[ubuntu-uk] Raspberry Pi 4 and Ubuntu

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 on order and while I'm waiting for it to arrive I was wondering if the Ubuntu images for earlier versions are likely to run on it or if not, are there any plans to support it? -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

[ubuntu-uk] Repo speed

Updating/upgrading is very slow today from both the UK and global repos, checked from here and the other end of the country. Speeds are about 33.6 modem speed. Is there a status page for the repos to see if it is anything already known about? Jim Price -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] gksu

Having been annoyed enough about the removal of gksu from Ubuntu 18.04 I finally got around to doing something about it. Can anyone comment on whether this has the same security issues that caused gksu to be removed? As it just does stuff you could do from the command line I would hope not. I s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ppa problem

een disabled by a dist-upgrade. Thanks to everyone else for suggestions, I'm just replying to the first reply not ignoring you all. JimP On 25/06/18 20:37, Colin Law wrote: On 25 June 2018 at 20:33, Jim Price wrote: I've ended up in a bit of a bind. I updated from 14.04 to 16.04

[ubuntu-uk] ppa problem

I've ended up in a bit of a bind. I updated from 14.04 to 16.04, which seemed to go well but then I noticed that VLC was no longer installed. On trying to re-install it, it could not find its dependency on vlc-nox. vlc-nox is not in the 16.04 repo. I tried all the googleable suggestions, but it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

On 30/04/18 11:47, Liam Proven wrote: So I myself am looking for a way to update my 16.04 install and _not_ get GNOME. I have not found one yet. I may have to do a clean install with one of the 3rd party Unity remixes. Another way would be to convert it to an Ubuntu MATE install, upgrade and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

On 27/04/18 09:39, michael wrote: On 27/04/18 05:56, michael wrote: On 27/04/18 05:33, michael wrote: Try as I may, I can not get flash to work properly. (16.04) Chromium, cant load it, nothing happens after unpack attempt, Firefox, asks each time if I want to use it before activating. Stream

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for messages - the archives

On 17/04/18 10:28, David Goldsbrough wrote: My memory is not what it was! I have a vague recollection that I may have posted sometime in the past about mouse pointer cursors sizes with a solution that worked for me to get a larger size. It looks as if I am going to have to do a Ubuntu re-install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

Thanks. The big trackball looks like it might be difficult to try before you buy as the links suggest they're across the Atlantic. Keyboards don't solve the mouse problem, but I will suggest it. -- Jim On 10/04/18 15:06, Liam Proven wrote: On 10 April 2018 at 14:25, Jim Price wr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

70972/css-font-border basically increase the area where the mouse changes from a pointer to a text select thing. Paul On 09/04/18 17:50, Jim Price wrote: That'll solve the problem for a file manager, but there is another related problem which it won't solve. When the mouse moves after the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

Discussion inline - see below: On 09/04/18 21:06, J Fernyhough wrote: On 09/04/18 17:50, Jim Price wrote: Getting the mouse button down and up in a short time is as difficult as getting a reliable double click it would seem. After doing some more digging the libinput "DragLockBu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

That'll solve the problem for a file manager, but there is another related problem which it won't solve. When the mouse moves after the button down of a single click in e.g. Firefox the link can move instead of registering a click. Getting the mouse button down and up in a short time is as diff

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

On 08/04/18 16:52, J Fernyhough wrote: On 08/04/18 16:27, Jim Price wrote: MATE is what we're trying to use How about Mouse Keys (under Keyboard Preferences)? Cursor can be positioned by both/either numpad keys or mouse, then a click by pressing a key without worrying about acciden

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

On 08/04/18 15:44, J Fernyhough wrote: On 08/04/18 14:08, Jim Price wrote: I'm trying to solve a problem with double clicking the mouse for someone with jittery hand movements. The problem is that there is usually enough movement between their first and second clicks of a double click th

[ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

I'm trying to solve a problem with double clicking the mouse for someone with jittery hand movements. The problem is that there is usually enough movement between their first and second clicks of a double click that it is registered as two single clicks in different places. This has all sorts o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AMD APU support in 18.04

On 07/12/17 18:31, Colin Watson wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 03:48:37PM +, Jim Price wrote: I read this recently: <https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Raven-Ridge-Firmware-Added> Is it at all likely that the AMD APU support discussed in that article is going

