Lee,
What's the brand of the USB drive? Sounds like it's running as a USB1.1
device rather than USB2.
-Matt Daubney
On 25 November 2012 19:19, LeeGroups wrote:
> Simon/Matt,
>
> You are indeed correct, the speed of the USB drive appears to be the issue
> rather than the speed of the NFS shar
Need more information :) How are you connecting to the server
(Wired/Wireless N/G), what is the drive you're writing too, how fast does
it copy internally? What is the exports line?
-Matt Daubney
On 24 November 2012 19:41, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> My immediate response would be to check the sp
Ooooh! I'd be interested if you go after the 12th of next month :)
On 20 June 2012 23:43, Bruno Girin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Anybody fancy a geeky museum outing one weekend to go see the
> Codebreaker exhibition at the Science Museum?
>
> http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/turing
On 4 May 2012 09:42, Gareth France wrote:
> I'm sorry to say that we're not going to get an answer to this one. I made a
> bit of a mistake. I found that I've now got 2 seperate issues, first that my
> grafted home folder naturally has permissions issues preventing logon and
> second the original
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1600/detail/
:)
On 29 March 2012 09:11, Gareth France wrote:
> What meet is this? It seems to have escaped my attention.
>
>
> On 28/03/12 18:53, Alan Bell wrote:
>>
>> On 28/03/12 18:05, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>>>
>&
Who'll be along? I should be there for a bit, but might have to vanish
to collect the missus from some work do, but am looking forward to
seeing people again!
-Matt Daubney
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> I agree in principle. Having a small one somewhere to take you to some
> more relevant information that might not be on the packaging would be
> nice (like the manual, or a "Welcome to the Ubuntu community") type
> page, or, of course, the Ubuntu-UK website :)
>
Thinking about this, a page that
On 23 December 2011 11:21, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 23/12/11 11:14, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>>
>> They have them on train station platforms now, providing a link to
>> timetables for trains :) Was the first major use I saw for them. Also
>> noticed them on a few bus stop t
On 23 December 2011 07:52, Alan Pope wrote:
> I'm also less convinced of the use of the QR code on the front. Personally
> I've never used one for anything other than proving they work. I am pretty
> sure most normal people don't use them either.
They have them on train station platforms now,
On 21 December 2011 00:09, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> > The main think I like is the notification system. When logged in
>> > with Empathy, if I receive a message a small notification appears
>> > at the bottom of the screen with the message, which I can then
>> > click to repl
Hello!
I have an upcoming job opening for someone to essentially do the
technical support for a small company in Aldermaston. The technical
support process at the moment is that the problem lands on my desk and
I try and sort it out while doing other things. As the business has
grown this has now
On 5 December 2011 11:16, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there Received a reply from my MP this morning about open
> standards in schools. In the reply was the following link which you might
> find of interest: http://opensourceschools.org.uk
>
> Regards, Barry.
I seem to remember them be
On 2 December 2011 14:11, Gareth France wrote:
> The difference with someone like Intel or Quantum is that they don't need to
> establish their brand wheras Ubuntu has a long way to go and alienating
> anyone, be it OEM, support or end user is going to cost them dearly.
Surely it has the same pr
On 2 December 2011 14:04, Gareth France wrote:
> There NEEDS to be a quick response, even if that response is 'you have to
> subscribe', 'you have to upgrade', 'you're supposed to look there'! The lack
> of replies from Canonical is causing me major headaches.
Welcome to the business world :) I
On 2 December 2011 13:55, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> paul sutton wrote:
>
>> I am sure if you got to Microsoft or Apple or any other BIG player you
>> get a fast response. This is the business world i guess people want a
>> quick response.
>
> Only if you pay them for it; Canonical sell that sort of
On 2 December 2011 01:20, Ivan Wright wrote:
> I think they needed to move on and change style, we couldn't sit with a
> 1995 styled OS forever.
