will be having our first meeting of the year on Saturday the 31st > of January, at the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster > University, starting at around 1330 hours. For those of you

[ubuntu-uk] Locking down Firefox settings

2009-01-29 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone knew how to lock down the settings on Firefox on Ubuntu 8.04? Basically I'm nearly done setting up an LTSP Server and I want to make sure that no one who logs on can fiddle with the settings. I've got Tinyproxy and Dansguardian installed and working but onl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] So, would you vote for them? (see The Reg)

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Bagley
It is fantastic that this is a possibility but I doubt schools and the like will be sensitized to the nature of the community, will they be informed that they can report problems in a way they won't have experienced before? And if not how can this message be got to them? Obviously all hypothetical