[ubuntu-uk] aptitude/dpkg and a post-install script failing

2008-01-02 Thread Gavin Ford
Hello, I'm getting a strange error message from aptitude when I install anything or run safe-upgrade. It's caused by what it tells me is a the failing post- installation script for ssmtp. Now I have ssmtp installed and working fine on two machines, but both throw this error out: > The followi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Tom Bamford
Tony Arnold wrote: Kirrus, Kirrus wrote: Just seen this on the BBC news site... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm Anyone got any questions? How about asking him if he plans to invest any of his money in some key open source projects? Regards, Tony. That's a valid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread gord
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 22:04 +, Kirrus wrote: > Just seen this on the BBC news site... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm > > Anyone got any questions? > > Kirrus > > -- > Blog: http://www.kirrus.co.uk > UK Plone Hosting: http://www.plone-hosting.co.uk > > RPGs: > Capta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Tony Arnold
Kirrus, Kirrus wrote: > Just seen this on the BBC news site... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm > > Anyone got any questions? How about asking him if he plans to invest any of his money in some key open source projects? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Rowson
On Jan 2, 2008 10:04 PM, Kirrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just seen this on the BBC news site... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm > > Anyone got any questions? > > Kirrus > Hi Bill, What's your favourite type of penguin? Chris xxx -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Rob Beard
Kirrus wrote: > Just seen this on the BBC news site... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm > > Anyone got any questions? > > Kirrus > Yeah, when are M$ going to admit Vista is a pile of stinking pants and join the Open Source crowd and embrace Linux? Somehow I don't think i

[ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

2008-01-02 Thread Kirrus
Just seen this on the BBC news site... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm Anyone got any questions? Kirrus -- Blog: http://www.kirrus.co.uk UK Plone Hosting: http://www.plone-hosting.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread norman
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 15:09 +, Michael Holloway wrote: > Norman. > > is suspect something the following would work, but i dont have a dual > boot machine around to have a look at the settings... > > > title Windows > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread norman
> norman wrote: > > ( snip ) > > > >> I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at > >> the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): > >> > >> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional > >> root (hd0,0) > >> savedefault > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Holloway
Norman. is suspect something the following would work, but i dont have a dual boot machine around to have a look at the settings... title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 If not, can you type "sudo fdisk -l" in your terminal and paste it in a reply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread Mac
norman wrote: > ( snip ) > >> I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at >> the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): >> >> titleMicrosoft Windows XP Professional >> root (hd0,0) >> savedefault >> makeactive >> chainloader

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread norman
( snip ) > I don't know if it helps at all, but my menu.lst is set up with this at > the end (automagically added, not manually by me, I might add): > > title Microsoft Windows XP Professional > root (hd0,0) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > I don't know if the e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread Josh Blacker
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 13:12 +, norman wrote: > Old nuisance is here again - Happy New Year - I had a sata hdd for > Christmas on to which I installed Win XP Pro having first disconnected > the Ubuntu hdd. Then, with both drives connected I confirmed that the > Ubuntu drive is hd0 and the Windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread norman
Sorry at the end it should have been chainloader +1 Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread norman
Old nuisance is here again - Happy New Year - I had a sata hdd for Christmas on to which I installed Win XP Pro having first disconnected the Ubuntu hdd. Then, with both drives connected I confirmed that the Ubuntu drive is hd0 and the Windows drive is hd1. At the end of menu.lst in Grub folder I a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] nTune

2008-01-02 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:42:57AM +, gord wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 20:40 +, Farran wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is any program similar to nTune (interacts > > with the BIOS through the OS) for Linux? > > > > === > > Farran Lee > > I'm only 15 :