[ubuntu-uk] fglrx driver under 13.04

2013-02-21 Thread Barry Drake
ion is /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_ati_conf I have saved a copy of 'control' as I assume that the annoyance will come back with the next kernel upgrade. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beware updating to latest nvidia experimental driver

2013-02-17 Thread Barry Drake
mbers). Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-15 Thread Barry Drake
turn off secure boot as far as they are aware. Regards, Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Barry Drake
to install and sort the graphics drivers. Bedtime. I'll work on it tomorrow. Thanks guys for all your suggestions. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Barry Drake
messages - and there is no message, only the splash screen when the freeze takes place. Have I wasted my money? Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-02-02 Thread Barry Drake
ain at the time. Regards, Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9

2013-01-06 Thread Barry Drake
Correct. And that means that the only OS that you can lad would be Windows 8. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9

2013-01-06 Thread Barry Drake
talking off the top of my head here, so forgive me if this is not the right information. I'd certainly go back and return the item - probably saying that you find Windows 8 'unuseable! I wouldn't put up with it myself! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9

2013-01-06 Thread Barry Drake
guess I'm stuck in the cage of Windows 8 for the moment. Have you trawled through the BIOS setup settings? There may be an option to override the UEFI. The system will complain that this is 'dangerous' but it isn't! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 8 [was Windows 9]

2013-01-06 Thread Barry Drake
le to run either a native install or a Wubi install on that machine. Take it back and complain. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is the healing advisor to the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

[ubuntu-uk] Python problems in Raring ....

2012-12-19 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntuone problem in Raring ....

2012-12-12 Thread Barry Drake
Hi . Anyone want to confirm a bug in the ubuntuone-syncdaemon since last night's Raring updates? It's at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1089461 Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Default Kernel Issue

2012-12-05 Thread Barry Drake
Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-03 Thread Barry Drake
On 03/12/12 21:17, Colin Law wrote: No problem, any time. I always keep up to date with the latest buzz words. DASH, HUD, TCITTRHC. Colin TCITTRHC ??? Oh, I'm feeling really old and out of touch. Sorry. Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-03 Thread Barry Drake
ing me. Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug .....

2012-12-03 Thread Barry Drake
that as the original bug report was in respect of Quantal, it will eventually get a fix in that release. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug .....

2012-12-02 Thread Barry Drake
On 01/12/12 21:18, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there Tonight's updates includes CUPS filter updates that include a new pdf2pdf filter that fixes the problem (I think?). Just noticed - the bug is fixed in Raring, but so far has not been back-ported to Quantal. I'd have thought tha

[ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug .....

2012-12-01 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there Tonight's updates includes CUPS filter updates that include a new pdf2pdf filter that fixes the problem (I think?). Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Barry Drake
from the B&N website and it was in a proprietary format with DRM locking. I just searched around until I found a way of unlocking it and used Calibre to convert it. From memory, I think the original was in epub format for Kobo but I could be wrong. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Barry Drake
mobi ... so I'm really no seeing the problem. There seems to be a hack available to make any format work OK. Oh - I never have the Kindle wi-fi turned on - if I buy a book I download the file to my desktop Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertisi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Barry Drake
ected straight to my incoming modem, and the other is connected to one of the ethernet outlets on the first router. The Windows idea requires two ethernet cards on the same computer and is both overly complicated and a bit unreliable. What I have done 'just works'. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug fix ...

2012-11-22 Thread Barry Drake
box. Paul My workaround is simpler - and I don't have to use Microsoft stuff. I simply export to a PDF and print from that PDF and it prints in landscape. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug fix ...

2012-11-22 Thread Barry Drake
ld be backported. Cheers, Bruno Actually, it just got worse! When I noticed the CUPS downloads yesterday, I tried printing a landscape document and it worked. I assumed the problem was solved. Today, the problem is back. I've no idea what had happened. Regards,Barry -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-22 Thread Barry Drake
differently from the search in Quantal I think the algorithm has been changed. In Quantal, the search starts after the string is entered. In Raring it behaves a bit like the Dash and starts searching as soon as a character is typed in. Very nice if it recursed. Regards,Barry. -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug fix ...

