Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative

2012-01-05 Thread Jon Reynolds
on the mobile (Android) and if I need to access it on a desktop I just go to catch.com and sign in to see/edit my notes. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-30 Thread Jon Reynolds
Liam, Thanks for this detailed advise! I will try these things out. Wish I had the actual tower to hand now so I could sort it all out... Well at least I can determine if it is a disk problem or not. Thanks again, -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http

[ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Jon Reynolds
and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Jon Reynolds
Linux computer (I do have a Win7 partition)? Thanks for the answers! -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Jon Reynolds
of the recipient's style? Or do you just stay 'bothered' inside but think 'what's the point' and just top-post? Meh. -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Jon Reynolds
a conversation in a novel) would be easier. With top-posted back and forth type conversations, you have to go to the bottom, read, then scroll up, then read down, etc... -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Jon Reynolds
/UKTeam/ Lol, Good get-out clause Am I allowed to 'lol'? ;) -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem when powering off - suspend light flashing

2011-11-16 Thread Jon Reynolds
, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-11-10 Thread Jon Reynolds
could preview the RAWs for culling, so my thinking was maybe small, low quality conversion of all the RAWs for culling, but Geeqie solves that problem. I take it you are a bit of a photographer? Got a personal site or are you an active Google+ photographer? -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-11-09 Thread Jon Reynolds
in JPEG. If I start duplicating every one with a RAW as well, I would need far too much storage space I think. -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds http:www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-11-09 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, November 9, 2011 17:47, mac wrote: On 9 Nov 2011, at 11:36, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: snip The problem I am thinking about is how to best manage storage of RAW and JPEG... should I keep them all? Should I bin the RAWs after viewing the JPEGs and deciding

Re: [ubuntu-uk] aarg

2011-11-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
(or whatever the frequency is) -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds --- http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Locked out of Ubuntu

2011-10-18 Thread Jon Reynolds
not the point. I can back up my data using a live USB. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locked out of Ubuntu

2011-10-18 Thread Jon Reynolds
locked out... in reality, it was a duff 9 key which needed to be hit VERY hard to make it work :-) Sean Hi Sean, Don't think so, once I was into a live session, it was fine. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Release countdown

2011-10-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
why the bottom section is as it is) Paul Hang around in any UK university and you'll see lots of adverts for rooms to rent etc with the number to call on tear off strips at the bottom. Is something big and different happening with this release for such a build up? -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SORTED s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-26 Thread Jon Reynolds
to work again. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
://forums.openitc.co.uk/index.php/board,5.0.html; If all fails I might well reinstall my server anyway, as they now have 10,04 LTS images available. But it just seems weird how it was working fine before the reboot. Cheers. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
? -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:19:17 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Well it now seems that after this reboot (which was just to expand some disk space) my VPS time is all fubar. I set the time/date with nptdate time/datestring Then repeatedly hitting date return date return shows the date escallating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
But something else I don't understand is that these emails I am sending from this server are showing the correct time...IRSSI shows the correct time... its only when I use the 'date' command I see a wrong time. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:22:21 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: But something else I don't understand is that these emails I am sending from this server are showing the correct time...IRSSI shows the correct time... its only when I use the 'date' command I see a wrong time. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] s3sync Stopped Working After Reboot

2011-08-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:19:17 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Then repeatedly hitting date return date return shows the date escallating rapidly, something like an hour per second and the date shifts wildly. example after a reboot: Last login: Mon Dec 12 03:10:47 2011 from 178.78.125.61 jonr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] trying to strean video files to an xbox360?

