[ubuntu-uk] Happy new year .....

2010-12-31 Thread Barry Drake
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:51:35 + Happy New Year to all of you. Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 68, Issue 44

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Motherboard bundle?

2010-12-31 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 17:50 +, alan c wrote: > I want to buy a motherboard bundle which will work ok with Ubuntu. My > aim is low to mid range functionality/price. If it's any help, the: ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s is 100% compatible in all senses. May be a b

[ubuntu-uk] Motherboard bundle?

2010-12-31 Thread alan c
I want to buy a motherboard bundle which will work ok with Ubuntu. My aim is low to mid range functionality/price. Recent experience and current availability will be of greatest interest. The onboard graphics may be the biggest uncertainty. Almost all the searches I have done suggest some prob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reverting to original version of Firefox - 10.04

2010-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On 31 December 2010 16:15, Jim Price wrote: > On 31/12/10 12:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> >> I installed the latest Firefox version from the Mozilla nightly ppa >> which was working perfectly until an update today when I can't get it to >> open. >> I uninstalled it but can't see the origina

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reverting to original version of Firefox - 10.04

2010-12-31 Thread Jim Price
On 31/12/10 12:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I installed the latest Firefox version from the Mozilla nightly ppa which was working perfectly until an update today when I can't get it to open. I uninstalled it but can't see the original Firefox that shipped with 10.04 anywhere, not in the Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cinelerra .....

2010-12-31 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 13:33 +, Alan Pope wrote: > https://launchpad.net/~cinelerra-ppa > Which contains1:2.1.5-0.12~ppa1~maverick1 which seems to be 2.1.5, > which is the latest release according to their home page. So your > building might be somewhat of a waste of time/effort. Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 31 December 2010 13:32, Ron Wellsted wrote: > Try installing the fusion-icon package to select metacity instead of compiz. > Ron Wellsted just did that, apt told me it needed python-compizconfig, still seems to want compiz over metacity, I'll give the machine a reboot in a bit and see if it wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cinelerra .....

2010-12-31 Thread Alan Pope
On 31 December 2010 13:18, Barry Drake wrote: > Anyone here know anything about Cinelerra?  I tracked down a binary on > the Debian site.  It looks impressive.  I've taken the latest svn and am > trying to build it, but it's going to take me a long while to get all of > the missing libraries it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Ron Wellsted
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31/12/10 13:13, Barry Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 12:55 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >> That just kicked everything back in place, a bit annoying doing that >> every time though > > Why not put a little executable shell script in your sta

[ubuntu-uk] Cinelerra .....

2010-12-31 Thread Barry Drake
Anyone here know anything about Cinelerra? I tracked down a binary on the Debian site. It looks impressive. I've taken the latest svn and am trying to build it, but it's going to take me a long while to get all of the missing libraries it's asking for. I will persevere because it looks worthwhi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 12:55 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > That just kicked everything back in place, a bit annoying doing that > every time though Why not put a little executable shell script in your startup apps? Regards,Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Sa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 31 December 2010 12:50, Andy Braben wrote: > sudo metacity --replace That just kicked everything back in place, a bit annoying doing that every time though, is metacity meant to be started autamaticly with gnome, cause it looks like it's not. Thanks a lot!!! :-) Jacob Mansfield Programmer --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Andy Braben
I once had something similar on an old PC. However opening an application would open top left only covering up the menu, without a title bar, stopping you from opening another application. A workaround on every boot was to open terminal first, type "sudo metacity --replace" which would then realig

[ubuntu-uk] no title bars on windows

2010-12-31 Thread Jacob Mansfield
having recently uninstalled Plymouth (it was becoming annoying) I reboot only to discover that the title bars of all of my windows have dissapeared. I can open programs but not close, minimise or resize them. could plymouth have affected this and how do I get them back. screenshot: http://img291.im

[ubuntu-uk] Reverting to original version of Firefox - 10.04

2010-12-31 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I installed the latest Firefox version from the Mozilla nightly ppa which was working perfectly until an update today when I can't get it to open. I uninstalled it but can't see the original Firefox that shipped with 10.04 anywhere, not in the Ubuntu Software centre or in Synaptic Package manag