Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 05:38 +, Alexander Birchall wrote: > 3. This is what the monitor was displaying: > > "Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: > -- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) > -- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) > -- Check root= (did the system wai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi John and Tyler, The situation is that the server was moved to a virtual platform a few months ago. Since then I only have remote access if the server has fully restarted. If a problem such as this develops, then I have to rely on our IT department (where linux skills are thin on the grou

[ubuntu-uk] Preinstalled kit

2011-02-22 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
I these lines thought it would be interesting to share: http://open-pc.com/ seems to have come from desktop.org or something: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/openpc_project_ready_made_gnu_linux_machines?utm_campaign=Linux+-+Google+News&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=SNS.analytics ##

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Liam Gallear
On 22 Feb 2011, at 17:55, Dave Morley wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 17:00 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: >>> >>> The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I >>> don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 17:00 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: > > > > The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I > > don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. > > For you it maybe. For many others I doubt it very much.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. For you it maybe. For many others I doubt it very much. *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style "@Liam" thing again, to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Michael Douglas
On 22 Feb 2011 16:28, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > > Wow! > > Hassan, if you are replying to several people in one message then using @soandso is fine by me. :-) > > I do not think we need to be so prescriptive as to require rules about the syntax of how to reply. > > It's the same as top or bottom

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 22/02/11 15:26, Hassan "Haz" Williamson wrote: On 20 February 2011 13:54, Liam Proven mailto:lpro...@gmail.com>> wrote: *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style "@Liam" thing again, to anyone on any mailing list. I missed your message because it wasn't threaded as a response

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-22 Thread Hassan "Haz" Williamson
On 20 February 2011 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: > > *Please*, do not use that bulletin-board style "@Liam" thing again, to > anyone on any mailing list. I missed your message because it wasn't > threaded as a response to me. > > My sincerest apologies, I shall avoid doing so in future. I've been try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apt authentication issue

2011-02-22 Thread Jim Price
On 22/02/11 13:34, McGibbney, Lewis John wrote: Hi list, This is a problem which has been bothering me for some time I am > using 10.04 and have been experiencing the above problem. Every > time I navigate to a page on my browser I am prompted to > authenticate. That sounds like an issue with

[ubuntu-uk] Apt authentication issue

2011-02-22 Thread McGibbney, Lewis John
Hi list, This is a problem which has been bothering me for some time I am using 10.04 and have been experiencing the above problem. Every time I navigate to a page on my browser I am prompted to authenticate. Every time I try to run updates I get the Apt issue as above. I am connected to the ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 11:44 +, John Stevenson wrote: > How long you should wait probably depends on what the server is doing > now. You request does not state what state the server is currenty in, > so it is difficult to advise. Indeed. Your description implies that you're not near the serve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread John Stevenson
On 22 February 2011 10:23, Alexander Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server > Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade > manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and then I was > asked to res

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi, I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and then I was asked to restart the server. This I did, but that was half an hour ago.