Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Rob Have to admit I did wonder about installing a desktop for this very feature, but it does seem somewhat of an overkill! Cheers Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 01 August

[ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

2009-08-02 Thread Daniel Drummond
I have just done a fresh install of Jaunty on my netbook, and began my usual install of programs I use. When I came to install g++, I got told: d...@chainfire:~$ sudo apt-get install g++ Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package g++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

2009-08-02 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Drummond wrote: I have just done a fresh install of Jaunty on my netbook, and began my usual install of programs I use. When I came to install g++, I got told: d...@chainfire:~$ sudo apt-get install g++ Reading package lists... Done

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

2009-08-02 Thread Daniel Drummond
Harry Rickards wrote: What if you do (sudo) apt-get update first? I always update before installing packages. Doesn't make a difference to installing g++. I have checked my software sources, and they all seem fine. I have tried installing build-essential, which used to pull in g++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

2009-08-02 Thread Daniel Drummond
Must have been a mirror issue, as I just switched to update from the main ubuntu repositories, instead of the GB repositories and it has installed fine. Thanks for the help though :-) Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

2009-08-02 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 11:23 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: Harry Rickards wrote: What if you do (sudo) apt-get update first? I always update before installing packages. Doesn't make a difference to installing g++. I have checked my software sources, and they all seem fine. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all Some pointers please. I am having to move my 9.04 SAMBA file / printer server to another room at home which doesn't have ethernet cabled into it. I'm looking for an alternative way to connect it back into the network. I know of the powerline adaptors, but not keen on this solution.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Rob Beard
Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Rob Have to admit I did wonder about installing a desktop for this very feature, but it does seem somewhat of an overkill! Cheers Ian Yep I agree, I mean for a headless server I'd generally use just the server install although I'm not sure how easy it is to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: Well I'm not sure about Ubuntu server but at least on Ubuntu Desktop it is intelligent enough to automatically connect to my wireless networks when it is in range. Hope this helps. Rob Do you not have to make sure you're logged in first? Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any thoughts on Globalmenu

2009-08-02 Thread Paul Webster
Thank you, Neil, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to set up a VM (Virtual Machine?). Can you point me in the right direction? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Ian Pascoe
Cheers Rob That article looks like just the ticket - all I've got to do now is understand it! Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 02 August 2009 16:26 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any thoughts on Globalmenu

2009-08-02 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/8/2 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com: Thank you, Neil, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to set up a VM (Virtual Machine?). Can you point me in the right direction? Paul Sure thing Paul. Probably the easiest way is to use VirtualBox, as described here:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Segfault when trying to update

2009-08-02 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/8/2 Jonathon Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com: Likelihood is the apt cache is corrupt. $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin should do it, unless you have deb-src enabled in which case you'll also need: $ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin HTH Well, what do you know? I