Re: [ubuntu-uk] South West Group

2006-10-19 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: Rob Beard wrote: If there isn't a South West group, I would be happy to set something up to cover Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset which are areas that the members of the Devon Cornwall GLUG cover (as far as I know they don't officially cover Somerset but we have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Great work

2006-10-27 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Jono Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work to everyone for the LinuxWorld presence. I think it safe to say we rocked the place. Ubuntu got that little bit better because of your great efforts. I can see that ubuntu-uk is becoming a great

[ubuntu-uk] LocalMeetings page on the wiki

2006-10-28 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I hope no one minds but I added SouthWest to the list of proposed groups. There are a couple of guys in my local LUG who are interested in helping out with a local group for the South West area. In Devon Cornwall we've been looking into how we can promote the use of Linux and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some PC builder advice please

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Saunders wrote: Mesh is a name that has been around for years, whether they are the same company still, or another someone else trading as mesh - I am not sure. They always had a good name. The spec sounds good, so as long as they are around for the life of the warranty - it should

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some PC builder advice please

2006-11-01 Thread Rob Beard
Neil Winters wrote: Hi, I haven't posted here before although I've been using Linux since 2000 and Ubuntu for about a year. To be honest my question isn't directly related to Ubuntu but I'm hoping someone will help. I'm looking to replace the PC my kids use this Christmas with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade instead of install

2006-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
Bernard G Hill wrote: Hi, I wish to go from Dapper to Edgy without doing an installation and loosing all my settings and other bits which are installed on D. U/K/E and the rest have made the installation process very simple by the use of a live distribution which can be installed, but I

[ubuntu-uk] Dirac playback under Ubuntu Edgy

2006-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, With the discussion about the BBC and open standards, I noticed someone mentioned Dirac. Its been a while since I looked at their pages and I see there are packages on Edgy for Dirac. I have installed the packages and downloaded some sample videos but I can't seem to find anything

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft supporting Linux

2006-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/microsoft_novell_linux/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116249026689311557.html?mod=yahoo_hsru=yahoo http://news.google.com/?ncl=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/microsoft_novell_linux/hl=en Microsoft Corp. is entering into an

[ubuntu-uk] Printing CDs on an Epson R200 printer - slight issue

2006-11-05 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I was hoping someone can help me out with a slight issue I'm having printing CDs on my Epson Stylus Photo R200 printer. The printer is detected and prints normally fine. This isn't a problem. The problem is, I can't seem to adjust the page size of the 5 inch CD setting on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connect an xbox to ubuntu

2006-11-06 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: Hi, Ive connected my xbox to my pc via an ethernet. How can i set this network up? there doesnt seem to be network wizard kind of utility in ubuntu. All i want to do is be able to watch my media on my tv via the xbox and xbox media centre. Help please? newbie here!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-12 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Well Done! The big hurdle you have crossed is getting a venue, keep going! Publicity is obviously welcomed and your even t does have 'News' value, unlike and ongoing event however successful. Make sure that local media get to know? Yep, I will be approaching the local

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-12 Thread Rob Beard
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: On 11/11/06, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully with little events like this we'll be able to spread the word and do a bit for charity at the same time. I think it's a great idea - don't be put off by a lukewarm reception in some parts, it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-12 Thread Rob Beard
Greg Dash wrote: A nice idea, I think sessions like that is a great way for people to try out and learn about FLOSS, I would pop alone (Im down in cornwall) but Newton Abbot is a bit too north for me :-P Thats okay, I can understand it is a little too far for some people. You might be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury

2006-11-13 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: Just to let anybody in the South West who is interested know that the Linux User Group of Glastonbury *is* still active, despite losing its regular venue and will be meeting at the Ridge Pottery, Queen Camel (between Yeovil and Castle Cary) on Tuesday night. We have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-13 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Well Done! The big hurdle you have crossed is getting a venue, keep going! Publicity is obviously welcomed and your even t does have 'News' value, unlike and ongoing event however successful. Make sure that local media get to know? Just wanted to update everyone on what

[ubuntu-uk] Dell gives refund for unused Windows licence

2006-11-15 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I thought you might be interested in this. I found it in a local LUG mailing list. It seems that a Sheffield man got a refund for an unused copy of Windows XP Home as he was planning on installing Linux when he got his laptop. Looks like he got £50 back! Details are here:

[ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-15 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I was wondering if I could get peoples general opinion on free vs non-free drivers etc. We have been having a discussion on our LUG about Flash on PPC. It eventually turned into a proprietary is bad argument with the usual suspects preaching that everyone should use just free

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast for today

2006-12-16 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hope you guys don't mind me mentioning them here, tell me if you do. http://quickones.org/Customising_Ubuntu_Desktop It covers the basics of changing the look of the desktop from the background, theme, position of panels and so on to the gdm logon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGs

2007-03-28 Thread Rob Beard
TheVeech wrote: Just curious. Anyone a member? If so, what's yours like? I'd have thought they were a bit of a geekfest, not having been to one, but I'm probably way off the mark. Trouble is, the one for my neck of the woods is supposed to be active but its website hasn't been updated for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App

2007-06-14 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Hi all, I've managed to convince my parents that Ubuntu is for them (My mum just got a new laptop with Vista and Office 2007 and thinks that it is completely unintuitive!) however there is one issue. They use Microsoft Publisher. Whilst there are many

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets - something slightly different -

2007-06-14 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: I see there is a thread with the subject of Leaflets. I have been away until recently so please forgive me if I am not dovetailing into the existing discussion well. I am an 'Infopoint' (note 1) volunteer - FOSS information at events and particularly Computer Fairs. I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
Alan c wrote: The recent weekend TV program of BBC Click was devoted to Open source, Ubuntu, an an interview with Mark Shuttleworth. I can manage to get it to play using Real player, but I cannot think of how to capture the stream to view it later.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up

2007-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
Farran Lee wrote: Thanks for the replies. The problem message is [ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for a long time. Cheers, Keith -- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffordshire,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App

2007-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
Robin Menneer wrote: As a newbie. I think that OOo will do all your relations want because Draw is so well integrated with Writer. But you'll have to explain the mysteries of how the curser changes for what you want to do - it's not obvioius and took me many days to fathom it out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-18 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: Oh yeah - sorry heres a link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf I like the graphics on that one. Just out of interest, where did you get the picture of the field from? (I'm assuming not that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-18 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: I like the graphics on that one. Just out of interest, where did you get the picture of the field from? (I'm assuming not that other OS beginning with W?) Rob I was waiting for someone to ask that :-P I got it from a stock photo site http://www.sxc.hu Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-21 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out. Norman Well on my desktop I'm still running Ubuntu Edgy (x86 version on an Athlon 64 3000+). I have a couple of Cron jobs setup to record some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound and software speech

2007-06-26 Thread Rob Beard
michaelweaver wrote: I have a soundcard in my PC which I know works with both sound and speech under Windows so I can play a DVD while navigating it with my screenreader as speech is produced through the soundcard. How do I get multichannel sound using the same card in Ubuntu because at some

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Studio

2007-06-30 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I work for a large media company who own a load of radio stations throughout the country. I've been taking the opportunity to talk to some of the guys at the stations that I cover about Ubuntu and Linux in general. So far I've got one person interested in dual booting and two

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-06-30 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: I am delighted to find that (with Kubuntu 7.04) a Vodafone 3G card (pcmcia) with T-Mobile SIM (payg) works easily in my Dell Inspiron 1100. (Note 7) :-) Delighted is an understatement. I bought the (unlocked) 3g card from ebay (40 uk pounds). The T-Mobile pay as you go SIM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-06-30 Thread Rob Beard
Rob Beard wrote: LeeUKHA wrote: snip This is very interesting. I've been looking for such a solution for work. I see the cost is set to 0.73p per KB capped at £1. Does this mean it costs £1 for a whole day of bandwith? Rob nominally yes but the fair use is 40MB and it is stated

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Power management on the desktop

2007-07-02 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: I think powertop needs some newer software than ships with Feisty. I tried installing but got a failed dependency for libc6 2.5-5. Any ideas ? Never tried it. I have an old AMD processor. Hwyl, Neil. Meh, never mind. Looks like powertop comes with gutsy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] we suck or we just act differently?

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: I believe my local area is *ready* for a town centre or street event and if a few of us could do something, it would be great! (The more eye catching or fun, the better). This is similar to what one of the members of the Devon Cornwall LUG (www.dcglug.org.uk) is trying to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] we suck or we just act differently?

