Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

2009-07-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
> Is it a Flash-based streaming media? I am sorry, but I do not know. There are no messages to indicate a fault or a need for other software it all happens so quickly. You might even say, in a flash. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-11 Thread Tim Dobson
David King wrote: > I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? Well for starters, there'd be none of these legacy proprietary limitations regarding stairs (unless there were outstanding patent issues with this technology). All Daleks would be a tasteful shade of chocolate brown with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

2009-07-11 Thread Wulfy
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/7/11 Wulfy : > >> I tried to do that but with a 32-bit WinXP guest. The problem is that >> VirtualBox wouldn't pass the USB through, even though I'd downloaded the >> version that's supposed to do that. >> >> > > Did you install the guest additions? They're nee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

2009-07-11 Thread David King
Is it a Flash-based streaming media? David King Norman Silverstone wrote: > When I try to listen to a sound broadcast such as 5 live, a window opens > and then Firefox crashes. However, I am able to watch and listen in > pop-out player with no problem. Any suggestions to overcome this > difficu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a network

2009-07-11 Thread David King
I do have another problem, with the network. I have put my Asus EeePC running Xandros on the network, and I want to connect to it from my Ubuntu PC and vice versa. I have installed samba on Ubuntu, plus gadmin-samba, and Firestarter. I have tried to set up the file sharing so that the Asus can a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a NAS drive in Ubuntu

2009-07-11 Thread David King
Thanks, Matthew, that worked perfectly. I have saved it in a script so that I can mount the NAS from the CLI when I need to use it, and have full read-write access. David King Matthew Daubney wrote: >> > > Hi David, > > You need to tell the mount line to override the uid and gid of the >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

2009-07-11 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/7/11 Wulfy : > I tried to do that but with a 32-bit WinXP guest.  The problem is that > VirtualBox wouldn't pass the USB through, even though I'd downloaded the > version that's supposed to do that. > Did you install the guest additions? They're needed to get USB working, IIRC. Cofion/Regard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

2009-07-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
I forgot to add that I am running 9.04. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: OOo bashing was Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-11 Thread William Anderson
Rob Beard wrote: > [snip] > > I just got the general impression that you were saying that Macs were > the the be all and end all, guess I read it wrong. You're lucky not to > have used Me, I had the annoying task of supporting it once, wasn't fun > at all :-( Apologies if that's the way I com

[ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

2009-07-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
When I try to listen to a sound broadcast such as 5 live, a window opens and then Firefox crashes. However, I am able to watch and listen in pop-out player with no problem. Any suggestions to overcome this difficulty would be very welcome. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-11 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 11/07/09 11:05, Paul Webster wrote: > Dear Alan Hi Paul, > As the UK-Ubuntu list seems to be a spaghetti-like state at the moment > (so it seems to me), I thought I'd send my reply to your kind advice > directly to you, as you may not have seen it through the jungle (to > switch metaphors). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a NAS drive in Ubuntu

2009-07-11 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 10:04 +0100, David King wrote: > I am trying to connect to my NAS drive in Ubuntu 9.04. > > I used to be able to do it when running Ubuntu 8.04, but now when I > mount the NAS drive, the group is set to 501, and the owner is set to > 501 - User #501 > > and thus I cannot ac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: OOo bashing was Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-11 Thread Rob Beard
William Anderson wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Sean Miller wrote: >> >>> I concur... Openoffice is bloatware of the highest order. >>> >>> If I could be bothered to get an older version of Office working on >>> wine I would - but I don't use office suites enough to do so. >>> >>> It's a sh

[ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a NAS drive in Ubuntu

2009-07-11 Thread David King
I am trying to connect to my NAS drive in Ubuntu 9.04. I used to be able to do it when running Ubuntu 8.04, but now when I mount the NAS drive, the group is set to 501, and the owner is set to 501 - User #501 and thus I cannot access any files on the NAS drive. I can read the directory listings

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: OOo bashing was Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-11 Thread Sean Miller
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Rob Beard wrote: > Not to mention, when did this become an OpenOffice bashing Mac loving > mailing list? I was merely expressing my experience. Openoffice takes ages to open for me on both Windows and Ubuntu - I find KOffice to be a better (and much quicker) optio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: OOo bashing was Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-11 Thread William Anderson
Rob Beard wrote: > Sean Miller wrote: >> I concur... Openoffice is bloatware of the highest order. >> >> If I could be bothered to get an older version of Office working on >> wine I would - but I don't use office suites enough to do so. >> >> It's a shame, really, that Sun decided to go down the b