Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-23 Thread Bob Clough
When you get to that screen, dont tick anything, just click forward. Grub is installed in the EFI partition on your pendrive, so you dont want to mess with it. Though the update has stopped gdm starting on boot! Anyone know where the config file for that is stored on 9.10? I was assuming

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sage Line 500 Client Wine

2010-04-23 Thread richard
Rob Beard wrote: On 22/04/10 15:16, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I have installed the Sage Line 500 client under Wine and it installs and starts up without a issue. However I have noticed that it does not refresh the current view correctly. For instance if I am viewing the transactions of a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
Just wanted to ask again, as this seems to have got lost, Does anybody have any information on how to use these firewalls (e.g. Ubuntu's ufw and Firestarter). I tried setting one up, and ended up shutting my pc off to everything, and had to get somebody to help open it up again. I gave up with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-23 Thread Alan Pope
On 23 April 2010 11:44, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Just wanted to ask again, as this seems to have got lost, Does anybody have any information on how to use these firewalls (e.g. Ubuntu's ufw and Firestarter). I tried setting one up, and ended up shutting my pc off to everything, and

[ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. How do you do that? Is there any software, or can it be done via the Terminal. Can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hi David, On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:03:24PM +0100, David wrote: What does everybody think about these certifications? In late 2008, LPI-UK sent me what I considered at the time to be several pieces of uninteresting unsolicited email. After asking how they got my address it turned out that I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread David Jones
On 23/04/2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. How do you do that? Is there any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Alan Pope
On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. How do you do that?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. If you think about it, a great deal of the world's business and network infrastructure runs on Unix and Linux systems. There are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread James Thomas
Hi there, I have an LPIC 1 certification which I can say has been a help in job searches and also applications to emigrate. Also in having the LPIC 1 I was awarded 2 further awards from Novell, as they deemed it that the course covered the knowledge needed for those exams... On 23 April 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. How do you do that? Is there any software,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 11:51, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthewsjake...@sky.com wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 12:22, Bruno Girin wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthewsjake...@sky.com wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed

[ubuntu-uk] Digital Economy Act - the OFCOM code

2010-04-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I originally posted this email to my users' list as I have some customers who are concerned about the Digital Economy Act. I was asked to repost it here as it may be of interest, so I'm editing it a little and doing so. I attended the UK Network Operators' Forum meeting yesterday and saw a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:51:23AM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hi David, Apologies for the dupe - hit the wrong key in my mailer. :( Cheers, Andy signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 23/04/10 12:44, John Matthews wrote: @Alan Lord..that is very clever I'm impressedalso very patronisingand you wonder why it is I react the way I do on here and IRC ubuntu-uk. I want to say more. If I understood how it worked, I wouldnt have needed to ask. The way I see it, you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/04/10 11:51, Andy Smith wrote: snip As a result of this I personally will never have dealings with LPI-UK or Linux-IT. I have not experienced anything bad from any other LPI affiliate but since taking an LPI exam requires giving LPI your email, and LPI's privacy policy says they will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/04/10 12:19, James Thomas wrote: Hi there, I have an LPIC 1 certification which I can say has been a help in job searches and also applications to emigrate. Also in having the LPIC 1 I was awarded 2 further awards from Novell, as they deemed it that the course covered the knowledge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 13:12, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/04/10 12:44, John Matthews wrote: @Alan Lord..that is very clever I'm impressedalso very patronisingand you wonder why it is I react the way I do on here and IRC ubuntu-uk. I want to say more. If I understood how it worked, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 12:31, Rob Beard wrote: On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Markie
Hi John, Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. Some routers by default block WAN pings some do not. My Sky router has a field called respond to ping on WAN port its checked off. I passed the

[ubuntu-uk] Blue tint on screen?

2010-04-23 Thread Daniel Case
Hiya Guys, i have a laptop thats about 2 years old...and it developed a sudden blue tint on the LCD moniter, i have done the usual diagnostics (plugged it into an external moniter, it was fine, and booted into Windows to check it wasnt a faulty driver) So i am left with a fault in the LCD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: Hi John, Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. Some routers by default block WAN pings some do not. My Sky router has a field called respond to ping on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Blue tint on screen?

2010-04-23 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
Sounds like the red signal is bad. You'll get the same effect if you bend that pin on a VGA cable. Regards, Tyler On Friday 23 April 2010 17:20:20 Daniel Case wrote: Hiya Guys, i have a laptop thats about 2 years old...and it developed a sudden blue tint on the LCD moniter, i have done the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Colin Law
On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: Hi John, Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. Some routers by default block WAN pings some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
On 23/04/10 17:52, Colin Law wrote: On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthewsjake...@sky.com wrote: On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: Hi John, Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread James Thomas
I received notifications that I had qualified. Had to log into Novell site and give my LPIC number and that was all. On Apr 23, 2010 2:39 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 23/04/10 12:19, James Thomas wrote: Hi there, I have an LPIC 1 certification which I can sa... That's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-23 Thread Les
Hi I also read here http://www.lpi.org/eng/about_lpi/what_s_new/comptia_and_lpi_join_forces_to_advance_global_linux_workforce That if you complete the CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI certification, you also automatically qualify for the LPIC1, and I assume by association you would also get the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zeus virus targets Firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Barry Titterton
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 19:25 +0100, Ashley Whetter wrote: www.bitdefender.com/VIRUS-1000496-en--Trojan.Spy.Zeus.W.html By the looks of it, no we are not. :) Gadget3000 Cheers Ashley, I suppose it is asking too much for the BBC to mention that their scare reports are for Windows users

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-23 Thread Jon Spriggs
Just to explain why the ping test is probably in Shields-up, is that... In times long-gone, and around about when Shields-Up was being created, many people would be using Dial-up, and even getting a ping from an IP address in a dial-up range would make you a fair target (as it was likely that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Blue tint on screen?

2010-04-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/04/10 17:20, Daniel Case wrote: Hiya Guys, i have a laptop thats about 2 years old...and it developed a sudden blue tint on the LCD moniter, i have done the usual diagnostics (plugged it into an external moniter, it was fine, and booted into Windows to check it wasnt a faulty driver)

[ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-23 Thread John Matthews
I have been doing some updates, and everytime now in Lucid, after it seems a really short period of time, it goes into a log in page. Sort of locks. I really like that idea, until it comes to doing things like updates. You have to log in all the time to find out what is happening. How can I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-23 Thread Alan Pope
On 23 April 2010 23:07, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I have been doing some updates, and everytime now in Lucid, after it seems a really short period of time, it goes into a log in page. Sort of locks. I really like that idea, until it comes to doing things like updates. You have to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/04/10 23:07, John Matthews wrote: I have been doing some updates, and everytime now in Lucid, after it seems a really short period of time, it goes into a log in page. Sort of locks. I really like that idea, until it comes to doing things like updates. You have to log in all the time to