Prompted by the other thread, I wondered if there is anyone looking
for old computers around the Worcester/Evesham area?
I have a bunch of old PC parts (from cases to motherboards and PCI/AGP
cards) that I have acquired over the years, but I no longer have the
cupboard space to keep them.
I make
On 6 September 2014 19:54, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote:
There is a free DOS called, predictably FreeDOS (http://freedos.org), which
is available in floppy and CD images.
In case anyone else thinks the site is down, the correct address
appears to, unhelpfully, be
On 1 May 2014 16:31, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
My second attempt to submit to the Software Centre has resulted in this
extremely unhelpful feedback:
This package will not build till the following sections are corrected:
Now running lintian...
lintian is a tool to check
On 1 May 2014 17:21, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
How do I know what standards version to put?
The latest is 3.9.5, see the bottom of https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
It is used to track which version of Debian's packaging policy was
used when a package was
On 24 April 2014 14:50, Peter Smout smoutp...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
As a complete novice following this thread wit interest, I am put off
compiling my small (but hopefully) useful prog to a .deb and will continue
to call it from a script ;(
This is a shame as I was hoping to expand my
On 23 April 2014 16:56, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
On 23/04/14 08:26, Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Gareth,
On 23 April 2014 08:14, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a perl script I wish to publish but doing so seems rather akin to
pulling teeth! I'm trying to
On 13 December 2012 19:12, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
Anyone tell me if the Sony Experia range
mounts as a block device in Linux ?
I have a Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro, and yes, mounting it works just
fine. The only issue I have had was with upgrading Android from the
original 1.6
On 23 March 2012 10:11, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote:
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On 22/03/12 23:57, James Tait wrote:
Although I don't recall seeing the PulseAudio and zeitgeist-daemon
problem, your experiences largely match my own. I work away from
home for
On 5 January 2012 12:48, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/01/12 12:25, Alan Pope wrote:
On 05/01/12 12:08, John MM wrote:
Just wondered, is there an alternative, that can be used on ask
platforms?
What's an 'ask platform'?
Al.
Oh sorry, using the Galaxy Tab for that
On 5 December 2011 22:24, Andres andre...@gmail.com wrote:
Would this be where to start or am I taking it the wrong way and
over complicating?
Robert wrote:
How is it that you want to control the light? If it doesn't have to be
in response to some event on the computer I'd recommend
On 22 October 2011 15:03, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote:
On 22/10/11 12:08, Neil Perry wrote:
Has un-mounting and re-mounting done anything?
Thanks,
Neil
I turned off the computer and went out, but now I am back, have turned it on
and the external drive that had free space is now
On 1 July 2011 11:39, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote:
When I right click on a folder containing a script and select Open I am
offered a choice of either Run or Run in Terminal. When I select the
latter a terminal opens and then flashes off again. How do I get to make
the
On 26 June 2011 18:14, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 25 June 2011 20:05, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Purchased new notebook laptop 'MeeNee' brand (?)
I managed to blag one from the manufacturer to review on the podcast.
If there's any specific things people want tested on
On 7 March 2011 17:04, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote:
Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/
and hundreds of
On 19 February 2011 20:32, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
Hi all,
As you can see by the website, we're returning with Season 4 of the
Ubuntu UK Podcast in 10 days.
Podcast \o/
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On 24 January 2011 08:46, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
On 16/01/2011 17:39, George Tripp wrote:
Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm
thinking
about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find
I've
bought something
On 20 January 2011 17:27, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 January 2011 23:31, Barry Titterton
barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote:
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 23:11 +, Bill Cumming wrote:
I've a Netgear DG834gt Router with custom firmware,
It does the same! With me
On 4 January 2011 09:45, James Tait james.t...@wyrddreams.org wrote:
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On 03/01/11 17:26, Paul Tansom wrote:
I added myself to the waiting list a while back though, so I'll
probably get one eventually.
