Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

2015-04-27 Thread Andy Partington
. Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels .....

2015-01-22 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 04:16:55PM +0100, Colin Law wrote: Right, gotit, thanks. I deduce from what I see that 14.04 automatically uninstalls (or at least makes available for autoremoving) all except the current and previous kernel, and all that is left is the conf files for previous

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where does flash store it's temporary files?

2014-04-18 Thread Andy Braben
pete@petes-lappy:~$ /usr/bin/lsof bash: /usr/bin/lsof: No such file or directory pete@petes-lappy:~$ lsof bash: lsof: command not found - I'm very very surprised that such a program is not installed, which is what it looks like, so apt-get install lsof -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Parties..

2014-04-04 Thread Andy Braben
I'm up for it. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-09-30 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:18:08PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote: On 23 April 2013 18:05, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: So I am now running beta 2 of Raring, I guess, and LibreOffice's menus still are completely inaccessible via the keyboard. This is a really serious problem. It renders

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-03-27 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:02:51PM +, Mark Fraser wrote: I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my syslogs: [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=50:46:5d:b8:7a:58:1c:c6:3c:9b:dd:0e:08:00 SRC=173.194.41.99 DST=192.168.2.102 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x40

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-03-27 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 03:13:44PM +, Mark Fraser wrote: That makes sense, but why are they blocked as I've got these: [28] 443ALLOW INAnywhere [29] 995ALLOW INAnywhere As rules in UFW. It would expect those rules to mean you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-25 Thread Andy Braben
On 25 Feb 2013 11:08, Robert Flatters robert.flatt...@gmail.com wrote: 12.04 LTS is a good choice On Monday, 25 February 2013, Mark Fraser wrote: I have 2 Toshiba NB100-11R netbooks that I no longer require and was thinking about selling on. They originally came with Ubuntu 8.04 netbook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-15 Thread Andy Braben
to do with UEFI/Secure Boot? -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Square in top left slow to load when launching Firefox

2013-01-28 Thread Andy Braben
running 12.04 fully updated. I get it on my desktop PC. Tony Happens to me as well on 12.10 on various machines. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Square in top left slow to load when launching Firefox

2013-01-28 Thread Andy Braben
noticed that Chrome is also affected by this bug? -- Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9

2013-01-07 Thread Andy Braben
have to be hampered with Windows 8 - which is the most awful operating system that will hamper a lot of people. Hopefully 12.04.2 will work as well, as anyone I support I keep on the LTS versions. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Andy Braben
The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Andy Braben
On 3 January 2013 10:33, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20891868http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-04 Thread Andy Braben
... But the menu that results from clicking on TCITTRHC is the session menu. So that's a step in the right direction. So should TCITTHRC be called the session menu button? -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-03 Thread Andy Braben
On 3 Dec 2012 21:51, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 03/12/12 21:17, Colin Law wrote: No problem, any time. I always keep up to date with the latest buzz words. DASH, HUD, TCITTRHC. Colin TCITTRHC ??? Oh, I'm feeling really old and out of touch. Sorry. Barry. I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Linux based anti virus cds

2012-11-29 Thread Andy Partington
/opendiagnostics/ Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing post

2012-10-26 Thread Andy Braben
://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Helping dual boot/wubi

2012-09-25 Thread Andy Braben
may be experiencing the same problem. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film

2012-08-23 Thread Andy Partington
) it was one of the most requested features last year to bring it to XBMC on linux but I think the response was not at this time. Its the main reason why I use neither of the services at the moment as I solely use *nix on my media centres and thus can't use there services. Andy -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film

2012-08-23 Thread Andy Partington
On 23 August 2012 11:39, Andy Partington andy.parting...@gmail.com wrote: snip Kind of defeats then object of running Ubuntu, if you have to install windows doesnt it..is it something that might happen in the future, or is it not going to happen... /snip It's down to the hosts

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-21 Thread Andy Braben
-stores-in-India-1620657.htmlhttp://ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html You are missing a w at the beginning of the URL. How long before they are available in 850 stores over here? -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HUD vs gnome do

2012-05-16 Thread Andy Braben
HUD is just a keyboard way of accessing the menus instead of the mouse, so no, there are no special commands. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-15 Thread Andy Braben
to grips with 12.04... :-) Are there anything new in 12.10 yet? I wouldn't have thought so. I'll wait a while before upgrading my spare PC. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-12 Thread Andy Braben
partition on that drive and Windows is taking up the whole drive, you can select to partition the drive, which I think uses GParted to do it. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-12 Thread Andy Braben
On 12 May 2012 19:42, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 18:47 +0100, Andy Braben wrote: On 12 May 2012 18:39, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have a new PC with two HDDs and I am trying to install Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Andy Braben
? The website is just as viewable on a phone as it is on any other computer. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade

2012-05-04 Thread Andy Braben
and 11.10 will not be shown. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade

2012-05-04 Thread Andy Braben
-manager -d will take you to the next version / next LTS version based on the version you are running, so I don't think there is any danger of hitting Quantal unless you hit update-manager -d on Precise. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-02 Thread Andy Braben
you should be able to run 3D on 2 screens, but I've had no luck so far :( It shows a small view of all open apps, clicking any of what is shown will open the app clicked. I do not know if that works in 2D, but it does in 3D. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Duplicate sources list

2012-05-01 Thread Andy Braben
lines without any of the Ubuntu pastebin stuff Line 14 should start deb-src not deb-srv then all should be OK! Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Andy Braben
who never ever backup, and never enters their heads to do so. To me it is vitally important - I keep backups off site as well. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Andy Braben
://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Andy Braben
anybody know what that means, and if it cant be fixed is there another program to use that can burn images... Thanks I can't help with what it means, but k3b is a very good program for burning images, and my preference for anything to do with writing CDs/DVDs. -- Regards, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Ubuntu to automatically mount all volumes at boot or login

2012-03-13 Thread Andy Braben
and just clicking them mounts them. Network volumes I have bookmarked, so that just selecting the bookmark mounts it. Mounting all visible drives at mount time should be an easy setting, but I wouldn't necessarily want it to be the default, as not everyone would have that requirement. -- Regards, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beeb@30

2012-03-09 Thread Andy Braben
Agreed that £78 for the event is extortion. On Mar 9, 2012 10:10 PM, Raf Czlonka r...@linuxstuff.pl wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 09:46:45PM GMT, Rob Beard wrote: On 09/03/12 21:22, Steve Pearce wrote: Evening folks. Is anybody from Ubuntu-UK attending Beeb@30? If so, I think it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans (marketing)

2012-03-07 Thread Andy Braben
only comes easily if people have paid a lot of money for a retail box! -- PC World have sold both RedHat and SUSE in the past, probably not for a good 10 years though. s/ And in early days of netbooks, they had some with Linpus (a chinese version of Linux) on them. -- Regards, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubiquity and ubuntuforums

2012-03-06 Thread Andy Braben
And so have I. Yes ubuntu forums are a very important source of useful information and new users need to know that they exist. Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raspberry Pi

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Braben
://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190334 says Debian. I doubt if they have a full standard install of either operating system. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2012-02-24 Thread Andy Braben
. Simple. I have also looked at Gnome 3 on Debian Testing and can get on with that OK but prefer Unity. Revert to Gnome 2 or change to something else? No thanks. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2012-02-22 Thread Andy Braben
or setup a printer because it is beyond them, or so they think. If however they are full of enthusiasm and keen to learn, they will succeed in installing some software, finding it, and running it. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Precise .....

2012-02-17 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 03:12:30PM +, Liam Proven wrote: On 17 February 2012 15:10, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 17/02/12 15:06, Liam Proven wrote: Try sudo apt-get install -f Sorry, that just gives me: barry@prrecise:~$ sudo apt-get install -f [sudo]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Num-lock always on .....