[ubuntu-uk] AMD APU support in 18.04

I read this recently: Is it at all likely that the AMD APU support discussed in that article is going to make it into 18.04? If the 4.15 kernel is a pre-requisite and 18.04 uses 4.14, will this make support for AMD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome 3 with a docking station

On 27/04/17 18:36, Simon Greenwood wrote: I've switched my primary laptop Xubuntu install to Gnome 3 what with all this sudden interest in it and I'm quite pleased with how it all hangs together, especially with the availability of extensions. There is one tweak or extension that I haven't found

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

On 08/04/17 10:32, Liam Proven wrote: Finally, GNOME supports Wayland, which increasingly looks like the only future successor to X.11. X is very old and something newer and better is wanted by a lot of people. Does Enlightenment work on Wayland? Yes, although I haven't tried it. Wayland was a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

On 06/04/17 00:26, Tony Scott wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible through the use of extensions etc if it would be possible to recreate some or all of the Unity desktop experience in GNOME? If it is, I would propose this would be the way forward for the next LTS release. Gnome3 wouldn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 08/04/16 08:15, amunizp wrote: https://minifree.org/ They use a free Ubuntu derivative (trisquel) so no problem with drivers. (nor windows tax). As per paying by check I am sure they accept it (looking at their thoughts on paypal). Do ask, they are a small UK based company and are quick t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 08/04/16 02:07, William Anderson wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Jim Price wrote: Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: I don't mean to derail the conversation, but if you are payin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

14.04 or 16.04 out of the box, whether or not I had to overwrite the Windows on it. You don't save much money by going for one with Ubuntu on it. Tony On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price wrote: Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by cheque? I'm to

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this one) would be appreciated too. JimP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] partitioning

On 05/02/16 21:27, David Goldsbrough wrote: Using Clonezilla I have cloned my 60GB disk to a 120GB partially successfully.. It boots fine and all is well. I was though a little surprised that I did not get the opportunity to fully utilise the disk and it looks as if there is 60GB unallocated.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Minor SSH Issue

On 02/03/15 23:38, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I've just set up a laptop with Ubuntu MATE and I'm having a minor problem with SSH. I can access any device on my home network by IP address but for some reason the host names are not recognised. Using other Ubuntu flavours and Mint I've always been a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

On 01/10/14 14:21, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at > least I did until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket > on the back of the TV. The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop > running Xubuntu 13.10 has

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard error after upgrade to 4/2014

On 09/09/2014 03:29 PM, Michael wrote: I can not find a way of making the change from American keyboard layout to UK permanent. The @ and " symbols Reverts to American after shutdown, a fix holds for a session only. Any suggestions, please ? I had this a while ago and it was a locale problem ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu MATE Remix

On 07/03/2014 07:15 PM, Alan Pope wrote: On 3 July 2014 19:05, Jim Price wrote: On 07/03/2014 05:59 PM, Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, One of the MATE developers - Martin Wimpress - has (with a tiny bit of help) spun up an Ubuntu MATE Remix. It's Ubuntu, but with a hint of 2010 ;) You ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu MATE Remix

at's sorted out what this weeks Friday afternoon project is. -- Jim Price -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G Connection issues

On 04/14/2014 01:33 PM, Gareth France wrote: ping -M do -s 1400 google.com Reducing to 1400 worked but if I wait until the pages stop loading I get this: ping: unknown host google.com The optimum MTU setting will be a multiple of 4 lower than 1500. The way to find the optimum setting is to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G Connection issues

On 04/14/2014 12:56 PM, Gareth France wrote: I was hoping someone might have some ideas as to what is up with my internet connection recently. I am running a 3G connection via a Huawei E5220 wireless hotspot. It's a fairly new device and for most of the time I have had it pages refuse to load, ch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ending Dual-Boot

On 09/03/14 17:04, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi The big day has arrived. I'm in a position to finish with all this dual-boot > nonsense and give my Dell laptop entirely over to Xubuntu. If I use GParted > to delete the 2 partitions used by Windows 7, and then resize the Linux partition, it strikes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Amazon webapp launcher goes to amazon.com

On 09/10/13 21:31, Colin Law wrote: Anybody know how to make the amazon webapp in the launcher (in saucy) go to amazon.co.uk rather than amazon.com? It appears that the desktop file is /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amazon-default.desktop with an exec line Exec=unity-webapps-runner --amazon --a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advent Touch Print printer ....

