Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live Approaches

2008-07-08 Thread Philip Newborough
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:01 AM, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Lug Radio Live is coming up v. soon, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of > this month to be precise. > > So if you're attending, sign up on the wiki, and if you can help out at > the stall, sign up for that as well.

[ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live Approaches

2008-07-08 Thread John Levin
Hey all, Lug Radio Live is coming up v. soon, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of this month to be precise. So if you're attending, sign up on the wiki, and if you can help out at the stall, sign up for that as well. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LugRadioLive2008 Ideas for BOFs and suchlike also welco

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!

2008-07-08 Thread Andrew Oakley
Bruce Beardall wrote: > HMV do "Gumi" headphones for £7.99, although I haven't used them myself, I have - I like them, very comfortable and great for speech and classical music. You can get them cheaper at Sainsbury's. Very light on the bass though, so not so good for pop music or games. Instea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-08 Thread Lucy
On 08/07/2008, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cut and pasted the commands from your original email. I was able to > add the second user, but then the following occurred:- > > sudo cp -a /home/valerie-tmp/ /home/valerie > > cp: cannot create special file > `/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.goo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Even more OT than usual] recent Bank transactions

2008-07-08 Thread LeeGroups
Matthew, Most of the banks in the UK are currently working on "faster payments" projects. This is to speed up the processing of direct transfers/BACS/VOCA payments, so rather than taking 3 days, they happen pretty much instantly. I suspect it's the testing/implementation of this that's causing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-08 Thread Keith
Lucy wrote: Can you copy and paste the > exact commands you typed and the errors you received please? Hello Lucy, Again, thanks for the reply. I cut and pasted the commands from your original email. I was able to add the second user, but then the following occurred:- sudo cp -a /home/valerie-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Even more OT than usual] recent Bank transactions

2008-07-08 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 15:53 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if anyone else has experienced issues with Financial > transactions recently? > > I've made a few payments that have taken much longer than usual to > reach the destination or have had to be resen

[ubuntu-uk] [Even more OT than usual] recent Bank transactions

2008-07-08 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone else has experienced issues with Financial transactions recently? I've made a few payments that have taken much longer than usual to reach the destination or have had to be resent and I've had a few payments that the sender has sworn have been sent already r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-08 Thread Lucy
On 08/07/2008, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks again for all for the suggestions. > > I tried Lucy's first and was indeed able to re-create the original > user2. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to sudo cp -a the original > files back into user2's home. Furthermore the permission

[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-08 Thread Keith
Thanks again for all for the suggestions. I tried Lucy's first and was indeed able to re-create the original user2. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to sudo cp -a the original files back into user2's home. Furthermore the permissions (for me the bane of Linux) have been altered. Even tryi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!

2008-07-08 Thread Sean Miller
I bought a set of these http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5342945/c_1/1|category_root|Sound+and+vision|9555142/c_2/2|cat_9555142|Headphones+and+earphones|9555255.htm Long cable too, which is a great if watching TV or whatever... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce Beardall
Hi Javad HMV do "Gumi" headphones for £7.99, although I haven't used them myself, although I got some "Skullcandy" headphones for around £12 or £14, also from HMV, which I've been quite happy with. Hope that helps Bruce On 7/8/08, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My better hal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!

2008-07-08 Thread keith
Hi Javad, Whilst they are not quite in your price range, Aldi at present have a pair of noise cancelling 'phones at 19.99UKP. I bought a pair for the same reason and they work effectively at keeping extraneous noise out and other people in the same room can't hear them (subject to the volume y

[ubuntu-uk] recommend some cheapish headphones for me! NON ubuntu related topic!!!

2008-07-08 Thread Javad Ayaz
Hi, My better half keeps getting annoyed with the noise (my music/media) coming from my speaker system. So i might as well get some cheapish earphones for when we are in the room at the same time! So apologies for the non ubuntuness of this topic in advance! Can anyone suggest any good earphone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
2008/7/7 Philip Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/7/7 Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So, in a terminal type: >> sudo mv /home/user2 /home/user2-tmp >> >> Then go to "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add user2. >> >> Then do: >> sudo cp -a /home/user2-tmp/ /home/user2 To answer Lucy's qu