On 26/06/07, michaelweaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not know if I have got this right but having a look at the
> Gnucash
> concepts guide when creating accounts in Gnucash, I create for example
> an account called assets as a top level account but do not put in any
> details such
On 09/06/07, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Not very impressed, d'ont load, and broke my previous one.
>
> Now back to 17 - something. I thought they tested these things.
>
> Peter
what is wrong?
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On 23/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Should I create a/home partition during install, or just leave disk
> space free to copy the entire home partition to?
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/move-home-to-its-own-partition/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=46866
The
On 18/05/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> It then just sits there. Is there any way of doing a "chroot
> /mnt/root /bin/bash" and then running an apt-get dist-upgrade or
> update in order to resolve this? Obviously I'd need to boot from a
> live CD, but I'm sure
On 20/04/07, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have tried upgrading but I get an error about lack of space in some
> temporary directory on /var
>
> When I go to that directory and do a "df ." I am told I have approx. 1GB
> free, yet the error refers to 340MB or something similar.
>
> What
On 20/04/07, Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I started downloading shortly before lunch, and on refreshing nothing
> changed (in terms of date/time stamps on the .iso images, jigdo, etc.)
> from when I originally loaded the pagea mid morning. I have just
> checked the md5sums on the iso I
On 19/04/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I write, I have a stack of four servers that need to "go live" next week
> sitting on the floor next to me.
>
> Two web-heads, two database servers - all installed with Edgy about a week
> ago and working nicely as a cluster.
>
> Now the ke
> > Wouldn't it be better for us thickies to wait until we are offered an
> automatic update in the usual way ?
You should be offered to update once your update manager has "refreshed".
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On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of
> getting around this problem.
You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD.
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On 22/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know non-techie types who've heard of Linux, but none who've heard
> of GNU. I think it just complicates matters a little perhaps?
I tend to say that I use linux and then if they enquire more I say
which distro I use.
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On 22/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To be
> honest it looks like a very tempremental driver :(
I have to agree. I would personally not bother, kernel updates may
break the driver and then you'll be left with no internet (unless u
have a dapper live d).
Although I don't like te
On 20/02/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering the same thing! Maybe everyone is just quietly enjoying
> Ubuntu and not posting because 'it just works'!
Or everyone has abandoned it because it's going to have CNR in it, and
wont have nvidias drivers as default. ;)
Leon
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On 05/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images-
> something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary
> school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp
I'm pretty sure mplaye
> I disagree, I think it would be more realistic to say "windows users will
> never swap until you can walk into a shop and buy a Linux PC that's already
> been set up for you", I think that by far most of the Windows PCs are bought
> 'as is' and most users never go near an O/S installation or pugr
On 29/01/07, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 00:10 +, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> > Was having a chat with a neighbour the other dayshe said that she
> > has a local chap who comes from a nearby town to see to her computer
> > which is running windows- she pay
I remember reading in one hospital's intranet that a copy of MS Office
was available for staff to install at home to do work related stuff.
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I think if people want a typewriter then they should buy a typewriter.
Regards
Leon
On 05/01/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil
> Can these people load ubuntu alongside windows, and leave a message in
> windows suggesting looking at ubuntu - better than a bit of paper perhaps.
>
On 14/12/06, Keith Bowerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>n switching back on, my computer made different from
> normal beeps, and wouldn't even load the bios, in effect leaving me
> with a dead computer as I can't now boot into the bios.
I experienced something similar - (I think). What I did was d
On 16/11/06, Llywelyn Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The DVD quick launch buttons
> don't work but then I didn't expect them to.
Do you mean the buttons on your keyboard? There is a handy tool in the
system/preference menu to customise extra buttons.
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On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok i typed this :
>
> chmod 755 ~/Desktop
>
> ...nope it still didnt work!!!
It would be more useful for you to post the error output.
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On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> can you give me an example of a path to a directory? Also would i type "your"
> in there too?
>
An example would be /home/javad/media/films/
The website below provides excellent information about linux filesystems:
https://help.ubuntu.com/6
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ok heres what happens i try clicking on the folder and changing permissions
> to it..but it wont let me..i click on the ticks but after being highlighted
> for a second will just go off..
>
> secondly...
> cd /your/shared_directory
> >sudo chmo
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi
>
> In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able
> to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for
> desktop. so now it will no longer save anything to my desktop.
>
> Anyone know how i
On 07/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Folder browsing i have allowedbut how do i do the 644 thing?...sorry im
> new at this...
Select the files you want. Right click, go to permissions tab and
enable group and others to read. Or if using the command line:
cd your/shared_direc
On 07/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now whilst i can see the folders on the xbox nothing actually displays in
> those folders? I
I believe you must enable folder browsing which available in System ->
Administration -> Shared Folders options. You also must ensure that
the files you
Dear Ian,
Welcome to ubuntu forum list. I know this isn't very helpful but you might want to consider getting a real ethernet modem/router, these are virtually trouble free to set up on any OS.
Leon
On 26/10/06, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ron
I looked in the Synaptic dialog under N
that people around here are keep to develop and the UKTeam wiki pages should give you a good feel for those.
I say translate 'em into Welsh. (then bilingual schools in Wales can use edubuntu)Leon Barker
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On 05/06/06, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In fact I think that they have just stopped having Windows free softwareon them, since Dapper. A number of items from the Open CD were on there.A list of the Desktop CD shows Window programs on it. But I havent actually used the CD so I cant be c
Its also worth commenting out third party repos.LeonOn 04/06/06, Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:Edit etc/apt/sources (think that's right) and change the word,
'breezy' for 'dapper'. The run, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade. That will sort you out :)Baz
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Remember that Ubuntu CDs already have windows FOSS on them as a taster.LeonOn 04/06/06, Steve Smith <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi both!Sounds like a great start to me. I find that for those people who don't want to/don't feel able to make the leap to Ubuntu, Windows Free/Open Source is a good way
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