On Wednesday 27 May 2009 21:53:16 Tony Travis wrote:
> norman wrote:
> >>> [...]
> >
> > I suppose it would help if I understood what it was all about. Forgive
> > me but I am not very bright about these things. However, let's assume
> > that something has changed but the software I am using doesn'
norman wrote:
>>> [...]
> I suppose it would help if I understood what it was all about. Forgive
> me but I am not very bright about these things. However, let's assume
> that something has changed but the software I am using doesn't know that
> and, therefore, is still looking for the old /dev/dvd
> >
> > On the face of it you must be correct. I have been reading to find a
> > solution and opened a terminal and tried ls -l /dev/dvd. There was no
> > response so I tried with /dev/dvd1 with the following result:-
> >
> > nor...@gruber:~$ ls -l /dev/dvd1
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2009-05-
Sean Miller wrote:
> when I try to play most of my saved music it says "sorry mate, you
> don't have those there plugins what we need to do this - do you want
> me to install them?" so I say "yeah" but then it says "sorry, mate,
> didn't work out."
>
> So what's the most reliable way from a "virgi
norman wrote:
what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
>>> It plays, no problem.
>> Surely then the device must exist?
>
> On the face of it you must be correct. I have been reading to find a
> solution and opened a terminal and tried ls -l /dev/dvd. There was no
> response so I tried with /dev
From my limited knowledge as well, the lwrx business is the
permissions for that drive. I think that that string means you have
full permissions.
Sorry if I'm wrong lol
James
On 27 May 2009, at 20:04, norman wrote:
>
what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
>>>
>>> It plays, no problem
> >> what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
> >
> > It plays, no problem.
>
> Surely then the device must exist?
On the face of it you must be correct. I have been reading to find a
solution and opened a terminal and tried ls -l /dev/dvd. There was no
response so I tried with /dev/dvd1 with the
Sean Miller wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM, norman wrote:
>
>>> what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
>>>
>> It plays, no problem.
>>
>
> Surely then the device must exist?
>
> Sean
>
Does normal DVD burning work (for instance in K3B or Brasero) work okay?
I take it y
Sean Miller wrote:
> when I try to play most of my saved music it says "sorry mate, you
> don't have those there plugins what we need to do this - do you want
> me to install them?" so I say "yeah" but then it says "sorry, mate,
> didn't work out."
>
> So what's the most reliable way from a "virgin
when I try to play most of my saved music it says "sorry mate, you
don't have those there plugins what we need to do this - do you want
me to install them?" so I say "yeah" but then it says "sorry, mate,
didn't work out."
So what's the most reliable way from a "virgin install" of Ubuntu to
get the
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM, norman wrote:
>> what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
>
> It plays, no problem.
Surely then the device must exist?
Sean
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> could it be duff media?
I don't think so.
>
> what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
It plays, no problem.
>
Norman
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Yes, you're right James... that's why I haven't criticised the staff
in my post above. If we want them to be consultants then companies
like John Lewis have to train them to be open minded, but I don't
think the folks who form corporate strategy can see the difference
between selling a dishwasher
Haha - ain't it great when people don't quite know what they're talking about
(like me sometimes!). At least when a customer asks me something, I'm stupid
enough to say I don't know, then look it up on Google :S better safe than sorry
though...
A quick small story as well - a few weeks back som
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On 05/27/09 16:48, Sean Miller wrote:
> Yes, I'd be interested to hear the reply.
>
> I have very little time for salespeople at these places... they only
> know what they're taught, they're not expected by their employers to
> be experts simply to se
Yes, I'd be interested to hear the reply.
I have very little time for salespeople at these places... they only
know what they're taught, they're not expected by their employers to
be experts simply to sell whatever is on offer on the shelves... I
remember once going to PCWorld to try to buy a CD-R
could it be duff media?
what happens if you try to PLAY a DVD?
Sean
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On 05/27/09 14:49, alan c wrote:
> Below is an copy (with permission and with identity removed) of a
> letter of complaint from a pensioner friend to the department store
> where she had attempted to buy a webcam. For Ubuntu. The high handed
> way the
James Milligan wrote:
> Oh and just anoter quick poll, presumably we should use an LTS
> release? I remember a discussion a while ago regarding something like
> this and you all saying LTS.
>
> James
>
No reason why you couldn't offer both. I dare say most customers would
be fine with 9.04
Alan Bell wrote:
> At this point in the cycle the 8.04 LTS has only a little more
> support time than the non LTS 9.04 so I would go Jaunty and be nice
> and new. Particularly for a desktop to get the notifications and
> UbuntuOne working
Hello, Alan.
