Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canonical Design Team looking for London based volunteers..
To be fair, I think people might be making a little too much of the testing only happening in London. I guess it's simply because that's where Canonical is. P.S - I'm not biased, I live a couple of hundred miles away from London ;-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] computer fairs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone know of any computer fairs taking place in Devon or cornwall , ideally torbay area, or if the one that used to take place is newton abbot still happens. I have found various sites that list events, but to be honest they are pretty rubbish at being up to date, too many sites all listing a few bits of information rather than having one site that collates as much information as possible. Can't find much in the way of computer fairs (shows etc) Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktgOBkACgkQaggq1k2FJq0d/QCeJgsL065+n9woIvFqeBL1RTbo nQAAn2TZ60Ncn9FXRWyR8igIFXDI6nLw =LGJw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Unsuscribe me from the list
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unsuscribe me from the list
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rachid Boukerche wrote: > Dear > > Could you please unsuscribe me from the list, thanks. > > Regards, > Rachid > > If you follow the link https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk you can change your subscription settings, Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktgUfAACgkQaggq1k2FJq1AuQCeOMJUCGwfCBhqAxtbBhV29Jzy 5NwAnA/UuDM78c/3Fdn8AAh2up3tpRsd =WUzw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] computer fairs
Paul Sutton wrote: > Does anyone know of any computer fairs taking place in Devon or cornwall > , ideally torbay area, or if the one that used to take place is newton > abbot still happens. > > I have found various sites that list events, but to be honest they are > pretty rubbish at being up to date, too many sites all listing a few > bits of information rather than having one site that collates as much > information as possible. > > Can't find much in the way of computer fairs (shows etc) The one I use (and display in) in bracknell is BCF and I see that Bristol is the farthest west http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com/cgi-bin/floorplan?vnu_id=395 are you asking as a potential customer or a stall holder? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
I had a very similar problem - fixed it the other day actually! See - http://www.munkyjunky.com/2010/01/ubuntu-9-10-nvidia-resolution-fix/ Basically, what I did was as follows: 1. Backup your xorg.conf file, using the following command – *sudo* *cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup* 2. Delete the current xorg.conf – *sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf* 3. Create a new xorg.conf file – *sudo* *nvidia-xconfig* 4. Restart X, by logging out, then logging back in. The resolution won’t be fixed *yet* though. 5. Open up the Nvidia-settings – *gksudo nvidia-settings* 6. Make the changes to set your resolution to its correct settings , hit ‘Apply’, and then ‘Save to X configuration file’. Works perfectly for me, hope it helps you too! 2010/1/26 keith > Darren, > > Thanks for the tip. > > Unfortunately, however, it caused the resolution to revert to 800x600 > permanently whereas the boot sequence had formerly been 1920x1080 initially. > I also struggled to get the Nvidia config screen back! > > Keith. > > > --- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, south Staffs, England. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Cheers, -- Simon Wears http://MunkyJunky.com MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canonical Design Team looking for London based volunteers..
Hi All My name's Iain and I'm the project manager on the design team here in London. Thought I'd try to address any concerns that people have about the way that we've approached this testing and it being London based. The design team is unusual in Canonical in that we're almost all based out of the London office. Many members of the other teams are located all over the world but a co-located team works well for a team collaborating on visual work and while we're new and establishing working practices it makes sense for us to conduct testing locally to us so we can meet and sit with the users. We promise we're not ignoring the rest of the UK or world at large and while we're only starting here London is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world and when we do look for participants we tend to get a mix of people from all over. Our aim for the future is to set up a way for people to apply to us to be kept on a list of potential users for testing. From the answers to a questionnaire we'll know more about what you use Ubuntu for and where you might be a good fit when we user test. We'll also look into ways of conducting remote testing so people who can't make it into one of our offices can take part. The results of this and other testing will be published online and no doubt myself and other members of the team will blog about it. If you have any questions about this or any of the work the design team is doing just drop me a line! atb, Iain Chris Rowson wrote: > To be fair, I think people might be making a little too much of the > testing only happening in London. I guess it's simply because that's > where Canonical is. > > P.S - I'm not biased, I live a couple of hundred miles away from > London ;-) > > Chris -- - Iain Farrell Project Manager - Design Team Canonical UK Ltd. iain.farr...@canonical.com - -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Hour in the UK: Report on first session
alan c wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > [...] > >> We have a wiki page listing Ubuntu Hours around the world, and I >> wanted to encourage people to consider scheduling an hour to be >> somewhere and let the community know. I'd love to start hearing about >> Ubuntu Hours around the UK. >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour > > Hour scheduled in > Bracknell on > Saturday 23rd, 11am > South Hill park and Wilde theatre, Terrace bar > > Initially a single event then hopefully ongoing monthly. Happy to say this took place. I had circulated it also to a local computer club, and what do you know? One email apology for absence (but would come another time), one in-person acknowledgment (at an unrelated meeting I happened to attend) of an install being done on the person's friend's computer, and above all, one person actually turned up! I would not have been surprised if nobody had turned up. I was surprised by the actual flurry of interest. The attender had unsuccessfully tried gnu/linux some years ago and wanted to try again. He was impressed by what he saw on my eeepc - xandros, UNR and Ubuntu 8.04, multi boot etc. Ubuntu Hour is an good method of low investment local contact. Great scheme. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
