Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread norman
> I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a reasonable article in the > July edition of LINUX Format covering a little about I think the sort of > problems you are experiencing. Editing the xorg.conf gets the erasure, > buttons and circular pad working. Also within GIMP > these features mus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....

2009-06-15 Thread John
o find out what happened in the update to cause the problem. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Mike, for all the the help. He's a really good guy. Thanks everybody. John __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4157 (20090615) __ T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread John
there but it is all double dutch to me, I dont understand what it needs. Thanks for your help. John __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4157 (20090615) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread John
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
James Tait wrote: > Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > >> Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can >> ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone >> should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or location >> of your choice. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread daveg
I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a reasonable article in the July edition of LINUX Format covering a little about I think the sort of problems you are experiencing. Editing the xorg.conf gets the erasure, buttons and circular pad working. Also within GIMP these features must be mapped

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-15 Thread James Tait
Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > Mac: slight problem: some of us use windows too. And yes, yes, you can > ext working under Windows, but it's not exactly rock solid. Someone > should get XMarks, and then make it so you can use a server or location > of your choice. > Like this: http://blog.xmark

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Usage of Conduit

2009-06-15 Thread Lee Cowdrey
Better way...try Dropbox that way not just supported document types but any file types; use same account both machines...UbuntuOne will eventually do this too but still too rough around the edges Have fun. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Gordon wrote: > I need to synchronise documents betw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] have to start gnome-panel manualy after upgrade to jaunty

2009-06-15 Thread thirstyh2o
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:00:42 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: >>> Tried to run [gnome-panel &] but it still dies when I close the >>> terminal. Sorry, my bad. The above is definitely less then clear. Here is what I meant to say. I wanted to run the gnome-terminal process at the background, then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread norman
> > My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu > > 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. > > Norman >>> I'm very pleased to hear that it was so straightforward. (I > think if I'd known when I bought the Intuos4 what I know now, I'd have > gone for t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread norman
> I bought mine from PC world for £50 last year, seems to be the same > price on amazon now. Amazon appear to be the cheapest at about £54 all in. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread norman
> > My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu > > 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. > > > That's great, out of interest, how much was it? > I am not a great eBay user but I had a look at used items and paid a total of £43 and, from its appearance

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 50, Issue 44

2009-06-15 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/15 Rowan : > Alan Pope wrote: > >  >Can you get to the BIOS settings? Will it boot off of a live Linux CD > such as an Ubuntu desktop CD? Cheers, Al. > > Thanks to all for the hints. I have taken the battery out and will leave > it for a while to cool off some more. I don't smell any burnin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 15/06/09 18:51, Sean Miller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Harry Rickards > wrote: >> Alternatively, if you really want Safari you could run a copy of Windows >> in VirtualBox, which will let you run any Windows apps you want. > > This is true, but it's a bit "over the top" just to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Harry Rickards wrote: > Alternatively, if you really want Safari you could run a copy of Windows > in VirtualBox, which will let you run any Windows apps you want. This is true, but it's a bit "over the top" just to run a browser ;-) Are Apple committed to Safari?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread Matt Jones
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > norman wrote: >> My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu >> 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. >> >> Norman >> >> > That's great, out of interest, how much was it? > > Rob > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/15/09 17:29, Rob Beard wrote: > John wrote: >> I really liked using Safari on Windows, and just wondered can it be >> installed onto Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you. >> >> John >> > I believe there isn't a native version of Safari for Linux (not sure

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread mac
norman wrote: > My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu > 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. Norman >>> I'm very pleased to hear that it was so straightforward. (I think if I'd known when I bought the Intuos4 what I know now, I'd have gone for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread Sean Miller
You don't say why you liked Safari, John... if it was the way it rendered be aware that Google Chrome uses the same rendering engine and Konquerer is effectively a sibling (ie. Safari was effectively a branch of a previous version of Konquerer so they're not identical but very similar). Sean --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: > My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu > 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. > > Norman > > That's great, out of interest, how much was it? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
John wrote: > I really liked using Safari on Windows, and just wondered can it be > installed onto Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John > I believe there isn't a native version of Safari for Linux (not sure if Apple ever will release one) however you may be able to get it running with either Cross

