Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents

2009-07-22 Thread Stephen Garton
2009/7/21 Rob Beard : > javadayaz wrote: >> its a cable connection. with virgin. >> >> its a linkys router. not sure of what model. i will check and revert back. > Ahh in that case I assume the modem is the standard cable modem that > Virgin supply? > > In that case you'll just need to setup forwar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Norman Silverstone wrote: > I don't mind buying a new one but it feels a bit like you know who, > change the operating system and you need to change some hardware. Who? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TomTom One

2009-07-22 Thread Graham Binns
On 22/07/09 21:02, Lucy wrote: > My Dad has a computer running Xubuntu, shortly to be replaced by a > slightly newer machine running Ubuntu 9.04. About 18 months ago he > bought a TomTom One and would like to be able to update it using the > TomTom Home Client. Now I know this is Windows only (desp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TomTom One

2009-07-22 Thread Saikiran Madugula
Lucy wrote: > Finally, can someone with a TomTom say what, if anything, he is > missing out on by not using the TomTom Home client? You will probably be missing out on updates of client and points of interest, ability to backup/restore your maps, buy new maps and other addons online etc. I haven't

[ubuntu-uk] TomTom One

2009-07-22 Thread Lucy
My Dad has a computer running Xubuntu, shortly to be replaced by a slightly newer machine running Ubuntu 9.04. About 18 months ago he bought a TomTom One and would like to be able to update it using the TomTom Home Client. Now I know this is Windows only (despite being written using the Mozilla fra

[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] LINUXWORLD EXPO UK 2009 Oct 1 2009

2009-07-22 Thread alan c
I have just noticed this expo. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend these dates. However, I *had* been intending to try to arrange a community (village) stand for the INFOPOINT display - some here might know that I run an infopoint display regularly at bracknell computer fairs. I believe an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> If you get a better one and it does the same, I'd blame the machine > you're trying it ons hardware, and it may want a new USB card or > something. If it doesn't, you've just gained a superior card reader, so > all is well anyway! I agree with your philosophy and a new card reader it shall be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:41 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > Reading around a bit, I think the problem is from the device requesting > > USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0. One workaround seemed to be very daft in > > that it removed the use of USB 2.0 from your system, so I wouldn't > > recommend it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> Reading around a bit, I think the problem is from the device requesting > USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0. One workaround seemed to be very daft in > that it removed the use of USB 2.0 from your system, so I wouldn't > recommend it. Since card readers are so cheap these days, I'd just get a > better

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:29 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > It's amazing what you find when given a clue, your mention of driver > prompted me to look in Google and see what I found:- > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136196 > > So, do I have to get a new card reader or what? > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Ian Pascoe
Afternoon Norman I honestly think, from experience not from a technical standpoint, that any storage device attached through a hub is likely to perform intermittently at best. This is, as I have been told by those who know more than I, due to a combination of the hub not correctly filtering the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
It's amazing what you find when given a clue, your mention of driver prompted me to look in Google and see what I found:- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136196 So, do I have to get a new card reader or what? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633232] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633235] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK > > to me suggests that you might want to run dosfsc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 16:12 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > Looks good:- > > > > Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid > > 1000 > > > > That line indicates it's mounting fine. > > > > So perhaps this device doesn't like being on a USB hub, or the hub is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> Looks good:- > > Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000 > > That line indicates it's mounting fine. > > So perhaps this device doesn't like being on a USB hub, or the hub is > overloaded? > Firstly, If you look back at my comments you will see that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > I have now tried again and on 2 occasions the message and the icon > appeared. Also the mouse did not stop working. > > http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55536 > Looks good:- Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000 That line ind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have now tried again and on 2 occasions the message and the icon appeared. Also the mouse did not stop working. http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55536 Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> >> You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy > >> and paste again into the pastebin. > > > > Sorry about that but that is what I did. Do you want me to try again? > > > > Please. I set about to do this and checked before sending the copy of the log that all the lines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:30 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy >> and paste again into the pastebin. > > Sorry about that but that is what I did.  Do you want me to try again? > Please. >> Looks like that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:30 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > > The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 > > > > Thanks for that, but it looks like the log file is truncated, it ends > at 08:49 and cuts off. > > You should be able to "select all" fro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 > Thanks for that, but it looks like the log file is truncated, it ends at 08:49 and cuts off. You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy and paste again into the pastebin. Lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > Or, as this is the ubuntu-uk list use http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org. The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 I have just realised that perhaps the operating systems are not exactly the same. The one that the log is from is a fresh install whereas the system on the ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > The easiest thing to do is open the syslog, plug the device in, then > when new lines appear in the syslog, copy and paste those into a > pastebin such as:- > > http://paste.ubuntu.com/ Or, as this is the ubuntu-uk list use http:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : >> Another thing to do is see what messages appear in System -> >> Administration -> Log File Viewer, at the point when you plug it in. >> This may indicate what the problem is. > > I had a look at the sys log but it might just as well have been in > Martian or some o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I suppose it is possible that one or other of the items plugged into the > > hub may be the cause of the problem but I wondered if anyone could be > > kind enough to comment. > > > > The quick and easy test for that is to yank everything except the card > reader.. I pulled the lot out and s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-22 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Jon Reynolds wrote: > OK A bit more progress. I went to the Ralink (?) website and got hold of > a copy of the latest RT73 driver... Now that seemed to compile properly. > My problem now is getting it loaded and the old one (rt2500?) > disabled/removed. > > Somethi