Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/8/13 William Anderson : > John Matthews wrote: >> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >> ownership, but not everything inside. >> >> the script I used was >> >> sudo chown www-data:www-d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread javadayaz
This sounds good but no gui is off putting. I want to basiclly add some text to compile an audiobook. On Aug 13, 2009 6:51 PM, "William Anderson" wrote: javadayaz wrote: > i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in > your p... I've pointed festival at text from news

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread William Anderson
javadayaz wrote: > i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in > your personal experience. I've pointed festival at text from news.bbc.co.uk in the past, and it comes out very well; depends on which voice you use, of course. -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Auto Mounting Network Shares

2009-08-13 Thread William Anderson
Rob Beard wrote: > [snip] > > To get round having to use two different connections for inside the > network and outside the network I have setup dnsmasq on my server and > added the hostnames of each machine and the DynDNS domain name to the > /etc/hosts file so they point to the internal IP ad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread William Anderson
John Matthews wrote: > Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my > server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders > ownership, but not everything inside. > > the script I used was > > sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename > > I think I ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

2009-08-13 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Aug 2009 at 18:20, Harry Rickards wrote: > Thought this might be of interest... > > - Original Message > Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales > This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents > and how very dumb it all is. > It all dow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/8/13 Alan Lord (News) : > On 13/08/09 14:26, John Matthews wrote: >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >>> 2009/8/13 John Matthews: >>> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders ownership

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 13/08/09 14:26, John Matthews wrote: > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/8/13 John Matthews: >> >>> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >>> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >>> ownership, but not everything inside. >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread John Matthews
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/8/13 John Matthews : > >> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >> ownership, but not everything inside. >> >> the script I used was >> >> sudo chown www-da

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread Josh Holland
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data -- Josh Holland (key F6067C12) http://joshh.co.uk dutchie on irc.freenode.net http://twitter.com/jshholland http://identi.ca/jshholland signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/8/13 John Matthews : > Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my > server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders > ownership, but not everything inside. > > the script I used was > > sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename > > I think I ne

[ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......

2009-08-13 Thread John Matthews
Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders ownership, but not everything inside. the script I used was sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename I think I need to add the -R some where to make it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread javadayaz
i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in your personal experience. 2009/8/13 Matt Jones > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM, javadayaz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > in > > ubuntu that can do this?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 13/08/09 10:43, Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > It is certainly better but personally I thought there we

[ubuntu-uk] How to connect to a secure wireless n/w using autologin?

2009-08-13 Thread Ken Robson
I have an EEE, I use autologin to the system, but before it connects to the wireless n/w it asks to open the default keyring, needing a password. Is there anyway of bypassing this? Yes I know it is unsecure, but it is only used in the house, if I use it away I remove the autologin (and the wirel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Liam Wilson
James Milligan wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Alan Pope wrote: >> >> >>> 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >>> >>> >>> Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art tea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread James Milligan
Rob Beard wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >> >> >>> Liam Wilson wrote: >>> >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! https://wiki.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : > >> Liam Wilson wrote: >> >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >>> unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/8/13 Rowan Berkeley : > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 at 10:48:03 Neil Greenwood > wrote: >> Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get >> from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox >> when they're available - better than downloading a version from th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/13 Rowan Berkeley : > But DKMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support > - ) requires lots of skills to install and use, as I recall from having > considered it to deal with my non-default interface driver problem. > It doesn't for apps like VirtualBox because they come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Jai Harrison
This looks very nice :) I would imagine they are making similar changes to other parts of the desktop UI for consistency. Is this the case? Jai 2009/8/13 Alan Pope : > 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >> Liam Wilson wrote: >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >>> unveile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 at 10:48:03 Neil Greenwood wrote: > Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get > from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox > when they're available - better than downloading a version from the > website and it getting out-of-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/13 Rob Beard : > Liam Wilson wrote: >> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >> unveiled  by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >> > Ooh I like that, very polished. > >From what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > Ooh I like that, very polished. Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Steve Pearce
Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > I certainly digg this mature look and I hope the desktop as a whole rece

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread James Milligan
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/8/11 James Milligan : > >> So you might want to stick to a VM for now, enabling USB passthrough. >> Remember to get the download from the website rather than through >> apt-get, so you might want to do this before you get to the computer (as >> you said that there wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/8/11 James Milligan : > So you might want to stick to a VM for now, enabling USB passthrough. > Remember to get the download from the website rather than through > apt-get, so you might want to do this before you get to the computer (as > you said that there was no internet, IIRC - it might ha

[ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Liam Wilson
For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread Matt Jones
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM, javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps in > ubuntu that can do this? > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on my > DAP. > > -- > Regards > > Javad > > -- > ubuntu-uk@list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread javadayaz
ok will do. 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood > --- Original message --- > > From: javadayaz > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Sent: 13.8.'09, 8:50 > > > > have you used this? are the results any good? > > > > As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too > > ro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread Samuel Toogood
--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 8:50 > > have you used this? are the results any good? > > As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too > robotic!! > > 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood >> --- Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread javadayaz
have you used this? are the results any good? As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too robotic!! 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood > --- Original message --- > > From: javadayaz > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > > > > Hi, > > > > I w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-13 Thread Samuel Toogood
--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > > Hi, > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > in ubuntu that can do this? > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen o