Re: [ubuntu-uk] SIP Configuration for BT BRoadband?

2009-11-04 Thread Tim Dobson
Russell Hay wrote: > It may be that I just need to port forward port 5060 to my Ubuntu box... > will try that.. if you forward 5060 and 5061that should do it, but BT home hubs have a bit of a reputation in the VOIP world. I would recommend enabling NAT Traversal (STUN) if you can, else you'll

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems

2009-11-04 Thread David King
Thanks for your help, Alan, it worked and now OOo is functioning properly again. David King Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 04/11/09 09:50, David King wrote: > >> It made no difference installing the galaxy icon set. >> >> also, how do I change the icon set in OOo? I see no option in the progr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...

2009-11-04 Thread Neil Perry
I have two acer 19" monitors, which work fine under Gnome,Fluxbox & Xmonad (What i'm currently using). Regards, Neil Perry 2009/11/4 Jamie Bennett > On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 20:21 +, Dean Sas wrote: > > tim.ritt...@doctors.org.uk wrote: > > > How many people out there use dual monitors? Is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...

2009-11-04 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 20:21 +, Dean Sas wrote: > tim.ritt...@doctors.org.uk wrote: > > How many people out there use dual monitors? Is the general poor > > support for dual monitors a conequence of the closed source nature of > > the graphics drivers? I would ideally like to use kde, but this >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SIP Configuration for BT BRoadband?

2009-11-04 Thread Russell Hay
It may be that I just need to port forward port 5060 to my Ubuntu box... will try that.. Russ 2009/11/4 Steve > On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:07 -, Russell Hay > wrote: > > > I've tried to get my BT Broadband softphone working under Linux but am > > failing - I'm using twinkle, and have my cu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SIP Configuration for BT BRoadband?

2009-11-04 Thread Steve
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:07 -, Russell Hay wrote: > I've tried to get my BT Broadband softphone working under Linux but am > failing - I'm using twinkle, and have my current config listed below - > if anyone in the UK has got their BT Broadband Softphone working with > a Linux SIP client,

[ubuntu-uk] SIP Configuration for BT BRoadband?

2009-11-04 Thread Russell Hay
I've tried to get my BT Broadband softphone working under Linux but am failing - I'm using twinkle, and have my current config listed below - if anyone in the UK has got their BT Broadband Softphone working with a Linux SIP client, can you take a look and give me a pointer on what's wrong? Twinkle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-04 Thread Dave Walker
Sean Miller wrote: > Please don't get me wrong: I was merely asking the question, as I > think that 6 months is a very ambitious timescale to get a completely > new distribution built. > > The LTS vs. regular releases thing is, imho, rather a red herring - > the implication seems to be that it is o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/4 Alan Lord (News) : > On 04/11/09 09:50, David King wrote: >> It made no difference installing the galaxy icon set. >> >> also, how do I change the icon set in OOo? I see no option in the program. >> >> And, after making that change, things got worse. All the menu entries >> vanished. I ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems

2009-11-04 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 04/11/09 09:50, David King wrote: > It made no difference installing the galaxy icon set. > > also, how do I change the icon set in OOo? I see no option in the program. > > And, after making that change, things got worse. All the menu entries > vanished. I had an icon in the panel for OOo Writer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems

2009-11-04 Thread David King
It made no difference installing the galaxy icon set. also, how do I change the icon set in OOo? I see no option in the program. And, after making that change, things got worse. All the menu entries vanished. I had an icon in the panel for OOo Writer, which also would not work without specifyi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-04 Thread Ed Morgan
This is the key point I think.. "*The Register* failed to notice the text in red boldface on that ubuntuforums.org page which states: *"*** Disclaimer for those willing to analyse this poll *** Most of users voting here are users with issues. Users with painless experience are not likely to come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-04 Thread Paul Roach
Just to reply to the original thread - followup to the register article on slashdot this morning. Lots of positive feedback there (although not exactly an "average user" demographic, usually pretty scathing) http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2211231/Some-Early-Adopters-Stung-By-Ubuntus-