Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-21 Thread Dianne Reuby
Not only are they not supplying non-Windows machines, they say that replacing with another OS will invalidate the hardware guarantee. "Dell bought by PC World" - must have missed that press item! :) My LiveCD works perfectly on my sons new Dell though. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread John Stevenson
On 21 May 2010 15:08, Simon Swaysland wrote: > >> I'll try it when I get home, I do hope it works. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Simon >> > > It worked!! > > Under Alsamixer these was an column marked "s/pdif 1". It was marked MM for > mute, I unmuted it with "m". > > Thanks fr your help. > > > Cheers, > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
> > > I'll try it when I get home, I do hope it works. > > Cheers, > > Simon > It worked!! Under Alsamixer these was an column marked "s/pdif 1". It was marked MM for mute, I unmuted it with "m". Thanks fr your help. Cheers, Simon -- QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-21 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 20 May 2010 14:53, Alan Pope wrote: On 20 May 2010 14:30, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > I've sorted it out, by running 'sudo nautilus', navigating to the > > disk, and changing the permissions to include myself. > Personally I wouldn't do that. I expect a further mail from you in 6 > months when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
Simon, > It looks like I am in the same boat, but I will try what Andrew suggested > tonight. I did enable Nvidia drivers, but the alsamixer unmute sounds > promising... > > I wonder if there is a difference between revo's. I have an R3610, does > everyone who has a working revo have the same mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Alan Pope
On 21 May 2010 10:00, John Stevenson wrote: > I wonder if there is a difference between revo's.  I have an R3610, does > everyone who has a working revo have the same model? > I have the 3600 which is the single core Atom 230 CPU model. The 3610 has the Atom 330 dual core CPU. I don't believe the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread John Stevenson
On 21 May 2010 08:39, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > > On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > >> Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box >> to check. >> >> >> Hi, > > Unfortunately, the only setting I have in the BIOS is to disable the audio > output. > > In so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Andrew Seyes
Hello, I installed 10.04 on my revo and I too struggled to get any sound via HDMI which refused stubbornly to work despite my best efforts. Finally I gave up and completed the install by activating the nvidia graphics driver. After a reboot I was surprised to find that sound just started working v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box > to check. > > > Hi, Unfortunately, the only setting I have in the BIOS is to disable the audio output. In sound preferences I've got output set to HDMI out, but still no luck.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread javadayaz
I wonder how Google TV will fit into all of this...Maybe you dont need a Revo or dell in there now!! On 20 May 2010 16:13, John Stevenson wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: >> > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settin