2012-11-22 Thread Barry Drake
x27;t specifically say it was fixed, but when I updated Raring last night the problem has been overcome - and there were some CUPS updates included. Quantal seems still to have the problem though.Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://www.ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing bug fix ...

2012-11-22 Thread Barry Drake
me wonder if I ought to report it. I had originally done a bug report saying the bug was in Libreoffice, but it was later diagnosed as a CUPS problem and reported upstream. If I ought to say something, who do I say it to? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Adverti

[ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-18 Thread Barry Drake
gards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-06 Thread Barry Drake
ot there today! Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-05 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there I notice that the pre-alpha daily build of 13.04 is out there - but only in the AMD64 Mac architecture version so far. Anyone know when the i386 version is due to appear? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-09-01 Thread Barry Drake
. Thanks David . No, the pdf output prints just fine. I guess it has to be a problem in the driver, so I'm working on it. Nothing lost if there is no fix as the pdf print is a quick workaround and I rarely print landscape stuff. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-09-01 Thread Barry Drake
dk to see if I can follow any of the logic. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-09-01 Thread Barry Drake
Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-08-31 Thread Barry Drake
t's a proprietary driver. Happily I have a workaround. I can use 'print to file' and when I print the resulting pdf, it prints out correctly. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-08-30 Thread Barry Drake
text. For me, it prints in portrait format. Please confirm. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Landscape printing problem in Libreoffice

2012-08-22 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... can anyone confirm a bug in Libreoffice under Quantal since last (yesterday) updates? I can no longer print in landscape format from Linreoffice Writer. Landscape prints OK from other apps. I've opened https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040037 Regards,Barry. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Libreoffice pdf import extension .....

2012-08-20 Thread Barry Drake
tilus package had at that time lost its ability to show hidden files - part of known bug, so I had missed ~/.libreoffice I will be more careful next time. But there were other good reasons to re-install the OS and it is not especially time consuming. Regards,Barry. -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Libreoffice pdf import extension .....

2012-08-19 Thread Barry Drake
K - that's just a splashscreen? But if I got that and put it where it should be, I'm certain other things would be missing, so I re-installed Quantal. Probably quicker and easier. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadve

[ubuntu-uk] Libreoffice pdf import extension .....

2012-08-18 Thread Barry Drake
after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::uno::DeploymentException' This is strange as there is no longer a /usr/lib/libreoffice/ directory. Any thoughts? Or should I cut my losses and re-install Quantal? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus problem in 12.10 ....

2012-08-11 Thread Barry Drake
agree with what it is doing. Actually, I think it has possibilities - providing it is made to recurse the trees. If that isn't going to happen, it's going to be pretty much useless. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntua

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus problem in 12.10 ....

2012-08-11 Thread Barry Drake
On 11/08/12 15:31, Colin Law wrote: It is ok, I am seeing it too. In nautilus click on search icon and then All Files. Nothing is found whatever is typed in search field. Search within the folder works. I have confirmed the bug. Colin Thanks Colin Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus problem in 12.10 ....

2012-08-11 Thread Barry Drake
. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Nautilus problem in 12.10 ....

2012-08-11 Thread Barry Drake
Since the last update, there seems to be a problem in the search facility in Nautilus. I've posted it at: 1035...@bugs.launchpad.net I wonder if anyone could confirm it? I'm currently having to boot into 12.04 to search for files. Regards,**Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread Barry Drake
install, reformatting in the process. Others will probably disagree, but I'm speaking from my own experience and a lot of time wasted. I shall never again use the update facility to do an upgrade. Clean install for me on every version upgrade. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Barry Drake
unless you want a lot of data. They cap at 25p per day for no more than 50mb which does for e-mails and a bit of browsing. I've used my dongle on 3, Virgin media, t-mobile and TalkMobile - whichever is best for the moment. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubu

[ubuntu-uk] UbuntuOne in Quantal .....

2012-07-25 Thread Barry Drake
://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntuone-client/+question/202009 Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Delete menu item in Quantal ...