On 12/04/13 19:46, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 12/04/13 19:31, Jim Price wrote: On 12/04/13 13:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote: It's interesting that you mention a shell script there, because I have become very fond of my Compaq laptop, even though every time it gets a kernel update I have to rein

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advent Touch Print printer ....

On 12/04/13 13:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote: It's interesting that you mention a shell script there, because I have become very fond of my Compaq laptop, even though every time it gets a kernel update I have to reinstall the wireless driver, and I have been thinking that it ought to be possible to a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

On 07/03/13 21:14, Neil Greenwood wrote: On Mar 7, 2013 8:29 PM, "Jim Price" wrote: That's a reasonable workaround. Curiously the problem seems to have fixed itself now, and I have no idea whether it's because of something I did or not. I did do a re-install of gnome-t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

On 07/03/13 19:20, Andrew Woodward wrote: On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:49:37 +, Jim Price wrote: I'm using Gnome terminal in Mythbuntu 12.04 and mouse-wheel scrolling works fine for scrolling back and forward through terminal history, but whenever I view a manpage, the mouse wheel no l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

On 07/03/13 18:12, Tony Pursell wrote: On 7 March 2013 16:49, Jim Price wrote: I'm using Gnome terminal in Mythbuntu 12.04 and mouse-wheel scrolling works fine for scrolling back and forward through terminal history, but whenever I view a manpage, the mouse wheel no longer scrolls.

[ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

Hi, I'm using Gnome terminal in Mythbuntu 12.04 and mouse-wheel scrolling works fine for scrolling back and forward through terminal history, but whenever I view a manpage, the mouse wheel no longer scrolls. I've Googled, and discovered that man uses less to display the pages, but all the thin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

On 03/01/13 23:55, Mike Hingley wrote: Hello people... I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a wysiwyg editor for > ubuntu? Ideally I was looking for something like kompozer, but without the KDE requirement (it does have a KDE requirement right?) I think the only thing in co

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Google UK SSL search plugin

d or words for which there are no longer any suggestions. I'm using the Cellwriter keyboard, not OnBoard. Anyway, it's here should anyone wish to try or review it: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?author=Jim+Price If you want to see how it works, it is just a text file i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing post

On 26/10/12 13:21, Gareth France wrote: I posted on here last night about a problem I'm having but it hasn't shown up. Are we not allowed to attach photos to the email or something? I can see your post from 8:45 pm yesterday evening about VLC - is that the one you can't see? -- JimP -- ub

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox 16 on 12.04

I got the updated to Firefox 16.0 yesterday. Today it's all over the news that Firefox 16 has been pulled pending a security fix. I can't seem to find any word on what the status is for Ubuntu, and 16 is still the current version in the updates repository. Does anyone know what is happening abo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using laptop (11.10) thru tv (VGA)

On 29/07/12 19:18, pete smout wrote: Hi all, I'm using ubuntu 11.10 (12.04 won't install on it!) when I plug it into my tv via VGA out on laptop to the VGA input on my tv the resolution is all wrong and no matter what I try I can't put it right! with the laptop screen turned off (fn F6 on my la

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu.com down?

On 05/06/12 21:16, Colin McCarthy wrote: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ubuntu.com Guess that's what happens when you upgrade to 12.04. My system has not worked since the update. Been surviving with a Linux Mint 12 Live CD :) downforeveryoneorjustme says ubuntu.com is up from here. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thunderbird fonts

On 05/06/12 14:48, Norman Silverstone wrote: I have asked this question on another users group but so far, I have not had an answer which works. Using Thunderbird 12.0.1 and Xubuntu 12.04 32-bit plain text the font in the message window is very small and I want to make it larger. I have tried mak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

On 05/04/12 15:16, James Morrissey wrote: Hi, I am trying to get KBasic working for someone who is an ardent VB supporter, but in whom i have just managed to pique interest sufficiently to give this go. Unfortunately i have had some trouble with the installer, mainly with getting all the depend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