If you haven't already had an invitation, I
On 20 December 2010 15:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
On 20/12/10 15:08, Simon Greenwood wrote:
The issue with Windows is that there is a database at the core of the
authentication mechanism, and this database can get damaged. Unix and Linux
are essentially based on flat
On 12 November 2010 14:10, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote:
Not really... however I'm intending to potter around a lot in the coming
year to try and meet lots of linux peeps :)
If you ever make the Redditch/Worcester way and accept to an XMPP logo
on your laptop too... let me know :)
On 12 November 2010 17:01, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote:
Ot; small world I use to live in redditch. Moved away a couple of years
back.
I got here from Droitwich a couple of years ago. Every time I try and
leave I end up back where I started a couple of hours later, so I'm
stuck here for
On 4 November 2010 15:20, Matt Darcy ubuntu.li...@projecthugo.co.uk wrote:
Hi Ubuntu uk,
This is tricky subject to summerize. I'm pretty confident there isn't a
solution to do what I want, but I need a sounding board, so your it.
I'm looking at using vsftpd as an open ftp daemon, utilising
On 20 October 2010 00:07, Chris Coulson chrisccoul...@ubuntu.com wrote:
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 23:58 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote:
On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty tony.dohe...@zen.co.uk wrote:
I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu.
However, can I ask - if I were
On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty tony.dohe...@zen.co.uk wrote:
I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu.
However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 long
term - would this version eventually receive updates to upgrade to the latest
On 15 October 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote:
Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server?
Jabber \o/
What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the
video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't
On 27 August 2010 14:20, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote:
All the pending votes have now been approved, if you have voted already
and didn't get a mail, don't worry about it, your vote got counted. If
you really want you can email me off list and I can confirm I have your
2010/1/28 red rik_bol...@btinternet.com:
Hi
This is nothing to do with Linux but with firefox web browser.
On the Microsoft browser I can email the page straight to some one. How
do I do this in firefox?
Firefox: File-Send Link...
Epiphany: File-Send link by email...:
Matthew.
PS. I'm
2010/1/24 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com:
Hi,
Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have
formatted my hd. Even the ubuntu was installed on a separate hd, I am unable
to start my pc. It just keeps going into maintenence mode. On top of all
this I have lost 400gb
2009/12/9 Johnathon Tinsley kir...@kirrus.co.uk:
See here for more:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malware-found-in-screensaver-for-ubuntu.html
It's worth noting for those that don't know, when you install a
package you are effectively giving the package creator (temporary)
root access to
2009/12/9 Andrew Drapper and...@drapper.com:
It may not be the same as a sandbox, but what about installing software that
you are not sure about in a virtual ubuntu inside you main ubuntu say
using virtualbox?
This particular malware did nothing (so far) to the host machine, it
simply used it
2009/9/19 John Matthews jake...@sky.com:
Sean Miller wrote:
...and you did the apt-get clean, yes?
Sean
Did that, and it still shows in the updates box, and I still cant remove
it from the synaptic, I still get that message.
There are three similar bugs for bluez, see:
1)
Hi,
Agree with your email, until:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Paul Sladenubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote:
If you *are* one of the developers, you appear to be able to give yourself
consent under item 1.---and therefore give yourself consent to relicence it
under something even vagely open.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Alan
Bellalan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote:
Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also
partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier:
one of the Alans, but not the Popey
This thread simply proves to me that people should all
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Paul Roachroa...@roachy.net wrote:
Then you will have a console on the remote machine. From there, you
can edit files using nano
nano filename
There are prompts at the bottom of the screen.
When editing a file, it's recommended to copy the file first.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk wrote:
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 12/06/09 12:20, Alan Pope wrote:
2009/6/12 Sean Millers...@seanmiller.net:
European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web
browser for themselves. Bowing to European
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, doug liveseybiot...@gmail.com wrote:
Cheers for the reply, but I'm not sure what you mean, sorry -- is it that
any copy operations over 2gig would do this?