Hi Simon, Thanks for the advice, but I', afraid it has come a little late for me. Continuing my efforts to fix the problem and having to reboot several times, eventually I booted up to no screen at all. Rescue mode showed that the config file was empty and I couldn't access the backup file. So I bit the bullet and reinstalled, this time installing the nvidia 173 driver which is not showm as recommended and the machine rebooted into the correct resolution. My pleasure was short-lived however because Firefox would not function. It took ages to boot then would not accept mouse clicks. So I unistalled the 173 nvidia driver and installed the 186 (recommended) driver and lo and behold, on rebooting I have permanent 1920x1080 resolution and everything works swimmingly! Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
Well, as long as you fixed your problem! That's what counts ;) 2010/1/27 keith > Hi Simon, > > Thanks for the advice, but I', afraid it has come a little late for me. > > Continuing my efforts to fix the problem and having to reboot several > times, eventually I booted up to no screen at all. Rescue mode showed that > the config file was empty and I couldn't access the backup file. So I bit > the bullet and reinstalled, this time installing the nvidia 173 driver which > is not showm as recommended and the machine rebooted into the correct > resolution. My pleasure was short-lived however because Firefox would not > function. It took ages to boot then would not accept mouse clicks. So I > unistalled the 173 nvidia driver and installed the 186 (recommended) driver > and lo and behold, on rebooting I have permanent 1920x1080 resolution and > everything works swimmingly! > > > Keith. > > --- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, south Staffs, England. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Simon Wears http://MunkyJunky.com MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Hour in the UK: Report on first session
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:09:50 -, alan c wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Alan Pope wrote: >> [...] >> >>> We have a wiki page listing Ubuntu Hours around the world, and I >>> wanted to encourage people to consider scheduling an hour to be >>> somewhere and let the community know. I'd love to start hearing about >>> Ubuntu Hours around the UK. >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour >> >> Hour scheduled in >> Bracknell on >> Saturday 23rd, 11am >> South Hill park and Wilde theatre, Terrace bar >> >> Initially a single event then hopefully ongoing monthly. > > Happy to say this took place. > > I had circulated it also to a local computer club, and what do you > know? One email apology for absence (but would come another time), one > in-person acknowledgement (at an unrelated meeting I happened to > attend) of an install being done on the person's friend's computer, > and above all, one person actually turned up! > > I would not have been surprised if nobody had turned up. I was > surprised by the actual flurry of interest. The attender had > unsuccessfully tried gnu/Linux some years ago and wanted to try again. > He was impressed by what he saw on my eeepc - xandros, UNR and Ubuntu > 8.04, multi boot etc. > > Ubuntu Hour is an good method of low investment local contact. Great > scheme. > Not a bad start, slightly more than Matthew Daubney managed. From little acorns... Once my weekends become free again I’ll shall give it a go. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Hour in the UK: Report on first session
On 27/01/10 18:47, Steve wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:09:50 -, alan c > wrote: > > >> alan c wrote: >> >>> Alan Pope wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>> We have a wiki page listing Ubuntu Hours around the world, and I wanted to encourage people to consider scheduling an hour to be somewhere and let the community know. I'd love to start hearing about Ubuntu Hours around the UK. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour >>> Hour scheduled in >>> Bracknell on >>> Saturday 23rd, 11am >>> South Hill park and Wilde theatre, Terrace bar >>> >>> Initially a single event then hopefully ongoing monthly. >>> >> Happy to say this took place. >> >> I had circulated it also to a local computer club, and what do you >> know? One email apology for absence (but would come another time), one >> in-person acknowledgement (at an unrelated meeting I happened to >> attend) of an install being done on the person's friend's computer, >> and above all, one person actually turned up! >> >> I would not have been surprised if nobody had turned up. I was >> surprised by the actual flurry of interest. The attender had >> unsuccessfully tried gnu/Linux some years ago and wanted to try again. >> He was impressed by what he saw on my eeepc - xandros, UNR and Ubuntu >> 8.04, multi boot etc. >> >> Ubuntu Hour is an good method of low investment local contact. Great >> scheme. >> >> > Not a bad start, slightly more than Matthew Daubney managed. From little > acorns... > Once my weekends become free again I’ll shall give it a go. > > I tried! Shan't be able to make it this weekend as I have other commitments, but shall try again the following one. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Email url
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? Shalom Rik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email url
2010/1/28 red : > 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 amazed this feature is there, I've *never* used it :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Missing pop ups
Hi I listen to a pop on up radio station and when a minimise it ie press - on my browser the pop player hides but still plays and when I need to turn it off so I can listen to some other music I can't as I am unable to resurface it as my work space option not show it any where. How can I resolve this any idea? Shalom Rik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
Hi Have you checked out the firefox add on for firefox tv http://toolbar.tv-fox.com/ it awesome! Shalom Rik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing pop ups
red wrote: > Hi I listen to a pop on up radio station and when a minimise it ie press > - on my browser the pop player hides but still plays and when I need to > turn it off so I can listen to some other music I can't as I am unable > to resurface it as my work space option not show it any where. How can > I resolve this any idea? > > Shalom > > Rik > > Ok first of all, what radio station is it? Different stations have different ways of playing streams, some are in popup windows and some are stuck on the main page and in the case of the BBC, I believe they can be played using the Movie Player on Ubuntu. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
