[ubuntu-uk] [ANN] DFEY-NW :: June 13th @ BBC Manchester

2009-06-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested. === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, currently based i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Farran Lee
On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 22:30 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > > 2009/6/7 Farran Lee : > > > >> well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of > >> you saw the subject and groaned... > >> I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Tony Pursell
Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/6/7 Farran Lee : > >> well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of >> you saw the subject and groaned... >> I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer >> reliably work. Some people have said just do this this and this a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Farran Lee
On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 21:49 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/6/7 Farran Lee : > > well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of > > you saw the subject and groaned... > > I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer > > reliably work. Some people have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/6/7 Farran Lee : > well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of > you saw the subject and groaned... > I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer > reliably work. Some people have said just do this this and this and it > works, others have no l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-06-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/7 mike daniels : > whsmith.co.uk, site shows as WH Smith, if Google doesnt find it, try > Dogpile. The book is still being offered at the same price, including > postage, hope you find it ok. > Regards, Michael > Just noticed you need to go to http://www.whsmith.co.uk, the address Mike quot

[ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Farran Lee
well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of you saw the subject and groaned... I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer reliably work. Some people have said just do this this and this and it works, others have no luck at all and some people's pri

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server

2009-06-07 Thread Duncan Collins
Daniel, Have you looked at Zenity? I used this in a script to enable users to enter their Active directory passwords to log onto a Windows domain. Regards Duncan > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:29:19 +0100 > From: Daniel Lamb > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server > To: British

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-06-07 Thread mike daniels
whsmith.co.uk, site shows as WH Smith, if Google doesnt find it, try Dogpile. The book is still being offered at the same price, including postage, hope you find it ok. Regards, Michael --- On Sun, 7/6/09, jakewc2 wrote: From: jakewc2 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Tho

[ubuntu-uk] I have discovered e-books this week.......

2009-06-07 Thread jakewc2
Yes, I know, I am a bit slow, but because I thought you had to have one of those expensive e-book readers, I havent bothered with them. Then I discovered in Add/Remove that there is a reader in there, and not only that, I discovered that it can be downloaded to my E71 phone and I can read the books

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-06-07 Thread jakewc2
Sorry everybody, it seems I have missed some replies to this thread. I only just noticed them now, as I have been looking to find this book, and refound the thread again. I have bookmarked all the urls that have been posted, and I really appreciate the help there. I wanted to ask though, I have be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

2009-06-07 Thread William Anderson
John Levin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. > > First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to > more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to > customer services today) Don't have cable, s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread norman
> Thanks for your interest and help, Norman. I think I'm sort of > stumbling along in roughly the right direction. What a complicated business it is trying to get something to work. Here is a bit more confusion for you:- http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7093065&postcount=104 Norman -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread mac
mac wrote: > norman wrote: >> http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/Wacom_Intuos_4 > This is indeed helpful. I'll have a go at compiling the new driver > later and let you know how I get on. OK. I've installed the linuxwacom-0.8.3-4 driver. There's a bit more to it than the German description

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread norman
> > As an aside, what do you think of the intuos? I am severely tempted by > > the A4 one as an upgrade from my bamboo, which has more than paid for > > itself. > > Well, it *looks* very pretty. But so far it's a decorative, and > extremely expensive, mouse! If I can get it to behave like a gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread mac
Matt Jones wrote: > As an aside, what do you think of the intuos? I am severely tempted by > the A4 one as an upgrade from my bamboo, which has more than paid for > itself. Well, it *looks* very pretty. But so far it's a decorative, and extremely expensive, mouse! If I can get it to behave like

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread Matt Jones
As an aside, what do you think of the intuos? I am severely tempted by the A4 one as an upgrade from my bamboo, which has more than paid for itself. Matt -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread mac
norman wrote: > It is well worth following up the discussions on meetthegimp you find > out all sorts of things. For example. Rolf has just posted the following > reference because of my pressing the issue there on your behalf:- > > http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/Wacom_Intuos_4 > > It's i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread norman
It is well worth following up the discussions on meetthegimp you find out all sorts of things. For example. Rolf has just posted the following reference because of my pressing the issue there on your behalf:- http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/Wacom_Intuos_4 It's in German but seems to solve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread norman
> > There is the proviso that the two Wacom packages are installed. Still, I > > expect you have done that. > > Do you mean xserver-xorg-input-wacom and wacom-tools (from the Jaunty > repos)? Done that. But if you mean something else, could you clarify, > please? That is what I meant. Norm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread mac
norman wrote: > There is the proviso that the two Wacom packages are installed. Still, I > expect you have done that. Do you mean xserver-xorg-input-wacom and wacom-tools (from the Jaunty repos)? Done that. But if you mean something else, could you clarify, please? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

2009-06-07 Thread norman
> > I just found this have you seen it? > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom > > Yes. That's the one that says "Most Wacom tablets should work out of the > box in Jaunty, including full hotplugging support, without the need for > additional configuration". Loïc Martin and the other