Is this only for linux, as OSX seems to handle it fine.
thanks again,
FAT32 has a limit which means
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
Who are the Linux Foundation?
A foundation set up to protect Linux, most large open-source
projects have such an organisation behind them. Usually a holder of
IP, receiver of donations from sponsors, etc. The Linux
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/4/9 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com:
I know that podcasts can be split into chapters - iTunes does support
this as well. Download a tiesto podcast and you'll see ;-)
Are there any linux based Podcast encoders, or
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/23 Robert McWilliam r...@allmail.net:
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:53:19PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
The form-factor the ARM netbooks should be aiming for is that of the
Psion 5 and 5mx, or a host of broadly-similar
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Michael Holloway
mich...@thedarkwinter.com wrote:
On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 22:14 +, alan c wrote:
I trust it will not be long before I can feel just a little safer?
comments welcomed.
I think something like distro level security could be implemented,
where
Next time the soundcard is locked, run this in Terminal:
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
It will list the applications currently using the sound. Paste the
output here, and we may be able to help out.
Matthew.
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote:
Hi
Under
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com wrote:
I just bought a VPS hosting with the intention of setting up a mail
address for myself at j...@jrh.co.uk . AFAICT, this involves setting up a
nameserver, which could also be run off the same VPS. Looking at the
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com wrote:
OK, a step in the right direction. I have registered joshh.co.uk and can
now ping my own server through the domain. I followed the tutorial
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix but I can't do anything useful
Hi,
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Farran fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com wrote:
hi everyone again
sorry this is awfully complicated, but stick at it if you can be bothered I
try to make sense of it at the end.
I read it, but I'll skip to the end to reply :)
following my previous question
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:47 PM, London School of Puppetry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have an Inspiron 1525. Had it for a few months- always as I type the
cursor sometimes flies backwards or upwards to a different part of the text-
it happens so often that I am on the verge to throwing the
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
im using a motorola z8.
ive tried both vodafones default browser and the opera browser.
Did you set Always use HTTPS in the Gmail settings? That /may/ cause problems.
Matthew.
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On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm trying to implement a jabber server for one of my clients so the
staff can chat to each other between the two sites they have without
resorting to use MSN/Yahoo etc.
I've been having a play around but I can't
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Matthew Wild wrote:
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mac wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with
the theming, or GUI kit or something.
snip
Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would
be
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do
you tell which firefox binary is fired on the command firefox?
ls -l $(which firefox)
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, has anyone else here hit this problem with the upgrade from Gutsy
(but 2.6.22-15 rather than 2.6.22-14) hanging at nearly the end of the
process while setting locales?
I always do a fresh reinstall. However on my Dad's laptop I
Hi,
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:32 AM, les [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] But one of the only two games I play on the computer, Mines, seems
to have changed very much for the worse, with cells being displayed with
a transparency which makes them difficult to read. Does anyone know if
this is
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday a problem arose with the Kubuntu distribution which I couldn't
resolve myself, so I decided to install v. 8.04.01, especially as it now
included KDE 4. All seemed to be OK until I tried to boot up Ubuntu
which stalled
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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London School of Puppetry wrote:
| Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus that
| I can use with Hardy Heron- and tell me
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, James Milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just a note on the me using a Windows PC bit, I have all the disks for
Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, but my dad won't let me install dual-boot at the
moment because 'he doesn't trust Linux being reliable, and it doesn't have
the
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Eddie Armstrong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Saw this: Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ at the end of the Firefox
3 video.
and thought an open source version would be great for solving the GUI
admin problem whereby one has to explain all the various buttons and
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 10:32 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
I'm currently working on something like this, but not specifically for
screencasts, but for any kind of video. It could of course be used for
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert McWilliam wrote:
I just had a play with moving ~/.liferea_1.4 onto the FAT partition in
my laptop and creating a link to it, and it seemed to work fine.
snip
I don't have a network drive handy to test with but I think it
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know what happened, the $£%! mouse bug killed my panel and I had to
add everything back on manually.
