[ubuntu-uk] Nouveau hates me...

2010-11-27 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Hey all. My name is Dante, big fan of Ubuntu and all that; but I have a problem, and I wonder if you guys can help...my laptop hates Nouveau, you see. If I try and run Ubuntu on it, then I am faced with a non-starting X session. Now I'm not any good at this, I'm a non-programmer! Appending 'xforc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:24 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > > If you have an HP printer and the HPLIP toolbox installed, you already > > get this - and notifications to nag you about low ink. This needs to be extended to support Epson printers. It's obviously possible as mtink seems to read the prin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

2010-11-27 Thread bodsda
Change the primary monitor in nvidia-settings to be the second one. If you save the config, and after a reboot it fails, all you have to do is delete the /etc/X11/xorg.conf Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Graham Smith Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

2010-11-27 Thread Graham Smith
Mmmm, well this bizarre, I have just tried this again, to see if restarting X helped. However this time when I went into the NVIDIA GUI, the second monitor was overlapping the main monitor in the monitor set up display. before it had been offset to the left. I dragged the monitor over to the left,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

2010-11-27 Thread Graham Smith
Bodsda Reboots are not necessary, use ctr+alt+backspace to restart X. > Thanks, so can I select the primary display and restart X to see if its working, without committing to saving the x config. > Saving to the config file is the only way to keep the configuration after a > reboot though. > Y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

2010-11-27 Thread bodsda
Reboots are not necessary, use ctr+alt+backspace to restart X. Saving to the config file is the only way to keep the configuration after a reboot though. When you say the belinia is acting as the primary, does the gnome-panel move to that screen as well? Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wirele

[ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

2010-11-27 Thread Graham Smith
Following on from my new monitor thread, I ended up with a Viewsonic VG2227WM 22" Monitor. I know this wasn't mentioned in that thread, but for various reasons that is what I ended up with. And, as suggested, I also replaced my Matrox card (new graphics card is an ASUS geforce EN210 Silent) The V

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 09:57 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 00:15 +, Chris Wilson wrote: > > Why don't you head on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm > > (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and propose the inclusion of an 'ink > > level reported' in future releases of Ubuntu. > > If you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 00:15 +, Chris Wilson wrote: > Why don't you head on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm > (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and propose the inclusion of an 'ink > level reported' in future releases of Ubuntu. If you have an HP printer and the HPLIP toolbox installed, you already get