> What should be done is to do away with the six month development cycle,
> which is far too short for the amount of work needed on Unity. An 8-12
> mont
On 17 November 2011 07:03, Andres wrote:
>
> - Mensaje original -
>
>> On 16/11/11 21:54, Andres wrote:
>> > Curiosity question:
>> > If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and
>> > laptops that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to
>> > be back
On 19 October 2011 09:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>
> OK so why don't Canonical just provide the version of LO that comes direct
> from the LO website?
>
My guess would be that it might not play nice with the OpenJDK (by
default), and since you're not allowed to distribute Oracles Java
stu
On 27 September 2011 11:38, Dave Morley wrote:
> Matt I still think a full blown desktop is a faff. If you're not in the
> office and need to access the box forwarding x over a hotel network is
> not going to be fun in any shape or form.
Simple question: How many average users do you expect wo
2011/9/27 Juan J. :
> We're obviously talking about different users here, but having desktop +
> GUI tools by default in Ubuntu Server would be a no-go for the technical
> userbase of Ubuntu.
>
Good, again, we've just ignored the target audience and decided that
it's actually aimed at current tec
On 27 September 2011 08:47, Dan Attwood wrote:
>>
>> > Well the main benefit of a web based UI is that you don't need all the
>> > desktop GUI libraries on the server,
>>
>> >Yes, because HDD space is expensive these days!
>
> My understanding is is not about space. Extra libraries means extra at
2011/9/27 Juan J. :
> On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 08:28 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>> [...]
>> I'd suspect the average person on the end of the phone wouldn't be too
>> scared of being talked through fixing it rather than average bloke on
>> the end of th phone
Sorry, this is turning into a big rant about web based admin and
having a gui on a small office/home server, but this is something that
really really pushes the "GAH" buttons for me.
On 26 September 2011 22:18, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
> Well the main benefit of a web based UI is that you don't ne
On 26 September 2011 21:17, Alan Pope wrote:
> Ahh, SoHo server... a perennial "want" of many (including myself).
I'm getting so annoyed by this being missing it's starting to become an itch :(
> I'll refer you to this spec:-
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuEasyBusinessServer
Ah, lovely. I
So... I've been tinkering with ldap for a few weeks now to get a feel
of how it works (and what it does) and keep considering trying to get
rid of the hodge podge of bodgy scripts that have cropped up to make
things work with it.
If such a system was designed, and taking ldap as the base, what
fea
On 26 September 2011 13:48, Alan Pope wrote:
> Now we're perilously close to releasing 11.10 onto the world, it's
> been asked [0] what things the developers would like to see the focus
> on for the 12.04 (Long Term Support) release.
>
> Personally I would like all core applications to support pro
On 27 August 2011 18:49, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there When I tried to re-build the module for my wi-fi dongle, I
> got the error that smp_lock.h was missing. I eventually found a workaround
> on a Swedish site! Simply putting a symlink into an earlier set of headers
> does the trick - thi
On 14 August 2011 11:20, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 14 August 2011 11:16, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>> Anyone who would like to join in, at lunch we'd like to do a mass photo for
>> the reapproval process. Alan Bell and myself will be just outside the main
>> door, just co
Anyone who would like to join in, at lunch we'd like to do a mass photo for
the reapproval process. Alan Bell and myself will be just outside the main
door, just come say hi :-)
- Matt Daubney
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On 3 August 2011 14:55, Jon Farmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> It fails every time with
>
> Failed to fetch
> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb
> 403 Forbidden
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Farmer
> Tel 07795 118140
>
Are y
On 29 July 2011 17:28, alan c wrote:
> On 29/07/11 12:35, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> While it is true the general issue has been stated, in order to properly
>> assess what that specific user may see as "technical" and "not technical"
r
> three years now.
>
> I think that IRC is a quite difficult medium for beginners. And me (7
> years). I also think that support of your average jack and jill user
> is a fairly unusual and demanding skill, and not all Ubuntu helpers
> possess this.
>
>
> On 27/07/11 12:5
Hi Paula,
I don't suppose you know this persons irc nick? We can have a look in the
logs and see where we went wrong.