[ubuntu-uk] Usage of Conduit

2009-06-15 Thread Gordon
I need to synchronise documents between my Laptop and my Netbook (both running 9.04) I have installed Conduit on both, bit when I set up a group (Documents to Network on Laptop and Network to Documents on Netbook) nothing happens on Synchronise. There seems to be no way of setting the Network desti

[ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-15 Thread norman
My tablet arrived today and it worked straight out of the box in Ubuntu 9.04. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-15 Thread John
I really liked using Safari on Windows, and just wondered can it be installed onto Ubuntu? Thank you. John __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4156 (20090615) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] brief flashing cursor prompt then blank screen

2009-06-15 Thread Rowan
Sorry -- when I said this: "Now, assuming I get that brief flashing cursor again next time I try it, then, to either get into the BIOS settings or boot from disk, I need to enter F-something, as the case may be, and I don't know what: F2, F7, whatever, so please advise (I have the latest Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

2009-06-15 Thread William Anderson
Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. > > When I type sudo crontab -l at the prompt, the following is displayed: > > #m h dom mon dow command > 40 12 * * 0-7 eprints reboot > > As I understand it, this should mean that at 40 minutes past 12 each

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

2009-06-15 Thread Alan Pope
2009/6/15 Alex Birchall : > I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. > Out of interest, why? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

2009-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. > > When I type sudo crontab -l at the prompt, the following is displayed: > > #m h dom mon dow command > 40 12 * * 0-7 eprints reboot > > As I understand it, this should mean that at 40 minutes past 12 each day

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 50, Issue 44

2009-06-15 Thread Rowan
Alan Pope wrote: >Can you get to the BIOS settings? Will it boot off of a live Linux CD such as an Ubuntu desktop CD? Cheers, Al. Thanks to all for the hints. I have taken the battery out and will leave it for a while to cool off some more. I don't smell any burning, as someone suggested! I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

2009-06-15 Thread Samuel Toogood
Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. > > When I type sudo crontab -l at the prompt, the following is displayed: > > #m h dom mon dow command > 40 12 * * 0-7 eprints reboot > > As I understand it, this should mean that at 40 minutes past 12 each

[ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

2009-06-15 Thread Alex Birchall
Hi, I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. When I type sudo crontab -l at the prompt, the following is displayed: #m h dom mon dowcommand 40 12 * * 0-7 eprints reboot As I understand it, this should mean that at 40 minutes past 12 each day the user eprints will issue the com

[ubuntu-uk] Free Software for Kids Facebook group

2009-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, Not sure if any of you are aware but tomorrow is the 7th Anniversary of TuxPaint. Anyway for a while I've been mulling over creating a Facebook group to promote free software for kids (not just on Linux, but also on Windows and Mac). I figured lots of people use Facebook and I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-15 Thread Graham Smith
David, > But if you have a separate home partition which is quite large, that is > better, I think, especially as it leaves the root partition for system > files. based on what was said here I ended up with 20Gb for Root and 90Gb for \home out of my 120gb HD. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-15 Thread David King
I would recommend using a separate partition for home, just in case you overwrite your root partition by mistake as I did recently. I did not have a separate home partition, but I am putting in a new installation of 9.04 (using 8.04 now) with a separate home partition. I managed to recover most

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out

2009-06-15 Thread John
ged byrom wrote: > Are you trying to start it on battery or power lead ? > Disconnect and reconnect the battery a few times. Try it power lead only. > When it's turned off sniff the power socket. Can you smell burning ? If yes > then I think it's young James' department. > I had one that reported

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out

2009-06-15 Thread ged byrom
Are you trying to start it on battery or power lead ? Disconnect and reconnect the battery a few times. Try it power lead only. When it's turned off sniff the power socket. Can you smell burning ? If yes then I think it's young James' department. I had one that reported a damaged or discharged ba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] brief flashing cursor prompt then blank screen

2009-06-15 Thread Alan Pope
2009/6/15 Rowan : > Hi. I sent a message yesterday saying my (4-month-old) Linux Certified > laptop had died. However, I tried it again this morning and saw a brief > flashing cursor prompt (like the one you get briefly during Ubuntu > closedown), followed by a blank screen. This happened three tim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] brief flashing cursor prompt then blank screen

2009-06-15 Thread James Milligan
Can't help with the prompt itself, but as it seems to be able to 'run from cold' it looks as though you did indeed have a cooling issue. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 15 Jun 2009, at 07:38, Rowan wrote: > Hi. I sent