Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 21:16 +0100, norman wrote: > > I have no problems using a HP Scanjet 5400 with Sane in 7.04. It also > > worked well in 6.10. > > You are very fortunate indeed. I think you are the first person not to > have a problem with a scanner using 7.04. Unless of course it does not >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner

> I have no problems using a HP Scanjet 5400 with Sane in 7.04. It also > worked well in 6.10. You are very fortunate indeed. I think you are the first person not to have a problem with a scanner using 7.04. Unless of course it does not have a USB connection. > > The only extra wish I have is th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner

On 23/05/07, Anders Jacobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a HP Photosmart multi-function printer with great success. Check out a > list of supported ones on > > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html > > Both scanning an printing (colour and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

> lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel' > > failing that try: > lsmod | grep -i 'snd' > (may be somewhat longer Is this enough? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel' snd_hda_intel 20116 1 snd_hda_codec 164608 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm84612 3 snd_hda_i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'snd-hda-intel' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ That means there where no matches in lsmod, probably due to me being a bit stupid and forgetting that it should be _ not -, oops sorry. try: lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:04:51 +0100 Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. > The su puts you in a super user shell. > You can execute that command first and then execute a several commands > without

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

> That would be a problem > There's probably a better way of doing this but could you type: > lsmod | grep -i 'snd-hda-intel' > > should be able to see what is using it. > Modprobe doesn't seem to want to let it be unloaded for some reason. Did that and got this:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Politics, Finance and corruption proofing.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 christopher chatfield wrote: > Where can I read up on the financial footing and political manifesto > of ubuntu? Ubuntu is pretty much 100% financed by Canonical Ltd [0]. Which is a private company owned by multi-millionaire Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. The su puts you in a super user shell. You can execute that command first and then execute a several commands without the need to prefix the others with sudo. I think sudo is more advisable for s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

< big snip > > You will need to be root to execute the modprobe and rmmod commands, > so open a command line and type > > sudo su - > > followed by your normal user password. Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. I did what I thought was right and got this:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

< snip > > > > >> Please can you open a terminal and type the following: > >> > >> lspci | grep Audio > >> > >> and post the output of the line you get in return to the list? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep Audio > > 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01) > >

[ubuntu-uk] Politics, Finance and corruption proofing.

Where can I read up on the financial footing and political manifesto of ubuntu? The corporate universe scares me so much I'm unemployable by others, except in a voluntary capacity. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > >> >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been >> >> having. If it works I'll let you know. >> > >> > I am very ignorant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been > >> having. If it works I'll let you know. > > > > I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been >> having. If it works I'll let you know. > > I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There has been a > lot of correspondence relating to the non-working of scanners in > Ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been > having. If it works I'll let you know. I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There has been a lot of correspondence relating to the non-working of scanners in Ubuntu7.04. So, non techie me having read that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:49 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:42 +0100, norman wrote: > > What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from > > 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? > Nothing, as far as I know, except that you might need to do so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:42 +0100, norman wrote: > What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from > 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? Nothing, as far as I know, except that you might need to do something to make the nVidia binary drivers work again (if you u

[ubuntu-uk] technical question

What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff - the offical reply [long post]

Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Interesting thoughts, I don't agree, but then again, I think that he >> may be a fan of MS to the point where he will not change. It is my >> belief that people who hold the same beliefs as Peter are not the >> people we should be targeting and trying to c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff [long post]

I have also written to Mr Scargill. I have tried to remain respectful, and in retrospect I did come on a bit strong initially. Chris -- Hi Peter, Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Chris; and I work in second line support specialising

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff - the offical reply [long post]

> Interesting thoughts, I don't agree, but then again, I think that he > may be a fan of MS to the point where he will not change. It is my > belief that people who hold the same beliefs as Peter are not the > people we should be targeting and trying to convert, it's the ones who > have d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff [long post]

Sorry for the delay , Ive been out on site helping a business to get bedded in and sorted with their 2 user Ubuntu Desktop installation. > mobile user base as well as the Exchange Mobile solution, so if he had > Scheduleworld.co.uk with iCal and Google and SyncML intergration allows me to sy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff - the offical reply [long post]

