[ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

[Barry Drake]

Just thought I'd mention   last night I installed 12.10 Quantal 
pre-alpha from the testing site on my spare HDD.  Works just fine for now.


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

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

On 15/05/12 09:48, Barry Drake wrote:
Just thought I'd mention   last night I installed 12.10 Quantal 
pre-alpha from the testing site on my spare HDD.  Works just fine for 
now.




Bloody hell! I'm only just getting to grips with 12.04... :-)


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

[Andy Braben]

On 15 May 2012 09:49, Gordon Burgess-Parker  wrote:

>  On 15/05/12 09:48, Barry Drake wrote:
>
> Just thought I'd mention   last night I installed 12.10 Quantal
> pre-alpha from the testing site on my spare HDD.  Works just fine for now.
>
>
> Bloody hell! I'm only just getting 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.

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

[Kris Douglas]

On 15 May 2012 10:00, Andy Braben  wrote:
>
>
> On 15 May 2012 09:49, Gordon Burgess-Parker  wrote:
>>
>> On 15/05/12 09:48, Barry Drake wrote:
>>
>> Just thought I'd mention   last night I installed 12.10 Quantal
>> pre-alpha from the testing site on my spare HDD.  Works just fine for now.
>>
>>
>> Bloody hell! I'm only just getting 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.

Unity 4D :)



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

[Barry Drake]

On 15/05/12 10:01, Kris Douglas wrote:

Are there anything new in 12.10 yet? I wouldn't have thought so.
I'll wait a while before upgrading my spare PC.
Unity 4D :)



Oh yes!  And the rest.

No there are no significant changes yet.  I'm just interested in 
watching the process all the way through.  Precise was fascinating as it 
developed.


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

[James Tait]

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On 15/05/12 10:18, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 15/05/12 10:01, Kris Douglas wrote:
>> Are there anything new in 12.10 yet? I wouldn't have thought so.
> No there are no significant changes yet.

I *think* - based on the mail from Colin Watson [0] and a very quick
query on IRC - that the big sync from Debian is still to happen due to
hardware issues, which would account for the lack of significant
change so far.  I'd be quite happy to be corrected, though, and I
admire your enthusiasm, Barry!

Cheers,

JT

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[ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Norman Silverstone]

Where I live it is only possible to get BB speeds of between 1.0 mbps
and 1.5 mbps  so I am testing wireless broadband (TFL). There a number
of machines using the BB supply but not all at the same time. On my work
surface there are two working routers one connected to the wireless
supply and the other to normal wired supply. Here are some BB speed
results:-

PC running Ubuntu 11.04 with wireless supply speed = 8.5 mbps
PC running Xubuntu 12.04 no discernible BB signal
above PC with ordinary wired supply 1.3 mbps
above PC running Windows XP Pro wireless supply speed 8.5 mbps 

Can anyone please explain why the machine running Xubuntu does not
respond to the BB supplied via wireless.

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

[Barry Drake]

On 15/05/12 12:32, James Tait wrote:
I *think* - based on the mail from Colin Watson [0] and a very quick 
query on IRC - that the big sync from Debian is still to happen due to 
hardware issues, which would account for the lack of significant 
change so far. I'd be quite happy to be corrected, though


Ah!  I can look forward to seeing a whole festering of bugs once that 
takes place.  That will be fun.  Meanwhile, my number 1 boot preference 
will remain as is with 12.04 until at the very least Beta 1 and maybe 
longer.


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[ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

I've installed Xgnokii from the Ubuntu Software centre, hopefully to 
administer my Nokia X3 phone.
It's installed OK but when I click the icon nothing happens except a 
very faint splash screen in the middle of my screen that just disappears.
The User guide http://gnokii.org/docs.shtml doesn't seem to be much help 
as it talks about copying files from the installation directory but 
doesn't tell you where the installation directory is located!

Anyone know anything about this app?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Norman Silverstone]

I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
mbps. 

Norman


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Kris Douglas]

On 15 May 2012 15:34, Norman Silverstone  wrote:
> I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
> by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
> was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
> mbps.
>
> Norman

Is it an entirely different installation? It might be worth checking
to see if you are required to install any drivers or firmware for your
wireless device prior to using it.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?

