Re: [ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Durling
Tim and John, Thanks! I've passed this on to my friend. cheers, Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade

2010-05-24 Thread mac
mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across. Various bug reports mention this problem, but don't seem to have been

[ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. I'm sure that my paranoia about MS sales methods is getting out of hand, but I can't help wondering. Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 May 2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-24 Thread javadayaz
has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic keyboard. It's a pretty good solution, and only has occasional digital audio output issues which require

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-24 Thread Simon Swaysland
Yes, the one that came with it works fine. On 24 May 2010 09:39, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? On 13 May 2010 09:28, Simon Swaysland simon.swaysl...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Revo running Karmic with XBMC and the Keysonic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

2010-05-24 Thread Markie
Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this morning and one thing that seems not to be working is the notification icon when you have a new IM or email, perhaps I need to configure something else? Markie On 23 May 2010 12:00, chris cbain...@gmail.com wrote: I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade

2010-05-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 24 May 2010 08:56, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across.  

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-24 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Sun, 23 May 2010 at 12:36 Daniel Drummond dmdrummo...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 at 12:32, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I can't paste from the terminal. In the terminal use Ctrl-Shift-C to copy, after making a selection with the mouse. To paste into the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade

2010-05-24 Thread John Stevenson
On 24 May 2010 08:56, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread francis
On 24 May 2010 09:39, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 24 May 2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade

2010-05-24 Thread mac
John Stevenson wrote: snip There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. Bingo! That's fixed the wired connection, which is now working perfectly. I still don't see the previous NetworkManager behaviour of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Probably policy - the sales person I spoke to went away to ask a colleague (without being asked to do so). He actually recommended trying PC World! Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade

2010-05-24 Thread John Stevenson
On 24 May 2010 12:08, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: John Stevenson wrote: snip There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. Bingo! That's fixed the wired connection, which is now working

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-24 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 May 2010 at 9:39, javadayaz wrote: has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Yes. I have a wireless keyboard with built in track pad for my Revo. Works *quite* well. Far from perfect though. Loses characters if you don't type very methodically and the trackpad is very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-24 Thread Bill Cumming
Is anyone using an IR remote with XBMC / Ubuntu? looking for a good IR reciever / remote to use with my XBMC. The motherboard (Zotac IONITX-F) does not have any pinouts for a IR receiver (as far as i can tell) so I will need to get a USB one. On 24 May 2010 17:36, Tony Pursell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-24 Thread Rowan Berkeley
I got several useful emails full of advice from Linux Emporium about the various partitions on my internal hard disk. Apparently the unused partition is there so that the user can install two operating systems side by side if they so wish. They say I could dispense with this and add it to my user

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

2010-05-24 Thread chris
I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email. This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel provider? Chris On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:46 +0100, Markie wrote: Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this morning and one

[ubuntu-uk] Re : Using Gparted

2010-05-24 Thread Pallottini Aymeric
Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partion created you will need to update 2 files with the new volume UUID. You can get the new UUID by right clicking on your new swap partition in

[ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

2010-05-24 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I have no idea what sort of software a

[ubuntu-uk] Success! was Re: O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-24 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 23 May at 22:01, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 23 May 2010 21:27, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: my description of problems here Hello, the initial command looked correct, the location of the device is the name of where the usb stick is in the file system

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

2010-05-24 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

2010-05-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I think that the software used in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Brocklehurst
On 24/05/10 23:24, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-24 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:19 +0100, Pallottini Aymeric paillom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partition created you will need to update 2 files with the new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67

2010-05-24 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:19 +0100, Pallottini Aymeric paillom...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Rowan, In GParted when creating the partition just make sure that you select linux-swap in the format to field. Once you have your new swap partition created you will need to update 2 files with the new

[ubuntu-uk] Re : Using Gparted

2010-05-24 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Sorry, I forgot to change the subject line on my last message. Must try harder. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/