Folks, Apologies for the top-post, please find below the entirety of my conversation with Mr Scargill. I hope that you don't take the top-email to personally! my comments are at the end. Sure - I CANNOT get into debate with these guys howe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff [long post]

** Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-23 12:54]: > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > > [Long post snipped] > > Matthew, > > Good message. > > I've just come off the phone from Mr. Scargill, who is an incredibly > reasonable chap with some very positive things to say about Ubuntu. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ? Driver for Epson DX6000 Scan/printer ??

Hi Lou, the simplest and easies way to get all the 'non free' codecs including Real Player and a whole bunch of other stuf is with Automatix. This is a GUI which allows you to download and install a whole bunch of stuff. Get it at http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation and s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ? Driver for Epson DX6000 Scan/printer ??

Hi Lou, Welcome to the group. On Wednesday 23 May 2007 at 13:42:39 Louis Gidney wrote: > Only just got round to joining this list although I have been using > Ubuntu Dapper for about four months, to assess whether it will serve my > purposes. I like it. After all, unix was a mature OS long befo

[ubuntu-uk] ? Driver for Epson DX6000 Scan/printer ??

Hello! Only just got round to joining this list although I have been using Ubuntu Dapper for about four months, to assess whether it will serve my purposes. I like it. After all, unix was a mature OS long before even the 8086 and affordable computing got started. However, the main problem I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff

** James Mansion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-23 13:10]: > Chris Rowson wrote: > >> Who wrote this? I've not read anything as poorly thought out and badly > >> researched as this in a long time! > > > > Actually I found out exactly who writes this pro MS anti Linux stuff... > > > > It's the chairma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff

Chris Rowson wrote: >> Who wrote this? I've not read anything as poorly thought out and badly >> researched as this in a long time! >> > > Actually I found out exactly who writes this pro MS anti Linux stuff... > > It's the chairman of the FSB IT committee, who coincidentally develops > softwa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff [long post]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: [Long post snipped] Matthew, Good message. I've just come off the phone from Mr. Scargill, who is an incredibly reasonable chap with some very positive things to say about Ubuntu. The point on which I absolutely agree with him is that integration/interoperabi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff [long post]

Quoting Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter Scargill wrote: >> I look forward to hearing from your colleague - I hope however that his >> communication is more reasoned and less insulting. > > Charlie, > > I'm not aware of what was in your e-mail to Mr. Scargill (although I'd > like to see i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff

Peter Scargill wrote: > I look forward to hearing from your colleague - I hope however that his > communication is more reasoned and less insulting. Charlie, I'm not aware of what was in your e-mail to Mr. Scargill (although I'd like to see it) but it seems you touched a nerve. Please could we m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fresh install, multiple users, moving /home

On 23/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should I create a/home partition during install, or just leave disk > space free to copy the entire home partition to? http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/move-home-to-its-own-partition/ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=46866 The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fresh install, multiple users, moving /home

Alan Pope wrote: > The feisty installer now has a user migration thing. It *should* find > the users on your dapper install and migrate them into your new > install > on the E: drive. I've been trying to fidn out more about this, but I can only find references to a Windows to Ubuntu migration tool

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff

I wrote to him. His response was as follows. The basic jist of my email, was that he spoke from a very biased standpoint. "Dear Sir Your letter makes a lot of assumptions. The UK's businesses, the SME market which forms the vast majority of UK businesses - and in particular those who are NOT in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner

I use a HP Photosmart multi-function printer with great success. Check out a list of supported ones on http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html Both scanning an printing (colour and B/W) works perfectly fine on Ubuntu Feisty. Cheers, Anders On 5/

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Volunteer for GUADEC!

If you would like to help out at GUADEC 2007, please add your name to the list on the Volunteer wiki page . The page also details some of the responsibilities we need covering during the event. Once we have a list of people willing to help, we can o