Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade vs Reinstall

2009-05-14 Thread Liam Proven
2009/5/13 Dean Sas : > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:29, Liam Proven wrote: >> 2009/5/12 Alan Pope : >>> 2009/5/12 Liam Proven : The key thing is to keep your /home directory tree on a separate partition. That makes re-installing much less painful and fiddly. >>> >>> Not really. You ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microphone on Toshiba L40 laptop Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-14 Thread Tony Pursell
Try this Right click on the volume control icon (top right) and select 'Open volume control' Click on Preferences. Is 'Capture' ticked? If not, tick it. Go to the 'Recording' tab. Make sure the volume is turned up on Capture and microphone symbol does not have an 'x' on it (click it to remove

[ubuntu-uk] Changed something from i386 to amd64??Plus installed kde desktop and having problems...

2009-05-14 Thread John
Sorry about the Subject line. I have no idea how to explain this, and I hope I can. I have been playing around trying to add some codecs, because I couldn't get sound on some of the vids I have been transfering from windows to Ubuntu. In the process, I can now no longer install using deb instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-14 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:44 PM, John wrote: > Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, jakewc2 wrote: > > > Who is Bill Weinburg? Is he something high up in the Linux world, I came > across this article which has cropped up from the article I posted. It seems > thigns are ho

[ubuntu-uk] Microphone on Toshiba L40 laptop Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-14 Thread Gordon
The sound card is a Realtek - the sounds work, my Logiteck webcam works but it won't see the microphone at all. (Plugged into the Mic jack on the side). Any tips on how to get the mic working? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-14 Thread John
ormed. John. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4075 (20090514) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-14 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, jakewc2 wrote: > Who is Bill Weinburg? Is he something high up in the Linux world, I came > across this article which has cropped up from the article I posted. It seems > thigns are hotting up because of that article. > > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5658010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-14 Thread jakewc2
Who is Bill Weinburg? Is he something high up in the Linux world, I came across this article which has cropped up from the article I posted. It seems thigns are hotting up because of that article. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5658010765.html John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list