Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread James Tait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24/04/10 10:21, Alan Pope wrote: > On 24 April 2010 09:58, Barry Drake wrote: >> Alan Pope wrote: > My mum uses Ubuntu. She is not geeky. :) No, but you'll get her there in time. :-P JT - -- - ---+

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler Remote Desktop sharing

2010-04-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 April 2010 17:09, Colin Law wrote: > I am trying to get remote desktop sharing working with my O2 Joggler > running Karmic UNE.  I had to install vino and it works in the sense > that I can connect, see the screen, move and click the mouse and type > things, but the screen does not seem to b

[ubuntu-uk] Joggler Remote Desktop sharing

2010-04-24 Thread Colin Law
Hi I am trying to get remote desktop sharing working with my O2 Joggler running Karmic UNE. I had to install vino and it works in the sense that I can connect, see the screen, move and click the mouse and type things, but the screen does not seem to be updating properly, sometimes it does not upd

[ubuntu-uk] Just went to log into UbuntuOne website, adn got this error

2010-04-24 Thread John Matthews
Something has gone wrong (500) We've recorded this problem and it will get investigated with the logs. If this problem is urgent, please file a bug report and include this number: OOPS-ID-1575appserver49126 For more general information on Ubuntu One subscribe to ourmailing list, check our blog

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital Economy Act - the OFCOM code

2010-04-24 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I originally posted this email to my users' list as I have some > customers who are concerned about the Digital Economy Act. I was > asked to repost it here as it may be of interest, so I'm editing it > a little and doing so. > thank

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 April 2010 09:58, Barry Drake wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> Dunno about _more_ geeky ways. Why not use the less geeky ones? > Question of image.  Linux people are SUPPOSED to be geeky. An image that should be smashed into a pulp, burned, buried, dug up, shot, burned again and fired into spac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zeus virus targets Firefox

2010-04-24 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Barry Titterton < barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com> wrote: > > Cheers Ashley, > > I suppose it is asking too much for the BBC to mention that their scare > reports are for Windows users only. > > Barry > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread John Matthews
On 24/04/10 09:58, Barry Drake wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > >> Dunno about _more_ geeky ways. Why not use the less geeky ones? >> > Question of image. Linux people are SUPPOSED to be geeky. My son (a > one time systems engineer) was horrified to see 'terminal' in a > prominent position o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread Barry Drake
Alan Pope wrote: > Dunno about _more_ geeky ways. Why not use the less geeky ones? Question of image. Linux people are SUPPOSED to be geeky. My son (a one time systems engineer) was horrified to see 'terminal' in a prominent position on my desktop. 'Didn't know anyone still used that?' was hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

2010-04-24 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Jon Spriggs wrote: > Just to explain why the ping test is probably in Shields-up, is that... > > In times long-gone, and around about when Shields-Up was being created, > many people would be using Dial-up, and even getting a ping from an IP > address in a dial-up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 April 2010 08:33, Barry Drake wrote: > I found that a nuisance as well.  I've disabled the lock screen.  You > can use configuration editor (desktop->gnome->lockdown and then check > disable_lock_screen).  If you don't have configuration editor enabled in > the main menu, you can find it in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sage Line 500 Client & Wine

2010-04-24 Thread A J Binnie
On 22 April 2010 15:16, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > I have installed the Sage Line 500 client under Wine and it installs > and starts up without a issue. > > However I have noticed that it does not refresh the current view > correctly. For instance if I am viewing the transactions of a > particula

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Relog-in page....

2010-04-24 Thread Barry Drake
John Matthews wrote: > I have been doing some updates, and everytime now in Lucid, after it > seems a really short period of time, it goes into a log in page. Sort of > locks. I really like that idea, until it comes to doing things like > updates. You have to log in all the time to find out what