2012-07-11 Thread Barry Drake
e to admit that in 12.04, I wasn't finding the HUD very helpful at all. OTOH the dash seems to find everything, and I especially like the filter menu in the apps lens. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/

[ubuntu-uk] Delete menu item in Quantal ...

2012-07-11 Thread Barry Drake
Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] http://ubuntuadverts.org/

2012-07-10 Thread Barry Drake
l apart almost every time and it's not surprising that the team died. Any thoughts from you guys? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] http://ubuntuadverts.org/

2012-07-09 Thread Barry Drake
;m not sure if there's anyone left but me. I'd like to be involved and will commit to whatever we can do. If Phill wants to make a new website, I'll look after it. Let's keep this going. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. htt

[ubuntu-uk] http://ubuntuadverts.org/

2012-07-09 Thread Barry Drake
Hmm Just clicked on the link in my tagline (http://ubuntuadverts.org/) and we don't exist any more! Shame. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Barry Drake
unteers like us who would give loads of time to the follow up Canonical; if you are listening - don't miss the opportunity. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu One and Dropbox problems

2012-07-06 Thread Barry Drake
on it as well. Currently, in both 12.04 and 12.10 I can access my account, but I'm having to set stuff up from the commandline using u1sdtool. I think there is currently a problem in the gui. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-07-03 Thread Barry Drake
k. And you don't get the annoyances of forgetting to specify the right boot sector and getting that wrong, then having to work from the live-CD to re-install grub. That's a pain and often happens almost by default in the 'Something Else' option. -- Barry Drake is a me

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2012-07-01 Thread Barry Drake
the Ubuntu-one window! The I had to re-install 12.10 for a fairly similar reason has to do with a newer AMD accelerated graphics driver. I'm now getting exactly the same problem with Ubuntu-one. Anyone got any ideas? Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Ad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

2012-05-24 Thread Barry Drake
tall over. Then copy back anything of note. This is EXACTLY what i was trying to say (though not very well). A virtually un-customised Ubuntu release upgrades just fine. If folk like to customise, then do a clean install, because your customisation is not likely to survive an upgrade anyway.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot-repair utility ...

2012-05-16 Thread Barry Drake
re is also a smaller iso that is a standalone boot-repair. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] boot-repair utility ...

2012-05-16 Thread Barry Drake
ve used it? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
Hey! 12.04 is the best thing since sliced bread. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
ected, though Ah! I can look forward to seeing a whole festering of bugs once that takes place. That will be fun. Meanwhile, my number 1 boot preference will remain as is with 12.04 until at the very least Beta 1 and maybe longer. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
ess all the way through. Precise was fascinating as it developed. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
Just thought I'd mention last night I installed 12.10 Quantal pre-alpha from the testing site on my spare HDD. Works just fine for now. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-14 Thread Barry Drake
ually what Norman has done already. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
ards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
ever had a power failure or a computer hardware problem during the re-sizing - which takes quite a while! Occasionally, my wife manages to trip one or more mcb's when she is getting stuff out of the pantry there's no way around that. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
ust a thought. My bios setting have a means of disabling a hard drive. If the installer can't see your data drive, it will offer an automatic install on the same drive as Windows. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntua

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
arrangement is far far easier for me to maintain. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-12 Thread Barry Drake
do tonight - it will be tomorrow afternoon before I can boot from a DVD and talk you through it, so if one of the others can help before then I'll be grateful. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-12 Thread Barry Drake
n the installer to select whichever drive you want it on. I can't remember details without booting into a DVD but if you can't find it, I'll do that for you. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Barry Drake
w on our list Thanks Sarah ... I'll look forward to hearing more. Where are you? hlug is either Highland, Hereford or somewhere in Canada? FYI I'm in Nottingham UK. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Barry Drake
s somehow. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-07 Thread Barry Drake
rt of standard. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
foreign word to him. I'm trying really hard to explain with little success so far, what they are about. Any thoughts on this from you guys? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine on Precise