Thanks,
Matt Daubney
On Jul 27, 2011 12:41 PM, "Paula Graham" wrote:
> On 24/07/11 18:19, Alan Bell wrote:
>> On 24/07/11 10:58, a.hun...@visuality-group.co.uk wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>
On 22 July 2011 16:25, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> On 22 July 2011 16:10, Andres wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I've been trying to catch up with emails. Can we have a reminder of some
>> sort?
>> Meeting at the benches in front of library?
>> How would we r
On 22 July 2011 16:10, Andres wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been trying to catch up with emails. Can we have a reminder of some
> sort?
> Meeting at the benches in front of library?
> How would we recognize each other?
> Geeknic before event?
>
Hallo!
I believe the plan is to meet at Platform 3 3/
On 11 July 2011 03:34, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> hiyas,
> sorry I have not been to active of late, life is a little hectic. but I do
> recall a discussion about the software schools use.
> In america or canada they can
> use http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/index.html which is a pretty
> awes
I'd vote on some time being assigned to a set of technical talks as I don't
attend enough these days.
On a side note, if someone would like to give a tslk on how oAuth works, I'd
be all ears :-)
Matt Daubney
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On 8 July 2011 10:41, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Is it my imagination or does 11.04 take considerably longer to cold boot
> than previous, recent versions of Ubuntu?
>
> Norman
>
>
You can measure this with bootchart http://www.bootchart.org/ I think
it's in the repos.
-Matt Daubney
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ub
On 1 July 2011 13:18, Alan Bell wrote:
> well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now have
> a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
> . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and render
> Facebook redundant. Discuss!
>
> Alan.
What about writing letters to local papers such as "I would like to raise
the profile of , a local event where people can come and discuss
the possibilities of computing and learn how to help others by using open
source software." or somesuch.
Did wonder if anyone was going to run an Oggcamp campa
On 24 June 2011 10:11, Alan Pope wrote:
> As a team we do "stuff" for the Ubuntu. Most of this stuff is based on
> ideas a few people have had within the team. This includes:-
>
> * Support
> * Advocacy
> * Promotion
> * Events
>
> I figured it's time to get some fresh ideas.
>
> So, simple questi
On 24 June 2011 10:11, Alan Pope wrote:
> As a team we do "stuff" for the Ubuntu. Most of this stuff is based on
> ideas a few people have had within the team. This includes:-
>
> * Support
> * Advocacy
> * Promotion
> * Events
>
> I figured it's time to get some fresh ideas.
>
> So, simple questi
On 11 June 2011 11:33, alan c wrote:
>> Have you seen Matt Daubneys' attempt at going from Ubuntu to Windows for
>> 30
>> days? http://daubers.co.uk/2011/06/09/from-linux-to-windows-for-30-days/
>
> It is a nice idea.
> The elephant in the room is that almost nobody I know who uses Windows has
> u
On 8 June 2011 17:12, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> The major problem (IMHO) in using Linux instead of Windows for ordinary
> users, is the difficulty with Office 2007 and 2010 documents, which are
> becoming more and more
> Email and web browsing is dead easy - it's the incompatibilities of OOX
Well, I closed the poll. Based on the results, Sunday the 24th of July
looks the best! Spread the word and I hope to see you all there!
-Matt Daubney
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On 12 May 2011 21:54, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> As per the meeting the other day, there is a plan to go see the SciFi
> exhibition at the British Library in London at some point in July/August. If
> all goes to plan, we'll all head off for a geeknic in a nice green bit
> nearb
On 24 May 2011 13:57, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm about to ask questions about software that runs on ubuntu please
> tell me if this is out of line (or simply ignore) and I'll go
> subscribe myself to the appropriate list.
You're more than welcome to ask these kinds of que
On 21 May 2011 09:55, Liam Gallear wrote:
> On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
> >
> > My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
> >
> > Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my
> computer"
> > Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it
On 19 May 2011 17:05, Dave Morley wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 16:54 +0100, a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Sorry if I sounded dumb - maybe it's too long working with Windows
> > which meant that when I saw all the talk about copy/paste being on the
> > middle button -
On 19 May 2011 10:05, Alan Bell wrote:
> ick, sorry about the epic long URLS, I started a wiki page for RaceOnline
> and uploaded the certificate there if people want to see it
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/RaceOnline
>
> Alan.