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Larsen wrote: count me in too On 09/07/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew Larsen wrote: Maybe its the abundance of talk and lack of action thats the problem. I trust you do not include me in that comment? I spend a full day each month at my local computer fair, give talks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk-marketing

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Why not contribute to the existing marketing team? Why fork? The existing marketing team is not UK specific. The UK media, temperament, retail environment etc are all specific to uk. A recent discussion (for me) on the (global) marketing list included an off list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] we suck or we just act differently?

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Matthew Larsen wrote: count me in too On 09/07/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew Larsen wrote: Maybe its the abundance of talk and lack of action thats the problem. I trust you do not include me in that comment? I spend a full day each month at my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] we suck or we just act differently?

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Beard
Andy Loughran wrote: Rick is currently the CEO of the opensourceconsortium in the UK. I'm sure he'll have no problems in giving you details of the tux suit - I can get in contact if you like? I thought he might be, I remember seeing his name somewhere and thought it may be the same Rick.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tux Suit?

2007-07-11 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Rob Any idea of the timescale you might get some info about possible Tux suit? thanks Not at the moment no, sorry, I have sent an e-mail to Adaptive Linux solutions for the attention of Rick Timmis but I'm yet to receive a reply. As soon as I know something I'll post it on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adopt a Penguin

2007-07-11 Thread Rob Beard
Dave Murphy wrote: On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:52 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: Hey all Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyone's views

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

2007-07-12 Thread Rob Beard
Jason Liquorish wrote: After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as bbc.co.uk http://bbc.co.uk working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs mailing list: Hi all, The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to 30 days after it's aired - will be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu

2007-07-14 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: Don't know much about all this, but I came across this link. Any use/relevance? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml Regards Mac That's actually pretty cool! I'm guessing you'd have to have a pretty powerful PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

2007-07-15 Thread Rob Beard
James Dalley wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: On 13/07/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may all be interested in this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm BBC to hear open source concerns Oooh very good - 'tis a pity that someone has to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] editing DVD

2007-07-30 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: I have checked and you could well be right. Not only have I not got libdvdcss installed I cannot find it with synaptic. Please advise this not very computerate old man on what to do. It should just be: sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 sudo

[ubuntu-uk] Migrating from M$ office

2007-08-01 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, On my local LUG someone mentioned about a Plugin for MS Office that can import and export ODF files in Microsoft Office. I've given it a try with Office XP and it's not too bad. Below are my findings from having a quick play, I thought it may be interesting to maybe a few people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This came in on the local Freecycle

2007-08-01 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: I would noty have many PCs to hand out. The freecycle one is almost average spec of one of my current usage! (I use more RAM)(and big HD) What about advertising on Freecycle- 'Ubuntu Linux CD - the good alternative to Windows - free install and advice' I was at a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account.

2007-08-04 Thread Rob Beard
Andrew Jenkins wrote: Hi All, Newbie Ubuntu-ite here. So far so good, although I have a few questions, but one at a time. I've been a Mandrake/Mandriva user since I ditched the dreaded MS four or five years ago. I just thought I'd try Ubuntu (7.04) alongside my Mandriva 2005 on my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC iPlayer on Linux Project

2007-08-04 Thread Rob Beard
Kieran K wrote: Hi, I hope I'm not spamming but I've started a project to try and get the BBC iPlayer running on Linux through wine. I've got IE6 and Windows Media Player 10 with DRM working. The wiki page for it is at: http://bbciplayerlinux.sf.net Thanks Kieran Funny you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC iPlayer on Linux Project

2007-08-04 Thread Rob Beard
Kieran K wrote: I was suprised to get Windows Media Player 10 going in wine but now I'm stuck with the BBC iPlayer installer. The nice people at wine are helping. http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9187 Whether the Kontiki P2P software or the BBC's DRM system works together remains

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
Bill Culshaw wrote: Hi Alec Have no idea what the chipset is Bill Not sure if this will be any help to anyone, I've tried downloading the driver from www.2wire.com. It's a self extracting Winzip archive which unzips fine in Wine. Looking at the inf file it comes up with a vendor ID of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
Bill Culshaw wrote: Hi Alec Have no idea what the chipset is Bill Not sure if this will be any help to anyone, I've tried downloading the driver from www.2wire.com. It's a self extracting Winzip archive which unzips fine in Wine. Looking at the inf file it comes up with a vendor ID