On 19/03/12 10:48, George Tripp wrote: I'd also encourage good trimming of posts, but for dealing with those that aren't with Thunderbird, there is an addon which collapses quotes here: Some of us Luddites just use web-mail!:) My Luddite tendency is to avoid using any of the new crop of de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

On 18/03/12 13:06, Barry Drake wrote: On 17/03/12 17:19, Liam Proven wrote: Smarter mail clients can collapse quoted text, you know... I have a principle of using whatever mail client Ubuntu chooses to give me. Currently this is Thunderbird. In your terms, not one of the 'smarter' ones. There

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu & Unity to new people

On 12/03/12 14:51, Alan Bell wrote: yeah, I suggested it. The best way is not to petition it or anything, but to implement it as a python based lens and submit it as an extra. I will do that at some stage, but it would be great if someone beat me to it. The lens I have is functional, but an ugly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

On 04/03/12 20:18, Phill Whiteside wrote: grep pae /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts > The above output shows a CPU that does have PAE support. If the command returns nothing, then the CPU does n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet, the oth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working.

On 22/02/12 16:05, Alan Bell wrote: it is mostly not as hard as you might expect. I did some messing with the apps lens having never seen Vala code before and I got it doing what I wanted and sorting the applications into categories as per the gnome menu: http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/appme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [ubuntu-web] Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown banner competition

On 22/02/12 18:16, Alan Bell wrote: any artistic types out there who want to get their work a *huge* number of views (and no, I don't know what the  characters are in the mail) This explains the  characters: http://ask.metafilter.com/71246/What-the-%C3%82 Watch the %C3%82 change into an  i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

On 28/01/12 22:36, Liam Proven wrote: On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price wrote: On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote: On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakewrote: On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote: [snippage for brevity] There are boot floppy images for free download on: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote: On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake wrote: On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote: There are boot floppy images for free download on: http://www.bootdisk.com/ Free download? �The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his downloads. �Could be worth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution problems on dual-monitor setup

On 11/08/11 12:13, James Morrissey wrote: So Colin's suggestion worked! Once i logged in with Ubuntu classic desktop (no effects) i could set the resolution i wanted (via monitor preferences) and everything works. I am somewhat embarrassed that i didn't see that option when i first tried this.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution problems on dual-monitor setup

Hi James, On 11/08/11 10:14, James Morrissey wrote: - Asus A6Rp; Asus A6 series entertainment notebook Rats - the ASUS page with the spec on it isn't working in Firefox or Chromium... It should be here:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution problems on dual-monitor setup

I think something is up with the attributions here - thunderbird and gmane are telling me this post is from Liam, but I think it may have been said by some combination of Liam and James, or just James: On 10/08/11 15:13, Liam Proven wrote: On 10 August 2011 14:37, James Morrissey wrote: - -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution problems on dual-monitor setup

On 10/08/11 12:00, James Morrissey wrote: Hi all, I posted this on the forums yesterday, but haven't had much luck. I was wondering if anyone here could help. I am trying to set up dual monitors in Ubuntu, with the two monitors having different resolutions. One monitor is on my laptop and the o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM

On 20/06/11 15:16, Bruce Beardall wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I�m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they�re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAMP SERVER DISTRIBUTIONS

On 08/06/11 10:39, Paul Sutton wrote: Hi Are there any distributions that set up a lamp server out of the box something similar to this i guess http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lamppix but lamppix is no longer maintained it needs to be EASY TO SET UP as in for non linux experts i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

On 20/05/11 15:15, Liam Proven wrote: On 20 May 2011 00:01, Daniel Case wrote: Hi guys, I'm a web designer and host, and I often get clients email with .doc, .ppx and even .docx nowadays the question is, what should I be doing about these people? I often send an email back asking them if t

[ubuntu-uk] Ringing endorsement

It's nice to see such a positive article in the mainstream press: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new laptop

On 14/05/11 22:18, Richard Smith wrote: Thanks for your comments. I think I probably will buy one, and let you know how I get on. I look forward to that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new laptop

On 15/05/11 01:05, Kris Douglas wrote: As far as I can tell, my girlfriend had the machine at the mo, it does not have an expresscard slot, and I know it does have the double height return key. Thanks for that. It'll stay on my list for my next laptop as the money off for not having to purchas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new laptop

