Re: [ubuntu-uk] RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread taufanlubis
Yes, you can install realplayer, because it's available for linux. But, I suggest to use VLC, you can run almost all multimedia types with it. Just download: $sudo apt-get install vlc Taufanlubis www.taufanlubis.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-11 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 00:32 +, Rohan Omard wrote: > I have tried a few times on here to try and get this problem sorted > without success or even much interested help. I have explained the > situation in person to Alan Pope, Dave Walker and none other than Mark > Shuttlleworth himself (who I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-11 Thread Sean Miller
I've told you why... it's the updated NTFS driver that comes with Gutsy... if you want read-only then use the old driver... if you want read/write then resolve the issues of the improper dismount... But STOP NAME DROPPING... it's driving me mad... Arrrggghhh Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

[ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-11 Thread Rohan Omard
I have tried a few times on here to try and get this problem sorted without success or even much interested help. I have explained the situation in person to Alan Pope, Dave Walker and none other than Mark Shuttlleworth himself (who I must admit, did try to find some pointers as to why this was/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Lamb
does that mean it is now resolved? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 11 November 2007 17:09 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome hi daniel, thanks for your patience .i found out about the

[ubuntu-uk] Thanks for being so patient

2007-11-11 Thread London School of Puppetry
Just a big thanks to all who helped me achieve my updates, taught me to use the terminal, filter out broken programmes, mend the messed up update manager.Thanks so much to everyone who helped. Caroline -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On 11/11/2007, tryo tas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi daniel, > thanks for your patience .i found out about the forum and there was good > information about the keyboard.the layout is generic 104/105 and not sun > type 4 or 5. > cheers > shen > > *Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread Dougie Richardson
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 19:21 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 11/11/2007, Greg K Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to play RealMedia video streams in Gutsy? I'm > thinking > primarily of the BBC News 24 stream. > > Ideally I'd like t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On 11/11/2007, Greg K Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to play RealMedia video streams in Gutsy? I'm thinking > primarily of the BBC News 24 stream. > > Ideally I'd like to play them in Totem, but installing RealPlayer would > be OK too (they really should call it something e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-11 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Mac, > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +, Mac wrote: >> feels more >> like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of >> the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with >> guestimates is very impressive). >> > > Depends wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netgear PCI adapter

2007-11-11 Thread Matthew Daubney
davisjo wrote: > > Hi to the group. > > I posted to the group a couple of weeks ago about wi-fi and Ubuntu > installation. > > I have an AMD 1100 mhz K7 Athlon processor > 60 hard drive Maxtor Dual boot with Windows > > The board is Amercan Mega trends > > NVIDIA Gforce 4mx4000 graph

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 11, 2007 12:37 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:32 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > > She preferred it to Ubuntu because the 'start menu' was located in the > > bottom left where she expected it to be; and that by having only one > > panel, the in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-11 Thread tryo tas
hi daniel, thanks for your patience .i found out about the forum and there was good information about the keyboard.the layout is generic 104/105 and not sun type 4 or 5. cheers shen Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML)

[ubuntu-uk] Netgear PCI adapter

2007-11-11 Thread davisjo
Hi to the group. I posted to the group a couple of weeks ago about wi-fi and Ubuntu installation. I have an AMD 1100 mhz K7 Athlon processor 60 hard drive Maxtor Dual boot with Windows The board is Amercan Mega trends NVIDIA Gforce 4mx4000 graphics card I am using Gutsy Gibbon and trying

[ubuntu-uk] RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Is it possible to play RealMedia video streams in Gutsy? I'm thinking primarily of the BBC News 24 stream. Ideally I'd like to play them in Totem, but installing RealPlayer would be OK too (they really should call it something else — the name “RealPlayer” is tainted by the abomination that is t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 31, Issue 54

2007-11-11 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote: >> There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: >> >> http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, >> Swindon. >> > > That's us! > > Dianne > > Oh that sounds great, good reason to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 31, Issue 54

2007-11-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: > > http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, > Swindon. > That's us! Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread Alec Wright
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 13:39 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 11/11/2007, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:29 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod > Classic > > 160GB... Now I k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread andylockran
Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 11/11/2007, *Alec Wright* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:29 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic > > 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On 11/11/2007, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:29 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic > > 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget > > all that flaming... > > > > I was just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread Tony Arnold
Kris, Kris Marsh wrote: > I get the same thing occasionally, and fix it by hitting the play > button until it works :-) I wasn't persistent enough obviously! I was expecting it to just work on Linux Mint. On gutsy, I found a solution with totem-gstreamer. The first time, nothing shows, so I righ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme

2007-11-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
What about an Ubuntu UK Xmas geekathon, presuming it is the Swindon site? Silly hats with bells or antlers, with musical socks and ties, would be de rigure of course! Certainly beat trying to elbow your way through to your favourite computer shop on a Xmas shopping day. E -Original Message

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread Michael Holloway
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 11:02 +, London School of Puppetry wrote: > > Listen, you are talking to a puppeteer not a techy! RAM where do I put > it...post it into the CDdrawer? is this a very technical job to put in > more memory? Is this DIY of for technical son to do? > > Caroline Carolin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread Alec Wright
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:29 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic > 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget > all that flaming... > > I was just wondering what the support in Ubuntu was like... Are there > any th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread Kris Marsh
I get the same thing occasionally, and fix it by hitting the play button until it works :-) Kris On 11/11/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris, > > Chris Rowson wrote: > >>> Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing > >>> as you said, "word processing an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread Matthew Daubney
Kris Douglas wrote: > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic > 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget > all that flaming... > > I was just wondering what the support in Ubuntu was like... Are there > any things I need to look out for when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread Rob Beard
London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 11/11/2007, *Sean Miller* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > Upgrading the memory of the computer will improve performance, > but may not be required. > > > Ubuntu, like Windows but to a lesser extent, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 10/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/11/2007, Philip Newborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Good job Rob. > > > > Philip > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 11/11/2007, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Upgrading the memory of the computer will improve performance, but may not > > be required. > > > Ubuntu, like Windows but to a lesser extent, becomes more memory hungry > each release... that isn't, to be fair, really Ubuntu's fault but r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme

2007-11-11 Thread Tony Travis
Daniel Lamb wrote: > For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on > ubuntu just another os :-(. Hello, Daniel. Thanks! - Just tried it under 6.06.1 LTS + it is brilliant! Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-11 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Mac, On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +, Mac wrote: > feels more > like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of > the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with > guestimates is very impressive). > Depends who you ask. Last week at UDS I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On 11/11/2007, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:29:38 + > "Kris Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic > > 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget > > all that f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme

2007-11-11 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:08 +, Rob Beard wrote: >> What would make my evening complete though is finding a Linux version of >> Workbench Lemmings (which was a small app for the Amiga which made >> Lemmings walk down windows on the Amiga Workbench Desktop). >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)

2007-11-11 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: >>> Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing >>> as you said, "word processing and email" Ubuntu really sticks out as a >>> green light, mainly because of how suitable it is for that, not all pc's >>> are for the power user *cough Slackware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gmail

2007-11-11 Thread Mac
Neil Greenwood wrote: > Hi Kris, > > On 09/11/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Additionally, there is NO threat to your privacy, its just basic code. > > I'm not sure I'd go quite *that* far. There is some threat to your > privacy, it depends whether or not you believe Google when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-11 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Mac, > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:04 +, Mac wrote: >> Twenty five. What proportion of the whole membership is that, Al? >> About 20% (guessing)? >> > > We have about 450 members right now. > > 5% response rate. > > Cheers, > Al. > Al >>> Thanks for the info.