2011-08-01 Thread Jon Reynolds
-- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Jon Reynolds
this happens sometimes is that the school simply arent aware of alternatives. Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback to the school? Thanks -Mark Just having a quick look at the site, what is it that you are objecting to? -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

2011-06-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:59:45 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: Jon Reynolds wrote: 1. Why on Earth did they choose to put Vista on there?? Perhaps because a new board supposedly means a new install of Windows and you're not supposed to be using XP licenses any more. Perhaps they're also tired

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

2011-06-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
Heh, true! -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

2011-06-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:52:24 +0100, alan c wrote: On 22/06/11 09:14, Jon Reynolds wrote: Either way, I wish my Dad would just let me put Ubuntu on there and Do you intend to support his use of non free software when you obviously feel strongly about it? If any of my family, or friends

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-20 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:41:42 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 17/06/11 14:33, Jon Reynolds wrote: I've just had a look at my little un's school website and the first thing that stop you doing anything useful, i.e. like using the navigation menu, is the fact that for some (cannot imagine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-20 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:32:20 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: On 20/06/11 08:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:04:42 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: I wouldn't send kids there, as Mr Archer seems to be rather nasty. He's responsible for racist incidents. I don't know who Mr Archer is but what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-20 Thread Jon Reynolds
that they must have some history in that school with such is it a very ethnically diverse area? Sean No, not at all really. Surprised. Its only a Lower school, Reception and Infants, not as far as Juniors. Its a small village school. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-17 Thread Jon Reynolds
?? WHY would they do this? Is this a serious case for giving someone some education? The simplest of things - a navmenu, why should I install (and run) Java just to access a menu to another (probably) static web page?!? http://www.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk/ (created in FrontPage) -- Jon Reynolds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Example of difficulty to Convert MS users

2011-06-09 Thread Jon Reynolds
the latest service pack and a converter so I can open docx format. It was only 30 odd pounds anyway -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple backup script

2011-06-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
bucket once a week via a cron job. [0] http://s3sync.net/wiki -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Frankenstein Unity

2011-06-01 Thread Jon Reynolds
. Colin Colin You're a barrel of laughs aren't you ;) -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking towards 12.04

2011-05-20 Thread Jon Reynolds
for 'Tweak-UI'. Note, this may be XP only. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jon Reynolds
you and have fun with your cluttered slow system. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-10 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 10 May 2011 08:06:27 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 10/05/2011 08:02, Jon Reynolds wrote: Eh? I am on BT Internet and neither have I used their CD, nor have they installed it anyway. How can they install it anyway if you don't let them? 'They' are the owners

[ubuntu-uk] RSI - Follow Up

2011-05-09 Thread Jon Reynolds
but I forgot to go. But I don't feel the need any more any way. All that did was weaken my opinion of my doctor; she's very much the sort to say 'oh you're fine its nothing' - not great for making you feel like she cares or knows what she's looking at! Cheers all. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI - Follow Up

2011-05-09 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Mon, 9 May 2011 16:06:52 +0100, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: Hi Jon, Long time since we last spoke about this. Glad your feeling better mate. Make sure you rest those writs - it really does help (as you noticed over the Easter hols). :) -- Regards, Haz Thanks Haz! -- Jon Reynolds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-05 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:26:01 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Well, This is a bit of a rant I'm afraid... need to vent. snip -- Well, well, well A completely wiped netbook and a fresh install of 11.04 and. wifi works! Out the box! Am just afraid to do an apt-get upgrade now :/ Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
am looking for. All I know is it was working before. Anyway, I am going to reformat the whole netbook. Its still got a restore partition that came with it which is wasting 10Gb or so... Going to do a fresh Ubuntu 11,04 part. + /home part. + XP part. See how it works out of the box. -- Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
for toggling wifi on/off (which never seems to work anyway) but the wifi light is on, as it always has been, but whether that means anything... I don't know. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
Stevenson Would an upgrade turn WiFi off in the bios?? If not then it shouldn't be off, as I have been using this netbook for a few years now with wifi with Ubuntu and XP. BTW WiFi is still working when I boot into XP. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
that helps a little, cheers Thanks for all the ideas and help! When I re-format the netbook, I actually think I will stick with 10,04 or 10,10 as they worked... think I will leave 11,04 mature a bit more. shame, but there we are. Cheers again. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http

[ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
it is doesn't just stay put. /rant Right now, after an upgrade to 11,04, I have no wireless devices detected. Its not that I can't connect, I don't even have any wlan detected. Its a Realtek. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:44:37 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 03/05/11 11:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: Well, This is a bit of a rant I'm afraid... need to vent. rant class=frustratedWhat gives with wireless? Why is it such an issue for Ubuntu? 'Almost' every time I perform an apt-get upgrade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
(https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa [4]) to get in anywhere near working. snip I will try that PPA tonight. Mine is a Samsung Realtek RTL8192E on a N130 Netbook. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 03 May 2011 13:03:03 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: I will run that diagnostic script to get the same results. Thanks. The output of that script...no signs of wireless devices: [code] Version: 1.1 (Development) Mon May 2 21:33:17

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

2011-03-30 Thread Jon Reynolds
is amazing. In this digital age, it is THE best way to replace paper hard copies. Hope she likes it... :/ -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends

2011-03-29 Thread Jon Reynolds
browser, but still required the set up on the client, with the complication of port forwarding, dynamic dns etc. LogMeIn does not require you to fiddle with port forwarding or dynamic dns things at all. [0] http://www.logmein.com Jon Reynolds (j0nr) (www.jcrdevelopments.com) -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI

2011-03-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:01:37 +0100, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: On 25 March 2011 16:14, Jon Reynolds wrote: Hello folks, Am sure as all of you are computer users, some probably quite prolific (as coders etc), that some of you have had experience with RSI. snip Thanks, Jon Reynolds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI

2011-03-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
to stop being a girl! Cheers and regards, Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] RSI

2011-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
has had experiences like this and how they got rid of it? Maybe those little cushioned mouse mats, where you rest your wrist on a small cushion would help. Thanks, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI

2011-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
that it's an unrelated injury but that's hard to diagnose. Thanks again. Jon Reynolds (j0nr) www.jcrdevelopments.com Jon Reynolds www.jcrdevelopments.com Roger Lancefield rlancefi...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 March 2011 16:14, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: Hello folks

[ubuntu-uk] Cron Help

2010-09-23 Thread Jon Reynolds
it. Thanks in advance Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cron Help

2010-09-23 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:10:05AM +0100, Matt Sturdy wrote: Morning Jon, Cron is a tool for scheduling repetitive tasks. Do you think this is coming from your box? Where does the email come from? Cheers Matt On 23 September 2010 09:22, Jon Reynolds maill

[ubuntu-uk] The Connected Car (anti-climax)

2010-09-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
manufacturers were going to start employing linux software in their cars. Interesting though how the big car manufacturers have for so long been in the mindset to develop their own proprietary systems. Regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[ubuntu-uk] Rsync Problems

2010-07-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
to the health of the HDDs. But maybe its an rsync thing that I am not familiar with. Can anyone shed a bit more light on these errors? I get similar errors when mirroring one backup HDD to the other using rsync too. Thanks in advance Jon Reynolds (j0nr) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rsync Problems

2010-07-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
Thanks Ian, Running fsck now, seems to be throwing up lots of errors... will work thru it and see what happens. Cheers. Jon Reynolds (j0nr) On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 09:13:12AM +0100, Ian Pettitt wrote: Jon I had I/O errors on my external hdd which I backup my machines to, using rsnapshot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rsync Problems

2010-07-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
Well I worked thru all the 'fixes' that fsck threw up, saying yes to all... I performed another rsync and no errors! I have set my automatic backup to run again tonight, so will see what happens. Cheers for the advise. Jon Reynolds (j0nr) On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:41:49PM +0100, Jon Reynolds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rsync Problems

2010-07-28 Thread Jon Reynolds
heat sinks due to HDD in contact with case. - or HDD suspended in a 'tunnel' enclosure with a slow moving fa at one end of the tunnel drawing air over them. Cheers for the input. Jon Reynolds (j0nr) On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 03:10:36PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote: On 28 July 2010 08:12, Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-13 Thread Jon Reynolds
to the display model and he let me try it out. It worked fine so I bought it. I think I got lucky though, as the guy said he was an Ubuntu user ;) Jon Reynolds On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote: Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc

[ubuntu-uk] PCMCIA USB 2.0 Adaptors

2010-04-18 Thread Jon Reynolds
Any known issues with these working with Ubuntu? I have an old Dell Latitude that only has a single USB 1.1 socket but available PCMCIA slots. If this works, will it be the same speed as a regular USB 2.0 socket? Was looking to use a 4 way adaptor. Want to plug in an external HDD. Cheers Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PCMCIA USB 2.0 Adaptors

2010-04-18 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 01:23:09PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: On 18/04/10 09:08, Jon Reynolds wrote: Any known issues with these working with Ubuntu? I have an old Dell Latitude that only has a single USB 1.1 socket but available PCMCIA slots. If this works, will it be the same speed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-13 Thread Jon Reynolds
Hi, This sounds interesting, but what do you do with a web interface for VLC? Cheers On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 03:48:38PM +0100, javadayaz wrote: ok thats helpful...i will try this in the first instance. On 12 April 2010 15:37, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-13 Thread Jon Reynolds
vlc. I am now using my phone as a remote control for VLC. Stopping, pausing, playing, choosing to play a song or a film from my pcI can even adjust the volume. This is brilliant!! On 13 April 2010 08:52, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: Hi, This sounds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
:55, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 24/03/10 16:50, Jon Reynolds wrote: Thanks for that Joe, Would like to come along, depends on whether I am free from family commitments and also do not know a single person really from the IRC channel...so bit scarey :) I know of at least two

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
bar) I am amazed she manages to do what she does on the internet. She seems happy enough tho. Jon On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:00:59AM +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 25/03/10 10:47, Alan Bell wrote: Jon Reynolds wrote: Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
more interested to learn new things whereas my mother seems not interested. C'est la vie. Jon On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:23:19AM +, Alan Pope wrote: On 25 March 2010 11:12, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: But she really doesn't have a clue bless her. The basic principles

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must convince her to try ubuntu. I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly convinced my dad to try - will push him for at least

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-24 Thread Jon Reynolds
This is the first I have heard of this outing. Just wondering how people would find out about such social gatherings? Cheers, Jon Reynolds On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:16:29PM +, Joe O'Dell wrote: That is very true, but I was thinking more of someone like yourself pulling out a laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-24 Thread Jon Reynolds
Thanks for that Joe, Would like to come along, depends on whether I am free from family commitments and also do not know a single person really from the IRC channel...so bit scarey :) Cheers for the info Jon Reynolds . On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:47:19PM +, Joe O'Dell wrote: Hey Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
the desktop from 'Places - connect to server' then choosing 'FTP (with login)'? Regards Dan On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 00:50 +, Jon Reynolds wrote: Thanks for the link, but I think I can't solve my problem like that as this is a NAS drive, not another machine's share. So am still

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
-only A different error again! Jon On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:57:38PM +, azmodie wrote: On 20 February 2010 11:18, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 February 2010 00:50, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.comwrote: Thanks for the link, but I think I can't solve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
tho. Cheers, Jon On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 01:29:38PM +, Jon Reynolds wrote: Hi, I have a (dodgey) Freecom Network Drive which seems to mount fine in XP using 'Map network drive' just entering the IP-addy/SHARE. Just cannot get this to mount in Ubuntu (well Xubuntu) so have been

[ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-19 Thread Jon Reynolds
on here... Can anyone advise? Thanks, Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-19 Thread Jon Reynolds
username=username,password=password,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 It might be easier than using curlftpfs Regards Dan Fish On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 13:29 +, Jon Reynolds wrote: Hi, I have a (dodgey) Freecom Network Drive which seems to mount fine in XP using 'Map network

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-19 Thread Jon Reynolds
As a follow up, I tried the echo 0 /proc... and got a different error: mount: Host is down I get a different error everytime. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:45:44PM +, Jon Reynolds wrote: Hi guys, Thanks for the replies. I have tried quite a lot before to mount with cifs to no avail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS using curlftpfs