But Xchat icon hasn't come back when it's running, even though I have
display icon checked. My icon showing when I'm
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mac wrote:
I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and
hasn't seen the advisory...
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html
as a normal desktop user
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mmm,
I use SSH to administrate a machine locally. I figure I should spare
no steps for the machine's security.
However I haven't the faintest how I'm meant to generate a new key now
once the update has been applied.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 08/05/2008, Matt Daubney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all,
I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a
wider audience.
[snip]
The idea is generally that we create some tasks..
Anyone have experience with the Linutop device (
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of
getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple
that will allow me to set up a webcam with motion detection, and I am
thinking of this :)
Matthew
On Fri, May
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Matthew Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone have experience with the Linutop device (
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of
getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple
that will allow me to set up
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:48 PM, James Tyrrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey when you say crashed were you still able to move your mouse? Or was that
a no go, I've had a similar problem where the system just locks, no keyboard
commands do anything and while I can move the mouse the system needs
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just an idea..and dont shoot me for this...i dont really know about the
inner working thingys of software. but what if for example Ktorrent was
actually installed on the external usb mounted hard drive instead of the
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Mark Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed ISPs don't care about port numbers (and why should they?). They
inspect packets and throttle bandwidth hoggers (this is termed packet
shaping). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping
This would be why my ISP
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that
the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer.
Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I
just wonder
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Overly detailed report:
GE:
o Open it
o Splash screen appears
o Orange screen
o Flashing of different 'shades' of black
o Green with loading cursor
o Log in screen
UT:
o Open it
o Recovery mode window comes up
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
James Grabham wrote:
OK, so a couple of nights ago, someone from my LUG gave me a few old-ish
books ('90s), anyway, theres a beginers guide to Assembly Language
there. I started reading, and the first 3 chapters
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Chris Rowson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
My little boy likes playing various flash based games from children's
websites. I find that in Ubuntu, many of these run pretty badly and as
this is all he uses my old laptop for, I decided to put Windows XP
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Dave Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 +
Dave Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless anyone has compelling arguments for any others, I'll probably
go with Moin or Doku (and it will probably be Moin).
I ended going with
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kris Douglas wrote:
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From: Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:03 AM
Hi,
If it is not a power saving problem, it sounds like X (the graphical
display manager) is crashing.
On Feb 16, 2008 11:29 PM, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey,
I use an Acer TravelMate 4151LMi (Notebook) and I have recently been
having some issues with Gutsy - namely being
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Michael Holloway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TuxCart :)
SuperTuxKart :D
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:05 +, Dave Morley wrote:
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 13:57 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone suggest some good driving games in buntu gutsy?
Hi all,
What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the
years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another.
I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that
Maplin only stock Seagate drives, and I have always avoided Seagate
(even before they
I have had one for months... I love it :-) Got it because I finally
got tired of VHS.
Being a developer I couldn't help but get hacking, and have developed
a web interface for it. When it is usable you will be able to schedule
recordings remotely, as well as start/stop recording/playback. Many
I looked at that too, but as far as I could make out, the xbox can't
record, can it?
On 07/01/2008, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not bad I guess, pity it doesn't do HD video. I still think I'd go for
the cheaper software modified XBOX option though.
Rob
I've thought about it
Hi Dennis,
On Dec 15, 2007 6:04 AM, Dennis Holdroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question
with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load
of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are in
On Dec 6, 2007 8:09 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to manually configure gnome, for
example to set it to autologin without having desktop access. I am currently
away from the server, and with using Vino, as you know, needs to be logged
in
Hi Norman,
On Dec 2, 2007 9:30 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I switch my computer on the first thing I expect to see is a screen
about Intel and from which, if I so wish, I can access the bios set up.
Since installing Edubuntu this does not happen. All I get is a blank
screen plus
On 11/6/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i guess i dont know what frequency scaling means then!i thought it was
somthing to do with cpu loads!