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
Bill Culshaw wrote: Hi Alec Have no idea what the chipset is Bill Not sure if this will be any help to anyone, I've tried downloading the driver from www.2wire.com. It's a self extracting Winzip archive which unzips fine in Wine. Looking at the inf file it comes up with a vendor ID of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
Bill Culshaw wrote: Hi Alec Have no idea what the chipset is Bill Not sure if this will be any help to anyone, I've tried downloading the driver from www.2wire.com. It's a self extracting Winzip archive which unzips fine in Wine. Looking at the inf file it comes up with a vendor ID of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
Bill Culshaw wrote: Hi Alec Have no idea what the chipset is Bill Not sure if this will be any help to anyone, I've tried downloading the driver from www.2wire.com. It's a self extracting Winzip archive which unzips fine in Wine. Looking at the inf file it comes up with a vendor ID of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] Help with custom live CD please?

2007-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: Alec Wright wrote: On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 15:58 +0100, alan c wrote: I have a window of opportunity to attract attention in a large charity I have helped in the past, and I could very much use a custom (Ubuntu) live CD with a only a few differences from the standard: Just out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2Wire Adapter

2007-08-07 Thread Rob Beard
Rob Beard wrote: Apologies for the multiple posting there, my e-mail client had a funny turn! :-( Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-08-09 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, On Saturday I will have a stand for the local Linux User Group at a Hospital Radio Fun Day in Exeter. We will be giving out copies of Ubuntu and Kubuntu and also copies of a custom version of The Open CD 7.04 (which has been customised with the branding of the Devon Cornwall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-08-09 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: Now I was wondering if any of the leaflets which have been worked on in this list are ready for public consumption? I ask because we only have a limited supply of Ubuntu/Kubuntu CDs but I am hoping to be able to print off a few leaflets (around 50 to 100) to distibute on

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft launches PC rebuilding scheme

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Looks like M$ have launched a scheme where old computers are redistributed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/17/microsoft_mar_pc_recycling/ As I mention on the comments on the article, thats all well and good but what happens when the software support ends (in 2008 for XP) as I bet these

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fun day event was Leaflets

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'll post feedback on how it goes on Saturday evening/Sunday morning. Rob Cool, good luck mate :-) Chris Just wanted to give some feedback on the event I was arranging in Exeter. Didn't go as well as hoped but it was a good experience. We went

[ubuntu-uk] Professionally printed leaflets

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I have e-mailed a company in Bristol for a quote on leaflet printing (I found them on Google). I've had the following back from them (I e-mailed over a PDF of the Had enough? beta leaflet). I've had the following back from them... HELLO, PRICE AS REQUESTED: A4 FOLD TO 1/3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Professionally printed leaflets

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What does everyone think? Ta, Rob I'll have a look too if you like Rob - see if we can get it any cheaper. I do like the 'had enough' brochure, but I wonder if it'd perhaps look a little better without the little logos on each panel. I think

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 - what we're up against

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Neil Greenwood wrote: A very good discussion about why Linux doesn't have a greater market share. http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free Hwyl, Neil. Yep. very good article. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Professionally printed leaflets

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Eddie Armstrong wrote: Rob Beard wrote: little metal badges would be nice - is there such a thing as ubuntu uk badges? (I want one :-) Not sure about Ubuntu badges. I have a Tux badge. They do have some Ubuntu branded stuff on Canonical's shop pages. I like the Ubuntu mug and keyring

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Fun day event was Leaflets

2007-08-18 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: We managed to give out a few leaflets, and sold ONE copy of The OpenCD. may I ask what price? (off list if you wish) Yeah, 50p each. That covered the cost of the disc, a sleve and printing of the disc. Something I've been considering - how much take-up do people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cursors?

2007-08-20 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any recommendations or a GUI view/editor for the files in /usr/share/icons/Human/cursor ? It's a long shot but could you try the gcursor package (which is the Gnome cursor theme managing software). More details on it here:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cursors?

2007-08-20 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any recommendations or a GUI view/editor for the files in /usr/share/icons/Human/cursor ? It's a long shot but could you try the gcursor package (which is the Gnome cursor theme managing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Movie pirate forced to use Windows

2007-08-24 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yeah I saw this on the ubuntu forums. Someone pointed out that don't ISPs log all traffic anyway, and a hardware-based solution would be easier. Thats what some of the comments said. I wonder if he had to buy the windows license himself? Not sure.

