Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 3 May 2011 23:15:00 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Sorry about the double post but I'm going to quote the section. It's a pain on a mobile. pci wireless devices 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking if a System restart is required

2011-05-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 May 2011 03:10, Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org wrote: As I've mentioned before on the ayatana list I think this would do more harm than good. As others have already said, just about everything bar Mozilla stuff will continue to work fine if it's left running, and warning people that a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Yorvyk
On Wed, 04 May 2011 07:53:35 +0100 Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2011 23:15:00 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Sorry about the double post but I'm going to quote the section. It's a pain on a mobile. pci wireless devices

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 4 May 2011 09:38:29 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: On some notebooks/laptops there is a function key that enables WiFi. I've found with upgrades that this sets it's self to disable the WiFi, but doesn't with a clean install. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net There is a Fn + option

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking if a System restart is required

2011-05-04 Thread Avi Greenbury
Colin Law wrote: Not arguing one way or the other but I suspect that if an upgrade that requires a reboot is performed, but the reboot is delayed, that the security hole may well likely not be plugged till the reboot is performed. Well, the holes in the kernel wont be plugged until the next

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread John Stevenson
On 4 May 2011 09:54, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2011 09:38:29 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: On some notebooks/laptops there is a function key that enables WiFi. I've found with upgrades that this sets it's self to disable the WiFi, but doesn't with a clean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 4 May 2011 10:30:46 +0100, John Stevenson wrote: The wifi light often doubles as a bluetooth light on laptops / netbooks.  Have you checked that the WiFi is enabled in the bios of the machine, perhaps disabling bluetooth as well to see if the light still comes on.  Thank you -- John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Dave Rice
OK, here are some links that I found useful! The method I used, admittedly it was on a Maverick based distro, was to update the kernel from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and the install the samsung-wireless package from here: https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:51:49 +0300, Dave Rice wrote: OK, here are some links that I found useful! The method I used, admittedly it was on a Maverick based distro, was to update the kernel from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ [14] and the install the samsung-wireless

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 04 May 2011 13:08:35 Jon Reynolds wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:51:49 +0300, Dave Rice wrote: OK, here are some links that I found useful! The method I used, admittedly it was on a Maverick based distro, was to update the kernel from here:

[ubuntu-uk] Ask Mark session

2011-05-04 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, in ~20 mins there's an 'Ask Mark Shuttleworth' session in Ubuntu Open Week. Jump on IRC and pose your questions to Mark in #ubuntu-classroom-chat and watch the answers in #ubuntu-classroom on freenode irc. All the details at the below links. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ask Mark session

2011-05-04 Thread alan c
On 04/05/11 14:40, Alan Pope wrote: Hi, in ~20 mins there's an 'Ask Mark Shuttleworth' session in Ubuntu Open Week. Jump on IRC and pose your questions to Mark in #ubuntu-classroom-chat and watch the answers in #ubuntu-classroom on freenode irc. All the details at the below links.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ask Mark session

2011-05-04 Thread Terence Simpson
On 4 May 2011 18:29, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Unfortunately I had a medical appointment, so I could not join in. I notice there is no log, never mind. I trust it went well? http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/05/04/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t15:02 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ask Mark session

2011-05-04 Thread alan c
On 04/05/11 18:32, Terence Simpson wrote: On 4 May 2011 18:29, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Unfortunately I had a medical appointment, so I could not join in. I notice there is no log, never mind. I trust it went well?

[ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-04 Thread Chris Wilson
Hey all, I've just started the project for my MSc course in Applied Computing and am in need of some guinea pigs to help design and test it. I'm going to be working on it between now and Monday 12th September, when my thesis is to be submitted, and I'm going to be using the user-centred design

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-05-04 Thread Barry Titterton
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 15:47 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... At last night's ubuntu-adverts meeting, I arranged an experimental survey for research. I hope some of you can consider helping with it. First, find one or more willing volunteers from among friends. Volunteers need to be