Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update Manager hanging -- how to terminate it?

2009-10-01 Thread Martin Meredith
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 07:33:34AM +0100, Alex Birchall wrote: > Hello, > > My Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 server alerted me to 20 updates this morning > and I responded by installing them, but now 60 minutes later Update > Manager is still hanging. How can I terminate it? I've tried > right-clicking

[ubuntu-uk] Update Manager hanging -- how to terminate it?

2009-10-01 Thread Alex Birchall
Hello, My Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 server alerted me to 20 updates this morning and I responded by installing them, but now 60 minutes later Update Manager is still hanging. How can I terminate it? I've tried right-clicking on the icon in the task bar and choosing Close, but this seems to have no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Paul Sutton wrote: >> >>> mac wrote: >>> >>> Rob Beard wrote: > ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming > Ubuntu installs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-10-01 Thread Daniel Drummond
David King wrote: > > > Daniel Drummond wrote: > >> Josh Holland wrote: >> >> >>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:43:58PM +0100, Steve wrote: >>> >>> >>> The one thing that confused me when I installed one is that the PCI card's drives become SDA and SDB and t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

2009-10-01 Thread David King
I found that not using UUID caused headaches, as the PC, when booting up, recognised the drives in a different order each time (using SATA drives, and for a while some IDE drives too). So I think that using UUID is essential for all internal drives. I have found it best for USB drives to not be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> mac wrote: >> >>> Rob Beard wrote: >>> ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then upgrade them

[ubuntu-uk] London Jam Cancelled, but all are welcome in Birmingham (Was: GlobalJam - London)

2009-10-01 Thread Martin Meredith
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:49:05AM +0100, James Thomas wrote: > Hi all, > > Unfortunately, when the City of London fired up the central heating for the > first time this year, a fault was found. > They have scheduled the works for this weekend. > > This basically puts the venue off limits. > > A

[ubuntu-uk] IDE to Sata

2009-10-01 Thread John Davis
IDE to SATA Card. Many thanks to the group for your replies to the IDE SATA connection problems. John-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver resolution support

2009-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
Robert Flatters wrote: > Hi, this seems to be an old and very waring issue that im suffering > from. I'm running Nvidia 4400 SE. In the earlier version of Ubuntu > 8.04 the setting worked fine, but when the later version came out > every thing changed and the screen res was to put it mildlyc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver resolution support

2009-10-01 Thread Robert Flatters
Hi, this seems to be an old and very waring issue that im suffering from. I'm running Nvidia 4400 SE. In the earlier version of Ubuntu 8.04 the setting worked fine, but when the later version came out every thing changed and the screen res was to put it mildlycrap. there were plenty of work aro