[ubuntu-uk] Movie pirate forced to use Windows

2007-08-24 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I have just seen an article on The Register about someone who was sharing a copy of Star Wars via Bit torrent before it was released. It turns out he uses Ubuntu but has now been given the option of either not using his PC online or installing Windows to use the court ordered

[ubuntu-uk] Webcam for Ubuntu

2007-08-24 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, One of the guys on our local LUG list has been trying for ages to get a webcam for his Linux box running Ubuntu. Well it looks like he's found one. The Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX Plus is £24.99 at the moment at Argos and it supposedly it works really well and it's plug and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: I have become (slightly ambitiously) the volunteer system admin for a small local charity serving a small number of vulnerable users. I expect to commission and admin 5 PCs each with edubuntu 7.04 (a few are dual boot with windows). There will be a modem router and LAN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CPU temps

2007-09-06 Thread Rob Beard
Pete Stean wrote: hmm, I'm guessing here, but I would imagine one of those is *supposed* to be CPU temp, the other is case temp - very unsual for them to be the same, case temp is usually a couple degrees more. It looks like it's reading the same sensor twice?? For instance if I run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?

2007-09-25 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: Ok heres the problem. I have to install a riser card for a graphics card in my pc. When the graphics card is instlled the ports do not align at the back. So i was wondering is there anything that i can attach the graphics card to the case..and then use some kind of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?

2007-09-25 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: After having a wee read of the MythTV wiki, it looks like you should be careful to ensure that your CPU is powerful enough to play HD quality stuff too. The minimum CPU requirement for broadcast HDTV playback (720p or 1080i) with de-interlacing is a CPU such as an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] K3b- Burning DVD problems

2007-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: Hi, Im using K3b for burning a DVD. Its a DVD RW. I drop some avi files in it. and click on burn. After this it just goes funny. The DVD tray just opens and closes and nothing else happens! Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling K3b. Im running Fiesty! Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] K3b- Burning DVD problems

2007-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: Hi, Im using K3b for burning a DVD. Its a DVD RW. I drop some avi files in it. and click on burn. After this it just goes funny. The DVD tray just opens and closes and nothing else happens! Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling K3b. Im running Fiesty! Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] K3b- Burning DVD problems

2007-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
Alec Wright wrote: On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 18:11 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Can you burn DVD R discs okay? Does your burner support both DVD plus and minus media? Have you tried Gnomebaker? Whenever I have problems with K3B it usually at least gives an error message of some description

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Home Server

2007-10-04 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 20:09 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 20:03 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Could Ubuntu not develop a more user friendly home server ie just with samba and maybe amanada or bacula for backups? Not all the extras. What I think would be

[ubuntu-uk] Fsck forced on boot up due to date problems after update

2007-10-05 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I've been trying to install Ubuntu 7.04 on my dad's Thinkpad R50e notebook this evening with not much luck. Basically my dad's had his laptop for a year and the hard drive developed bad sectors just after the warranty ran out. To complicate things further, the installation files

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fsck forced on boot up due to date problems after update

2007-10-05 Thread Rob Beard
Farran Lee wrote: Hi Rob just had that happen with my laptop. Inside is a tiny battery that powers the BIOS memory (or something). My laptop is awfully old, and the battery has finally gone flat. This means that every time my laptop is disconnected from the mains, it forgets all the settings

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?

2007-10-05 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 16:16 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: andylockran - 15 non-free packages, 1.1% of 1381 installed packages. pete lewis - 28 non-free packages, 1.5% of 1893 installed packages. gutsy laptop - 28 non-free packages, 1.7% of 1650 installed packages. feisty

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fsck forced on boot up due to date problems after update

2007-10-06 Thread Rob Beard
MailoGroups wrote: Snip... Quite what the actual problem is, I don't know but I wouldn't be looking at changing batteries, I'd suspect some hardware incompatibility. Have you actually replaced the hard drive? Or at least run a decent disk checker on it (the one from Maxtor excellent)?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fsck forced on boot up due to date problems after update

2007-10-06 Thread Rob Beard
Michael Holloway wrote: Hi Honestly I've installed Ubuntu countless times, mostly servers. Since 7.04 i seem to get this every time! On different machines and VMs. I assumed this was just a lazy way of forcing a disk check after its been installed. So all i do is install, apt-get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RM £169 linux-ok notebook

2007-10-09 Thread Rob Beard
James Grabham wrote: They said it was gonna be £200, £169s not bad, but still not as good as the US price of $200. But which version was at $200? IIRC they announced there would be a couple of different revisions with different storage sizes (and I'm sure one of the higher spec models had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RM £169 linux-ok notebook

2007-10-10 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/ http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/ Ah, nostalgia... I still remember the RML 380-Z that we had at school... vt220 presentation (or maybe it was vt100) and the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RM £169 linux-ok notebook

2007-10-10 Thread Rob Beard
Kirrus wrote: d) proprietory lock-in (Yes, worse than just MS Windoze) Oh yes, I remember when I was at school, educational software was written specifically for the RM Nimbus, it would run on an RM Machine but not on any other PC forcing the schools who bought the software to invest solely

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy or Feisty for install party?