On 14/05/11 22:50, Kris Douglas wrote: I have one from PCS, they don't use US keyboards. I asked on the phone, they are just from US suppliers stock photos. May I ask if it has the UK style double-height return key or is it the same height as the rest of the keys? The other thing you might b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new laptop

On 13/05/11 10:57, Richard Smith wrote: I am thinking of buying a xenon 14" laptop from pcspecialist, can anyone see any major problems with ubuntu on it. http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/xenon/ The Xenon has the Sandy Bridge laptop processor/chipset. Ubuntu 11.04 has Sandy Bridge suppo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apt authentication issue

On 22/02/11 13:34, McGibbney, Lewis John wrote: Hi list, This is a problem which has been bothering me for some time I am > using 10.04 and have been experiencing the above problem. Every > time I navigate to a page on my browser I am prompted to > authenticate. That sounds like an issue with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live usb question

On 19/02/11 15:54, Barry Titterton wrote: I recently created a persistent live USB for the first time. It worked perfectly but there is one aspect of its behaviour that I do not understand: I used a 4Gb stick. After creating the stick in 10.10 using the built-in disk/USB creator, I added Restric

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lubuntu

On 10/02/11 15:04, gazz wrote: By the way, thanks to whomever suggested Lubuntu for my eeePC. I've finally had to bite down on the fact that it can't run Ubuntu Netbook sensibly with a 4GB USB HD even stripping out locales and other clutter and constantly cleaning up apt like a madwoman. I woul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

On 15/01/11 13:07, Jon Farmer wrote: On 15 Jan 2011 12:58, "Jim Price" wrote: Do read this before relying on a long term future for Google Gears: http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/hello-html5.html Presumably this is not an issue for offline Gmail support. Not right now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

On 15/01/11 11:34, Kris Douglas wrote: Google Gears Do read this before relying on a long term future for Google Gears: http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/hello-html5.html -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thunderbird is installed, but needs to be installed...

On 08/01/11 20:54, Jacob Mansfield wrote: I just tried to install thunderbird on my new machine and was greeted with this: administra...@jay:~$ thunderbird The program 'thunderbird' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install thunderbird administra...@jay:~$ s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reverting to original version of Firefox - 10.04

On 31/12/10 12:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I installed the latest Firefox version from the Mozilla nightly ppa which was working perfectly until an update today when I can't get it to open. I uninstalled it but can't see the original Firefox that shipped with 10.04 anywhere, not in the Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research Required

On 30/12/10 01:18, Bruno Girin wrote: > Having said this, one way to avoid the "where have all my windows > gone?" moments is to make the transition very obvious by enabling the > cube in Compiz for instance: at least if the user is confused, calls > you and says "there was this cube thing then all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thursday Bath Meet up

On 15/12/10 21:33, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > Aloha > > So a couple of folks replied and we've picked the Hilton Hotel at 8pm in > the bar. See folks there. Those who are there need to remember to set their Mythbuntu box so they can have Dirk Gently watched for them ;) Have fun! -- JimP --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash/Iplayer issues

On 29/10/10 00:39, Alan Pope wrote: > On 28 October 2010 23:34, Tim Dobson wrote: >> Is anyone else affected by this and can suggest any potential fixes or >> workarounds. >> >> Not at all scared of getting my hands dirty. :) > > Sadly this sounds like a bug that unfortunately I have memorised the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GSM modems at sites

On 29/10/10 19:30, Chris Rowson wrote: > Oooops! I don't think you meant to send that to the list :-S You're not wrong there. Sorry folks. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] GSM modems at sites

Raju Mike would like to know what the position is with respect to the metering equipment at customer sites and its use of SMS messages to send data back to us. His concern is that with thousands of accounts, it might become and administrative problem to ensure that all the sending GSM modems d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice on motherboard upgradw ...

