Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
That's fixed it - thanks! I had seen it on askubuntu, but was a bit wary of trying it as I didn't know exactly what it did. Dianne On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 21:42 +, Colin Law wrote: On 11 November 2012 21:28, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Still have this problem, so I'm getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-11-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Anything else I can try? Thanks! Dianne On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 18:53 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: I get the same error msg in terminal with those commands :( I

[ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-10-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-10-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
. (At least, the person using it hasn't complained!) Dianne On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 17:01 +, Dave Morley wrote: On 30/10/12 16:55, Dianne Reuby wrote: I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error

[ubuntu-uk] Swindon Hackspace at Museum of Computing

2012-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Latest update on the proposed hackspace: = I'm Jamie, I've been working with Simon on the proposed hackspace at the Museum of Computing in Swindon. We are having a meeting at the museum on Wednesday 30th May at 7pm, to discuss the hackspace with anybody who is interested in coming along.

[ubuntu-uk] Hackspace at the Museum of Computing

2012-04-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
://hackspace.org.uk/view/Main_Page -- Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing 6-7 Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 14:26 +, Alan Pope wrote: If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the

[ubuntu-uk] OO error in 10.10

2011-12-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
I have OO 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10. Today I get the fatal error message The application cannot be started. Loading component library failed: file:///usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libfwkli.so I've dug about on the OO and Ubuntu forums, only info I could find was that creating a new

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Team Google+ page?

2011-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
This is a handy diagram of how Google+ works. https://plus.google.com/u/0/106393478695568433143/posts/bXh4UpWh3Kc But as I still have trouble with Facebook, I don't expect to be an expert on Google+ any time soon. :( Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Keyring password error

2011-10-13 Thread dianne reuby
I have 10.10 Ubuntu. Used my machine with no problems this morning. Just switched back on and logged on to my account OK. But I get a message that my login password and my keyring password don't match, and to enter the password. Are the admin password and keyring password usually the same? And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2011-07-29 at 09:12 +0100, alan c wrote: My immediate reaction is to think of prompting phone contact, or having it as an option somehow. In this case the user reverted to direct personal contact with a person already known to them, to confide in. It can be taken that the user did not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread dianne reuby
On 29/07/11 09:51, Barry Drake wrote: And Virgin NEVER said 'we don't support Linux' You were lucky then - if I ever make the mistake of mentioning Linux, they tell me to phone back when I've installed windows.  Dianne-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

2011-04-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:28 +0100, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, for now, instead of getting a Slate, I found a computer, that will be better for what I need at the moment. I'm holding out for the new Commodore 64 :) Dianne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
Thanks to Dave for his work, and thank you Alan for taking on the job. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum of Computing events

2011-03-02 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 07:58 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: That one actually sounds quite cool! What machines will the games be targeted for? Speccys and Commodores? That's the plan - I'll have to remind them to get some working tapes in case people want to take their efforts home. I can't

[ubuntu-uk] Museum of Computing events

2011-03-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
For those of you within range of Swindon, here are some up-and-coming events: Mar 12 and 19 National Science and Engineering Week The theme is Communications, and we'll be having activities on both Saturdays for all ages. Standard admission charges. March 13 Tron gaming event / Metroplis / Tron

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 17:04 +, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there My sister asked me to pop over there this morning because she really wanted to use Google Earth. It is not difficult to make it work, but I had to get and install stuff by the commandline. Not something I could have talked

[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when they're plugged in, and it downloads updates but doesn't install them. He

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
Here's the response from my MP (Rob Buckland, Swindon South, Conservative): Thank you for your e-mail and for all your suggestions about saving the Government money, which are gratefully received. If you think of any more, or know of any more examples of waste that should be looked at,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 17:44 +, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Done. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Desktop backgrounds

2010-12-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
When I upgraded/installed 10.10, I chose one of the pre-installed desktop backgrounds (a sort of shades-of-blue photo of a pier). A few weeks ago I downloaded a Christmas background. Yesterday I went to change it back, but the pre-installed background I'd used before wasn't there. No probs - I