I'm supporting a lot of Ubuntu systems runnin
Ok thank for that.
Also just to answer Alan's email which has just come through, thanks
as well.
James
On 27 May 2009, at 16:00, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> 2009/5/27 James Milligan :
>> Ah thanks for that.
>>
>> Just seeing the quote you used from my last email - wanted to clarify
>> it a bit. T
At this point in the cycle the 8.04 LTS has only a little more support time
than the non LTS 9.04 so I would go Jaunty and be nice and new. Particularly
for a desktop to get the notifications and UbuntuOne working
Alan
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Oh and just anoter quick poll, presumably we should use an LTS
release? I remember a discussion a while ago regarding something like
this and you all saying LTS.
James
On 27 May 2009, at 13:59, Cornelius Mostert wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:44:31 +0100
>> From: James Milligan
>> Sub
2009/5/27 James Milligan :
> Ah thanks for that.
>
> Just seeing the quote you used from my last email - wanted to clarify
> it a bit. The reason i'm wanting a live cd is so that I can put the
> codec stuff on or flash and the other media things, not drivers etc.
>
> As a quick sort of poll, is Ubu
Thanks for that :-) I actually had that site open on my iPhone ready
to look at once I had a bit of time.
I haven't actually got ubuntu installed anywhere at the moment because
in the summer I'm building a new computer from scratch which is going
to have Ubuntu on a dualboot with xp then win
Below is an copy (with permission and with identity removed) of a
letter of complaint from a pensioner friend to the department store
where she had attempted to buy a webcam. For Ubuntu. The high handed
way the staff member acted has prompted a formal response from my
friend, who, (until now) has b
> > I have just tried to make a DVD recording for the first time in about a
> > year and have hit a snag and I wonder if someone could give me a hint or
> > two, please. The recording process gives up near the end with an error
> > message saying it cannot find /dev/dvd and, on checking, there is
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:44:31 +0100
> From: James Milligan
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu
> To: British Ubuntu Talk
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> Wow I must say that's a comprehensive plan of action t
Ah thanks for that.
Just seeing the quote you used from my last email - wanted to clarify
it a bit. The reason i'm wanting a live cd is so that I can put the
codec stuff on or flash and the other media things, not drivers etc.
As a quick sort of poll, is Ubuntu Desktop the best for this type
ive never been able to use my cheap £shop rw dvd's. I think someone here
suggested just keep searching for a brand of DVDrw that works!
2009/5/27 Tony Travis
> Hello, Ubuntistas.
>
> I've been struggling for a while trying to work out what is wrong with
> the DVD writer on my Asus A6K laptop und
Hello, Ubuntistas.
I've been struggling for a while trying to work out what is wrong with
the DVD writer on my Asus A6K laptop under Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Seems that
the answer is there is nothing wrong with the hardware, but the Gnome
DVD burning libraries can only write to virgin DVD media, or DVD
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:59, James Milligan wrote:
> Is it still possible to use a customized disk though? Because the
> desktops aren't always the same inside, and we change the hardware
> every so often.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization
Unless you have to install some re
norman wrote:
> I have just tried to make a DVD recording for the first time in about a
> year and have hit a snag and I wonder if someone could give me a hint or
> two, please. The recording process gives up near the end with an error
> message saying it cannot find /dev/dvd and, on checking, ther
That's actually a cracking idea. We did sometimes used to use cloning
devices but they were a bit touch and go.
Is it still possible to use a customized disk though? Because the
desktops aren't always the same inside, and we change the hardware
every so often.
Thanks once again.
James
On
I have just tried to make a DVD recording for the first time in about a
year and have hit a snag and I wonder if someone could give me a hint or
two, please. The recording process gives up near the end with an error
message saying it cannot find /dev/dvd and, on checking, there is no
such directory
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, James Milligan wrote:
> Would it be possible to customize a Linux install disk to already have
> these packages installed automatically? Similar to n/vlite on Windows.
If it was standard hardware surely you could simply do one install,
then copy an image of the d
Wow I must say that's a comprehensive plan of action there. I'm going
to print off that email itself and bring it in this Saturday.
I was thinking myself of the dualboot option, but I settled on the
idea of WINE being OK for most needs.
Would it be possible to customize a Linux install disk t
On Tuesday 26 May 2009, Kevin Frost wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 May 2009, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 18:01 +0200, Michael Holloway wrote:
> > > Most online banking sites don't allow "unknown" browsers for security
> > > reasons. I have just tried Natwest in Konqueror and it says "y
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