Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread John
Hi, sorry to take so long to answer, been a bit busy. Its not the first time I have installed Ubuntu. I have installed 8.04 on a Windows XP machine, for dual boot. It isnt a recognised company hardware, its made by a company called Hi-Grade. As far as doing a Ctrl+Alt+1 I cant do that because

Re: [ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

2008-11-03 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: > After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in > his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04 > (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big > brother is inundated with questions most of which, fortunately, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

2008-11-03 Thread alan c
Colin McCarthy wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in >> his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04 >> (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video playback

2008-11-03 Thread Farran
On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 22:39 +, Jason Liquorish wrote: > Farran Lee wrote: > > hi all > > just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help > > please :) > > thanks > > > > === > > Farran Lee > > I'm only 16 :P > > > Hi Farran, > > Installing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

2008-11-03 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in > his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04 > (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big > brother is i

[ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

2008-11-03 Thread norman
After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04 (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big brother is inundated with questions most of which, fortunately, I can answer. However,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Dean Sas
Chris Coulson wrote: > To enable Apport, edit /etc/default/apport and change "enabled=0" to > "enabled=1". Apport should then generate a crash report next time the > application crashes, which you will find in /var/crash. I think you need to also start apport by running "sudo /etc/init.d/apport st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slightly OT: GeForce 4 MX support fixed?

2008-11-03 Thread Dean Sas
Dianne Reuby wrote: > Launchpad has more info: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107 Beta drivers are now available from the repos. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for how to enable them, please report back your testing to the above

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/11/3 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/11/3 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, thank you for your message. I have posted about 3 or 4 things to > > Launchpad, and none of them have been answered, I keep getting messages > > saying that they have been closed due to inactivity, so you will ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Alan Pope
2008/11/3 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, thank you for your message. I have posted about 3 or 4 things to > Launchpad, and none of them have been answered, I keep getting messages > saying that they have been closed due to inactivity, so you will have to > excuse my reluctance to post there. Its a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
Hello John, They should only have been closed, if a triager asked you a question which you didn't reply to. Can you link me to the reports in question? Johnathon John wrote: > Hi, thank you for your message. I have posted about 3 or 4 things to > Launchpad, > and none of them have been answere

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slightly OT: GeForce 4 MX support fixed?

2008-11-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
Launchpad has more info: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107 Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread John
Hi, thank you for your message. I have posted about 3 or 4 things to Launchpad, and none of them have been answered, I keep getting messages saying that they have been closed due to inactivity, so you will have to excuse my reluctance to post there. Its an upgrade. How can I go back to 8.04, is