Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

Personally, I think that half the reason people find computers boring these days is that there isn't the "mystique" about them that there was when I was growing up (the 80s)... you had a BBC Micro, your mate had a Commodore 64... you argued about which was the better computer and you programmed sma

[ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

or nearly that, anyway. Article: Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/ 'exam results have shown computing subjects are failing to grab kids' attention' Coul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On 25/08/10 11:07, Alan Bell wrote: > Bother, it is just because it is on an ADSL connection with a static IP > address. I will get it to relay through somewhere else later and resend > confirmation mails > hope that is the reason I have not yet seen a confirmation invitation email (at 0646 hrs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bind9

> > Can someone please help me understand how to set a nameserver up? At > the moment I set it to park in my domain registrar then change the > A-Record to point to my server but it would be better if i could just > point a domain to my own nameservers that handle all that. > > > Daniel May be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Dv camcorder]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi John, Sorry it's taken so long for me to respond, but this sounds like the same problem I had. On 25/08/10 09:44, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Once you've done this can you send us the output of "lsmod" (simply type > lsmod in a terminal and hit enter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bind9

On 25 August 2010 19:54, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Can someone please help me understand how to set a nameserver up? At the > moment I set it to park in my domain registrar then change the A-Record to > point to my server but it would be better if i could just point a domain to > my own n

[ubuntu-uk] Bind9

Hi Guys, Can someone please help me understand how to set a nameserver up? At the moment I set it to park in my domain registrar then change the A-Record to point to my server but it would be better if i could just point a domain to my own nameservers that handle all that. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > There were quite a few peeps last night on IRC saying the mail went into > their gmail junk folder. > > It worked for me. yep, thats where mine was -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Support Meeting Thursday Evening!

On 24 August 2010 22:11, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Quick reminder to everyone,there will be a meeting about improving > support on Thursday evening at 7pm in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on > irc.freenode.net :) > > Agenda up here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SupportMeetingAgenda all > welcome, even if yo

[ubuntu-uk] outpu from lsmod

Hi to the group, Matthew Daubney, Here is the output tried the camera again no luck,perhaps someone can make sense of it. I understand the reason for not having firewire access but it should be more intuitive to configure camera software. john-desktop:~$ 1smod No command '1smod' found, did you m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Real Ale Train

> See you there tomorrow, folks! > http://fossevents.org/2010/02/02/ubuntu-uk-real-ale-train/ Yep! :) We had a great time. Thanks to Alan for an excellent suggestion and a fun evening. jim -- Jim Cameron Software Engineer Buhler Sortex Limited Research and Development Department 20 Atlantis Ave

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

Everyone with an email address "Alan Pope" wrote: > > >On 24 Aug 2010, at 22:37, Alan Bell wrote: > >> Voting is now open at http://pollka.libertus.co.uk please vote for the logos >> you like in the traditional fashion by marking the ones you like as full of >> win and those you are not so fu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

Bother, it is just because it is on an ADSL connection with a static IP address. I will get it to relay through somewhere else later and resend confirmation mails -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Dv camcorder]

On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 07:54 +0200, John wrote: > e-mail message attachment, "Forwarded message - Dv camcorder" > > j...@john-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe raw1394 > > [sudo] password for john: > > j...@john-desktop:~$ > > This returning you to a prompt shows that it has worked with no errors :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Dv camcorder]

what are you trying to grep, and from what? On 25 August 2010 06:54, John wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: John > To: ubuntu-uk-request > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:51:26 +0200 > Subject: Dv camcorder > j...@john-desktop:~$ lsusb > Bus 011 Device 002: ID 05a9:8519 O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Cornelius Mostert < corneliusmost...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Or buy a Sheva plug fro $99 I think this is a nice little ting > http://www.plugcomputer.org/index.php/home > And they do have UK versions > Yes - I can vouch for t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, mac wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> On 24 Aug 2010, at 22:37, Alan Bell >> wrote: >>> Voting is now open at http://pollka.libertus.co.uk please vote for >>> the logos you like in the traditional fashion by marking the ones >>> you like as full of win and those you are not so fus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

> It worked for me. It just worked for me. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On 25 August 2010 08:42, mac wrote: > Not in the junk mail, I fear.  Clearly, I'm just not good enough to be > allowed to vote.  ;-) I doubt there's any coding in there to filter "accepted" and "rejected" e-mail addresses, so it must have got lost somewhere... as I said, mine arrived fine... and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Please check your spam filters. > There were quite a few peeps last night on IRC saying the mail went into > their gmail junk folder. > > It worked for me. Not in the junk mail, I fear. Clearly, I'm just not good enough to be allowed to vote. ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On 25 August 2010 08:26, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 25/08/10 08:04, Martin Jernberg wrote: > > > > > > I just voted, simply as a member of this list; but I did not get an > > > email with a link in it, so I may not have met an eligibility > criterion. > > > I wonder which, and how the votin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

On 25/08/10 08:04, Martin Jernberg wrote: > > > > I just voted, simply as a member of this list; but I did not get an > > email with a link in it, so I may not have met an eligibility criterion. > > I wonder which, and how the voting system knows. ;-) > same here never got an email :( Please

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

I voted, and got confirmation e-mail. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:02:01 +0100 > From: ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote > > Alan Pope wrote: > > On 24 Aug 2010, at 22:37, Alan Bell > > wrote: > >> Voting is now open at http://pollka.libertus.co.uk please vote for >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

Alan Pope wrote: > On 24 Aug 2010, at 22:37, Alan Bell > wrote: >> Voting is now open at http://pollka.libertus.co.uk please vote for >> the logos you like in the traditional fashion by marking the ones >> you like as full of win and those you are not so fussed about as >> meh. You get an extra vo