>
>
>
Ok... so now we're a partner, what (can/do we want) to do? I
On 18 May 2011 13:05, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
> So what can we do about this, I am currently helping at a youth music
> project that has now got 4 / 5 ubuntu computers up and running, I am
> struggling to maintain what we have on zero budget
>
>
What help do you need and where?
> if we as a commu
On 16 May 2011 16:49, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On 16 May 2011 16:45, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>
> > I'd argue the point on the loss of fine control, you can still drag those
> > little arrows up and down to get to where you want in a document, rather
> > than just clicki
On 16 May 2011 16:27, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On 16 May 2011 15:48, Alan Pope wrote:
> > On 16 May 2011 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote:
>
> > Easiest way to try is move your finger forward and back along the
> > right hand edge when in a scrollable window.
>
> So apparently I do. Still a major PITA to use
On 13 May 2011 19:46, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ... I got a wifi dongle from e-bay today. Very cheap. It
> turns out to be a Realtek RTL8188cu. There was a disk with it which
> includes a Linux driver that need building. It builds and runs just
> fine on 10.04 and 10.10, but under Natty,
As per the meeting the other day, there is a plan to go see the SciFi
exhibition at the British Library in London at some point in July/August. If
all goes to plan, we'll all head off for a geeknic in a nice green bit
nearby afterwards, and maybe other bits and bobs too depending who feels
like wha
On 30 April 2011 01:55, doug livesey wrote:
> So guess who broke his Mac trying to install the latest Ubuntu?
> Every now & then, I think I'm more of a geek than I really am, and try to
> do something to make myself feel hardcore, but that ends up just being plain
> humbling!
> There follows a cu
Y'argh!
Ahoy me matey's! 'tis me own Duty to pass onto thee that Cap'n Bell shall
heretofore be known as the Ubuntu-UK "Team Leader". This be the strange
lingo of ye countrymen I do be tol'.
So, AVAST! Jump to and do be readin' the rules that're to be the way to
elect a new Cap'n.
http://pad.ub
Ar me swashbuckling mateys! 'Tis important that ye be remembering this
adventure. The treasure be in sight and Cap'n Bell needs to be certain of
the course he be chartin.
Those blasted NInja's do be runnin amok in this search for the treasure of
certainty, those landlubbin' need to be keelhaul
Just to make things more interesting it's been pointed out that there is
some confusion as to whether or not we have a team lead or a Point of
Contact. Having dug through the history a bit, back in the early days of UUK
we had a Team Leader, but just before Popey took the reigns this was turned
int
On 18 March 2011 12:20, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ..
>
> I'm really scratching my head over this one. My wife's computer has a
> ALiveNF6P-VSTA motherboard. This has one IDE connector and four SATA
> ports. It was running Windows 2000 on a SATA drive, so I installed a
> second SATA dri
Otherwise known as "The Most Important Thing You'll Read This Week"!
It had been pointed out that there was no documented process anywhere for
the LoCo leadership contest. Somehow I seemed to manage with the action of
doing this from a meeting I forgot to attend (that'll teach me!)
Anyway, can ev
Hello,
I'm looking at quad booting my laptop (Win 7, Ubuntu (dev),
debian(stable) and LFS) and wondered if it was possible to use a
shared /boot partition across the 3 linux distros. The main reason for
doing so would be so that everything is more tidy, but also to reduce
wasted space!
Any advice
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 10:33 +, John MM wrote:
> On 05/03/11 08:14, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> > Not sure if this will help, but I've never got nautilus to work happily
> > in that manner with SMB, however, if you hit ctrl+l in a nautilus window
> > it will drop you into
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 19:58 +, John MM wrote:
> Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get
> the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the
> directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or the Windows Partition.
> When I go into Places>
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 20:09 +, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> May 14 Museums at Night - Overnight Games Programming Challenge
> 8pm to midnight.