2007-10-10 Thread Rob Beard
Philip Newborough wrote: Hello list I'm off to an install party tomorrow night and I've arranged with the organiser to take along some Ubuntu disks. Basically, what are your opinions on which version to take along? I've got a feeling I'll probably end up taking a mix, however it'd be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] idea for screencast

2007-10-10 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 14:14 +0100, Matthew Holder wrote: Maybe I am missing one that already exists, I propose a screencast to be made about encrypting partitions. Great idea. I have seen many guides and think that a video may make things clearer. Throw some

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-11 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, Got a bit of an off topic question here. With Christmas coming up I was was thinking of a way of spreading the word on FLOSS and also doing a bit of promotion for a local media company I work for. The idea I came up with (which I've mulled over before) is to distribute copies of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-11 Thread Rob Beard
Tony Arnold wrote: Rob, On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 20:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: When I was looking into this before I figured it was rather expensive, even when using cheap 9p CD-R discs (when factoring in duplication of many thousands of discs, printing etc). I was wondering though

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-12 Thread Rob Beard
Mark Harrison wrote: On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 20:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Rob, As it happens, I was with a disk publisher today sorting out a new audiobook series I've done for them. Sadly, they don't do duplication for other people, just their own stuff, but given I was getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-12 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You know it's a pity we couldn't raise some money for a small duplication tower, leave it with a trusted volunteer and then have the kit on hand to run off CDs for events as needed :-) Chris Well it's an idea. Maybe someone could setup a paypal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-12 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/10/2007, ged [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Link to duplicating machines at scan. The auto loaders start to get a little expensive. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=12FilterCategories=416Thumbnails=yes With the appropriate

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help!i want to control my torrents over the web!

2007-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED]: hi, i was looking for a torrent client i could control over the web. Synaptic found torrentflux.but It states it uses something called php. Im not a techhead so i dont know what this is! Can anyone help me set up this or point me in the right

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help!i want to control my torrents over the web!

2007-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But azeures is kinda bloated isnt it! im currently using ktorrent! Hmm, have a look at TorrentFlux then. You'll need a Apache and PHP installed, can't remember what else you'll need. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Networking with an Dell Optiplex GX620

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Beard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just about to install 6.06 on my Dell optiplex GX620, but when I installed it on one the other day it could not configure the internet connection. Any advise or suggestions? James. Is the card detected? AFAIK the Optiplex GX620 have Broadcom adaptors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Networking with an Dell Optiplex GX620

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Beard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, Um, how do I know if it has detected the network card? I also have 7.04, just finished downloading it, should I use that instead? James Hi James, One of the ways you can see if it is detected is to open the Terminal (this can be found under the

[ubuntu-uk] Training material

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, We've had a new member of the Devon Cornwall LUG asking if there are any Ubuntu/Kubuntu training courses in the Plymouth area. As far as I'm aware there currently isn't anything like that going on in the area.. I've mentioned about our local LUG maybe putting together some sort of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Training material

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Rob, On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:25 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: We've had a new member of the Devon Cornwall LUG asking if there are any Ubuntu/Kubuntu training courses in the Plymouth area. As far as I'm aware there currently isn't anything like that going on in the area

Re: [ubuntu-uk] /home partition

2007-10-17 Thread Rob Beard
Farran Lee wrote: hi all reading through the posts and suddenly realised, I could do with a separate /home partition!I have been meaning to look into it for ages, but keep forgetting. I have an 18.63 GiB hd. 17.84 GiB is / and 807.93 MiB is swap. Is it possible/safe/advisable to attempt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: Hi, those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? How has it improved from fiesty? Regards javad Installed it this evening from the Live CD on an oldish Athlon XP 1900 with 256MB memory. Installation was very slow (I expected that, I am upgrading

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