2012-02-16 Thread Andy Braben
, that's the bug so I've confirmed it too. Regards,Barry. The latest update includes gnome-settings-daemon which clears this problem. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Andy Braben
lead is there a possibility the OS could still do this? Yes - Load Additional Drivers and if there are any missing, it should hopefully search and offer to install. It is certainly worth a try. Andy. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asterisk and getting a SIP number

2012-01-31 Thread Andy Braben
know that T-Mobile block SIP over 3G - Try a call and it will disconnect after 10 seconds. Read their TC's and it says that SIP and wifi tethering are both banned, but wifi tethering works perfectly. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
, melt the platters to liquid or grind them down to dust. Cheers, Andy ¹ Or maybe if you just want to be able to honestly say to some third party whose data you held that it really is gone. -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Xandros's low-level support for the Eee mostly seemed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
about secure data deletion. Maybe I hit a little too close to home. It's OK, scoundrel50a, I won't come looking for your island fortress. Stand down your henchpersons. Have a great weekend! Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
the remapped sectors count keeps going up. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting The electric guitar - like making love - is much improved by a little feedback, completely ruined by too much. -- The League Against Tedium signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
that may occur later on. In what way is a disk that has had 0 written over it entirely not a fully blank hdd? Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting taras i've had the same watch for 15 years now. MAN AND BOY taras tbh Thomas the Tank Engine never dates signature.asc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Andy Smith
someone, because they would be a world-wide sensation and no doubt have governments beating a path to their door. Even so, I still DBAN where other people's data is concerned, because people always have this sort of doubt. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer?

2012-01-22 Thread Andy Braben
. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Precise

2012-01-12 Thread Andy Braben
Try downloading Alpha 1 and install it. Then download all the updates. I have tried daily builds in the past always unsuccessfully but never failed with any of the alpha or beta versions. Regards, Andy. On 12 January 2012 23:29, Pete Smout psmo...@live.com wrote: Hi, Just upgraded the HDD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

2012-01-05 Thread Andy Braben
to the right edge of the window, and right clicked, by accident, and low and behold, the drop down menu appeared.how do I get it to show.. That is probably down to your monitor not showing the right hand side of the screen, nothing to do with Ubuntu not showing the button. -- Regards, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

2012-01-05 Thread Andy Braben
On 5 January 2012 13:11, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I wondered about that, is there anyway to change it? You'll need to press whatever buttons you have on your monitor to make that adjustment. Andy. On 05/01/12 12:59, Andy Braben wrote: On 5 January 2012 12:55

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer? HPLIP

2012-01-04 Thread Andy Braben
in the repos it would have gone along easily and probably automatically. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user Is that not worth a bug report? HPLIP package not kept up to date on automatic updates? -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer? HPLIP

2012-01-04 Thread Andy Braben
2012/1/4 Juan J. reid...@usebox.net On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 18:10 +, Andy Braben wrote: [...] Is that not worth a bug report? HPLIP package not kept up to date on automatic updates? That's a very good point. There's a policy about updates after a release: https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu

2011-12-26 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 06:50:03PM +, Tony Pursell wrote: I do actually get a flashing icon in the panel on my Desktop PC when I have messages. It is the empathy icon (a sort of green square voice bubble) that alternates with a sort of alert symbol. To me it is a bit irritating as I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPL etc.

2011-12-26 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:37:27AM +, Sean Miller wrote: This isn't strictly Ubuntu, but more a generic Open Source question. I am looking for a WYSIWYG editor for my own bespoke CMS that I have written, and have until now been using FCKEditor. I have found this one, however, which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shutdown during log in: is it a feature?

