Re: [ubuntu-uk] Colorzilla GCC-4 incompatibility (was: eyedropper replacement)

2007-02-07 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, David M wrote: Hello David, > Re: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/ (I've CC'ed Alex Sirota who is the developer of the 'ColorZilla' plugin). > the eyedropper functionality would work once again, [with] libstdc++5 This package (the C++ standard library) provides sup

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Castle wrote: > well - a large amount of the ice caps have already gone, but I do aggree - > my issue is that this is a tax on travelling - not on petrol/evironmental > issues. If I ran an environmentally friendly car i would be charged the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Martin Castle
OK - I'll give you most of those, to a fashion, but - > No I didn't know about it, now I do, and still won't be signing it. > Did you know if pollution continues the way it is, that the polar > icecaps could melt, and UK cities could flood. It could also increase > extreme weather, (incidentally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Martin Castle
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:08:28 -, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah how dedicated you are, it must have taken you ages to copy and > paste what someone else wrote. well... i did adjust it a bit! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wik

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-07 Thread norman
On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 15:44 +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:30:09AM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > > The latest Podcast from the ITIdiots provides a introduction to Linux by > > way of Ubuntu. > > > > http://www.itidiots.com/ > > Your thoughts please ? > > > > Ok, first tw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 6.10 Apache2/PHP problem: You have chosen to open [blank] which is a: PHTML file

2007-02-07 Thread Pat
On 07/02/07, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I try to open a PHP URL, I get the following error (in Firefox): eg, for http://localhost/, where the implied index URL is served via PHP: You have to chosen to open [blank line] which is a: PHTML file I would check that you have mod-php

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude dependency hell

2007-02-07 Thread James Tait
Hi Tony, Tony Arnold wrote: > The packages it said were broken almost all of the installed ones! > > Something very wrong here or I'm missing something. > > Looks to me like I need to re-install. You can, if you wish, run aptitude interactively: $ sudo aptitude This will allow you to find the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude dependency hell

2007-02-07 Thread Tony Arnold
Tony, Tony Travis wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: >> I've just run aptitude in full screen mode for the first time on my >> Dapper system and in the third line down it tells me: >> >> #Broken: 235 Will free 915MB of disk space DL: 5576kB >> [...] > > Hello, Tony. > > Try running aptitude in command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for Colorzilla eyedropper replacement

2007-02-07 Thread Phil Bull
Hi David, On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 21:04 +, David M wrote: [...] > Failing that, can anybody suggest a program that would act as a > replacement for the Colorzilla eyedropper? That is, a program which > would allow me to select a pixel on-screen and return its color value? You might like to look

[ubuntu-uk] Looking for Colorzilla eyedropper replacement

2007-02-07 Thread David M
Sadly, the eyedropper functionality of one of my all-time favourite Firefox plugi\extens\\add-ons, the mighty Colorzilla, no longer works under the standard Ubuntu package of Firefox. :-( The eyedropper is one of those nifty things you just can't live without: See a color you like the lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 6.10 Apache2/PHP problem: You have chosen to open [blank] which is a: PHTML file

2007-02-07 Thread James Tuthill
Hi David, Although someone might be able to help you here, I would highly recommend using an apache / php specific help forum or chatroom. #apache on the freenode irc network is brilliant for debugging and decoding error messages. or a forum for bigger questions is here: http://www.phpfreaks

[ubuntu-uk] Where to get non OS PCs (Golden?)

2007-02-07 Thread alan c
I notice that the LXer 'Pre-Installed Linux Vendor Database' http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14 has only a few vendors listed offering non OS PCs. One mid - to - low range apparently high volume vendor is Golden Electronics. I am likely to be using them in the future, when the time comes,

[ubuntu-uk] 6.10 Apache2/PHP problem: You have chosen to open [blank] which is a: PHTML file