[ubuntu-uk] Open Office templates

2010-11-23 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've got a couple of OO templates which I created, and on 3rd November I updated them. (I know when I did it, the file has the date on it!) I saved them with the same name. If I use File New From template, or use the template button on the toolbar, I get the old version. The only way I can get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +, alan c wrote: I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition* (not the whole drive!). Seen from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
I wasn't trying to install - I was just trying to run from LiveCD to check for hardware issues. Although I chose that option, it chuntered away for several minutes before I decided that it wasn't loading. When I chose Cancel, it told me the installation was still in progress. It left me thinking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 14:19 +, pmgazz wrote: Agree, try it out half an hour before the audience arrives Good advice - I played for a bit, and got various configurations - my laptop on the overhead and overhead on my laptop, top half on the overhead and bottom half on my laptop, and (with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-10-31 Thread Dianne Reuby
Thanks for all the advice. I have my file in my Dropbox, but I'd like to run from my own laptop if I can so I can learn how. I've installed the presenter package, and checked my hardware - I have an ATI Radeon 5000 which has menu items to set up dual monitors (hadn't looked at that before, I

[ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-10-30 Thread dianne reuby
I've got an Open Office slide show on my laptop (running Ubuntu 10.10) and I want to use it with a digital projector. I've looked at grandr, but I can't find a lot of info - is this the best option? Or does it depend on my laptop specs and video card etc.? I could convert it to Windows format

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party Photos

2010-10-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
Hardly a party, but we had fun! Met a few Linux users and told them about our LUG meetings, met a few people who were thinking about taking the plunge with Ubuntu so were happy to try it out. Met a fellow Ubuntu-UK member who let me play with his OLPC (thanks Alan!). And thanks to Popey who

[ubuntu-uk] 10.10 demo in Swindon

2010-09-27 Thread Dianne Reuby
I plan to demo 10.10 on Saturday 16 October at the Museum of Computing in Swindon. I won't be offering CDs, but I'll have A4 flyers about Ubuntu (edited from one on Spread Ubuntu) and on how to get help worldwide, nationally, and locally, plus cards with info on how to get it. I hope to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-08 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 15:27 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: Just got my laptop - that hasn't had the recent updates installed as I haven't been using it, and Flash is still working perfectly. Now I can't decide whether to install the upgrades or not! I've tried two older kernels, and the problem

[ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've suddenly got problems with Flash - it was working fine until a few days ago. I have Flash 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2 on Ubuntu 10.04, but YouTube and other flash sites tell me I need to upgrade to the latest Flash version 10. I've tried Flash-Aid, which seems to run OK but I still have the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 11:50 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: Do you have a proxy server between you and the internet. If so there's a bug that prevents the download of the new Flash version (although the package says it has installed successfully). I have a router but that's all Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
Just got my laptop - that hasn't had the recent updates installed as I haven't been using it, and Flash is still working perfectly. Now I can't decide whether to install the upgrades or not! As an aside to this - both my machines now only have Ubuntu on them, so I don't have the GRUB screen when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-27 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 09:32 +0100, alan c wrote: PLEASE make your own contact with the RS in this matter, after all they *are* asking! Done that! But considering some of the information I've gained from other replies (eg RM) I can't help wondering what a survey will accomplish. Do the RS have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
Perhaps they haven't looked at the GCSE curriculum - I've been a computer-holic for almost 40 years, and it sent me into a coma of boredom! Also, most experts or enthusiasts I think still prefer to do IT rather than teach it. My daughter had 5 IT teachers in one year - one took their coursework

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003 licenses he wants to give away or he's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 11:13 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi there ... The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: I wonder if an official communication from Ubuntu UK asking to partner with Dell UK would help? We'll support the OS - you supply the hardware to our folk kind of approach might work I'm willing to write something, what do the folk

[ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries

2010-06-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm getting this error on update: W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-i386_Packages) I've looked at my sources.list file and can only see one entry for te partner

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:18 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: On 28 May 2010 14:21, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: There you go: http://www.connectotel.com/marcus/ceoemail.html Wonderful! Thanks for that. I've e-mailed Michael Dell with a very polite e-mail,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:10 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: As far as I can see, they do, and your actions are very unhelpful. Here are the results of going to www.dell.co.uk and searching for the single word ubuntu: http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=genc=ukl=encs=k=ubuntucat=allx=0y=0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 21:08 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote: Yes, same problem with Firefox. Works seamlessly with Chrome though. Regards Jon I've given Chrome a try, but with same results. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 16:23 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Open nautilus file manager and navigate to your home directory. Press CTRL+H to show hidden files. You'll notice they all start with a full stop. I'd recommend not monkeying with any of them :) Reminds me of a relative who phoned me a few

[ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? No, but thanks for the link - haven't seen that one before. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. I'm sure that my paranoia about MS sales methods is getting out of hand, but I can't help wondering. Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Probably policy - the sales person I spoke to went away to ask a colleague (without being asked to do so). He actually recommended trying PC World! Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-21 Thread Dianne Reuby
Not only are they not supplying non-Windows machines, they say that replacing with another OS will invalidate the hardware guarantee. Dell bought by PC World - must have missed that press item! :) My LiveCD works perfectly on my sons new Dell though. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
I thought that Dell sold machines with Ubuntu? Their website says so, and so does the Ubuntu site. But apparently they don't: I am sorry we don't have any systems with ubuntu Am I confused again? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
I always use the LiveCD - is it OK to use it while Ubuntu is running? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:07 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: In any case, what they have on the (regional) web site doesn't match what they actually sell. I looked at the site a couple of weeks ago, and Ubuntu was available as an option on some machines, although it was 8.10 - but now it's vanished

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web hosting recommendation

2010-05-09 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've used www.byethost.com (that's not a typo!) for four years - five sites on free hosting, and one on paid. I've found their uptime reliable, and speed good. Support is good even for free hosting as they have a very active forum at http://byet.net/index.php where you can often find the answer

[ubuntu-uk] Min/max buttons on 10.04

2010-05-05 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm confused - I've read about the min/max/close buttons being moved, and I was quite happy, soon got used to it. But I changed to another theme and they're back on the right. Is it just that 10.04 is using some legacy themes which haven't been updated? (These are in the pre-installed set, I

[ubuntu-uk] Restoring with grsync

2010-05-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
I used grsync to restore my /home after a clean install of 10.04, but although it restored the folders, it didn't restore the contents. They were backed up OK though, so I copied them over manually. I've looked at my settings, and they seem OK. I had ignore existing and skip newer checked, but my

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox loading at log-on

2010-04-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
Since the last round of updates towards the middle/end of last week, whenever I log on, Firefox loads itself and opens the UbuntuOne login page. OK, I usually *do* want to run Firefox fairly soon after switching on, but it's still an irritation! Anyone else had this? I have Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U;

[ubuntu-uk] Info on CompTIA?

2010-04-13 Thread Dianne Reuby
OT really, but where else would I find so many IT people in one place? Can anyone tell me anything about CompTIA? Someone on a (non-IT) forum was asking before they pay for the course. This is from one of the sites offering it: CompTIA A+ is a universally accepted certification all around the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 15:04 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: Hello! Does anyone have a ZX Spectrum 48k+ kicking around they don't want anymore? I don't mind if it doesn't run up, largley I'm after the case and keyboard. I think all ours at the museum are working, but I'll ask around tomorrow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 22:17 +, Rob Beard wrote: Ah! You're on to me! I want to try and fit an Atom into a speccy and wire the keyboard upto it. Was feeling nostalgic about learning to program on it, then decided there was no reason why I still couldn't with a few upgrades :) -Matt

[ubuntu-uk] C64 running Ubuntu?

2010-03-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
Is this real? http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html A revamped C64 running Win7 or Ubuntu. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] C64 running Ubuntu?

2010-03-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 17:54 +0200, Simos Xenitellis wrote: The market they are looking into is those who want to revive their old C64 memories. Don't think they'll succeed - my reaction was It's a different case, a different chip, a different OS, what a cheek! Mind you I was offended when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] C64 running Ubuntu?

2010-03-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 16:20 +, Steve wrote: I thought I’d seen it before. Looks like a nice idea for those that don’t want a big box but dislike the dinky little screens and odd keyboard layout of a laptop. But why pretend it's a C64? That's like BMW pretending they build Minis. :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 16:34 +, Sean Miller wrote: As to re-creating it as a standard directory, don't see any reason why you should not. I've recreated it, and it is there, both in Nautilus and when I use the terminal, but it doesn't show as my Desktop - that still shows /home. I've

[ubuntu-uk] Spare partition - add to /home?

