Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Media Center

2009-10-06 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/10/09 04:00, Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > Hey All, > > I want to build a media center type Ubuntu system to hookup to my amp > and speakers HD tv and Sky HD box through a TV card as one of the uses > will be as a PVR it might be Mini-ITX or might have low profile cards > I just want it in a nice

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Media Center

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Adam Kelly
Hey All, I want to build a media center type Ubuntu system to hookup to my amp and speakers HD tv and Sky HD box through a TV card as one of the uses will be as a PVR it might be Mini-ITX or might have low profile cards I just want it in a nice case that fits in the TV cabinet I want it to have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 54, Issue 4

2009-10-06 Thread Michael G Fletcher
> Question asked, question answered.  I mentioned no political party > name.  No "party political propaganda points" at all.  My point in fact > was that whether *any* party supports free and open source software > would not sway my vote. > > What a typical British attitude.  Any mention of politic

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Electric Dreams on BBC Four

2009-10-06 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, Just wondering if anyone has been watching the great series 'Electric Dreams' on BBC Four? Just finished watching the 80's episode and now feel all nostalgic (since I grew up in the 80's/90's). I got really excited pointing out the ZX81 to my wifey. I've got a real urge to dig out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 54, Issue 4

2009-10-06 Thread Daniel Drummond
Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I sincerely hope this list will not again be used to spout party > political propaganda points. > > On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 19:48 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > >> >> Won't change my voting plans. I support them for a number of their >> policies, including reductions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] insurance for meetings

2009-10-06 Thread Philip Wyett
On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 10:17 +0100, Lucy wrote: > 2009/10/5 Paul Sutton : > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > What are peoples experience with any requirements for personal liability > > insurance for things like lug events, or install days. > > > > I remember at our first

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 54, Issue 4

2009-10-06 Thread Rowan Berkeley
I sincerely hope this list will not again be used to spout party political propaganda points. On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 19:48 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > > Won't change my voting plans. I support them for a number of their > policies, including reductions of government spending, encouragement

[ubuntu-uk] Random lock ups in Jaunty

2009-10-06 Thread Barry Titterton
Has anyone experienced random hard lock ups since upgrading to Jaunty? I am running Jaunty on an elderly Toshiba S1800 laptop (1GHz P3 with 512M of ram)and since upgrading to Jaunty last August I have been getting random hard lock ups; the cursor vanishes off the screen and the laptop becomes comp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >>> >>> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > > > >> Hey all, >> >> After uninstalling O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >> >>> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >>> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > Hey all, > > After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video > files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >>> >>> Hey all, After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video >>> files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what >>> Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem, etc; The soun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/10/6 Chris Weaver > Forgot to say thank you for the suggestions regarding disk space > alerts. I went with the roll your own option of df, cron and Zenity > for a GUI alert. Works really well. > > - Chris > > As Alan pointed out though, Ubuntu 9.10 already has a low disk space alert so you w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS and the Tories...

2009-10-06 Thread Daniel Drummond
mac wrote: > You may have seen this... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/06/conservative_it_plans/ > > Talk about inducing cognitive dissonance... What will this do to your > voting plans??? > > mac > > > Won't change my voting plans. I support them for a number of their policies, inc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Full (or nearly full) alert

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Weaver
Forgot to say thank you for the suggestions regarding disk space alerts. I went with the roll your own option of df, cron and Zenity for a GUI alert. Works really well. - Chris 2009/9/29 Alan Pope : > 2009/9/29 Chris Weaver : >> Does anyone have a system or app in place where they get the Windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Hey all, >> >> After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video >> files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what >> Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem, etc; The sound plays, but no video. >> >> A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS and the Tories...

2009-10-06 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/6 Alan Lord (News) : > It's time for a change... > > Please. It's time for a change... > > Al > Pirate Party UK? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS and the Tories...

2009-10-06 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 06/10/09 16:11, mac wrote: > You may have seen this... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/06/conservative_it_plans/ > > Talk about inducing cognitive dissonance... What will this do to your > voting plans??? It won't change mine ;-) Every political party in the UK bar the current govern

[ubuntu-uk] FOSS and the Tories...

2009-10-06 Thread mac
You may have seen this... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/06/conservative_it_plans/ Talk about inducing cognitive dissonance... What will this do to your voting plans??? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > Hey all, > > After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video > files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what > Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem, etc; The sound plays, but no video. > > And after searching for a codec with Totem

[ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all, After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem, etc; The sound plays, but no video. And after searching for a codec with Totem, it seems to be that there isn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jaunty apt segfault

2009-10-06 Thread mac
Neil Greenwood wrote: > The following was posted to me when I started having this problem. I > didn't have to use it, but it might help you... > > 2009/8/2 Jonathon Fernyhough : >> Likelihood is the apt cache is corrupt... Removing the .bin files from /var/cache/apt/ did the trick! Diolch yn fa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jaunty apt segfault

2009-10-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/10/6 mac : > Tried to install an application this morning, and kept getting segfault. >  Same issue whether I used apt/aptitude or synaptic.  A look at the > logs showed entries (first starting yesterday) of the form > > Oct  6 09:09:27 mac-desktop kernel: [11269.364059] apt-get[11426]: > segf

[ubuntu-uk] Jaunty apt segfault

2009-10-06 Thread mac
Tried to install an application this morning, and kept getting segfault. Same issue whether I used apt/aptitude or synaptic. A look at the logs showed entries (first starting yesterday) of the form Oct 6 09:09:27 mac-desktop kernel: [11269.364059] apt-get[11426]: segfault at b8e8401c ip b7f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] insurance for meetings

2009-10-06 Thread Lucy
2009/10/5 Paul Sutton : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > What are peoples experience with any requirements for personal liability > insurance for things like lug events,  or install days. > > I remember at our first lug meet at exeter uni. back around year > 2000,.we just got p

[ubuntu-uk] [ANN] Liverpool Linux User Group Meeting - 7th October 2009

2009-10-06 Thread Andrew Williams
Date Wed October 7th, 2009 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, England L1 4HY Speaker: None Liverpool Linux User Group are a group of Linux and open source software users that meet on the first Wednesday of the month. If no talk is organised then we