Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread piskie
>From memory only and a quick look I believe I added similar to this into xorg in the device section Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" I never needed to use nvtv - not sure what card you're using but I have and had tvout on an old Geforce4 I never tried nvtv so can't help

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Yishay Mor
slightly to the left of this topic, anyone managed to use the 3 skypphone as a modem under Ubuntu? ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread David King
I installed nvtv only to be told that no supported video card was found. David King Rob Beard wrote: > David King wrote: > >> I managed to get the output back on the monitor, cloned onto the TV, but >> still only black and white on the TV. >> >> > > Have you tried nvtv? > > I did give

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread Rob Beard
David King wrote: > I managed to get the output back on the monitor, cloned onto the TV, but > still only black and white on the TV. > Have you tried nvtv? I did give it a quick try on my PC but my video card hasn't got TV out (I use DVI to connect the PC to the TV). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire

2008-11-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:43, keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to everybody who replied offering advice on installing Ubuntu on the > Acer. > > I'll have a go over the weekend and if I encounter ant insurmountable (for > me) problems you'll probably hear about them here! > > Cheers, > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread David King
I managed to get the output back on the monitor, cloned onto the TV, but still only black and white on the TV. David King wrote: > I tried gksu nvidia-settings and set it up with the TV as a clone of the > monitor, logged out and then logged back in again, but now I only have > the display on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread Rob Beard
David King wrote: > From the same PC, which already had Ubuntu 7.10 installed, when I boot > into that old Ubuntu installation, I cannot find any option for the > Nvidia control panel like I can in Mythbuntu. I want to test TV out in > Ubuntu to find out if that will give a colour or black and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread David King
I tried gksu nvidia-settings and set it up with the TV as a clone of the monitor, logged out and then logged back in again, but now I only have the display on the TV and not on the monitor, and in black and white only. David piskie wrote: > Usually it's in System Admin - you should be able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread David King
How do I add the PAL/I option to xorg? David piskie wrote: > Usually it's in System Admin - you should be able to run it from > terminal - gksu nvidia-settings > > I did use to need to add the PAL or PAL/I option to xorg. > > Kev > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread piskie
Usually it's in System Admin - you should be able to run it from terminal - gksu nvidia-settings I did use to need to add the PAL or PAL/I option to xorg. Kev David King wrote: > From the same PC, which already had Ubuntu 7.10 installed, when I boot > into that old Ubuntu installation, I canno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread David King
From the same PC, which already had Ubuntu 7.10 installed, when I boot into that old Ubuntu installation, I cannot find any option for the Nvidia control panel like I can in Mythbuntu. I want to test TV out in Ubuntu to find out if that will give a colour or black and white output from the sam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan > to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. > > Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as > Vodafon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Matt Jones
I was talking about the USB ones. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Ken Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh asked about usb broadband modems. > I used one very successfully on 8.04 (eee version) on my 702 with no > problems. > I installed the latest network manager (0.7) on 8.04 and this has th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Ken Robson
Josh asked about usb broadband modems. I used one very successfully on 8.04 (eee version) on my 702 with no problems. I installed the latest network manager (0.7) on 8.04 and this has the built in broadband modem support so it was just a matter of selecting it and say connect. Usb stick was/is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Matt Jones
Generally they just work, I have seen people using the Vodafone ones with them. If it doesn't work Out of the box, Vodafone have produced a GPL'd tool to use them with. I had a 3 Huawei E220, which worked perfectly. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Call for a new leader

2008-11-06 Thread ged byrom
If the position has now changed from 'point of contact' to 'team leader' will you be putting you're name down for another go ? Ged -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Joshua Scotton
Hi all, I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as Vodafones's [1] set up on an Eee PC and if so how? Also, are there any important things I ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread linuxman
I cannot find any option for PAL or NTSC. There is also nothing listed in the xorg.conf mentioning NTSC or PAL. I also tried different cables, and different s-video to scart adapters. David >David King wrote: > >> Any ideas how to get the TV out image to be in colour? > >Sounds to me like it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire

2008-11-06 Thread keith
Thanks to everybody who replied offering advice on installing Ubuntu on the Acer. I'll have a go over the weekend and if I encounter ant insurmountable (for me) problems you'll probably hear about them here! Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. (Still using Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Call for a new leader

2008-11-06 Thread Paul Mellors
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > As I previously mentioned [0], I'll be stepping down from stewardship > of the good ship Ubuntu UK LoCo at the end of November. > > The first part of the process starts now, which is where we identify > those individuals who would like to be considered for the role. Once

[ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Call for a new leader

2008-11-06 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, As I previously mentioned [0], I'll be stepping down from stewardship of the good ship Ubuntu UK LoCo at the end of November. The first part of the process starts now, which is where we identify those individuals who would like to be considered for the role. Once this process is over, startin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread Dan Attwood
When i've had this probelm in the past it's been down to the cable. I've swaped the cable or the scart adapater or similar and it's come up in a colour Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question about Ubuntu installed Dell Laptops....

2008-11-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
2008/11/5 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I > havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about it. > > I am a from the UK, and because of my laptop not being up to Ubuntu > specs, I have been looking into buying a lap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

2008-11-06 Thread Rob Beard
David King wrote: > Any ideas how to get the TV out image to be in colour? Sounds to me like it's set to NTSC rather than PAL. You'll need to either set it to PAL or PAL/I. I'm sure there should be something on the NVidia control panel. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire

2008-11-06 Thread Dale Clarke
Keith Its not daunting at all follow the eeepc version of Ubuntu as I did and you will have a working version with all your stuff working. The route you should follow is on the Acer Aspire forum. Only problem I had was FF3 freezing but once again follow the instructions on the forum to remedy that