The idea is that when the CPU is not being used (like when the PC is idle)
the CPU will run at a lower frequency, saving power. When you open
On 11/1/07, David Restall - System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Jai,
Guys,
Don't forget the gals/dolls !!.
Where is the best place to start with C/C++ development from a Linux
(or GTK) perspective? Note that I haven't differentiated between C and
C++. This is because I
Hi Daniel,
Your email came across (to me, at least) in a manner I doubt you
intended. You can't expect every user to know what language the
software they use is written in, it shouldn't be necessary for them to
know.
For the record, OOo is written in C++, however there are certain
components and
On 10/26/07, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them?
You beat me to it then :)
I voted, just. Amazingly Linux is not as far behind as I would have
expected.
The BBC are probably tired of us Linux users by now... :P
Matthew.
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On 10/26/07, Colin Wylie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, so I have re-downloaded the iso - and the MD5sum checks out fine. I
reinstalled it OK and everything looked fine - UNTIL i enabled the
proprietry NVIDIA drivers for my 7200GS. I then got the same problems -
exactly. Once I disabled them
On 10/24/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness?
John
Me... certainly!
Matthew.
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On 10/20/07, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rob - how?
E
In fact the latest version of Ubuntu has a really good OEM option so
you can setup a machine, customise it how you like it (including any
extra packages etc) and then set it up so on the next boot it asks the
customer for
On 10/16/07, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(It would be nice
to delete any directories that have become empty because they only had
.m4a files in them - but that would be a bonus!)
Going for the bonus!
find ~/music/ -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
Matthew
PS. can anyone see why
On 10/15/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 17:25 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote:
through it (I often want to dive into the CLI and head to the same
directory I'm viewing).
Have you tried the nautilus-open-terminal package?
Since I discovered that handy
DeVeDe is indeed very slow. I use it quite a lot, but I have come to
the point where I am writing my own simple script to do the same job.
I can't say yet that it will be any faster... video transcoding
involves a great amount of processing. However I do have this feeling
that DeVeDe takes a lot
On 10/4/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
no of course i dont take it personally. i know your intention is to help!
I set devede last night...it converted to the MPEG format! i thought i
converted it to iso.
It does make an ISO if you tell it to. It has 3 options... create a video
On 9/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few months ago my desktop pc died and I replaced it with a cheap
laptop (windows XP) and even cheaper desktop (no OS installed). I
replaced the OS on the laptop with ubuntu 6.10 and it's been great. So
much so that I never got around to
Open Terminal and type: sudo gpasswd -a yourname vboxusers
(replace yourname with your username that you are logged in with),
press enter and when prompted enter your password. Log out, log back
in again. You should now be able to run it fine.
Matthew
On 23/09/2007, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9/15/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I promise, I'm not trolling!
It's unavoidable when you mention KDE and GNOME in the same email :)
Lately, I've demonstrated Ubuntu to some real computer novices who've
commented why is the start button at the top, and why are there two
bars
On 9/10/07, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've noticed that - finding the Inspirons with Ubuntu installed is a
tortuous journey if you start off at www.dell.co.uk... mind you, at least
it's there if you look hard enough :)
Pete
Yep. Trying to help someone order one... embarrassing
On 9/8/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Winning by quite a long way at the moment, leading over Debian by
about 600 votes :)
lol, now leading by 4000 votes :P
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Re. APTonCD, it actually creates a repository on the disc that can be
used through Synaptic or any APT interface. It doesn't *just* copy the
files over.
As for using tar to pack your home folder, and extract again after the
installation, having /home on a seperate partition is easy enough
(there
Hi,
Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves
my files and per-user settings.
As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are
currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it
reinstall the packages automatically. This said
Oops! The Xorg.0.log was from a (successful) safe mode boot...
Do this: boot into the normal mode. When you see the blue screen, restart as
you normally do. Then enter safe mode, and this time look in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
The .old one will be the broken X log.
Thanks!
On 8/31/07, STONE COLD
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