> Remember the 1980's when the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 were
> deadly rivals? This was a time when anybody with a talent for
> programming could wri
On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 19:47 +, gazz wrote:
> About to write something for a VCS ICT mag about Ubuntu so thought I'd
> have a look at Natty - umm, not a big fan of Unity, ugly and
> ridiculously limited - wot, can't add stuff to the panel - what's the
> one at the top actually doing besides wast
On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 23:07 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> not strictly Ubuntu but would anybody be able to explain how the BIOS
> detects PS/2 devices. I'm setting up a media center PC with no
> keyboard and keep getting stuck with a 'no keyboard detected, press F1
> to continue' message, dependi
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 10:12 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 03/12/2010 12:31, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 16:05 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> >> I have removed the Homegroup , replaced it with a Workgroup and shared
> >> folders on
On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 16:05 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> I have removed the Homegroup , replaced it with a Workgroup and shared
> folders on the Windows Machine.
> I have installed Samba and changed the Workgroup name on the Ubuntu
> machine to match that of the Windows 7 machine.
> The
On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 11:59 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 12/11/2010 10:09, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> > Tomorrow afternoon (from about 11:30 - ~12:30/1:00) I'll be in Costa
> > Coffee in Oxford.. (here
> > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&
Tomorrow afternoon (from about 11:30 - ~12:30/1:00) I'll be in Costa
Coffee in Oxford.. (here
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=costa
+coffee,
+oxford&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.478806,43.286133&ie=UTF8&hq=costa+coffee,&hnear=Oxford,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.751783,-1.2
On 10 Nov 2010, at 20:33, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> BT have a version of Cisco VPN for Windows only – is there anyone on the list
> who has used any VPN client in Ubuntu to connect to BT wireless hotspots?
You can get cisco vpn for Linux. It's called VPNC in the repos (I believe)
-Matt D
Good Morning :)
On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 21:23 +0100, Les Cunningham wrote:
>
> I have been looking at reviews of Gnome Shell, and I do not like what I
> have seen. (I have also tried running it, without success so far.) The
> screenshots show lots of white text on a black background, which I
> d
On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 10:31 +0100, Simon Swaysland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to connect a server to my home LAN, but it's too far for a
> reliable wireless connection. Ideally I would like to use CAT5, but I
> don't think the wife would apprecite me pulling up the laminate floor
> to lay it!
>
> Do
On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 10:31 +0100, Simon Swaysland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to connect a server to my home LAN, but it's too far for a
> reliable wireless connection. Ideally I would like to use CAT5, but I
> don't think the wife would apprecite me pulling up the laminate floor
> to lay it!
>
> Do
On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 20:58 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 12/10/10 15:11, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> > I did a fresh install on my Thinkpad X31 laptop, which went fine (but
> > the netbook launcher is comprehensively broken on this hardware).
> >
> > You are really putting me off trying the upgrade on
> On 15 September 2010 10:36, Matthew Daubney
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 09:53 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> > the F12 options are PCMIA cdrom, hard disk and network boot
>
>
> Did you have a bootable USB st
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:49 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> yep, I used the usb disk creator on my desktop with the nbr image
>
> On 15 September 2010 10:36, Matthew Daubney
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 09:53 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
>
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 09:53 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> the F12 options are PCMIA cdrom, hard disk and network boot
Did you have a bootable USB stick in at the time? It will only show you
what it detects (and the standard CDROM/Hard disk thing)
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On 13 September 2010 20:09, Daniel Case
wrote:
> Jacob,
>
>
> Just install Ubuntu to a separate partition and it will wipe >
out the Windows bootloader and replace it with GRUB. You > can
then boot >both Windows and Linux from there :)
>
>
>
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 11:38 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:
> Hello all,
> During the day of 10th October (101010 / 42 day) I am planning an
> Ubuntu release / install party in London, merging into the the
> celebrations of 42 Day with the people from ZZ9.org, revelling in the
> life and works of the
On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 10:40 +0100, John Matthews wrote:
> On 08/09/10 10:08, Glen Mehn wrote:
> >> > On 08/09/10 07:00, Xiamen wrote:
> >>> >> im using 10.10 , chromium on a macbook 2.1. when I watch flash
> >>> >> movies (youtube youku tudou ...) the plug in crashes all the time...
> >>>
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 17:54 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> The meeting agenda is in the traditional place:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda
> as are the minutes of the last meeting
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LastMeeting
>
> See you there later
>
> Alan.
Unfortunatley I won't be abl
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 20:24 +0100, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote:
> Many thanks for the various pieces of advice.
>
> Have just finished booting up an old WIN98 setup CD, using the F8 key
> managed to get to a shell prompt where it had loaded a few utils into a
> RAMDISK. FDISK /STATUS showed some
On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 01:22 +0100, Daniel Case wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> One of my servers has recently been attacked, it has one remote SSH
> user which cannot run 'sudo', i made it like that so that if it was
> comprimized, no-one would be able to do much.
>
> However, someone managed to gain the
>
>
> I attended an excellent school for GCSE/A-Level and had a very similar
> experience, and consequently had absolutely no interest in computing
> until after I had finished my degree. The thing that got me hooked
> was problem solving. Having an issue, researching it, and then fixing
> it
On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 22:11 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> Quick reminder to everyone,there will be a meeting about improving
> support on Thursday evening at 7pm in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on
> irc.freenode.net :)
>
> Agenda up here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SupportMeetingAgend
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote:
> or nearly that, anyway.
>
> Article:
> Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
> Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/
>
> 'exam results have s
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 07:54 +0200, John wrote:
> e-mail message attachment, "Forwarded message - Dv camcorder"
> > j...@john-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe raw1394
> > [sudo] password for john:
> > j...@john-desktop:~$
> >
This returning you to a prompt shows that it has worked with no
errors :)
Quick reminder to everyone,there will be a meeting about improving
support on Thursday evening at 7pm in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on
irc.freenode.net :)
Agenda up here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SupportMeetingAgenda all
welcome, even if you just want to see what's going on.
Thanks,
-Matt Daubney
On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 09:31 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 20 August 2010 08:25, Alan Bell
> wrote:
> > minutes are now in the traditional place
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LastMeeting
> >
> > Next regular meeting is on the 1st at 9PM, but we have an additional
> > meeting on the 26th o
Scratch that, there is a bug report for this already..
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-user-share/+bug/536766
Looks like it wants Apache2 for some reason. Must be done using webdav
or something.
-Matt Daubney
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 18:50 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> On
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 18:14 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 22/07/10 18:11, Daniel Case wrote:
> > Right click a folder you would like to share, click "Share Folder"
> > then tick a few boxes.
> > It will ask you to install packages, click yes and it will install
> > them for you.
> >
> >
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 23:22 +0100, David King wrote:
> In my Ubuntu 9.04 installation, just a few days ago, I lost my usage of
> the internet. I still had internet access. Firstly though, there was a
> problem with the router, so I tried a friend's router (both Netgear
> DG834) and the friend's
Apologies for replying to myself, quick wiki page for Volunteers (if
they feel like, feel free to come along to the meeting before putting
your name down)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CoreSupportVolunteers
-Matt Daubney
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Yes, thats PLN, with a P an L and an N.
I've been a bit absent recently, for which I apologise, but shall
explain why in a moment.
I have finally come to a plan for improving support and now need some
willing volunteers. There will be a small perk for those volunteers...
but more on that later.
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 17:19 +0100, Paul Willis wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks for the replies Al suggested the..
>
> > Dell Inspiron Zino:-
>
> and John recommended the...
>
> > Acer Aspire Revo
>
> Both of which seem to fit the bill regarding power, footprint etc both at
> good prices but have eith
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 14:41 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Matt,
>
> On 29/06/10 12:53, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> >>
> >> On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
>
> On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
> >> On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote:
> >>> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT
> >>> Crowd. Bit silly
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 17:32 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 17 June 2010 15:55, Alan Pope wrote:
> > Just a quick note to say I'm upgrading the ubuntu-uk.org VPS from 8.04
> > to 10.04 today. There will be some disruption to the loco site,
> > podcast site and the various bots we have from there that
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