Re: [ubuntu-uk] multimedia notes
< snip > Problem solved > > > >> Applications>Add/Remove > >> > >> Ensure that 'All' is selected, and Click the choices to select 'All > >> Available Applications' from the list. It is also important to ensure that the box labelled "Show" contains 'All open source applications'. < big snip > Just to be absolutely sure I also installed 'Regionset' and set it to region 2. Norman > at this stage it will be important that the list is refreshed, > probably automatically, from the internet. I trust that the machine is > connected to the internet? > > >> Then into the 'Search' space type > >> gstreamer > >> > >> After a short time, the search results will display a number of > >> gstreamer entries and in addition the item 'Ubuntu restricted extras'. > > > > No entry appeared for Ubuntu restricted extras > > Interesting. I have tried with an installed machine and also on one > only running a 9.04 live cd, and in the live cd, there is no entry for > ubuntu restricted extras when searching for gstreamer. > However, in the installed machine the ubuntu restricted extras does > appear ok. > The differences might be related to updates - please check you have > completed all updates first, (or possibly related to different > repositories, I cannot see why though). > > If the updates and internet connection do not fix the problem, then > simply search on 'restricted' after you complete the gstreamer stuff? > and you should see Ubunu restricted extras appear? > > > and the odd thing was > > there were two entries for OpenOffice. > > mine too, but Open office is installed anyway so I ignore these entries > > > Ignoring this set back I pressed on to the Medibuntu bit. > > > > < big snip > > > > >> You can verify your success by looking at > >> System>Administration>Software Sources > >> and the tab > >> Third Party Software > >> and you should see medibuntu packages free and non free as being > >> entered and ticked (enabled). > > > > I verified that the entry was there under Third Party Software but I > > could not find either libdvdcss2 or w32codecs. > > I think perhaps my notes are not accurate for these two items, if so > please accept my apologies. > > I may have to re write the notes in this area to point users to back > to the medibuntu website: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu > > the section 'Playing Encrypted DVDs' > and use the code as described (and not use the synaptic package > manager as in my notes) > sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 > > and then also the section 'Playing Non-Native Media Formats' > and use the code as described for example For i386, the package is > called w32codecs: > sudo apt-get install w32codecs > > > I do not yet understand why the items do not appear using synaptic > package manager as I first suggested (?)maybe it is something to > do with updating of the new repository, I do not know. > > Anyway I hope this answers your questions? > > -- > Ubuntu user #10391 > Linux user #360648 > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] contents ubuntu-uk Digest.(Problem}
Dear Ubuntu UK; I have lost my most fantastic distro of Ubuntu that I have ever put together. Over 150 working apps. Everysingle thing up to date and I was running Ubuntu 8.04 and the overall size of my lost Ubuntu OS. was 42.3gb so as you can imagine I am quite upset and all that I did was upgrade my distro on my desktop using every single one of the many instructions that I have on upgrading. This has happened to me over ten times on as many machines and I simply now will not upgrade any system as every singe time I do the full re-haul it goes pear shaped so now I am starting from scratch using Kubuntu 8.04 and I am simply not going to upgrade radically ever again. Many thanks, Peter Lawrence Boyd -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] contents ubuntu-uk Digest.(Problem}
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Lawrence wrote: > Dear Ubuntu UK; >I have lost my most fantastic distro of > Ubuntu that I have ever put together. Over 150 working apps. Everysingle > thing up to date and I was running Ubuntu 8.04 and the overall size of > my lost Ubuntu OS. was 42.3gb so as you can imagine I am quite upset and > all that I did was upgrade my distro on my desktop using every single > one of the many instructions that I have on upgrading. This has happened > to me over ten times on as many machines and I simply now will not > upgrade any system as every singe time I do the full re-haul it goes > pear shaped so now I am starting from scratch using Kubuntu 8.04 and I > am simply not going to upgrade radically ever again. >Many thanks, > Peter Lawrence Boyd > Wouldn’t it be quicker just to restore your backup. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoVQN4ACgkQICATF4lwn1oSpwCgstQ9UKlWkWxVBdMVsGHqUPA1 5V0An14iu9jBFlrNIRMmbv3NK8EEX1Un =3RoG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scrambled screen
Hi Greg, To try and address your original problem: Do you get any errors displayed when your screen scrambles? Try dropping to a terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 Log in Type in tail -n50 /var/log/Xorg.0.log Look for any lines that start (EE) These lines and the ones directly before and after should give enough information to diagnose what the issue is. Alternatively, an easier way might be to start up using the live CD, mount the file system of your hard drive and open the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log You can probably then copy and paste the log to this list. Guy. On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 08:29 +0100, Greg Herdman wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I'm really new to the Ubuntu scene; got involved about 6 months ago. > Everything has been working fine until a recent update session. An > incomplete update was signalled (I 'd just installed ClamTk and PiTiVi a > day or so earlier. At first the screen dropped into 'basic' low-res > mode. I managed to reset it using the appropriate desktop apppication > (forgot it's name!) but the resolution wasn't quite as previously, so I > tried to tweak it. Result - totally scrambled screen such that the > desktop is unusable. > > I've been making basic use of Live mode from the installation CD, which > works well with everything looking fine. I can access the harddrive, > save and retrieve files, read and write removable media and also print. > The downsides of Live user mode, however, are substantial, particularly > in terms of speed, so I need to get back to my original settings. > > DSo, my question - I've noted a recent thread that seems to imply that I > could reinstall over my current installation which would leave all my > files within 'home' intact. Is this so? > I'm using Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) on a desktop. > > Any ideas - much appreciated. > > Greg > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Question about System Monitor
