[ubuntu-uk] accessing other drives on my computer.

2005-10-17 Thread Shelley & Oren
Hi all   I have the speedbundle and other pieces of info for enabling my USB speedtouch modem. However at the moment they all are, with an abundance of other data, residing on two separate drives which I cannot access at the moment. Could anyone help?   Thanks, Oren       --

RE: [ubuntu-uk] DVD-RAM Drive shows as CD-ROM drive

2005-10-17 Thread Shelley & Oren
Thanks for all the replies. I think everything is working ok with the DVD-drive.   I have tried a movie but it came back to say that ‘XX@ did not have the codecs. That is the least of my worries.   But the rest is a matter for other messages…   Thanks again   Do you or have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD-RAM Drive shows as CD-ROM drive

2005-10-17 Thread Dave Meikle
On 10/17/05, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Shelley & Oren wrote:Hello Oren,> One thing I noticed was that Ubuntu showed my DVD-RAM drive (LG GSA-4160B)> as a CD-ROM drive.Logically, a DVD drive is just a very big CD.  And the same goes for a DVD burner---effectively a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD-RAM Drive shows as CD-ROM drive

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Shelley & Oren wrote: Hello Oren, > One thing I noticed was that Ubuntu showed my DVD-RAM drive (LG GSA-4160B) > as a CD-ROM drive. Logically, a DVD drive is just a very big CD. And the same goes for a DVD burner---effectively a very large CD burner. However, if this has m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Shelley & Oren wrote: Hi Oren, > Have installed my Ubantu. Seem straight forward enough. As you've noticed, Ubuntu is about making things more straight forward---and more secure at the same time. If you find you can't do an operation you'd like to do, use 'sudo' in front:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Breezy

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Ian Moffatt wrote: Hello Ian, > I currently have an iMac Rev C and a Tiny 1.2Ghz(?) Pentium thingy > running Hoary Excellent! > Can I just download Breezy and update? You can do that (it will detect when you insert the CD and ask if you would like to upgrade); however i

[ubuntu-uk] Breezy

2005-10-17 Thread Ian Moffatt
I currently have an iMac Rev C and a Tiny 1.2Ghz(?) Pentium thingy running Hoary Can I just download Breezy and update? I got the original Hoary CDs mailed out to me as I'm new at this Linux thingy But it's given a new lease of life to a tired old iMac!!! Ian -- Homepage: http://homepage.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account

2005-10-17 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Shelley & Oren wrote: Hi all Me again…the NBR (noob beyond repair….) Have installed my Ubantu. Seem straight forward enough. One thing though. I do not believe that anywhere along the installation, I was prompted to set a password for the root account. I was prompted to set up a user accou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account

2005-10-17 Thread David Hart
On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 22:56 +0100, Shelley & Oren wrote: > One thing though. I do not believe that anywhere along the > installation, I was prompted to set a password for the root account. > > I was prompted to set up a user account and a password for it, which I > did. > > Now I cannot log in a

[ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account

2005-10-17 Thread Shelley & Oren
Hi all   Me again…the NBR (noob beyond repair….)   Have installed my Ubantu.  Seem straight forward enough. One thing though. I do not believe that anywhere along the installation, I was prompted to set a password for the root account. I was prompted to set up a user account and a pas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD-RAM Drive shows as CD-ROM drive

2005-10-17 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 17/10/05, Shelley & Oren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > Complete and utter noob here. > > > > I am definitely going ahead with a new installation of Ubantu 5.10 today. > > However, over the weekend, I was toying with the live CD. > > One thing I noticed was that Ubuntu showed