Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does AV chat work with Jabber?

2012-03-22 Thread Neil Greenwood
My day job is testing VoIP/SIP, and I've not had much luck with Empathy, but I have more success with Linphone for A/V and Twinkle for just voice is hard to beat for its configure-ability Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity and top-post, this is typed on my phone. On Mar 22, 2012 11:57 PM, "James T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does AV chat work with Jabber?

2012-03-22 Thread James Tait
On 22/03/12 22:16, Tony Pursell wrote: Does anyone know if Audio and Video (AV) chat works with Jabber from Empathy? [snip] However, when we tried Jabber AV chat we got no connection. I would like to show him that we can move away from Skype, especially as we can expect no more Linux support f

[ubuntu-uk] Does AV chat work with Jabber?

2012-03-22 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Folks Does anyone know if Audio and Video (AV) chat works with Jabber from Empathy? I meet up with my brother frequently on-line for an AV chat. Up to now we have used Skype, which works well, because he is basically a Windows man, but recently he has started to experiment with Ubuntu (11.10)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 12:36, Kris Douglas wrote: I /think/ that it is nautilus that displays the icons on the desktop. Yes, Nautilus is responsible for showing desktop icons. The bug seems to have been fixed in the last set of updates. The Ubuntu bug team is fantastic isn't it. Regards,Barry.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 12:36, Kris Douglas wrote: I /think/ that it is nautilus that displays the icons on the desktop. Yes, Nautilus is responsible for showing desktop icons. Ah! My mistake. I just assumed that Nautilus was a file browser and did nothing else. Thanks for making it clear. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/03/12 12:10, Colin Law wrote: On 22 March 2012 12:01, Colin Law wrote: On 22 March 2012 11:01, John MM wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but when I c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Kris Douglas
On 22 March 2012 11:52, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 11:48, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: >>> >>> That is a duplicate of >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says >>> it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. >> >> >> I re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 12:01, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 11:01, John MM wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: >>> >>> On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: >>> > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but >>> > when I >>> > click o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 11:01, John MM wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: >> > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but >> > when I >> > click on the icon, nothing happens.can somebody help? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 11:48, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: >> >> That is a duplicate of >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says >> it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. > > > I reported it as an ubuntu-desktop rather than a nautilu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: That is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. I reported it as an ubuntu-desktop rather than a nautilus bug as the situation arose with launchers that were alre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [UKUUG-Announce] OSSG HMG Desktop Event

2012-03-22 Thread Alan Bell
really interesting sounding event at the BCS in London coming up for those interested in public sector use of Free Software. Steve Lamb from Microsoft is actually a nice chap, and there are speakers from the Free Software Foundation, Canonical and Red Hat On 22/03/12 10:36, Jane Morrison wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Andy Braben
> anybody know what that means, and if it cant be fixed is there another > program to use that can burn images... > > Thanks > > I can't help with what it means, but k3b is a very good program for burning images, and my preference for anything to do with writing CDs/DVDs. -- Regards, Andy --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Andy Braben
On 22 March 2012 10:44, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/03/12 10:24, Colin Law wrote: > >> OK, got it. I am seeing it if I view /usr/share/applications in nautilus >> or if I copy a .desktop file to the Desktop from there. I would report it >> as a bug in nautilus if not already reported. Colin >> > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread John MM
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: > On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: > > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but > when I > > click on the icon, nothing happens.can somebody help? > > What happens if run it from a terminal (just type b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 10:24, Colin Law wrote: OK, got it. I am seeing it if I view /usr/share/applications in nautilus or if I copy a .desktop file to the Desktop from there. I would report it as a bug in nautilus if not already reported. Colin Thanks for that. I've reported it at: https://bugs.launch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 10:19, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >>> >>> Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >>> description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was >>> after ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: > On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >> description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was >> after yesterday's updates to Precise. > > > I did try re-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was after yesterday's updates to Precise. I did try re-installing Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install ubun