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

[John MM]

So how do we figure out why it isn't running?
On Jan 5, 2012 5:55 PM, "James Tait"  wrote:

> On 05/01/12 15:06, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
>> Wow, that helped sort of. It is something to do with
>> gnome-settings-daemon. If I enter that into a terminal, funny thing
>> happens in the left panel and the top panel, and the Drop down menu
>> appears. If I close the terminal, it goes away again
>>
>
> Yes - this is because when you close the terminal, you also terminate and
> subprocesses launched from it, in this case gnome-settings-daemon. You can
> append a '&' (i.e. gnome-settings-daemon&) to background the process and
> then it should continue running after the terminal window is closed.
>  Alternatively, you can keep the terminal open, which might help you to
> track down whatever it is that's causing gnome-settings-daemon to crash, or
> see below
>
>  does that mean the gnome-settings-daemon
>> is not running,
>>
>
> Yes. :)
>
>   and should it be running all the time,
>>
>
> Yes. :)
>
>   and also, how can
>> I get the Icon to remain, without having to keep the terminal open..
>>
>
> You can run it from the "Run a command" prompt via alt-F2, but the
> important point here is that you shouldn't need to - it should already be
> running.  Something is causing it to crash, and it would be nice if we
> could figure out what.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

[Colin Law]

On 6 January 2012 09:43, John MM  wrote:
> So how do we figure out why it isn't running?

Start by using the Log File Viewer to look in syslog to see if there
are any errors related to it.  If it is crashing there may well be
something there.

Also when you run it from a terminal does it ever disappear again?  If
so then there may be a message in the terminal.

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

[James Tait]

On 06/01/12 09:43, John MM wrote:

So how do we figure out why it isn't running?


That's a more difficult question to answer. :)  I think there are a 
couple of options:


By running it in a terminal, it may be more obvious when it's actually 
crashed.  At least you should get some output on the terminal when it 
does, and then you can file a bug using "apport-bug indicator-session".


Another alternative is to enable apport [0] to automatically help with 
bug submissions when an application crashes - even the ones that happen 
when you first boot up and login, so if gnome-settings-daemon is being 
started but crashing, this will catch it.


You may discover that there is already a bug raised that addresses this, 
in which case you should just select the "This affects me too" option 
and optionally subscribe to updates.  If not, then you should just 
describe then symptoms you're seeing in the bug report.  Either way, 
this will improve your odds of getting a clueful developer on the case 
who will probably get to the bottom of the problem fairly quickly.  Be 
aware, however, that enabling apport system-wide will cause it to prompt 
you to raise bug reports any time anything crashes - so you may want to 
disable it after you've raised this particular bug. :)


In my case, I'm running the Ubuntu One nightlies PPA and there was a 
problem in the ubuntuone-client-gnome package which was causing 
gnome-session-daemon to crash.  I would never have made the link, but I 
filed a report and was directed to #ubuntu-desktop on Freenode where a 
couple of people very quickly zeroed in on the problem and then looked 
at a previous bug report I'd raised and made the connection.


HTH,

JT

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport#How_to_enable_apport
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer?

[Yorvyk]

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:05:16 +
Barry Drake  wrote:

> On 03/01/12 22:56, David King wrote:
> > I was looking at the Brother DCP-J925DW which meets my needs, but am 
> > wondering if anyone knows of any other printer that does the same and 
> > would be the same price or cheaper, or better quality printing.
> I bought my Brother DCP 135C because the ink cost is lower than most 
> others.  It is supported under Ubuntu - but the drivers are a real pain 
> to install!  Once done, it works just fine, but I agree with others on 
> the list - before getting the printer, try installing the drivers.
> 
> A goodly number of printers now have a penguin on the box too!  Brother 
> is not one of these (yet).
> 
> Regards,Barry.
> 
Anybody requiring a cheap mono laser printer, I can recommend the Samsung 
ML-1865, £39.99 from Staples.[1] I used the PPA from [2] to install the drivers 
and everything has run smoothly since.
Staples are also selling some 7' USB leads for £1 each, I got some and they 
appear to be perfectly good leads. 
They are also selling toilet paper rather cheaply as well, if you need to stock 
up. :)
I have no connection to Staples, in fact I've never been to keen on shopping 
there.

[1] 
http://www.staples.co.uk/technology/printers-scanners-and-fax/printers-scanners-and-fax/ml-1865-mono-laser-printer?r=bf
[2] http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1

[scoundrel50a]

On 24/12/2011 11:16, alan c wrote:

On 24/12/11 01:41, Nick Callaghan wrote:

Hey all,

Just wondering if anybody on the list has the samsung galaxytab 10.1 and
has managed to connect it to as a mass storage device in ubuntu?

Apparently it connects as an mtp device?
I did manage to find:
http://lifeafter2am.net/2011/07/connecting-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-to-linux/

But device wont mount, anybody else had any joy?

I have a galaxy tab 10.1, and the charging occurs through the adapter
connector USB cable, that is it charges from a USB socket. This same
USB cable can be plugged into my PC USB socket and it auto mounts (in
ubuntu 10.04.3) and the PC then indicates that a SAMSUNG_Android is
connected. The galaxy tab also indicates: USB connected, MTP-connected.
On the PC the file manager (location) of the mounted folder is
gphoto2://[usb:001,008]/

There are a lot of folders listed in the device, which is seen as
apparently a medium containing  digital photos, however, in nautilus,
all the folders are shown as empty. Maybe permissions need to be
managed somehow but my trick of gksu nautilus produces a nautilus
which does not show this medium
I have other versions of Ubuntu  but have not yet tried it with them.

I found an app called AirDroid, which will allow any computer/OS to 
wirelessly connect to GalaxyTab, its quite good and will upload large 
files very quickly, but, I have yet to find a way to view the files on 
the Tab, cant play vids, even though I have installed various Movie 
players..how do you gksu nautilus so it works? I have even tried 
sing a DVD player, but cant seem to get that to work either..what 
DVD/Movie player do you use?


John

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1

[scoundrel50a]

On 24/12/2011 11:16, alan c wrote:

On 24/12/11 01:41, Nick Callaghan wrote:

Hey all,

Just wondering if anybody on the list has the samsung galaxytab 10.1 and
has managed to connect it to as a mass storage device in ubuntu?

Apparently it connects as an mtp device?
I did manage to find:
http://lifeafter2am.net/2011/07/connecting-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-to-linux/

But device wont mount, anybody else had any joy?

I have a galaxy tab 10.1, and the charging occurs through the adapter
connector USB cable, that is it charges from a USB socket. This same
USB cable can be plugged into my PC USB socket and it auto mounts (in
ubuntu 10.04.3) and the PC then indicates that a SAMSUNG_Android is
connected. The galaxy tab also indicates: USB connected, MTP-connected.
On the PC the file manager (location) of the mounted folder is
gphoto2://[usb:001,008]/

There are a lot of folders listed in the device, which is seen as
apparently a medium containing  digital photos, however, in nautilus,
all the folders are shown as empty. Maybe permissions need to be
managed somehow but my trick of gksu nautilus produces a nautilus
which does not show this medium
I have other versions of Ubuntu  but have not yet tried it with them.



Oooh ooh update, must have been wrong type of movie that wouldnt play, 
uploaded another one using that app, and the movie works, I am actually 
quite impressed with it, considering its wireless..has lots of 
things you can do with your files




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative

[Andres]

> > > what is the best program to use for simple text files on android,

i use conboy on maemo: works like gnote but with capability to sync to ubuntu's 
tomboy note using ubuntu one. Do not own an android but maybe someone ported 
it. I really like it loads.
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