[Joe]

I don't know anything about the program itself, but as for finding the 
installation directory you could run 'whereis xgnokii' which should show you 
where the executable with that name is stored.
If that doesn't work there's also 'locate xgnokii' which should show the 
position of any files and directories with that name.

Hope that helps,
Joe
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?

I've installed Xgnokii from the Ubuntu Software centre, hopefully to 
administer my Nokia X3 phone.
It's installed OK but when I click the icon nothing happens except a 
very faint splash screen in the middle of my screen that just disappears.
The User guide http://gnokii.org/docs.shtml doesn't seem to be much help 
as it talks about copying files from the installation directory but 
doesn't tell you where the installation directory is located!
Anyone know anything about this app?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Norman Silverstone]

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 15:38 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 15 May 2012 15:34, Norman Silverstone  wrote:
> > I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
> > by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
> > was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
> > mbps.
> >
> > Norman
> 
> Is it an entirely different installation? It might be worth checking
> to see if you are required to install any drivers or firmware for your
> wireless device prior to using it.
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Kris - What do you mean by wireless device? If you are referring to  the
router connected to the wireless BB the answer is no. If you are
referring to the dual booted PC, which is a new machine, the wireless BB
just works on the ancient Windows XP Pro so surely should just work on
the latest edition of Xubuntu.

Norman


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Kris Douglas]

On 15 May 2012 17:22, Norman Silverstone  wrote:
>> > I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
>> > by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
>> > was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
>> > mbps.


> Kris - What do you mean by wireless device? If you are referring to  the
> router connected to the wireless BB the answer is no. If you are
> referring to the dual booted PC, which is a new machine, the wireless BB
> just works on the ancient Windows XP Pro so surely should just work on
> the latest edition of Xubuntu.

As you mention, you say you are connecting to the broadband from the
Xubuntu machine with a WiFi adapter, when you use a cable it works,
with the WiFi adapter it doesn't.

The assumption I am making is that it could be something to do with
the wireless adapter (USB dongle or PCI card or integrated unit). It
may well be installed fine in Windows X & Ubuntu, but not on Xubuntu.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Norman Silverstone]

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 17:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 15 May 2012 17:22, Norman Silverstone  wrote:
> >> > I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
> >> > by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
> >> > was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
> >> > mbps.
> 
> 
> > Kris - What do you mean by wireless device? If you are referring to  the
> > router connected to the wireless BB the answer is no. If you are
> > referring to the dual booted PC, which is a new machine, the wireless BB
> > just works on the ancient Windows XP Pro so surely should just work on
> > the latest edition of Xubuntu.
> 
> As you mention, you say you are connecting to the broadband from the
> Xubuntu machine with a WiFi adapter, when you use a cable it works,
> with the WiFi adapter it doesn't.
> 
> The assumption I am making is that it could be something to do with
> the wireless adapter (USB dongle or PCI card or integrated unit). It
> may well be installed fine in Windows X & Ubuntu, but not on Xubuntu.
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I believe you are on the right track as long as we just confine
ourselves to XP Pro and Xubuntu. (The Ubuntu example is a bit of a red
herring). So, I have a situation where the latest version of Xubuntu
does not have the necessary driver whereas old XP Pro does. What is my
next step, please, to remedy the situation?

Norman


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Norman Silverstone]

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 17:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 15 May 2012 17:22, Norman Silverstone  wrote:
> >> > I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was
> >> > by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu
> >> > was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2
> >> > mbps.

I am sorry to be a nuisance but I had a search through the various bits
and pieces that came with the new computer and found a CD labelled
Edimax which is the name of the wireless card. On opening up the CD I
came across a file labelled 'Driver for Linux OS' The driver is labelled
2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v[2].4.0.0.tar.bz2

Would some kind person instruct me, please,  on what I need to do to
install this driver so that I may see if it solves my problem.

