Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Sean Miller
On 11 August 2010 07:01, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Not sure of the detail but it will be something that's present in the shell > that's not present in the session invoked from cron. As Sean says, logging > the event will give you a clue as to why it's failing. I would suggest that > you will need t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 11 August 2010 00:13, Paul Willis wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to shutdown MySQL on an Ubuntu 10.04 server for half hour > everyday using cron but I can't get it to work > > Using "sudo crontab -e" I entered the line... > > 15 19 * * * root /etc/init.d/mysql stop > > In the syslog I can see it f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Sean Miller
Why don't you write to a logfile then any errors that might be occurring can be looked for ie. 15 19 * * * root /etc/init.d/mysql stop >/var/log/mysql-stop.log 2>&1 2>&1 tells it to send errors, as well as messages, to the logfile (in case you're not familiar with that syntax)... Sean -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Daniel Case
My Apologies for the top post, getting used to a new email client. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Paul, Are you sure that stops mysql? You should be stopping the daemon: "mysqld" not mysql Daniel On 11 August 2010 00:13, Paul Willis wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to shutdown MySQL on an Ubuntu 10.04 server for half hour > everyday using cron but I can't get it to work > > Using "sudo crontab

[ubuntu-uk] Shutdown mysql with cron

2010-08-10 Thread Paul Willis
Hi I'm trying to shutdown MySQL on an Ubuntu 10.04 server for half hour everyday using cron but I can't get it to work Using "sudo crontab -e" I entered the line... 15 19 * * * root /etc/init.d/mysql stop In the syslog I can see it fired at the time I expected... Aug 10 19:15:01 domU-11-11-11

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Hugh Wren
>> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of >> these things? >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable tied to it? I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. regards, HughW -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:41, Alan Bell wrote: > From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for > a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just > gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys > to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:19, Joe O'Dell wrote: >> If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get >> to them? > Through connections (i.e. meeting up with someone else involved in Ubuntu > UK), at other events or by collection (or via post?) > There is always a way. If the banne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Bell
>From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost > £100 and are quite big (hence needing a b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
> How many of these are there going to be and who’s going to store them? I believe that Laura Czajkowski is looking at something like this for all LoCos, and I assume that there would be one per LoCo (they are pretty expensive to print). > If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > >> > >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > >> > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? > > We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the > gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 22:24 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? Joe would have walked up and down Spe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lexmark Printer Penguin in Tesco

2010-08-10 Thread Sean Miller
I am glad that Lexmark are coming around... the wireless printer I bought about 14 months ago has never been able to work without a USB cable connected, and the driver is something that they supplied very late. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
>> >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >> > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the group, and then it would have been easily visible from the pathway and ro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 21:22, Joe O'Dell wrote: > Hello All, > > After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I > thought it would be wise to raise this point; > > *Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner?* > > **It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FTP Server Problems - Help?

2010-08-10 Thread Daniel Case
Thanks Simon, That did it :) Daniel On 10 August 2010 07:02, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 10 August 2010 03:28, Daniel Case wrote: > >> I just set it in the config file: >> It told me to uncomment the line which said something along the lines of: >> >> DocumentRoot: ~ >> >> If i set it to a

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
Hello All, After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I thought it would be wise to raise this point; Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating "Ubuntu UK - Local Community Event" or similar (incl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lexmark Printer Penguin in Tesco

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 19:39, alan c wrote: > Heads up for a Lexmark all in one printer I saw in Tesco the other day: > I believe it was this one (in store) > http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-2788.aspx > > The penguin logo along side the windows logo stopped me (happily) in > my tracks. > > The Lexmark site i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lenovo N500: further gremlins

2010-08-10 Thread alan c
On 09/08/10 11:29, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 12:00 +0100,Simos Xenitellis > wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Rowan Berkeley >>wrote: >> > Hi, people. Two more gremlins today: sound card vanished, i.e. not >> > just no sound, but 'internal audio' not found in

[ubuntu-uk] Lexmark Printer Penguin in Tesco

2010-08-10 Thread alan c
Heads up for a Lexmark all in one printer I saw in Tesco the other day: I believe it was this one (in store) http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-2788.aspx The penguin logo along side the windows logo stopped me (happily) in my tracks. The Lexmark site includes rpm and deb files (linux tab) and it l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu enterprise cloud

2010-08-10 Thread John Stevenson
On 10 August 2010 13:02, Dave Walker wrote: > On 10/08/10 12:09, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 10 August 2010 08:35, John Stevenson > wrote: > > > I would like to make part of the cloud relatively portable and am using an > Acer revo for the controller. Does anyone know of a small(ish) form facto

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu enterprise cloud

2010-08-10 Thread Dave Walker
On 10/08/10 12:09, Alan Pope wrote: > On 10 August 2010 08:35, John Stevenson wrote: > >> I would like to make part of the cloud relatively portable and am using an >> Acer revo for the controller. Does anyone know of a small(ish) form factor >> server that can still hold 3-5 hard drives (3.5"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu enterprise cloud

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Pope
On 10 August 2010 08:35, John Stevenson wrote: > I would like to make part of the cloud relatively portable and am using an > Acer revo for the controller.  Does anyone know of a small(ish) form factor > server that can still hold 3-5 hard drives (3.5"), with a cpu that supports > virtualisation (

[ubuntu-uk] FLOSS UK Unconference Autumn 2010

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Pope
FLOSS UK Unconference Autumn 2010 - http://unconference2010.flossuk.org/ Saturday, 16th October, Birmingham & Midland Institute, England What is FLOSS UK 2010? This is our first unconference, and is being held in collaboration with local FLOSS groups. What is an Unconference? An unconference i

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu enterprise cloud

2010-08-10 Thread John Stevenson
Hello all, I am starting to build a private cloud using the Ubuntu Enterprise cloud option on Ubuntu server (its the right weather to be doing cloudy thing today). I aim to use the private cloud for setting up development and testing servers quickly, as I work with a lot of different tools and en