Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

2014-04-22 Thread Chris Coulson
On 22/04/14 17:48, Alan Pope wrote: > On 22 April 2014 17:44, Gareth France wrote: >> Does anyone know why the name for 14.10 doesn't seem to have been released >> yet? I've never known this to happen after the release date of the current >> version before. >> > Nope. Only Mark knows that right no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Coulson
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > See > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850 > which covers both right and middle click. It was supposed to have > been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the fix will appear > soon. > > Colin > Hi, The bug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??

2010-10-20 Thread Chris Coulson
On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 06:58 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: > On 20/10/10 00:07, Chris Coulson wrote: > > > > Well, the LTS *will* get a new version of Firefox in the future (once > > 3.6 is end-of-life), although it will most likely skip 4.0. > > > > Regards > > Chr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??

2010-10-19 Thread Chris Coulson
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 23:58 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty wrote: > > I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu. > > > > However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 > > long term - would this version eventually rec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates

2009-10-22 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/10/22 Nick > Hi Guys, > > Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's, > I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21 > there are no updates yet. > > Regards, > > > > -- > Nicholas.J.Parkinson > > Nick, The RC release is just a snapsho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/10/6 Chris Weaver > Forgot to say thank you for the suggestions regarding disk space > alerts. I went with the roll your own option of df, cron and Zenity > for a GUI alert. Works really well. > > - Chris > > As Alan pointed out though, Ubuntu 9.10 already has a low disk space alert so you w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

2009-05-13 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/5/13 Cornelius Mostert > Hallo all > > I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots > and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels > In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the > panels if they frose: > > gconftool-2 --recursive-un

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up shared folders using samba

2009-05-07 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/5/7 CiarĂ¡n Mooney > Hi, > > I don't have it either. Although you can get the app by opening it > from the terminal. > > gksudo shares-admin > > Or you can share folders individually by right clicking on them and > selecting "Sharing options". This will install all the nessessary > packages i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Socket A (Athlon XP) motherboard

2009-02-25 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/2/25 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to > resurrect an old PC which has a faulty motherboard and an Athlon XP > (1700+ I think) chip in it. Before I give up and chuck the chip in my > box of junk, I just wondered if anyone possibly had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] is list working?

2009-02-24 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/2/24 Matt Jones > I was getting 502 errors from the web interface and the mobile client > was timing out. Seems to be working now. > Me too. It seems there was a pretty big outage this morning [1]. Regards Chris [1] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907583.stm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sad but true? From the Register

2009-01-15 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/1/15 Ken Robson > US woman says Ubuntu can't access > internetCheck > out ( > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/ubuntu_cant_access_net If the > above link doesn't work) > > Interesting quote 'WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your > computer similar to Windows that runs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kernal panic

2009-01-13 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/1/13 Simon Wears > > Was just on my computer running Ibex, when gnome vanished, and the > keyboard lights started blinking. After a reboot, Linux tried to load > and said Kernel Panic, and now when it boots the machine resets after > loading grub. > > Help? > > Cheers, Simon > > > -- > ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keep losing sound

2009-01-07 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/1/7 Sean Miller > I suspect Firefox may be your issue. > > I sometimes find that if I've done anything involving sound in Firefox > then no other applications will get access to the sound. > > Sean > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/12/1 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote: > >> > > > > I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same money > > built > > a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was: > > > > Decent Abit mainboard > > AMD Athlon X2 4200

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange GDM Problem

2008-11-27 Thread Chris Coulson
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:42 +, Matthew Gadd wrote: > I'm not sure which processes these PIDs belong to, I tried doing a 'sudo ps > -ef > | grep {pid}' on them to see, but I didn't find any processes with PIDs > matching > those in the logs. > > The problem I had is that when I turn on the co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange GDM Problem

2008-11-25 Thread Chris Coulson
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 23:12 +, Matthew Gadd wrote: > Dunno if anyone got my previous post about a strange problem with GDM, or if > it's just that no-one has any idea how to fix it. Anyway, I've tried a few > things to see if they make a difference. > > I tried changing the theme of GDM (you n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008-11-17 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey guys, > > So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw > and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure > that it's the retail version (not OEM) and was just wondering if > anyone had any tips on how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Chris Coulson
rts against pan, and the retracer will automatically spot if this new crash is a duplicate of any of the existing crashers. To enable Apport, edit /etc/default/apport and change "enabled=0" to "enabled=1". Apport should then generate a crash report next time the application crashe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/10/22 norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My brother, who uses XP on a desktop and Vista on a laptop, has started > to ask questions about Ubuntu. Then, today, he sent me this:- > > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html > > In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update failure

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/10/22 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/10/22 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks for clearing that up - is there an argument that the update > >> process should be more clever than that, as I'd guess it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update failure

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Coulson
ausing the 404 errors that you see (because the versions of the packages you are trying to upgrade to have been superseded). Regards Chris Coulson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice 3.0 repositories for Hardy

2008-10-21 Thread Chris Coulson
y be a good candidate for backporting to Intrepid (and perhaps Hardy) [2]. Regards Chris Coulson [1] - https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive [2] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus won't 'Display' after upgrade

2008-10-09 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/10/9 mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chris Coulson wrote: > > Have you tried to see if it occurs with a fresh user profile? > > No, I haven't. Do you mean just do an 'add user', and see if nautilus > works for that user? Suppose it did; what then? (= me g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nautilus won't 'Display' after upgrade

2008-10-09 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/10/9 mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just upgraded my desktop and laptop from Gutsy to Hardy. Sadly, desktop > upgrade left several things not working, so may need to do clean install > :-( Laptop upgrade went OK; but there's a problem with Nautilus that I > can't find a fix for, despite lots of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread Chris Coulson
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 12:15 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 10:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > 2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Evening all > > > > > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > > > > > Can it be set up to allow root to a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] /var/lib missing?

2008-07-21 Thread Chris Coulson
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 13:18 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi All, > > Quick quiz for you - a friend of mine just tried to update/upgrade his > Ubuntu server (running X) using the update manager - it failed halfway > through upgrading locales and now most of /var/lib is missing. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] any Electronics experts here?

2008-06-23 Thread Chris Coulson
What sort of questions do you have? Cheers Chris 2008/6/23 Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any electronic experts here? I have a few questions regarding > something...and would like some advice and thoughts on this > > As this a non ubuntu related topic please email me directly. > > Thanks > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Cutting Edge Windows PC Games on Linux Machines

2008-06-19 Thread Chris Coulson
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Company No. 6135915 > Registered in England > It would be pretty neat if this ran on a virtual Windows and virtual network. You'd only need a single box then Chris Coulson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@