2011-12-22 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 09:09:28AM +, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: Hello, It used to be the case, at least I seem to remember, that if I was in the log in of ubuntu (now light dm I think) if I pressed the shutdown button (on the hardware) it will give me 60 seconds to shutdown but would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu

2011-12-20 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 07:47:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote: I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called ayatana-notify, IIRC. But they are non-interactible (by design). So you cannot click them to get to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin ....

2011-12-19 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:30:36PM +, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there I decided to install Alpha 1 Precise on its release day. I have Oneiric on a dual boot, but Precise seems good, so I am using it almost exclusively. So far, the bugs I've encountered are few and far between. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open pgp key

2011-12-17 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 08:31:36AM +, Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I am trying (and failing) to upload my open gpg key details to launchpad i am using my existing gpg key created some time ago, it is still valid i have used pass word and encryption keys as per instructions to sync my key

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 01:34:18PM +, Paula Graham wrote: Dunno what's hogging the CPU but Oneiric takes literally (I've timed it) up to 6 mins to boot on my 4 GB Lenovo and almost as long to shut down and is sluggish in use. For several more minutes after logging in, the CPU is going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-03 Thread Andy Braben
, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Andy Smith
Linux distributions are available. It is very difficult to take a post like this seriously. Cheers, Andy signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 12:12:46PM +, Gareth France wrote: On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote: It is very difficult to take a post like this seriously. I don't know, it seems to have sparked a rather healthy debate. I just can't imagine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 lost sound

2011-11-25 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:26:54PM +, George Tripp wrote: Looking increasingly likely I'm going to end up having to reinstall. A shame really since it's only sound that's the problem. That's life! A reinstall seems excessive. If it works on the liveCD it is clearly not a hardware issue.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Andy Smith
with having a rule against top-posting then that's great, but most venues can't. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting I remember the first time I made love. Perhaps it was not love exactly but I made it and it still works. -- The League Against Tedium -- ubuntu-uk

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

2011-11-16 Thread Andy Braben
if that will solve your problem, but as with my issue, it might not be a shutdown bug. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu desktop app hacking

2011-11-15 Thread Andy Smith
found time to have a visit. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Team Google+ page?

2011-11-12 Thread Andy Smith
. Is it actually there? Anyone? I don't see a post from you on the Ubuntu UK page. When I look on your specific page, I get alan hasn't shared anything with you. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update manager

2011-11-11 Thread Andy Braben
Did you select the option to upgrade to 11.10 rather than update packages for 11.04? On 11 Nov 2011 14:27, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and, today, ran Update Manager. The usual window appeared with a list of updates and I selected install updates. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update manager

2011-11-11 Thread Andy Braben
of /etc/apt/sources.list ? Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] aarg

2011-11-03 Thread Andy Partington
and enter your email address https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk I believe you can email it as well but not done that myself. Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

2011-10-30 Thread Andy Braben
. More recently I was trying to put Ubuntu on a modern Toshiba netbook. It didn't matter what I did, it just would not boot up from an image on a flash drive. I was on the verge of giving up but decided to try with a CD in a USB connected drive. That worked. Andy. On 30 October 2011 16:22, Michael

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD

2011-10-19 Thread Andy Braben
nautilus which should be avoided as already stated. Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu promotional video

2011-10-11 Thread Andy Partington
On 11 October 2011 15:45, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/10/2011 15:33, Alan Lord (News) wrote: Despite my personal misgivings with Unity, they have managed to put together a very nice and slick looking promotional video:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour

2011-09-24 Thread Andy Smith
that is convenient to them, they just need to organise it. :-) Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] nottingham release party

2011-09-14 Thread Andy Partington
Well if something is arranged my headoffice is based in Nottingham and I will make a business visit to there to join in if we have some set dates :) Andy On 14 September 2011 11:47, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 14/09/11 11:44, Barry Drake wrote: On 13/09/11 21:49, smitti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-10 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Jon, On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 08:20:25PM +0100, Jon Farmer wrote: On 9 September 2011 19:45, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote: - Your host has IPv6 forwarding enabled so won't listen to RA by  default - You've blocked ICMPv6 router-advertisement inbound and/or ICMPv6  router

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 RA Not Working

2011-09-09 Thread Andy Smith
it might do, but common reasons for RA not working are: - Your host has IPv6 forwarding enabled so won't listen to RA by default - You've blocked ICMPv6 router-advertisement inbound and/or ICMPv6 router-solicitation outbound. Could either of those be the case? Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Most used version of Ubuntu

2011-08-18 Thread Andy Braben
with it. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] connect on LinkedIn - soz Alan L.

