[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi, I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and then I was asked to restart the server. This I did, but that was half an hour ago.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread John Stevenson
On 22 February 2011 10:23, Alexander Birchall tengallon...@hotmail.co.ukwrote: Hi, I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 11:44 +, John Stevenson wrote: How long you should wait probably depends on what the server is doing now. You request does not state what state the server is currenty in, so it is difficult to advise. Indeed. Your description implies that you're not near the server

[ubuntu-uk] Apt authentication issue

2011-02-22 Thread McGibbney, Lewis John
Hi list, This is a problem which has been bothering me for some time I am using 10.04 and have been experiencing the above problem. Every time I navigate to a page on my browser I am prompted to authenticate. Every time I try to run updates I get the Apt issue as above. I am connected to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apt authentication issue

2011-02-22 Thread Jim Price
On 22/02/11 13:34, McGibbney, Lewis John wrote: Hi list, This is a problem which has been bothering me for some time I am using 10.04 and have been experiencing the above problem. Every time I navigate to a page on my browser I am prompted to authenticate. That sounds like an issue with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Hassan Haz Williamson
On 20 February 2011 13:54, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style @Liam thing again, to anyone on any mailing list. I missed your message because it wasn't threaded as a response to me. My sincerest apologies, I shall avoid doing so in future.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 22/02/11 15:26, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: On 20 February 2011 13:54, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com mailto:lpro...@gmail.com wrote: *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style @Liam thing again, to anyone on any mailing list. I missed your message because it wasn't threaded

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Michael Douglas
On 22 Feb 2011 16:28, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! Hassan, if you are replying to several people in one message then using @soandso is fine by me. :-) I do not think we need to be so prescriptive as to require rules about the syntax of how to reply. It's the same as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. For you it maybe. For many others I doubt it very much. *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style @Liam thing again, to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 17:00 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. For you it maybe. For many others I doubt it very much.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Liam Gallear
On 22 Feb 2011, at 17:55, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 17:00 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big

[ubuntu-uk] Preinstalled kit

2011-02-22 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
I these lines thought it would be interesting to share: http://open-pc.com/ seems to have come from desktop.org or something: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/openpc_project_ready_made_gnu_linux_machines?utm_campaign=Linux+-+Google+Newsutm_medium=Twitterutm_source=SNS.analytics

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi John and Tyler, The situation is that the server was moved to a virtual platform a few months ago. Since then I only have remote access if the server has fully restarted. If a problem such as this develops, then I have to rely on our IT department (where linux skills are thin on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 05:38 +, Alexander Birchall wrote: 3. This is what the monitor was displaying: Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: -- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) -- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) -- Check root= (did the system wait for