2010-02-19 Thread Jon Reynolds
, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: ? ?j...@jonr-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.3/PUBLIC /media/fnd/ ? ?-o username=jonr ? ?mount: Cannot allocate memory http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.networking/2006-10/msg00629.html This is not a Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV connected to ubuntu pc via ethernet

2009-12-11 Thread Jon Reynolds
for 50GBP! I want a Revo! Jon Reynolds On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:22:11AM +, Rob Beard wrote: On 09/12/2009 09:54, javadayaz wrote: Right now im torn between either the machine that joseph recommended or an xbox360 to stream movies over from a ubuntu pc! I'd go for the Aspire Revo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-24 Thread Jon Reynolds
Am I thinking about this wrong or is it true that using a live CD, one can just boot into the live environment and then mount the host computer's hard drive and browse its contents. Isn't that a really bad security issue? Jon Reynolds On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:05:25AM +0100, Alan Pope wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-27 Thread Jon Reynolds
. Not sure how to monitor or find out whats stopping it connecting. Any help would be much appreciated. Jon Reynolds On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:18:02PM +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Hi Rob, Model is EW-7318Ug (was in the link) I will try that command out when I get home later and let you know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-22 Thread Jon Reynolds
OK A bit more progress. I went to the Ralink (?) website and got hold of a copy of the latest RT73 driver... Now that seemed to compile properly. My problem now is getting it loaded and the old one (rt2500?) disabled/removed. Something making use of modprobe I think... Cheers Jon Reynolds

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
to take to try and check whats working and whats not. It came with some linux drivers, but I just get errors when trying to compile them that I don't understand. Thanks in advance. Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
Hi Rob, Model is EW-7318Ug (was in the link) I will try that command out when I get home later and let you know. Many thanks! Jon Reynolds On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:08:45PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Jon Reynolds wrote: But I just need some pointers to the obvious steps to take to try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents

2009-07-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
specifying a new torrent to start. But thats what I use. Worse coming to worst, I just VNC's into my box at home so I could use the browser there to find/store torrents. Jon Reynolds On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:25:00PM +0100, danattwood wrote: Rob Beard wrote: javadayaz wrote: vuze is probably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
: [ 613.730452] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1 Cheers Jon Reynolds On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:08:45PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Jon Reynolds wrote: But I just need some pointers to the obvious steps to take to try and check whats working and whats not. It came with some linux drivers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

2009-07-21 Thread Jon Reynolds
: rt73usb-phy3:quality [ 613.730452] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1 Hope that is meaningful... Cheers, Jon Reynolds On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:50:30PM +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Results of /var/log/messages after plugging in dongle: Jul 21 21:49:21 lisa-laptop kernel

[ubuntu-uk] Netgear WG511v2 Wireless PCMCIA card

2009-07-14 Thread Jon Reynolds
only too close to get a new card (i.e. I can see the networks...) Any suggestions on how to try and get this working will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-30 Thread Jon Reynolds
My Dell D600 Latitude laptop runs an ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] and I have always suffered with poor performance. Unfortunately I never get to the bottom of it. I really should try and get to a LUG meeting one day see if someone who knows what they are doing can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast season two

2009-04-03 Thread Jon Reynolds
Yey, I am glad the podcast is back and I enjoyed it. The theme tune made me smile as I had missed that. Also, as I told popey, I was holding my breath at the beginning awaiting the Sounds like a fun packed show! and it never happened!!! Bring back the catchphrase! Good work chaps. JonR On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop

2009-03-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
Ha! I will be amazed if that is true! Jon On Wed 04/03/09 08:12 , Andrew Turner acturne...@gmail.com sent: I seem to remember a thread a while back about getting a refund from Microsoft for unwanted OEM copies of Windows - can anyone enlighten me? Andrew --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop

2009-03-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
or see www.m icrosoft.com/info/nareturns.htm. 2009/3/4 Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com: Ha! I will be amazed if that is true! Jon  On Wed 04/03/09 08:12 , Andrew Turner acturner u...@gmail.com sent: I seem to remember a thread a while back about getting a refund from