Re: How old is your computer?

2014-12-04 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 04/12/14 15:26, Barry Titterton wrote: > Hi All, > > How old is the oldest computer that you have in regular use? > > I was prompted to ask this question by a comment that I over heard while > doing some Linux advocacy at my local community centre. They run > beginners computer courses (Window

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-28 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
r me, the Nvidia drivers have weird graphical issues while the nouveau > do not. > However, nouveau drivers no longer let me suspend in 14.04, so I am > stuck with occasional graphical oddities. > > > On 09/28/2014 10:20 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> Tried that to no

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-28 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
a similar situation > I've had. The problem was the theme widget I had selected. Changing the > theme widget fixed it. You might try that, if you haven't yet. > > On Sep 24, 2014 12:58 PM, "Peter Hillier-Brook" <mailto:p...@hbsys.plus.com>> wrote: > &g

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 26/09/14 18:38, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 09/26/2014 10:31 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> Just to knock this issue on the head; I tried the version in the >> repositories (a rather old 4.2.6.3) and encountered the same problem so >> it looks like a graphics card probl

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
my "designer honor" is intact :D > > Cheers! > > > > Rafael Laguna > Lubuntu Artwork Team > > On jue, 25 sep, 2014 at 6:57 , Peter Hillier-Brook > wrote: >> On 25/09/14 01:56, Israel wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 09/24/2014 04:38 PM, Peter

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 25/09/14 01:56, Israel wrote: > > > On 09/24/2014 04:38 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> On 24/09/14 21:56, Israel wrote: >>> On 09/24/2014 03:18 PM, John Hupp wrote: >>>> On 9/24/2014 3:57 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >>>>> Hello All,

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
e official packages. From that I have assumed that the (?)ubuntu re-packaging involved some 'enhancements'. Please forgive the error. Peter HB > > On 25 September 2014 02:56, Israel wrote: >> >> >> On 09/24/2014 04:38 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> >>

Re: LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-24 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 24/09/14 21:56, Israel wrote: > On 09/24/2014 03:18 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> On 9/24/2014 3:57 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I've encountered a problem with running LibreOffice (4.4.0.x) on a fresh >>> installation of Lu

LibreOffice under Lubuntu

2014-09-24 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Hello All, I've encountered a problem with running LibreOffice (4.4.0.x) on a fresh installation of Lubuntu 14.04, in that text only paints as the mouse moves over it and mainly, but not always disappears as the mouse moves away. My machine is only an old toy (Pentium III) so this is not a serious

Re: No Desktop Manager

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 26/06/14 08:49, fari...@arcor.de wrote: lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: Hello All, I've just installed Lubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) on an old Pentium III machine and get an error on login, "Desktop manager is not active". Any helpful thoughts will be most welcome. I have full acce

No Desktop Manager

2014-06-25 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Hello All, I've just installed Lubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) on an old Pentium III machine and get an error on login, "Desktop manager is not active". Any helpful thoughts will be most welcome. I have full access to the machine via the command line, but haven't a clue how to kickstart presumably, l

Re: have you got a really old computer

2014-03-07 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 07/03/14 00:53, Nio Wiklund wrote: Hi, We want to try a new kernel for Trusty Tahr, that is developed by PhillW. Many people help to build an Ubuntu based operating system around it, a system that should work on most computers (maybe except some of those brand new ones that cannot switch off