Thanks

Norman


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flossie 2012

[Rebecca Newborough]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Paula Graham  wrote:

>  Flossie 2012, 25/26 May, is a conference Fossbox, G.Hack and Codasign are
> organising for women interested in open source, open culture - and all
> things open.  Women involved with tech projects, arts, non-profits and VCOs
> equally welcome. View the programme here:
> http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=125
>
> Still a few tickets left - book here: 
> http://flossie2012.eventbrite.co.uk/(tickets free, donations appreciated)
>
> We're looking for a couple more female volunteers who can commit to the
> whole two days or at least one whole day. Email i...@flossie.org if you
> can help woman the reception desk or help with tech support - or if you
> just want more info.
>
> Hope to see some of you there!
> Paula
>
> Hi Paula

Good luck for the Flossie 2012 event. For those of us who aren't able to
attend the event, will any of the talks be video'd and posted online to
view?  Hopefully I'll get to meet you and some other Flossie
members/contributors at this year's OggCamp event.

Cheers

Becky Newborough
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] broadband problem

[Gibbs]

On 15/05/12 20:56, Norman Silverstone wrote:

I am sorry to be a nuisance but I had a search through the various bits
and pieces that came with the new computer and found a CD labelled
Edimax which is the name of the wireless card. On opening up the CD I
came across a file labelled 'Driver for Linux OS' The driver is labelled
2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v[2].4.0.0.tar.bz2

Would some kind person instruct me, please,  on what I need to do to
install this driver so that I may see if it solves my problem.
I would suggest downloading more recent drivers. Apparently /RT3062/ 
works with your model (assuming it is Ralink).


http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=501

Extract the tgz and read the README_STA file.

This might also help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1713808

Gibbs

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

[Bruno Girin]

On 15/05/12 15:22, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 15/05/12 12:32, James Tait wrote:
>> I *think* - based on the mail from Colin Watson [0] and a very quick
>> query on IRC - that the big sync from Debian is still to happen due
>> to hardware issues, which would account for the lack of significant
>> change so far. I'd be quite happy to be corrected, though
>
> Ah!  I can look forward to seeing a whole festering of bugs once that
> takes place.  That will be fun.  Meanwhile, my number 1 boot
> preference will remain as is with 12.04 until at the very least Beta 1
> and maybe longer.
>
> Regards,Barry.
>

I found a forgotten HDD the other day that I didn't know what to do
with. Installing Quantal pre-alpha on it sounds like a good idea. All
the bugs in Quantal can't be worse than what's on it right now anyway.

Thanks for the idea!

Bruno


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

[Barry Drake]

On 15/05/12 22:35, Bruno Girin wrote:
I found a forgotten HDD the other day that I didn't know what to do 
with. Installing Quantal pre-alpha on it sounds like a good idea. All 
the bugs in Quantal can't be worse than what's on it right now anyway. 
Thanks for the idea! Bruno 


Hey!  12.04 is the best thing since sliced bread.

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

[Neil Greenwood]

I think he meant what is currently on the disk, since I don't remember
Bruno complaining about precise much...

Neil.

P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.
On May 15, 2012 10:48 PM, "Barry Drake"  wrote:

> On 15/05/12 22:35, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
>> I found a forgotten HDD the other day that I didn't know what to do with.
>> Installing Quantal pre-alpha on it sounds like a good idea. All the bugs in
>> Quantal can't be worse than what's on it right now anyway. Thanks for the
>> idea! Bruno
>>
>
> Hey!  12.04 is the best thing since sliced bread.
>
> Regards,Barry.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?

[Neil Greenwood]

Since it came from a .deb, you can also run

dpkg --listfiles xgnokii

Neil.

P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.
On May 15, 2012 4:24 PM, "Joe"  wrote:

> I don't know anything about the program itself, but as for finding the
> installation directory you could run 'whereis xgnokii' which should show
> you where the executable with that name is stored.
> If that doesn't work there's also 'locate xgnokii' which should show the
> position of any files and directories with that name.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Joe
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> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?
>
> I've installed Xgnokii from the Ubuntu Software centre, hopefully to
> administer my Nokia X3 phone.
> It's installed OK but when I click the icon nothing happens except a
> very faint splash screen in the middle of my screen that just disappears.
> The User guide http://gnokii.org/docs.shtml doesn't seem to be much help
> as it talks about copying files from the installation directory but
> doesn't tell you where the installation directory is located!
> Anyone know anything about this app?
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