2012-05-04 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update/upgrade issues and help - was12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-04 Thread Barry Drake
would work. I'd specifically told her would wipe her data but she did it anyway, and then she asked how she could get the data back! Don't you ever feel like the mythological support worker and the broken 'coffee cup holder'? -- Barry Drake is a member of the the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update/upgrade issues and help - was12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-04 Thread Barry Drake
e was simply to see where people are told to go on the Ubuntu website. If that is no longer the best place to go for help, the website ought to reflect that surely? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-04 Thread Barry Drake
OTOH the questions I've been fielding are entirely due to a borked upgrade using the update manager. There really does seem to be a problem there. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-03 Thread Barry Drake
a mystery to me why plymouth should be invoked when logging in. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-03 Thread Barry Drake
he best answer. You might get to look into your data etc by booting a live-CD and mounting the hard drive. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-03 Thread Barry Drake
from plymouth and goes back to the login screen. I'm currently logged in as a guest. Any thoughts? Did you try re-booting? -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

[ubuntu-uk] Praise for the Questions folk ....

2012-05-03 Thread Barry Drake
s have the patience to answer stupid questions such as '12.04 doesn't work' with a polite question asking what actually happens, and sometimes there is a lot of unnecessary abuse thrown up, and they take it quietly. I am just so impressed with what is going on there. Regards

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Installer Doesn't Detect Partitions

2012-05-02 Thread Barry Drake
dden partition on the original installation. Just guessing though. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Installer Doesn't Detect Partitions

2012-05-02 Thread Barry Drake
e first. There will be a bootable drive tool for whatever make or type of drive you have. I'd complete the backup before testing the drive just in case it's close to total failure. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Installer Doesn't Detect Partitions

2012-05-02 Thread Barry Drake
pgrade a wubi installation and trashing everything. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing

2012-05-01 Thread Barry Drake
27;t discovered that one so far. Nice. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing

2012-05-01 Thread Barry Drake
are used to the gnome desktop, but once you are used to it, you'll more than likely want to stay with it. And yes, the Windows 8 UI is going to go down far worse that Unity because it is designed only for touchscreens. Unity is great with a mouse as well. Regards, Barry. -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-01 Thread Barry Drake
nimised each of them and then clicked the launcher icon and got them back Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How have I killed my system?

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
n packages for sense. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How have I killed my system?

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
one! Someone far cleverer than me might suggest something like : sudo apt-get remove [name of package] without the .deb extension and the version number. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted In The Wild

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
On 30/04/12 22:04, Barry Titterton wrote: My employer's IT department confirmed that they have no plans to move away from a Windows based installation. Shame. Be patient. Persuade them in a roundabout way that won't involve you, that they MUST upgrade to Windows 8!!! -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How have I killed my system?

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
. Do you have any weird ppa's included in your apt sources? -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
x27;t need again so I reduce clutter at the same time. I also have a third drive installed internally. I alternate between one drive carrying the testing version and the other with the stable release and I dual boot these. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advert

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-29 Thread Barry Drake
On 29/04/12 18:58, Alan Bell wrote: On 29/04/12 18:55, Barry Drake wrote: I've spent quite a bit of time on Ubuntu Help today where exactly? Launchpad - at :https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu This is not somewhere I usually lurk but it was so overwhelmed that I thought I'd

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-29 Thread Barry Drake
st gets on with it and thus trashes stuff. I think the word 'sorry' has got into more of my replies today than ever before. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-28 Thread Barry Drake
same thing. I'll watch out for that. Thanks. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-28 Thread Barry Drake
On 28/04/12 17:45, Bill Baker wrote: On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 17:23 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: Errm Alan . we have an HUD. Try simply typing help (or even he) into the lens . Barry - now try pointing that out to a new user. ;) Oh I agree And I do think the Help app ought

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-28 Thread Barry Drake
did not know where that was ... :-( Errm Alan . we have an HUD. Try simply typing help (or even he) into the lens . Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-28 Thread Barry Drake
pful hints. That isn't always possible, so I really would like to see that poster linked from the Ubuntu site. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-25 Thread Barry Drake
has recently started work at SpecSavers). Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster

2012-04-25 Thread Barry Drake
. Kind regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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