2011-08-14 Thread Andy Smith
that the sender will remember for a long time, but that is just the dark side of me talking. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting I remember the first time I made love. Perhaps it was not love exactly but I made it and it still works. -- The League Against Tedium

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow d/loads

2011-07-24 Thread Andy Braben
as I am aware, there is no way to tell (if running from the master socket) if the router or the line is at fault, unless another router has been tried. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Desktop

2011-07-15 Thread Andy Braben
downside is needing proprietary NVidea drivers, but these do work well. The shut down problem is very easily solved once and for all as already detailed. -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LOOKING FOR JOB

2011-07-15 Thread Andy Smith
though. Perhaps for individuals? Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14 sleeps to the geeknic and the British Library SciFi exhibition 11am 24th July

2011-07-10 Thread Andy Smith
(not that I'm suggesting that they will prevent us going in with food, just that it will be a hassle to have to empty bags full of food). Cheers, Andy signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 03:26:43PM +0100, Laura Czajkowski wrote: I also for non techy meet ups, bit of fun and getting to know the folks on the List/IRC the Ubuntu UK community! Be it a pub, Geeknic, Bowling or outing of some sort. I think this is a good idea also. Cheers, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] British Library, Geeknicky fun-ness!

2011-06-04 Thread Andy Smith
too but don't really want to carry stuff around the Library before. :) Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-03 Thread Andy Braben
Can't see how that would work. I could only imagine it picking up the first 3G device it finds. Andy. On 3 Apr 2011 21:28, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote: Hey hey, Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSI

2011-03-25 Thread Andy Braben
A relative of mine gets RSI pains when using a mouse for just a few minutes. She just can not use one. However she gets on very well with a pen and tablet no problem at all, and using it on Ubuntu right back to 5.10 and onwards and upwards has never been a problem at all with it. Regards, Andy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Andy Partington
On 4 March 2011 10:32, John MM scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: What do you see if you select Places Network Colin I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Andy Braben
would see as profitable. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-16 Thread Andy Braben
. What do other people do? Any advice? I have had no problems or issues at all putting Ubuntu on Acer products. I certainly have not had terminal fun with them! Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty with unity

2011-01-13 Thread Andy Braben
netbook then. Just as well Gnome was there, otherwise I would have said goodbye to Ubuntu on the netbook, and I certainly don't want Unity on the desktop unless it has vastly improved. Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-07 Thread Andy Braben
commercial payment. An Infopoint display would be convenient for this. Comments please? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- I am happy to help out in any way I can for this event to promote Ubuntu. Regards, Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Andy Braben
terminal properly with a title bar under the main menu. The permanent fix was to replace the old graphics card. Not sure that you're experiencing exactly the same problem, but it might be worth trying the command I used. Regards, Andy. On 31 December 2010 12:25, Jacob Mansfield cyberja

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a two hard drive dock

2010-11-25 Thread Andy Partington
pro you can connect it directly to the telly via HDMI and use it as your media centre and still access stuff from your laptop on it. Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a two hard drive dock

2010-11-24 Thread Andy Braben
I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no mains power that can be attached to it. Regards, Andy. On 24 November 2010 13:55, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: can anyone else confirm that? maybe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a two hard drive dock

2010-11-24 Thread Andy Braben
On 24 November 2010 15:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote: I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no mains power that can

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