Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

Unfortunately, we already have one. Our call logging system has a cmdb element, but it is nothing better than a list of servers with not much info. Trying to convince management to buy another product is gonna be hard. I was hoping for someway of doing it through SQL tools. I'll definitely look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

On 20 January 2011 17:27, Steve Fisher wrote: > > > On 19 January 2011 23:31, Barry Titterton > wrote: >> >> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 23:11 +, Bill Cumming wrote: >> >> >> >> > I've a Netgear DG834gt Router with custom firmware, >> > >> > It does the same! With me It's a problem with the way the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On 20 Jan 2011, at 22:38, Liam Proven wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Anton Piatek wrote: >> I thought the move to Debian was before unity etc. I also thought the >> motivation was to track Debian unstable and have continuous rolling updates. > > I really don't know. You may know bette

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Anton Piatek wrote: > I thought the move to Debian was before unity etc. I also thought the > motivation was to track Debian unstable and have continuous rolling updates. I really don't know. You may know better than I! The rolling-updates thing is as much a resu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:34 +, Liam Proven wrote: >> Do bear in mind that there are currently 2 flavours of Mint. It is >> *possibly* on the threshold of a big change. > > I had a play with it out of interest.  Seemed Ok and installed very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 20:54 +, Colin Law wrote: >> Which one? > > linuxmint-10-gnome-dvd-amd64  Not sure whether this is Debian or Ubuntu > based, but it's the only one I tried. That is the vanilla Ubuntu-based one. Mint 10 is based off Ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On 20 January 2011 21:23, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 21:15 +, Craig Peden wrote: > > Linux Mint releases with a number are ubuntu based. i.e Mint 10 "Julia". > LMDE is debian. > > Tomorrow I'll try Mint DE and see what I think. > > Regards,Barry. > > -- > Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

Im trying my best to help here, but Im not sure how much more I can be of use, bear with me though :-) On 20 January 2011 17:51, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > On 20/01/11 17:22, Byte Soup wrote: > > > > On 20 January 2011 14:33, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > >> I used the same hashed password that I cre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 21:15 +, Craig Peden wrote: > Linux Mint releases with a number are ubuntu based. i.e Mint 10 "Julia". LMDE > is debian. Tomorrow I'll try Mint DE and see what I think. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

I thought the move to Debian was before unity etc. I also thought the motivation was to track Debian unstable and have continuous rolling updates. Anton - Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http:// www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On 20 Jan 2011, at 21:08, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 20:54 +, Colin Law wrote: >> Which one? > > linuxmint-10-gnome-dvd-amd64 Not sure whether this is Debian or Ubuntu > based, but it's the only one I tried. > > Regards, Barry > -- > Barry Drake is a member of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 20:54 +, Colin Law wrote: > Which one? linuxmint-10-gnome-dvd-amd64 Not sure whether this is Debian or Ubuntu based, but it's the only one I tried. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On 20 January 2011 20:02, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:34 +, Liam Proven wrote: >> Do bear in mind that there are currently 2 flavours of Mint. It is >> *possibly* on the threshold of a big change. > > I had a play with it out of interest. Which one? Colin >  Seemed Ok and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:34 +, Liam Proven wrote: > Do bear in mind that there are currently 2 flavours of Mint. It is > *possibly* on the threshold of a big change. I had a play with it out of interest. Seemed Ok and installed very easily, but there's so much you take for granted in Ubuntu t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: >> Linux Mint Debian - very, very impressed!  Probably going to stick with >> this on the laptop.  Rolling distro, attractive and the forums are friendly >> and helpful.  Cpufreq didn't run out of the box and the Debian methods of >> doing

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: Your laptops .....]

For your information ... Forwarded Message From: Chris To: Barry Drake Subject: Re: Your laptops . Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:25:13 + Hi Barry We're ceasing sales of laptops pre-installed with Linux. Unfortunately our suppliers range of OS free laptops proved too vola

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

On 20/01/11 17:22, Byte Soup wrote: > > > On 20 January 2011 14:33, Jacob Mansfield > wrote: > > I used the same hashed password that I created using slappsswd > it's not the same one that's in the tut > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > > > Can you try >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

On 19 January 2011 23:31, Barry Titterton < barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 23:11 +, Bill Cumming wrote: > > > > > I've a Netgear DG834gt Router with custom firmware, > > > > It does the same! With me It's a problem with the way the router > > handles ports,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

On 20 January 2011 14:33, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I used the same hashed password that I created using slappsswd > it's not the same one that's in the tut > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > > > Can you try ldapddd -v -x -D cn=admin,dc=cyberkingsolutions,dc=co,dc=up -w -f base.ldif So its just a

[ubuntu-uk] Leaflet .....

Hi there A week or two back, someone posted a leaflet entitled: "WhatisOpenSourceSoftware-street-level-leaflet-with-some-typos-and-gross-simplifications" First question - can I put some of the stuff that is on it in the online tuition module

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 10:30 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > although I can't make it myself (gotta work) I'd be happy to sell my > netbook to somebody for £30 to £40 to use at the show. If nobody else shows interest, I'd take it for a spare. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a mem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

PHP/HTML with MySQL works very well, if you're confident building a user interface. Just a case of building some viewing screens and some data entry screens. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

I used the same hashed password that I created using slappsswd it's not the same one that's in the tut Jacob Mansfield Programmer On 20 January 2011 11:04, Byte Soup wrote: > > > On 20 January 2011 10:41, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >> >> when I installed LDAP it didn't ask for anything, and runni

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

On 20/01/11 13:57, John Stevenson wrote: I agree with the comment from Dan, ditch your spreadsheet asap and get something specific, before the spreadsheet becomes a noose around your neck. Unless it's a very simple requirement then why not just use OOo Base and MySQL? You can run that on Windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

On 20 January 2011 13:18, wrote: > Hi guys, > > This is more microsoft related than ubuntu related, but am just after some > advice. > > We currently use a spreadsheet to manage our server information and asset > documentation. I am keen to put this into a SQL db, but have a slight > problem. I a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

why not have a look around for an asset management system that's already built? such as : http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

Hi guys, This is more microsoft related than ubuntu related, but am just after some advice. We currently use a spreadsheet to manage our server information and asset documentation. I am keen to put this into a SQL db, but have a slight problem. I am happy with editing tables to insert/view/del

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

On 20 January 2011 10:41, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > when I installed LDAP it didn't ask for anything, and running > dpkg-reconfigure didn't ask for those anyay, like I said I followed > the tutorial at > http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the > first to set it up as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

when I installed LDAP it didn't ask for anything, and running dpkg-reconfigure didn't ask for those anyay, like I said I followed the tutorial at http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the first to set it up as it is the only one I could find that doesn't say to edit /etc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

On 19 January 2011 22:07, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > On 17/01/11 09:00, Byte Soup wrote: > > Hi Jacob, > > I have a small amount of experience using Sun's LDAP, see my comment below > > -Mark > > On 14 January 2011 22:31, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > >> I have been trying to set up an LDAP server fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

Here's the response from my MP (Rob Buckland, Swindon South, Conservative): > Thank you for your e-mail and for all your suggestions about saving > the Government money, which are gratefully received. If you think of > any more, or know of any more examples of waste that should be looked > at, pl