Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwelcomed desktop sharing......

2007-03-02 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 22:40 +, alan c wrote: > What I would like to have is separate and different desktop > configurations for each installation, and would be grateful for > suggestions about how I now arrange for a different desktop > configuration for the 6.10 version. > Well of course t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Philip Wyett
On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 02/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem > > to access the internet. This will not work well wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 02/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem > > to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently > > the eccisadsl drivers may be unc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Philip Wyett
On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be uncompatible). Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found th

[ubuntu-uk] Unwelcomed desktop sharing......

2007-03-02 Thread alan c
I have installed kubuntu 6.06 and version 6.10 onto different partitions, with a shared swap partition and a common partition for /home. For each version I use the same login details. My intention is to continue using 6.06 as I have been and occasionally have a go with 6.10 to assess any differen

[ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Benjamin Webb
I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be uncompatible). Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-5-Port-100-Switch-SD2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE interface not recognized on a DG965 Intel motherboard

2007-03-02 Thread LeeUKHA
> oh, dear. More worrying is that the exchange (where he was rejecting > the Marvell driver) is more than six months old... > > I wonder how much a USB CD drive costs these days? > > Ironically, the Amazon partner from whom I bought the CD drive from > sent me an external one by mistake. I returne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE interface not recognized on a DG965 Intel motherboard

2007-03-02 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 3/2/07, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > > Hello Eamonn, > > > - Intel DG965RY motherboard > > 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device > > You appear to be in the same boat (first hit on Google) as a Gentleman who >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE interface not recognized on a DG965 Intel motherboard

2007-03-02 Thread Paul Sladen
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: Hello Eamonn, > - Intel DG965RY motherboard > 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device You appear to be in the same boat (first hit on Google) as a Gentleman who signs himself off as Linus Torvalds: http://www.mail-archive.

[ubuntu-uk] IDE interface not recognized on a DG965 Intel motherboard

2007-03-02 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
Hi all, I made a classic error when assembling my own home server: I forgot to check for Linux compatibility on all of the components. Well, actually, I did, but made a last-minute decision, without checking, to go with a different Intel motherboard because it had more expansion. That stupid decisi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

2007-03-02 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/26/07, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:55:28 + > "Robin Menneer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/25/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Use Synaptic! Search for gnuplot and then install it. Presumably, > > > you've used Synaptic before

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-02 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 01/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo and > graphic progress bar) although after the session has started it is > apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an indication of > small graphic depth?) > I searched furthe