On 17/10/10 20:54, Rob Beard wrote: > You can get boards with AMD/ATI chipsets but they're a bit more > expensive and I'm not entirely sure how well they work with Ubuntu (okay > they should be fine with the proprietary ATI drivers but I'm not sure > how well they work with the FLOSS drivers). I'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

On 16/10/10 09:10, Colin Law wrote: > On 16 October 2010 01:29, Jim Price wrote: >> On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wrote: >>> On 15 October 2010 13:15, Jim Pricewrote: >>>> On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: >>>>> I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wrote: > On 15 October 2010 13:15, Jim Price wrote: >> On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: >>> I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as >>> far as I can tell. >> >> I'm the other side of the mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Little project

On 15/10/10 23:26, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi guys, I have a little project to do so that i can access my email and > some other websites from college, it has a web filter so blocks such things > which is annoying in 2 hour long 'free' periods. If I didn't have a web > server running this would be qui

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: > I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as > far as I can tell. I'm the other side of the mountains near Builth, also mid Wales. It is a bit quiet here too, unless I've just failed to find anything local. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 16/09/10 18:24, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > so I can't get ubuntu NBR You can - just install whatever ubuntu 10.04 you can by whatever means, then install the ubuntu-netbook package, which will bring with it the rest of the bits you need for the netbook interface. I've not tried it, so I can't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 16/09/10 17:28, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > so you're saying I should just be able to put the live cd in one of my > machines, then use a network boot over the lan Yes, but this only works for the Edubuntu 10.04 DVD, not the other 'buntus. I know it gets you as far as booting an Edubuntu client o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 16/09/10 08:24, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 15 September 2010 19:44, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >> surely I could just put the live CD onto my working ubuntu desktop and do a >> PXE boot to it >> > > You would need to set up the infrastructure that will supply the PXE > boot information to the netbo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On 15/09/10 16:22, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I couldn't see the option to install inside windows, anything else I could > try, other than using PXE I have managed to install on a machine which had similar issues to yours by adding an entry to the boot.ini to point to a linux loader (grub4dos I th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Maverick upgrade

On 03/09/10 21:13, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > On 3 September 2010 21:09, Rob Beard wrote: >> >> VirtualBox is a reasonably easy way of trying it out if you have a half >> decent spec machine (Pentium 4/Athlon 64 or higher with say 1GB ram or >> higher). This way if it screws up you only screw u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fed-up with VMWare!

On 27/08/10 07:43, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi all. > > Just to let you know I am FED-UP with VMWare - Server!! > I have been wrestling with it on Ubuntu and other distros for TO long > now!! > The latest is just the final straw!! > I have redone my PC to have 10.4 on and loaded VMServer on (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle sues Google over various vague concepts

On 13/08/10 14:03, Paul Sladen wrote: > ... the patents in question (all seven of them) are not about Java, > but about programming concepts in-general (eg. copy-on-write, duplicate > string merging, dynamic shared library loading, ...): > >http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Oracle_v._Google_(2010,_USA)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

On 02/08/10 13:46, Alan Bell wrote: > On 02/08/10 13:38, Alan Pope wrote: >> I also am not keen on the UK being bold. I quite like all of both >> "ubuntu" and "uk" being the same font size, weight and boldness. It >> seems to be unbalanced when the weight / size and boldness are >> changed. > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

On 27/07/10 23:26, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:18:52 +0100 > Jim Price wrote: >> There's a lot to like about Google Apps, but it might not match up >> with my perceived need to avoid lock-in wherever possible. I think >> their pricing is a little li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

On 27/07/10 21:40, Philip Stubbs wrote: > On 27 July 2010 18:42, Jim Price wrote: >> I've been reading the list for a few weeks (and posted once to get gmane >> set up and tested) in preparation for an upcoming job. I have a contact >> who is keen on using open source

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

On 27/07/10 21:26, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: > I'd primarily look at http://ebox-platform.org for the ebox package. > It ticks all the boxes for a drop-in replacement for MS SBS and is > getting better with each version (asterisk is a recent package addition, > for example). I've got a couple of de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

On 27/07/10 21:33, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:14:05 +0100 > Jim Price wrote: >> It's all going to help at some point I suspect. > > You could go down the Google Apps route - mail, document space with the > ability to share between users (and have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

On 27/07/10 19:24, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 27/07/10 18:42, Jim Price wrote: >> I couldn't make the Ubuntu in Business meeting a couple of weeks ago, >> but is there a writeup of what happened there? Are there any other good >> starting points to get an overview of

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

get an overview of what Ubuntu can offer the small (but hopefully fast growing) business? -- Jim Price -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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