[ubuntu-uk] system hangs during debootstrap

2008-05-13 Thread Viswanath Thangamuthu
All I've installed ubuntu-xen-desktop on my PC.Whenever I execute xen-create-image, the entire system hangs. Kindly, help me to get rid of this. Thanks in advance, Viswa -- ___ Visitor Medical Insurance for visitors to USA from http://www.buyame

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: OpenTech 2008 - registration open]

2008-05-13 Thread John Levin
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Sean Miller
HP laptop - 15" widescreen, 2GB RAM, 120GB hard drive... £379.99 at Tesco. For your £1,000 you can buy a couple of them and still have a couple of hundred quid spare to spend on other things. Every little helps, as Tesco like to say. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (spam) OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 23:21 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cheers > > Al. > > > > Al, should we trust the key attached to this e-mail though? How are we > to know you really sent this? ;) > GPG isn't affected :þ Cheers, A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Andrew Oakley
Jai Harrison wrote: > I would like to be able to run Ubuntu with desktop effects and plenty > of spare resources for things such as gaming through Wine (nothing too > heavy - Age of Mythology, would like to give Age of Empires 3 a try), > running virtual machines on, etc. The laptop should be decen

[ubuntu-uk] (spam) OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheers > Al. > Al, should we trust the key attached to this e-mail though? How are we to know you really sent this? ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM, colum phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all Hey Colum, > in reply to Jai Harrison`s question > I have just bought a dell inspiration 1525 loaded with 7.10. It works > fine my wife is very happy using it,she was a Windows user and seems to > have settle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
Just to clarify, the reason I'm so paranoid about purchase of a new laptop is the hell that this Acer laptop has given me in terms of constant problems and having to continually send it off for repair. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:14 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jai - Hey Jim > Had a look about: > > I know the Dell XPS laptops have been pretty good with Ubuntu... the > 13.3" screens start at £599 and the 15.4 inch screens start at £539 I'm not sure about this particular ra

[ubuntu-uk] Laptop

2008-05-13 Thread colum phillips
Hi all in reply to Jai Harrison`s question I have just bought a dell inspiration 1525 loaded with 7.10. It works fine my wife is very happy using it,she was a Windows user and seems to have settled down to using it very well. I ordered it with some upgrades to the screen and hard drive and the four

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread James Hooker
Hi Jai - Had a look about: I know the Dell XPS laptops have been pretty good with Ubuntu... the 13.3" screens start at £599 and the 15.4 inch screens start at £539 I've heard good things about Ubuntu running on Fujitsu Lifebook series.. the build quality is very good and they are pretty nice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:18 +0100, Mac wrote: > I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and > hasn't seen the advisory... > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html > Here's a good "how to" guide for resolving this:- http://han

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Josh Blacker
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 21:02 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote, among other things: > The laptop should be decent with > said things for the next 3 years (my bachelor's degree course length). > > Jai > I would recommend Dell, as many others have done. I bought an Inspiron 6000 at the beginning of my las

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Rob Beard
Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey All, > > The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. > > > I would like to set the budget at one thousand pounds (£1,000) as I'm > a student and so that's already pushing it for the price. I need all > of the money I can get to put towards university. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey, On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > What are you going to be using it for? If you only have basic needs > then a £500 one would be fine. Are you looking for something small and > portable or a full desktop replacement. The xps m1330 is good, and I > think uses

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread matt
Quoting Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey All, > > The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. > > My current one is an Acer TravelMate 4150. It's the most awful laptop > ever. I have currently sent it in for repair twice and now something > else has gone wrong with it so it l

[ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey All, The time is approaching, the time when I buy a new laptop. My current one is an Acer TravelMate 4150. It's the most awful laptop ever. I have currently sent it in for repair twice and now something else has gone wrong with it so it looks like I'm going to have to send it in again. Acer's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 19:50 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > Run "ssh-vulnkey" in the terminal to check your keys. Just run > "ssh-keygen" if your keys are compromised (I think it will overwrite > your existing ones). Yes, it will, but it will only overwrite the first one, and then do that several tim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 19:38 +0100, alan c wrote: > as a normal desktop user who does not log into other machines - am I > correct in thinking it does not affect me? > In a terminal > dpkg -l openssh-server > indicates it is not installed Hi Alan, That indicates that you don't have a vulnerable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmm, > > I use SSH to administrate a machine locally. I figure I should spare > no steps for the machine's security. > > However I haven't the faintest how I'm meant to generate a new key now > once the update has been a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
I guess Sourceforge keys have to be regenerated now too? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread Mac
alan c wrote: > as a normal desktop user who does not log into other machines - am I > correct in thinking it does not affect me? > In a terminal > dpkg -l openssh-server > indicates it is not installed Yep, no need to do anything. :-) Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mac wrote: > > I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and > > hasn't seen the advisory... > > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html > > > > as a norm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Jai Harrison
Mmm, I use SSH to administrate a machine locally. I figure I should spare no steps for the machine's security. However I haven't the faintest how I'm meant to generate a new key now once the update has been applied. Anyone able to help? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread alan c
Mac wrote: > I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and > hasn't seen the advisory... > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html as a normal desktop user who does not log into other machines - am I correct in thinking it does

[ubuntu-uk] Dealing with the OpenSSL vulnerability (was: Re: [Fwd: [USN-612-2] OpenSSH vulnerability])

2008-05-13 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:14 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > I thought it wise to forward this to the group. There will likely be > further discussion about this issue as the week progresses. In a > nutshell there's a flaw in OpenSSL in Debian, which we also have in > Ubuntu. Read the attached email for m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [USN-612-2] OpenSSH vulnerability]

2008-05-13 Thread andylockran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mac wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> I thought it wise to forward this to the group. There will likely be >> further discussion about this issue as the week progresses. In a >> nutshell there's a flaw in OpenSSL in Debian, which we also have in >> Ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [USN-612-2] OpenSSH vulnerability]

2008-05-13 Thread Mac
Alan Pope wrote: > I thought it wise to forward this to the group. There will likely be > further discussion about this issue as the week progresses. In a > nutshell there's a flaw in OpenSSL in Debian, which we also have in > Ubuntu. Read the attached email for more information. Al >>> Hadn't se

[ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Mac
I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and hasn't seen the advisory... https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UK

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [USN-612-2] OpenSSH vulnerability]

2008-05-13 Thread Alan Pope
I thought it wise to forward this to the group. There will likely be further discussion about this issue as the week progresses. In a nutshell there's a flaw in OpenSSL in Debian, which we also have in Ubuntu. Read the attached email for more information. Cheers, Al. --- Begin Message ---

Re: [ubuntu-uk] a new laptop

2008-05-13 Thread AdamC
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:10 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Quoting Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM, London School of Puppetry > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: