Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-07 Thread alan c
I am also planning to attend the first one - see you? alan cocks On 07/02/11 10:59, gazz wrote: Yes, that's good - see you there :) Paula On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:18 +, Barry Drake wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 11:14 +, gazz wrote: > Barry - I'd like to go to the first one on 22 Fe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:01 +, alan c wrote: > another possibility is a usb wifi dongle? Wonderful idea! I'll get one. Don't want to get caught out when I'm away from home and faced with an incompatible router again! I was OK at the Expo as I had an ethernet cable with me and used that, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread alan c
On 07/02/11 12:43, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 11:34 +, Steve Flynn wrote: What channel is the router broadcasting on? The default was 'auto', but I've tried different channels and different wireless settings with no success. If it wasn't such a pain, I'd load Win XP on to t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread John MM
Well, I didnt really want to do a reinstall but with the usb and dvd problem, I couldnt see any other way. I tried everything else, and it just didnt work. This problem seems to be an ongoing thing, does anybody know why it hasnt been fixed? On 07/02/11 18:54, gazz wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 18:28 +, John MM wrote: > Hi, I have an Acer Aspire One, and I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Since > upgrading to this version, I am getting the same problem, I cant use > USB sticks and I cant plug in my external dvd rewriter. It gives an > error 'unable to mount usb stick,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread John MM
Hi, I have an Acer Aspire One, and I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Since upgrading to this version, I am getting the same problem, I cant use USB sticks and I cant plug in my external dvd rewriter. It gives an error 'unable to mount usb stick, not authorised'. It seems to be a Ubuntu problem, and so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Flynn
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Sean Miller wrote: > On 7 February 2011 11:34, Steve Flynn wrote: >> >> In the end I asked the landlady to set it to channel 6 for me and all >> was good with both OS'es. > Wow!  Not only a very generous landlady (I have yet to meet a B&B proprietor > who would r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
> On 4 February 2011 21:22, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which > is running > Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it > probably > *is* Ubuntu. > > His problems are mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread Bruce Beardall
My Acer Aspire One is two years old, came with: Linpus; 1Gb RAM; 120Gb HDD. It's never had a problem running the full desktop Ubuntu. Some of them at that time did come with 512mb RAM in which case I would upgrade to 1Gb and go from there. Hope that helps. Bruce On 4 February 2011 21:22, Diann

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 11:34 +, Steve Flynn wrote: > What channel is the router broadcasting on? The default was 'auto', but I've tried different channels and different wireless settings with no success. If it wasn't such a pain, I'd load Win XP on to test with that, but it would take far too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread Dave Morley
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:22 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running > Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably > *is* Ubuntu. > > His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when > they're pl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 13:21 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > Let us know how you get on. I'm a BCS member, joined the open source > specialist group a few months ago but unfortunately I've not had the > time to get involved as much as I should do. > > The contact details are in the email to make a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

2011-02-07 Thread azmodie
On 7 February 2011 11:01, gazz wrote: > > > On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 16:37 +, Martin Meredith wrote: > > On 04/02/11 12:21, David Jones wrote: >> Assuming you mean Ubuntu stickers, one possibility is >> thelinuxemporium, although they're saying out of stock of the free >> stickers at the moment,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Flynn
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Steve Flynn wrote: > I had the following issue at a guest hour I was lodging at whilst > working away from home: Correct myown typo - "guest house"... -- -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Sean Miller
On 7 February 2011 11:34, Steve Flynn wrote: > In the end I asked the landlady to set it to channel 6 for me and all > was good with both OS'es. > Wow! Not only a very generous landlady (I have yet to meet a B&B proprietor who would risk re-configuring anything that was "working for the majorit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Flynn
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Barry Drake wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 22:53 +, alan c wrote: > Tried it just now.  The result is EXACTLY the same.  And I've checked ou > that there is nothing wrong with the router - my wife's laptop is just > fine and connects OK.  I'll drop an e-mail t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Sean Miller
I wonder if there's something about the most recent Ubuntu communication with wireless routers that has changed, as I have issues with my wife's D-Link that she was sent by Talk Talk. It is absolutely fine on Windows, but on Ubuntu (10.10) it is virtually impossible to use the wireless, because it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 22:53 +, alan c wrote: > A pragmatic possibility might be to consider getting an appropriate > Windows driver file and see if that works differently when used > courtesy of ndiswrapper. Tried it just now. The result is EXACTLY the same. And I've checked ou that there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Pro Magazine 198 - all about Ubuntu

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 13:05 +, David King wrote: > It promises a complete guide to Ubuntu and features a large Ubuntu > logo. Inside 10 full pages are devoted to installing Ubuntu, and > adding in extra software and getting the most out of it, although I > have not read the feature yet. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 16:37 +, Martin Meredith wrote: > On 04/02/11 12:21, David Jones wrote: > > Assuming you mean Ubuntu stickers, one possibility is > > thelinuxemporium, although they're saying out of stock of the free > > stickers at the moment, but say keep sending requests in and th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-07 Thread gazz
Yes, that's good - see you there :) Paula On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:18 +, Barry Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 11:14 +, gazz wrote: > > Barry - I'd like to go to the first one on 22 Feb - which is the day > > you arrive in London. Need to organise something as it starts half an > >