2010-02-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
I have a spare ex-XP partition which I don't need now. I'm wondering which would be best - to delete it and expand my /home partition, or keep it as a separate (Ubuntu) partition for photos and music? I know people do have partitions for this sort of thing, but are there any advantages or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 07:29 +, Sean Miller wrote: Going back to the start of this thread, when you say you couldn't find the Desktop folder and so you typed it in manually what precisely do you mean? I was using Filezilla to download a small config file, which I was going to edit and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 10:28 +, mac wrote: Dianne Reuby wrote: snip Somehow I've deleted that folder, but I don't know how! Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but is it, by any chance, in your waste bin? mac No, afraid not. What I don't understand is why I didn't get that are you sure

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 16:00 +, Andrew Bryant wrote: find ./ -name Desktop It is worth checking if it is still around before re-creating it. I've only got a wine/windows desktop result to that - so I've definitely eliminated it somehow. So can I just recreate it like a normal

[ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
Last week my son used my PC for a minute, when he left it I said Hey, where're all my icons? It's always doing that. It's never done it to me! Now tonight it has done it to me - I was using Filezilla, and couldn't find Desktop in the directory listing. So I typed it in manually, and it said no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 20:14 +, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: On 25 February 2010 19:19, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I logged out and back in, and I get icons now, but they're for my Documents folder. I tried rebooting, and still get the same. Everything seems

[ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Windows' lack of support for the company's processors. East admits it's a problem. If we were

[ubuntu-uk] Mailing list delays?

2010-01-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Anyone else had delays in the list? I noticed I hadn't had some messages, then today I got some I'd was sure I'd read before, and one I sent myself but didn't see, although it is on the archive. Sure enough, they're dated 3 and 4 days ago. Anyone else getting this? I've had so many email problems

[ubuntu-uk] Possible Training Events

2010-01-23 Thread Dianne Reuby
http://www.slideshare.net has a few Linux and Ubuntu presentations - haven't looked at them all, but that could be an additional place to make training available. Or is there already a similar service dedicated to Linux/Ubuntu? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Possible Training Events

2010-01-21 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 09:04 +, Alan Bell wrote: Overall this is a great idea. I think we need to clarify who this is aimed at. Off the top of my head I can think of three broad categories: Individuals wanting to run a proper operating system at home People wanting to introduce Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
, but if they do we'll be there. -- Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing 6-7 Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] TinyMCE in Ubuntu

2009-12-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm an editor on two CMS websites that both use TinyMCE as a text editor, and I've never been able to paste text using Ubuntu. I've rummaged about on the forums and on Launchpad but can't find any bugs that mention this problem. Anyone out there using it, and having the same problem? On one site

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TinyMCE in Ubuntu

2009-12-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 11:30 +, Anthony Burton wrote: Do you have the paste icon available in the toolbar, if not can you not right click paste. if no, you do not have the extension for this functionality enabled for TimyMCE, this maybe due to when pasting into Tiny MCE there is the issue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox force quit?

2009-12-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 21:06 +, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: Nope. Have you tried a starting in Safe Mode to see if it still happens? Sounds like an extension making it hang... $ firefox -safe-mode If it doesn't hang with no extensions loaded start disabling likely extensions (or

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox force quit?

2009-12-06 Thread Dianne Reuby
Ever since Feisty I've had to use Force Quit to exit Firefox, and on every upgrade I've kept saying Well, it is an oldish computer. Now I've upgraded to 9.10, with a new version of Firefox, on a fairly new machine, and the only thing that's changed is that on 9.10 the buttons are reversed so I

[ubuntu-uk] Sending junk mail, have I got a virus?

2009-11-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
.MlXCGtnOve7KyM1Oqmx7HrNZw20F9nqIDlMnwc9vSflBHM7VU9IIjCTW0xaDXzFcgziDqLKPqBa4cIV0 Received: from [24.159.36.27] by web26305.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:53:16 GMT X-mailer: YahooMailClassic/8.1.6 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:53:16 + (GMT) From: dianne reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: lottery

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending junk mail, have I got a virus?

2009-11-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 19:13 +, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: That's probably the key; change your Yahoo! login password. There's likely nothing wrong with your machine. I've done that, thanks for the advice. Yahoo has been a real pain recently, that's the third problem I've had with them.

[ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver But when I try the LiveCD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
David Jones wrote: Once it was installed and restarted, there were no problems, it just seemed to be the installer that was having problems. My original plan was to remove the HDD and replace it with the HDD from my machine (with 9.04 on) - I just thought I'd run the LiveCD to check for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Rob Beard wrote: However it may be possible to fit a graphics card. I don't suppose you know the make and model number of your motherboard do you, or if it's a branded PC (say a Dell, HP etc), what the make and model number is? It is possible that your motherboard may have an AGP

[ubuntu-uk] OO Calc to Evolution

2009-10-22 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm trying to transfer a list of names and email addresses from Open Office Calc to Evolution email. I'm converting to .csv - the file converts back OK to two columns when I open it in Open Office, but when I import it into Evolution, the names and emails are all in one field. My settings are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OO Calc to Evolution

2009-10-22 Thread Dianne Reuby
Ignore me - I didn't have enough spaces so it was trying to import the email add into a nickname field. I've added some extra blank columns and now it's happy. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Organising, searching and emailing

2009-09-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
Our Volunteer Co-ordinator has returned to Uni, so I'm lumbered again. Except now we have quite a few volunteers to deal with. I want to be able to: * keep their contact details, availability, and skills list * search the list for availability and skills * email those who meet the search

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Organising, searching and emailing

2009-09-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 21:03 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: * keep their contact details, availability, and skills list * search the list for availability and skills * email those who meet the search requirements (I plan to do mass emails of general news for all volunteers through the website

[ubuntu-uk] Two mags with Linux on cover (and CD)

2009-07-16 Thread Dianne Reuby
I saw today that Micro Mart and Computer Active both feature Linux on the front cover, seemed aimed at beginners or those who haven't tried it before. Computer Active had Ubuntu 9.04 and another distro on the CD. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Daily quiz suggestion

2009-07-14 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 14:57 +0100, William Anderson wrote: David Jones wrote: Is anybody interested in getting a rolling quiz set up using funtrivia.com? if you hadn't posted here before, I'd have said this was spam ;) what topics would you suggest having in the quiz? There should be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

2009-06-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 05:32 +0100, mac wrote: Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine I've seen it in WHSmith, but at £7.99 I don't know how many buyers they get. Especially as in my local WHS I have

[ubuntu-uk] Removing CD burning from Jaunty Nautilus

2009-05-05 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've used Brasero for CD burning until Jaunty - I can't update Brasero in Jaunty without removing the default CD burner in Nautilus, but I'm a bit nervous about messing with things that are built in to the release. Is it something a newbie like me could do without wrecking my system completely?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client

2009-04-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 09:42 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: I use miro to download video podcasts on Ubuntu. Dumb question :) Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg YouTube and similar)? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 release date

2009-04-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
I see the official release date is April 23, St George's Day. I'm sure it's a coincidence, or is this the year we should prepare to don our knightly armour and prepare to slay the dragon of (any other OS)? :) OK, I've cracked ... send for the men in white coats. Dianne --

[ubuntu-uk] Deleted files showing in some dialogue boxes

2009-04-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm finding more and more files that have duplicates - presumably backup files, as they have a tilde in the file name. For example, index.html and index.htm~ They don't show in Nautilus, but they do show in dialogue boxes such as open file, and in programs such as Filezilla. I'm running 8.10,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread Dianne Reuby
I think this is it: http://freesitebuilder.stumbleupon.com/blog/ Dianne On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 17:58 +0100, alan c wrote: Do yuo have a link I could refer to? I am not into stumble, does it work like that with a link? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2009-03-08 Thread Dianne Reuby
In Synaptic, you can right-click the package and choose properties - look on the installed files tab to see where they all are. Dianne On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 15:49 +, red wrote: Hi all I am trying to install a programme via package installer but the installer reads that the software is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Time for a new graphics card?

2009-02-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 10:03 +, Rob Beard wrote: Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] computer fairs

2009-02-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 20:06 +, Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I did a google search for uk computer fairs and found the followin site http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com/index.htm there is a contact form, on the site which I tried to use to ask for

[ubuntu-uk] Missing desktop link

2009-02-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
I added a link on my desktop to my XP partition. Today the icon was replaced with a link to the CD-Rom my son had left in when he shut down XP last night. Removing the CD has got rid of that icon, but I haven't got my XP link back. I can't mount the drive - permission denied. fsdisk gives:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver problems

2009-02-02 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 19:34 +, Neil Greenwood wrote: 2009/1/30 Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk: OK, ignore me - I've reinstalled .09. rebooted and it's OK. Apart from my username/logoff button being missing. But who'd want to log off anyway? :-) Seriously though, if you want

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver problems

2009-01-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 21:52 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: I've got an Nvidia GeForce4 MMX440, which worked OK until 8.10, when special effects stopped. I tried the new driver but had problems, so I've managed without special effects. I was using 96.45.07 - I saw that .09 was supposed to be OK

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