Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hi John, Sorry about the slow reply, can you send us the contents of the about:plugins page in Firefox? (just type about:plugins into the address bar). For reference mine says something along the lines of Shockwave Flash File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-25 Thread mac
Matthew Wild wrote: > Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) "Who's Watching You?" on BBC > 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. > > At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we > are monitored. As he mentioned "email", it displayed briefly (for > abo

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Wild
Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) "Who's Watching You?" on BBC 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we are monitored. As he mentioned "email", it displayed briefly (for about a second) someone checking th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/25/09 17:02, John wrote: > >> Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I just took a snapshot of what is in my Software Sources, and the Local Rep isnt there. http://smg.photobucke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some advice - permissions

2009-05-25 Thread Lucy
2009/5/20 Neil Greenwood : > If you create more than one user in each installation, you have to > create them in the same order so that they get the same UIDs - if you > don't, this is the only time you should have to use the chown/chgrp > commands, although chown will change group too (just to con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 17:02, John wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >> >>> I just took a snapshot of what is in my Software Sources, and the Local >>> Rep isnt there. >>> >>> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v420/jmatt21/Misc/?action=view¤t=Sofsource01.pn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > > >> I just took a snapshot of what is in my Software Sources, and the Local >> Rep isnt there. >> >> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v420/jmatt21/Misc/?action=view¤t=Sofsource01.png >> >> Where did that go? >> >> John >> >> > > Hi John, > > I've just checked, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
> I just took a snapshot of what is in my Software Sources, and the Local > Rep isnt there. > > http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v420/jmatt21/Misc/?action=view¤t=Sofsource01.png > > Where did that go? > > John > Hi John, I've just checked, and it doesn't appear in mine, even though the Loc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
> I just took a snapshot of what is in my Software Sources, and the Local > Rep isnt there. > > http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v420/jmatt21/Misc/?action=view¤t=Sofsource01.png > > Where did that go? > > John > Hi John, I've just checked, and it doesn't appear in mine, even though the Loc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:22 +0100, John wrote: > > > >> The list has changed since updating the SynPkgMng. The other >> problem is, when refreshing the Syn.Pack.Mgr, I get this warning message, >> == >> W: Dupli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:22 +0100, John wrote: > > > >> The list has changed since updating the SynPkgMng. The other >> problem is, when refreshing the Syn.Pack.Mgr, I get this warning message, >> == >> W: Dupli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:22 +0100, John wrote: > The list has changed since updating the SynPkgMng. The other > problem is, when refreshing the Syn.Pack.Mgr, I get this warning message, > == > W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archiv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 15:22, John wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 14:45 +0100, John wrote: >> >> >>> Yay, ok that worked, and I have a picture of what it looks like in the >>> Synaptic package manager. I also use the Medibuntu Repos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 14:45 +0100, John wrote: > > >> Yay, ok that worked, and I have a picture of what it looks like in the >> Synaptic package manager. I also use the Medibuntu Repositories for >> being able to watch vids and things, and this is where things change

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 14:45 +0100, John wrote: > Yay, ok that worked, and I have a picture of what it looks like in the > Synaptic package manager. I also use the Medibuntu Repositories for > being able to watch vids and things, and this is where things change > when I upload them. The Local Ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 14:21 +0100, John wrote: > >> Ok, did what you said, and copied and pasted this list, when I try to do >> an update though, this is what happens. >> >> jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update >> E: Type ‘(20090420.1)]/’ is not known on line 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi John, > > That should have been all on one line, > sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list > > Based on that, I'd copy paste from the text file, not the email :) > > -Matt Daubney > > Just a thought, this is on my VM copy of Ubuntu, could I copy the list from the Wubi insta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 14:21 +0100, John wrote: > Ok, did what you said, and copied and pasted this list, when I try to do > an update though, this is what happens. > > jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update > E: Type ‘(20090420.1)]/’ is not known on line 3 in source list > /etc/apt/source

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi John, > > Following from those two emails, I think this can be fixed by doing the > following: > > 1. In a terminal run "sudo > cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup " just in case we > need it > 2. Open your sources.list in your favourite editor (sudo >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hi John, That should have been all on one line, sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Based on that, I'd copy paste from the text file, not the email :) -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi John, > > Following from those two emails, I think this can be fixed by doing the > following: > > 1. In a terminal run "sudo > cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup " just in case we > need it > 2. Open your sources.list in your favourite editor (sudo >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hi John, Following from those two emails, I think this can be fixed by doing the following: 1. In a terminal run "sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup " just in case we need it 2. Open your sources.list in your favourite editor (sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list) and select E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi John, > > Just to check something, can you copy your sources.list file into an > email and the output from ls -lf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > This will enable us to check your sources fully. > > Thanks, > > -Matt Daubney > Hi Matthews, I tried this command instead c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/25/09 13:19, Matthew Daubney wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> Just to check something, can you copy your sources.list file into an >> email and the output from ls -lf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ >> >> This will enable us to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 13:19, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi John, > > Just to check something, can you copy your sources.list file into an > email and the output from ls -lf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > This will enable us to check your sources fully. > > Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 13:09, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: >> >>> Harry Rickards wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hi John, Just to check something, can you copy your sources.list file into an email and the output from ls -lf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ This will enable us to check your sources fully. Thanks, -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: > >> Harry Rickards wrote: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote: >>> >>> Harry Rickards wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread John
Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: > >> Harry Rickards wrote: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote: >>> >>> Harry Rickards wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

2009-05-25 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote: >> >>> Harry Rickards wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 O