Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Tony Arnold
Rob, Rob Beard wrote: I'm running Karmic on my notebook and this morning it had a whole load of packages (about 600MB worth) to upgrade. After upgrading I noticed that it has the new flashy Splash screen which although not as seemless as what I've seen, it looks nice. I also noticed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Tony Arnold wrote: Rob, Rob Beard wrote: I'm running Karmic on my notebook and this morning it had a whole load of packages (about 600MB worth) to upgrade. After upgrading I noticed that it has the new flashy Splash screen which although not as seemless as what I've seen, it looks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic which is due any time now? Beta hasn't been released yet, that's not to say that what you have isn't the final beta, just that it may change by tomorrow ;) Rob Regards, Jamie.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Sean Miller
Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? Sean On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic

[ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London

2009-09-30 Thread James Thomas
Hi all, Unfortunately, when the City of London fired up the central heating for the first time this year, a fault was found. They have scheduled the works for this weekend. This basically puts the venue off limits. Apologies to all those who wished to attend. Could you please let anyone know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
Hi Sean, Sean Miller wrote: Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not use development releases on production systems, 'cos they break stuff. (He says, working on his computer which is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread David Jones
Sean Miller wrote: Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? Sean I'd suggest downloading the livecd and testing with that before installing, it should throw up any problems before you install. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? Sean Well the wireless on my notebook (Intel wireless) works okay and my Huawei modem (Vodafone Mobile Connect) is now detected okay since the upgrade this morning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London

2009-09-30 Thread linux
Ouch sorry to hear that James I have a smaller issue with EDF energy who wish to disconnect our mains supply for 4 hours on sunday but I think I have organised a generator to cover at my expense. You would be most welcome to attend the Southend venue and if you want a corner to yourselves

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Johnathon Tinsley wrote: Hi Sean, Sean Miller wrote: Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not use development releases on production systems, 'cos they break stuff. (He says,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT/SPAM - Linux Sysadmin Wanted

2009-09-30 Thread Alan Pope
2009/9/30 Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com: Sorry for spamming the mailing list but I figured it's sort of relevant as it's a linux job. There's a UK linux jobs mailing list.. :) https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linuxjobs Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread John Davis
This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the answer! My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus to have a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig SATA hard drive Partition it half for Wind**s and Ubuntu as the main. I know I have to get an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis davi...@wanadoo.fr wrote: This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the answer! My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus to have a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig SATA hard drive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Matt Jones wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis davi...@wanadoo.fr wrote: This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the answer! My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus to have a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Steve
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:18:56 +0100, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Matt Jones wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis davi...@wanadoo.fr wrote: This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the answer! My computers hard drive is full. I have finally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Josh Holland
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:43:58PM +0100, Steve wrote: The one thing that confused me when I installed one is that the PCI card's drives become SDA and SDB and the Mobo's drives follow from there. So a bit of twiddling with FSTAB is required on existing installation. Isn't this what UUIDs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Daniel Drummond
Josh Holland wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:43:58PM +0100, Steve wrote: The one thing that confused me when I installed one is that the PCI card's drives become SDA and SDB and the Mobo's drives follow from there. So a bit of twiddling with FSTAB is required on existing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-09-30 Thread Steve
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:53:14 +0100, Josh Holland j...@joshh.co.uk wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:43:58PM +0100, Steve wrote: The one thing that confused me when I installed one is that the PCI card's drives become SDA and SDB and the Mobo's drives follow from there. So a bit of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mac wrote: Rob Beard wrote: ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final release of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Tony Pursell
On 30 Sep 2009 at 11:09, Rob Beard wrote: Johnathon Tinsley wrote: Hi Sean, Sean Miller wrote: Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not use development releases on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Paul Sutton wrote: mac wrote: Rob Beard wrote: ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final release of 9.10 is released