Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On 20 May 2010 at 18:13, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 20 May 2010 at 9:55, Tony Travis wrote: > > > On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > [...] > > > Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any > > > suggestions. > > > > Hello, Tony. > > > > Have you tried "acpi=

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On 20 May 2010 at 9:55, Tony Travis wrote: > On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > > [...] > > Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any > > suggestions. > > Hello, Tony. > > Have you tried "acpi=off" on the kernel command line? > I think I have tried that. I g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > > > > I've installed the nvidia binary driver and vdpau library from the > repository and that was pretty much it. I put a couple of tweaks in my >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
Same here! just installed Nvidia's latest drivers plus the vdpau libraries and XBMC it works perfectly. On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > > > > I've installed the nvidia binary dri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > I've installed the nvidia binary driver and vdpau library from the repository and that was pretty much it. I put a couple of tweaks in my mplayer config to make it buffer and force it to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 15:21, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:04, javadayaz wrote: > > And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the > > quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p > etc > > ? > > > > Works fine for the 720p content I have. > > C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 15:04, javadayaz wrote: > And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the > quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p etc > ? > Works fine for the 720p content I have. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:01 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > > configurable to a 40" inch screen? > > > > My revo is attached to a 42" screen. > > Cheers, > Al. Show off :p -Matt Daubne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
it should work with a 40" screen. it's the resolution size that matters not the physical size. as long as the screen and box can display the same resolution it should be fine. On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > config

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p etc ? On 20 May 2010 15:01, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > configurable to a 40" inch screen? > My revo is attached to a 42" screen. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be configurable to a 40" inch screen? On 20 May 2010 14:49, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box > to > > check. > > > > The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 19 May at 22:46, Daniel Case wrote: > A tutorial i made is here for your referance, it should work :) > > I have noticed that a few of the tutorials do not go in to enough > details, and some of them even have the packages wrong, so here is a > comprehensive guide to booting UNR on the Joggle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sudo

2010-05-20 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On Thursday 20 May 2010 14:11:28 Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > On 20/05/10 13:00, Alan Pope wrote: > > > You pretty much never need to logon as root. You can 'become' root like > > > with:- > > > > > > sudo -s > > > > Hmmm, when I do this I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 14:30, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I've sorted it out, by running 'sudo nautilus', navigating to the disk, > and changing the permissions to include myself. > Personally I wouldn't do that. I expect a further mail from you in 6 months when something else breaks as a result of running n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 20 May at 13:48, Anton Piatek wrote: > On 19 May 2010 22:46, Daniel Case wrote: > > A tutorial i made is here for your referance, it should work :) > . > > If you are in a hurry, go to http://www.stephenford.org/joggler/ where > a wget command will get you a 4GB usb image, and a dd comma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box to > check. > The output is configurable with pulseaudio. Click the speaker icon in the notification area, choose Sound Preferences, click the output tab, click the drop down next

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box to check. On 20 May 2010 14:31, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > > On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > >> What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If >> it's anything like my Zotac ION board)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's > anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between > "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio > select "internal codec"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's > anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between > "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio > select "internal codec"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-20 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 14:04 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 12:55, Rowan Berkeley > wrote: > > Hi, Having copied all the files from my external disk drive into > > onboard memory, and checked that they are accessible and function > > normally, I have created a new EXT3 file system on t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do if external hard drive isn't unmounted properly?

2010-05-20 Thread Liam Proven
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 18 May 2010 18:11, Liam Proven wrote: >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Colin Law wrote: >>> On 18 May 2010 15:41, Liam Proven wrote: Easy. Using Gparted, shrink the NTFS partition to half the drive. (Say). Make a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 13:51, javadayaz wrote: > Who sells the dell zino HD? and which one is better specs wise...the revo or > the dell? > Dell? http://www.google.com/search?dell+zino+hd http://euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hd&cs=ukdhs1&s=dhs The revo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio select "internal codec" that uses the HDMI for sound output. On 20 May 201

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
Who sells the dell zino HD? and which one is better specs wise...the revo or the dell? On 20 May 2010 13:46, Simon Swaysland wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. > >> >> Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media >> centre on a Dell Z

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-20 Thread Anton Piatek
On 19 May 2010 22:46, Daniel Case wrote: > A tutorial i made is here for your referance, it should work :) . If you are in a hurry, go to http://www.stephenford.org/joggler/ where a wget command will get you a 4GB usb image, and a dd command will put it on your usb key. Then just plug it in t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. > > Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media > centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player > built in. > > Thanks, > > Simon > Afternoon, My Revo is up and running, Lovely

[ubuntu-uk] sudo

2010-05-20 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thursday 20 May 2010 14:11:28 Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 20/05/10 13:00, Alan Pope wrote: > > You pretty much never need to logon as root. You can 'become' root like > > with:- > > > > sudo -s > > Hmmm, when I do this I tend to use > > sudo -i > > so you don't litter your homedir with root'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 20/05/10 13:00, Alan Pope wrote: > You pretty much never need to logon as root. You can 'become' root like with:- > > sudo -s Hmmm, when I do this I tend to use sudo -i so you don't litter your homedir with root's environment nor vice versa. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6188826&pos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 12:55, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hi, > > Having copied all the files from my external disk drive into onboard > memory, and checked that they are accessible and function normally, I > have created a new EXT3 file system on the external disk drive. There is > now nothing on the externa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-20 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Hi, Having copied all the files from my external disk drive into onboard memory, and checked that they are accessible and function normally, I have created a new EXT3 file system on the external disk drive. There is now nothing on the external disk drive except an empty 'Lost and Found' folder. Ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Travis
On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > [...] > Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any > suggestions. Hello, Tony. Have you tried "acpi=off" on the kernel command line? Bye, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and He

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do if external hard drive isn't unmounted properly?

2010-05-20 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 18 May 2010 18:11, Liam Proven wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Colin Law wrote: >> On 18 May 2010 15:41, Liam Proven wrote: >>> >>> Easy. Using Gparted, shrink the NTFS partition to half the drive. (Say). >>> >>> Make a new extended partition. In there make a logical drive. Format i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Colin Law
On 19 May 2010 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi All > I know I have asked about this before, but I am becoming desperate. Since I > upgraded my desktop from Karmic to Lucid I cannot boot into Ubuntu. Have you tried the ubuntu support email list? https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-use