Ubuntu 9.04 in a WUBI install on a Toshiba L40 Satellite with 2GB RAM and duo core T2330 1.6GHz processors. If I launch System Monitor, the CPU %age on the Processes tab (viewing All Processes) is nothing LIKE as high as the CPU %age shown on the Resources tab. The Resources tab shows both CPUs constantly round the 50% mark - even when the Processes tab only shows about 10% of CPU being used. Why is this, or is there something basic I have missed? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question about System Monitor
> If I launch System Monitor, the CPU %age on the Processes tab (viewing > All Processes) is nothing LIKE as high as the CPU %age shown on the > Resources tab. > > The Resources tab shows both CPUs constantly round the 50% mark - even > when the Processes tab only shows about 10% of CPU being used. > Why is this, or is there something basic I have missed? > The default view in processes only shows the processes of the current user. Selecting view->all processes will show the system processes and processes of other users. Guy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question about System Monitor
Guy Thouret wrote: >> If I launch System Monitor, the CPU %age on the Processes tab (viewing >> All Processes) is nothing LIKE as high as the CPU %age shown on the >> Resources tab. >> >> The Resources tab shows both CPUs constantly round the 50% mark - even >> when the Processes tab only shows about 10% of CPU being used. >> Why is this, or is there something basic I have missed? >> > > The default view in processes only shows the processes of the current > user. Selecting view->all processes will show the system processes and > processes of other users. > > Guy. > > Err I already did.. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] contents ubuntu-uk Digest.(Problem}
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:24 +0100, Peter Lawrence wrote: > Dear Ubuntu UK; >I have lost my most fantastic distro of > Ubuntu that I have ever put together. Over 150 working apps. Everysingle > thing up to date and I was running Ubuntu 8.04 and the overall size of > my lost Ubuntu OS. was 42.3gb so as you can imagine I am quite upset and > all that I did was upgrade my distro on my desktop using every single > one of the many instructions that I have on upgrading. This has happened > to me over ten times on as many machines and I simply now will not > upgrade any system as every singe time I do the full re-haul it goes > pear shaped so now I am starting from scratch using Kubuntu 8.04 and I > am simply not going to upgrade radically ever again. >Many thanks, > Peter Lawrence Boyd Hi Peter, What where the problems you encountered? Upgrading on release day is sometimes a bit hit and miss, and a lot of people will recommend waiting a few weeks. If you could let us know what problems you encountered, or indeed, file a detailed bug report, then it will help the distro improve. You may also be interested in this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AufsBasedUpgrades which should be coming in properly in the next (or next +1) release. The Aufs based upgrades allows you to do a "test" upgrade, and if you experience problems, roll back to your previous install. The other thing that might be worth considering is sticking to the LTS releases. While you won't get the new shiny so fast (release every 18 months?) these releases are far more stable and tend to have considerably less problems. If you do experience upgrade problems again, don't simply reinstall, ask on here for help with problems or drop onto IRC and nip into #ubuntu or #ubuntu-uk and ask for assistance, people there are usually more than willing to give up their time to help. Not helpful in mending the problems you had in the past I know, but hopefully we can help in the future. -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it with Skype. TIA Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some advice
Sean Miller wrote: > Well, I now have a driver. > > But that evil little icon top right insists on a WPA key when I want > to put in a WEP one. It has a "dropdown" but only one option. > I came across this problem and ended up using Wicd instead to fix it. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > with Skype. > > TIA > > Regards, > Tony. Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the greatest in the world but it works fine for skype :) Anything else might be pushing it. -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] contents ubuntu-uk Digest.(Problem}
2009/5/21 Matthew Daubney : > The other thing that might be worth considering is sticking to the LTS > releases. While you won't get the new shiny so fast (release every 18 > months?) these releases are far more stable and tend to have > considerably less problems. LTS release is every two years, in April (x.04). Although 6.06 was delayed because of stability issues. Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some advice
All seems sorted now - thanks for the help. I am so tired I can't remember what I did to fix it, but yesterday evening the wireless popped up and I now have a wonderfully efficient Jaunty Laptop!! *cue fireworks* :-) Thanks Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....
I managed to install the virtualbox on my laptop. I have got it to work, and its updated ok. The only thing is at the moment, the size of the window is really small, only about the size of a netbook. I have tried everything to get it bigger, and nothing is working. Is there a way to increase the size? Even if you go full screen, it only shows the small window. Plus, what I have on the wubi install, is there any way I can transfer it ver to the VirtualBox, so that I dont loose anything? Or have to install all the repositories again. John. John. Sean Miller wrote: > I'm using Virtualbox, btw, to test things on Windows 7 - and very nice > it is too. I think Microsoft may have finally got things right again, > after all the bad publicity Vista attracted. > > Sean > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Installing Font
Open Office 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Does anyone know how I can install the MS Font Monotype Corsiva? It doesn't seem to have been installed using the MS Core Fonts installer, and my wife, whose company laptop has this font as default sends me docs that don't /quite/ render properly because of this. Thanks in advance! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:33 PM, John wrote: > I managed to install the virtualbox on my laptop. I have got it to work, > and its updated ok. The only thing is at the moment, the size of the > window is really small, only about the size of a netbook. I have tried > everything to get it bigger, and nothing is working. Is there a way to > increase the size? Even if you go full screen, it only shows the small > window. Isn't it somewhere in the properties for the VM? I vaguely recall having to do something on Virtualbox, but my Windows 7 now auto-scales to fit the window/screen. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