2007-02-07 Thread David M
[Apologies if this is a double-post, gmane seemed to hiccup when first trying to post..] I've just installed Apache 2 and PHP (using the Ubuntu 6.10 packages) on my computer to test websites locally. Apache seems to work fine, but PHP doesn't. It doesn't seem to make any difference whether I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Stephen Garton
Neil Simmons wrote: > On 07/02/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2/7/07, Celia Lawton-Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as a dual >>> boot to begin with. How do I find out whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Albert Vilella
also, http://tuxmobil.org/acer.html Cheers, Albert. On 2/7/07, Neil Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/02/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/7/07, Celia Lawton-Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Neil Simmons
On 07/02/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/7/07, Celia Lawton-Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as a dual > > boot to begin with. How do I find out whether the hardware is compatible > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 2/7/07, Celia Lawton-Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as a dual > boot to begin with. How do I find out whether the hardware is compatible > and will i need to download a program to control power management?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:18:51 + "Celia Lawton-Livingstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as > a dual boot to begin with. How do I find out whether the hardware is > compatible and will i need to download a program to

[ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Celia Lawton-Livingstone
Hi all, I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as a dual boot to begin with. How do I find out whether the hardware is compatible and will i need to download a program to control power management? Thanks Cely __

[ubuntu-uk] Anti Software Patent Petition

2007-02-07 Thread Benjamin Webb
We were discussing campaigning and lobbying of the government. I was looking through some sites and this - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/softwarepatents/ - came to my attention. It is a petition against software patents. I'm posting to make sure everyone (who wants to) has signed it as it finishes soo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 07/02/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fine. I'll have a go and see how I get on. I don't mind if it comes up > different to gnome providing 1, it works and more importantly and 2. It > doesn't do any harm. Ta. Robin 1. It will work (unless someone's uploaded a broken package

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Philip Wyett
On 07/02/07, Daniel Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Allman-Talbot wrote: > Most people (for example, me) travel around a lot. My car is never in a > place that I am not, therefore the it will know where I am too. You never use trains? You n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Allman-Talbot wrote: > Most people (for example, me) travel around a lot. My car is never in a > place that I am not, therefore the it will know where I am too. You never use trains? You never get lifts? You never walk anywhere? > Climate change

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Martin Castle wrote: > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign > this is a paste from the mail sent to me: Like any sort of publicity campaign, chain letters are always better when somebody writes from the heart, rather than copying and parroting another's words. > [..] beca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread James Allman-Talbot
> On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. > Somebody will know where you are at all times. Its a personal device you have to carry? I thought it was in the car, or are you physically attached to your motor vehicle. It will know where the car is, not you. Most people (for ex

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Andy
On 07/02/07, Martin Castle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a paste from the mail sent to me: Ah how dedicated you are, it must have taken you ages to copy and paste what someone else wrote. > UK ROAD TAX Dear all, Have done this, it's very easy. We have nothing to > lose by trying - if you do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-07 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/7/07, Scrase, Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the more confused. You both seem to say that I can use KDE software > on Gnome (ubuntu) if I go to a lot of trouble (and knowledge that I lack) > to make it work. Or am I just not understanding the issues. What I want, > in the ide

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread SteVe Cook
Martin Castle wrote: > but - as this is a uk group & this is very important (at least to me and I > expect a few of you) I apologise to those it doesn't effect, > > but there are massive road tax increases due. > > petition at: > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign > > why?? > > well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

2007-02-07 Thread Scrase, Eddie
> I'm the more confused. You both seem to say that I can use KDE software > on Gnome (ubuntu) if I go to a lot of trouble (and knowledge that I lack) > to make it work. Or am I just not understanding the issues. What I want, > in the ideal situation, is a list of software, as in ADD/REMOVE wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-07 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/6/07, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:31:29 + "Robin Menneer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm the more confused. You both seem to say that I can use KDE > > software on Gnome (ubuntu) if I go to a lot of trouble (and > > knowledge that I lack) to m

[ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

2007-02-07 Thread Martin Castle
but - as this is a uk group & this is very important (at least to me and I expect a few of you) I apologise to those it doesn't effect, but there are massive road tax increases due. petition at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign why?? well... this is a paste from the mail sent to me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sunday Times - In Gear and MS

2007-02-07 Thread Martin Castle
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:38:15 -, Llywelyn Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Sponsored by Windows LIVE" logo next to the search box - and guess > what it doesn't work, last night nor today! The site is also really > slow. WHAT A GREAT AD FOR MS! Oh, and some articles about DVDs not > working w